Chapter 51 Song Zhi's Little Invention
Bai Lili is a down-to-earth girl.
She has no ambitions or dreams. She just wants her family to live together in a lively and loving manner.
But--
Now she has the opportunity to rise to the top, and it was her sister who gave it to her.
Lili was particularly uneasy.
She felt that she shouldn't take her sister's things...
But she also knew that her silly sister had only recovered her intelligence for a year. Although she was very smart now, she was still very childish in some ways. Not to mention that Taotao's parents were reluctant to let her travel far away, even Lili herself was reluctant to let Taotao go such a far place.
Taotao is still young after all. What if someone bullies her?
So, Lili looked at her family members one by one.
But seeing that her parents, sister-in-law, and sisters all looked at her with affirmation, approval, and support?
Taotao, in particular, stared at Lili with her beautiful and pure eyes, nervously, as if she was afraid that Lili would not agree.
At this moment, Lili's heart suddenly arose a yearning for an unknown future.
——If she had stayed in the village, she would have married and had children like other farm girls. But she loved her family so much that she didn't want to get married and had no interest in integrating into someone else's family.
But if she went to work in the city...
At least in the next few years, at least until I get a permanent job, I don’t have to think about getting married?
Then let her carve out a new world in these few years!
A glimmer of hope arose in Lili's heart.
She took a deep breath and nodded to Manager Xu, "Uncle Xu, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I, I am willing to give it a try!"
Manager Xu nodded with satisfaction.
Section Chief Feng and Uncle Qin also exchanged satisfied glances.
Then Manager Xu and Bai Zhenggan began to discuss supply and marketing cooperation.
Bai Zhenggan wanted to promote more of the various mountain products and agricultural and sideline products produced in the village; Manager Xu and Section Chief Feng tried their best to lower the prices. The two sides talked back and forth until their mouths were dry, and they talked from noon until dark. It was really like you were grinding one pound at a time, and we were pressing one point at a time...
The talks lasted until after ten o'clock in the evening, when the two parties finally finalized the supply and marketing contract for the next three years.
Ruyi Village supplies live pigs and various seasonal mountain products to the Songcheng Railway Station State-owned Hotel on a quarterly basis, such as spring mushrooms, sweet bamboo shoots, dried shiitake mushrooms, dried feverfew, tea, and three kinds of seasonal vegetables each season. The state-owned hotel purchases them at the price agreed upon by both parties and pays quarterly.
Bai Zhenggan quickly wrote the contract and handed it to Manager Xu. Manager Xu read it carefully and confirmed that there were no problems. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Secretary Bai, you are a straightforward person, so I won't hide anything. What about the stewed meat and vanilla?"
Bai Zhenggan also lowered his voice, "Let's not write this in the contract. Anyway, I will send you three pounds of dry goods every quarter... A small piece of this stuff is enough for a big pot. Three pounds will last for three months without any problem! If you use it up quickly, it doesn't matter, just send me a message and I'll send it to you!"
Manager Xu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's make a secret signal..."
Suddenly seeing the ceramic cup in front of him filled with chrysanthemum tea, Manager Xu said, "If I run out of stock, I can ask someone to tell you that I want to drink Taotao's tea, how about that?"
Bai Zhenggan laughed, "No problem!"
Manager Xu lowered his voice again and said, "You have to keep the matter of the stewed meat and vanilla a secret for me, especially from the county party committee's state-owned restaurant... I'm not afraid to tell you that Ruyi Village is too far from the county town. After all, there is a transportation cost. With the price I agreed with you, I can find a similar source of goods near the county town..."
"So I'll be frank with you. If the county party committee's state-owned restaurant also uses this stewed meat vanilla, then our cooperation will be..."
Bai Zhenggan said, "Manager Xu, don't worry! We are also worried that this thing will be leaked out and known by other villages. In the future, we will lose a supply and marketing channel... So, let's keep this a secret from both sides, okay?"
Manager Xu nodded.
It was late at night, and other village cadres and elders said goodbye and left.
Bai Zhenggan settled Manager Xu and others to sleep on the floor in Song Zhi's house. After all, the west room where he lived was prepared for the whole family when the new house was built, and it was very spacious.
The next morning, the Taotao sisters got up early and prepared some things for Manager Xu and others to take away at any time.
- Two pounds of dried and chopped stewing herbs packed in a cloth, a large basket of various dried goods, such as mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, white chrysanthemums, Tang Liren's newly made tea, and seven or eight pounds of green grapes just picked from the branches.
