"It's settled! From now on, we must protect this dog. It's so fat, and there must be a lot of people wanting to eat it! Let's take the dog back today and let everyone know that this dog has an owner!" Sun Yanyan said again.
"No! If people knew we owned this dog, wouldn't they cause us trouble? Those three old women were chased for three blocks by it. Let it run free! We can just consider it a new companion!"
Su Nian didn't dare let anyone know that the dog was raised by them. Otherwise, the local dog would cause trouble in the future, and no one could find its owner!
In the end, everyone reached an agreement that from now on, this dog would be their friend, and next time they come, they will bring it some delicious food!
After petting the dog, Su Nian and the others started picking winter dates and wild hawthorns with their backpacks on their backs. In the end, each of them only picked up one-fifth of the basket, which covered the bottom of the basket.
Su Nian didn't want to leave so much in the first place. In this day and age, anything with too much is a problem. It's enough to just have something to eat. It's not something that can fill you up, so there's no need to make a big fuss about it.
"Let's go! Let's go back!" After picking the wild fruits, Su Nian put the firewood on the backpack and carried it on his back.
The other few people also covered the backpacks with firewood and walked down the mountain.
When we returned to the Youth League compound, the old educated youth had already finished work.
Su Nian and the others saw that there was a new earthen stove next to the house where Shulan and the others lived. There was no shed or vegetable cabinet or other decorations.
"Su Zhiqing, Qin Zhiqing, Sun Zhiqing, you are back! We just told Shu Zhiqing and Jiang Zhiqing,
Let's all get together tonight, and have a welcome party for you all, so we can all get to know each other! Look..."
When the old educated youth Chen Yu saw Su Nian and the others coming back, he smiled and said.
"I have no objection! I will pay whatever I owe!"
"Yes! I have no objection! It's all right!"
"Just do whatever you want!"
"I listen to my brother!"
After Su Nian and the other three expressed their opinions, Chen Yu smiled and told them about their plans.
Each person contributed two portions of coarse grains and one portion of fine grains, and then went to the villagers' homes to exchange for some vegetables, eggs, and most importantly, meat. However, they only got two taels from the team leader's home.
The team leader went to the town for a meeting and brought back half a pound of meat, but they took away two ounces of it.
In this day and age, it is extremely difficult to eat meat. Some families may not even eat a piece of meat in a whole month.
Without meat coupons, you can’t buy meat. Even if you have meat coupons, you can’t get meat. The ration of meat is so small that rural people can’t even smell it.
If you want to eat meat, you still have to rely on the pigs raised by the production team.
Then there are the piglets adopted by the villagers, and the meat tickets returned after they are handed over.
Su Nian and the others put down the firewood, took out all the rations according to the items on the stall and gave them to Chen Yu.
"This is the firewood we use for cooking today. Let's replenish it now!" Qin Yulin said, and put his bundle of firewood back into the old educated youth's kitchen.
"Haha! Don't be polite! Just use it!" Li Tao said with a smile as he watched Qin Yulin put the firewood back.
Su Nian and the other three female educated youth put their firewood back into their own kitchens and started to save their own money!
After putting the backpack back into the house, the three of them came out to wash their hands and tidy themselves up.
After Su Nian finished cleaning up, he also went to the old educated youth’s kitchen to see what was going to be cooked today.
"Su Zhiqing is here?! Shu Zhiqing and Xingfang went to the village to exchange eggs and vegetables, and they will be back soon!" Chen Yu said with a smile when he saw Su Nian.
"Oh! By the way? Chen Zhiqing! Don't we educated youth have our own private plots?" Su Nian helped to clean up and said as he opened the lid of the pot casually.
"Yes! It's right behind our yard, that's the piece! It's full of weeds and needs to be cleared! There's no time to clean it up! Whoever clears it owns it, three mu of land each, and you can plant whatever you want!" Chen Yu said casually without any concern.
“…” Su Nian was speechless. Look how busy you are. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the freedom to eat vegetables?
"Chen Zhiqing! There is still half a pot of rice porridge here!" Su Nian said, looking at the leftover rice in the pot with a somewhat indescribable look.
The landlord is really rich and has surplus food!
"Whose leftovers are these? What a waste!" Chen Yu also came over and said while looking at the half pot of rice with a frown.
"We don't have fine food!" Su Nian said simply.
"Chen Zhiqing! We are back!" The old educated youth Xingfang shouted as soon as she entered the door.
Shulan, Wang Ping and Song Laidie all came back with them.
Five people went to share this dish.
"You guys came back just in time. Whose leftovers are these?" Chen Yu asked, pointing at the rice in the pot.
"Mine!" Shu Lan quickly stood up and answered.
"Go get the lunch box and serve it out! It's cold now and you can't pee, but you can continue eating tomorrow!" Chen Yu said with a serious face.
"Okay! I'll go right away!" Shu Lan said, and ran back to the house, took out her lunch box, and filled it with rice porridge.
"It can't be filled!" Chen Yu said again when he saw that there was still a bowl left in the pot.
"Forget it! If any of you want it, just pack it up. It's too full to hold. It's my first time cooking, so maybe it won't work!"
Shulan looked down at the porridge in the pot, then at the lunch box. There was really no room for more. She had just bought a bowl today, and if she filled it with more, she wouldn't be able to eat!
"I want!"
"I want some too!"
At this time, the old educated youth Xingfang and another female educated youth with her hurriedly spoke.
"I'll get the bowl!"
"I'm going too!"
The two of them rushed to the kitchen, took out the bowls, and each took half a bowl of rice porridge and put it into the kitchen.
After serving the porridge, Chen Yu and Su Nian cleaned the pot.
Su Nian silently lit a candle for Jiang Beichuan and Shu Lan in her heart. They had never been in charge of a household and didn't know how expensive firewood and rice were.
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