Chapter 154 Getting Better (1)
Taotao and Shi Yuxi stood aside and watched Qiao Yingniang and Wang Meijiao wrestling with each other.
The people watching did not take the fight between the two seriously, wondering how far these women could fight.
But in fact, Wang Meijiao, who had been hungry for several days, was no match for Qiao Yingniang, who was used to doing farm work and had a strong physique.
At the beginning, Wang Meijiao could barely fight back a few times to pretend, but later on, she could only take the beating alone...
She burst into tears.
Then she cried louder and louder.
Qiao Yingniang also found it boring.
Wang Zhuizi couldn't beat her, and she was tired of fighting...so she stopped and stood aside waiting for class.
Wang Meijiao cried harder and harder, and she was about to cry to death.
Jiang Hongzhi was annoyed with her, but he had to come over and pretend to ask, "Wang Meijiao, what are you doing?"
This is what Wang Meijiao has been waiting for!
She immediately pointed at Qiao Ying's mother and complained loudly, "Captain! Qiao Ying's mother hit people!"
Jiang Hongzhi frowned, "Qiao Ying's mother, did you hit someone?"
Qiao Yingniang's voice was louder than Wang Meijiao's. "...It was Wang Zuizi who hit me first! There are so many people watching! Why don't you ask them!"
No need to ask.
Jiang Hongzhi himself witnessed the cause and process of the incident.
So Jiang Hongzhi said something to Qiao Yingniang and Wang Meijiao, "We are all from the same village and production team...you should get along well and don't have conflicts!"
After saying that, he left.
Qiao Yingniang glared at Wang Meijiao complacently.
Wang Meijiao was so angry that she started crying.
After Tao Tao, Shi Yuxi and Deng Gaoyun finished their classes, they clearly explained to everyone the content of the assessment for each course, how to select the best in the assessment, and the time of the formal assessment.
She had discussed this with Jiang Hongzhi and her fellow seniors and decided that this assessment was aimed at raising villagers' interest in learning and promoting universal participation, so the threshold and difficulty of the assessment were set low.
Because most of the villagers are illiterate, Taotao gave them a basic cultural course test, which was to give them paper and test them on three things: one was to write down their name and complete address, two was to write a quotation, and three was to have the teacher dictate a sentence...
Whoever makes the fewest mistakes and writes the most neatly will be the winner!
Everyone was excited.
——Well, this is not difficult. After all, there are still seven or eight days left before the assessment! You’ll learn how to practice no matter how hard you try!
In addition to basic cultural courses, there are also some other professional courses, such as 100 questions about hens laying eggs, mental arithmetic, prevention and control of tree disease and pests, etc. Taotao and her seniors also announced the methods of oral questions and assessments.
The next step is to register the number of applicants.
Taotao made a rule: everyone who registered must take the exam, even if they don’t pass the test...that doesn’t matter. But if you register but don’t show up to take the exam, you will be punished with a potato!
Then she announced the prizes for each subject: the best candidate in each subject would receive two kilograms of flour as a reward!
The villagers were excited and everyone said they wanted to participate!
For a time, it took a lot of time just to register the villagers.
Shi Yuxi went over and asked Wang Meijiao if she wanted to sign up.
Wang Meijiao directly cursed "Get lost"...
Shi Yuxi was so angry that her eyes turned red. She turned and left, never paying any attention to her again.
However, Hua Fugui came over and told Taotao that he wanted to participate in two courses: one was basic cultural courses, and the other was a major in laying eggs by hens.
He mainly saw Xiao Qingjuan coming here every day, and he also wanted to come here every day... It would be great if he could win the assessment and make Xiao Qingjuan take a serious look at him!
Taotao had no idea what Hua Fugui was thinking.
However, no matter what his purpose is for being willing to learn, it is always better to be willing to learn than not to be willing to learn!
Taotao and her seniors were busy teaching and organizing the postgraduate entrance examination content...
Song Zhi took the time to design several mechanisms near the research station.
