The next morning, Chu Tian got up and started to install the stove. The salesperson wanted to buy chicken from Chu Tian again in the future, so he gave him a long smoke pipe. Chu Tian tried it and found that it could just fit through the ventilation port.
Because it is a whole iron stove, there is really nothing to install. Just put it in the right place. After putting the iron pot on it, Chu Tian found that both the position and the size were just right. He was very satisfied with it.
After washing off the dust on his hands, he turned around and said to Yao Xiujuan who was dressing Wu Ya, "Xiujuan, I'll go get some firewood after breakfast. We'll stew the old hen this afternoon so we can have chicken soup in the evening..."
Yao Xiujuan put the dressed Wu Ya on the ground, walked over to Chu Tian and asked doubtfully, "Aren't you going to eat with mother and the others?"
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Chu Tian was stunned. To be honest, after he bought the iron pot and stove, he really didn't think about feeding the whole Chu family. The reason he took those big bones before was because they didn't have an iron pot and it was inconvenient to cook for themselves.
Yao Xiujuan frowned for a long moment before speaking, "Brother Tian, I think we should take it to the kitchen and stew it so we can eat together. This chicken soup is different from other dishes. Once it starts stewing, the aroma will spread out. Wouldn't it be bad if Mom and the others smelled it?"
"But··"
It’s not that Chu Tian is reluctant to part with this old hen, he still has many in his space. The main thing is that if he really stews this old hen in the kitchen, Yao Xiujuan and Wu Ya will only have a few pieces of meat and a bowl of soup each...
Yao Xiujuan grabbed Chu Tian's arm and suggested, "Brother Tian, I saw last night that the old hen you brought back was quite big. Let's chop it in half and stew it in the kitchen. I'll stew the remaining half in our house. If we stew it at the same time, Mom and the others won't notice..."
Chu Tian was not actually afraid of being discovered by Liu Zhaodi and the others, but looking at Yao Xiujuan's sparkling eyes and her expression that seemed to be praising her for being smart, Chu Tian couldn't help but nodded.
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Chu Tian took an axe from the kitchen and struggled to split the frozen old hen in half. He placed the split chicken in the snow at the door of the dugout to continue freezing, and then followed Yao Xiujuan and her daughter, who had cleaned up, to the main room to have breakfast. As for the old hen, Chu Tian planned to give it to Daya to clean up after lunch.
Team leader Sun from the educated youth camp puffed on his pipe and asked after a while, "So what do you want to do?"
Li Aihong glanced at the female educated youth with disdain, then stood up and shouted, "We need more food rations. How can we last a month with this little food?"
Captain Sun looked at Li Aihong as if she were an idiot. "I've learned everything clearly from the regiment headquarters. Your food quota for Beijing City is 40 kilograms per month for heavy laborers, 35 kilograms for ordinary workers, 28 kilograms for students, and 20 kilograms for children under ten."
"That's because Beijing is the capital, and its food quota is a few kilograms higher than other cities!"
"And since you came to our brigade, the Corps will provide you with 15 kilograms or 30 pounds of food every month."
"There's no farm work to do now, so you just need to stay put every day, isn't that okay?"
"Thirty kilograms of food. If you know how to live, you'd eat at least two meals of thick porridge and a flatbread a day. But do you know what our team members eat every day? Basically, three meals a day are thin porridge that can be seen through the bottom, and a black flatbread the size of a child's palm."
"We have pancakes for all three meals!"
"What are you dissatisfied with?"
The more Captain Sun spoke, the angrier he became, and his voice became louder and louder. He was so angry that spit was flying everywhere, and Li Aihong, who was originally indignant, suddenly quieted down.
He couldn't understand why these girls were unhappy. They were all educated youth, so why didn't the male educated youth have any complaints? When they saw him deliver the food, they happily helped unload it. But what about the female educated youth? They had been chattering non-stop since the food arrived, complaining about the lack of fine grains, then complaining about the lack of it!
The female educated youth were as quiet as quails. Captain Sun really didn't want to say another word to these stupid girls. He turned around and left the educated youth camp, and returned to the brigade headquarters in a huff...
At that moment, Accountant Xu was leading his team members in the brigade headquarters, some twisting hemp ropes and some weaving sacks. Turning around, he saw Captain Sun returning with an angry look on his face. He was puzzled, wondering, "Wasn't he smiling when he came back from the regiment headquarters? Why is he so angry after visiting the educated youth camp?" Seeing this, he hurried forward to ask.
"Captain, what happened?"
The team leader did not hide anything and told the female educated youth everything they had done in a flash.
Accountant Xu and Chu Tian, who was eavesdropping, were stunned and wondered in their hearts if these female educated youth were sick.
Accountant Xu frowned, "Captain, you're already making trouble after only one day here. What are we going to do in the future?"
Captain Sun was also very annoyed and said impatiently, "You ask me what to do, how should I know?"
Accountant Xu, “······”
Chu Tian thought for a moment, handed the untwisted hemp rope in his hand to Chu Jun beside him, stood up and walked towards the two of them.
"Captain, I have an idea..."
Captain Sun was stunned when he heard this, then he hurriedly pulled Chu Tian aside and asked eagerly, "What's the solution?"
Even Accountant Xu was looking at Chu Tian with hope.
Chu Tian curled his lips slightly and said, "Aren't they complaining about the lack of food? Then let's make sure they don't have to pay for lunch every day..."
"There's a coal mine west of our regiment. I think if the regiment's leaders go and negotiate, they'll be willing to hire a group of free laborers who only need a lunch..."
Captain Sun opened his mouth wide and spoke after a long while, "Chu Tian, why would the leaders of the regiment be willing to go to the coal mine to negotiate? Xishan Coal Mine does not belong to our Red Flag Corps..."
Accountant Xu nodded. "Yes, Xishan Coal Mine is such a big mine, how can the leaders of our regiment have the final say..."
Chu Tian heard this and said seriously, "Captain, there are more than 300 educated youth coming here this time. There must be more than just the few female educated youth in our team looking for trouble. There must be others. When the time comes, you can join forces with the other captains to find the leaders of the regiment headquarters and put pressure on them. They will definitely find a way to get all the educated youth to work in the coal mine..."
"It's only the beginning of January, there are still more than 20 days until the Chinese New Year, and more than two months before the land can be cultivated. You can't just watch those educated youth make trouble every day, right? Find something for them to do, and they won't dare to cause trouble..."
After listening to Chu Tian's words, Captain Sun and Accountant Xu looked at each other, and saw shock and recognition in each other's eyes.
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