A pot of chicken stew with mushrooms and a pot of green rice dumplings were eaten clean by the four of them.
Chu Xun drank about half a bottle of the wine he brought. Chu Xun remained expressionless, while Li Xiyue's cheeks were flushed, but she wasn't drunk; she was just flushed from drinking.
After Xiaobai finished gnawing on the bone, it carried the rest to the vegetable garden in the yard and buried it. When it came back, it was so excited that it knocked over the earthworms that Li Xiyue had put in the yard, and the earthworms crawled everywhere.
Huang Xinrui complained incessantly, "Xiaobai, watch your step! You've knocked someone down again."
Wang Jiaxing broke off two tree branches, used them to trap the earthworm, and sighed.
"Xiao Bai knocked things over several times today?" Li Xiyue asked.
Huang Xinrui complained, "That's right, Yueyue, when did you dispose of these earthworms? They're so scary."
"I'll get it done if I have time tomorrow." Li Xiyue also felt that leaving it in the yard was not a good idea.
"Are these earthworms also used in medicine? How should we process them?" Chu Xun asked.
Li Xiyue thought he was just asking out of curiosity, so she just said it casually. She didn't expect that when she woke up the next morning, Chu Xun had already processed all the earthworms.
Seeing the dried earthworms neatly arranged in the winnowing basket, Li Xiyue gave him a thumbs up, "Brother Chu, you're incredibly efficient."
"Let me know if there's anything else you need to do next time." Chu Xun felt that this little thing was insignificant to him.
Li Xiyue smiled and replied, "Okay."
Men do indeed become more mature when they are a few years older, and Chu Xun gave her a very reliable and reassuring feeling.
"I have some things to take care of at the commune today, I'll come back tonight," Chu Xun said.
Seeing that he acted as if this was his own home, Li Xiyue asked, "Isn't it inappropriate for you to stay in the educated youth settlement all the time?"
"I'll go and say hello to your brigade leaders," Chu Xun said, picking up his coat and leaving.
What does this mean? Does this mean you really intend to live here long-term?
When the work call sounded, she didn't have time to think and quickly washed up and went to work.
After a few more busy days, spring plowing has finally come to an end. Next up are the miscellaneous tasks of planting vegetables and fruits, weeding, fertilizing, and spraying pesticides. There's no need to rush anymore.
Li Xiyue formally submitted her leave-of-absence certificate to the team committee. Like Uncle Xu, she would pay eight yuan to the team committee office every month, so she wouldn't have to do farm work even during the busy farming season.
After the spring plowing was over, Xu Guoqiang gave the production team a day off so that everyone could have a good rest.
After two months, Huang Xinrui was finally on vacation and was incredibly excited.
"Yueyue, let's go up the mountain. Let's go early. There should be a lot of people from the village going up the mountain today. If we go late, all the good stuff will be gone."
Huang Xinrui specially found a thin long-sleeved shirt to change into, along with thin trousers. She also wrapped a scarf around her head, filled the water bottle with water, and put it into her basket.
Li Xiyue answered, "Okay," while looking for clothes.
It's already May, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. We need to wash, dry, and put away our thick clothes when we have time, and switch to lighter ones.
But she had very few thin clothes, though she did have quite a bit of fabric.
"Xinrui, are you making new clothes?"
“Yes, I’m going to make some. It’s getting hot, and I was thinking of making a few light summer outfits.” Huang Xinrui also went to the closet and rummaged through it to find some fabric.
Li Xiyue said, "I heard that Aunt Sun Xia is very good at making clothes. Let's take the fabric to her and ask her to help us make them."
"OK."
The two were busy inside when Wang Jiaxing called out from outside, "Li Zhiqing, someone is looking for you."
Li Xiyue put down her things and went outside. She saw Chen Chunlai, the Party Secretary of the Hongqi Production Team, and his daughter.
"Secretary Chen, sister-in-law, what brings you here?" Li Xiyue invited them into the courtyard and quickly made two bowls of brown sugar water.
Chen Chunlai said, "I said before that I would come to express my gratitude, but I haven't gotten around to it. Li Zhiqing, oh no, I should call you Dr. Li now. Dr. Li, please don't blame us for being late."
"Yes, we've been thinking about it, but we couldn't get away. Dr. Li, thank you for saving my son, Maodan. Please accept this small gift; don't think it's too little."
After the father and daughter finished drinking the water and expressed their gratitude, they left in a hurry.
A table full of food was left behind.
There was fish, meat, sugar, and cloth.
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