He was really worried about the safety of Taotao and Xiao Feibai.
——So he walked back and forth around the research station and greenhouse, observing the terrain, and finally set up ingenious mechanisms at several intersections. Every night after nine or ten o'clock, he and Deng Gaoyun would go together to set up the mechanism. If someone walked towards the research station in the middle of the night, the mechanism would hit the copper bell installed in Deng Gaoyun's room, which would inevitably wake Deng Gaoyun up.
Taotao is not afraid of Wang Zhuizi.
Firstly, even if Wang Zhuizi had any bad intentions, he was probably just after Taotao's food; secondly, Wang Zhuizi's physical fitness might not be as strong as Taotao's, and Taotao also had spiritual power in her hands and the ability to kill people from a distance, so she was not afraid of Wang Zhuizi at all.
However, Taotao still felt that Song Zhi's worries were reasonable - after all, she had Xiao Feibai with her.
Children are her weak spot.
So Taotao set up a few defensive formations around the research station.
She installed dream-weaving techniques in several different formations.
In this case, if someone breaks into the research station between 12:30 at night and 4:00 in the morning, they will fall into a dream.
However, the earth is a barren planet without any spiritual energy.
It takes a lot of spiritual energy to maintain such a large-scale defensive formation.
By the time Taotao had finished her adjustments, she felt extremely weak all over… Fortunately, Song Zhi was there, and Taotao absorbed the rich spiritual energy that emanated from him!
But Taotao was also very curious.
Now that she has the ability to kill people from a distance of ten meters, will her spiritual power hurt Song Zhi?
She tried it quietly.
When Song Zhi and Deng Gaoyun were busy together, Tao Tao stood three or four meters away from them, and then quietly flicked a spiritual power wave towards them in the void -
Deng Gaoyun felt a slight pain in his stomach right away and ran to the toilet soon after.
Song Zhi had no reaction.
Taotao tried it again secretly, this time with more force.
As a result, Deng Gaoyun held his stomach and cried out in pain!
Song Zhi still could not sense the attack of the spiritual power wave, but he was very sensitive to the fluctuation of power around him, so he kept turning his head to check...
Of course, he also saw Taotao.
But he would not doubt Taotao.
After all, in his eyes, Taotao is a weak and delicate girl.
Taotao also understood completely - her spiritual power came from Song Zhi, so her attack on Song Zhi was ineffective. But Song Zhi is still aware of the fluctuations of spiritual power, so... there is no guarantee that one day his spiritual consciousness may awaken.
Thinking of this, Taotao became quite excited again.
——Immortal Emperor Song Zhi, he is the supreme existence in Xuanye Ancient Continent. If he really awakens his consciousness and finds himself farming and repairing machinery on this barren planet...
I don't know what he is thinking.
Song Zhi only has six days of vacation.
During these six days, he was a good family member of Taotao. He did all the chores such as washing clothes, cooking and taking care of the children. When he had free time, he would walk around the research station and the greenhouse, hammering and hammering with hammers and axes, doing all kinds of repairs and so on...
He was a good cook, and Shi Yuxi and Deng Gaoyun went to the city to buy a lot of pork. He was afraid that the pork would go bad, so he put pork in all three meals a day. But in just a week, everyone gained weight.
Early in the morning of the seventh day, Song Zhi said goodbye to Taotao and his son and followed the unit's water delivery truck back to Satellite City.
He repeatedly reminded Taotao: Always pay attention to safety! Also, after seven days it will be Taotao's turn to take a vacation, and he wants Taotao to take Xiao Feibai to the satellite city to stay for a few days.
Taotao was both amused and confused, thinking that they would be able to meet again in seven days, but he acted like... they were parting forever!
She teased him deliberately, "...We'll meet in seven days anyway, so there's no need to ask the drivers of the water truck team to help bring the note tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, right?"
Song Zhi gnashed his teeth in hatred, "Bai Taotao!"
——What a heartless big white peach!
