She had never eaten dumplings here before, but recalling those delicious dumplings, she couldn't help but salivate. Zhong Yuxiu walked out immediately, looking like she was ready to get things done.
Yan Rushan tried to dissuade him, "You want to be exposed if you leave now?"
"Oh, right. I'm a patient now." Zhong Yuxiu couldn't resist the urge to eat dumplings and smacked her lips. "I can't even eat dumplings with flour. How miserable."
"......." Yan Rushan said, "Go back to the house and act like a decent person. I'll go outside to find some wild vegetables. What kind of wild vegetables do you want to make dumplings with?"
"Do you recognize all the wild vegetables?" Zhong Yuxiu chuckled. "Comrade Yan, do you recognize the gray-gray vegetable?"
“Is there such a dish?”
Yuxiu laughed and said, "Gray vegetables are good for the human body. They can supplement zinc and calcium. Eating them in season is better than taking tonics."
The smile looks nice, but the laughter is heartbreaking. Yan Rushan's face is as black as the bottom of a pot.
The result was clear at a glance, and Zhong Yuxiu said disappointedly, "Forget it, I'll just bear with it and make dumplings tomorrow when I feel better."
"It's up to you." Yan Rushan turned around and left with a cold face.
"You don't recognize me and you still make people laugh, huh." Zhong Yuxiu went back to her room with a smile, and took out the books in the box and started to read them while everyone was still there. The high school knowledge in this era was not difficult, and most of it was what people would learn in junior high school in the future.
Having traveled through ancient times three times, modern times three times, and the interstellar age, I have learned an innumerable amount of knowledge. Now, I can review these little bits of knowledge just once. With the help of my mental powers, I can review even faster, and reading these books is not difficult at all.
In the evening, when the educated youth came back, Zhong Yuxiu had finished reading mathematics, chemistry, and physics. The three books on physics and chemistry were the most difficult of these books. After finishing reading them and organizing the knowledge points, she put down the books and lay down on the bed.
"Yuxiu, I heard that you were sick. Are you feeling better now?" Jiang Mei and Sun Ruhong walked into the room.
Yuxiu feigned a weak smile and replied, "Much better. I also want to thank Brother Yan for personally driving the tractor to take me to the county town for medical treatment. I delayed Brother Yan from work."
"I'm glad you're alright. You were so weak." Sun Ruhong breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to sit down beside the bed. "We didn't see you when we woke up, so we thought you'd gone out for a walk. We didn't see you for a long time when we got to work, and it wasn't until Comrade Yan went to ask the team leader for leave that Sister Jiang Mei and I realized you were sick."
Zhong Yuxiu smiled sheepishly, "I took a nap at noon, and when I woke up it was still early, so I went up the mountain. I wanted to find some meat, but I don't know when I got a fever, and I fainted on the mountain. It was Brother Yan who saved me."
Jiang Mei and Sun Ruhong exchanged a glance, putting aside their doubts. Jiang Mei gently tapped her forehead and said, "You! Don't do this again next time. There's a lot of game in the mountains, but you can't always catch it. The mountains are also dangerous. Fortunately, Comrade Yan also went there, otherwise, who knows what you would have done."
"That's right. We've eaten a lot of meat in the past month. If we want to eat meat, we can just bear it. But you can't take risks in the mountains again. What if you lose your life for a bite of meat?"
"I know, I was wrong. I will pay attention next time. Sister Jiang Mei, Sister Ruhong, everyone is back, but dinner is not ready yet." He quickly changed the subject.
Sun Ruhong couldn't stop laughing. "Okay, I know you're tired of our nagging. Sister Jiang Mei and I will go cook. You take a rest. We'll call you when the meal is ready."
After the two men finished cooking, they came back and called Zhong Yuxiu to go to the main hall to have dinner together. After dinner, they washed up and went to bed early. Yujia Village did not have electricity yet, so if they did not go to bed early, they could only light oil lamps or candles at night.
In farmers' homes, oil lamps consume a lot of oil and candles are precious items. The educated youth were generally not rich; most of them were frugal, and Sun Ruhong and Jiang Mei were no exception.
