I don’t know how to cook. I heard from the male educated youths at the educated youth camp that although everyone, regardless of gender, eats together, they have to take turns cooking for one day. But I don’t know how to cook, so I don’t know what to do…
I am worried about eating with them. What if I can’t cook when it’s my turn? I am so worried.” Zhu Yong suddenly sighed, with a look of worry on his face.
"If you don't know how to cook, you can learn. You must learn to cook as soon as possible. Cooking is not difficult... In the future, when you see someone at the educated youth site cooking, go and watch and learn, and take the initiative to help. In this way, you will learn to cook in a few days." Xu Zhixin gave him advice.
"Your idea is great! Comrade Xu, you are really smart!" Zhu Yong immediately smiled with joy, and all the worry on his face disappeared.
"Actually, I can cook quite well. Many people praise my cooking skills. If we didn't live in the captain's house, you wouldn't have to go there so often. I can teach you how to cook. You'll be able to do it in a few days." Lu Pinjie said to Zhu Yong.
"It's okay. I see that the people in the educated youth camps learn how to cook. You can learn it too." Zhu Yong said with a smile.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the brigade's warehouse, which was quite large. Cheng Zhaohong took out the key, opened it, and led everyone in. They saw that it was full of grain, some farm tools, and a floor scale.
"Each educated youth's monthly food ration is 40 kilograms. The eldest son will give them 40 kilograms each." Cheng Guozhong instructed his eldest son.
"Okay, Dad!" Cheng Zhaohong went to weigh the grain immediately.
"Forty kilograms a month is quite a lot for a person. There is no need to worry about not having enough food." Lu Pinjie said happily.
"What we give you is the raw grain, without husking. Forty kilograms of raw grain will only weigh thirty-two or thirty-three kilograms after husking. But you don't eat much, so this is enough for you." Cheng Guozhong said.
Cheng Zhaohong quickly weighed the grain for Xu Zhixin and the other three educated youth. Cheng Guozhong considerately asked Cheng Zhaohong to give them a cart from the team, so that they could push the grain back to store it. After storing it, they went to the drying yard that he had shown them on the way to the educated youth site last night to carry out the division of labor.
Xu Zhixin and several other educated youth quickly agreed and left with the food.
"Dad, what kind of work are you going to assign to the three of them?" Cheng Zhaohong asked Cheng Guozhong as he watched Xu Zhixin and the other three educated youths leave. "Xu Zhiqing saved my life, so you have to take care of her and give her some easy work when you divide the work."
"I know." Cheng Guozhong nodded. "Your mother told me about this before she went to bed last night. I know what's going on and I will take better care of her... Yesterday, Zhu Yong and Lu Pinjie also took the initiative to help find your younger brother. I have to take care of them and give them some easier tasks."
Originally, he thought that Xu Zhixin was an incredibly strong girl and could be trained to be good at doing heavy work, and could do the work of three strong laborers. He wanted to assign her to do the heavy work, but then the incident of her saving his youngest son happened, so he naturally had to take care of her in the division of labor. He could no longer assign her to do heavy work, and had to assign her to do some lighter work.
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