Chapter 135 Who is Lin Qi?
The gong sounded, and the team members quickly began to finish the work. In less than ten minutes, all the team members ran away, leaving only Xu Hexiao, Lao Yi, Lao Fu and Lao Bi on the scene.
"They ran away, why didn't you run?" Lao Yi asked Xu Hexiao.
Xu Hexiao finished his work and clapped his hands. "Which direction is the cafeteria? Do you know?"
Lao Yi and the others shook their heads, "I don't know. They said there's fish tonight, is that true?"
"Yes, there is fish to eat." Xu Hexiao went to wash his hands and took the lunch box he had brought in advance, "I'll take you to the cafeteria."
When Lao Yi and the other two heard that there was fish to eat, they immediately swallowed their saliva desperately and asked eagerly, "Can we eat fish too?"
"Sure. When it comes to eating in the public canteen, the Anliang Brigade does not discriminate. We eat whatever they eat. Maybe there will be a slight difference in the quantity." Xu Hexiao said.
Upon hearing this, Lao Yi and the other two breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't matter if it was a little less, as long as there was something to eat.
Since they were labeled as the stinking ninth class, they have never eaten meat again. God knows, even their dreams are about eating meat.
When Xu Hexiao and the other two arrived, there was already a long line in the cafeteria.
"It smells so good!" Lao Bi swallowed his saliva hard.
Lao Yi and Lao Fu also had shining eyes and walked directly to the end of the team.
"You don't have lunch boxes, so go over there and get the public bowls and chopsticks from the cafeteria. After getting the bowls and chopsticks, you have to wash them clean." Xu Hexiao reminded Lao Yi and others.
"Where can I get it? Where is it?" Lao Yi asked anxiously.
The corners of Xu Hexiao's mouth twitched. The children over there are not as anxious as you three old people.
You still call yourselves cultured people, but have you lost all your dignity?
Xu Hexiao had no choice but to take them to get the dishes and chopsticks, then take them to wash the dishes and chopsticks, and then return to the queue.
At this time, some people had already started eating in the cafeteria. The rich and overbearing aroma rushed into everyone's nose, and the sound of swallowing saliva rang out.
"The fish we got today are so big!" one team member exclaimed.
"The chef said that today's meal will have 900 kilograms of fish meat. Everyone can eat as much as you want!"
"Wow--"
"so much!"
"Where did Lin Qi get the fish nest?"
"It must have run deep into the mountains. Look at this piece of fish. It's so big. The chef said it weighs 20 kilograms!"
hiss--
Everyone gasped in shock. A fish weighing more than 20 kilograms is rare in recent years!
“I really want to see that scene!”
"When the autumn harvest is over, one of you will go and persuade Lin Qi to take us fishing."
"If you don't fish, you can hunt."
“........”
Hearing the team members frequently mentioning the name "Lin Qi", Lao Yi and the other two became interested.
Old Yi bumped Xu Hexiao's arm and said, "Who is Lin Qi? Point her out to us."
"She's not here." Xu Hexiao said calmly.
"Who is Lin Qi? Is she very powerful? Why do people speak of her in a respectful tone?" Old Fu tried to find out more about Lin Qi today, but the team members were very tight-lipped. After asking a few of them, he got nothing out of them.
"Awesome." Xu Hexiao remained calm.
Old Yi rolled his eyes at Xu Hexiao and said, "Can't you say a few more words? We are just too curious."
Xu Hexiao hesitated for two seconds, "Lin Qi, female, 19 years old, from the Quan'anliang Brigade, she is the prettiest. When you see her, you will know that person is her without any introduction."
"Is it so beautiful?" Lao Yi didn't quite believe it.
"Whether it looks good or not is secondary. From these people's mouths, it's not difficult to hear that it was Lin Qi who caught 900 kilograms of fish. How did a girl do that?" Old Fu felt that those people were lying, but with so many people around, was there any need to lie?
Xu Hexiao didn't explain and followed the team.
There are three people in front of him and it will be his turn soon.
The chef looked at the three large aluminum lunch boxes in Xu Hexiao's hand and asked him to open them. "I'll get you a box of rice first, then the fish soup, and finally the fish cubes. The fish soup is the hottest, so be careful when you take it."
"Okay, thank you for your help." Xu Hexiao said.
The three of Lao Yi were surprised. Why was the chef so polite to Xu Hexiao, a member of the Black Five Category? This level of attentiveness and patience was not given to the team members in front!
However, what surprised Lao Yi and the other two was that the chef filled a box with rice for Xu Hexiao and pressed it down several times with a rice spoon until it could not be pressed down any further, and then he put the lid on it.
Lao Yi and the other two were stunned. Was this really one of the five black categories, and not the chef’s biological son?
After the rice was served, the chef served Xu Hexiao fish soup. It was called fish soup, but it was actually meat. He didn't add any more soup until the fish meat couldn't fit in. Finally, he served the fish cubes. The spicy fish cubes were stewed well and topped with green and red peppers, ginger, onion and garlic. They looked very tempting.
"Lin Qi said she wanted two fish heads, so I'll pack four for you." The chef put the four fish heads into the lunch box, which was immediately full and couldn't even close the lid. He looked a little embarrassed, "Your portion can't fit in any more."
"It's okay. I'll just eat the fish in the soup." Xu Hexiao's tone was doting, as if he really didn't mind.
"There's no room for the food." The chef said with a headache, "How can we have a meal without food? Bring an extra lunch box next time. This time you can take mine first, wash it clean tomorrow, and return it to me."
