While Zhou Jihong and Chen Shuning were talking, the door to Meng Xiaohui's room opened. Seeing that Chen Shuning wasn't interested in talking, Zhou Jihong smiled and walked towards Meng Xiaohui, who had just come out.
"Xiao Hui, you're up now. I just asked an old educated youth, and he said that many things can be bought in the village. I'm thinking of going to see if I can buy a trunk for clothes and a kang mat, and I was wondering if you want to come with me?"
Meng Xiaohui lives alone, and there is nothing in the house. When Zhang Tingting moved out, she even took the kang mat with her. The only thing she couldn't take down was the wallpaper on the wall, otherwise Zhang Tingting would have taken it too.
Meng Xiaohui is very clean, and yesterday she laid her bedding directly on the mud bed, which made her sleep poorly all night, for fear that she might accidentally fall onto the mud bed.
So when she heard that Zhou Jihong had come specifically to ask her to go shopping together, she was naturally happy and nodded hurriedly, saying, "Okay, wait for me a moment, I'll go back and get the money and come out."
Zhou Jihong came to the backyard hoping to find an opportunity to befriend Chen Shuning, who seemed to have a good relationship with the brigade leader's family.
However, Chen Shuning was a cold person, and she didn't want to pester him to chat while he was eating.
To avoid embarrassment, they approached Meng Xiaohui, who had just stepped out of the house.
Seeing that the person was about to turn around and leave, they quickly called out to stop them.
"Xiao Hui, I just wanted to let you know that it's a bit too early to go now. You should wash up and eat first, and also think about what you need to buy later. I'll come and call you when it's time to go."
Meng Xiaohui thought about it and realized that was indeed the case. She smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "I was too impatient. There was nothing in the house, so I was just thinking about getting the house ready as soon as possible."
It's no wonder Meng Xiaohui was anxious. Yesterday morning, because she was almost at her destination, she was so busy packing that she didn't eat on the train. After getting off the train, she was busy with the educated youth office and the commune, so she didn't have time to eat lunch.
When they finally arrived at their destination, the new educated youth had nowhere to cook. They only ate a few biscuits for dinner, which they ate with cold water. There wasn't even a sip of hot water.
Unlike the front yard, the backyard was different. Wang Chunni and Xu Laidi usually just had a quick bite for breakfast. Back at the old house, let alone breakfast, the other two meals were tasteless.
But everyone in the backyard is obsessed with food and drink. Even Chen Shuning is considered lazy in the backyard, and he'll eat whatever he can whenever he feels like it.
Gu Xinyi is a diligent person. She will cook a dish in the morning and occasionally steam buns or fry dough sticks when she has free time.
Putting everything else aside, just look at Gao Hongyuan and Wang Zhi's weight; it's visibly increasing. In an era where everyone is thin, Gu Xinyi managed to feed them until they were both plump and healthy.
As for the other two households, Zhong Lingling and Wang Wenqi, it goes without saying that Zhong Lingling and her husband receive a monthly allowance.
Zhong Wanshan originally thought that his daughter would experience some hardship in the countryside and then realize how good things were at home, and naturally she would want to come back.
Unexpectedly, his daughter inherited his personality; once she set her mind on someone, it was for life. When they arrived in the countryside, she not only didn't change her mind, but instead got married directly.
It was the kind of thing where they acted first and informed him later, forcing him to eventually admit it. Right now, he's trying to figure out how to get both of them back to the city.
Zhong Wanshan was still somewhat guilty about the matter involving the Wang couple, so he needed to make some arrangements before bringing Wang Wenqi back.
That's why it took so long. However, during this time, in order to prevent his daughter from suffering, Zhong Wanshan would send money and things to Zhong Lingling every month.
So even though Zhong Lingling's cooking skills aren't great, she has plenty of good ingredients.
Every day it's either eggs or meat. In this day and age, these things are delicious even if they're just boiled in water, let alone stir-fried in oil.
Yang Wanqiu recently tried to curry favor with the couple in the cowshed who would be recalled to the country as high-level talents in a few years and later become well-known medical giants, frequently appearing in major newspapers and magazines.
They put a lot of effort into the food, and often went to town to buy bags of rice and flour, regardless of the price.
Of course, Yang Wanqiu did all this not because he had his eye on that expert who was about the same age as his father.
The couple had a son who had lived abroad with his maternal grandfather since childhood, and it was because of this overseas connection that they were sent to the countryside.
The couple's son returned to China to invest after the reform and opening up, and later became a well-known tycoon. Yang Wanqiu's target is the couple's son, who is now far away in the United States.
So the backyard was filled with the aroma of food that morning.
Gu Xinyi's breakfast today was steamed buns with braised pork, millet porridge, and pickled vegetables.
Yang Wanqiu got up early to make fried dough sticks and serve them with cucumber soup.
These past few days, Wang Wenqi and his team have been responsible for carrying manure into the fields, which is considered hard work at this time of year. So, feeling sorry for her husband, Zhong Lingling got up early in the morning to cook some dishes: eggs and tomatoes, stir-fried green peppers and meat, and rice. The aroma of the dish could be smelled from afar.
At this moment, Meng Xiaohui was suffering from the aroma of food around her. She secretly vowed that the first thing she would do when she got to town was to buy a pot, and when she got back, she would cook a few dishes to satisfy her craving.
While Meng Xiaohui and Zhou Jihong were talking, Gu Xinyi's meal was ready. Gao Hongyuan, who had come early in the morning to help start the fire, carried a small table out and attracted the attention of the two who were talking.
It has to be said that Gao Hongyuan's appearance is indeed the type that people in this era prefer.
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