While Taotao and Xingxing were busy preparing things, Lili was busy making breakfast. At the same time, she steamed three pots of rice in clay pots and put a few slices of half-fat and half-lean bacon in each pot. When the rice was cooked, Lili fried three eggs and put them in the pots. Finally, she put a handful of pickled vegetables and a little shrimp chili sauce in the pots and closed the lid.
In the courtyard, Manager Xu and others were eating breakfast made by Lili.
— Noodle soup with vegetarian dumplings.
The soup was the leftover hotpot soup from yesterday, and it was very fresh; the noodles were made by Lili who had gotten up early in the morning to make them white, plump, soft and chewy; each person's bowl contained four dumplings with different vegetarian fillings, namely: sour bean and water chestnut dumplings, shepherd's purse and bean curd dumplings, black fungus and carrot dumplings, and pickled vegetable and loofah dumplings.
A big bowl of noodles with soup, plus four plump dumplings. Although they are all vegetarian fillings, the combination is amazing and the flavors are different. It is topped with balsamic vinegar, sesame oil, chopped green onions and mushroom chili sauce. It is so delicious!
Manager Xu and his colleagues enjoyed the meal very much.
Of course, being able to successfully obtain the stewing herbs was their biggest gain.
Before leaving, Lili took out three pottery jars filled with steamed rice, tied them tightly with straw, and put them in the big basket. She said to Manager Xu and his group, "Uncle Xu, Uncle Qin, Uncle Feng, it takes a whole day to get back to the county town from here. You can save these three jars of rice and eat them on the way. It's better than going hungry."
Uncle Qin took a look at the three pottery jars and asked with a smile, "Lili, you are so generous. Are we just going to take these three pottery jars?"
Lili smiled and said, "I made this pottery jar myself. It's not used often, so it's not worth much... You can just throw it away after dinner. It's not worth anything."
——This kind of pottery jar is made by the villagers of Ruyi Village themselves. It is used to carry lunch when they work far away from home and cannot get back in time for lunch. Of course, you can also use paulownia leaves to wrap rice, but paulownia leaves have almost no heat preservation effect. It would be best if you could use this kind of clay pot to hold rice, put some hot food in it early in the morning, and then have the warm rice when you finish working at noon.
Because the soil is not suitable, the workmanship is rough, and it is fired at a low temperature, the quality of the pot is not very good. At most, it can only be used four or five times before it will crack...
So every year the villagers would build a kiln, burn three or four hundred pottery jars, store them, and then barter with others.
If someone needs to travel far away, they can just take a cabbage, half a pound of dried chilies or something and exchange them with him for a few.
Uncle Qin was inspired again.
He stared blankly at the three clay pots and thought - their restaurant is near the train station! Of course, if travelers want to bring meals on the train, most of them bring their own aluminum lunch boxes. But it is possible that someone needs to go out urgently and does not want to eat the food in the train dining car! Buying an aluminum lunch box at short notice is more expensive than a meal! What if their restaurant could buy these disposable clay pots at a very low price?
He used a clay pot to steam rice and kept it on the steamer to ensure that the rice was always hot. He then fried a pot of vegetables, put them in a pot or basin, and placed it on the coal stove to keep it warm in water. In this way, no matter when the customers come to buy, as long as the vegetables are added to the pottery jar, a hot meal can be sold immediately.
Go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy an aluminum lunch box, the cheapest one costs thirty cents.
As long as the cost of each set of pottery jars is controlled within two cents, he can make a jar of rice for 15 cents, a vegetarian dish and some pickled vegetables; a jar of rice for 20 cents, one meat dish, one vegetable dish and pickled vegetables; a jar of rice for 25 cents, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish...
Who doesn’t want to buy a can of food at the train station restaurant before getting on the train, and then have a comfortable, hot meal? Moreover, this is the unique advantage of the Railway Station Hotel. Even if the County Party Committee Hotel wants to follow suit, no one will let them buy from there!
Uncle Qin's eyes became bright again!
As soon as Taotao saw Uncle Qin's expression, she knew what he was thinking.
She said in time: "Uncle Qin, don't buy this pottery jar from us, it's not suitable! You can find someone to make it near the county town. Don't say we are stupid and can't make money. To be honest, we want to earn the money we should, but if it's really not suitable, don't force it."
