Chu Jingqiu was still a little worried about her family. Although Qin Junyi had been punished, he would definitely still have evil intentions.
She also couldn't guarantee that the mastermind behind the scenes would manipulate other people to frame her father, so she planned to write another letter to her grandfather, reminding him to remain vigilant and not take it lightly.
The next morning, Chu Jingqiu went to town to pick up Grandpa Wu's package, mail a reply to her grandfather, and also helped mail Shi Aihong and Zhang Pingping's letters home. She told the three of them to wait at home for Du Jianjun to come and build the stove.
Chu Jingqiu arrived at the town post office. She arrived early, so there weren't many people there. She first took a large package, sent all the letters, and then found an empty place and entered the space.
She took out two more pieces of pork from the space, and especially took out a fat piece. After returning to the educated youth site, she would wipe the pot with lard, which was considered as "opening" the new pot.
When we returned to the educated youth site, Uncle Du was building a stove and several girls were helping him. Only Uncle Du's hands were dirty, but the girls who were helping him had a lot of mud on their faces, which looked like big tabby cats.
Jiang Jiang brought his doghouse to the yard. He was lying in his own kennel. When he saw Chu Jingqiu coming back, he ran over with his tail wagging.
Chu Jingqiu put the bicycle away, took the package off the bike, touched Jiang Jiang's head, and then poured himself a glass of water.
She came to the kitchen to help, but Lin Zishan waved her off and said, "It's very dirty here. Don't come in. It's almost done. We've already gotten our clothes dirty anyway."
Although the weather is a bit cold now, the stove needs to be aired for two days before it can be used. To be on the safe side, she still hangs the piece of fat into the well to prevent the pork from spoiling when used in two days.
After a while, the stove was built, and Uncle Du was paid for the materials and labor, which cost a total of three dollars.
Uncle Du was a very nice guy. He even gave them his leftover cement for free, saying that it would become unusable after being stored for a long time.
Before leaving, Uncle Du reminded several people not to use the stove in a hurry, but to let it air out for two days before using it, otherwise it would easily crack.
It was Hu Mingyue and Qin Yilan's turn to cook at noon today. It was almost time for dinner, but the two of them hadn't moved. They had run out of firewood and there was no water in the water tank.
When the male educated youth were here, they took turns fetching water and chopping firewood every day. The male educated youth have not returned in the past few days and the firewood has been used up. When a few girls went up the mountain to collect mountain products, they also picked up some firewood.
They didn't go up the mountain this morning and there was no firewood. The two of them didn't collect firewood or cook. Shi Aihong was so angry that she was about to go find the two of them to settle the score.
Chu Jingqiu held her back and whispered to the others, "Aihong and Zishan, go collect some firewood for us. I bought some pork and some flour today. Let's make dumplings. We can just cook them in a small iron pot."
Zhang Pingping started to prepare the stuffing, and Chu Jingqiu kneaded the dough. When Shi Aihong and Lin Zishan came back from collecting firewood, they had already wrapped half of the curtains. They also quickly washed their hands to help.
After a while, she had made more than two dumplings. Lin Zishan pointed at the dumplings and said, "I learned how to make these last year from Du Dashan's wife in the village. She made five dumplings at that time. When we cooked, I took them all and didn't leave any for them."
At noon, one bun of dumplings is enough for four people, and the remaining bun of dumplings can be eaten in the evening. The dumplings are stuffed with pork and cabbage, with thin skin and large fillings. Your mouth will be full of oil when you bite into them.
The girls were very satisfied with the meal. In this village, dumplings are usually only eaten during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. The last time they ate dumplings was during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was not much meat in them.
When Hu Mingyue and Qin Yilan saw that there was no firewood left at noon, they thought of waiting for a few people to collect firewood before they cooked. However, when the firewood was collected, people did not put it in the kitchen, but used it themselves.
They heard that several people were cooking dumplings. They were so hungry that they had no choice but to take two cold pancakes and soak them in hot water to make a meal.
In the evening, Chu Jingqiu planned to deliver the package to Grandpa Wu, so he cooked all the dumplings and also gave two bowls to Grandpa Wu and Uncle Ning.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Chu Jingqiu and Shi Aihong carried the packages and dumplings and went to the cowshed. When they arrived at the cowshed, Grandpa Wu and Uncle Ning had just come back from feeding the cows and were washing their hands.
Chu Jingqiu discovered that the house they lived in seemed to have been renovated and was no longer drafty. Moreover, the two of them were in much better condition than a few days ago.
"Grandpa Wu, Uncle Ning, did you repair the house yourselves?" Chu Jingqiu asked curiously.
Wu Feihong smiled and said, "We didn't repair it ourselves. How could we dare to do it ourselves? Secretary Du sent people to repair it. Secretary Du is a good man.
The day he came back, he came to the cowshed to check on us, and the next day he sent people to repair the house, the kang, and the fire wall.
He also told Uncle Du to keep an eye on the villagers and not to cause trouble in the cowshed. Lately, we've just been feeding the cows and haven't been assigned any other heavy work. Life is much better now than when we first arrived."
Chu Jingqiu handed the package to Grandpa Wu, put the dumplings into their bowls, and told them to eat them while they were hot.
Wu Feihong first opened the package and took a look. His family had mailed him two thick cotton coats, and he also made two cotton coats for Ning Wenyuan.
I sent some daily necessities, a few bottles of malted milk, brown sugar, milk powder, biscuits, canned food and so on.
Grandpa Wu insisted on giving them some biscuits and canned food, but they refused and said they had some. But Grandpa Wu insisted on giving them some. The two realized that Grandpa Wu was really angry, so they each took a can of food.
Chu Jingqiu told the two to hide the things, and then he and Shi Aihong quietly left the cowshed.
In a remote house in Beijing, a young man was sitting on the ground with a sack covering his body.
Opposite him sat two masked young men. One of the taller young men deliberately lowered his voice and asked, "Tell me, who ordered you to do this? Don't try to play tricks, or you'll suffer more."
The young man in the sack was trembling all over, his pants wet with fear. He said in a trembling voice, "I don't know who that man was. He was masked and gave me a thousand yuan to expose Mr. Wu."
"You betrayed your mentor for just one thousand yuan. Where's your conscience?" the shorter young man questioned him.
"I have no choice. That man has arrested me several times. If I don't do what he says, my family will be in danger." The young man in the sack replied.
"He asked me to use the painting to expose Professor Wu, and I wouldn't lose anything. He gave me 500 yuan upfront, and then another 500 yuan after the job was done."
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