Here, Ruan Mengmeng brought some dry firewood from the woodshed with her younger brother, and directed her younger brother Ruan Zilong to light the fire first.
Then, Ruan Mengmeng picked up the large cooking spoon in the kitchen, cleaned it, put it on the fire, and added an appropriate amount of water.
I randomly found a straight branch, about the same thickness as a chopstick.
When the water boiled, she slowly added the flour into it and stirred it slowly in one direction with a branch.
"Little brother, lower the heat a little, don't make it too strong, otherwise it will burn!"
"I know, sister!"
He told Ruan Zilong to control the heat and not make it too strong, otherwise the batter would turn black and become unusable.
After a few minutes, the flour and water slowly blended together, changing from the original milky white to the current transparent white.
“Okay!”
Ruan Mengmeng took the spoon away from the fire.
When Ruan Zilong heard that the task was completed, he quickly stood up and took a closer look. Sure enough, the flour and water became a paste after processing.
In order to let him see clearly, Ruan Mengmeng even used a branch to pick up the silk and pulled it into sticky threads...
Pour the prepared paste into the porcelain bowl you brought.
Ruan Mengmeng ran again, cleaned the used spoon and put it back in its place.
The two of them then left the kitchen with the paste and walked into the room.
Seeing the brother and sister coming back so quickly, Xia Xiaojing, who was sorting the packages, quickly stood up and came over;
"Is it ready so soon?"
"Well, making paste itself is simple and doesn't take much time!"
As she spoke, Ruan Mengmeng handed the paste to her.
"sharp!"
Xia Xiaojing raised her thumb and praised with a smile.
Ruan Mengmeng didn't care at all. These were just common sense in life and really nothing to her.
Worried that Xia Xiaojing wouldn't be able to glue the windows properly, and since she wasn't as tall as herself, Ruan Mengmeng decided to let her apply the paste to the newspaper while she went up to paste it.
"Xiao Jing, you apply the glue. Like this, apply glue evenly on all four sides of the newspaper. I'll paste it..."
While instructing Xia Xiaojing, Ruan Mengmeng took out a piece of newspaper, spread it on the kang, and smeared glue on it as a demonstration.
After painting, she picked up both sides of the newspaper, walked to the window, and stuck them on the window frame.
After pasting, wipe the edge with a dry towel to make the newspaper stick more firmly.
Ruan Zilong was helping to spread out the newspapers and pass them around. The three of them were busy at the same time.
After the windows were pasted up, the sunlight could no longer enter the room. It instantly became much cooler, and the light became much dimmer, no longer feeling so glaring.
The wall next to the earthen kang also needs to be taped, otherwise things will easily fall down.
The three of them worked in perfect harmony and soon covered the entire wall with stickers.
After finishing this, the three of them ran into the room next door where Ruan Zilong lived and worked there.
After finishing pasting everything, Ruan Mengmeng put the two remaining unopened packages in the corner.
When I have time tomorrow, I will go to the village and ask where I can make a cabinet. Only after they make the cabinet can I sort out the things inside.
Otherwise, if you take them out now and throw them in a mess, you will have to sort them out again later.
After finishing all these, all the cleaning and tidying up are completed.
Seeing the still empty house become clean, tidy and spotless, the three of them smiled for the first time today.
The sun was setting and it was getting dark, casting three long shadows on the three people.
After getting a basin of water, the three of them washed their faces and hands, and changed into clean clothes.
It was getting dark, and the room was getting dark too.
Regardless of whether they had finished cleaning or not, everyone left the house and waited in the yard for the old educated youth to come back.
By this time, the old educated youth should have finished work and returned home.
The first to come back were two female educated youth.
One of them was a little taller, with a long face, willow-shaped eyebrows, small eyes, slightly yellow hair, and a mean look on his face.
The other one is a little chubby, with a round face, big eyes, pale skin and a bit short.
They only knew that there might be new educated youth arriving soon, but they didn't know the exact date.
Seeing that there were many strangers in the yard, the fat girl nodded slightly as a greeting.
When everyone saw each other greeted each other, they nodded.
The tall and thin man on the side had a look of disdain on his face. He glanced at the few people, turned around and walked into the kitchen first.
Everyone was confused when they saw this situation. How did they offend this big sister? She has such a bad temper!
Before everyone could figure out what was going on, smoke started coming out of the kitchen and three more people came in from outside the door.
This time there were two female educated youth and one male educated youth.
The male educated youth was not tall, only slightly taller than Zhu Xiaomao. His face was a little tanned and he looked very thin.
The female educated youth looked cold and expressionless. When she saw everyone, she said nothing and walked towards her room.
Another person, whose clothes were a bit worn and had many patches, hurried to follow the female educated youth who lived in the same room with her when she saw her leaving.
In the end, only the male educated youth was left. He nodded slightly to everyone and then went back into the house.
Seeing that they all seemed to be not very welcoming to the new educated youth, everyone was a little confused.
But I couldn't figure out how I had offended them.
In fact, this idea is a bit of a generalization.
Apart from the unfriendly attitudes of a few individuals, the others were simply too tired and didn't have the energy to talk so much nonsense.
They had been working in the fields all day and were now exhausted. They just wanted to quickly make dinner, take a shower and go to bed early.
After these years in the countryside, everyone has long been accustomed to life here.
When I first came here, I was full of freshness and curiosity, but gradually I was defeated by reality. All my enthusiasm was gone and I had become numb.
Being able to eat well, dress warmly and have a good sleep is happiness, everything else is in vain.
………………
Seeing that everyone had returned, Wu Fanghai, the head of the educated youth point, walked out of the house.
"Eight new educated youth have arrived today. Let's all get together tonight and treat it as a welcome ceremony for you from us old educated youth!"
Just as a few people were about to applaud, a discordant voice broke in;
"You said to gather us, so let's gather. With so many people, who will provide the food? We toil all day to earn only a few work points, and you're so generous as to give it all away right away..."
At the kitchen door, Wang Lili, the tall woman with a harsh face who had just entered, was immediately unwilling.
She just checked and there was no extra food in the kitchen. With so many people, who would be responsible if there was too much food?
She has always fought for every penny and will not tolerate any loss.
Not to mention treating these new educated youth to a meal for free, she would never agree to even give them a grain of rice!
Wu Fanghai was the good guy, but in the end they were the ones who were taken advantage of. Why?
No matter what others think, she will not agree.
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