It was Lin Xiaofang who came: "I heard you guys are back, so I came to see you."
Although Yang Zhaozhao was a little unhappy about their reconciliation with Li Lihua, since they had come to show their goodwill, Yang Zhaozhao was too embarrassed to chase them away: "Yes, I just came back today. I heard that you gave birth to a daughter. Congratulations!"
Lin Xiaofang smiled and said, "Little girl, what is there to congratulate? It's her bad luck to be born in this era."
Yang Zhaozhao: “…”
In this generation, lack of food and drink is really not good.
It is said that many people died of starvation or disease.
Yang Zhaozhao didn't know what to say, so she just smiled and looked at the skinny baby, frowning: "I heard that it weighed 8 kilograms when it was born, why does it look so skinny?"
"It was good to have a baby in my belly, but who knew that I would not have enough milk later, and the baby didn't eat, so how could he be fat and plump?" Lin Xiaofang's eyes were red as she spoke: "I heard there is milk powder, but it's too expensive and you need tickets. We can't afford it at all."
"We can only give him some malted milk and rice porridge. He is too young to eat and has become thin!" Lin Xiaofang wiped away tears: "It is pitiful for this child to be reborn into our family."
Lin Xiaofang looked at Yang Zhaozhao pleadingly and explained her purpose: "I know you are in the city, so I want to ask if you can get me some milk powder or something. My child is crying from hunger every day, and I am not feeling well either."
Yang Zhaozhao has milk powder on hand, both domestic and imported.
Looking at the skinny baby, Yang Zhaozhao's heart was overwhelmed.
Since she was asked for help, she put aside her past grudges and helped: "I know someone in this field. We have both domestic and imported ones. What kind do you want to buy?"
"It's domestically made. Imported food is too expensive to afford." Lin Xiaofang and her family had spent a lot of money recently, and most of it was paid as compensation by Li Lihua.
I bought a bicycle and there was not much left.
"Okay, I'll find it for you next time I go to the city." Yang Zhaozhao did not take it out immediately. She didn't have a child, but she had milk powder, which would easily expose her target.
Thinking of something, Lin Xiaofang said, "I heard that you can secretly set up stalls in the city. Is that true?"
Yang Zhaozhao nodded.
Lin Xiaofang sighed: "I don't know when we will return to the city. I'm afraid I won't be able to get into college. I can start a small business in the city then."
"Wait, it should be here soon!" Yang Zhaozhao didn't expect that Lin Xiaofang was also a smart person.
When Lin Xiaofang left, Yang Zhaozhao gave her and her child a small red envelope, as a gift for their first meeting, 6.6 cents, a great fortune for their father.
Lin Xiaofang didn't expect Yang Zhaozhao to be so generous, and she remembered this favor.
In addition to the red envelope, Yang Zhaozhao also gave Lin Xiaofang a handful of White Rabbit milk candies.
Lin Xiaofang thought, it’s all milk, so she took some candy and gave it to her daughter: "Niuniu, you don’t have to go hungry when you buy milk powder. Don’t worry, mom will definitely make sure you are full!"
After Yang Zhaozhao and his friends came back, the educated youth who had returned to their hometowns for the past 18 years also came one after another.
Li Lihua returned to the farm at the end of January, appearing at the entrance of the village with a lot of bags, wearing a woolen coat, a scarf, and leather shoes.
Fashionable and elegant, her trendy dress attracted many people in this poor and backward farm.
Yang Zhaozhao happened to go to the river to wash things. He looked at Li Lihua, who was chatting and laughing with other educated youth, each with a piece of Dove chocolate, with an indifferent expression.
Li Lihua saw Yang Zhaozhao and spoke in a pretentious manner: "It's Yang Zhiqing. Long time no see. Would you like some chocolate? It's from abroad. It tastes good."
"No, thank you!" Yang Zhaozhao has no shortage of chocolate.
Li Lihua deliberately showed off: "I heard that you and Li Zhiqing are both going to take the college entrance examination. I got a few sets of examination papers. Do you want to see them?"
“No, for fear that when we pass the exam, someone will flatter themselves and say that it was all thanks to her test paper. I can’t repay this favor.” Yang Zhaozhao has plenty of test papers to look at.
She hasn’t finished the fifth mock exam for the college entrance examination in her third year. Isn’t her paper better than Li Lihua’s?