——The main reason is that the quality of this pottery jar is really not good, and Ruyi Village is too far away from the county town. Firstly, the freight is not cost-effective, and secondly, the rate of damage on the road is impossible to estimate.
Uncle Qin was very touched and said, "Taotao, you guys... are so kind!"
He sighed, "You don't know how difficult it is to go out until you go out. Our hotel is right next to the train station, so we have a good natural location. Unfortunately, in the past, we didn't consider our advantages at all!"
"That's great. I learned so much experience from you during this trip... Taotao, Lili, thank you so much!" Uncle Qin said with emotion.
Next, Manager Xu made an appointment with Lili for her to report to the city.
The sisters and Song Zhi saw Manager Xu and his group off.
After seeing off Manager Xu and his group, the sisters were so happy!
Taotao, Xingxing and Lili excitedly surrounded each other and chattered:
"Third sister, you must work hard and strive to get a permanent job as soon as possible!"
"Third sister, you must bring your books with you when you go to the city. Even though you have a job, you can't fall behind in your studies!"
"Third sister, you can keep Xiao Zhuzi company now. You have to help me keep an eye on the cooperation between Xiao Zhuzi and me!"
"Third sister, third sister, don't look for a date easily when you go to the city. You need to let your parents carefully screen them for you..."
"You two are going to die. I'm going to the city to pursue a career, not to find a partner!"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed——
"What? Bai Lili, you...are you going to work in the city?"
The sisters looked up and found that Yan Naqian had come out at some point. Was it possible that she had heard everything they said?
Xing Xing particularly disliked Yan Naqian, so she glared at her and said, "Gouzi, why are you eavesdropping on our conversation?"
Yan Naqian was stunned, "You, you said I am..."
"Dog!" Xing Xing said loudly, "Don't you really want to be our dog?"
Yan Naqian was furious, "You!"
She wanted to teach Bai Xingxing a lesson, but then she changed her mind and thought that finding out if Bai Lili was going to work in the city was more important, so she didn't bother to pay attention to Xingxing and asked Lili with a smile, "Lili, are you really going to work in the city? How did you do it?..."
As a result, Taotao and Xingxing dragged Lili away.
"Third sister, ignore her, she is a bad person!"
"Let's run!"
Yan Naqian watched helplessly as the Bai family sisters ran away laughing...
Just as she was about to chase after her, Song Zhi, who had fallen behind the sisters, suddenly called out to her, "Yan Naqian?"
Yan Naqian bit her lip and stood still, putting on a gentle smile, turning to look at Song Zhi, smiling like a flower, "Brother Song Zhi, you are finally willing to talk to me properly."
Song Zhi, "I just want to remind you that when someone doesn't want to pay attention to you, don't be so cheap as to stick to them. "
Yan Naqian: ...
Song Zhi walked away expressionlessly.
Yan Naqian was upset.
——If you hadn't been reluctant to follow the plot and marry me, would I have bothered to put my hot face on someone else's cold butt?
But when the sisters returned home, Tang Liren was happily packing Lili's luggage.
"The weather is getting colder day by day. I have to go to Jixiang Village to buy some cotton from your aunt and make a new quilt for Lili! The better you sleep at night, the more energy you will have to work hard during the day! Hongdou and Huangdou, if you are free these few days, go and catch some small fish and shrimps. I will make some shrimp chili sauce for your third aunt... But you two have to be careful too. Don't go into the water. The water is cold now! You can only stand on the shore and fish... Huier, help Lili pack her clothes. Take out all the clothes without patches at home and let Lili choose whichever she likes! Hey Taotao, you are back. Please bear with me and make two nice clothes for your third sister! Xingzi, please make some beautiful hairbands for your third sister..."
Everyone was amused and confused.
Lili scolded, "Mom! I won't go until next month! There are still ten days left!"
Tang Liren, "You know nothing, you should prepare early!"
Lili: ...
Although she was scolded, she felt sweet in her heart, feeling both expectant and somewhat uneasy.
So, in the following days, Lili put all her energy into doing the housework, thinking that after she left home, she would not be able to help at home anymore, so she did more work if she could now.
After the bumper harvest of the village’s main grain crops, Ruyi Village was filled with joy.
What if a supply and marketing contract with a state-owned hotel falls from the sky?
The village committee immediately posted a notice, announcing a number of work tasks and asking everyone to start work that day!
Some smart villagers found out the contents of the supply and marketing contract, and then calculated the accounts...
Be good!
