When Xu Ning got home, he ate two buns casually, then cleaned the jars he had bought, took out the lard in the space and started to boil oil.
Xu Ning bought five pigs, each weighing more than 300 kilograms. He had asked the pig seller to cut the pork into small pieces of one or two kilograms. The lard from the ten pigs filled three large jars, estimated to be more than 100 kilograms, and there were two large basins of lard residue. Xu Ning boiled it for a whole afternoon and put all the lard and residue in the space.
I have been busy for three consecutive days and have basically prepared everything I need. My money has been almost used up and there is only more than 10,000 yuan left in the card.
I didn’t want to cook dinner, so I took some fruit from the space, drank a bottle of milk, took a shower and went to bed.
The same scene in the dream, the little boy cried heart-wrenchingly and called "sister". After Xu Ning woke up from the dream, his heart was pounding. He took out his mobile phone to check. It was 4:55 in the morning. He wanted to sleep for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep. He simply got up, washed up, and had breakfast. It was already dawn. He took the keys and went out, planning to go to the nearby vegetable market for a stroll.
There were a lot of people in the morning vegetable market. Xu Ning saw an old man selling leeks. There were a dozen leeks on his tricycle. They were fresh and juicy, and they were cleaned very well. She walked over and asked the old man how the leeks were sold. She wanted to buy them all and put them in a space, and take out a handful when she wanted to eat them. When the old man heard that she wanted to buy them all, he said three yuan per catty, a total of 30 catties.
After paying the money, Xu Ning left with 30 kilograms of leeks. She saw that the fresh mushrooms were quite good. Thinking that there was pork and beef in the space, she wanted to make some mushroom meat sauce, so she bought another 20 kilograms of mushrooms. Although there were dried mushrooms in the space, she still felt that the fresh mushroom meat sauce was more fragrant.
Xu Ning saw that it was difficult to carry so many things, so she looked out and saw the old man selling leeks behind her packing up his things to leave, so she called out to him and asked if he could help carry the things she bought back. Although she could carry them all back and it was not far from her home, only a few minutes' walk away, she still wanted to buy some things, so she thought of giving the old man a few dozen yuan and asking him to help carry the things. When the old man heard this, he happily agreed.
Xu Ning put the leeks and mushrooms she had just bought on the old man's tricycle and asked him to wait for her there. She then went to the vegetable market and bought 30 kilograms of ginger, 50 kilograms of vermicelli, and 30 kilograms of rice noodles. When she saw a vendor selling noodles opposite, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't bought any yet, so she immediately went over and bought 200 kilograms of noodles.
I asked the boss to help deliver it to the tricycle. I saw that the dried beans in the dried vegetable shop next door were quite good, so I bought another 20 kilograms of them, 20 kilograms of cucumbers, and 30 kilograms of tomatoes.
He asked the old man to help pull the things back and put them at home. Xu Ning went to the breakfast shop downstairs and bought ten meat buns for the old man. He gave him 100 yuan, and the old man left with a smile.
After seeing the old man off, Xu Ning went to the convenience store next door, bought two large bags of his favorite snacks, and went back.
After I got home, I prepared the ingredients and started to cook the meat sauce. I cooked a jar of mushroom pork sauce and a jar of mushroom beef sauce and put them in the space.
I just stopped and felt nervous. I looked around the small room she rented and found that all the things that needed to be put away had been put away, and the things placed outside were those that were more frequently used.
She didn't feel like cooking lunch, so she just took two steamed buns with some meat sauce and had a few bites. She took the tablet and continued reading the novel about a time-traveling wife in the 1970s that she hadn't finished a few days ago. Maybe she was too tired these days, and she fell asleep after seeing that the heroine was admitted to university.
Xu Ning slept very uneasily. She felt that the dream was becoming more and more real. The crying of the child was getting closer and closer. It felt like it was shouting in her ear. The people around her were also making a lot of noise, which made her head buzzing. She opened her eyes with difficulty.
What caught my eye was a roof with a very old feel. Looking down, I saw adobe walls. When I was about to continue looking, a little boy next to me started crying and shouting, "Sister...sister..., you woke up, sister." Someone next to me also said, "Xu Zhiqing, you finally woke up."
Xu Ning turned his head to look at the person who was talking. The little boy who called him "sister" looked about seven or eight years old, exactly like the skinny little monkey in his dream. The one who called him Xu Zhiqing was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties. Next to the middle-aged man stood a tall and thin man in his thirties, and next to them were a few men and women who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old.
Xu Ning was stunned. Where was she? Suddenly, a memory that did not belong to her appeared in her head, causing her to have a splitting headache. She closed her eyes tightly, held her head with both hands, and her head was about to explode in pain. The little boy next to her was terrified and cried, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
The middle-aged man in his forties or fifties anxiously said to the younger man next to him, "Doctor Han, please go and check on Xu Zhiqing. What's wrong with her?"
