The team bought too much food, and she felt it was a bit too conspicuous. Even though the team leader was a family member, Accountant Zhang was not.
"Buying so much food here will attract too much attention. Why don't you ask your brother-in-law to go to town to buy it? At least he can go there secretly by bicycle and no one will see him."
After all, they had just distributed so much food, and suddenly they took out a large sum of money to buy food. This would definitely lead to people reporting them.
Song Tanglan thought about it and felt that this method was not bad. It would be better for them to keep a low profile. After all, last year they had just gone to the countryside and did not earn many work points. But this year it was different.
"OK!"
After the three of them had discussed it, they began to count the food and transport it back to the cellar.
It is very easy to count the grain, but Cheng Fangyuan needs to send the rapeseed to the next brigade for oil pressing. Since everyone is collecting grain and no one is queuing up, he can squeeze their oil first.
As soon as they had transported all the grain back to the cellar, Su Tao came to borrow the millstone with the grain she had just distributed.
There are many advantages to having a stone mill at home. At least it is very convenient when you want to grind grain, and you don’t have to queue up at the public stone mill in the team.
"Second Sister Song, we need to borrow the millstone again. Sorry to bother you."
"You guys can use it. We don't need it right now. While it's not snowing, you can grind more. If it keeps snowing, you'll have no choice but to eat it like this."
Song Tangcheng sat aside and watched Mumu and made a joke. Upon hearing this, Sun Jianhua and Yu He quickly swept the snow off the millstone and started grinding the grain.
"Well, that's what we thought too. We'll grind the grain as soon as we get it home."
Su Tao was now sitting beside them, drinking scented tea, while the men on the other side were grinding cornmeal in an orderly manner.
It was not until dinner time that Sun Jianhua and his brother returned home with the ground grains. The Cheng family had already prepared the meal, but Cheng Fangyuan, who had gone out, had not returned. As the sky outside was getting darker, both of them became a little anxious.
It's snowing heavily now, so it's not safe to go out, not to mention it's getting darker.
Neither of them was in the mood to eat and kept looking towards the door.
"Second sister, brother-in-law won't come back after squeezing the rapeseed, right?" Looking at the anxious Song Tangcheng, she couldn't help but ask, while not forgetting to use the small spoon to feed Mumu.
"I don't know either. He didn't tell me when he went out. I thought he would just drop it off and come back soon! How come he hasn't come home yet so late?"
"Why don't we go to the captain's house and see, maybe my second brother-in-law is there!"
Song Tangcheng thought about it and nodded, picked up his coat and put it on, took out the flashlight, carried Mumu over and put on some thick clothes for him.
The two of them dressed neatly and went out. When the three of them arrived at Captain Cheng's house, it was Cheng Fangzheng who opened the door.
Cheng Fangzheng was puzzled when he saw the two of them. Seeing that they were holding their children, he quickly invited them in to avoid them freezing outside.
Captain Cheng and his wife, who were preparing to rest in the room, came out when they heard the noise.
When he saw the two of them again, he asked in confusion, "Ayuan's wife, it's already dark. Is there something wrong? Why do you have to come here at this time?"
"Yeah, why did you bring the little kid here? The weather is very cold and he won't be able to bear it." Aunt Li quickly took the little kid from Song Tanglan's arms. Seeing that he was dressed warmly and wrapped tightly with a small quilt, she felt relieved.
"Mom and Dad, Ayuan went to the next brigade to deliver rapeseed, but he hasn't come back yet. When he left, he didn't tell me to stay overnight there. That's why I'm worried. I'd like to ask my eldest brother to find a few people to look for him."
"What? Ayuan hasn't come back yet?" Captain Cheng was also shocked when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down and ordered Cheng Fangzheng to take a few cousins to look for him.
It would be fine if I lived in the next brigade, but I’m afraid something might happen on the way.
Everyone became worried when they heard the news. Cheng Fangzheng didn't waste any time. He went back to his room, got dressed, and went out. When he arrived at his cousin's house, he saw the light of a flashlight at the entrance of the village.
Cheng Fangzheng asked loudly, wanting to confirm whether it was his own brother.
"Ayuan, are you Ayuan?"
"Brother, it's me. Why are you still outside so late?" Cheng Fangyuan kept his head down and paid attention to the road conditions ahead, fearing that he would hit a stone and spill the oil.
Suddenly he heard someone calling and he looked up towards the light. He saw a ball of light in the darkness not far away, but he was very familiar with the voice.
When Cheng Fangzheng heard that it was Cheng Fangyuan, he hurried forward to help and scolded his brother angrily.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you come back so late? Don't you know your family will be worried? I'm here because of you. I was just about to go to my cousin's house to find someone to go look for you together. He said that you're so old and already a father, and you're still worrying people."
"Brother, I was wrong. I went to the oil mill today. It happened to be pressing their own oil. Thinking that it would snow recently and I might not be able to go to get it, they gave me the oil they were pressing. It was almost done, so I waited for a while. I didn't expect that I would still be late when I came back. It was not safe at night, so I had to push the cart back."
After saying that, he gestured for him to look at the oil drum tied to the back seat of the car.
"No matter how urgent this matter is, you can't come back so late. You don't know, your wife was so anxious that she came to our house with the child in her arms. That's why I hurried to find you."
Cheng Fangzheng saw the oil drum behind him, but he couldn't help but continue to complain about his younger brother.
Besides, it's a rare opportunity for him to make a mistake, so how can I not scold him a few times?
"Brother, stop talking. Let's go back quickly. It gets colder the later it gets." Cheng Fangyuan didn't want to let his elder brother continue to complain about him, so he quickly pushed the cart and quickened his pace.
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