Chapter 86 Gossip
This happened just a few hours ago, and Jian Tongyi, who had just returned from town, also received the news!
"Ming Kangjian and Jiang Wanwan have set up a study room next to the brigade office. On weekdays, everyone reads books and newspapers in it and studies current affairs. In addition to us educated youth, the people who come to the study room also include members of the brigade. It is now the place with the most up-to-date information in the brigade, and all the gossip about the brigade leader is available there." Jian Tongyi explained, "You just saved someone, and the child came in to pass on the news."
Lin Qi raised her eyebrows. It turned out that when she was not paying attention, the team actually had a study room.
"Are you interested in the study room?" Jian Yitong asked.
Lin Qi shook her head, "It was just an accident."
"We are educated youth. We can't just farm." Jian Yitong said helplessly, "The study room is not only for reading books and newspapers, but also for learning to read. Recently, we are lobbying the team leader, hoping to open a primary school in the team next year."
"Isn't there a primary school in the commune?" Lin Qi asked.
"Yes. It's just too far. It takes two hours for adults to get there, and it would take even longer for children to walk there. When it rains or the weather is cold, it becomes very troublesome to go to school. If our brigade has its own school, it will be very convenient to go to school in the future."
"There are no classrooms in the team." It is not difficult to find a teacher, but it is difficult to find a classroom.
"It is precisely because there are no classrooms that the team leader did not agree directly. But I think the team leader is quite interested. Maybe one or two classrooms will be built next year. When we need to recruit teachers, we should choose from the team members and us educated youth. Lin Qi, do you want to be a teacher?"
"No. I never went to school."
"That's a pity. Now everyone at the Youth League Center has begun to compete secretly and be on guard for the teacher position that has not yet appeared. By the way, Ming Kangjian and Gan Tian are dating. Did you know about this?"
"Are they dating? How old are they?"
"Ming Kangjian is already 18, and Gan Tian is 17. But they didn't make it public, and not many people in the educated youth camp knew about it. I just happened to see them holding hands one day. I suspect that we went into the mountains together to look for someone that night, Gan Tian sprained her foot, and when Ming Kangjian carried her on his back, they secretly fell in love."
At that time, everyone else was only concerned about their own escape, only Ming Kangjian was willing to carry Gan Tian, it was normal for Gan Tian to be moved and fall in love with Ming Kangjian. Not to mention, Ming Kangjian himself is very outstanding.
"I thought Ming Kangjian would choose Jiang Wanwan." Lin Qi expressed her own opinion. When Jiang Wanwan first came to the educated youth point, Ming Kangjian looked at her with eager eyes.
"It's been a while since Jiang Wanwan's family sent her any money or gifts. She has also started to live frugally and doesn't wear brightly colored clothes anymore. You know, many people have been sent down to the countryside now..." Jian Yitong stopped talking.
Lin Qi was thoughtful, thinking that something might have happened to Jiang Wanwan's family. Ming Kangjian was sure to guess what Jian Yitong could guess, so he gave up Jiang Wanwan and chose Gan Tian.
"I brought the package back for you, shouldn't you show some appreciation?" Jane Tong tried to change the subject.
"What do you mean?" Lin Qi was puzzled. Didn't he say it was just on his way?
"Just now, Xiao Ba's mother put taro, sweet potatoes and vegetables in her basket, right? I don't want much, just compare with theirs." Jian Tongyi said shamelessly.
Lin Qi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Wait."
Lin Qi took a basket and went to the warehouse to pick up two sweet potatoes, two taro and two handfuls of green vegetables. There were not many things in total, but they were large in size, filling the basket to the brim.
Jian Yitong took it with a smile, "Then I won't be polite."
Lin Qi waved at him, "Go away."
"Tsk, how rude of you to not even keep us for dinner." Jian Yi laughed, then turned and walked outside.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the gate of the yard, he ran into someone again.
Two men, one outside the door and the other inside, looked at each other and saw hostility in each other's eyes.
Jane Tongyi: "If you like her, you should stay away from her and not drag her down."
Xu Hexiao: "She doesn't think it's a burden."
Jian Tongyi sneered, "You can't even protect yourself, don't you have any self-awareness? Can you afford to give her a future?"
Xu Hexiao's expression remained calm. "She can create her own future. I don't need her to."
Jian Yitong was shocked by his shameless appearance, and was furious and cursed, "Coward!"
After saying that, he strode away.
The two were talking in a loud voice, and Lin Qi heard every word.
She remained calm and sat in a chair to unpack.
Xu Hexiao came over and sat next to her. "Did it get mailed from home?"
Lin Qi hummed and took out a letter from the package. After reading the letter, she looked at the things in the package, which included thick cotton shoes, plastic waders, a flowered cotton jacket, and several soft undergarments.
"Your family has prepared a lot of things for you, all of which you can use." With so many things, it can be seen that Lin Qi's family cares about her very much. It is not like the rumors outside that they sent her to the countryside because they think she is a burden.
"Not all of them are family members." Lin Qi handed the letter to Xu Hexiao and took these things back to the room.
What's the meaning?
Xu Hexiao took the letter and read it quickly. "Who is that Fang Ning? Why did he send you a flowery cotton jacket?"
A sense of crisis arose in his heart.
Lin Qi recalled carefully, "It was my brother's colleague. My brother said that every time I mailed something back, he would share some with Fang Ning. Fang Ning ate my food, so she bought me a piece of clothing. That's all."
