"It's all because of Zhou Yuanchao."
"Li Shuwan and an old educated youth named Qian quarreled over him every day. It was so annoying."
Qian Qian told Yun Yan with an unhappy look on his face what happened at the educated youth point. It turned out that Li Shuwan and another old educated youth were jealous of Zhou Yuanchao.
"I didn't realize that Zhou Yuanchao is so charming. He can actually make a young lady like Li Shuwan become a shrew for him." Yun Yan said while watching the fun.
"You're still making sarcastic remarks. I'm almost depressed to death."
"Why are you depressed? Do you like Zhou Yuanchao too?" Yun Yan said jokingly.
"Oh, what are you talking about? How could I possibly like Zhou Zhiqing? What I like is..."
Halfway through his speech, Qian Qian realized that he had let the cat out of the bag and immediately stopped talking.
Yun Yan looked at her and asked, "Qian Qian, who do you like? It can't be Xu Zhiqing, right?"
Qian Qian lowered her head and said nothing. Looking at her expression, Yun Yan knew that she had guessed right.
"Qian Qian, who you like is your own business, but you have to think clearly about whether the two of you are really suitable for each other."
"Then Yunyan, do you think Xu Zhiqing and I are suitable for each other?" Qian Qian asked Yunyan.
Pulling Qian Qian to find a clean patch of grass to sit down, he asked, "Qian Qian, do you know what's going on at Xu Zhiqing's house?"
"I'm not sure. I just know that he and Zhou Zhiqing are both from Beijing and have known each other since childhood."
"So what do you think of their family conditions?"
"It should be good. They often buy meat for their meals and also bought a bicycle."
"Why do you think their families, both well-off and willing to spend money on meat and bicycles, didn't build a house and move out of the educated youth camp like I did?"
"Yunyan, are you saying that they knew they wouldn't be here for long, so they've been living in the educated youth camp?"
You understand it immediately, so you're not too stupid.
"I guess their families probably told them before they came here that they would find a way to transfer them back to Beijing in a year or two."
"But is it really that easy? The earliest educated youth who came to the educated youth point has been here for eight years." Qian Qian asked in confusion.
"It's certainly not easy for ordinary people like us, but it's a different story for the children of high-ranking officials."
"This world is so unfair."
"Qian Qian, people have always been divided into different classes. We feel unfair when we look at Zhou Yuanchao and Xu Weiguo, and those whose family conditions are worse than ours also feel unfair when they look at us. This is the law of nature."
"Yun Yan, you always see things more clearly than I do. The same thing happened with what you said to Wang Fang last time."
"Actually, I kind of envy you, vaguely."
"Yun Yan, according to you, there is absolutely no possibility for me and Xu Zhiqing?"
"Qian Qian, falling in love is a matter between two people, but getting married is a matter between two families. Especially for a high-ranking official family like theirs, they value a marriage between people of equal social status."
Qian Qian stopped talking after hearing Yun Yan's words. Seeing that she was in a low mood, Yun Yan took the initiative to say, "By the way, didn't you say you didn't want to stay at the educated youth camp? Then come over to my place and play."
"Okay, I wanted to go before but I didn't want to disturb you."
After handing the pig feed to the scorer to record the work points, Yun Yan took Qian Qian home.
"Your place is still more comfortable. Every time I come here, I have the urge to build my own house and move out."
As soon as he entered the door, Qian Qian lay down on the armchair in the living room.
Seeing her heartless self again, Yun Yan found it funny: "If you're so envious, then build one and move in."
"I can't do that. I'm scared, and I don't know Kung Fu like you."
At this time, Hu Zi's voice came from outside the door, "Sister Yun, are you home?"
When Yun Yan heard the voice, she knew that Hu Zi and the others had come to bring her loaches.
After opening the door and letting Hu Zi and the others in, Yun Yan weighed the bill for them as usual, and Pan Di's money was still with Yun Yan.
After they left, Qian Qian asked in confusion, "Yun Yan, why did you collect so many loaches? They don't taste good."
"That's because you don't know how to cook. Wait until I make some loaches and give them to you to try. I guarantee you'll enjoy the taste."
"Then I'm going to have a free meal at your place today." Qian Qian said shamelessly.
"You can eat for free, but you have to work. It's considered meal money."
Then Yun Yan took her to prepare pickled vegetables. She first took out the pickled vegetable jar, cleaned it and put it in the sun to dry.
He took out the kettle and boiled a large pot of hot water. He took out an enamel basin and put star anise, peppercorns and salt in it. After the water boiled, he poured it in and let it cool.
After finishing the preparations, Yunyan started to cook lunch. She made a dish of stir-fried green peppers with oil residue, a steamed eggplant, and a loach and tofu soup.
The tofu was exchanged with Aunt Zhao from the village. Anyone in the team who wanted to eat tofu would go to her to exchange it.
As for the worry about being reported, there's no need to worry at all. We're all from the same village, and this isn't a big deal. It's also convenient for everyone, so no one would be stupid enough to report it.
That's why Yun Yan was not worried that someone would report her for asking Hu Zi and the others to catch loaches for her in exchange for money. After all, she would pay the children in the village for catching loaches for her.
Now the children in the village can basically earn one dollar every day from this place. If anyone reports it, it will be equivalent to cutting off everyone's source of income, which will offend a lot of people.
After lunch, Yun Yan took Qian Qian to start pickling pickles. The water in the pickling jar had dried up. Yun Yan put beans, green peppers, cucumbers and blanched watercress into the jar one by one, adding a layer of salt on top of the vegetables, and then poured in the cooled spiced water.
Finally, press it down with stones, cover it with a board, and place it in a cool place.
After teaching Qian Qian how to pickle pickles, Yun Yan began to teach her how to dry chili peppers.
Wash the green peppers first, boil water in a pot, pour in the green peppers after the water boils, blanch the green peppers until they change color and then remove them.
Spread the blanched green peppers flat on a winnowing basket and place them in the sun to dry.
"Yun Yan, is this dried chili okay?"
"Just dry it for two more days. The dried chilies will be delicious when stir-fried with pork belly."
Then Yun Yan took Qian Qian to start the most important task of the day, processing loaches.
At first, Qian Qian didn't dare to touch the slippery loaches and eels. However, tempted by Yun Yan's delicious food, she began to muster up the courage to follow Yun Yan's example and slowly process the loaches.
Two hours later, all the loaches and eels collected on the first day were finally processed.
Qian Qian helped her light the fire. After the pan was hot, she poured lard into it, then put in the marinated loach and fried it until both sides were golden brown.
After all the loaches and eels were fried, they started stir-frying. This time, Yunyan stir-fried the loaches and eels separately.
Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add ginger, garlic, and chili peppers and stir-fry until fragrant. Then pour in the fried loach. After stir-frying for three minutes, add rice wine and continue stir-frying for another two minutes. Remove from the pan.
After the spicy loach was ready, Qian Qian couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth: "Well, Yun Yan, you really didn't lie to me, this loach is really delicious."
Because there was spicy loach, I made some homemade tofu for dinner. After dinner, Qian Qian returned to the educated youth point with a plate of spicy loach, feeling satisfied.
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