Lu Huaian was still a little bit unbelievable. He had lived for nearly twenty years. When had he ever encountered such a good thing?
What's more, it was a cotton-padded jacket. He didn't even remember what it felt like to wear one in winter. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep just thinking about it. Even though the jacket was old, he was still excited.
It’s no wonder that he doubted Xie Xingyu’s words. Even Xie Xingyu himself was a little worried. What if Yi Zhiqing was too lazy to chop firewood to appease him?
But even if Yi Zhiqing brought two pieces of rags, he would accept them. After all, he was as poor as Lu Zhiqing and couldn't afford cotton clothes for winter!
It is better to have something to wear than nothing to wear.
"You're not still thinking about sharpening your hatchet, are you? It's pitch black outside, I think you'd better not bother..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Lu Huaian lying down and said, "No, I suddenly remembered something."
As for what it was, he didn't say, and Xie Xingyu didn't ask.
When the other educated youth came back, all damp with sweat, neither of them could fall asleep, but they tacitly agreed not to mention helping the female educated youth in the backyard chop firewood.
Yi Xiaoqiu didn't sleep either. She was directing the robots to plant cotton on the farm!
The chickens and eggs to be sold also had to be prepared in advance, but this was all given to the housekeeper, so Yi Xiaoqiu didn't have to worry about it.
Early the next morning.
Yi Xiaoqiu had already taken a leave yesterday. She thought she could sleep a little longer since she didn't have to go to work that day. Unexpectedly, the dirt road ahead was extremely busy that day. The noise gradually became low, and finally the bustle seemed to stop at the threshing ground opposite.
Yi Xiaoqiu couldn't lie down anymore, so he had to get up and put on his clothes.
When she came out again, the threshing ground opposite was already crowded with people.
It turned out that the people from the Revolutionary Committee had sent Wang Laogen and the other two back early in the morning, and then handed them over to the militia to send Zhang Xiaohua and Wang Dali for reform, along with another one, Gu Dashan.
Lu Dashan also followed behind Wang Laogen, but his face looked very bad.
Wang Laogen was in a miserable state. He was dirty, his clothes were torn, his hair was shaved like a yin-yang, and his nose and face were bruised. It was obvious that he had been criticized and paraded through the streets yesterday.
Zhang Xiaohua wasn't in much better shape either. He had the same hairstyle as Wang Laogen and looked terrified.
In the crowd, even the most arrogant member of the Chen family did not dare to jump around at this time. Instead, they hid in the crowd and watched the incident silently.
Chen Hongye stood behind the crowd with a cane, his face gloomy.
As for his father, Old Man Chen, he felt embarrassed and didn't come out at all.
Wang Laogen was pressed down by two militiamen, like mud, and allowed the two militiamen to pull him.
He was alone, without any ties, with only his life to lose, and a look of indifference on his face.
Zhang Xiaohua was disheveled and had started to talk nonsense after yesterday's criticism and denunciation, suffering from both physical and mental torture.
"I didn't have an affair. I was raped by Wang Laogen. I was raped..."
Because Dashan had just come out of his house, he looked no different from the other people watching the fun. He followed behind with his bag, his face flushed, and he didn't dare to raise his head.
Not to mention, he was terrified when he saw Wang Laogen's miserable appearance.
Fortunately, Gao Xiaowen did not report him at the time.
Speaking of his wife, Dashan's heart tightened again.
He will be away for three months, and what he is most worried about now is whether the color of his hair will turn green.
The people who gathered around to watch the excitement were silent and didn't dare to say a word. Only one or two brave ones would whisper a few words to the people around them, and no one else dared to say anything more.
In recent years, everyone has been scared. When they see people from the Revolutionary Committee, they subconsciously shut their mouths. If they say something wrong, they will be dragged away for criticism. How can they not be careful?
Yi Xiaoqiu didn't get too close. He stood opposite and watched for a while before preparing to go back to the house.
When passing by the main house in front, Lu Huaian called him.
He mysteriously pulled Yi Xiaoqiu to the backyard, glanced around, and then spoke: "Yi Zhiqing, Xie Zhiqing told me last night that you exchanged 20 kilograms of grain and cotton clothes for firewood?"
"Well, this is a decision that I, Shen Zhiqing and Song Zhiqing discussed together."
After receiving Yi Xiaoqiu's affirmation, Lu Huaian's eyes lit up a few times, and the excitement on his face was visible to the naked eye, "Then I will go chop wood with Xie Zhiqing now!"
It’s actually true. Xie Zhiqing was not joking.
"Let's make it clear first, the firewood must be enough to keep the three of us burning in the kang for the whole winter." Yi Xiaoqiu reminded her.
"No problem! I asked Lin Zhiqing yesterday. Your house is small, so a thousand kilograms of dry firewood is enough for one house. Xie Zhiqing and I can get this much firewood before the snow starts."
If he were to ask them, why bother with so much trouble? It would be warmer if everyone huddled together in winter. But he wouldn't say that. If they really lived together, they wouldn't need to help with firewood. Then where would they get their winter clothes?
Yi Xiaoqiu and his friends had never thought of spending the winter together with others. They all had a secret and tacitly didn't mention it.
There was a lot of noise in the morning, until Wang Laogen and the others left, and the onlookers slowly dispersed.
Yi Xiaoqiu packed up the things she wanted to send and was pushing her bicycle to go out when she saw Mo Hengan coming towards the educated youth point after watching the excitement. A shy girl was following him. Yi Xiaoqiu recognized her; it was Sun Guifen.
What was she doing with Mo Zhiqing?
Yi Xiaoqiu was about to say something when she saw Mo Hengan pass by her quickly without even looking at her, without even saying hello.
Sun Guifen, who was following closely behind Mo Hengan, saw Yi Xiaoqiu pushing a pink bicycle, and a flicker of jealousy flashed across her eyes. She stopped in front of Yi Xiaoqiu, a fake smile on her face, and said, "Yi Zhiqing, you're asking for leave again! The rations are almost due, and you're still asking for leave every few days. It's different for those with bicycles. You don't even care about the rations in the team."
Yi Xiaoqiu rolled her eyes. Is Sun Guifen sick? She hasn't even come to settle the score with her for the last time she lied to her, and now she dares to provoke her with words, "It's none of your business if I ask for leave. Did you eat too much this morning?"
After arguing with her, Yi Xiaoqiu didn't even look at her expression and left the educated youth site by pushing his bicycle.
If she has this much free time, she might as well go online and sell more goods.
The last time Yi Xiaoqiu met her nephew Liu Junqi at Aunt Liu's house in the tube building, she decided not to go to the textile factory anymore.
Aunt Liu looked like she was going to be a matchmaker for her, but she had no plans to date anyone. She also felt that Aunt Liu had no sense of self and was no longer suitable for a relationship.
What's more, she didn't want to meet Liu Jun again.
If Aunt Liu knew that Yi Xiaoqiu never bargained with her again because of this, I wonder if she would regret it.
When Yi Xiaoqiu arrived in Xi'an, she didn't rush to go from street to street to sell goods. She rode her bicycle directly to the post office to send packages and letters.
The two letters were written in advance and placed in a package containing a ham and ten pounds of sausages.
She heard that someone had stolen the package, and she mentioned it in her letter.
As for the other package, it was sent to Ji Shu. It contained the same ham and sausage, but there was not as much sausage, only five kilograms.
Yi Xiaoqiu didn't know it yet, but because her pink bicycle was conspicuous, she was spotted by Ergouzi and his brother as soon as she arrived at the post office. The two brothers followed her all the way to the outside of the post office.
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