Taotao giggled, "You can write, but don't set a word count for me anymore! It's so hard to write..."
Song Zhi had a gloomy face, "At least 500 words a day!"
Taotao let out an exaggerated "wow"...
Song Zhi felt sorry for her and compromised, "At least 200 words!"
Tao Tao imitated Xiao Feibai and counted on her fingers, "Two—hundred—words?"
She held up three fingers.
Song Zhi was so angry that he laughed.
——So his son learned all those clever tricks from her!
He grabbed her hand and held the three slender fingers one by one.
Taotao screamed and tried to pull her hand back.
He wouldn't let.
He even raised his eyebrows and asked her, "How many words are there?"
"Two hundred words!"
"Hmm?" He made a move as if to swallow three of her fingers at once.
Tao Tao was so scared that she quickly changed her words, "Five hundred words!"
Only then did Song Zhi let go with satisfaction.
But he put his arms around her waist and whispered, "...you have to keep thinking about me like I think about you!"
Taotao nodded very cooperatively.
Song Zhi: ...
I got angry for no apparent reason.
This heartless big white peach, even if he stayed by her side day and night and stayed with her forever, her heart might not be 100% devoted to him.
However, little Feibai, who was just learning to speak, grabbed the corner of his clothes, called "Daddy, Daddy" softly, stomped his feet and opened his arms to signal him to hold him.
Song Zhi picked up his son.
Xiao Feibai told his father seriously, "Dad needs to go to sleep! Go to sleep when it gets dark!"
Song Zhi nodded.
Xiao Feibai, "Dad, seven meals! Breakfast, seven meals, lunch, seven meals, dinner, seven meals!"
He said this because his mother often said to him: Your father didn’t go back to the dormitory to sleep last night! Your father didn't go back to the dormitory to get his lunch box, he must not have eaten on time...
Xiao Feibai was very nervous and kept on giving instructions.
Song Zhi felt better. He rubbed his son's head, hesitated for a moment, then bent down and kissed his son's chubby cheek.
The water truck from the satellite city was filled with water and was about to head back.
Song Zhi reluctantly handed his son to Tao Tao and waved to her again...
The family of three said goodbye reluctantly.
After Song Zhi left, Taotao focused her energy on teaching winter vacation classes.
There were only two days left before the exam. Taotao and her seniors repeatedly taught everyone the key points, and the villagers also reviewed every day. On the day before the exam, many people came to ask Taotao -
"Comrade Bai, what questions would you give for the dictation in the basic cultural course?"
Taotao was both amused and confused. She scolded them and sent them away.
The next day is the assessment day.
The villagers, who had nothing to do as winter approached, took this matter seriously. So the women changed into clean and bright clothes, and most of the men had their heads shaved by Xiao Qingjuan, and everyone looked energetic.
It was still early in the morning, just when it was light, and everyone came to the door of the greenhouse and lined up.
Most people still have something to say...
"Uncle San, how do you write the word 'duo', which means sailing on the sea depends on two hands?"
"A flower character, with a vertical knife character next to it!"
"Oh, oh, oh... Hey, this chopper is a little different from the helmsman, right?"
"Hahahahaha, sailing on the sea depends on chopping off your hands! I'm dying of laughter..."
"Uncle San, you did this on purpose, didn't you?"
"Who knows which hand you want to chop off, huh!"
"Lanhua, in the word 'Xi' in Lingxi Brigade, is there a small character or a big character underneath?"
"It's a 'small' word!"
"Oh, thanks!"
"You're such a fool! You're still helping count money after being sold! There's a big character under the word 'stream'!"
"This... is true, Liu Lanhua! Are you itching for trouble?"
"Hey, what sentence will Comrade Bai ask us to say?"
"I guess it's a quote!"
"It should be Tang poetry!"
"It could also be something from the first-grade Chinese textbook..."
