Chapter 14: A Bad Start
"Sister Lai Di, Sister Lai Di, are you there?" Wu Ruirui deliberately called Li Lai Di so loudly that she knocked on the door of Li Lai Di's room loudly. This is the task Mengmeng assigned to me and we must complete it well.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," Li Laidi opened the door and saw Wu Ruirui standing at the door holding a bowl of chicken. He immediately smiled.
"Hey, I was just joking. Why are you guys so polite? It makes me feel so embarrassed." Li Laidie's saliva was about to flow when he smelled the fragrance.
Wu Ruirui rolled her eyes inwardly, "I didn't realize you would feel embarrassed too."
"Sister Lai Di, Meng Meng asked me to bring this to you. The braised pheasant with mushrooms and potatoes is very delicious. I want you to taste her cooking skills. If you like it, I'll make it for you next time," Wu Ruirui said according to Li Meng's instructions.
At this time, Liu Huan in the next room almost gnashed her teeth when she heard this. Why should it be given to Li Laidi, and why not to her? This is simply too much. This is exactly the effect that Li Meng wanted.
Li Laidi is an old man in the Youth League Home. She is usually the most gossipy person. As long as you give her some benefits, she will tell her about any changes in the Youth League Home without asking. In this way, even if Liu Huan and Zhang Qiang make trouble, the old Youth League will still have someone to speak for them.
"Come on, sister. I'll go over first."
"Okay, okay, go ahead. I'll wash the dishes and bring them to you later." Li Laidi smiled and carried the dishes into the house.
When Pei Yu took the first bite of chicken, he was simply astonished. He didn't expect that Li Meng, a young girl, had such good cooking skills. Li Meng didn't know what Pei Yu was thinking. If she knew, she would only say that the hot pot base was good. No one doesn't like hot pot, hahaha.
Zhou Hui ate without even raising his head, while Wu Ruirui ate piece after piece of food. They ate multi-grain rice, braised pheasant, and cold-mixed gray vegetables. This was life.
Wu Ruirui burped with satisfaction, "Mengmeng, your cooking skills are really great. Whoever marries you in the future will be very lucky."
"Of course not. Whoever marries Sister Meng in the future will be truly blessed," Zhou Hui continued to flatter her.
"Okay, okay, stop flattering me. Let me tell you, I will be responsible for cooking from now on, and I won't wash the dishes," Li Meng said deliberately with his chin raised.
"Don't worry, leave the washing of vegetables to me from now on," Wu Ruirui quickly raised his hand.
"I'll wash the dishes," Zhou Hui said, unwilling to be left behind.
Pei Yu smiled and said, "Then I will take care of all the firewood from now on."
"Here is 25 yuan," Pei Yu put it on the table. This is the money to buy the pot and build the stove. You can't be the only one to pay for it. Everyone has feelings, but it is better to settle the bill clearly.
"Okay, I'll take it," Li Meng took the money without hesitation.
Neither of us is the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others, so when we get along with each other, there is no need to make many things clear. Those who understand will understand.
After eating and cleaning up, Dazhu's father brought people to build the stove. Including Dazhu's father, there were three people in total, and Dazhu's little friend also came. With more people, there is more power. Soon the shape of the stove was formed.
Li Meng took out a pack of cigarettes from the space and handed it to Pei Yu, asking him to open it and light it for Dazhu's father and the workers. He also asked Zhou Hui to pour a few glasses of water, put some brown sugar in it, and send it to the workers.
"Brothers, come and take a break before you work. Have some water." Zhou Hui, who was good at socializing, took the lead in passing the water over. Pei Yu also passed over the cigarette.
When Dazhu's father saw it, he saw a cigarette. It’s still Daqianmen. I occasionally see the team leader and the village chief smoking it, but I’ve never seen them smoking Daqianmen. Moreover, it was very difficult to get cigarette coupons now, so he couldn't bear to buy them. He smoked the tobacco leaves rolled by his own family. These educated youth were really generous.
"Brother, hurry up, I have all the matches ready." Seeing that the workers were afraid to reach out for a cigarette, Zhou Hui took out one and handed it to Dazhu's father.