Xu Hexiao didn't say whether he believed it or not. Two love rivals appeared in one day, and he was not in a very good mood.
He believed in Lin Qi and trusted her.
But when he thought about other men coveting her, he wanted to beat the other man up.
If Lin Qi knew what he was thinking, would she think he was too stingy?
The children were well-informed. Yesterday they heard that Lin Qi had killed an eagle and many of the children had eaten the eagle's meat. Today, as soon as Lin Qi was driving the cattle out, a group of children followed her.
Lin Qi could name some of these children, such as Luo Wei, San Ya, A Liang and Xiao Ba, but some of them she just looked familiar to.
"Why are you following me?" Lin Qi asked the children.
"Wait till you hit the eagle."
"I want to see you catch mice."
"Xiao Ba said that your vegetables and sweet potatoes are very delicious, just as good as meat. Is this true?"
"We'll help you herd cattle, can you help us catch mice?"
“........”
The children were chattering non-stop.
Lin Qi waited until they stopped before answering their questions one by one. "The eagle is flying too high in the sky, so I can't hit it. There must be mice in the mouse hole for me to catch them. The sweet potatoes I dug in the mountains are really delicious. I will bring some to you tomorrow."
"But I want to eat sweet potatoes now, which are more delicious than meat. We are helping you watch the cows. Can you go back and get them?" said a little child while sucking his fingers.
Lin Qi looked towards the house not far away, then looked at the pairs of expectant eyes, and her heart softened. "Okay, I'll go back and get it."
Lin Qi returned home and spent five minutes to harvest a basket of sweet potatoes. These sweet potatoes were not very big, only slightly bigger than an adult's fist.
When she came back, the children were still waiting there, and the cows were still there.
"Is it a sweet potato bigger than Xiaoba's head?" a child asked curiously.
"No. Sweet potatoes are too big and it's difficult to roast them." Lin Qi explained.
After hearing this, the children thought it made sense and stopped worrying about the size of the sweet potatoes.
They drove the cattle to a place surrounded by mountains on three sides. They only had to guard one side to prevent the cattle from coming out.
Some of the children spontaneously went to collect firewood and make a fire.
Some of them followed Lin Qi to find rat holes and catch rats.
Others rely on experience to find rat holes and judge whether there are rats in the holes, but Lin Qi relies on plant roots. The children only saw her poking the rat holes with a stick, and when the rats ran out, she threw the small stones hidden in her hands, and she hit them with every throw. No rat could escape from her hands.
Is it that simple?
The children began to doubt their lives. They had also poked a rat hole, so why didn’t any rat come out?
It looks simple, but somehow it seems very powerful.
After catching a mouse for each child, Lin Qi stopped.
"Okay, you guys have fun, I'm going to herd the cattle." Lin Qi threw away the stick, picked up his backpack, and walked towards the cattle in the distance.
"Lin Qi, don't you eat roasted sweet potatoes and roasted mice?" Lowe asked.
"No. Be careful and put out the fire when you leave." Lin Qi said.
The children agreed obediently and asked again, "Will you come to herd cattle tomorrow?"
"Come." Lin Qi answered without turning her head.
The children were instantly delighted and said, "We will come tomorrow too."
That night, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao were having dinner when they heard the familiar call of a nightingale outside the house.
"It's Brother Tan." Xu Hexiao stood up and walked outside.
In a short while, he came in with Brother Tan.
"There are fish and meat. It seems I came at the right time." Brother Tan did not consider himself an outsider at all. He sat down by the fire and instructed Xu Hexiao, "Go get a set of bowls and chopsticks."
Xu Hexiao was holding the sack that he had taken off the back seat of Brother Tan's bicycle. Hearing this, he pointed to the cabinet beside him with his chin and said, "Go get it yourself."
Brother Tan didn't hesitate to get the bowl and chopsticks, and after sitting down, he started to pick up the meat from the pot.
Lin Qi waited for him to finish picking up the meat, then added some more to the pot.
"Delicious!" Brother Tan said incoherently.
"Eat yours and stop talking nonsense." Xu Hexiao said with disdain.
Brother Tan didn't even look at Xu Hexiao and just kept eating.
Lin Qi was already full, so she added more meat to the two of them and took a sip of wine from time to time.
Only after all the meat was eaten did Brother Tan put down his bowl and chopsticks with a look of unsatisfied satisfaction. "Your food is definitely the best in Jiahe Town. Even if the ingredients are not the most expensive, they are definitely the most delicious."
Thinking about how these two people could eat such delicious meals every day, Brother Tan's eyes turned red with jealousy.
"Let's talk about business." Xu Hexiao said.
"You're becoming more and more boring." Brother Tan curled his lips and took out a small notebook from his bag, "Here is the account of this transaction, take a look."
Xu Hexiao took the notebook, read it quickly, and then handed it to Lin Qi.
"Here is the money. Count it. It's a total of 1,236 yuan. I have removed the decimals." Brother Tan put a small cloth bag into Xu Hexiao's hand.
Lin Qi had already finished reading the accounts, tore off the paper with the words on it, and put it into the fire. Brother Tan beside him raised his eyebrows, with a flash of appreciation in his eyes.
"The amount is correct." Xu Hexiao handed the money to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi didn't count, she just put it away and asked, "What's in that bag?"
"I spent a lot of effort to find your leather shoes and military coats. There are six in total. Count them too."
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