This supply and marketing contract is incredible. It will allow every household in the village to earn at least fifteen yuan every quarter!
For a while, everyone was full of energy and everyone wished they had 12 tasks to do every day!
The villagers were once again busy.
Some were ordered to go to other villages to buy piglets and lambs to raise in pens, some opened vegetable fields for the production team, some went to the dense forest to drag rotten wood back to grow mushrooms, and some went to the back mountains to collect wild tea leaves in a hurry...
However, this is not serious farm work and there are limited positions. Those who got the job went to work happily and earned work points, while those who were late and missed the job sighed and lamented.
Before Bai Zhenggan was injured, he was also a good farm worker.
After he was injured, he could no longer do farm work, so he simply focused on studying some village affairs.
It happened that Taotao mentioned the matter of the experimental field in front of the village cadres and clan elders last time, so during these days, while other village cadres led the villagers to harvest, Bai Zhenggan had been discussing these matters with the clan elders.
Now that the autumn harvest has been successfully completed, Bai Zhenggan had sent a letter to the relevant departments to apply for land reclamation, and the approval had also come down. Looking at the word "agree" stamped in big red on the application letter, Bai Zhenggan felt full of energy!
So he took out the detailed plan for reclaiming the barren hills, which he had already checked many times, and held another meeting with the village cadres, team leaders and clan elders. He then posted a notice to start work at the entrance of the village committee, calling on everyone to come to work when they had time.
Because land reclamation has not yet been included in the grain collection plan, the work point standard is determined by the village committee, and not too many people are required to work, so it depends on the villagers' willingness.
The villagers were excited again!
Those who missed the first round of job postings should hurry up and sign up for the reclamation, for fear of missing out.
As a result, the village, which had originally entered the slack season, became lively again.
——Everyone is thinking that there are still three or four months left before the Chinese New Year, so it would be better to earn more work points so that they can have a prosperous New Year!
Bai Taotao has been very busy recently as well.
Seeing that her proposal to reclaim land and create rice terraces and raise crucian carp, grass carp, loach, etc. was approved, she was very happy and started thinking about what else she could contribute to the village.
After thinking about it, she also wrote a "Ruyi Village Spiritual Civilization Suggestion Outline", listing the work she would do, and then wanted to submit it to her father...
After thinking about it, Tao Tao gave what she wrote to Song Zhi first, "Song Zhi, can you help me take a look first!"
Taotao loves to study and is diligent in her work, which is what Song Zhi is happy to see.
Of course he was happy to help her take a closer look...
Song Zhi smiled.
Tao Tao frowned, "Why are you laughing?"
Song Zhi wanted to laugh even more.
——Because Taotao is so cute!
He laughed even louder.
Taotao became more and more suspicious - was it because she didn't write well?
I grabbed my manuscript and read it from beginning to end...
She still thinks she writes very well!
Song Zhi smiled and touched her head. He suppressed his laughter and said gently, "You wrote very well. You don't need me to revise it for you. Show it to your father. He will agree."
Taotao was a little skeptical.
But it feels so good to be touched on the head by him...
She ran to Bai Zhenggan in a daze and handed him the materials she had written. "Secretary Bai, this is the work plan I set for myself. Please take a look! If you think it's okay, please give me 20 kilograms of rice as soon as possible!"
Bai Zhenggan was a little puzzled. He took the "materials" handed over by his daughter and almost burst out laughing.
It turns out that the "material" written by Taotao is particularly colloquial, and the writing is lively and cute, very much like a childish fairy tale, but...
The smile on Bai Zhenggan's face faded.
He stared at the material, lost in thought, tapping the fingers of his right hand on the table.
After a while, Bai Zhenggan asked Taotao to bring paper and pen, and quickly rewrote a document. He handed it back to his daughter and said kindly, "Look and see if there is any difference."
Taotao took it and looked at it, and her first reaction was: Wow, isn’t this the model in the ideological and political textbook? Every sentence... seems like a slogan? Looking more closely, it turned out that Dad didn't make any major changes, and the content of her report was exactly the same? !
Tao Tao is very smart and immediately knew why Song Zhi laughed just now, "Dad, what I wrote... is it funny?"
Bai Zhenggan looked at the version his daughter had written again and couldn't help laughing, "Hahahahahahaha!"
"Dad!" Taotao was a little angry and embarrassed.
