The next day, when Xu Ning woke up, there was no one next to him. He took out his watch to check the time. It was half past six in the morning. The watch was the watch that the original owner's mother had given to the original owner when she went to the countryside.
Today, Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua were still the ones cooking. Among the seven educated youth, each one took a turn to cook every day, but they all found people they were on good terms with to cook together. Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua cooked together, Xu Ning and his brother cooked together, and the three male educated youth cooked together.
Everyone has a fixed amount of food. After what happened yesterday, no one would dare to withhold their food rations.
But Xu Ning still didn't plan to eat together anymore. There was still a month before the autumn harvest, and there wasn't much food left at the educated youth site. So today he divided the food between the siblings and cooked his own meal.
Thinking of this, Xu Ning immediately got up, put on his clothes, and went to the kitchen to get some water to wash up.
Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua were steaming steamed bread. When they saw Xu Ning coming in, they immediately turned their heads away. Xu Ning didn't care about their attitude. He fetched some water and went out to rinse his mouth and wash his face.
Soon the male educated youth also got up. When it was time to eat, Xu Ning said that she and her younger brother would separate the food and cook for themselves.
The male educated youth had no objection. After what happened yesterday, Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua knew that they would not be able to take advantage of them in the future, and they hoped that they would be separated.
Xu Ning suggested that they divide the food among the siblings while everyone was waiting for dinner, and everyone agreed.
Because it was almost time to distribute the grain during the autumn harvest, there was not much grain left. There were about seven or eight kilograms of sorghum flour and just over two kilograms of corn flour. The grain was divided between Sun Hao and Chen Xiangdong, and it was distributed very fairly.
As for the private plots, vegetables have already been planted and they will not be divided for the time being. They will still eat together now. After this season, the plots near the Daqing Mountain will be divided among their siblings.
The three male educated youths wanted to give the siblings a piece of private land near the educated youth compound, but Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua disagreed.
Xu Ning told the three male educated youths that it was okay and that they could just give the land near Daqing Mountain to the two of them.
Xu Ning suggested that they first divide their private plots, and when the current crop of vegetables is finished, she will plant her own.
There are not many vegetables in her space, and the winter here is long. When the mountain is blocked by heavy snow, she can't go out even if she wants to. Even if she can go out, it will be difficult to buy vegetables. So she has to store enough vegetables for the two sisters to eat in the winter.
Yesterday she looked at the field near Daqing Mountain and the beans planted there, and found that there were only a few of them. It might be because it was too far away and not as convenient as the educated youth site, so she didn't take care of it after planting.
After everyone agreed, Xu Ning said she would go find the village chief to help divide the private plots after work in the evening.
Everyone went to work. Xu An also went to cut grass for the pigs with a basket on his back. After they left, Xu An walked over to Xu Ning and asked happily,
"Sister, we have to give them separate meals,"
Xu Ning smiled and touched his little head and asked him,
"So happy?" Xu An nodded, "I am happy, sister. We will eat separately from them, and you will be full later. You can eat more then."
Xu Ning agreed, "Then my sister and Xiao An will have enough to eat every day."
Xu An happily carried his backpack and went to cut grass for the pigs.
Xu Ning also planned to go to the county to take a look. It takes about two hours to walk from here to Chengnan County. However, it is not the busy farming season yet. Every day there are ox carts going to the county town, and it takes about an hour to ride the ox cart.
Xu Ning sighed, what a miserable traffic!
When Xu Ning reached the entrance of the village, the oxcart was almost full of people. The village head's wife was also on the oxcart. When she saw Xu Ning, she waved to her, "Xu Zhiqing, come sit here." Xu Ning immediately ran over and sat next to the village head's wife, and asked her, "Auntie, are you going to the city too?"
The village head's wife pulled the backpack next to her. The backpack was filled with peppers, beans, and various vegetables. She smiled and said, "Send some vegetables to my daughter. Xu Zhiqing, is your head feeling better?"
The village chief's eldest daughter married a man from the city, and her son-in-law works in a machinery factory. Being a worker is a very respectable job nowadays, equivalent to a civil servant in the 21st century.
Xu Ning replied, "Much better, auntie. The village chief asked me to rest at home for two days. I'm going to the city to mail a letter."
Xu Ning exchanged a few pleasantries with the village chief's wife, and then stopped talking. The original owner was a girl who didn't talk much, and she didn't plan to change too much outside. She kept a low profile and spent the next few years in peace and stability.
The ox cart swayed slowly to the county town. On the tall archway, the three words "Chengnan County" were written in a majestic manner. On each side was a sitting or lying stone lion. There was a chain around the mouth of the stone lion, and in the middle of the chain was a lion head with many wavy lines engraved on the side. There were two huge front paws under the chain.
Xu Ning looked at the stone lion and fell into deep thought. Why was this stone lion so similar to the stone lion at the gate of the county town described in the book "The Little Wife Who Traveled Through the 1970s" that she had seen before she traveled through time?
She read the first half of this book a few months ago when she was on a business trip in Hangzhou with her office colleagues, who recommended it to her.
The heroine is called Lin Miao, an internet celebrity from 2021. She traveled through time to a worker's family in Jiangsu Province. Her parents are ordinary workers. She has an older brother, an older sister, and two younger brothers. The older brothers and sisters have already started families, and the two younger brothers are still young. Only the heroine is suitable to go to the countryside, but the heroine doesn't think so. She says that her parents are partial to her and is looking for death. She was on a hunger strike until the day before she went to the countryside. Who knew that she really starved herself to death? The internet celebrity Lin Miao from 2021 came over.
