At the educated youth compound, Zhang Hongyang and his friends returned a long time ago and suddenly discovered that two people were missing from the compound.
These two people are usually not very sociable, so they didn't notice until the meal was halfway through.
Only Luo Yiyi asked curiously, "Is something missing today?"
Everyone then realized that not everyone seemed to be there.
Yu Shengli said, "How about we go find the village chief and ask him to send someone to help look for it."
Zhang Hongyang disagreed with this idea. "Wait a little longer! He must have gone out for something. If he doesn't come back at night, we'll go find the village chief."
As the leader of the educated youth team, he was not without anxiety. If someone was lost, he would also be responsible.
But if they come back for no reason and some gossip spreads, they might even be criticized in a meeting.
Wu Lili was picking vegetables and muttered, "Could they have run away? It's too hard here. Did they elope?"
Her voice was not loud and only Wu Juan next to her heard it.
Wu Juan kicked her cousin under the table and told her to talk less and do more.
Luo Yiyi said anxiously: "How about we go out and look for him? What if something happens?"
She is only good friends with Zhang Yan here. If something happens to her and she doesn't go to help, she will blame her when she comes back.
Zhang Hongyang nodded and said, "Let's go! Leave two of you to cook, and we'll go out and look for it."
The educated youth compound was some distance away from the village, so when a group of them went out, the villagers couldn't see them.
Zhang Hongyang had a lantern, and they left the educated youth site carrying the lantern.
The bright moon hanging in the sky illuminated the stone path at the entrance of the compound.
They didn't know which direction to go, and then they saw two vague figures walking towards them.
Even with the bright light from the flashlight, they were not sure whether it was the two educated youth.
Zhang Hongyang asked, "Is that Comrade Zhu and Comrade Zhang?"
Then Zhang Yan's voice came over, "Yes, it's us."
Hearing her voice, Zhang Hongyang breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Yiyi said, "We are going out to look for you guys, but where are we going? Why are you coming back so late?"
Only when they came closer did I see what they had brought back.
Zhang Yan was carrying a basket of red bayberries, while Zhu Mingsheng was carrying a large bundle of firewood on his shoulders.
The two of them had just done that thing, which delayed them for some time, and they were afraid of having to explain themselves if they came back empty-handed.
So he walked back and picked up some firewood to shut everyone up.
Zhang Yan was the first to speak awkwardly: "It's all my fault. I knew it was getting dark, but I still dragged Comrade Zhu to pick bayberries."
"There were a lot of them on the ground, so it took me some time to get back. I'm sorry for making you worry."
Zhu Mingsheng also said: "We can't just blame her. I am also responsible. Comrade Zhang, I am sorry to have caused you trouble."
Zhang Hongyang saw that they didn't look like they were going there to play, so he didn't say anything.
"Go back! Next time, leave us a message about where you're going so we don't have to worry."
Luo Yiyi saw the bayberries in Zhang Yan's basket and said happily, "Okay, okay, let's go back!"
Zhang Yan and Luo Yiyi, holding hands, walked back first.
"Swallow, make some bayberry soup! So many won't last long."
Luo Yiyi pulled Zhang Yan into the house while paying attention to Yang Mei.
Jiang Baige and Grandma Meng came to Chen's house, and Grandma Meng went to the kitchen to help knead the dough.
Jiang Baige and her son Chen Defu were chatting in the yard, enjoying the cool air.
Chen Defu had already prepared the money to buy a bicycle. The price of bicycles is fixed and there will be no price increase or decrease, so he knew how much it cost without asking.
It’s okay to give them a little more. They came so far to buy it for them, so it’s not too much to give them some travel expenses.
Chen Defu took out two hundred yuan from his pocket, including twenty neatly arranged notes from the Great Unity Stall, and took out a handful of change and two meat tickets from his other pocket.
There are a total of two hundred and ten yuan here, and the other ten yuan was given by his wife, which is money to buy pork fat.
Comrade Jiang, please see if this money is enough. If not, I will go and get it for you.
The prices of things are uniform now, so of course they have calculated everything before taking out anything.
Jiang Baige didn't even look at it, she just took it and put it in her pocket.
"It's definitely enough. It's what the village chief gave it, so how could it be worse?"
After hearing what the young educated youth said, Chen Jianguo felt relieved. There are really not many girls who are so generous and not petty.
Chen Defu said, "The village is about to start harvesting wheat. I've arranged for you to go record your work points tomorrow. Work hard then, and someone will teach you."
Jiang Baige thought that this was because she helped buy a bicycle, so she was asked to record the work points.
He waved his hands hurriedly and said, "Uncle Village Chief, you can't be like this. You should go to work when you need to. It's no problem to do anything."
Chen Defu smiled and said, "The village scorekeeper is about to marry and move to the town. You're a high school student, so we've discussed letting you record work points."
Whether it was cutting grass for pigs or harvesting wheat, Chen Jianguo didn't want her to go.
The young educated youth are so young. What if they get tanned after being exposed to the sun for a whole summer?
Chen Jianguo was afraid that Jiang Baige would be reluctant to go, so he hurriedly said, "Recording work points is very simple. You just need to write down everyone's work points and then calculate them."
"How easy! It shouldn't be a problem for you, a high school student."
It is quite simple, but Jiang Baige is just afraid that others will not agree.
Seeing that she still had doubts, Chen Defu said, "You have the highest academic qualifications in the entire Chenjia Village. No one will disagree, so go ahead and do it!"
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