"I heard from Sun Zhiqing and the others that everything is almost ready. These past few days, whenever they get off work, they go to the mountains to collect firewood. Plus, your second brother-in-law is teaching them, so they have a whole woodshed full of firewood. Your second brother-in-law said that this amount of firewood is enough to last through the winter."
When Su Tao heard what Sun Jianhua and the others said, she followed them to take a look. There was indeed a lot of firewood. Seeing this, she felt relieved.
"That's good."
Their work today was the same as yesterday, and each person was given one acre of land. However, radishes grew in the ground after all, and were not as easy to clean as cabbages.
It takes a lot of effort to pull the radishes out of the ground, so the two new educated youth were not fast at it, but the aunts were already skilled.
The speed did not slow down because of this resistance. Su Tao and others became proficient in how to pull out the radishes quickly and soon caught up with the aunts.
Only Song Tanglan was still pulling slowly at the back. In order to avoid hurting her hands, she even wore gloves. However, there were so many weeds, and since it hadn't rained in the past few days, it was still a bit difficult to pull them out, especially for Song Tanglan who was still weak.
So at the end of the day, the aunts had already pulled out one acre of land and had started to pull out the rest. In the entire team, only Song Tanglan was still struggling with the half acre of white radishes.
After Su Tao finished pulling out the radishes this time, she did not run to join the aunts in pulling out more, but came to help Song Tanglan. Seeing that her mother-in-law did not need her help, Mrs. Sun also came to help Song Tanglan pull out the remaining radishes.
Mrs. Sun heard her husband talk about her brother-in-law's work last night. She didn't expect that her brother-in-law was willing to let her take his shift. She also said that all the salary would belong to her and they didn't want a penny. She was very touched.
When she knew that her sister-in-law was pregnant, she thought that her job would require her younger sister to cover for her. After all, this was a very normal thing. She just didn't expect that this benefit would fall on her, the eldest sister-in-law.
Thinking of this, she felt that she should be better to her brother-in-law's family, but her brother-in-law was better off than them in every aspect of life and did not need her help at all. That was why she wanted to help Song Tanglan, thinking that when she made money in the future, she would definitely prepare a big gift for her brother-in-law.
With the addition of Su Tao and Sun Dasao, the other half acre of land was weeded in less than an hour, most of which were weeded by Su Tao and Sun Dasao.
After they finished cleaning up the remaining leaves on the ground, they all finished their work. The team leader even came to tell them that they didn't have to work tomorrow.
Since she no longer had to go to work, Song Tanglan has been at home with Song Tangcheng every day. Seeing that she had taken the pregnancy-maintaining medicine for three days, Cheng Fangyuan took her to the hospital for a check-up. They found that she had fully recovered and the baby in her belly was also healthy, so they felt relieved.
The two then agreed to let Song Tangcheng do some easier work.
At the supply and marketing cooperative, Cheng Fangyuan only asked for three days of leave for his wife. On the fourth day, Cheng Fangyuan took his sister-in-law to the supply and marketing cooperative and explained the situation.
The head of the supply and marketing cooperative inspected Mrs. Sun and felt that there was no problem, so he agreed to let her stay. However, Mrs. Sun’s salary was an internship salary, and she had to wait until she got the hang of the job before she could get a formal salary.
Now Mrs. Sun has to follow other regular employees to do odd jobs and learn. Seeing that this matter has been decided, Cheng Fangyuan first went to the post office to send a letter to tell the Song family the good news of his wife's pregnancy.
After sending the letter, he went to a very remote place. He had been here many times and was familiar with the road conditions, but the location was relatively remote and hidden.
It would be easy to lose the destination without someone familiar to lead the way, but he had been here many times and was very familiar with the path here, so he didn't need anyone to delay him and waited until he reached his destination.
I knocked on the door three times and called out the secret code I learned twice. After a while, the door opened from the inside.
"Brother Yuan, why are you here at this time?" The person who opened the door was the gatekeeper of the black market. Usually, their black market only trades at night, and few people come here in broad daylight.
If they hadn't heard the secret signal, they might not have come to open the door.
"I came to see Xiaoqi for something."
"Brother Xu, he's in his room now, go find him there!"
"good."
After seeing him leave, the gatekeeper returned to his original place to warm himself by the fire. The black market in Ganhe Commune was strictly monitored, and they could only survive cautiously in the cracks, for fear of revealing any movement and being caught.
Although we chose such a remote place, it was inevitable that we would be discovered.
Cheng Fangyuan walked to Xu Qi's door and knocked. After he opened the door, he found that Xu Qi's clothes were a little wrinkled and his face looked as if he had not woken up yet.
"Did you just get back last night?"
"Brother Yuan, why are you here? Yes, I just got back last night in the middle of the night. We brought in a lot of goods this time, so in order not to attract attention, I had to travel in the middle of the night."
Xu Qi picked up the kettle on the table, made him some tea and explained.
"No wonder you look so haggard and unshaven. Oh, and I have good news for you. I'm going to be a father."
Xu Qi was originally disliked by Cheng Fangyuan and felt a little embarrassed, but after hearing what he said next, he was very happy for him.
"Congratulations, Brother Yuan. Brother Yuan, what brings you here this time?"
"My sister-in-law is coming to replace my wife at work. I sent her here today and came to buy some things from you. By the way, the brigade has stopped working. When can you come and stay for a few days? We can go hunting in the mountains."
Xu Qi thought about the next arrangements. "It will take two days. I have something to do in the next two days. I am worried about leaving it to my subordinates."
"Okay, just come find me when the time comes. By the way, what good stuff did you get this time?"
Xu Qi did not hide anything from him and directly showed him his purchase order.
Cheng Fangyuan bought a lot of things he needed. Thinking of his wife, younger sister, and unborn baby at home, he bought more as he chose.
So much food and supplies are enough for them to eat until the New Year. Fortunately, Cheng Fangyuan doesn’t think it’s too much, but he knows that the package will be too eye-catching if he takes it back now.
So he only took a part of it and asked Xu Qi to bring the rest to him when he went to see his sister. After everything was said and done, he returned home satisfied.
Since Song Tanglan no longer had to work, she has been sleeping until she wakes up naturally every day. When she woke up today, she saw her second sister tidying up the vegetables in the yard. She had a simple breakfast and went to help. The two sisters sat there with small stools, chatting while tidying up.
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