When the three of them arrived, there were still many people who hadn't received their food. When the fourth aunt saw her, she called out, "Xu Zhiqing, have you calculated your work points? How much food can you get this year?"
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Aunt Fourth, the accountant and the team leader are still calculating. This year my brother has earned six work points a day, which should be enough for the two of us to eat."
Fourth Aunt praised, "You two are both capable. Your brother gets six work points a day, and you get ten. You, a female comrade, get the same amount as a strong laborer."
Xu Ning smiled shyly.
Fourth Aunt asked in a low voice, "Xu Zhiqing, I heard from Sanzhu's wife that you had a fight with Liu Zhiqing that day? Did you suffer any loss?"
Xu Ning sighed and said, "Aunt, I don't know how I offended her that day? Everyone saw that she fell to the ground by herself.
Since I was close to her, I ran over to help her, but I ran too fast and accidentally fell on her. She picked up a corn cob and hit me on the head. If I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have had a crack in the head. After she got up, she chased me and hit me again. I was so desperate that I started fighting with her. ”
Fourth Auntie pouted and said, "That educated youth Liu is very evil. She wanted several people in the cowshed to work for her. She also said that she was someone else's grandmother. She also wanted to beat the child in the cowshed. Third Auntie said that the child cried so pitifully."
Xu Ning pretended to be surprised and said, "Didn't Lin Qiuhua say that?"
Fourth Aunt whispered, "She instigated Lin Qiuhua to say that. Lin Qiuhua is a fool. She hits wherever someone points a finger at her."
Xu Ning said in surprise, "So she is this kind of person. I should stay away from her from now on. I don't know when she will use me as a tool."
Fourth Aunt clapped her hands in approval.
Xu Ning did not ask for fine grains this year, only coarse grains. Her space was full of fine grains, and she would take some out and mix them together when the time came.
Xu An came over after school, and seeing that it was not their turn yet, he waited there with his sister. The siblings didn't have a cart, so Wei Lanlan asked Chen Xiangdong to come and help her pull it back.
Xu Ning refused and asked Xu An to borrow the food from Uncle Dashuan's house. Jianmin also came along and helped to move the food onto the cart, then followed the two of them back to pull the cart.
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Jianmin, you don't have to run along. I'll let Xiao An bring him back to you later."
"Xu Zhiqing, I have nothing to do at home. I'll go with you to get it back, so Xiao An won't have to run back and forth."
Jianmin is now a 14-year-old boy, about the same height as Xu An. When he was a child, he would accept food when we gave him food at home, but now he won’t want anything if we give him some candy or snacks.
After moving the food into the house, Xu Ning asked him to stay for dinner before leaving, but he ran away with the cart, which made the brother and sister laugh.
In the Youth League Home, Lin Qiuhua put away the food she had just received. Liu Fang was still angry with her and ignored her.
If it were in the past, Lin Qiuhua would have talked to her a long time ago, but ever since the matchmaker came to cancel the engagement, Lin Qiuhua ignored her. Seeing her packing her own food, Liu Fang glared at her fiercely.
Xu Ning got up in the morning and saw that the weather was good, so he washed the quilt covers and sheets at home. After washing, he looked at the time and it was only ten o'clock, so he planned to go up the mountain.
When she met Chunhua and her niece Jiaohua at the foot of the mountain, she smiled, greeted them and left.
Wei Lanlan, who was picking up mountain products, saw her and called out, "Xu Ning, come over here and pick up some."
Xu Ning walked over and said with a smile, "Why are you alone? Where is Chen Xiangdong?"
"He just carried a basket down. You come earlier than us every day. Why are you late today?"
Xu Ning put the backpack on the ground and said, "I think the weather is good today, so I'll wash the sheets."
"Tomorrow our Youth Academy's Wang Yang and Wang Yu will be returning to the city,"
When Wei Lanlan said that, she remembered that the two boys with low presence came to Yushu Village with Lin Miao.
It seems like he is from this city and is not here for most of the year.
Xu Ning asked, "I remember they are brothers, right? Are they both back in the city?"
Wei Lanlan nodded and said, "Yes, they are from this city. After graduation, they couldn't find a job, so they came to the countryside. Now their grandparents have retired, so they went back to take over their jobs."
The two were talking when Chunhua and Jiaohua came up, and Wei Lanlan saw them and shouted, "Chunhua, Jiaohua, pick them up here!
Chunhua smiled and said, "There aren't many here, you two can pick them up, and we'll go up a little further."
Wei Lanlan glanced at Xu Ning and found that she was smiling all the time, with a calm and composed look on her face.
When Wang Yang and Wang Yu left, Xu Ning and Xu An came to see them off again, but this time they didn't bring anything. They didn't have much friendship to begin with, so coming to see them off was a way of reconciling their friendship as educated youth together.
Xia Qing happened to have cucumbers and tomatoes in the field that time, so he picked a few.
She prepared food for Ge Hongbin as a favor, as Ge Hongbin had helped her and Xu An before.
After Wang Yang and Wang Yu left, Xu Ning and Xu An prepared to go back. Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei also followed them to the back. Xu Ning glanced at the two of them but didn't ask, which seemed to indicate that they had something to say.
Xu Ning brought the two into the house and said with a smile, "What's going on? You two seem to be acting so mysterious."
Wei Lanlan said embarrassedly, "Xu Ning, do you have any industrial vouchers? We want to exchange some for you."
Xu Ning said, "Yes, there are, but not many, only seven or eight."
Wei Lanlan said, "I still need three more, give the rest to my younger sister."
Yang Xiaomei said, "My family sent a few over, and I'm still short of two more."
Xu Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get it for you."
After exchanging the industrial coupons, the three of them prepared to go up the mountain together. As soon as they arrived at the cowshed, they saw Lin Qiuhua carrying a backpack and walking forward with his head lowered.
The three of them walked behind, and Wei Lanlan whispered, "Ever since the matchmaker came to cancel the engagement that day, Lin Qiuhua has ignored Liu Fang and stopped making trouble. He goes up the mountain to collect mountain products and chop firewood every day, and eats separately from those educated youth."
Xu Ning asked, "How many people still eat from the big pot?"
Wei Lanlan said, "There are only three people: Liu Fang, Chunhua and Jiaohua."
Yang Xiaomei also said, "Jiaohua told me yesterday that she and Chunhua also plan to separate and do it themselves."
Xu Ning was surprised and said, "Eat them separately, how can we cook them in one pot?"
Wei Lanlan said, "I don't have to work in the winter anyway, so it doesn't matter if I eat earlier or later.
By the way, when do you pickle sauerkraut? I'll go and learn from you again. Why do the pickles I make taste different from yours? ”
Xu Ning smiled and said, "In the next few days, I will call you when I pickle the cabbage. You can help me chop the cabbage then!"
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