Taotao and the others had breakfast made by Shi Yuxi, and came to the greenhouse early. They asked Hua Niu to help look after Xiao Feibai, and she came to the greenhouse with her senior brothers and sisters, ready to assess everyone.
There are five subjects in total, and the content of the examination is not much.
What makes the villagers most nervous is the basic cultural course. This is an examination that all men, women, young and old in the village, without exception, take.
The chief examiner for this subject was Tao Tao, so the invigilators Shi Yuxi and Deng Gaoyun distributed white paper and pencils to everyone for their answers.
There were not enough pencils, only twenty in total, and everyone had to take turns answering.
To be fair, Taotao dictated the same sentence to everyone. However, due to the limitation of venue and stationery, it is impossible to allow hundreds of people to take the test at the same time. So the three brothers and sisters discussed overnight and finally formulated the examination room regulations:
——Deng Gaoyun organized everyone to line up outside the greenhouse, letting in 20 people at a time
——Shi Yuxi will supervise the discipline in the examination room and will not allow people to whisper or copy each other's papers.
——Taotao was the chief examiner. She first asked the twenty people to write down their addresses and names in the most detailed way, and then each of them wrote a quotation. Finally, she dictated it to everyone.
Of course, there are also brigade cadres helping to maintain discipline.
The villagers feel that this matter is more stringent, so they are more looking forward to it, and everyone is ready to get started.
Soon, the first group of 20 villagers entered the greenhouse and finished the test in about ten minutes; then the second group of 20 villagers came next...
Each group of villagers who had finished the test were invited out through another greenhouse door by the team leaders.
To ensure that the test questions are not leaked, villagers who have finished the test are not allowed to go to the villagers who have not yet taken the test.
About an hour and a half later, all the villagers had completed the assessment.
Everyone gathered together to check the answers.
"Hey, I mean, the word 'Ling' in 'Lingxi', is it fire or water underneath?"
"fire!"
"You idiot! The water below is 'Lu'!"
"Hahahaha, so you wrote about Lu Xi?"
"Oh my god! I wrote it wrong! It's over, my two pounds of flour are gone!"
"Well, in the word 'Xi' in Lingxi, is there a big character or a small character underneath?"
"Big big big!"
"That's it, I wrote it in small print!"
"You! I asked you before you entered the examination room. I told you everything! Why can't you remember it?"
"Don't I have a flexible memory? I thought our oasis is not very big, it's quite small, so..."
"I think you are just an idiot!"
"Hey, what did Comrade Bai dictate to you?"
“I love this sentence she dictated to us!”
"What?"
"She said, 'We will become rich, eat meat, eggs and milk, dress beautifully and have money to spend'... Isn't this what you wrote down?"
"We do too! But... I can't even write a few words!"
"Me too!"
"Hey, I'll ask Comrade Bai to write this sentence down and I'll post it on the wall!"
"I want one too!"
"Give me one too!"
After a while, someone asked quietly, "Can we... really eat meat, eggs, and milk, dress beautifully, and have money to spend like people in the city?"
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Someone answered in a resounding voice, "Of course! The country has sent Comrade Bai to plant trees here! One day... this desert will become an oasis, and we can become a land of fish and rice! In the future, we will plant rice and wheat. If you want to eat rice, you can eat rice! If you want to eat noodles, you can eat noodles!"
Everyone suddenly became excited——
"Let's raise a few more pigs! If you want pork, eat pork!"
"If we are brave enough, we can open a pig farm and raise hundreds of pigs!"
"We also need to raise chickens! Chicken is delicious. It tastes good whether stewed, braised, steamed or braised!"
"Raise ducks! Duck eggs are used to make salted eggs, preserved eggs... They are the most delicious! And duck down can be collected to replace cotton. It can be used to make quilts and cotton-padded clothes, which are the warmest! Warmer than cotton!"
"Raise sheep! The whole sheep's body is a treasure! The mutton is delicious, and the wool can be sheared over and over again... And the sheepskin coat is windproof and rainproof, which is great!"
