After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Went To the Countryside and Was Pinched By a Rough Man and Pa

Chapter 67: Life on the Summer Solstice

On the way back, they indeed picked up a lot of cloth and cotton and loaded it into a cart full.

With Zhou Zhengan coming forward, Director Wang naturally agreed without saying a word. Of course, it was regarded as special consideration. The task given to them was to make quilts. Quilts are relatively easier to make than cotton coats, and both men and women can do it.

 I bought a lot of needles during the summer solstice. I will use big needles when I go back to make quilts.

There is also a thimble.

This task is actually relatively simple, much easier than making a cotton coat.

Xia Zhi also knew that they had taken advantage of Zhou Zhengan.

And this time when buying vegetables, Director Wang specially sold some more to them.

 The price is indeed much cheaper than outside. A penny of cabbage costs 15 pounds at Director Wang’s place.

 It was given to them directly at the wholesale price.

 Xia Zhi gritted his teeth and stocked up a little more for everyone.

Especially when I saw that a lot of cabbage in the vegetable warehouse at the back had been stripped down and piled up in a big pile.

Seeing the staff preparing to use shovels to empty the shovel frames into the garbage dump, Xia Zhi still couldn't help it.

 In the end, these vegetable gangs packed three sacks and threw them all into their car.

 At the summer solstice, I also bought a lot of coarse salt.

Don't dislike these vegetable gangsters, they still have a long time to live this winter.

 The food is cut off frequently, and it lasts for one month or two months.

Xia Zhi has more experience than other educated youths. These vegetables don’t look very good, but they just need to be washed when they go home.

 If you pickle it into pickled cabbage, you can actually eat it for a long time.

 It’s better than having no vegetables at all. It’s impossible to eat fresh vegetables all the time these days. Being able to have pickled vegetables like this is already considered a skill.

 Xia Zhi also brought a water jar with him.

This jar cost Xia Zhi 8 yuan.

 Xia Zhi is very distressed.

 But for pickling the pickled cabbage, I had to buy it back.

 Zhou Zhengan didn't know what Xia Zhi was going to do, but he felt a little sorry for him. He didn't know that Xia Zhi's life was so difficult, and he even had to pick up unwanted cabbage gangs.

No wonder Xia Zhi wants to take on these jobs.

Zhou Zhengan decided to go back and see if there was anything he could do to help Xia Zhi.

On the way back, I could feel that the sky was getting darker and the wind was getting stronger.

 The young comrade driving the car couldn't help but said.

“Captain, thanks to Comrade Xiao Xia’s idea this time, otherwise we would have just arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.

It would be too difficult to go back.

 A heavy snowfall might have to block us here. "

 The main thing everyone was secretly happy about was that they brought back too much this time, and they brought enough vegetables for at least a month.

They are not afraid of being blocked. What they are most afraid of is that no one will be able to help with logistics, and then all the comrades will have no food.

“Yes, thanks to Xiaoxia’s cleverness, otherwise, we would be really in trouble this time.”

It started to snow soon. When they rushed back to the reclamation area brigade, the snow had already fallen heavily, and it was covered with heavy snow outside.

 When the car drove into their compound, all the little comrades came out to help.

 They were actually panicked when they saw it snowing, mainly because they were afraid that their comrades would be in danger on the road.

Now that the car has arrived, everyone is naturally happy. After all, it is very convenient to get here.

The things that they, the educated youth, naturally want to do is go back to Xia Zhi to call people over and move their own things back.

Zhou Zhengan asked a few people to help Xia Zhi deliver the big vat and the three sacks of cabbage leaves to Diwozi. The nest was not big to begin with, but these three sacks, cabbage leaves and a large vat filled it to the brim in no time.

Liu Zhiyan was a little confused when she saw it. She didn't know what Xia Zhi was doing.

 The educated youths divided up all their belongings and vegetables.

Liu Haidong looked at these sacks and vats and asked curiously.

“Xiaoxia, what are you going to do?”

“Of course it’s pickled vegetables. Pickled sauerkraut is easy to preserve and can be eaten at any time throughout the winter. It’s better than having no vegetables at all.”

Hearing this, Liu Haidong immediately swallowed his saliva. Several male educated youths next to him also felt a little envious when they heard this.

"Xiao Xia, why don't you teach us how to pickle sauerkraut? This cabbage is not easy to preserve. If we have sauerkraut, it will satisfy our cravings in winter."

“Okay, then you all come over and help, while the snow is not heavy. Help me bring back some more water, let’s light the fire, and I’ll teach you how to pickle sauerkraut.”

Xia Zhi didn’t hide it either. Gay men were willing to learn it and didn’t say they wanted to eat it ready-made. This is a huge improvement.

As expected, these three sacks of cabbage leaves filled up a jar full of sauerkraut.

 Everyone was very happy when they saw the results and ran back to their nests to pickle sauerkraut. Although they brought back a lot of cabbage, the shelf life of cabbage is indeed short in the pit, and it is not as good as pickled cabbage.

 After they had dinner in the evening, Xia Zhi went to Diwozi to contact these familiar people.

Let’s have a meeting, even though the place is small.

It gets crowded when there are more people, but after all, it brings in a lot of income for everyone.

And we also need to solicit everyone’s opinions. The number they bring back this time is limited.

And it’s one thing whether the male educated youth are willing to do it or not, but Xia Zhi is confident that even if the male educated youth is not willing to do it, there will be no problem with the skills of several of their lesbians.

 They can’t afford to earn this money themselves.

 When Xia Zhi mentioned this matter, both the male and female educated youths became energetic when they heard it.

　　In fact, I either sleep or sit in the den every day. This place is dark and airtight, and there is only a small piece of glass above it. If it snows.

It’s dark up there, and if you don’t turn on the lights in the room, it’s like being in a dungeon.

There is no entertainment at all here, no newspapers, no books, and the few books they occasionally bring are almost torn through.

 Sometimes several educated youths who know each other can get together to play poker.

 Besides chatting with the person next to me, I was really bored and had nothing to do.

Although making quilts is a challenge for them, it is better than being idle.

　Not only do you have something to do, but you can also make money.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

 Everyone agreed, and even the male educated youth were excited to ask the female educated youth to teach them how to make quilts.

 Whether they can eat meat during the New Year this year depends entirely on the quilts they made this winter.

 It is snowing heavily outside and the north wind is howling, but at the moment the people in the house are very hot.

 After the meeting, everyone went back to their homes.

The next morning, the summer solstice was just like the last time. They went from house to house and called them out to clear the snow.

 Feng Xizhu and the other eight people still ignored Xia Zhi and the others.

They finished sweeping the snow, and the male educated youth had already gathered in the female educated youth's den.

There are so many people crowded into one place that no one can see clearly.

 So what they discussed was that the female educated youths should make quilts in their respective houses.

Send two male educated youths to observe and learn and help.

 (End of this chapter)