Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Jiang Yu carried some fresh peanuts to the drying yard and handed them over to the scorer for registration. Today was another day with full work points.

Not long after, Xue Li, who was collecting grass for the pigs, also came over, followed by the little kids from the village, talking and laughing.

"Sister, let's go to the reservoir together to collect grass for pigs tomorrow~" A sweet-looking little girl with fancy braids happily made an agreement with Xue Li.

Xue Li touched her head and said, "Okay, then we'll meet at the foot of Yaoer Mountain tomorrow morning. Sister is going home, you guys should go back quickly and help mom and dad. See you tomorrow~"

"Goodbye, sister." The little kids said goodbye to him obediently.

The old ladies in the drying yard were amazed. "This educated young lady Xue is really good at dealing with children. Those naughty kids are all very obedient in her place."

"This is also a kind of skill! Xue Zhiqing knew at a glance that she would definitely be a good mother in the future~"

"Never mind whether she's a mother or not. There's nothing wrong with Xue Zhiqing being a teacher. My son Maodan said she's a good storyteller. Yesterday she came home and told me and my boss an idiom. What's it called? 狐借虎威. Yes, 狐借虎威! Hey, even I remembered it. Isn't that amazing!"

"Oh my, that's incredible, Grandma Chuncao can even speak idioms now, hahaha~"

Several old ladies burst into laughter.

Jiang Yu and Xue Li walked together to the educated youth site.

"Fish, what are you going to eat tonight?" Xue Li had some wild vegetables in his backpack, which he picked up to make a sample. They could also be dried to change the taste in the winter.

Jiang Yu thought about the dishes he had changed, "I'll have scrambled eggs with green peppers and steamed buns for dinner."

"Let's switch halfway. I'll eat the bacon and beans." The last time she went to town, she bought pork and made bacon, but failed in the end. It might be because she didn't put enough salt and it went rancid. But there was room to back it up, so Xue Li just took the bacon from the supermarket and ate it, which was also fair and square.

Jiang Yu nodded, "Okay, I'll come find you when I'm done."

Xue Li looked at the new roommates who were carrying stools and boxes and walking with difficulty, "Why don't they borrow a cart from Uncle Liu?"

"Liu Ershuan took it to push peanuts." Jiang Yu said that the place where she and Liu Ershuan worked was not far from each other. Unlike others who transported peanuts one by one, Liu Ershuan did it all in one go, saving time and effort.

Xue Li said, "How clever! It's just hard for them. I don't know if they have much to exchange for. They must be exhausted from walking back and forth."

Jiang Yu shrugged. She was very strong anyway and never found lifting things difficult, so she couldn't empathize with him.

As soon as the two of them entered the educated youth camp, Yuan Jiaojiao ran over. She was pretty and sweet, and said to Xue Li with a lovely smile, "Comrade, our room cannot be built with a kang for the time being. I wonder if I can stay in your room for a while. I just want to sleep there, and we will stay in our own room the rest of the time."

Xue Li was stunned for a moment. Seeing others welcoming her with smiles, she politely declined with the same attitude, "You haven't been inside our room. Our kang is not very big, only 1.2 meters wide and 2.2 meters long. After putting the kang cabinet and thick quilt, there is only room for one person. So I'm sorry, I can't let you sleep with me. I'm sorry. Otherwise, you can go to the front yard and ask. Fang Qianqian's room is bigger."

Jiang Yu replied calmly, "No."

Yuan Jiaojiao didn't expect to be rejected, especially with such a legitimate reason. She was a little disappointed for a moment, but still politely said sorry for bothering her. Then she ran to the front yard to wait for the female educated youth named Fang Qianqian.

After Jiang Yu had fried the eggs, he took the rice bowl and went to Xue Li's room.

The layout of Xue Li's room was exactly the opposite of Jiang Yu's. Because they shared a fire wall, the two kangs were attached to the same wall. There were two layers of shelves in her room, which were filled with cloth bags, ceramic jars, and glass bottles, which were all filled with food she had collected. Malted milk, tin box biscuits, canned fruit and other food were also placed on the kang cabinet.

With this situation, how could anyone be allowed to live here? Every time Xue Li did business with the villagers, he had to hide the food and drinks.

Xue Li was serving the beans and minced meat. He tilted his head to smell the rice bowl of ginger fish. "It smells like minced garlic. It must be delicious."

"How can scrambled eggs not be delicious?" Jiang Yu laughed at her.

Xue Li stuck out his tongue, then took out two empty plates, one for fried egg with loofah and ginger fish, and one for minced pork with beans and handed it to Jiang Yu, "I put the soybean paste made by Aunt Zhuang (Zhuang Shouren's wife) in the minced pork, it's super fragrant, Aunt Zhuang's cooking skills are amazing! She said she would teach me when she pickles kimchi later, do you want to join? Aunt Zhuang is from the Xian tribe, and everyone in the village says that the kimchi and pickled radish she pickles tastes super good."

"If you don't mind, take me with you. I can help you knead the vegetables and move the stones." Jiang Yu also planned to pickle vegetables, whether it was spicy kimchi, sauerkraut, pickled radish, etc. For this reason, she planned to advance her plan to dig mud in the mountains.

"I'll ask tomorrow and tell you." Xue Li felt that Aunt Zhuang would definitely not mind. The villagers all had a good impression of Jiang Yu, and Uncle Zhuang's family was waiting for the bicycle.

Soon, everyone in the backyard came back and it became noisy outside.

Chen Jinghan and his friends have been cooking in Wu Aiqing and Fu Biao's room recently for convenience, and then eating together. The guys divide the work and work together, so the process is fast.

After Zhao Chunjiang came back, he first went to fetch water to take a shower, then walked in his wet plastic slippers, which made creaking sounds, to the front yard to cook dinner with He Yuanchao.

Guan Wenbin suddenly came over from the alley, knocked on Wu Aiqing's door, and then pretended to be surprised and said, "You guys have started cooking? I was planning to have a meal together tonight, and since we have new educated youth here, let's welcome them."

Chen Jinghan didn't have a good impression of him and said bluntly, "No, we've already prepared it, you can eat it yourself."

"Well, okay then..." Guan Wenbin seemed reluctant and dragged his feet back.

Xiong Lijin looked at him and snorted, "Xue Li was absolutely right when he said he was a hypocrite."

"Don't worry about him. As long as they don't bother us, we don't need to pay attention to him. If he doesn't know what's good for him, we don't even need to say anything. Jiang Yu's violent temper can knock him out with one punch." Fu Biao said with a smile. He originally thought that he would be the power player in the small group, but who knew that after going to the countryside, he would meet an even more ferocious girl. Jiang Yu is really a ruthless person who doesn't talk much. When he starts to fight, people will be caught off guard.

Speaking of Jiang Yu, several male comrades laughed. To be honest, if it weren't for Jiang Yu's delicate and beautiful features, her short hair and tall and thin figure, no one would think she was a girl when she stood out, and her personality was so straightforward. Anyway, they had never met such a girl before.

Jiang Yu heard their laughter, shook his head indifferently and continued eating.

The downside of having such a keen ear is that other people living with her can't expect to have any privacy at all.