Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Ma Yanna glanced at her and said, "Why would I ask? I knew they wouldn't take me with them, but I still wanted to humiliate myself? You are such an interesting person!"

Seeing that she was not fooled, Fang Qianqian did not care and just turned around and walked out of the kitchen. Before leaving, she said, "I am just kindly reminding you. After all, they are rich and often eat good food to subsidize themselves. If you go there, maybe you can get a bite too." If you don't take advantage of the opportunity, you are a bastard~

Seeing her walk away, Ma Yanna rolled her eyes and stood up to cut wild vegetables. "You black-hearted old woman, you are fooling me!"

When the village ox cart went to town on Sunday, Chen Jinghan took a day off.

Xue Li had no choice but to team up with the village aunties to pick peanuts.

The aunt ignored her and was busy gossiping with her old sister next door.

Xue Li soon discovered the benefits of teaming up with the aunties: there were melons to eat! Lots of melons!

"Hey, I passed by the cornfield the night before yesterday, and I heard some humming sounds like a cat's meow..."

"Ah?" "Is it true?" "It's not really a cat, is it?"

"What cat?! Whose cat calls for sex in the summer?"

Xue Li pricked up his ears secretly.

"Something happens in this corn field every few years. I wonder who will do it this time."

"You mentioned so many places, why did you have to go to the cornfield? Aren't you bothered by the prickles?"

"You don't understand this, this is called excitement!"

"Let's all be careful, don't let this happen in our own village, it would be so embarrassing!"

"Okay, okay, got it!"

"I won't talk about this anymore. I heard the Liang family next door rustling around in the middle of the night. They were messing around with urea bags. I don't know what they were doing so late at night. They couldn't even sleep."

"You know what, I saw someone coming out from the direction of his house a few days ago and going up the mountain!" The person who was speaking was from a poor family, and half of the courtyard wall had collapsed and has not been repaired yet. Just in time, you could see the Yaoer Mountain in front.

"What? Going up the mountain in the middle of the night? They're not going to Chi's house, are they? This kid has gone all the way to the farm to visit his grandfather, so he's not at home..."

"You haven't given up yet? The Red Guards have come to town several times and found nothing. The Liang family has lost their conscience. The Yi family saved Old Liang's life back then!"

"Who says it's not true? Old Liang went up the mountain two years ago and fell into a pit and died. Maybe it was retribution! Have you ever seen anyone go up the mountain and die? He didn't step on a trap, and he didn't encounter any wild animals."

"Don't mention that. Old Liang deserves it, but his kid is also staring at the shabby house of Chi's family. This is too much..."

Xue Li didn't know who the Yi family was, or who Chi was, but from the few words of the aunties, he could tell that the Yi family was probably landlords who were overthrown during the class division. Their family members were sent to farms, and they were suspected of having hidden property, so they were targeted by a man named Liang in the village.

"No more talking, Yi family... Hey! Wait until kid Chi comes back and see how he handles it."

After work at noon, Xue Li found Jiang Yu with a lot of gossip in his mind. The two of them linked their arms, one lowered his head to listen, and the other chattered quietly, sharing with her everything he had heard in the morning.

"There are many turtles in a shallow pond. I wonder if the Liang family is a den of thieves." After hearing this, Jiang Yu had a bad impression of the Liang family.

I don’t know if it was the girl named Liang who worked near her. She hardly spoke and worked hard every day. If this happened in their family, the girl’s situation would probably be quite difficult.

I originally thought that the Construction Brigade was a place with simple folk customs, but now it seems that there are rat shit everywhere.

In the afternoon, Xue Li went to work, wearing a sun hat with the hood opened. He squatted on the ground, working and listening to gossip, even ignoring the pain in his waist and legs.

The aunties were chattering away, half-truths, and suddenly someone saw Xue Li's hat.

"Hey, Xue Zhiqing, your hat!" The old lady looked up and down at the hat with a large brim and a string to adjust the tightness, and said with a click of the tongue, "Really nice! You have a good idea. This hat is great! It blocks a lot of sun, but it's not stuffy. Not bad!"

For a moment, the aunties around focused their attention on Xue Li's head and started talking about her hat.

Xue Li was stunned. After realizing what was happening, he immediately advertised to his little sister, "This is made of ginger fish. Isn't it suitable for summer~"

As she spoke, she took off her hat and turned it over to show them, "This is the coarse cloth I exchanged with the captain's family. This circle is against the forehead. The coarse cloth absorbs sweat and is breathable. It looks good and is practical!"

The aunt who was working with Xue Li leaned in to take a closer look. "Oh, did you sew this? You have good needlework, and the stitches are so fine. You're a good girl!"

"He works efficiently. Zhiqing Jiang is not bad either, he's very strong, but he doesn't talk much." Another middle-aged woman who had exchanged dishes with the new Zhiqing also spoke happily.

"There are not many young people like Xiao Jiang the educated youth. Not only can she farm, she can also... this is a real educated youth. Of course, Xue the educated youth, you are not bad either. You are down-to-earth and hardworking, not lazy, and you are lively and interesting. You are all very good." The auntie knew how to keep things in balance at first glance.

After work in the afternoon, several people returned to the educated youth site. When they saw the glass bottles drying in the courtyard, they knew that Chen Jinghan had returned.

Sure enough, as soon as Xue Li called Chen Jinghan, she poked her head out of the house and said, "You're back."

"Yeah!" Xue Li jumped over, "Are you selling braised pork today?" She had asked Chen Jinghan to help pack it in the morning.

Chen Jinghan quickly took out a lunch box from the house and said, "Yes, yes, I also bought meat buns, do you want some?"

"Yes!" Xue Li said before he finished speaking.

"Brother Chen, I want one too!" Fu Biao shouted from behind, pinching his throat.

Xiong Lijin also hurried over from behind, and together with Fu Biao, they stood on the left and right like two generals, trapping Chen Jinghan in between, making her unable to move.

Chen Jinghan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The two brothers were really sick. "We have them all. We have them all. I bought 20. Let's share them. Let's get rid of them! It's so hot!"

Wu Aiqing and Jiang Yu watched them making a fuss with smiles on their faces. When they heard that they all had a share, their eyes lit up. The big meat buns in the state-owned restaurant in the town were made with solid ingredients and were very fragrant.

After distributing the buns, Chen Jinghan mentioned another piece of good news. "When I went to buy glass bottles, they said they had more than a dozen rectangular glass windows. Do you want them? But there is a problem with the size. It is smaller than the usual ones. Their factory replaced the cutting machine, and the data was set incorrectly, so they digested it internally."

"Yes! It doesn't matter if the size is wrong. I know carpentry. Once the glass is brought, I'll measure the size, ask the team for some wood, and then I'll redo it." Jiang Yu had long been dissatisfied with the windows in the house. The windows without glass here were covered with mats or paper. It was okay now when it was hot, but they would definitely leak air in winter.

"Yes, yes, yes." Xue Li also shouted. Even if Jiang Yu couldn't make it, they could ask the village carpenter to do it. There must be glass windows!

Chen Jinghan looked at his brothers and said, "Then I will go again tomorrow and try to get all the glass back."