Without waiting for Xu Hexiao to refuse, the chef took out a box from under the table and filled it with most of the vegetables. After thinking for a while, he added a large piece of fish on top of the vegetables and said, "This is yours. Don't fight with Lin Qi for the fish head."
Xu Hexiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at the chef's serious expression, he could only agree obediently, "Got it."
Xu Hexiao carried four lunch boxes out of the cafeteria, and no one thought it was wrong.
Lao Yi and his two companions borrowed bowls and chopsticks from the cafeteria. They planned to finish their meal in the cafeteria and return the bowls and chopsticks before going back.
Now is the autumn harvest, and the food portions are generous. Each person gets a large piece of fish, a bowl of fish soup with half a piece of fish in it, a small plate of vegetables, and two large bowls of mixed grain rice.
This was the best and most filling meal that Lao Yi and his two friends had had in the past three months. The three of them were starving, but they deliberately slowed down their pace and savored the delicious meal.
"This fish is really delicious!" Lao Bi Tan said, "To be honest, the fish species is the most common one, but the taste is better than those precious fish we ate before, fresher and sweeter."
"From what the team members said, the fish was caught from deep in the mountains. I guess it's because the fish drank mountain spring water." Lao Fu guessed.
"It seems that the atmosphere in the Anliang Brigade is good at the moment." Lao Yi said in a low voice. He did not get close to them, but he did not make things difficult for them either.
Old Fu nodded in agreement, "It tastes good too."
"Everyone here has a ruddy complexion. Although they are thin, they are not too thin. Most of them have some flesh on their bodies, which shows that they are not too hungry." Lao Bi looked around the people in the cafeteria and said mysteriously, "When we passed by their rice fields today, did you notice that the rice plants and ears looked extraordinary? The current national rice yield per mu is about 500 kilograms. Although I am not familiar with farming, I can see that the rice yield per mu here is definitely more than 500."
Lao Yi and Lao Fu were both stunned when they heard this. "More than 500 kilograms, how much is that?"
Lao Bi shook his head. "I can't estimate. In addition to rice, we harvested corn these two days. Didn't you find that the corn is growing well?"
Lao Fu: "The corns are very big, and many corn stalks have two corns on them. No wonder their people don't look pale and skinny, they probably don't lack food. I don't know if it's the case in Anliang Brigade or in all nearby brigades."
Lao Yi: "So, we've come to a good place."
At this time, the people at the next table said, "We're having fish today, guess what we're having tomorrow?"
"It's definitely meat, but I don't know what kind of meat it is." said another person.
"No matter what kind of meat it is, it's delicious. In the past, everyone suffered a lot during the autumn harvest, but since Lin Qi came, I'm actually looking forward to the autumn harvest."
"Me too."
It’s Lin Qi again!
"Who is this Lin Qi?" Old Yi was extremely curious.
"That Xu Hexiao knows Lin Qi and helps Lin Qi with her meals. He and Lin Qi must have a very good relationship." Old Fu seemed to remember something. "The day before yesterday, a girl went to Xu Hexiao's house. Is it possible that the girl was Lin Qi?"
Lao Yi and Lao Bi looked at each other and said, "It's really possible."
Lao Yi and the other two came out of the cafeteria with a long-lost look of satisfaction on their faces.
"It's getting dark, shall we go take a bath in the river first?" suggested Lao Yi.
The other two had no objection, "Let's go back to the straw shed and get the bucket first."
"We only have one bucket now, we need to buy another one and get a shoulder pole." Lao Yi said, looking at Lao Bi, "Do you have any money?"
"There's still one dollar and eighty cents left." After saying this number, Lao Bi wanted to cry. When had he ever been so poor?
"Not only are we missing a bucket, we're also missing a water jar and a pot."
"Our bed is made of just two wooden boards, without even a nail. I'm always worried that the boards will break one day."
"Everything is missing, take your time."
When Lao Yi and the other two came back, they didn't go to the straw hut, but went to Xu Hexiao's house first.
Through the gate of the fence, they shouted inside, "Xu Hexiao——"
No response.
The door to the room was closed, and the door to the kitchen was also closed. It seemed that he was not at home.
"Didn't you bring food back to eat? Why isn't he at home?" Lao Yi was puzzled.
"You forgot, in addition to bringing his own things, he also brought Lin Qi's things. Maybe he went to Lin Qi's house." Old Fu reminded.
"Are you looking for me?" Xu Hexiao came back at some point and he looked down at Lao Yi and the others.
Hearing his voice suddenly, Lao Yi and the other two were startled and turned their heads to look behind them.
"Do you have something to talk to me about?" Xu Hexiao asked again.
Lao Yi and the other two came back to their senses, "We are going to the river to take a bath. We were wondering if you have any buckets that you don't need for a while. You can lend them to us for a few days."
"Wait." Xu Hexiao went in and took out a bucket and handed it to them, "Use it."
Lao Bi took it and invited, "Would you like to take a bath in the river with us?"
"No need." Xu Hexiao refused and closed the door of the fence in front of Lao Yi and the other two.
Lao Yi and the other two walked some distance away before they started talking in a low voice.
Lao Yi: "He really went to Lin Qi's house, and the lunch box in his hand disappeared."
Lao Fu: "What is his relationship with Lin Qi?"
Lao Bi: "Could they be dating? But who would agree to their daughter dating someone from the "five black categories"? "
Lao Yi: "This Xu Hexiao has a cold face, but he is very generous. He gave things as soon as he said he would. What do you think? Can we not return this bucket?"
Lao Fu and Lao Bi: “………”
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