When the match was struck, Dazhu's father immediately took the cigarette and lit it with the burning match. Pei Yu followed suit and lit the cigarettes for the other two.
"Brothers, drink some water first, it's still early, don't rush, I'll leave the cigarettes here, you can smoke them yourself," Pei Yu said and turned to go into the house.
"Don't worry, go and do your own thing, I will make sure your stove is built solidly," Dazhu's father replied loudly.
"Daqianmen is really good to smoke, not choking at all," a worker said to Dazhu's father, and Dazhu's father raised his hand to give him a blow.
"You don't even need to tell me. I heard that the leaders above all draw this. I didn't expect that we would get one today."
"Hey, brother, this water is sweet too," because sugar is added to it. If people are nice to us, we should do our best to serve them. That's a must, the two agreed in unison.
At this moment, little boy Dazhu was eating bread, feeling so happy. He thought the beautiful sister was so kind. He decided that next time he found bird eggs, he would give them to the beautiful sister first.
The sun was setting, and the stove and shed were ready. After drying overnight, they would be ready for use the next morning. Li Meng came out and praised them, making the farmers feel embarrassed.
After enthusiastically escorting the man to the door, Zhou Hui received Li Meng's gaze and stuffed the remaining cigarettes on the table into Dazhu's father's hands, "Brother, don't despise it, take it home and smoke it." Dazhu's father declined for a while but then took it. If you have any problems with the stove in the future, just come to my house to find me.
"Thank you, big brother,"
"Sister, come to my house when you have time. I'll ask my mom to make noodles for you. My mom's noodles are delicious," Dazhu sincerely invited Li Meng to his home.
"Okay, I'll definitely go when I'm free," said goodbye to his sister, and Dazhu skipped and went home with his father.
The next day was the day for the new educated youth to go to work. After breakfast, they set off with the old educated youth. When they arrived at the village committee, the villagers saw the new educated youth whispering about who was good-looking and who looked like they could work. Li Meng knew what the villagers were talking about without having to listen in person!
Seeing Aunt Huang in the crowd, Li Meng waved enthusiastically.
"What's up, auntie? Do you know this female educated youth?" someone nearby asked Aunt Huang.
"Yes, this girl is a very nice person. She doesn't look down on us country folk. She even helped me get back things that were stolen by thieves. She is pretty and skilled. You are not allowed to bully her. If you bully her, don't blame me for scolding you," said Aunt Huang, with her hands on her waist.
"A few of you go pull weeds, a few of you go break corn, and learn from the old educated youth," the team leader said, and then he struck the gong to start the work.
Li Meng, Wu Ruirui, Liu Huan and Wang Fang were assigned the task of weeding. An old lady from the village took them to the fields and each of them was given a plot of land. After weeding the fields, they would receive 8 work points. Then she taught them how to weed the fields to eradicate the weeds completely. When she saw that they had learned it, she left.
There will be scorekeepers to supervise when you are working. If you do not do it well, you still have to redo it and it will not be counted as work points, so don't take shortcuts.
Then, Li Meng threw a pair of gloves to Wu Ruirui, saying, "Put them on and it will be much easier to pull weeds. I love you so much." Wu Ruirui pouted and wanted to kiss him, saying, "Stop, hurry up and do it. We'll go home and fry bacon for lunch. Hurry up and do it." Li Meng walked towards the field that was allocated to her.
After a while, Li Meng felt that her waist was about to break. She stood up and stretched it. Oh my god, I have to find an opportunity to change jobs. If I continue like this, I will earn work points but I will die. It's not worth it, not worth it.
When I looked up, I saw Wu Ruirui also slacking off, his face wrinkled with misery. Oh, what a pain,
"Comrade Li Meng, do you have any extra gloves?" Liu Huan, who was pulling weeds across a small ditch, asked Li Meng carefully.
"No, I only brought two today. If you want one, I'll go back at noon and get it for you. But it'll cost 3 yuan. If you want one, come find me," Li Meng said to Liu Huan generously.
3 yuan! Liu Huan looked at his hand, then thought that he didn't have much money and didn't want his hand to suffer, so he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.
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