"Oh my god, all these good days you guys talk about... I'm already hungry! Am I dreaming?"
A sweet and pleasant voice sounded——
"This is indeed a dream! But I think it is more appropriate to call it a 'dream'! Please follow me and work hard together! We will strive to have living trees in three years, improve the soil environment in five years, have a good harvest in ten years, and have green mountains and clear waters and full of cattle and sheep in twenty years!"
The person who spoke was Taotao.
However, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Someone whispered, "We have to wait that long..."
His face showed disappointment.
Xiao Qingjuan is Taotao's most down-to-earth supporter.
She was there, so she said to everyone: "Our place has been a desert for generations, and our ancestors have all suffered so much. If I can spend twenty years of my time and youth to transform the soil and water here... I think it's worth it! When my Niuniu grows up to be twenty-three years old, this place will definitely have become the Jiangnan on the Great Wall... By then, even the people in the water towns outside will envy us for having such good soil and water!"
Zhou Chunni also said: "Qingjuan is right. If we don't work hard, our children and grandchildren will have to eat sand for generations to come! It will be hard for our generation, but it will bring happiness to millions of our children and grandchildren!"
Qiao Yingniang also said, "That's right! Let me be fair... No matter whether we suffer today or not, as long as the environment is not changed, the soil and water are still the same, our day-to-day labor, year-to-year work... is all in vain! So we must believe in the country! Believe in science! Believe in Comrade Bai! If we listen to her, we are just as tired; if we don't listen to her, we are just as tired... but the results are completely different!"
The more they talked, the more excited they became, and everyone's eyes were red.
Zhou Chunni came back to her senses and asked Tao Tao, "Tao Zi, have you... finished correcting our answers?"
When she said this, everyone suddenly became nervous.
Tao Tao smiled, "Your team leaders are conducting the preliminary review! We'll review it tonight! I'm here to find you now... Hurry up! Those of you who are scheduled to take the next assessment should hurry up!"
Everyone then ran off to line up for the test, laughing.
The villagers spent the whole day taking assessments.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, all five subjects were completed.
Tao Tao told the villagers, "You don't have to come so early tomorrow. Just arrive at 10 a.m. Otherwise, we'll have to wait so long..."
The villagers responded in unison.
However, when the results were announced the next day, the villagers were still queuing outside the greenhouse at around seven in the morning.
Taotao and her senior brothers and sisters were helpless. They had to quickly finish their breakfast and rush to the greenhouse.
After a while, Jiang Hongzhi also arrived with the brigade cadres.
He laughed and scolded the villagers, "When I asked you to go to work in spring, summer and autumn, you were never so enthusiastic. Now that you know there are prizes to be claimed, you are all coming earlier than the other! How come you are so lazy every day, and now you have the confidence to come and claim the prizes?"
Everyone was so amused by his scolding that they laughed along and said:
"Captain, if you also give out rewards during work, whoever gets one first will get one...even if it's just a potato, I will definitely be the first every day!"
"Yes, Captain, why don't you learn from Comrade Bai and set up a reward and punishment system for us! Mobilize our enthusiasm!"
"If the reward is just potatoes, I'm not interested... Captain! Give me a pound of pork as a reward! I promise I'll be motivated to do anything!"
"You look like a pound of pork to me!"
Everyone started laughing.
Jiang Hongzhi also laughed.
——He always felt that the villagers in this village were not very enthusiastic about labor production. But now, he has a different view. Perhaps in the past, he only cared about production progress and goals, and ignored the spiritual and cultural needs of the villagers.
Now Taotao has opened such a beginning...
Jiang Hongzhi felt that perhaps he could use competition or a sense of team honor to motivate the villagers.
Taotao asked the villagers to wait outside the greenhouse first, and then she discussed with her senior brothers and sisters, Jiang Hongzhi and the team cadres for a while before letting all the villagers into the greenhouse.
Soon, the exciting award ceremony began!
The event was organized by Jiang Hongzhi.
