Chapter 15 Chapter 15 It was a real treat to watch

Some returned with great success like Shen Moer and others, while others returned with nothing like Fu Mingze.

On the way back to Yangliu Brigade, Yang Qingqing asked Fu Mingze several times in a roundabout way what he did at the commune and why he didn't buy anything. Fu Mingze always ignored her, so Yang Qingqing's eyes became red again.

This time, even the brigade leader Zhou Mancang couldn't help but look at Fu Mingze a few times, probably because he thought this young man was handsome, but his temper was not very good and he was too cold to female comrades.

Shen Moer looked at Fu Mingze with sympathy.

When they met at Qiaojie's house, they exchanged a few pleasantries. Although this Fu Zhiqing was not a warm-hearted person, he was not cold and arrogant.

Shen Moer even thought that he was a little cute when he was holding a few buns and explaining that he exchanged eggs earned from writing letters for buns.

His handsome face, which was not tanned even after working every day, was slightly flushed, which was really pleasing to the eye.

So when Yang Qingqing found an excuse to talk to Fu Mingze again, Shen Moer looked curious: "Yang Zhiqing, so you have been following Fu Zhiqing just to know what he was doing in the commune? In fact, when he goes to the commune, he just goes to do business or buy things. What's there to be curious about?"

After connecting the two, Shen Moer actually understood why Fu Mingze didn't like to talk to Yang Qingqing. If it were her, she wouldn't want to pay attention if someone was staring at her all day long.

Yang Qingqing's face changed slightly, and she laughed dryly: "Comrade Shen Moer, you misunderstood, I didn't follow Fu Zhiqing. We are all educated youth, and I just think that we should care about and help each other. I don't mean anything else."

Shen Moer looked disapproving: "Yang Zhiqing, you seem too distant from us members when you say that. The educated youth are also part of our brigade. Caring and helping can't be limited to the educated youth. We should all care about and help each other."

Aunt Chen was the first to agree: "That's right, we all live in the same brigade, there's no need to be so distant."

Zhou Mancang also nodded: "Moer is right, you came here to work in the countryside, so you are part of the brigade. There is no need to distinguish between you and me, and you must not have small group thinking." What he feared most was that these educated youth would form a group to go against the brigade.

Yang Qingqing said with a look of grievance that she really didn't mean it, and closed her mouth with red eyes, and didn't speak again all the way.

Fu Mingze didn't say anything the whole time, but when Shen Moer said that Yang Qingqing had been following him, he raised his eyes, and then, when Shen Moer said that we should all care about each other and help each other, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

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The commune kiln factory is eager for talents, and Xu Weiguo asked Shen Shaoyuan to go there tomorrow. It happened that they grabbed ten feet of defective cloth today, and it was off-white. Shen Moer was thinking about making a shirt for her father like Xu Weiguo's.

After returning home, she cooked a pot of porridge and fried a small bowl of cowpeas. After eating a small bowl of porridge with cowpeas, Shen Moer went to Chen's house to borrow scissors and chalk for cutting cloth.

Shen Moer learned the craft of needlework from the great embroiderer in Daliang.

She started learning at the age of ten and studied for six years. It was not because all the ladies had to learn, but Shen Moer followed several princes since she was a child. As soon as she learned to walk, she learned boxing, kicking, bow and arrow. She was originally impatient to learn needlework.

But her Ninth Uncle was jealous all day long, envious that the Imperial Uncle treated her father better than other brothers. He always showed off how much love he had with the Ninth Aunt in front of her father. He could show off a purse embroidered by the Ninth Aunt for half a year.

Wasn't it just to poke her father's heart and mock her father for being a widower whose purse was embroidered by a maid?

At that time, Shen Moer, who was only in primary school, brought a group of palace servants and entered the palace with great fanfare. She hugged her Imperial Uncle's thigh and cried bitterly. Her Imperial Uncle was furious and fined her Ninth Uncle half a year's salary, and gave her the top embroiderer in the palace.

After that, her ninth uncle turned away whenever he saw her for several months, and told everyone that Shen Moer was a sesame-filled glutinous rice dumpling, soft and sticky on the outside, but very dark inside, just like Shen Shaoyuan.

Compared with the clothes in Daliang, the clothes in this world are simple to the point of being crude. A short-sleeved shirt is naturally easy for Shen Moer, and she finished it in an afternoon.

Shen Shaoyuan tried it on and was very satisfied: "It fits well and is crisp, better than the ready-made clothes hanging in the supply and marketing cooperative."

Shen Moer was also very satisfied. It is said that Buddha relies on gold and people rely on clothes. Once she puts on the new clothes, doesn't her father's elegant temperament return?

Before it got dark, Shen Shaoyuan took a washbasin to the well to wash his shirts. He hung them out to dry until dark, and when they were half dry, he took them back to the house to hang them. Their house had no walls, and if they hung new clothes outside overnight, they would surely be gone by the next day.

For dinner, they had the porridge and cowpeas left over from lunch. After dinner, the father and daughter sat down to discuss the construction of the new house.

Shen Shaoyuan had to work in the kiln factory, so Shen Moer had to do the drawing and collecting materials.

However, these were not difficult for Shen Moer. The only thing that troubled her was how to build this house.

Because in his memory, the original owner had heard people say that the houses in the city are now well built, with electric lights, running water, and most importantly, a very convenient and clean bathroom.

