There were nearly twenty educated youths at the educated youth site, and except for Qian Donglai, everyone got a piece of pork.
As for Shen Ruofei and Song Ying taking two extra pounds of ribs, no one said anything this time. They had ordered them in advance, and if you have money, you can also buy more meat.
Zhao Shuhong didn't get any meat last time, so this time she asked for two pounds of pork at once, as if she wanted to make up for what she had missed last time.
After dividing the pork, Yi Xiaoqiu took the remaining piece of pork back to the house.
Soon the aroma of meat wafted through the air from the educated youth site, and the children playing nearby smelled the scent and ran to the site, reluctant to leave.
"These educated youth are cooking meat again. It's so delicious!"
"It must be those female educated youth cooking meat. My mother said these female educated youth are very rich." A boy of about ten years old looked at the courtyard wall with eager eyes and sniffed hard. This was Chen Hongqing, the youngest son of the Chen family.
Ever since Chen Hongping broke his leg, his family hasn't bought any meat to eat. Even though he is the oldest among the children, he still can't move his legs when he smells meat.
The educated youths had no idea that there was a group of children just across the wall who were eyeing their meat, but even if they knew, they would not share a piece of their meat.
The second meal of meat was finished, and in a blink of an eye, the rice harvest was almost over. Yi Xiaoqiu carried the last load of rice onto the carriage. She looked at the field full of rice stalks and breathed a sigh of relief.
The rice is finally ready to be harvested.
As for why the harvest is almost over, it is of course because the millet has not been dried or stored in the warehouse.
The task of drying the rice was left to the elderly and children, while the young and middle-aged people immediately began to harvest the corn.
It was already September and the weather was getting colder.
While the women were harvesting corn, the men had to plow the fields deeply during the autumn tillage.
Corn can be harvested much faster than rice, but you need to wait for the corn cobs to dry before you can shell the kernels.
After the corn in the fields is harvested, it’s time to get busy paying the taxes. In short, there’s only one word to describe the autumn harvest: busy!
After all this was done, everyone had lost some weight, even Yi Xiaoqiu had lost some weight, not to mention the others. Except for the corner guys, everyone had lost a lot of weight. Yi Xiaoqiu had only lost a little weight, and he still stood out among them.
Shelling the corn kernels can be done later, as everyone is busy preparing for winter now.
The most important thing for winter is firewood.
By the time the educated youths were free to chop firewood, all the firewood that could be cut in the nearby forest had been cut by the elderly and children in the company. They could only go to a farther place to cut some branches and dry them for use.
This was a considerable burden for several female educated youth.
Everyone can sleep on one kang, but no one wants to share a room with others.
Zhao Shuhong sleeps alone in such a big room, and she wishes someone could come and share space with her, otherwise just burning firewood would be a big problem.
There were more than a dozen male educated youth sharing one kang, so there was no burden of chopping firewood.
Lu Rongrong didn't know how to chop wood, so she handed the task over to Gu Chengfeng.
Luo Wanlin has Mo Hengan to help, and Su Mianmian also has Chi Zhiqing
In the end, only Yi Xiaoqiu and three others were left.
Yi Xiaoqiu wanted to go out to work and make money, but when he thought about how cold the Great Northern Wilderness was and the fact that all the firewood nearby was about to be picked up, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and had to put the idea of making money aside for the time being.
The three of them didn't know how hard it was to chop wood, so they blindly followed the main group to chop wood. After walking a long way, they still hadn't arrived. Shen Ruofei rubbed her sore calves, looking painfully at her, "How much longer will it take? Why don't we chop wood nearby?"
"Everything around our company has been cut down except for the trees. We can only go to a place farther away."
It can be said that except for the trees, the nearby forests have been completely plucking out, with no grass left. This is very common in the autumn and winter seasons every year.
Although the Great Northern Wilderness is vast and sparsely populated, everyone cuts firewood nearby for the convenience of traveling back and forth. Once all the firewood nearby is harvested, those who come later can only run farther away.
Shen Ruofei approached Yi Xiaoqiu and asked, "How about I ask other male educated youth for help?"
"What? Are you planning to sell yourself for a little firewood?" Yi Xiaoqiu's eyes were full of ridicule.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't plan to have a love affair in the countryside, even if it's with an educated youth. I mean, I want to exchange grain for firewood with Xie Zhiqing and others, so that I can have time to go to the county town."
It goes without saying what the purpose of the county town is.
However, what Yi Xiaoqiu cares about most is that Shen Ruofei does not plan to fall in love in the countryside. How can this be possible?
She still has a mission!
"Actually, I think some of the male educated youth in our youth camp are pretty good. I've seen male educated youth in other places who are not as good-looking as those in our youth camp." Yi Xiaoqiu racked his brains and talked about the most outstanding features of the male educated youth.
Song Ying's mouth twitched when she heard this, but she didn't express any opinion in the end.
Shen Ruofei rolled her eyes at her. "What's the point of having a pretty face? If you can't eat or drink, then the most important thing when choosing a man is his strength."
Yi Xiaoqiu blinked, "But, a pretty face can make me eat two more bowls of rice! An ugly face is so disgusting that I lose my appetite just by looking at it."
Shen Ruofei was speechless for a while.
"Besides, good-looking ones don't necessarily lack strength. Among the educated youth who came with you, although the male comrades are average at farm work, they are better than the young men in the company in other aspects." Yi Xiaoqiu originally wanted to say that she would leave the others behind for a few days, but suddenly remembered her current identity and changed her mind.
What matters is not the identity of educated youth, but that they are all men. Although some of them are not good at farm work, they will definitely be men with both strength and good looks in a few years. Hurry and grab them now, otherwise it will be too late later!
Shen Ruofei glanced at Luo Wanlin and Mo Hengan in front of her, and said thoughtfully, "Let's talk about love later. First, help me think of someone who would be more suitable to help me chop wood."
At this time, Song Ying interjected, "I think besides Mo Zhiqing, Xie Zhiqing and Lu Zhiqing are the ones who can endure the most hardships."
As for those old foxes, it’s better not to mention them.
Although Xie Zhiqing couldn't walk after seeing the food, he worked well.
Although Lu Huaian is a bit particular, he is meticulous in his work.
The key is that they are both poor, so the chance of rejection is small.
We have lived in the same yard for so long, even if he didn't reveal what the conditions of his home were, we could still tell something.
The three of them looked at each other, and the meaning was self-evident.
Yi Xiaoqiu nodded, "I think so too, why don't we just invite them all."
After walking for most of the day and still not reaching the destination, Yi Xiaoqiu was getting a little impatient.
With this time, why not walk around the alleys of the shop a few more times and sell some goods?
"There are three of us. Isn't it enough to invite two people?" Song Ying asked nonchalantly.
"Then one more person?" Shen Ruofei was a little excited.
"who?"
Everyone automatically ignored Gu Chengfeng and the other two.
"Chu Zhiqing definitely can't do it." Song Ying said objectively.
The three big words "Moyang㦂" floated over the heads of the three people.
"Then it's Lan Zhiqing!" Shen Ruofei said.
"He might not agree." Song Ying analyzed calmly; "He doesn't seem to be short of money."
"We can't just look for the old educated youth, right?" Yi Xiaoqiu was the first one to be unhappy.
"Just ask first!" Shen Ruofei was optimistic.
She looked at the dense forest in front of her and suddenly felt like giving up. "So, should we still chop wood?"
Yi Xiaoqiu opened his mouth and uttered the most convincing Mandarin phrase, "Since I'm here..."
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