Liu Jiandong had been hesitating; both were very fat and he wanted them both, but he could only catch one by himself.
"Brother-in-law?"
Lu Yang picked up a few pebbles from the ground, while An An stayed where she was, and the two of them slowly approached each other.
The pheasant was still pecking happily when it suddenly seemed to sense danger and raised its head to cautiously look around.
An'an stretched out her chubby little hand to cover her mouth, afraid that her breathing would startle them.
Liu Jiandong and Lu Yang crouched down and slowly approached. Under An An's wide-eyed gaze, they threw stones at the pheasant, which was startled and quickly flapped its wings, trying to fly away.
They both ran over quickly, their hands still moving.
In the end, they actually managed to pounce on the two pheasants and send them into the bushes.
"Wow"
Liu Jiandong didn't expect Lu Yang to be able to cook pheasants. Lu Yang picked up a stone from the ground and knocked the pheasant unconscious. Seeing that An An was eager to try, he let her try lifting it.
"Very heavy"
The pheasants were much heavier in autumn than in summer, so he carried them for a while and then put them into Liu Jiandong's basket.
"You caught two?"
Aunt Tian stood up and saw two pheasants in the basket. She emptied the pheasants out, put some chestnuts in first, and then put the pheasants back on top.
"Bring up a sack, stop dawdling."
Finally, Song Qing and Lu Ronghui stayed behind to harvest chestnuts, while Aunt Tian and Lu Yang went to cut tree branches first.
"What's wrong with Rong Hui? You didn't say anything just now."
Song Qing tapped away silently for a while. Ever since they met at the educated youth settlement, Lu Ronghui had been somewhat silent.
Lu Ronghui didn't know what to say. She brought some things for Liu Ruo and the others when she went there today, but she found that everyone in the dormitory was in a low mood.
When she first met them, she only regarded them as passersby and had no intention of seriously developing them into friends. At that time, she had just been reborn and was in a state of vigilance and rejection towards everything.
But later she got to know Liu Ruo a little better, and now that they've known each other for so long, she considers Liu Ruo one of her few friends.
She knew how hard Liu Ruo worked, and Lu Ronghui originally thought she could pass the exam, but in the end only Lin Haiping and his wife passed the exam in the entire educated youth settlement.
For a considerable period of time, they devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the recruitment exams, but later, when all hope was lost, they became listless and confused.
Now that the autumn harvest is over in the village and there is no farm work to be done, they spend the rest of their time in the dormitory, except for preparing necessary living supplies.
They don't go out to interact with villagers, nor do they go to towns or cities.
Lu Ronghui recalled that before the exam, when she came to see Liu Ruo, those people thought she had inside information and they all tried to curry favor with her.
She certainly didn't like this behavior, but she didn't think they had done anything wrong. Besides, there was hope in their eyes back then, unlike now, when they were so lifeless.
Song Qing also sighed. Even if the textile factory expands its recruitment in the future, the competition among them, the educated youth, will still be fierce.
But then she suddenly remembered the large vat at home.
"I remember the village chief saying before that the wine brewed in Yanghe Village is particularly famous, and the house we are living in now is the village's warehouse."
At that time, the village chief took back several large, extra vats from the family, saying that the grain had been stored well for the past two years and they planned to brew wine again.
"Winemaking?"
"Yes, many villages now have factories. The furniture in our house was made by a furniture factory in Lizicun, and their furniture is even sold in the city."
The village chief already had this idea. The village has the skills, the grain, and the wine is even quite famous, so it has a good reputation. As long as it can be produced, there shouldn't be any trouble selling it.
Lu Ronghui thought about it for a few seconds and thought the idea was pretty good.
If we can actually set up a winery and get it on track, it won't be much different from working in a textile factory.
"But I just said it casually. If they think this idea is feasible, they still have to go to the village chief and work things out themselves."
"I'll tell them then, whether it works or not is up to them."
There are several months between the autumn harvest and spring planting. If you really want to do it, you can start planning during this time. Even if it doesn't work out, it won't delay next year's work.
"Mother"
An'an was playing alone on the side, but she suddenly picked up a twig, picked up an insect, and showed it to the two of them.
Song Qing was so frightened that she almost stepped back.
She has always been very bold; she once dug up earthworms at home and held them directly in her hand.
"Throw it away quickly."
"I'm going to take it back for the goslings to eat."
"...The goslings won't eat it, and with such a bright color, it might even be poisonous."
She tried to reason with An'an for a while, but An'an just stared with wide eyes and refused to throw it away. Later, Song Qing simply put on a stern face, and only then did An'an reluctantly take it aside.
After a while, Liu Jiandong brought up a sack from the foot of the mountain. The two of them put the chestnuts they had cracked into the sack, and An'an took her uncle's hand and led him to see the insects.
Song Qing turned her head several times, but they remained squatting on the ground.
No wonder they get along so well.
Finally, on the way down the mountain, they loaded the truck with a full load of firewood and left most of a sack of chestnuts inside.
When passing by the educated youth settlement, Lu Ronghui took some chestnuts inside.
"Liu Ruo, Rong Hui is here to see you."
Lu Ronghui stood at the dormitory entrance; she had also lived here.
However, the situation is very different now. Zhou Shuyi and Lin Haiping have applied for dormitory accommodation and will move in in a few days. Her bed will be available then.
In addition, with four empty beds in Chen Hong's and Bai's sisters' dormitory, the room suddenly felt much emptier.
Now that there's no work to do, everyone was basically resting in bed because the autumn harvest was too tiring. Liu Ruo didn't expect Lu Ronghui to come back so soon.
"What's wrong?"
“We picked some chestnuts on the mountain. You can make a cut in them and throw them into the ashes later.”
Liu Ruo took the chestnuts, thanked her, and was about to head back to her dormitory when Lu Ronghui stopped her.
"Come out again in a moment, I have something to tell you."
They went outside, and now the leaves on the branches were all yellow; in a few days they would be bare.
"Now the commune and the educated youth office are encouraging educated youth to set up factories to improve the lives of villagers. After the autumn harvest, there will be several months of free time. Would you like to take advantage of this time to do something?"
Liu Ruo didn't have much hope for her words. Ever since Lu Ronghui and Zhou Shuyi were admitted to university, she felt that there was something wrong with her mentality.
I often look at them with envy, and it's hard not to feel jealous. On one hand, I feel that what I'm doing is wrong, but on the other hand, it's hard to control myself, so I can only slowly distance myself from them.
But to her surprise, Lu Ronghui, who had always been rather aloof, started bringing her things more often during this period. Liu Ruo had a vague feeling that Lu Ronghui might not have wanted to become friends with this group of people.
It was only because I kept talking to her back then that Lu Ronghui started to treat her a little differently.
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