Wild vegetables grow on the earth in spring.
Seeing the wild vegetables all over the mountains, Deng Qingling couldn't wait to walk over. There were many wild vegetables there, including shepherd's purse, wild wheat, Japanese knotweed, houttuynia cordata, water celery, etc.
Life is bright, everything is growing, and you can feel the beauty of spring. Picking wild vegetables is addictive, and the joy of labor is addictive.
Deng Qingling picked a full basket of wild vegetables and felt a sense of accomplishment looking at them.
At noon, Deng Qingling made scrambled eggs with bitter wheat and cold water celery.
At the dinner table, Liang Xueying said to Deng Qingling, "You cook these wild vegetables really well, but you have to be more careful. You can't go up the mountain all the time. If you really want to go out, I'll go with you after work."
"Okay, I understand," Deng Qingling said softly.
After lunch, Deng Qingling went back to her room to sleep. She had not been sleeping well recently. As she got older, her body had many inconveniences. She couldn't fall asleep whether she lay on her left or right side. She also had back pain and couldn't sleep well, so she often made up for it during the day.
Deng Qingling could eat several meals a day and often got up in the middle of the night to eat snacks. If she didn't eat, she would be hungry, and if she was hungry, she couldn't sleep, so her body became increasingly round and she even had a double chin.
Originally she weighed only 80 kilograms, but now she weighs over 100 kilograms. Seeing her changes, everyone was a little worried, fearing that the fetus would be too large and difficult to deliver.
Liang Xueying was also worried that eating too much would be bad for her health, so she had to take her to see a doctor. The doctor said that the fetus needs more nutrients to grow and the mother consumes more, so she gets hungry quickly. She just needs to eat small meals frequently and exercise moderately.
Liang Xueying heard that if she ate more and got more nutrition, her baby would be strong, obedient and easy to take care of after birth. So she often gave her extra meals and went for a walk with her every evening.
PS: Spring would be incomplete without eating wild vegetables.
On this day, the team leader received a notice that a group of educated youth would be coming to their town in the next two days, and asked all production brigades to be prepared to welcome the educated youth. These educated youth were not from other places, but from their own province, so there was no need to worry about language barriers, and asked everyone to get along well.
When the team leader returned to the production brigade, he called a meeting of the villagers and said that some educated youth had gone to the countryside and there were no empty houses in the village. Before the houses were built, the educated youth would be allowed to live in the villagers' homes. Of course, they would not live there for free, and a certain rent would be charged. As for how much to charge, it was up to you to discuss it among yourselves.
When the villagers first heard that the educated youth were going to stay in their homes, they talked a lot about it. They all said that there were too many people in their family and there were not many rooms to accommodate them, and no one wanted to squeeze someone in. Later, when they heard that they could charge rent, many people signed up, saying that they had empty rooms to rent to the educated youth and asked the team leader to choose their family.
There were not many educated youth, and the villagers all wanted more income for their families. For a moment, the team leader didn't know which family to choose, so he said that he would wait until the educated youth arrived and then decide which family to live with.
The next day, the team leader went to the commune gate early in the morning to wait for the educated youth.
"What's going on? Didn't they say the educated youth would arrive around 8 o'clock? Why are they still nowhere to be found?" The team leader was getting a little impatient waiting.
I've been waiting at the commune gate since early morning. I've been waiting for almost an hour. How much work can I get done in such a long time?
"Maybe it's delayed, let's wait a little longer," said the captain next door.
A car was approaching slowly in the distance.
The car stopped not far away, and more than 20 young men and women got out. Seeing a few people waiting for someone on the side of the road, and a few ox carts nearby, they walked over to ask.
"Uncle, are you waiting for the educated youth?" said the male educated youth Lu Xin.
"Yes, you are finally here. We have been waiting for an hour," said team leader Guo Youqing.
"We waited for a long time at the transfer station in the county before a car came. Thank you for your hard work, uncle," Lu Xin explained quickly, fearing that everyone would be resentful after waiting for so long.
"It's okay, it didn't take long." The team leader didn't say anything else after hearing what the educated youth said. It seemed that the educated youth in front of him was still a good person.
"Brothers, hurry up and separate the educated youth. The sun is getting hotter and hotter. Go back quickly." The team leader next door was a little anxious. If they continued talking, they would be scorched by the sun.
The twenty-five educated youth were dispersed into five production teams, while no educated youth were assigned to other production teams that were too remote.
"Lu Xin, Chen Chen, Chen Xiaomin, Ma Liying, come to my side." Team leader Guo Youqing looked at the list and randomly selected a few people.
"Hello, Captain!" Everyone greeted Guo Youqing.
"All right, all right, hurry up and get in the car, we're going back."
The educated youth were a little worried when they saw the simple ox cart, wondering if it would fall apart while they were sitting on it.
"What are you looking at? Come up," said Guo Youqing.
Everyone reacted and caught up with the cart. The ox cart moved forward slowly and soon stopped at the foot of the mountain.
The educated youths thought they would arrive soon, but the team leader suddenly said, "Get off the bus, put your luggage on the oxcart, and we will walk up."
The educated youth did not dare to say much and got off the bus one after another. From the foot of the mountain, the top of the mountain did not seem very far away. They walked all the way to the top of the mountain and were so tired that they almost fell down. They sat on the ground with sweat on their heads, not even minding the dirt.
Guo Youqing said, "We haven't arrived yet. Let's get on the ox cart. It will take another twenty minutes to get there."
Everyone felt very tired, wondering why it was so far, but when they heard that they could take a ox cart, they quickly climbed up.
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