"How do you know you can pass the exam? I remember that your grades were not very good when you came to the educated youth center." Li Lihua mocked: "You didn't choose Li Zhiqing just because he is rich and good at studying?"
"Yang Zhiqing, you are so ambitious and scheming!" Li Lihua wanted to exaggerate it.
Yang Zhaozhao was not a pushover either. She smiled and said, "Besides being rich and good at studying, he is also a good person. We have similar values. You, a narrow-minded and self-righteous person, can't compare to him."
"You...you are narrow-minded!" Li Lihua was furious.
Yang Zhaozhao looked coldly: "Why, do you want to fight?"
Li Lihua: “…”
Although she wanted to tear Yang Zhaozhao's mouth apart, Li Lihua knew that she was no match for Yang Zhaozhao if they really fought.
In order to avoid embarrassment, Li Lihua glared at her and deliberately talked and laughed with other educated youth, forming her own small group to isolate Yang Zhaozhao.
Yang Zhaozhao will not be defeated by a little isolation.
In her opinion, Li Lihua's behavior was too childish, just like an elementary school student.
She, Yang Zhaozhao, had been in the business world for a long time after all, and had eaten more rice than anyone else she had ever seen. How could she be influenced by a little girl?
As soon as Li Lihua came back, the educated youth site became much more lively.
Her family is powerful and her life is better than others.
When she brought the test paper this time, all the educated youths at the station who wanted to see the test paper had to look at her face. For a while, she was treated like a little princess.
䀴She also made it clear that Yang Zhaozhao and Li Yiling wanted to see it and begged her.
Lin Xiaofang and her husband wanted to see it, and each test paper cost 100 yuan.
Li Lihua still resented the love she had in the past and wanted to get it back by being more aggressive.
Lin Xiaofang has no money, so naturally she won't look at Li Lihua's paper.
While being with Lin Chao, Zhao Wenwen began to curry favor with Li Lihua.
Compared to before, Zhao Wenwen is now even more of a bootlicker. Yang Zhaozhao can't bear to watch her humble appearance.
After settling down in the village, Yang Zhaozhao took some time to return to the city.
Li Yiling went back with her, and left Grandma Cui and Xiao Cui to the care of Grandma Wang.
Lin Chao was very unhappy when approving leave.
Yang Zhaozhao stuffed a pack of cigarettes worth seven or eight yuan and a bottle of canned yellow peaches into his pocket, and only then was he approved to take two days off.
Return to the city and find Wang Xiaowei.
I went to see a storefront on the street. The owner's family was short of money, so they rented it to Wang Xiaowei for ten yuan a month.
Yang Zhaozhao took a look at the place and thought it was not bad. It was at an intersection with a large flow of people and there were residents nearby.
Moreover, it is near the factory staff dormitory.
At this time, the people in the factory have money, have salaries, and are willing to spend money.
Yang Zhaozhao took out the lime and several people worked all night. Yang Zhaozhao was not very good at painting the wall and she almost got a small face. Li Yiling grabbed her shoulder and pushed her out.
"You stay here and watch, have some tea, and we'll take care of the rest."
"Okay, I'll cook you a midnight snack tonight." Yang Zhaozhao resigned herself to her fate and felt a little bit sorry for it. This was really not something she could do well, she was sure of that.
Just painting the wall won’t work!
"Can it be the instant noodles from last time?" Wang Xiaowei couldn't help drooling when talking about instant noodles.
Several other people also looked at her eagerly.
What could Yang Zhaozhao say? Instant noodles, which were classified as junk food by later generations, actually became a delicacy for them.
Yang Zhaozhao smiled and nodded: "Okay!"
With food in hand, they worked harder and the walls were painted in less than an hour.
Yang Zhaozhao checked and found nothing wrong, so he closed the door and went back to Grandma Cui's house to light a fire and cook instant noodles.
Li Yiling lit the fire for Yang Zhaozhao, who prepared instant noodles, fried eggs and hotpot meatballs.
This time I didn’t put in any luncheon meat, but instead I sliced some pork elbow in sauce, some sliced red sausage, and a few scallions.
Once it’s on the table, several people can drool enough to wash their faces.
When we left Grandma Cui's house, everyone was full and felt very satisfied.
If they had to eat like this every day, they would be willing to paint the walls every day.
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