At this time, Qian Yuanjun and Qian Xiaolan should have just finished school. Because the textile factory was far away, and the brewery did not have a school, the brewery had a small number of employees and did not have a factory-run school like the larger factories.
Qian Yuanjun and his classmates attended Sanlitun Primary School, which was about 1.5 kilometers away. They had to make the four trips to and from school every day, and the walking alone took about an hour.
As for Ye Wubing, he was attending the 80th Middle School for junior high school, and Ye Bailu was about to attend the Yuhong class. The Yuhong class was quite close, just across from the village commune cafeteria, and the future subdistrict office compound was only a hundred meters away.
It only takes seven or eight minutes to walk from the alley near Ye Zhiqiu's house to the main road and then turn around and walk there, which is right at his doorstep.
Ye Zhiqiu cut half a pound of meat from the space, the kind with more fat than lean meat. Before, he was not sure how close the Ye family and the Qian family were, but now that he knew that his cheap mother was willing to give things to them, he could naturally treat them as relatives.
The reason he did this was also related to his original self. He was just repaying his childhood kindness by taking care of the Qian family.
At least I'm borrowing someone else's body, which is like living a new life. It's my duty to repay kindness and to avenge hatred.
When Ye Zhiqiu arrived, there were few people in the front yard. Everyone was in the living room, and no one would be so foolish as to be basking in the sun in the yard at noon.
After arriving at the middle courtyard, Ye Zhiqiu saw Aunt Liu, who was busy in the small kitchen built outside.
At that time, everyone built things randomly. Only in winter when they burned coal stoves for heating would they endure the smoke and cook inside the house. At other times, they would cook outside the house in a simple kitchen.
"Aunt Liu, my mother asked me to bring you some wild vegetables she dug!"
Hearing Ye Zhiqiu's voice, Liu Cuihua turned around and immediately smiled. She happily wiped her hands on her apron.
"Xiao Zhiqiu, when did your mother go to dig wild vegetables? Oh my! You little brat, there's meat and eggs, what kind of wild vegetables are these?"
"I went to cut some meat and I'll send you some. I'll cook it tonight to give my brother and sister some nutrition. The two little ones are too skinny now!"
"How can this be appropriate! No one's money comes from the wind!"
Ye Zhiqiu made a shushing gesture and whispered, "Please stop yelling. There are so many people in your compound. Will there be some old man or woman who comes to your door and tries to take advantage of their age and beg for meat?"
Liu Cuihua looked strange, and after a long pause she asked, "Where did you hear that? There really is an old lady in the backyard who often does this kind of thing. But she won't come to my house, because she can't afford to eat at my house!"
Ye Zhiqiu was a little dumbfounded. He had really just said it casually. Who would have thought that there really was such a person? Could it be that this shabby compound was copied and pasted from the 95?
Liu Cuihua pulled Ye Zhiqiu and gossiped, "Auntie, I'm telling you, don't spread it out! That old lady has bound feet, she's not good at anything! Her only son died in the line of duty, and the factory had no choice but to provide her with money and food to support her.
The old woman was old and cooking was a struggle for her. The people in the courtyard were worried that if someone starved to death, it would ruin their reputation, so each household took turns cooking for her.
This damn old woman started to act arrogantly, going to everyone's house to get some meat, and if she couldn't get any, she said she would hang herself at the door! She made everyone suffer so much that they couldn't say anything. At her age, we didn't even dare to yell at her!
I saw this! I thought it was just copy and paste. It seems this old lady is making the most of her age! She can clean up an entire compound by herself!
Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Aunt Liu, are there many people in our courtyard? Why isn't there anyone around her age who can deal with this old lady?"
"Oh, forget it! That old lady is always pretending to be wronged. Whenever there are elderly people in a family, she will put on a different face and won't go over to them to make trouble. It's such a difficult situation, and we are just colleagues in the same hospital, who is willing to help out?
"There are more than 40 households in the four courtyards, nearly 150 people, and very few of them have elderly people. That's why she can act so arrogantly. I can only endure it! I can't really quarrel with an old man, that would be too embarrassing!"
This is true. The country advocates respecting the elderly and loving the young! When you meet elderly people, they become unreasonable and unreasonable, which really makes you speechless!
The most important thing is that people in this era all have the mentality of "less trouble is worse than more", so it has evolved into this!
Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile: "My home is still the best. I don't have to serve these monsters! If there is an old lady who rides on my head and bullies me all day long, I won't be able to get through a single day!"
Liu Cuihua sighed, "Who's willing to serve? There's nothing we can do about it. Living in this slum, everything becomes incredibly troublesome!"
Ye Zhiqiu helped put the things out. Liu Cuihua said rather embarrassedly, "Look at this! You guys gave me so many things, and I can't even give you anything in return. It's so embarrassing... I'll buy some sweet potatoes and make you some sweet potato vermicelli when I have time!"
Ye Zhiqiu replied nonchalantly, "Well, my mother said that our two families are closer than relatives. Now that my family is doing better, I must help you..."
Aunt Liu, what did you just say? Do you know how to make sweet potato vermicelli? The kind made by turning sweet potatoes into vermicelli?
He didn't understand at first, but then he came to his senses. He loved sweet potato vermicelli! He had been here for over two years, and he had only eaten vermicelli a few times. Because no one in his village knew how to make it, he had to trade with others to get it.
"That's easy, it just takes some work. Grind the sweet potatoes into a paste, dry them, and then pour them into hot water to form them. Then dry them again and they become vermicelli noodles. It's a simple job, but it takes some time to make. If you want to eat it, Xiao Zhiqiu, it will probably take me ten days to make it!"
Ye Zhiqiu perked up. He smiled and asked, "Aunt Liu, I'll get some sweet potatoes home. Can you help me make vermicelli noodles? I can get some cheap sweet potatoes. Why don't you teach my mother how to make sweet potato vermicelli noodles together?"
Our factory can also purchase this stuff and earn a little money with a little hard work!"
The factory did buy it, but Ye Zhiqiu definitely wouldn't sell it. Vermicelli is so good, he never gets tired of eating it.
Liu Cuihua said in surprise, "That's not a problem, but can you really get some sweet potatoes? Nowadays, people who sell sweet potatoes are sneaky and sell only a few pounds, but they can't make much vermicelli!"
Ye Zhiqiu patted his chest and said, "I'll go get it when I have time. When I get the sweet potatoes back, I'll have my mother come find you. Then you can work on this together."
"That's fine. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll just help your mother with it. Xiao Zhiqiu, you can eat here. Auntie will fry the meat for you."
"Well, there's some at home, you can help yourselves. I have to go home quickly to eat so that I can pick sweet potatoes this afternoon. Auntie, I'm leaving first..."
Ye Zhiqiu rushed out after saying that, lest Liu Cuihua call him for dinner again. He didn't like this kind of arguing, so he might as well just run away and be done with it.
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