Bringing space back to the 1970s to develop rural areas

After lunch, the three people who shared the table went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town, where they met the two brothers Chen Xiao and Chen Yu.

In front of several people, he bought three fish, ten pounds of pork, two chickens, various seasonings, and all kinds of miscellaneous things.

Several people were shocked by her generous act of paying the bill.

The two Chen brothers from Beijing and Qu Dongdong from Shanghai said: We can't compare.

A few people were worried that Yang Qingdai would be overwhelmed by so many things, so they eagerly helped her share the weight. When they saw the wild rabbits, mushrooms, vegetables and fruits in her bamboo basket.

You look at me, I look at you: Okay, they get it, even if the educated youth Xiao Yang doesn't go to the fields to earn work points, he will not lack food and clothing.

The four people who originally thought they knew about Yang Qingdai's "inhumanity" were shocked and then numb when they saw the packages in the ox cart.

"Xiao Yang, educated youth, have you moved your family here?"

"No, they are just for daily use." Yang Qingdai smiled innocently and cutely. "It just fills up the empty big house, so it won't feel so lonely."

After much deliberation, Yang Qingdai decided to try the White Lotus Green Tea route.

Why?

Doesn’t the heroine in the original book love this kind of routine?

Then let's take her path first and leave her with no way out. Anyway, she is young and it doesn't seem out of place.

Even Uncle Ma nodded.

Secretary Yang's house is not far from his home. He knew someone had moved in last night, but he didn't go out to see who it was.

Glancing around, I saw two people missing.

Uncle Ma's wrinkled brows furrowed even more. "Where are the other two educated youth?"

Yang Qingdai said "ah" in confusion, and then nothing else happened.

Qu Dongdong: “I don’t know.” Anyway, I don’t have a good relationship with them, so it would be a miracle if I could go with them.

The trio: “They are not with us.” They are not familiar with each other, and they look down on Zhang Daqiang from Heilongjiang Province.

Uncle Ma put away the cigarette that he was holding under his nose for smell, asked them to get in the car, and drove directly back to the village.

On the way back, several people were chattering about their experiences, which was very lively.

When the ox cart arrived at the village entrance, a few people were still reluctant to leave.

"Xiao Yang, we will come find you after we get our rations."

"Okay, then please come and help me as soon as possible."

Yang Qingdai waved goodbye to them. As she had too many things, Uncle Ma would have to drive past her house on his way home, which was a good thing for her as she didn't have to walk back with all the bags on her back.

On time, he collected his own rations and hurried back to his house with Qu Dongdong and others.

Zhang Daqiang skillfully lit the fire, boiled water, and killed the fish. The two Chen brothers cut the pork and cut the two chickens into pieces according to Yang Qingdai's requirements. Qu Dongdong was washing vegetables and fruits.

Yang Qingdai took the chopped chicken pieces and rinsed them with water to remove the blood foam, then washed them again with clean water, added fresh mushrooms and stewed them in a small pot. She also prepared the seasoning for the braised pork, and the scene was very lively.

When Shen Xuan, Liu Anbang and other old educated youth came, everyone gathered together happily, eating with their mouths full of grease. The team leader and Secretary Yang came to ask if anyone had seen Li Lingzhong and Li Hongqing.

After everyone received their rations, they discovered that the two of them were missing, so they went to Uncle Ma to ask about them. He said that they did not come back with the ox cart.

During the day when they were at work, I vaguely heard that the two of them did not get along well with the new and old educated youth, and they complained about how miserable it was to be the team leader.

After finally waiting for all the troublesome educated youth to leave, we thought there was hope for the "advanced brigade", but then two more rebellious ones came.

Without getting any information, Secretary Yang told the new educated youth not to play too late, so as not to be late for the first day of work tomorrow.

After seeing the two off, they continued chatting about all sorts of things, and were still in high spirits when they returned to the Youth League Home.

Fortunately, Shen Xuan and Liu Anbang remembered the instructions of the team leader Secretary Yang and asked them to wash up and rest quickly.

Otherwise, judging from their attitude, they might have a late-night talk.

"…Your Youth Academy is responsible for this area. Youth Liu will make the arrangements for you. The main work now is to remove weeds and pinch sweet potato vines. You can also go cut grass for pigs. One basket of that kind is worth two work points."

The team leader gave a brief talk and then asked Liu Anbang to arrange work for the educated youth. He felt relieved to see Li Hongqing and the other two among them.

As for why the two men had bruises on their faces, the captain said it had nothing to do with him.

As long as it doesn't happen in their team, they won't even bother to give him a glance, and they still expect him to ask about it.

"Captain, can you please let me be the scorekeeper since I'm injured? I have a high school diploma."

Seeing the captain turning around to leave, Li Hongqing didn't care about pretending to be weak and directly asked for the scorekeeper's work.

The scorekeepers do not need to work in the fields, they only need to register and calculate work points.

Occasionally helping the accountant with some minor chores can be said to be a very easy job.

But before the captain could reply, Qu Dongdong said, "You are not the only high school student. Why should you be the scorekeeper? Because you are shameless? And you are injured. Who knows if you have done something you shouldn't have done..."

He also glanced at Li Lingzhong, whose face had scratches from nails, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

The captain glanced at her coldly, said "If you can't do it, take a leave", and left quickly.

"Two Li educated youth, I have already said this the day before yesterday. Currently, no educated youth is willing to form a team with you." Fearing that they might cause trouble again, Liu Anbang pointed to a piece of land and asked them to be responsible for it. "Whoever finishes first can leave first."

Then he turned to Yang Qingdai and said, "Little Yang, the educated youth, just do as you said yesterday and go cut grass for the pigs. You will get your own work points and it will not count towards the work points of the educated youth compound."

"Then I'll go first~"

Yang Qingdai carried a bamboo basket of pig grass on her back and went to the green hills. She found a few children running around on the hills and took out a handful of fruit candies:

"Help me cut the pig grass and take it to the scorekeeper, and these candies are for you."

"Really?" The oldest little girl couldn't take her eyes off the candy in her hand, but she was still one step away from her.

Yang Qingdai nodded, "I won't lie to you. Come, I'll give you one each as a promise. Come back and take the rest after you're done."

"Then, will we still need to cut grass for the pigs in the future?"

In the past, some educated youths also gave them a candy each and asked them to help cut grass for the pigs. This beautiful sister was very generous, and she wanted to develop this beautiful sister into a "long-term customer" in the eyes of her brother.

Yang Qingdai became interested, "What's your name?"

"My name is Wang Erni."

Wang Erni? This name does not appear in the novel. She should be just one of the people who cut grass for Li Hongqing’s pigs: “Whenever I need work, I need you to help me cut grass for the pigs.

Erni, if you help me collect a basket of pig grass, I will give you ten candies, two baskets of pig grass a day. How you distribute the candies is up to you, okay? "

"Sure," Wang Erni agreed readily.

Even if they were not given candies, they would still go up the mountain to cut grass for the pigs. They would only cut one more basket and they would get ten candies. How could they not agree?

"Go ahead. I'll walk around the mountain for a while. When you're done harvesting, help me deliver it to the scorekeeper. Remember, my name is Yang Qingdai, a new educated youth. I'll be waiting for you at Uncle Ma's cowshed to get your candy before you get off work."

"Okay, I'll remember that. Sister Yang, you go take a walk, we'll go cut grass for the pigs."

As expected of a kid who grew up in the mountains, he can walk on mountain roads as if they were walking on flat ground.