When Xu Ning heard what Wei Lanlan said, he walked out of the kitchen and said with a sullen face, "Who said that? Stand up. I came to Yushu Village as an educated youth to help build the countryside. The leaders said that we are all one big family.
I believe that everyone who came here as educated youth had the same purpose. There were so many people building houses in the educated youth compound, and the villagers did not live together. Doesn't that mean we are not family anymore?
We came here for a common goal. Instead of trying to unite everyone, you are trying to create division like a rat. I will break your legs today. ”
After saying that, he glanced at Liu Fang and walked towards her with a fire poker. Liu Fang was so scared that she hid behind Chunhua.
Chunhua was afraid that the two would fight again like last time, so she smiled and advised, "Xu Zhiqing, she was joking with you. You also said that we are all a big family, so don't bother with her."
Xu Ning said to Chunhua with a sullen face, "Comrade Chunhua, it is wrong for you to defend her like this. Although we are a family, every family has a few rebellious children. If you don't teach her a lesson, she will harm others when she goes out. Please get out of the way. I must teach her to be a good person in the future."
Liu Fang remembered the last time she was slapped by her and turned around and ran towards the Youth League Home.
Xu Ning had no intention of beating her today, he just wanted to scare her, but she was very disgusted by Chunhua's words.
He looked at her and said, "Comrade Chunhua, you are not helping her, you are harming her! I used to think you were a person who knew right from wrong, but today, ah."
After saying that, he sighed, shook his head and went back to the house.
Liu Chunhua stood there awkwardly.
Wei Lanlan held back her laughter and pulled Chen Xiangdong back.
Xu Ning's courtyard wall was built in two days. The wall was very high, almost two meters. A small bathroom was built in the corner of the wall for bathing in the summer.
After the courtyard wall was built, she finally had her own yard. Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei were very envious when they came to see it.
On the day the stack was completed, Xu Ning invited a few people to have a meal at his home. They had pork and sauerkraut stewed with vermicelli, cold-mixed black fungus, and Erhe noodles.
In 1973, when spring planting began, Wang Juanjuan's house had not been completed yet. Spring planting was a big event and could not be delayed, so her house had to be built after that.
All the people in the Youth League Home were assigned to dig the land together. Xu An also had his spring planting holiday. He planned to do seven work points this year. He got along well with two male youth, Liu Shaojie and Zhang Hairong, and asked the team leader to assign them to Xu An together so that they could talk after being tired from work.
Because some educated youth bullied the people in the cowshed last year, this year Grandpa Qi went to the village chief and asked him to separate the four people in the cowshed to work separately. The village chief agreed and assigned the four people to work in a separate field. Xu Mo followed behind and picked up the grass roots they dug out, and he was also given one work point every day.
Just like in previous years, Xu Ning finished her assigned work and went back to tidy up her private plot. The high courtyard wall completely separated it from the Youth League Home. She dug up every corner of the yard so that she could grow more vegetables.
This year she plans to plant more watermelons, cucumbers and tomatoes at home, and also plant a few pumpkins in the corners of the wall.
Looking at the neatly tidy yard, I like it more and more. Why didn’t I think of building a wall in the middle before? How stupid!
Now that there is this wall, it is not convenient for Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei to come over to visit. They have to take a long detour from outside to get here.
While digging the ground, Wei Lanlan asked, "Have you planted your vegetables? What are you going to plant this year?"
Xu Ning said, "Grow beans, eggplants, peppers, watermelons, pumpkins, cucumbers, and tomatoes."
After listening to her talk, Wei Lanlan asked, "Do you have extra watermelon seeds? Give me a few when the time comes. I want to plant some too."
Xu Ning nodded and said, "There are some extra ones. I saved all the biggest and sweetest watermelon seeds last year. Ask Yang Xiaomei if she wants any. I'll give them to you this afternoon. They're perfect for planting these days."
As the two were talking, Wang Juanjuan started crying. Liu Fang and Chunhua comforted her. Gu Wenjing and Gu Wenping also walked over and asked what happened.
Xu Ning took a look, turned his face back and continued digging. Wei Lanlan did not go over either.
Yang Xiaomei and Sun Hao looked at each other and didn't move. They were also planning to get married this year. Now they worked and ate together.
Xu Ning looked at the other people again. Lin Qiuhua was working hard and seemed not to have heard anything.
Yang Wenli and Lin Miao were also working on their own tasks.
Liu Shaojie and Zhang Hairong were talking to Xu An. The three of them were laughing so happily that they had no idea what was going on here.
During the lunch break, Gu Wenping and Gu Wenjing took Wang Juanjuan to see the village chief.
He said he can't do this job. Can you change it?
Xu Ning laughed. All the little girls around fourteen or fifteen years old in the village do this job. You say you can't do it? Can't you be richer than others? Do you think the village chief is your father?
Seeing her sister smile, Xu An asked, "Sister, do you think the village chief will give her another life?"
Xu Ning looked at him and said, "What are you dreaming about? The village chief is not senile. If he changes her today, all the young girls and wives in the village will go to him to change tomorrow."
The brother and sister finished their work in the afternoon as quickly as possible and went to Aunt Dazhu's private plot. They had agreed with Aunt Dashuan yesterday to go to her field to pull out vegetable seedlings today.
Xu Ning plans to plant the vegetables early so that he can eat them two days earlier.
Wang Juanjuan watched the brother and sister finish work so early, then looked at the blisters on her own hands, and stared at them with envy and jealousy.
Lin Qiuhua was working on the field next to hers. When she saw her expression, she smiled. She was not doing her job properly, but was always staring at others.
Thinking of this, he felt ashamed. He used to be the same as her. If he had not listened to Liu Fang's instigation and asked several people in the cowshed to help with the work, he would not have been branded as a bully and his marriage would have fallen through.
Liu Fang also saw that the brother and sister had finished work early, and seeing Wang Juanjuan's envious eyes, she said, "That damn girl is very strong, works fast, and is also very good at flattering."
After hearing this, Wang Juanjuan asked, "Who is she flattering?"
Liu Fang said disdainfully, "Who else? The village chief's wife! But it's useless to flatter her, and she didn't give her a good job."
Wang Juanjuan's eyes darkened as she thought about what the village chief said when Gu Wenping and Gu Wenjing took her to the village chief to exchange jobs.
He said, Wang Zhiqing, you are not used to it because you just arrived here. It will be fine once you get used to it. The countryside is different from the city. Farming is not an easy job. The little girls in our village, thirteen or fourteen years old, all go to dig the fields, and children five or six years old earn work points in the fields. Look at Xu Ning and his brother and sister, when they first came, they were so young, but they did the same work as everyone else.
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