There are five subjects in total, and the best person in each subject will be selected and receive a prize - two kilograms of flour.
The winner of the basic cultural course is: Hua Fugui!
The winner of the 100 questions about hens laying eggs is: Qiao Yingniang!
The winner of the major on disease and pest prevention and control of seedlings is: Xiao Qingjuan!
The winner of mental arithmetic is: Zhou Chunni!
…
The villagers were all excited.
——There are five subjects in total, and only two men won awards? There are actually three women! ! !
The women immediately straightened their chests: Women hold up half the sky!
Next, the teachers explained the difficulty of the test content and the selection criteria, and informed the villagers of the test papers and answers of the winners one by one...
Everyone nodded.
——It seems that these people were able to get first place based on their strength!
Among them, Hua Fugui's change was surprising.
Hua Fugui has always been known for being cunning and lazy.
Who would have thought that after he divorced Xiao Qingjuan, he suddenly became like a different person?
Although it’s not appropriate to say this, it always makes people feel that since the two are living well after their divorce, they probably weren’t destined to be together. We should have separated earlier... If we had separated earlier, maybe we would have lived a good life earlier.
After the five top scorers received their prizes and stepped down from the stage, everyone expressed their envy.
There was a buzz of discussion at the scene...
Jiang Hongzhi signaled everyone to be quiet.
When the scene became silent, Jiang Hongzhi spoke two things.
The first thing is: don’t think the assessment ends here. From now on, there will be an assessment once a month, and a top scorer will be selected every month. In principle, one person can only be named the top scholar once. At the end of the year, twelve top scholars will compete on the same field. The one with the highest score will receive a generous reward of five kilograms of flour at the end of the year!
When everyone heard this, they were immediately excited!
There are 12 top scorers selected every year, which means 60 people in five subjects! There are only more than 200 people in the whole village...so our chances of winning are very high!
When Jiang Hongzhi talked about the second thing, everyone became even more excited!
——What what? Comrade Bai wants to give a gift to every villager? ? ?
What gift?
Is it edible? ? ?
Taotao gave everyone in the village a fresh oyster mushroom and 2-3 branches of ice grass.
When she first arrived at the oasis, she asked Jiang Hongzhi for help. They found a dead poplar tree nearby, dragged it back, and placed it in the greenhouse. Taotao watered the dead tree and covered it with a soft film. She would come and lift the film every now and then...
About a month later, Taotao planted the fungus on this moist dead wood. Up to now, Taotao and her senior brothers and sisters have eaten several rounds of flat fungus. She has carefully counted the number of mushrooms these days... There is no way to give every household in the village a pound of mushrooms, but one mushroom per person is more than enough.
A family generally has four or five people, and four or five palm-sized oyster mushrooms are enough for them to cook a pot of mushroom soup.
Each of them could get three or four stalks of ice grass, which was not enough for one chopstick. But if they were boiled together with oyster mushrooms to make soup, it would be fresh vegetables after all, which was definitely better than eating potatoes!
Tao Tao, Shi Yuxi, Deng Gaoyun, including Jiang Hongzhi and the brigade cadres, all thought that the villagers would be very happy.
Little did they know that the villagers were just staring blankly at a large basket of gray, plump oyster mushrooms and a large basket of moist green ice grass next to Jiang Hongzhi...
Xiao Qingjuan and Taotao are most familiar with each other, so she asked -
"Fei Fei's mom, what...what is this oyster mushroom?"
As for ice leaf grass, Feifei’s mother gave some to Xiao Qingjuan, and Xiao Qingjuan ate it.
But oyster mushrooms...
Xiao Qingjuan, who grew up in the desert since childhood, had never heard of or seen anything like it.
Taotao understood and felt a little sad.
She immediately picked up an oyster mushroom, held it high, showed it to everyone, and explained to everyone, "…This is a kind of mushroom, it is very easy to grow, as long as there is water and the ambient temperature is around 0-5 degrees, it can grow. After you take it home, wash it with water, tear it into pieces, boil some soup, put the shredded Russ in it and season it. It tastes very delicious!"
