Chapter 150 An Old Friend Arrives
Li Laidie and Liu Huan prepared lunch. Although their cooking skills were not as good as Li Meng's, they were still among the best among them.
Wu Ruirui pouted and said with emotion: "I haven't eaten fish for a long time. I want to eat fish."
Zhou Hui immediately confronted her when he saw her like this, "You, you're lucky to have something to eat, but you're still picky about the food. Go and see what other people in the Youth League House eat."
"Hmph! I was just talking. I don't need to eat it right away. This won't work!" Wu Ruirui was so angry that he took a few mouthfuls of the sweet potato rice in the bowl and rolled his eyes at Zhou Hui!
"Stop talking and listen!" Li Laidi made a silencing gesture to the two people who were arguing, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the noise outside.
Li Meng smiled without saying anything. That’s right, she released the egg from the space.
"Sister Lai, you are so startled, there is no sound, it's just a few birds chirping, what's so strange about that? I thought it was a wolf coming?" Zhou Hui joked.
"Birds singing!" Wu Ruirui seemed to have thought of something before he finished speaking. He quickly put down the bowl and rushed out of the kitchen.
"Hahaha, hahaha, I knew my guess was right. Come out and see, Dandan is back. Now I have fish to eat!" Wu Ruirui's happy voice was heard from the yard.
Zhou Hui was the first one to run out. Several people followed him into the yard and saw a black starling standing on the straw shed in the yard, with its small eyes bulging and its mouth making bird calls.
"It's really Dandan. Has this little guy become a little fatter? Has he flown somewhere to spend the winter?" Li Laidi walked forward and took a closer look at Dandan on the straw shed.
Li Meng took out a whistle from her pocket, put it to her mouth and blew it, and the mynah bird flew to her shoulder. Several people hurried over and surrounded Dandan, looking left and right.
"It's really gained weight, and its feathers are brighter than before. It seems that this little guy has eaten well this winter!" Wu Ruirui reached out and touched Dandan's feathers and joked.
"Hmph, you're the fat one!" Dandan chirped a few times to express his dissatisfaction. Li Meng could hear what he meant and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Okay! Let's go back and have dinner. Now that Dandan is back, we'll go fishing after we finish our busy days!" Li Meng said softly with a smile on her face.
"Great!" Wu Ruirui jumped up excitedly. Pickled fish, here I come!
After lunch, the group went their separate ways. Li Meng took a new notebook and a deliberately tattered small calculator and went to the village committee to find Captain Huang. She wanted to make an account book and remember every expense clearly. Since they were cooperating, it would be best to keep the accounts clear.
As for the remaining people, Liu Huan was responsible for collecting soybeans, and the accounting and weighing were all handed over to her. Li Laidi was responsible for cooking soy milk. Under the guidance of Li Meng, she could quickly tell to what extent the soy milk was cooked and how to add brine to make tofu.
Wu Ruirui is responsible for supervision and goes wherever she is needed.
Zhou Hui was in charge of firewood. Boiling soy milk required a lot of wood, so this became his job.
The several people had clear division of labor and were busy on their own. Dandan, the starling, was assigned a security job by Li Meng. Whenever there was someone around who looked into the yard suspiciously, the bird would fly in front of that person to scare them.
"Uncle, is there anyone you know who can buy a glass bottle? Or a small ceramic jar will do too!" Li Meng said to Captain Huang while calculating the bill.
"That's not really the case, but I can ask the leaders in the town government when I go to the town for a meeting. I guess they will know." Captain Huang sighed helplessly.
He only has a say in the village, and he really doesn't know where to get such a difficult job.
"Why do you need so many bottles and cans? Are you going to make some new food?" Captain Huang asked suspiciously, not understanding what this girl meant by wanting these!
When Li Meng heard Captain Huang say this, she pursed her lips and smiled mysteriously.
"You saw that I gave Director Wang and Manager Chen a box of stuff each when they left! If nothing goes wrong, this will be a very important business for us in the future. Just wait and get paid!"
"Hahaha, okay, of course it's better if you can get money for it, hehe!" Captain Huang said with a silly smile.
Two people check the accounts, one for each person, so that there will be no mistakes in the reconciliation later.
At this time, Wu Ruirui ran over, held the door frame, and spoke to Li Meng breathlessly.
"Mengmeng, go back and see, Sister Hong is here. She drove here and brought you a lot of things."
Li Meng hurriedly stood up, put away the account book, and followed Wu Ruirui to the gate of his home.
"I haven't seen you in a few days. Do you miss me, your sister?" When Honglian saw Li Meng coming, she went straight up to her and gave her a big hug.
"Of course I miss you! Why did you come back just now?" Li Meng also hugged Honglian enthusiastically, with a look of joy on her face.
"I came back as soon as possible to see you and brought you a gift!" Honglian said, and then she pulled Li Meng towards the Jiefang truck parked at the door.
"Sister, you are so rich now that you can even get a truck. That's awesome!" Li Meng knew that it is impossible to get a truck nowadays without strong connections. Even having money may not be enough.
"Hi, my grandfather asked someone to get it for me. It's an old car, and I used my connections to fix it up. It's OK as long as it can be driven." Honglian said calmly with an indifferent attitude.
Li Meng was secretly shocked after hearing this. In this era, if one could get a truck easily, even if it was an old one that was about to be scrapped, it would take a lot of connections!
Honglian kicked the car door and jumped out of the cab with great force.
"Sister Li, how are you?" Dali smiled and greeted Li Meng.
"Stop wasting time and carry the things in the car to Mengmeng!" Honglian said with a smile on her face.
Seeing this, Zhou Hui hurried forward to help, and the two of them walked into the yard, each holding something.
"I packed some new rice for you to try. There's also a bag of glutinous rice, but this one is the most important." Honglian mysteriously dragged Li Meng into the yard and stood behind something wrapped in red cloth and whispered.
At Honglian's signal, Li Meng carefully untied the red cloth. Gradually, Li Meng's eyes lit up. She saw something: a phonograph!
"What is this?" Li Meng asked, pretending to be ignorant.
"My grandfather gave it to me, so I'm giving it to you. I'm sure you'll like it!" Honglian said proudly.
Li Meng is interested in these old objects. He touches and looks at them and likes them very much!
"Since you gave me such a good gift, don't leave tonight. Try the new delicacy I recently developed. Maybe we can cooperate and make money together!" Li Meng smiled brightly, put his arm around Honglian's shoulders and said softly.
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