Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei built their houses after the spring planting. Their families sent them 50 yuan each.
The two of them built a house together, and when they moved into the new house, they invited Xu Ning and his two siblings to have a meal.
Gu Wenping and Yang Wenli also built a house together with them. They moved in a few days ago.
The village chief was so happy to see that each of these educated youth had built a house with his own money. If more educated youth were arranged to come here, they would have a place to live.
Xu Ning didn't care about the affairs of the Youth Farm. She looked at the rows of cucumbers planted in her private plot, which were so pleasing to the eye.
The three siblings could not finish eating all the cucumbers they mixed and fried every day, and there were quite a few grown in the cowshed, so she planned to pickle them all and eat them in the winter.
Pick all the cucumbers, put them in a large bowl, wash them, cut them into pieces and marinate them with salt.
Then, remove the seasoning juice and put it into a clean jar. This way, it can be preserved for a year. Xu Ning pickled two jars.
She then told her mother and Aunt Lu about this method, and asked them to pick cucumbers from the backyard and pickle them in the same way.
When Chen Xiangdong was picking vegetables in his private plot, he saw Xu Ning had picked all the cucumbers and knew that she was going to pickle them.
After asking Xu Ning how to pickle cucumbers, the three of them picked all the cucumbers from their own plots and pickled them into pickled cucumbers.
Lin Qiuhua and Li Fengjiao were still muttering in their hearts that the three men were stingy. Wasn’t it just a few of their cucumbers? As for picking all of them.
After Xu Ning finished making pickled cucumbers, he started picking eggplants, cutting them into slices, and drying them in the sun.
Chen Xiangdong and the other two watched Xu Ning drying eggplants, and they followed suit. Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei were very envious.
The two of them only got their share of the land this year after they built their house. Their private plot is still next to the Youth League Home, and they can only get it after they harvest this season's vegetables.
Xu Ning said to them, "Go to the village and ask which family grows more vegetables and buy some. Now dry some vegetables and eat them in the winter."
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei's eyes lit up after hearing this. The villagers had a lot of private plots, and the vegetables they grew could not be eaten all, so they took their backpacks and went to the village.
When Xu An and Xu Mo came back from cutting grass for the pigs, Xu Ning had already prepared the meal.
Xu An has grown a head taller than when Xu Ning first came here last year. Now he looks like an 11-year-old child.
Xu Mo is also chubby, with a bit of baby fat on his face, not to mention how cute he is.
Grandpa Qi often took him with him when he went to the village. He was very sweet and would shout at everyone he saw.
The adults in the village had no prejudice against him, and the children also liked to play with him.
Fried pork with peppers, an eggplant with garlic paste, steamed rice, and two baskets of brown sugar steamed cakes on the side.
One basket was sent to the cowshed after dinner, and the other basket was left for the three siblings.
Xu An said as he ate some rice, "Sister, there are a lot of mushrooms on the mountain right now. Jianmin and I have agreed that we will go to the mountain to pick mushrooms tomorrow after we cut the grass for the pigs."
"Sister, I'm going with my second brother too. Grandpa Qi has woven a small backpack for me, so I can go up the mountain to pick up mountain products in the future," Xu Mo said with a mouthful of rice.
Xu Ning wiped his mouth and said with a smile, "Okay, Xiao Mo will come with us. Our Xiao Mo is the most capable."
Then he said to Xu An, "Put some steamed cakes on the way. When you are hungry, you can eat some first. Put more and eat with Jianmin." Aunt Dashuan's family treated them very well.
Xu An nodded and said, "I understand, sister."
Xu Ning said, "Xiao An, I told the village chief about your going to school today, and he agreed.
You don't have to go to cut grass for the pigs tomorrow morning. I'll take you to school and tell the principal.
Xu An asked, "Sister, are we going now? Isn't it still early?"
Xu Ning explained to him, "It's better to go and tell the principal as soon as possible. If the principal agrees, you can go to school directly. If he has any problems, we can think of other ways."
The next day, the two went to the school to find the principal. After explaining their purpose, the principal asked him what grade he was in before.
Xu An replied, "I have only been in the third grade for half a semester, but I have finished all the third grade textbooks at home, and I have also studied the first volume of the fourth grade. I want to start the fourth grade when school starts."
The principal took out two papers and said, "These are the third grade math and Chinese papers. Please do them first."
Xu An took the two papers, looked at them, and then lowered his head to do them. It took him about an hour to finish the two papers. Xu An respectfully handed the finished papers to the principal.
The principal took up a pen and started correcting the papers. After he finished, he smiled and said to Xu Ning and Xu An, "You have done well in your studies. When the time comes, just come and register for the fourth grade." The brother and sister happily bowed to the principal to express their gratitude.
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