Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

When Grandma Yang said these words, she thought that there would be no problem as long as she avoided the educated youth. However, she didn't know that Jiang Yu had sensitive hearing and heard everything she said.

These people are really interesting. They say one thing in front of you and another behind your back, and their attitude changes so naturally. There's something interesting about them.

Jiang Yu quickened his pace without changing his expression, not wanting to hear any more words.

The villagers who were working were still busy in the fields, and those who were not working were also busy with their own things. The sun was shining brightly today, and the middle of the yards of several families were filled with clothes and quilts drying in the sun.

Jiang Yu walked along the wall in the shadow, not fast but silently. His senses, which he would have subconsciously blocked in the village, now came in handy.

A family in the east of the village secretly raised a lot of chickens in the woodshed. I don't know how they made them mute. Except for the occasional flapping of wings, it was quite quiet. No wonder no one found them.

Not far away there was a house with a very high wall and a dog. Thick smoke was coming out of the chimney. When I smelled it carefully, there seemed to be some meaty aroma mixed in the smoke.

After a walk around the village, she discovered that there were actually quite a few families who ate meat.

Jiang Yu heard the noise of children being beaten, the rustling sound of food, and voices.

When we walked to the end of the village, we passed by a dilapidated house.

Jiang Yu stopped uncertainly and looked around the room again.

It was a dilapidated house that belonged to the third squad leader. In order to occupy the foundation, the squad leader's father separated his two eldest sons and asked the village for the foundation to build a house. The reason why the foundation fell on the first squad was because the third squad had no place.

But in fact, his eldest son found a job in the town and did not return to the village for many years, so no one lived in the house. In order to prevent the village from reclaiming the foundation, they just built a thatched house here.

The thatched hut was built very carelessly, and had collapsed almost completely due to lack of care. But Jiang Yu suddenly discovered that the roof of the small room inside it had been repaired.

After Jiang Yu made sure that there was no one nearby, he opened the fence door and went in to check.

Someone had indeed come to repair the house. The windows in the house were sealed, and there was a wooden bed inside. There was a wooden box under the bed. When it was opened, it turned out to be a quilt.

Jiang Yu looked around and found nothing else. He left the house in confusion and strolled around the yard again. The well in the backyard had been cleaned out and there was a clean small wooden barrel in it.

Someone moved in? I haven't heard anyone mention it.

Jiang Yu thought about the recent events in the village and couldn't remember anyone mentioning the use of this house. The third team leader's family had never mentioned this broken house.

Since she found nothing, she did not stay any longer. She just closed the fence gate and left, continuing to observe other residents in the village.

As for Yi Chi, after moving all the things in the cave to their new home, they locked the door and went into the mountains.

The soldier in the mountains saw him coming and immediately came out of the duty room to greet him, "You came at the right time. Teacher Zhang brought a lot of things today. Maybe you can help with something."

"You're still bringing things at this time?" Yi Chi was surprised, but he just said it casually. The soldier at the gate didn't know anything about the laboratory. He quickly signed and wrote down the reason for entering the base, then went towards the office building with one of the staff on duty.

Uncle San was writing some materials. When he heard the knock on the door, he answered, "Come in."

Yi Chi pushed the door open and entered. The staff on duty saluted the leader inside, sent the person away and then returned to the duty room.

"Come on, come on, I'll take you to Lao Zhang's place." Uncle San put down his pen and paper, picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, grabbed his coat and took Yi Chi out.

Yi Chi didn't have time to say a word.

Teacher Zhang and his colleagues each took out books and materials and are comparing machine learning in the laboratory.

The police officer outside made a report and obtained permission before taking the battalion commander and Yi Chi into the small house inside.

There was a fireplace in the room and a stove for boiling water, so it was warm.

After Yi Chi entered the room, he took off his cotton coat and greeted several teachers with whom he had worked for several years.

Several researchers ignored the battalion commander, but seeing Yi Chi smiling, they quickly pulled him aside and started talking about the new book.

Uncle San was already used to it, so he mingled with the crowd for a while and left only when he no longer felt cold.

Yi Chi is busy here all day long.

Because the villagers knew that he had not lived in the cabin recently, Yi Chi stayed at his uncle's place and did not go back.

At dinner time, the two went to the cafeteria to eat together.

The food for the soldiers in the mountains is pretty good, and they can often eat game.

Today we happen to have wild boar meat stewed with vermicelli.

Yichi steamed buns are made with vermicelli, and I ate a lot of them.

"Not bad, not bad. You finally gave up playing the victim. You starved yourself to death. I don't know what you were thinking." Uncle San felt much more comfortable when he saw him like this. The anger that he had when he saw his face swollen like a pig's head also dissipated.

Taking a closer look, I suddenly discovered that the swelling on Yi Chi's face had subsided a lot.

Yi Chi ignored his complaints and said after swallowing the food in his mouth, "Uncle, please get me a radio. I'll pay for it."

Money and notes were fine, but radios were in short supply, and he didn't know how long he would have to wait to buy one at the supply and marketing cooperative. He thought about it, Jiang Yu already had a bicycle and a watch, so what could he give? Although the radio was a bit expensive and might be rejected, it was the most suitable gift he could think of.

Uncle San was puzzled, "You don't want to pretend anymore? Are you ready to use the radio?"

"I'm giving it to someone." Yi Chi shook his head. He wasn't using it for himself. "It's just that I told you last time that Jiang Zhiqing helped me build a house, and I was going to give her something to thank her."

"Using a radio? You are such a sucker. How much does it cost to build a house? If you really can't make it, you can pay her for the labor and use the radio to compensate for it. Tsk tsk, what kind of fool is so generous?" Uncle San rolled his eyes, thinking that he was crazy.

Yi Chi pinched the chopsticks subconsciously, "She asked me to help her process the hunting items into work, and said she would give me one third as processing fee."

"Wow!" Uncle San was stunned. "What's going on? There are so many cheaters these days? Where did you meet this kind of extravagant idiot? Take me with you!"

Yi Chi glared at her, "So I don't want her to suffer any loss."

Uncle San pursed his lips. Come on, my nephew has said so, what else can I do! "Luckily, you two still have a conscience and a bottom line. If it were someone else, they would wake up laughing in their dreams, and I would eat your flesh and drink your blood from now on."

"Jiang Zhiqing has always been the one taking care of me, and I have never given her anything in return. It shows that she is really stupid." Yi Chi thought about it and felt that Jiang Yu had helped him too much. She had to repay him all the time, otherwise they would not be able to get along well in the future.

Uncle San thought about it and realized that it was true. "This kind of Bodhisattva is really rare in the world. What good things have you done to deserve to meet such a person?"

Yi Chi couldn't understand why Jiang Yu looked cold but was actually so kind-hearted. No, I must take better care of her in the future and not let others deceive her.

Jiang Yu had no idea that he had become a kind-hearted Bodhisattva in the eyes of others. He was concentrating on scouting the village, thinking about when to make his fortune.