After Lin Miao in 2021 traveled through time, she packed up her things and went to the countryside. Lin's father and mother felt guilty towards their daughter and sent her money and tickets every month.
Besides, her live broadcast room also came with her. Although the room had no other functions and could only hold things, there were many samples sent by brands, including cosmetics, snacks, bedding, clothes... and so on... Although there were not many, plus the monthly allowance from Lin's father and mother, it was enough for her to live a comfortable life.
The hero, Gu Wenping, went to the countryside more than a month later than the heroine. The hero was from Beijing and had a good family background. He responded to the country's call to go to the countryside. The hero was attracted to the heroine when he saw her for the first time. The heroine was petite, with a palm-sized oval face, fair skin, bright eyes and white teeth... (3,000 words omitted here)... At that time, the author wrote a long article of praise for the heroine. In short, she was very beautiful.
The rest of the story is about the two people's lingering love story, and there is an outstanding male supporting actor in all aspects. The heroine is painfully wavering between the two of them, and has been entangled with the hero for several years. Once when she went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, she encountered a wild boar. The hero risked his life to save her, and finally they got a happy ending. Then the college entrance examination was resumed, and the hero and heroine were both admitted to university.
Xu Ning had read this far before he traveled through time, and there was still 1/3 left to read. Now that he thinks about it, the place where the heroine went to the countryside seems to be Chengnan County, Heilongjiang Province. There seems to be a Daqingshan in the book. Could it be that the place where the hero and heroine went to the countryside is also Yushu Village? If they really went to Yushu Village, then the name of the educated youth would not match!
I just put the tablet into space after reading the novel the night before I traveled through time. Now I don’t have to think about it and my head hurts. I touched the gauze on my head with my hand, thinking that I would go to Dr. Han to change the medicine in the afternoon. The hand touching my head suddenly stopped. What if she hadn’t traveled through time yesterday? Is the original owner gone just like that? The village chief would definitely send the two culprits to the Youth League Office, so that there would be no more Youth League members Li Fengjiao and Lin Qiuhua in Yushu Village, and no more Xu Ning.
Chen Xiangdong, Sun Hao, and Ge Hongbin were all very low-key people to begin with. If one of them died and two were sent to the Youth League Office, the three of them would just stay away from everything. This explains why the three of them were rarely mentioned in the book.
The heroine Lin Miao seemed to have gone to the countryside in 1969. The book once described that the heroine went to the countryside just in time for the autumn harvest. Her two delicate hands were covered with blisters. She was lucky that there was sunscreen in the live broadcast room, otherwise her face would have been sunburned.
Now it is less than a month away from the autumn harvest. If I really have traveled through time and space in a book, I have to find a way to move out of the educated youth center before the heroine arrives in Huaishu Village.
Xu Ning was lost in thought when he heard the village head's wife calling out, "Xu Zhiqing, Xu Zhiqing, we're here. Aren't you going to mail a letter? Go quickly. It's getting late. If you're late you'll miss the oxcart going back."
Xu Ning finally reacted and quickly agreed, "Okay, Auntie, I'll go right away."
Xu Ning did not send the letter. She was not very familiar with the original owner's notes, so she practiced before writing.
First, go to the supply and marketing cooperative. There are many people inside. Some of the tickets that the original owner brought with him when he went to the countryside are about to expire. Xu Ning plans to use them. He bought two kilograms of brown sugar, one kilogram of egg cake, and one kilogram of salt. He gave the two kilograms of sugar tickets and one kilogram of egg cake tickets to the salesperson.
"Brown sugar is 48 cents per pound, 96 cents per pound, egg cake is 75 cents per pound, and salt is 15 cents per pound, a total of 1.86 yuan." Xu Ning handed the money to the salesperson, put the things in the backpack, looked around, and walked to the meat stall. The meat stall was crowded with people, so Xu Ning turned around and walked out.
She doesn't plan to sell the things in the space, and she doesn't want to do business on the black market like the heroine in the next few years. She doesn't have the heroine's halo, and she doesn't want to take the risk. It will take at least ten years before there is food freedom, and there is not much food in her space. Since she has occupied the original owner's body, she will also take care of the original owner's relatives.
Thinking of the original owner's parents, she suddenly remembered a plot briefly mentioned in the book.
When the village chief went to pick up the group of educated youth who went to the countryside with the male protagonist, there was also a man, a woman and a little boy of two or three years old who came with them. Those three people had bad backgrounds and were sent to the countryside for reform. Unlike the educated youth, who came in ox carts, the two adults and one child walked to Yushu Village on the ox cart.
The three people who were sent down to the countryside with bad backgrounds had to live in the cowshed. The cowshed was not far from the educated youth point. The educated youth were taken to the point by oxcart. When the three people were taken to the cowshed, a little boy rushed over and shouted "Mom and Dad, Xiao Mo". The two or three-year-old boy in the middle of the three called him brother. No one would believe it even if they said they had severed their relationship! The little boy who called for his parents also went to live in the cowshed.
This family was not mentioned much in the rest of the book. Then a few years later, after the hero and heroine got married, they went out for a walk after dinner one day. They passed by the cowshed and saw a teenage boy in tattered clothes carrying water towards the cowshed. He sighed in his heart, what a victim of the times!
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