Electric lights and running water were not installed in their village yet, so he didn't think about them. However, Shen Moer really wanted to have a convenient and clean bathroom. Unfortunately, the original owner only heard about it from others and had never seen it with his own eyes, let alone how to build one.

Shen Shaoyuan: "Ask the educated youth. It seems that many of the educated youth in our brigade are from big cities."

He thought that there were many female educated youth in the brigade, and with his Moer's personality, it would be easy to find an opportunity to talk to them. Forget about Yang Qingqing, a grown-up girl who was sneaking around following a young man and beating around the bush in her words and deeds. She was not worth associating with.

Shen Moer remembered that Fu Zhiqing was from the capital. Since she was going to ask, she would definitely ask someone from the largest city, so she readily agreed. The father and daughter

reached a consensus and were very satisfied. After chatting for a while, they went to bed.

The next morning after breakfast, Shen Shaoyuan wore a brand new shirt to the commune kiln factory, while Shen Moer went to Aunt Chen's house to borrow scissors and chalk. She also brought more than two feet of cloth left over from making shirts and exchanged it with Aunt Chen for eggs and vegetables.

The two feet of cloth were the end with dyeing defects, which was of little use to Shen Moer, but Aunt Chen was very happy.

As for money, two feet of cloth only cost a little over one yuan, but in those days, materials were in short supply, and each person was only allocated a few feet of cloth per year. Cloth coupons were too difficult to obtain. In the eyes of Aunt Chen, these two feet of cloth were very useful.

Aunt Chen picked up twelve eggs and put them into the basket brought by Shen Moer, and took two handfuls of vegetables from the stove: "Take the freshly picked this morning and eat them first. I'll send you some more in two days. These vegetables must be picked and eaten right away to be fresh, otherwise they will become old in two days."

After these two days of contact, Aunt Chen knew that Shen Moer was not the kind of person who could not make sense, so she helped Shen Moer to make plans. Otherwise, if she gave her enough vegetables at once, it would be more convenient for her, no matter how many days she ate them or whether she would get old from them.

Before Shen Moer left, the old lady put another pickled vegetable she had pickled in her basket: "The weather is hot, and it is most refreshing to stir-fry some pickled vegetables with porridge."

With these eggs, vegetables and pickled vegetables, the problem of eating vegetables was temporarily solved.

Shen Moer took the basket home, took two eggs and was about to go out again. After thinking about it, she turned back, made a fire and boiled water to cook the two eggs, and then went to the educated youth point with the eggs in her hand.

The male educated youth were just coming back from work. Shen Moer saw Fu Mingze standing at the back of the crowd from a distance. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants, with a straight back. Even though his shirt and pants were covered with patches and his trouser legs were rolled up one high and one low, he still had the aura of a crane standing out from the crowd.

Fu Mingze walked neither fast nor slow, with no expression on his handsome face. But Zheng Jiamin was talking to him nonstop. When they got

closer, Zheng Jiamin saw Shen Moer first and greeted her in a very familiar way: "Comrade Shen Moer!"

Fu Mingze turned his head and looked over.

Shen Moer remembered Zheng Jiamin's name and nodded with a smile: "Hello, Zheng Zhiqing."

Then she said: "I have something to ask Fu Zhiqing."

Zheng Jiamin was surprised: "You are looking for Fu Mingze... Oh, okay, then I'll go back first, you two can talk slowly." From an angle that Shen Moer couldn't see, he made some exaggerated expressions to Fu Mingze.

Fu Mingze ignored him, stopped walking, and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about, Comrade Shen?"

Shen Moer then simply told him that her family was going to build a new house and that she also wanted to build a bathroom. Fu Mingze looked a little surprised: "Your family is going to build a new house?"

In fact, Fu Mingze felt strange that day in the commune. The person who was almost starving to death two days ago suddenly spent a lot of money and now said he wanted to build a new house?

It was estimated that the news that her family took back the 300 yuan had not yet reached the educated youth point, so Shen Moer explained it again.

After listening to her, Fu Mingze suddenly understood what was going on. After thinking for a few seconds, he readily agreed: "Generally speaking, there are more high-rise buildings in cities with independent bathrooms, but relatively fewer bungalows. But my family, uh, a distant relative of mine has done a similar renovation in the yard, so I roughly know what it's about. I'll draw a blueprint for you later and give it to you in two days."

Shen Moer didn't notice his brief pause in the middle. Hearing his ready agreement, she immediately said happily: "That's great, then I'll trouble Fu Zhiqing." The most difficult thing was solved.

She handed over the eggs in her hand with a smile, "Fu Zhiqing, keep these two eggs for breakfast."

Fu Mingze was slightly stunned and said, "No need to be so polite."

Shen Moer stuffed the eggs directly into his hand, "When asking for help from others, you have to bring some souvenirs, so don't be polite, Fu Zhiqing. I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you. The eggs are already cooked. Remember to eat them today, otherwise they will go bad later."

The sun was already quite strong, and even though he was standing in the shade, Fu Mingze's forehead was sweating. His skin, covered with sweat, glowed in the sun, making his facial features look even better.

Shen Moer couldn't help but look at him twice more before saying goodbye with a smile: "Fu Zhiqing, I'll come see you again in a few days."