Space: 60's Survival

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 Shen Qing glanced at Xu Manman before answering Nuonuo: "This is in the kitchen, I didn't do it, that's all." As soon as the voice fell, everyone's movements stopped, and Cheng Yuan jumped first. He came out: "How can you take other people's things casually, this must be old money, now, what should I do now?"

Hearing this, Shen Qing's face was full of grievance: "I don't know! I just saw this, I I thought it was put in the kitchen by our people, so I brought it to everyone to eat."

Wei Qiang came out to smooth things out: "Well, we'll apologize to Lao Qian later, and those who don't know are not guilty."

Cheng Yuan looked at it. Looking at Wei Qiang, he asked, "What if the old money doesn't want to?" Wei Qiang smiled and said, "Everyone is a comrade, so explain it and you'll be fine." He never mentioned the matter of compensation, both Xu Manman and Shen Qing Head down and don't speak. Cheng Yuan still wanted to talk, but Fang Qianjin kicked him next to him, and Cheng Yuan shut up.

The table was quiet, everyone finished the meal in silence, Fang Qianjin asked Xu Manman to clean up the table, Xu Manman turned his face: "Why let me go?" Fang Qianjin gave Xu Manman a cold look: " The fire I burned just now, the water that Cheng Yuan carried, and the food that Shen Qing cooked, who do you think should clean it up." Xu Manman's face froze, Wei Qiang stood up: "Let's go clean up with Xu Manman!" After finishing speaking, he started to tidy up the table, Xu Manman reluctantly followed behind Wei Qiang to wash the dishes.

Fang Qianjin dragged Cheng Yuan out, the two discussed it for a while, and then came back, without talking to anyone else, they heated hot water for themselves and prepared to wash.

Lao Qian returned to the temporary residence after eating. He looked at the messy kitchen and said nothing. When he saw that there was a lot less firewood, he frowned. As soon as they entered the house, Fang Qianjin and Cheng Yuan came. The two apologized to Lao Qian, explained what happened in the kitchen today to Lao Qian, and took out some local specialties as an apology. Lao Qian was not angry, but his impression of Shen Qing was extremely bad. He rejected their apology, only saying that the next one was not an example. The two felt Lao Qian's indifference, and knew that Lao Qian was unwilling to deal with them, so they didn't say anything more.

Afterwards, Wei Qiang also came to Lao Qian and said hello to Lao Qian. Lao Qian looked indifferent. He only said to pay attention in the future. He also specially reminded that firewood is for everyone to use together. After that, firewood needs to be prepared together by everyone. Just closed the door.

Wei Qiang didn't expect Lao Qian to be so difficult to get along with, and felt a little unhappy in his heart. Wei Qiang and Xu Manman have good family conditions, which can be seen from their clothes. He is a little disdainful of people in small county towns. What's more, it's Lao Qian, who is dressed in patched clothes, and is a pig farmer. It's good to give a smiley face and put on airs. Wei Qiang returned to his room with resentment. The other two had already fallen asleep after washing up. Wei Qiang saw that no one spoke, so he had to rest.

Early the next morning, the educated youths were busy. According to the assigned tasks, Wei Qiang and Cheng Yuan were in charge of making breakfast today. They still cooked porridge, but there were no vegetables. Fortunately, when the educated youth came, the family brought something to eat, and each of them relied on their own inventory to solve the breakfast.

During the meal, Fang Qianjin asked Lao Qian if he wanted to eat with them, but Lao Qian refused directly and said bluntly: "I can't cook, and my situation is different from yours, remember that the centimeters are small, if I mix with you Together, it is taking advantage of you."

Lao Qian said that, and the educated youth had no intention of partnering with Lao Qian. If you don't have enough food yourself, you have to make allowances for others.

Lao Qian carried the tools and walked to Tong Yan's house. Tong Yan had already prepared breakfast, Lao Qian told Lu Jinzhi about the educated youth, and Lu Jinzhi had no good impression of those educated youths, so he was a little more vigilant.

People who are educated youth are also curious, where does the old money go to eat? Watching Lao Qian go to Tong Yan's side, I understand. It is estimated that the people who live in the yard have some skills, and they can let Lao Qian go to the house to partner with each other, which shows that they have a good relationship with each other.

The educated youths spent one day settling their affairs, and the next day they went to work with everyone and met Lu Jinzhi.

Lu Jinzhi, who is 1.8 meters tall, has a feeling of standing out among a group of villagers. Although he is wearing ordinary cotton clothes, he cannot hide his extraordinary temperament. At first glance, he is not an ordinary person. Xu Manman stared blankly at Lu Jinzhi. He didn't expect to meet such a man in such a remote place. He was better than any man he knew before. Xu Manman's heart beat a little faster. Lu Jinzhi felt that someone was staring at him, and turned his head to meet Xu Manman's admiring eyes. Lu Jinzhi's face was expressionless, and he felt disgusted in his heart.

Shen Qing looked at Lu Jinzhi and turned her head. When she saw Lu Jinzhi's face, she blushed inexplicably. She glanced at Xu Manman, feeling a little contempt in her heart. She just lowered her head silently, and clenched her hands involuntarily. corner.