Bai Zhenggan tried his best to hold back his laughter. "Alright, alright... I won't laugh at you anymore. You're not funny at all, you're just very cute. Taotao, copy the one Daddy wrote. Daddy wants to keep this original copy as a souvenir."
"commemorate?"
Tao Tao asked curiously, "What are you commemorating?"
Bai Zhenggan wanted to laugh again - what's the commemoration? When you grow up, get married, and have kids, I'll take this out and look at it, and recall how cute you were when you were little...
However, Bai Zhenggan didn't dare to laugh at his daughter easily anymore, so he said seriously: "This is the first report material written by my daughter, so of course I have to keep it as a souvenir!"
Oh, so that’s how it is!
Taotao was relieved and happily took the manuscript that Bai Zhenggan had helped her to revise and went out...
After walking two steps, she remembered again and asked quickly, "Dad, do you agree to give me 20 kilograms of rice?"
In fact, Bai Zhenggan can make this decision.
But he mainly wanted to show off his beloved daughter in front of the village cadres and clan elders how capable she was, so he said, "I have to wait until you submit the materials to me, and then I will organize a meeting for everyone to discuss it. If everyone agrees, then this matter can be settled!"
Tao Tao was a little worried. "Can it be settled? Well, if you really don't agree... then I can go up the mountain to pick mushrooms by myself. I can also dry them and use them as prizes."
Bai Zhenggan would never bear to let his daughter work for nothing!
"Go and copy it quickly!" he urged his daughter.
Taotao quickly ran to copy a copy of the materials, handed them back to her father, and then went about her own business.
After the autumn harvest, work in the fields basically stops; some particularly hardworking villagers will continue to work in order to earn more money, so jobs such as cutting grass for pigs and shoveling duck manure become popular.
The Taotao sisters have not gone out to work these days. They are at home dealing with the work gloves that Tang Liren picked up from the city.
——The work gloves are stained with more or less engine oil, which makes them look dirty and smell very unpleasant.
If you want to remove the oil stains on the gloves, you have to soak them in baking soda for a while.
As for why use baking soda instead of laundry detergent?
This is a little tip provided by Xingxing.
Then how did Xingxing know?
[Xingxing: I would never tell you that this is a little trick discovered by people in the millennium! 】
Xingxing just hesitated.
Taotao trusted Xingxing very much, so she asked someone to pass a message to Doctor Zhao in the town in the name of Tang Liren. Not long after, Dr. Zhao asked someone to bring a bag of medical baking soda.
The sisters tried to dilute baking soda in water and then soak the work gloves that were heavily stained with oil...
Take it out and rub it after one or two hours. If there are few stains, it can be washed clean directly. If there are many stains, you can wash them off by soaking them repeatedly!
In a short time, the yard was filled with three or four hundred pairs of white work gloves!
Lili knew that she would soon leave home, so she worked very hard every day.
After they were dried, the sisters carefully disassembled the work gloves, rolled them into bundles of cotton yarn, wet them with water, and hung them on the clothesline - they did this because the cotton yarns would be very curled when the gloves were just torn apart, and soaking them in water again would help make the curled cotton yarns become more vertical.
After the soaked cotton yarn bundle is dried in the shade, check it again. If it is still very curled, soak it in water again and dry it in the shade again.
Finally, we get snow-white and vertical white cotton yarn.
The sisters rolled bundles of white cotton yarn into balls, and the preliminary preparations were completed!
Next, it’s time to knit the sweater.
Tang Liren and Tan Fenghui can knit sweaters, Lili can knit too, and Xingxing didn’t know how to knit, but somehow she learned it now…
Taotao is the only one who doesn't know how to do it.
But Taotao is very good at hands-on work. She watched her mother and sister-in-law use knitting needles to tie threads, cast on stitches, button loops, and poke needles. Then she followed their example and actually started working crookedly.
Tang Liren assigned a task to her daughters and daughters-in-law: each of them must knit two sweaters within a month.
——Tang Liren weaved one for Bai Zhenggan and Nansheng respectively.
——Tan Fenghui first knitted a sweater for herself and Lili, and then knitted one for Dongsheng when she had time.
——Xingxing gave one each to herself and Hongdou and Huangdou.
——Taotao also wants to knit one for herself and Song Zhi.
Lili was about to go into the city, but Tang Liren did not assign her any tasks. As a result, Lili got angry. She closed the door and lit a candle to work all night without sleeping. In three to five days, she knitted a sweater for herself... She also said that she would knit another sweater for her mother next, and she would not go into the city if she didn't finish it!
