The brother and sister were sitting on the kang and talking affectionately. Xu Mo suddenly asked, "Sister, are you and Brother Lu getting married next year?"
Xu Ning asked in surprise, "Xiao Mo, who told you that?"
"Everyone in the village is saying that Grandpa Chen said that when he went to see Brother Lu off today, you two had already discussed that you would get married when Brother Lu comes back next year."
Xu Ning threw the half-finished pair of shoes onto the kang and lay down on the kang in anger, not wanting to talk anymore.
Xu Mo thought Xu Ning wanted to sleep with him, so he opened his small bag, packed up the clothes he brought, took out the clothes, socks, and shorts inside and put them in the kang cabinet, and said to Xu Ning, "Sister, go back to your room and sleep, I'm going to take off my clothes."
The disliked Xu Ning...
She got up from the kang angrily, pinched his little face before going back to the room.
Xu Mo watched his sister walk away angrily, touched her little face, and shook his head, thinking, why are you still angry when I don't allow you to sleep here? It's true that a woman's heart is as cunning as a needle in the sea!
When Xu Ning got up in the morning, Xu Mo also got up. She asked in surprise, "Xiao Mo, why did you get up so early? Go to sleep for a while. I'll call you when I'm done cooking."
Xiao Mo said, carrying a small schoolbag, "Sister, I won't eat here. There are many people going up the mountain now. It's not good to be seen by others. I will come to accompany you in the evening."
Xu Ning suddenly felt her eyes sore. She went to the house and got a bag of biscuits and put them in his schoolbag, saying, "Okay, I'll make something delicious for you tonight."
Xu Mo agreed happily. He opened the door and looked outside. Seeing that there were not many people on the road, he ran towards the cowshed like a little cannonball.
Xu Ning cooked a bowl of noodles, and after eating, he went to pick mountain products with a basket on his back.
Xu An went to school in the city, so she was the only one picking up trash this year. She found a remote place with few people, and put the trash into the space while putting it into her backpack. In one day, she picked up more trash than two people could.
She picked them for three or four days in a row, and the open space in the yard was full of them drying in the sun. When Wei Lanlan and the others came to help chop cabbage and pickle sauerkraut, they were stunned to see the mountain products in her yard.
Wei Lanlan asked, "Xu Ning, you picked all these up by yourself."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "I started picking up trash when you were still working, but I haven't picked up much in the past few days."
Then they remembered that she didn't work much during the autumn harvest this year. It was her boyfriend who helped her. She must have gone to the mountains every day during that period.
Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong were chopping cabbages in the yard, and the three of them sat in the yard peeling the dried cabbages.
Yang Xiaomei said to the two of them, "Wang Juanjuan wants to go back to the city. I heard from Jiaohua that she has already written two letters home and even went to the city to make a phone call yesterday. Her family is trying to find a connection, but her two sisters-in-law don't seem to want her to go back."
Wei Lanlan sneered, "It's unlucky to have such a sister-in-law. Now that she has been sent to the countryside, no one with a brain would want her to go back."
Xu Ning also nodded in agreement. They pickled the sauerkraut in the afternoon and made an appointment to help Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei pickle the sauerkraut tomorrow.
After they left, Xu Ning took out a few pears and apples from the space, chopped them up, and took out some chili powder, preparing to make some spicy cabbage.
In the evening, Xu Ning and Xu Mo sat on the kang and chatted. Xiao Mo ate some cookies and said, "Sister, the food will be distributed tomorrow. Dad and Uncle Lu discussed that this year's work points are more than last year, so they want to get more fine grains for Grandpa Qi to eat."
Xu Ning thought about the amount of fine grains in his space and said, "Go back tomorrow and tell Dad and Uncle Lu to get all the coarse grains this year. I still have a lot of food coupons here. You can go to the city to buy them. It's more cost-effective to get coarse grains in the village."
"Got it, sis. I'll tell dad and Uncle Lu tomorrow."
Xu Ning asked him again, "Xiao Mo, how are you doing in school? Is anyone bullying you?"
Xu Mo waved his hands and said, "Sis, look at what you said, who would bully me? Everyone in the class is my good brother and sister. There were a few troublemakers at the beginning, but I turned them over a long time ago, and now they are also my brothers."
Xu Ning really admired this kid's social skills. Despite his young age and background, he was very popular in the village. Although it was partly because of Grandpa Seventh, the kid was also very good at dealing with people and had a sweet mouth, so few people didn't like him.
"Does the teacher like you?"
"Of course the teacher likes me. I am a good student. Every day after class, I help the teacher clean the blackboard and sweep the podium. Both teachers praise me for being good and obedient.
I am now the study committee member of our class. The teacher said that if I perform well, I will be the class monitor next semester. ”
Xu Ning touched his head and smiled, "Xiao Mo is really amazing. He has become a study committee member. I had never been an official when I was studying."
Xu Mo raised his head with a little pride and said, "Mom and Dad, Uncle Lu, Aunt Lu, and Grandpa Qi, they also said that I am very capable and well behaved."
When the grain was distributed the next day, Xu Ning borrowed a cart from the village and pulled the distributed grain back.
Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong had already chopped the cabbage. After lunch, Xu Ning went to the Youth League's courtyard to help them pickle sauerkraut. The weather was nice today, and the youth leaguers had just finished their meal and were sitting in the courtyard to bask in the sun.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei sat there peeling the dry leaves of the cabbage. Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong also cleaned the jar. Xu Ning washed his hands and started to help them pickle the vegetables.
Several people in the Youth League were watching nearby. Jiaohua asked, "Xu Zhiqing, we will also cut cabbages tomorrow. Are you free tomorrow afternoon? Please help us pickle some. We pickled some last year, but they went bad soon after we ate them. We didn't have much to eat for half the winter."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Sorry, I have to go to the city tomorrow and don't have time. You can watch how I pickle it today and just follow my instructions. In fact, everyone pickles sauerkraut differently, and sometimes I don't pickle it well either."
Jiaohua was a little embarrassed, so Chunhua pulled her and said, "Aunt, it's getting late, let's go chop wood!" After that, she nodded to a few people and went up the mountain.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei ignored the confused Jiaohua. They usually got along very awkwardly with each other. When asking others for help, she said it as if it was a matter of course. I don't know how she had the nerve to ask for it.
Liu Shaojie and Zhang Hairong were also helping. The seven of them pickled two jars of sauerkraut and they finished soon.
Several people were preparing to go up the mountain to chop firewood together. Xu Ning already had enough firewood, and she had nothing to do at home, so she went home to get a backpack and prepared to go up the mountain with them. If she saw any mountain products, she would pick up some, and if there was nothing, she would just wander around the mountain.
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