Doctor Han had already pulled Xu Ning's hand to prevent her from touching her head. While pulling her hand, he said, "Xu Zhiqing, your head has just been bandaged. You can't touch it with your hands."
Xu Ning accepted the memories of the original owner's body, but she was still dazed. She really traveled through time! She traveled back in time to Xu Ning, who had the same name and surname as her in 1969.
The original owner of this body was also called Xu Ning. She is actually only 13 years old this year. Why is her actual age 13? Because she reported her age as two years older when she came to the countryside. The little boy next to her is the original owner's younger brother Xu An. He is said to be 13 years old, but his actual age is only ten years old.
The two siblings have been working in the countryside here for more than half a year. This is China's Heilongjiang Province, Qi City, Chengnan County, Sanhe Township, and Yushu Village.
The original owner's parents were both university teachers. At the end of last year, they saw that the situation was getting worse and worse, so they immediately severed ties with their three children and immediately arranged for their 16-year-old eldest son Xu Yang to join the army. On the second day of the Chinese New Year this year, they arranged for 13-year-old Xu Ning and ten-year-old Xu An to go to the countryside as educated youth. The youngest Xu Mo was not even two years old yet, so he had to stay with them for the time being.
At that time, the original owner and his brother were too young, so the original owner's age of 13 was changed to 15, and the ten-year-old Xu An was changed to 13.
The original owner had been stronger than his peers since he was young and was also sensible, so his parents let him take the ten-year-old Xu An to the countryside. This was the only solution they could think of under the circumstances at the time.
Another reason for arranging him in Chengnan County was that the original owner's father had a student whose hometown was Chengnan County, Heilongjiang Province, and the student's brother was an officer in the Chengnan County Public Security Bureau.
At that time, the original owner's father also told the original owner not to look for his student's brother unless it was absolutely necessary. The relationship would become weaker each time it was used, and favors should be used wisely.
The original owner remembered what her father had told her. The siblings had been in the countryside for more than half a year, and nothing had happened. They went to work honestly every day to earn work points. The original owner was very strong, and earned eight work points, the same as an adult woman. The original owner's younger brother Xu An had been in poor health since childhood, so the village chief arranged for him to do the job of cutting grass for pigs. With two work points a day, the two siblings calculated that they could eat about 60% to 70% full.
But they were not the only two educated youths at the educated youth center. There were three men and two women who had arrived earlier than them and were older than them. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. In addition, the original owner and his brother were young, and the original owner was not talkative, so there were some people who looked at people and only took advantage of the weak ones. They asked the original owner to help with fetching water and firewood.
The original owner knew that something might have happened at home and was afraid that others would know and that she could not protect her brother. She thought about making friends with them so that she could have someone to help her if anything happened. However, she did not know that some people were ungrateful and would only become more demanding.
This time, it was because the original owner had just finished work and had not even had a sip of water. He was helping a female educated youth to fetch water, and he hit his head on the edge of the well. The person who woke up was Xu Ning from the 21st century.
After receiving the original owner's memory, Xu Ning was so angry that she immediately got out of bed, put on her shoes, rushed out the door, found a stick as thick as a child's arm, and came back to beat the two female educated youth. Several people here were stunned when they saw her, and before they could react, the two female educated youth were beaten and screamed. Xu Ning beat them skillfully, and she specifically hit them on the buttocks, which was painful but would not cause internal injuries.
After the beating, before those people could react, they immediately sat on the ground, crying, "Uncle village chief, you have to take charge of us, my sister and I. My brother and I responded to the Chairman's call to support the construction of the countryside. Since we came to the village, the uncle village chief and the villagers have been as warm to us as the spring breeze. However, Lin Qiuhua and Li Fengjiao acted like capitalist ladies. Seeing that my brother and I were young, they ordered me to fetch water and chop firewood for them. I thought that we were all revolutionary comrades and a big family, and we should help each other. However, they not only asked me to fetch water and chop firewood, but also withheld my and my brother's food. We got the same amount of work points, but my brother and I had less food rations than them. Uncle village chief, I am going to report these two bad apples now."
The village chief was speechless, but before he could say anything, Xu An immediately fell to the ground, crying, "Uncle village chief, they not only asked my sister to help them chop wood and carry water, they also asked me to boil water for them to take a bath."
Li Fengjiao said angrily, "You didn't have a fever, did you?"
Xu Ning immediately followed up, "Why should I heat water for you to take a bath? Just because I didn't heat water for you to take a bath, when it was your turn to cook, you deducted our rations."
Li Fengjiao said with a guilty conscience, "You are young, I am afraid that you will not be able to finish eating and waste it. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and we don't have much food left."
Xu Ning, "There's not much food left, why don't you eat less? I earn more work points than you, why do you want us to eat less?"
"You ordered me to work for you. This is not the behavior of a capitalist lady. I will report you to the Revolutionary Committee for bullying and oppressing revolutionary comrades.