This disrupted Tang Liren's plan, which was funny, infuriating and heartbreaking.
Time is short and the task is heavy.
After finishing their housework every day, the girls would sit in the yard and knit sweaters quickly...
Song Zhi was not idle either.
He had previously talked about making a laundry tub for the house.
——The principle of a washing machine is that the impeller in a sealed barrel rotates, driving the water flow to cause friction on the clothes.
Ruyi Village does not have electricity yet, so it is impossible to use washing machines with electric cores, but he can make a simple version of a foot-operated bearing washing tub. Just by stepping on the pedal, he can achieve the impeller rotation effect of an electric washing machine, freeing his hands from scrubbing.
However, after the autumn harvest, the production team sent a lot of farm tools that needed to be repaired, and Song Zhi's blacksmith shop was very busy.
Even so, he still found the time to make one and teach the Taotao sisters how to use it.
The Taotao sisters gathered around this strange-looking laundry tub, and were very curious - it was obviously a wooden tub that was larger than an ordinary water bucket but smaller than a bathtub. There are three iron fans like electric fans at the bottom of the barrel, covered with two layers of iron nets with a slightly larger spacing. There is a foot pedal on the outside of the barrel, and there is a stopper at the back near the bottom?
Song Zhi taught them step by step.
First he poured water into the washing tub, then some detergent, and then threw the dirty clothes in. Then he moved a chair and sat in front of the tub, with one foot on a pedal.
He first stepped on the pedal with his left foot until it reached the bottom, and the three round iron fan blades in the bucket began to rotate. After four or five seconds, the iron fan blades slowly stopped. Then he stepped on the pedal with his right foot until it reached the bottom, and the three round iron fan blades in the bucket began to rotate in the opposite direction. After four or five seconds, the iron fan blades slowly stopped...
At the same time, Song Zhi explained: "The two pedals cannot be pressed at the same time, only one side can be pressed at a time, and the other side must be pressed after the fan blades are completely still. After all, the materials we use are very rough, and the bearing inside is originally broken. It is a discarded waste product. I picked it up and repaired it..."
In addition, he also explained: First, you must be careful not to let the fabric fall onto the iron fan leaves, lest it get entangled with the iron fan leaves and ruin the fabric. First, when washing clothes, it is best not to keep red beans and yellow beans close to them. It would not be fun if they fell into the bucket.
Finally, he told the girls that after use, they should pull out the stopper at the back of the barrel and the laundry water in the barrel would leak out.
Tang Liren also took a look and announced: From now on, this bucket can only be used to wash outerwear and trousers of the whole family. Underwear and pants made of thinner fabrics can be rubbed when you take a bath!
The three sisters were very excited and came to try it.
I have to say that it can indeed free up your hands, and after you have mastered the rules, you can free up your hands to hold a book and read, or recite a text.
After washing with detergent, take out the clothes and dry them. After draining the dirty water, put the plug back in, then fill the water again and continue washing. After repeating this twice, it will be almost done.
However, machine washing still seems to be not as clean as hand washing...
So the sisters came up with another idea - pile the dirtier clothes in a wooden basin and soak them with detergent overnight, and then wash them together the next day.
The clothes washed in this way are clean and effortless.
The sisters chattered excitedly, discussing the most difficult chores at home: fetching water, washing clothes, and collecting firewood for cooking. Now that two of them were solved at once, the burden was greatly reduced, and they could free up their energy to do other things or study.
Song Zhi listened from the side and became concerned again.
——Bai Lili is about to leave home, and the housework will inevitably fall on Taotao. Is it hard to collect firewood and cook?
Then he will improve Taotao's living conditions!
Most people in cities burn honeycomb coal, which is not realistic in rural areas. Collecting firewood to make a fire for cooking is unchangeable, but maybe he can modify the stove at home? To save more firewood, instead of going to the back mountain to collect firewood every day, maybe it would be enough to go once every other day?
Song Zhi began his research silently again.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Lili to leave home and go to the city to work.
During this half month, the whole family also took time to buy things for Lili.
——Tang Liren went to the next door village to collect this year's new cotton harvest. She asked someone to make two new quilts and taught Lili to use one as a cushion and the other as a cover. She also made a few cans of chili sauce with the red beans, soybeans and small fish and shrimps she caught.