Some villagers started to discuss quietly:
"We've seen mushrooms and fungi before, but they were all dried. This is the first time I've seen fresh mushrooms. It turns out they look... different from shiitake mushrooms!"
“I wonder if it tastes the same as dried shiitake mushrooms!”
"Dried shiitake mushrooms are so expensive! Have you ever eaten them?"
"No matter how expensive it is, I don't care! Today, thanks to Comrade Bai, I want to try the taste of fresh mushrooms!"
Everyone then happily lined up and went forward to receive the mushrooms and ice grass.
Xiao Qingjuan asked Tao Tao, "Fei Fei's mom, can we get these mushrooms and ice grass every month in the future?"
Taotao shook her head. "There are so many of you. My greenhouse is not just for you to grow food. I also have scientific research tasks! However, when spring comes tomorrow, if you build a greenhouse of your own, I can guide you... If you grow some vegetables and fruits for food, it will probably be impossible to get enough to eat, but it is no problem to improve your life."
Taotao is not opposed to the villagers building greenhouses, and even strongly encourages it.
——Only by letting them taste the benefits of scientific planting first will they have the motivation to improve the current situation.
Sure enough, what Taotao and Xiao Qingjuan said was heard by the villagers.
They were talking about it——
"We really can't count on Comrade Bai. This shed was built by the government. The government has assigned tasks to her. How can she only grow food for us?"
“That’s right, if we want to eat, we grow our own!”
"Oh, I really want the New Year to be over soon so I can start building the greenhouse!"
"I've never left this town in my life, so I want to know what fruits and vegetables people in the south usually eat. I want to try it, too!"
"Then don't you think about what fruits and vegetables northerners usually eat?"
"Yes! Anyway... I want to eat everything except potatoes!"
"Me too, I'm so tired of eating potatoes!"
Everyone lined up to receive their things and thanked Taotao profusely.
After some villagers took the things home, they also found some potatoes, sweet potatoes or charcoal from their own homes and sent them to the research station for Taotao...
After a while, the villagers received their things and went back.
Hua Fugui also went home happily with a bag of flour, a handful of oyster mushrooms, and a small handful of ice grass.
The flour weighs two pounds, and he cannot finish it in one meal.
So he poured out a quarter of the flour, added water and kneaded the dough, and then according to Comrade Bai's explanation just now, he boiled a pot of water, tore the washed oyster mushrooms into shreds and threw them into the boiling water. He also threw in the washed ice grass...wait, he left a small handful of ice grass.
Then he squeezed the dough into lumps and threw them into the mushroom soup.
Then, Hua Fugui collected the remaining one and a half kilograms of flour and carried it with him. With his other hand, he grabbed a handful of ice grass that he had left behind. He pushed open the back door of the kitchen and called out to Qiao Ying's family in the back, "Qiao Ying? Qiao Ying!"
Qiao Yingniang responded from home, "Who is looking for my Qiao Ying?"
Hua Fugui, "Sister-in-law! I'm Fugui'er... Can you please come out for a moment? I want to ask you a favor!"
After a while, Qiao Yingniang, wearing an apron, came over and asked unfriendlyly, "What's the matter?"
——She subconsciously thought that Hua Fuguier wanted to seek "justice" for Wang Zhuizi? Because she hit Wang Zhuizi yesterday?
Unexpectedly, Hua Fugui said, "Sister-in-law, please keep this little flour for me. Don't let Wang Zhuizi know. If I can't stand the hunger anymore, I will come to you for some more."
Qiao Yingniang was stunned.
She looked Hua Fugui up and down, wondering if he was possessed by a ghost.
Hua Fugui smiled bitterly, "Sister-in-law, take it quickly. This little bit of ice grass is the storage fee! I have noodle soup cooking on the stove at home... We have to finish it before Wang Zhuizi comes back, sister-in-law..."
