Chapter 53: Going to the Countryside as Educated Youth in the 1970s 16
[This is a parallel fictional world. Please do not take any similarities between place names and people as they appear.]
While they were all gone, Zhang Xiaojia secretly took out 20 kilograms of pork from the space compartment, quickly took out the interstellar kitchen utensils, and cured the bacon. Seeing that the time was 10 minutes, Zhang Xiaojia took out a vegetable jar, disinfected it, and cleaned it. The bacon in the kitchen appliance was ready, so he took it out, smeared the bacon with white wine, put it in the vegetable jar, poured in an appropriate amount of white wine, and then sealed the vegetable jar for storage.
This method can also preserve the bacon for a long time without spoiling, and you can eat it whenever you want.
She put away the kitchen appliances.
She had an excuse to get 20 kilograms of bacon. On the way, she met a fellow villager from the village who was going to buy some on the black market, so she bought it.
Zhang Xiaojia waited patiently and refused to go out, because as soon as she showed up, she would be morally blackmailed and asked to forgive. If she didn't forgive, she would be considered cold-blooded.
It would be best to let them handle it, she doesn't need to show up. Zhang Xiaojia thinks that after this incident, those who harmed her will think twice.
Xiaoyi, Pangpang, He Xinyan and Ping'an returned home and saw their sister (master) looking at them with a smile, and they felt a little cold.
Zhang Xiaojia glanced at them and said, "Why? If the matchmaker hadn't come to propose marriage to the Li family today, I wouldn't have known about this rumor. Can anyone tell me how the Revolutionary Committee handled it today?"
Pangpang and He Xinyan took a step back and said in unison, "Xiaoyi (brother) and Ping'an come and talk."
At this time, I heard their stomachs growling.
Zhang Xiaojia said helplessly, "Let's go eat and talk while we eat."
When they saw the fresh pork on the table, their eyes widened. They hadn't eaten it for a month. No one wanted to talk and just focused on eating.
After dinner, Xiaoyi made a pot of lotus leaf tea, and the five of them drank and chatted.
Liu Guihua felt that her son's injury must not be serious. The wound healed in less than ten minutes, so he took 5 yuan from her and kept complaining to the villagers.
It happened to be heard by a female educated youth. When she heard that the wound was on the thigh, she said that Zhang Xiaojia might have taken off Li Jianmin's pants, and the two of them had physical contact, so Zhang Xiaojia was no longer innocent.
When Liu Guihua heard this, she actually didn't want to marry Zhang Xiaojia as her daughter-in-law, but she still wanted to spread gossip about her, so she told the village about it.
In this era without mobile phones, the Internet, and television, gossip between men and women is the best entertainment, and it becomes more and more intense as it spreads.
After He Wu found out, the matter had already fermented and was out of control, so he had to hide it from Zhang Xiaojia and try not to let her go out, waiting for the rumors to slowly die down.
Five days ago, the female educated youth met Liu Guihua on the road again. The female educated youth said that Zhang Xiaojia had a bad reputation and could not get married, but she was very capable and could make money.
When Liu Guihua heard this, she had an idea in her mind and asked a matchmaker to come and propose marriage that night. The matchmaker was also afraid of the He family, so she waited for several days and came secretly when no one was around.
"Sister, guess who that female educated youth is?" Wang Xiaoyi asked.
Zhang Xiaojia thought for a moment and said, "It can't be the first or second batch of female educated youth. It can only be one of your batch, the one from Lu City."
Ping An asked in confusion, "Sister, why don't you doubt He Miaomiao?"
"Before Xiaoyi and the others came, I showed off the photos. They didn't dare to mess with me. He Miaomiao knows my background better than anyone else, so she doesn't dare to mess with me even more."
Xiao Yi was stunned. Was it what he thought? There really was a photo, and a blessing message for his sister. He wanted to see it.
Fatty said excitedly, "Sister, you are amazing. It was the female educated youth named Su Yao who said that Liu Guihua, Li Jianmin, and Su Yao were all taken away for investigation."
He Xinyan continued, "Su Yao went to the Dahuangdi Farm, and Liu Guihua and Li Jianmin were educated for three months."
Zhang Xiaojia was quite satisfied with the result. "That's enough. This matter is over. There's no need to mention it again."
Ping An explained to Zhang Xiaojia, "Sister, Li Jianmin's family dared to do this because Li Jianmin's brother works at the steel mill and married the daughter of the director. My grandfather and father have already taken action. Yesterday, Li Jianmin's brother's father-in-law was suspended from his job. We originally wanted to use this incident to calm Liu Guihua down, but we didn't expect that after you went to the county town, everything was resolved. My grandfather was just scolding my father, saying that my father was too slow and that it prevented him from asking you for health pills."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at Ping An deeply, and Ping An blushed very much. Her grandfather even gave up his face for the health pills.
He Xinyan wanted to sneak away, but Grandpa forced Ping An to say these words to Zhang Xiaojia. Grandpa's meaning was very clear. They helped the master to deal with it, although it was slow, but they still worked hard and gave him health pills ()
Zhang Xiaojia directly gave two bottles of health pills.
Ping'an took the medicine and ran back. He Xinyan said embarrassedly, "Master, grandpa and uncle really helped. Uncle and my father have been in the county these days."
Zhang Xiaojia finally understood why the old men from the He family were drinking tea and chatting in the courtyard this morning, which was unusual.
