Zhao Hu gave the grain to Gu An'an, "Oh, by the way, I can also get some dried vegetables, do you want them?"
Gu An'an thought of the various pots lined with dried vegetables and immediately nodded, "Yes, get me some, I'll pay you how much."
“An’an doesn’t need you to come, I have my own.”
As Zhou Yue spoke, she went back into the house to get money and stuffed ten yuan into Zhao Hu's hand, saying, "If you have any other meat, you can get some for us too. If it's not enough, I'll give it to you later."
She has the air of a nouveau riche, her mind is full of all kinds of delicious food, she can't live this kind of life at home.
Her family was certainly well-off, with an uncle who worked at a slaughterhouse, so they had no shortage of meat. However, her mother's cooking skills were only average, far inferior to her sister An'an's.
She was about to write a letter home to tell her family about her good days and put their minds at ease. It was just a pity that her brother had already found a girlfriend. Otherwise, she would definitely bring An'an home with her so that when she was old and went back to her parents' home, she could still enjoy this delicious treat. The thought of that kind of life was simply wonderful.
Zhou Yue was immersed in her beautiful fantasy and did not notice that when she was stuffing money into Zhao Hu's hand, her hand accidentally touched Zhao Hu's rough fingers, and a blush immediately crept up to her ears.
In his nervousness, Zhao Hu forgot to refuse and stammered out "Okay, okay" before leaving.
Gu An'an saw all of this and, having grown accustomed to the fact that men and women in later generations would trade for a piece of bread, felt that people nowadays were truly naive.
After closing the courtyard gate and the house door, Zhou Yue finally snapped out of her reverie. "Huh? Where is he? Why did he suddenly leave?"
Gu An'an: ...This child is completely clueless. Looks like there's going to be some fun to watch later.
"Maybe something urgent has happened."
Gu An'an gave a perfunctory reply, and Zhou Yue listened casually as well. The beautiful dream in her mind was still warm, and she looked at Gu An'an with particular pity.
Gu An'an was already used to her occasional neurotic behavior, so she didn't even bother to ask. She simply said something and went inside.
Lying on the warm kang (heated brick bed), Gu An'an was incredibly grateful that she had come to Northeast China, where she could have a few months to hibernate.
If they had gone to other places, they would definitely be working hard right now.
However, the weather has been getting warmer these past few days, and the snow on the village roads has melted. I guess these good days won't last much longer.
Never mind, she'll enjoy herself one day at a time. Anyway, she has money and food, so she's not worried.
Before bed, I went online and had some fun, then tidied up the rest of my things before finally going to sleep peacefully.
As soon as Zhao Hu stepped out of the hospital gate, he saw someone standing at the entrance of the educated youth compound. His heart skipped a beat. He knew what kind of people were in the educated youth compound. If they saw him coming out of Gu Zhiqing's place so late, he didn't know what nasty things they would say.
He only felt half relieved when he could clearly see the figure.
Zhao Hu shared the same thought as Gu An'an: although Chen Jianguo liked to smooth things over, he wasn't a bad person. He wouldn't gossip outside or ruin other people's reputations in a tasteless way.
"Brother Chen."
Zhao Hu called out, but he wasn't very enthusiastic. After all, he rarely saw him except when he was at work, eating, or sleeping. Although they lived under the same roof, they weren't really that close.
"Shall we have lunch at Gu Zhiqing's place tomorrow?"
Since he had already guessed it, Zhao Hu nodded directly.
Chen Jianguo patted him on the shoulder, "You can eat, but it's best not to close the courtyard gate."
Zhao Hu understood what he meant. Both Gu and Zhou were girls, and it was not nice to have two men and one woman eating together in a house.
"I know."
As they spoke, Zhao Hu noticed the envy in Chen Jianguo's eyes. Recalling the fragrance he had smelled that day, he could roughly guess what Chen Jianguo was thinking, and suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction.
"Zhou, the educated youth, said that Gu, the educated youth, has really good cooking skills and he really wants to finish cooking by noon tomorrow."
Chen Jianguo chuckled, "What are you showing off for, you brat? I've already eaten."
Zhao Hu glanced at him wistfully, "But you're still envious, aren't you?"
After he finished speaking, he received another punch to the shoulder.
Although it was just a joke, this short two-minute exchange was more effective than the previous two years, and the relationship inexplicably became closer.
Early in the morning, Zhao Hu went out again. Three hours later, he returned with a bag of dried vegetables, including dried green beans and dried bracken, as well as a bag of meat and a bag of pine nuts.
Seeing the noise in the courtyard, Zhao Hu simply knocked on the door.
Zhou Yue was washing vegetables when she heard the noise and quickly opened the door, where she saw Zhao Hu waiting at the door with large and small bags in his arms.
"Come in quickly."
Zhou Yue glanced towards the educated youth compound and, seeing no one there, felt a little relieved.
It wasn't that she was afraid of those people, it's just that she hadn't enjoyed her good days for long and really didn't want to get entangled with them any further.
bother.
Once everyone was inside, Zhou Yue began to pay attention to what Zhao Hu had brought.
"This is the dried vegetable you were talking about?"
Zhao Hu nodded, "The broth made from this is delicious."
Zhou Yue nodded, "Delicious, delicious, it must be delicious."
Even if An'an just makes her some grass, she thinks it's a delicacy.
"So much meat? You've got some serious skills, Zhao Zhiqing!"
Zhou Yue didn't naively think that Zhao Hu bought it from the supply and marketing cooperative. Although the supply and marketing cooperative had meat, you needed money and coupons, and even then, you couldn't buy as much as you wanted.
After all, meat is a scarce commodity. If you buy a few more pieces, others will have less, and no one would be happy about that.
Zhou Yue's grip was slightly strong, but to Zhao Hu it was just a tickle.
"It's just average, but it's good that I know people there."
Gu An'an was even more delighted to see a bag of pine nuts than she was to see the meat. She especially loved the oily aroma of pine nuts and had originally planned to go up the mountain in the fall to get some to eat, but she didn't expect to have them now.
"Not enough money, right?"
Of course it wasn't enough, but Zhao Hu had no intention of asking for more. "It's enough."
Seeing the two looking at him suspiciously, Zhao Hu changed his tune and said, "It's not much difference. Just consider it payment for my free meal here. If you give me any more, I won't be able to eat."
Having said all that, Gu An'an had no intention of dwelling on the matter any longer.
"OK."
When they were working together happily, the female educated youths would all have shifty eyes, and no one knew what they were thinking. Of course, this story has to be told from the beginning.
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