The next day, Zhong Yuxiu followed the people from the educated youth point to the fields. Sun Ruhong and Jiang Mei wanted to persuade her to rest for two more days, saying that her body was her own and no one could suffer for her; but when they saw Yuxiu's rosy complexion, they did not say anything to persuade her.
The fewer days of work these educated youth worked, the fewer work points they would get; their food and rations depended entirely on work points, so how could they rest whenever they wanted?
Zhong Yuxiu is still new and has to pay back work points to the team in the second half of the year. If she owes the team work points, what will she do in the second half of the year and the first half of next year?
Not to mention that Zhong Yuxiu could hunt in the mountains, it was not seen that she always had a good harvest. Hunting in the mountains could only be used as income in her spare time.
Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye. There is no time to make dumplings. During this period, Yan Rushan and Zhong Yuxiu have not entered the county town again. Occasionally, they go to the mountains to find some prey to eat meat. The brigade ushered in another food distribution.
The grains distributed this time were all coarse grains, the most abundant of which were sweet potatoes, and the main harvest this time was sweet potatoes.
Yan Rushan and other male educated youth each received about 500 kilograms, and the two female educated youth each received about 400 kilograms; only Zhong Yuxiu received the least. After paying back the work points of the brigade, she only received 150 kilograms, plus some coarse grains. If it weren't for the food she had exchanged in the county for more than a month, she would probably have had to survive on wild vegetables.
All the grain was moved back to the educated youth site and stuffed into the cellar. The busiest time of the year had passed. It was cold in winter and there was not much work to do, even in the south.
As winter approached, the people at the educated youth camp changed into thick clothes such as cotton-padded jackets. Only Zhong Yuxiu brought a few sets of thin clothes with her to the countryside, and now she didn't even have a single thick piece of clothing.
Seeing this, Sun Ruhong and Jiang Mei rummaged through the drawers and each found a set of patched old clothes for Zhong Yuxiu.
"Yuxiu, we don't have many cotton-padded clothes. Although these two pieces of clothes are a little worn out, they can still keep us warm. Please don't mind." The two of them came from an average family with a heavy burden at home. Occasionally, they had to support their family far away. They were reluctant to spend their own money, and they felt more at ease with the money in their hands.
Zhong Yuxiu smiled and thanked them, "Thank you, Sister Ruhong and Sister Jiangmei. It's good enough for me to have something to wear. When I get some cloth and cotton, I'll wash and return the clothes to you."
"Okay." Sun Ruhong handed her two cotton coats and said, "Hurry and change into them."
Following her words, she took off her thin clothes and changed into a patched cotton jacket. Zhong Yuxiu patted the clean cotton jacket and smiled, "Sister Ruhong, Sister Jiangmei, I want to go to the mountains to take a look. You guys can play at home."
"What are you going to the mountains for? It's so cold today, and it must be even colder in the mountains." Jiang Mei frowned, her face full of disapproval.
"It's actually not that cold in the mountains. The trees and grass are lush, so it's not as cold as it is down there." Yuxiu paused for a moment, then said, "Sister Jiangmei, I'll go get Brother Yan to come with us later. We'll be careful."
Jiang Mei felt a little relieved. "With Brother Yan accompanying you into the mountains, we can rest assured and go back early."
"Okay, Sister Jiangmei, Sister Ruhong, see you later." Stepping out of the room, she saw the male educated youth in the yard, some washing clothes, some chatting. Yuxiu smiled and said, "All the comrades are here!"
Several male educated youth turned their heads and nodded. Only Luo Jianmin smiled playfully, "Comrade Zhong, are you going out?"
The male educated youth stared at her, waiting for her to speak.
"Yes, I want to go to the mountains to take a look. Do you want to go?" Yuxiu asked with a chuckle and a gentle attitude.
"I won't go. It's too cold outside. I'll go back to the house after washing clothes." Luo Jianmin refused decisively. Wang Yishan and Feng Jianjun also shook their heads, indicating that they would not go.
Yan Rushan's eyes moved slightly, "Let's go up the mountain to find some meat, Comrade Zhong, I'll go with you."
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