"The chopped wood in your woodshed wasn't chopped for you by that educated youth, and the ashes in your stove, aren't they...?"
"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you, I give up, alright? Hurry up and move forward, it's almost our turn."
Seeing that a spot had become available in the line ahead, Chen Shuning quickly took a few steps forward. Fortunately, their spot as educated youths was already at the very end, and no one cut in line.
Fortunately, the snowstorm has finally stopped, and without the howling north wind, it's not so cold anymore.
About half an hour later, it was finally Chen Shuning's turn. In the brigade office, Accountant Wang found the names and corresponding grains in the grain distribution ledger, then subtracted the grains from the work points, and converted the remainder back into work points.
Although Chen Shuning had already lowered his estimate of the wages he would receive, the money he actually received was still less than he had anticipated.
Looking at the eight yuan and seventy cents in his hand, Chen Shuning couldn't help but sigh at the hardships of farmers in this era. After working hard for nearly two months, all he got was this little bit of money besides his food rations.
Gu Xinyi, who was behind her in line, fared even worse. Not only did she not receive her wages, but she also had to pay the brigade several yuan back.
This is because she asks for less food, and of course, she earns fewer work points.
Xu Laidi asked for even more grain than she did, yet she still received more than ten yuan in wages.
Even Wang Chunni received more than one yuan in wages, simply because they had more work points.
The older educated youth who returned to the educated youth compound were all overjoyed, but the new educated youth were all somewhat worried.
Thinking back to the autumn harvest, all the new educated youth, except for Yang Wanqiu, worked from dawn till dusk, and in the end, they could only earn this little money.
Chen Shuning didn't care how much money she earned, since she didn't rely on it for a living anyway.
He threw the eight yuan and seventy cents in his pocket into the coin box in his spatial storage, hurriedly locked the door, sat on the kang (a heated brick bed), and took the small quilt he had saved for covering his legs during the day and draped it over his lap.
After taking a cup of hot cocoa from her spatial storage and drinking most of it in one go, Chen Shuning finally felt her frozen body warm up.
They then dressed and grabbed their tools to continue shoveling snow. They had been busy playing all morning and hadn't shoveled much snow at all. Besides, the snow was still falling, and by the time they went to collect their wages, the yard had accumulated quite a bit more snow.
Although it's still very cold outside, at least I should shovel the snow in front of my own door.
When Chen Shuning came out, many educated youths were already shoveling snow. Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi had already shoveled most of the snow in front of their own houses and were now shoveling the snow in front of Gu Xinyi's house.
Although Gu Xinyi was shouting happily on her way back, she didn't really care how much money she could make. You know, she went to the black market even more often than Chen Shuning.
Nowadays, Aunt Gu has become a food tycoon in the black market of Hongqi Town. Whenever she appears in the black market, her stall is surrounded by crowds.
Even though Hei Zi and his gang had tried to contact her, Gu Xinyi was worried that large-scale grain transactions would attract the attention of relevant departments.
So she kept lying, saying that the grain she had was from relatives in the city who couldn't bear to eat it themselves, and that it was inconvenient for them to come to the black market to sell their goods, so they asked her to come and help them sell it.
Because each time Gu Xinyi went, she only brought a few dozen kilograms of refined grains and a small amount of meat, eggs, sugar, and oil.
It looked like money saved by city dwellers who were on government-supplied food, so Hei Zi and his group never looked for Gu Xinyi again.
However, those who had money but no coupons would come to her regularly to buy things, so Gu Xinyi didn't have a lot of money, but she didn't lack money to support herself.
Moreover, her spatial supermarket was full of food. Although her space did not have a reset function, the food in the supermarket warehouse was enough for her to eat and sell, and she could last until after the reform and opening up.
By then, other goods in the supermarket will be available for sale one after another, so Gu Xinyi, who has a space supermarket, has never worried about not having money to spend.
Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi helped shovel the snow outside, and she, who had just been frozen, was too lazy to go out. After warming up on the kang (a heated brick bed) like Chen Shuning, she got out of bed to start preparing lunch.
Since she went to the countryside, except for the few days when she had a falling out with Gao Hongyuan, she had been cooking for three people and had long since gotten used to it.
Put enough rice for three people into a basin and put it in a pot to steam, then start cooking the dishes.
During the autumn harvest, Wang Zhi's family sent him some grain coupons, which he used to buy rice. In addition, Gu Xinyi would occasionally add some rice to the bag, so they have been eating that fifty catties of rice ever since.
Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi, being two men, were not good cooks and were rather careless in this regard. Gu Xinyi, on the other hand, intentionally cooked a few meals of cornmeal and sorghum rice every now and then, so the two of them never noticed.
She'll just have one meat dish and one vegetable dish. She hasn't had time to cook the wild boar meat she received the day before yesterday, so she plans to take some out and make a dry pot of wild boar meat for lunch today, and also stir-fry some cabbage.
Despite being from Haishi, Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi both love spicy food.
In her previous life, she was a true Sichuan girl, and she loved spicy food, so Gu Xinyi usually prefers spicy dishes.
Gu Xinyi took out a piece of pork tenderloin. This cut of meat was relatively lean, and no one wanted it except for her and Chen Shuning, who each took a piece.
The key to stir-frying Chinese cabbage lies in controlling the heat.
Wash and chop the scallions, ginger, garlic, and red chili peppers. Wash the cabbage, drain it, and cut it into large pieces. Heat oil in a wok, then add the scallions, ginger, garlic, and red chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