After assigning the villagers' tasks, Zhou Yonghai asked everyone to go to work first. He summoned the newly arrived educated youth and took them to the foot of the mountain.

Wei Qiang followed Zhou Yonghai and talked to Zhou Yonghai: "Captain Zhou, you see that we have just come here, and we are not very good at doing farm work. We must trouble you in the future." After he finished speaking, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it over past. Zhou Yonghai took it, put it under his nose, sniffed it, and put the cigarette to his ear: "This cigarette is good, but it still has a filter."

Wei Qiang was a little proud: "That's right, in order to get a cigarette ticket, it takes a lot of effort. Yes. But my family has relatives who work in department stores, and I also got a little bit of light." Seeing Zhou Yonghai in a good mood, Wei Qiang continued to ask: "Captain Zhou, what work have you arranged for us?"

Zhou Yonghai stopped. , pointed to a wasteland and said, "This piece of land, you have to take care of it, this job will be handed over to a few of you. If you act fast, you can catch up with another crop."

Several educated youths looked at the grassy land in front of them. , My heart is half cold. There was still one person sitting by the wasteland. When he saw the captain coming, he stood up, patted his pants and asked Zhou Yonghai: "Captain, I will take these people with me?"

Zhou Yonghai introduced to the educated youth: "This is Uncle Wugen. , the old-fashioned way of the village, and farming is a good hand. You follow Uncle Wugen to study hard, and after you finish your work at noon, come to the village office to receive the subsidized food." Then handed the person over to Uncle Wugen, and saw several educated youths crying and sad. , I was secretly proud of myself, turned around and left.

The idea of ​​reclaiming wasteland was still Lu Jinzhi's trick for him. Shiwan Village originally had little arable land, so many educated youths came, and the food was not enough. If we could open up the scattered wasteland in the village, we would be able to harvest a little bit, which would not only solve the ration problem of the educated youth, but also increase the land area of ​​the village. , the best of both worlds. The only hard work is the educated youth, but now there is no way.

At this time, it is August, and the sun shines its enthusiasm on the world. People in the field are sweating like rain in the field under the scorching sun. Before Tong Yan went to the countryside, she had expected an idyllic life of "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely". After she came, what she saw was the hard work of the farmers, "steaming the heat and scorching the sun on their backs". In particular, there was a man named Lu Jinzhi in the working army. Tong Yan despised herself once for her childishness before.

In order to prevent Tong Yan from collapsing again, Lu Jinzhi asked Tong Yan to take leave. Tong Yan was responsible for three meals a day at home. When she was free, Tong Yan took out her best cooking skills and cooked for Lu Jinzhi in different ways. In addition, every morning Just cook a pot of mung bean soup, add rock sugar and mint water, put it in the well water to cool down, and when you come back from work, you can eat a bowl to relieve the heat and quench your thirst.

Lao Qian likes to eat this the most. In the summer, the smell in the pig sty is heavy, and he won't be able to work for a long time. Lao Qian is dizzy and nauseated by the smoke. A bowl of mung bean soup can make him wash away the nausea. Zhou Yuanqi came to work every day, and Tong Yan also prepared a lunch box for him. The young boy took a few sips to relieve his cravings, and brought the rest back to his grandfather to eat. In addition, Tong Yan gave him some snacks from time to time, and he worked harder, sweeping the floor and carrying water.

One day, watching Tong Yan fiddling with the newly grown vegetable seedlings, she ran over and asked, "Sister Tong Yan, do you want to go to the river with me to catch fish?" Tong Yan's eyes lit up and asked: " Where are the fish?"

"It's in the river in our village, I'll go to work first, and when the sun goes down, I'll come to you." The little boy wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned to leave, and turned back again. Instructed: "You have to go with me, otherwise you will go early, and someone will see you catching fish, which will not affect you well. If you go late, there will be children there to take a bath, and it will not be good if you see it." Ran.

There are fish in Tong Yan's space, so she is either greedy for fish, or she finds it interesting, and waits full of anticipation for Zhou Yuanqi to come to her.

The young man is very trustworthy and will come when the time comes. Tong Yan took a small bamboo basket and followed him to the river.

The two of them walked, gossiping at the same time. Tong Yan suddenly thought of something and asked him, "Why don't you go to school?" Zhou Yuanqi was stunned by the question, and turned to say in a low voice, "I went to school before, I was in the second grade, and then my family ran out of money. Besides, there is no school in our village, so we have to go to the next village to go to school. It takes nearly two hours to go back and forth every day. Many children in the village do not go to school."

Tong Yan thought about it and asked him: "The village gives How much do you live?" Zhou Yuanqi shook his head: "Originally, we are only half a centimeter of adults, and we don't have much work. We can finish it in a while, and when we are done, we can go home to cook for the family and do some chores." Tong Yan Ask him: "If you're not busy, come to me every day, and I'll teach you to read and write."

"Really?" The little boy looked overjoyed. Tong Yan nodded with a smile, and asked him if he had any textbooks at home. Zhou Yuanqi restrained his smile and shook his head.

Tong Yan made an agreement with him to learn to read and write first, and then go to the town to buy some textbooks when she is free. The little boy immediately resumed his smile, showing his white teeth, and nodded straight at Tong Yan.