"Su Zhiqing!" Captain Chen shouted while standing in the yard.
"Hey! You're here!" When Su Nian heard that it was Captain Chen, he immediately rushed out of the house.
"Captain Chen!" Sun Yanyan and Qin Yuxian came out of the house holding candied haws and greeted Captain Chen with a smile.
Captain Chen's smile was so intense that his teeth were showing, and his eyes sparkled as he looked at the candied haws in Sun Yanyan and the others' hands. "Hey! Are you eating?"
Seeing Captain Chen's eyes, Sun Yanyan smiled and wanted to respond, but she didn't know how to start. She always felt that Captain Chen wanted to snatch her candied haws.
Qin Yuxian had the same feeling, and she couldn't eat the candied haws.
"Captain Chen! How about you have some too?" Qin Yuxian handed her candied haws to Captain Chen and said.
Captain Chen chuckled and lowered his eyes to look at the candied haws in front of him. The first one was half-bitten, with clear teeth marks.
"Haha!" Qin Yuxian laughed awkwardly, opened her mouth and bit off half of the hawthorn, chewing the candied haws in her mouth, and handed the string in her hand to Captain Chen.
...Captain Chen was silent. Although I really want to eat it, is it really okay for a middle-aged man to snatch food from the mouth of a teenage girl?
"Hehe! Captain Chen, I made a string for each person. Have you tasted it? Is it delicious? Can our village collective send it to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell it?" Su Nian asked with a smile, pulling Captain Chen's blue-glowing eyes away from Qin Yuxian's candied haws.
"Well, I've tried it. It's sweet and sour and delicious. The candied wings are even bigger and prettier than the candied haws sold in the food section of the supply and marketing cooperative. I think it's feasible! So, Su Zhiqing, make a few more strings and I'll take them to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask!"
"It just so happens that I know Director Huang from the supply and marketing cooperative! If this is possible, we can generate more income for the village collective and get even more dividends at the end of the year!" Captain Chen said confidently.
"Captain Chen, we don't know if there are any wild hawthorns yet. We have to hurry up and look for them and try to collect as many as possible.
Also, I found a chestnut tree while collecting firewood a couple of days ago. Let's pick up some raw chestnuts and roast some while we're at it. You can bring them over too! See if we can sell them!"
"Then what are you still standing there for? Hurry up, if someone finds it, how can it still be ours?
Even if it can be sold for ten or eight yuan, that's still profit! I'll go back to get the backpack and call two more people!" With that, Captain Chen ran out like a gust of wind.
Su Nian looked at Captain Chen who ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye in a daze. Why did she feel that Captain Chen was more obsessed with money than herself?
Su Nian watched Captain Chen run faster than a rabbit when he heard about generating income for the village collective. He felt fortunate that although the village was poor, it had met a good village cadre who seemed to be a good leader who was dedicated to serving the people. Why should the village not be rich?
Without saying a word, Su Nian put on his backpack and took a small sickle. What if he could find some mushrooms?
"Niannian, can you still do it?" Sun Yanyan looked at Su Nian with some confusion.
"Anyway, your arms and legs hurt. Just bear with it. Stretch the muscles and the pain will gradually go away. If you keep taking care of it like this, you will still feel pain for ten days or half a month!" Su Nian saw Sun Yanyan's confusion and said quickly.
"Then let's go too! If we don't keep it, we don't have the time to keep it." Sun Yanyan said, and also went to carry the backpack.
"And me!" Qin Yuxian limped and ran to get the backpack.
"Hiss~" But when he was running or moving his arms, he could not help making a "hissing" sound from time to time because of the pain in his arms and legs.
Su Nian held back his laughter and watched silently as the two of them endured the pain and started moving again.
Su Nian had experienced the pain in his arms, legs, and joints in his previous life after suddenly engaging in physical labor after never exercising.
That wasn't heavy work, just climbing the mountain. Their legs, which had never been exercised, couldn't even lift up. These two girls are quite strong.
However, this is a good thing. Otherwise, they would have to take good care of themselves to recover. They can't really stop working.
When Captain Chen came over with a backpack on his back, he was followed by two members who were also carrying backpacks. They were all wearing work gloves and holding long wooden sticks in their hands.
"Are you all going?" Captain Chen looked at the three people carrying backpacks with some surprise.
"Of course we will all go! Although we are in pain all over, we also want to adapt as soon as possible. Now that we can't go to work, let's do some simple stretching!" Su Nian said quickly.
"Well! You are right to think so. You must adapt to our rural life as soon as possible so that you won't go hungry!" Captain Chen nodded with satisfaction.
"I understand. I will work hard!" Qin Yuxian quickly assured.
"I will also do my best to contribute to rural construction!" Sun Yanyan also said quickly.
Captain Chen nodded with satisfaction. He was very satisfied with these three thoughtful and conscious female educated youth. It would be better if they were male educated youth, so they could do more work!
"Su Zhiqing! You lead the way! Let's pick up chestnuts first, and then look for wild hawthorns!" Captain Chen said with a smile, letting Su Nian walk in front.
"Okay!" Su Nian agreed with a smile and led the way.
Part of his consciousness has penetrated deep into the space and started communicating with Tugoubei.
Under the guidance of Tugoubei, Su Nian led a few people and found a few chestnut trees halfway up the mountain. Only one of them still had fruit hanging on it.
"Luckily we came early. Look, all the other chestnuts have been picked up, but this one hasn't been picked up yet.
"Let's hurry up, maybe those who picked the chestnuts have gone down the mountain to put them away!" Captain Chen said, and put on labor protection gloves to pick up the chestnuts on the ground.
The other two members put down their backpacks and went to hit the chestnuts with wooden sticks.
Su Nian and the others also put on gloves and started working.
Everyone knows that chestnuts have hair and are prickly, so they brought the gloves they bought with them.
Two people beat the chestnuts, and three people pick them up.
After the two members finished knocking the chestnuts, they also started picking up the chestnuts. With just this one tree, the five of them worked very quickly.
"Zhuzi! Huzi, take all the chestnuts to your uncle Liu. They belong to the village collective!
"Su Zhiqing, Qin Zhiqing, Sun Zhiqing, if you want to eat these chestnuts, just leave some for yourself! We can't let you work for nothing, right?" Captain Chen said to Su Nian and the others with a smile.
"No need! It's a collective thing! We can't take it!" Sun Yanyan said.
"Yes! We are also part of the village and cannot be treated specially!" Qin Yuxian spoke very consciously.
"Haha! This hairy chestnut tree was discovered by Su Zhiqing, and roasting chestnuts was also his idea. You all participated, so it's okay to take some! Don't feel burdened!"
"Yeah! You guys should keep some!"
"I'll pack some for you!"
Zhuzi and Huzi both spoke enthusiastically.
Hu Zi poured the chestnuts from Su Nian's backpack into his own basket, leaving only a small portion.
None of the five people's backpacks were full. After the final arrangement, Captain Chen's three large backpacks were full, so Su Nian and the others didn't have to carry their backpacks down the mountain.
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