——In addition, Taotao and Tan Fenghui worked together to tailor a few clothes for Lili, including a pair of trousers, one black and one blue, a shirt with small floral patterns, and a new cotton coat made of black cotton cloth with bright red flowers. In addition, Taotao also made two coveralls, one floral and one black, which can be worn over cotton coats to prevent dirt.
——Xingxing made several pairs of insoles, a hundred or so hairbands, and several pairs of floral sleeves and other things.
There were so many things that ended up in five big bags!
Lili wailed, "Oh my god, there are so many things. How can I carry so many things away..."
Tao Tao couldn't help laughing, "Then put down the stone candlestick! There are electric lights in the city, what are you going to do with this?"
Lili, "What if there's a power outage? Besides, I really like this stone candlestick. It's so pretty!"
Xing Xing, "Third sister, don't take those old clothes with you. Aren't you coming back for the New Year? Leave some clothes at home to wear!"
Lili, "No, these clothes are the most comfortable to wear, I want to take them with me!"
Tan Fenghui laughed, "You're just like a mickey moving house!"
Lili was sad and wanted to cry, "If you don't let me take anything, I will miss home..."
Everyone was also a little sad.
"Bring, bring, bring! My girl can bring whatever she wants!"
"Just take the stone candlestick with you. I won't say anything to you anymore!"
"Third sister, if you miss home, just take a look at the hairband I made for you!"
"Lili, just write to me if you miss home. Even if it's a little slow, you can still receive it twice a month!"
As everyone was comforting her, Lili's tears slowly flowed out of her eyes.
"Dad, Mom, you two must take care of yourselves when I'm not at home! Dad, you must take good care of your health and don't show off. Mom, you don't have to be so stubborn. After all, you're old and can't do 80% of the work. Just do 70% and make up for it from other places..."
"Tao Tao, Xing Xing, I'm not at home, so you two have to work really hard... If there's any work that you really can't do, just leave it there and wait for me to come home, and then I'll do it!"
"Sister-in-law, my parents are old, and Taotao and Xingxing are still young. This family depends on you..."
"Red Bean and Yellow Bean, you can be obedient, study hard, and help the adults with work if you are able, understand?"
"Brother Song Zhi, please take care of the things at home..."
Everyone's eyes were red.
Early in the morning, the whole family reluctantly sent Lili to the village entrance.
Everyone in the village has heard that Lili is going to the city to work.
Of course some people were jealous, but more people held an attitude of admiration, believing that Lili was selected by the state-owned restaurant to work as a temporary worker in the city because she was too hardworking and capable.
So when everyone saw Lili who was about to go on a long journey, everyone rushed to greet Lili.
"Lili is such a good guy! Perform well when you get to the city and bring honor to our village!"
"Lili is really capable, keep it up!"
"The young people in our village should learn from Lili..."
"Lili, please come back for the New Year!"
Lili cried like a tearful baby.
Tang Liren also cried. She took out a stack of bills from her trouser pocket and stuffed them into Lili's hand. "Son, when you go to the city... it's different from being at home. In that place, you have to pay for a ride, a drink of water, and everything else! So this money... take it!"
Lili waved her hands quickly, "No, no, no! Mom, you've already given me fifty yuan...Besides, I went to the city to work and earn money, why are you giving me money back?"
"Mom is afraid that you don't have enough! Take it! Take it... If you have enough money, just keep it. But what if it's not enough? Take it! Take it quickly... If you don't take it, Mom will be angry!" Tang Liren pretended to put on an angry face.
Only then did Lili grab the money her mother handed over with red eyes.
The bus into town has arrived.
Song Zhi climbed onto the roof and helped tie Lili's several large pieces of luggage to the roof.
Taotao held Lili's hand and repeatedly said, "Third sister, you have a lot of luggage. When you get off the bus in the city, you should stay with your luggage and don't go anywhere. Uncle Qin and Xiao Zhuzi will come to pick you up. Don't move before they arrive, understand?"
Lili nodded with tears in her eyes and got into the car.
The shuttle bus started.
Bai Lili sailed towards her brilliant future.
Yan Naqian watched from afar as the whole family surrounded Bai Lili and got on the bus, and she was so angry...
She just couldn't believe that she, a modern person from the 21st century, couldn't compete with these rustic country people?
Humph, returning to the city is a must!
Just as she was thinking this, Yan Naqian saw Song Zhi showing a gentle smile and touching Bai Taotao's head?
Yan Naqian clenched her fists.
Humph, Song Zhi, she's going to decide too!
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