The matchmaker had probably been waiting there for several days. She came today when Pangpang went to school, Xiaoyi went to the mountains, and the old men from the He family had not yet arrived.
The village was particularly quiet during this period, and something big happened to the He family. All the workers in the winery returned home, and all the children of the He family who were studying outside also came back.
Ping An and He Xinyan lay on the table, looking dejected. Zhang Xiaojia patted their heads and asked with a smile, "What's wrong with you? You have been unhappy since yesterday."
He Xinyan said coquettishly, "Master, can I come and live here?"
It is natural for a master to take care of his apprentice's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, just like when she went to Grandpa Feng for food and drink.
"Then I'll stay."
"Sister, can I stay here too?" Ping An also asked.
Zhang Xiaojia was really curious and asked, "There's not much of a problem with accommodation, so why don't you two cousins go home?"
He Xinyan said unhappily, "My brother and cousin are back."
Ping An went on to say, "They looked down on us. I couldn't make wine, and my father had given up on me. My sister always got bad grades in school, and they always mocked her."
Zhang Xiaojia said in surprise, "Isn't your fruit wine delicious?"
Ping An couldn't hold back and said, "Sister, the He family started out with sauce-flavor liquor, pure and fragrant liquor with a concentration of 52% or more. I can never make it well. Every time I make the last few steps, I make mistakes. I can't even compare to Little Fatty. Don't look at my dad scolding Little Fatty every day. If he didn't like her, he would ignore her, just like he ignores me."
Zhang Xiaojia thought of her world, where women loved to drink fruit wine. The fruit wine brewed by Ping An was very delicious. Last time, she drank a lot of orange wine brewed by Juzi.
"Ping'an, why don't you create a fruit wine for women? The fruit wine you brew is really delicious! Baijiu is just too strong, and most women prefer sweet fruit wine. Then just sell it to women. There's more to wine than just Baijiu, and more than just men drink it."
Ping An calmed down and lay there thoughtfully.
Zhang Xiaojia continued to comfort the next one, "Yan Yan, what about you?"
"It takes others one day to memorize it, but it takes me at least three days. So every time I take a test, I always do halfway through. I always do poorly on the test. After each test, I always compare myself with others. I don't like it. They finally went to the city to attend high school, but they only studied for a year and then came back. My uncle said that in recent years, the high school students of the He family have not been going to school and have been working at home."
Zhang Xiaojia patted her head and said again, "Although your memory is very poor, if you remember something, you won't forget it. This way, although you will learn slowly, your foundation will be solid. This is why I chose you to be my apprentice. Don't lie down, go and memorize those cases."
He Wu was at the post office, helping Zhang Xiaojia pick up letters and packages. He looked at one of the letters for a long time. The handwriting on the letter was from his eldest son, and the address on the envelope was also his eldest son. Why was the letter sent to Zhang Xiaojia?
My eldest son joined the army at the age of 16, and it has been nine years since his talent for mechanics was discovered.
After returning to the village, He Wu handed the letter to Zhang Xiaojia as if nothing had happened, and asked his niece to cupping him, while observing Zhang Xiaojia's expression.
Zhang Xiaojia opened the package first. Aunt Zhu sent her 15 kilograms of seafood every month. She relied on seafood to survive, otherwise her home would be too plain.
My father didn't write a letter, but Aunt Zhu wrote it, saying that they would return to Beijing for a meeting during the National Day holiday. Grandpa Feng has been practicing acupuncture at home every day during this period. Grandpa Feng said that he would go to her place after he and they returned to Beijing in October.
Xiaoyi put the seafood away. Zhang Xiaojia looked at the letter in front of him. The address was Zhao Qiancheng's unit. When he opened it, he was stunned. Zhang Xiaojia hurried back to the room.
Call 3095 directly in your heart.
3095 came over quickly this time and said in a friendly tone, "Host, what's the matter?"
Zhang Xiaojia asked nervously, "3095, is He Fei also in this world?"
3095 quickly denied it, saying, "Impossible. He Fei is from the interstellar world. How could he possibly travel through time? Even if you gave him the jade pendant that could make his wishes come true, it would still be impossible for him to travel through time."
Zhang Xiaojia looked at 3095 and said word by word, "3095, He Fei and I have lived together for 150 years. This letter contains every anniversary we spent together: the first time we held hands, the first time we kissed, the first time we went to bed, our wedding anniversary, the day we separated, the day He Fei returned, the day we gave birth... Tell me, why is this?"
3095 still didn't believe it. After reading the letter and seeing that the date was the same as Zhang Xiaojia's, he said doubtfully, "I don't know. Wait a minute, I'll check if anyone here has been reborn or traveled through time."
3095 came back after more than an hour and said, "I asked the Lord God. He said that there are four retired fast-travel masters who chose to give up their memories and travel to different worlds. The Lord God deduced that He Fei might be one of them. The Lord God does not have the authority to investigate. If he is interfering with you, you can complain. The Lord God asked me to tell you that those fast-travel masters are all psychopaths. Don't mess with them."
Zhang Xiaojia waved his hand and told 3095 to leave.
She had already provoked him. In her previous life, her identity as a time traveler was probably exposed when she was drunk in the snowy mountains.
Zhang Xiaojia looked at the date on the letter and smiled happily. It was great that she would have him by her side in the future.
Zhang Xiaojia picked up a pen and wrote a letter to He Fei, also telling him how much she missed him.
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