Qiao Yingniang's eyes were complicated. She took the bag of flour and warned him fiercely, "I'm telling you, paralytic, don't think of blackmailing my family... For example, if you store this little flour at my house, you will always come to my house to get food, and I won't..."
Hua Fugui whispered, "Sister-in-law, please believe me this last time!" As he said that, he stuffed the small handful of ice leaf grass into Qiao Yingniang's hand, turned and left.
Qiao Yingniang has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She has been married to the village for more than ten years and has watched Hua Fugui grow from a rebellious teenager to the crooked person he is today. Hua Fugui is an annoying person, but Wang Zuizi is even more annoying! Hua Fugui didn't want Wang Zuizi to eat the food he earned, and Qiao Yingniang raised her hand in agreement! Plus, her wealthy parents helped her a lot back then...
Qiao Yingniang stared at Hua Fugui's background for a while, then walked away cursing and carrying the small bag of flour.
Hua Fugui returned to his kitchen and carefully searched all the jars and pots...
No more, nothing.
There was not even any salt.
When Qingjuan left, there were clearly twenty or thirty potatoes, some flour, and plenty of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the kitchen.
It is estimated that all of them were stolen by Wang Zhuizi, who exchanged them for food with others, and she ate them by herself while hiding outside.
Hua Fugui turned over a pickle jar with a little pickle juice still in it.
He put out the fire in the stove, scooped a little soup into the pickle jar, shook it, and then poured the soup and water back into the pot.
The milky white noodle soup suddenly turned red and green, looking lively and delicious.
Try a bite...
Hua Fugui smacked his lips, thinking that Comrade Bai was not lying to me! Adding some mushrooms to the soup makes the taste of the noodle soup completely different! It’s a pity that there is no oil at home, and the noodle soup is too bland!
Having said that, Hua Fugui still took a large bowl and filled it with soup and water. He was not afraid of the heat and ate a big bowl of it with just a slurp.
In this freezing night, it is so comfortable to eat a bowl of hot noodles with soup!
For some unknown reason, Hua Fugui thought of Xiao Qingjuan and Niu'er.
I don’t know whether the mother and daughter had it.
Hua Fugui's eating movements paused, and he suddenly felt regretful: Why didn't he think of sending some flour to Qingjuan just now? However, Qingjuan is much more diligent and capable than him. Even with a child, she is better at earning food than him...
He should just take care of himself first!
Hua Fugui smiled bitterly.
He finished another bowl of noodles...
Then I finished another bowl!
After licking the last drop of soup in the bowl, Hua Fugui looked at the empty iron pot and felt very satisfied.
He hummed a little tune while washing the pot, washing the dishes, then went to the main room, got on the kang bed and covered himself with a quilt.
Tsk tsk, eating before sleeping feels completely different - his whole body is warm, even his toes are warm.
Soon, Wang Zuizi came back in a rage.
——She didn’t take the test, so she didn’t go to the greenhouse and played outside. Then I heard that Hua Tanzi was named the top scorer and won two kilograms of flour as a prize! Moreover, Bai Taotao also gave each person who took the test a mushroom and some leafy vegetables? ? ?
She had a premonition that Hua Fugui would eat alone, so she hurried back.
Along the way, every household was cooking mushroom soup. The unique and delicious aroma made Wang Zuizi's stomach growl with greed. But she hurried home, and when she came back she found the house dark?
Wang Zuizi rushed into the main hall in a rage, "Hey, paralytic! I heard that you won the first place in the imperial examination? And you also got two pounds of flour? Quick, give me the flour! Also, I heard that Bai Taotao also got some mushrooms and leafy vegetables? Bring them all to me!"
Hua Fugui, "I've already finished eating. The mushrooms are really fresh!" Then he changed the subject and said sarcastically, "Why? Didn't the wild man outside feed you enough?"
Wang Zhuizi was stunned for a moment, then collapsed, "You, you...you ate two kilograms by yourself.
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