Li Fengjiao said anxiously, "Village head, I didn't do that. When did I ever bully or oppress my revolutionary comrades?"
She was really anxious. What would happen if she was put in such a big trouble?
The village chief ignored her and walked forward, pulling the two siblings up, and asked the educated youths with a fierce face, "Is this true?"
The three male educated youth looked at each other without saying anything. The village chief saw that there was something they didn't understand.
On his way home from the village committee today, he met Doctor Han, who said that Xu Zhiqing had hit his head. Thinking that the kids were young, he came to see if anything happened, but he didn't expect this to happen.
The village chief said to Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua with a fierce face, "We in Yushu Village cannot accept the capitalist style. If I hear that you bully other educated youth again, I will send you to the county educated youth office."
The village chief went on to say, "Xu Zhiqing broke his head while trying to fetch water for Li Fengjiao. Li Fengjiao paid for Xu Zhiqing's medicine and gave him 20 eggs. As for Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua's withholding of food rations for Xu Zhiqing and his brother, Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua each deducted 50 work points to compensate them."
After that, he asked Xu Ning, "Xu Zhiqing, do you think this is feasible?"
Xu Ning knew that this punishment was definitely nothing to the original owner, but others didn't know that the original owner was no longer around. 20 eggs plus 100 work points was already a lot in this era. The village chief handled it very fairly, and was a little biased towards them. She couldn't help but nod and say, "I'll listen to the village chief uncle."
Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua were no longer willing to work. They only earned six or seven work points a day, and if 50 points were deducted, they would have worked for nothing for several days.
Just as the two were about to speak, the village chief said, "If you agree, I'll make the decision and let this matter rest. If you still want to make trouble, then I won't care. I'll have someone send you two to the county educated youth office and let the office arrange another place for you." The two then lowered their heads in anger and stopped talking.
The village chief asked Xu Ning to have a good rest and go back to work after his head injury healed. He also told Li Fengjiao to give the money for Doctor Han's medicine and to get twenty eggs for Xu Ning to nourish his body.
After everyone left, only the two siblings were left. Xu An asked, "Sister, do you have a headache?"
Xu Ning touched the gauze on his head and said with a smile, "It doesn't hurt anymore."
"Sister, lie down and rest. I'll go boil some water for you," Xu An said and ran out.
Xu Ning began to look around the room. It was a small room with a kang (a bed that occupies half of the room) and a cabinet at each end of the kang. She slept on the far left, with two beds next to her. They should belong to Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua.
The original owner had a lot of luggage. His family was well off before, so he brought clothes and quilts with him. Before going to the countryside, his parents gave him 1,000 yuan, 100 kilograms of national food coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons, and industrial coupons. He and his brother hid the money in the mountains.
After arriving in the countryside, I didn't have much money to spend. The most I could do was go to my aunt's house in the village to buy some eggs for my younger brother's body. In more than half a year in the countryside, I only went to the city twice, and those were when I went there with a few educated youth when I was not working.
I don't know how the original owner's parents and younger brother are doing now. They haven't been in contact since they went to the countryside. The original owner's parents told them when they went to the countryside not to write to their family and wait for them to contact them. The original owner was worried about her parents and was in a trance all day, which is why something happened. Alas, after all, she is just a little girl under fourteen years old.
Xu Ning said, "Don't worry, since I have taken over your body, I will take good care of your family for you." After saying that, I felt a lot more relaxed all over.
Xu Ning didn't want to lie in bed anymore, so she put on her shoes and went out. Her younger brother was boiling water in the kitchen, and came out as soon as he saw her, "Sister, why are you not lying in bed? Are you thirsty? The water will be boiled soon, I'll bring it to you later." Xu Ning touched his head and said, "It's okay, sister wants to go out for a walk."
The yards in the Northeast are all very big, and the yard of the educated youth camp is not small either. There is a row of three adobe houses in the front, and more than an acre of private land in the back where beans, eggplants, and peppers are planted. Further back is the Daqing Mountain. There is a small open space near the edge of the Daqing Mountain, about the width of two houses, with potholes made of stones. About ten meters to the right is the cowshed. There are three rooms in the educated youth camp, one for male educated youth, one for female educated youth, and one for a kitchen and a storage room. Now there are a total of seven educated youth in the educated youth camp, including Xu Ning and his sister, including Chen Xiangdong and Lin Qiuhua from Zhejiang Province, Sun Hao and Ge Hongbin from Hai City, Li Fengjiao from Sichuan Province, Xu Ning and Xu An, a brother and sister from Jing City, and two female educated youth who came a few years ago and married into the village.
Among the seven people, Sun Hao and Ge Hongbin have been here the longest, having been here for more than two years. Chen Xiangdong and Li Fengjiao have also been here for two years. Lin Qiuhua came last year, and Xu Ning and his sister came after the Chinese New Year this year.
Xu Ning sighed, turned and walked towards the kitchen.
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