People in the Siheyuan: I am a Buddhist who is in a mess

He said, "I'll stay here for a few days."

"How many days will you stay?"

Lin Yi quickly asked: "I'm going back to the city tomorrow, aren't you?"

Lin Yi has become increasingly certain that this is a problematic girl who ran away from home.

"I won't reply."

Youxi replied, and then after a while, she said, "I can pay the rent for you."

After listening to this, Lin Yi shook his head and said, "Forget about the rent. This house is not mine. It was just given to me by the brigade when I came here. It doesn't matter if you want to live here forever."

"but?"

Lin Yi looked at You Xi and asked, "Can you cook?"

After hearing this, You Xi was stunned for a moment, then turned his head away without saying anything.

Well, Lin Yi already knew that You Xi couldn’t cook.

"Come on, I'll take you to the captain's house here, have dinner there first, and then ask if there's anyone with good cooking skills who can cook for you."

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he turned around and left the room.

After getting on the motorcycle, You Xi asked, "Are you staying here tonight?"

Lin Yi thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask Ning Dawei to find me another place to stay for one night."

"By the way, Ning Dawei is the captain of this brigade."

"Ah."

Lin Yi is not the kind of person who would rush to get close to women. If he and Youxi lived in this remote courtyard, as a single man and a single woman, it would not be good for Youxi's reputation.

The main reason is that the two of them may not have any additional interactions in the future, so there is no need to cause trouble.

Ning Dawei had already heard the exhaust sound of Lin Yi's motorcycle.

Their area is very remote, and on ordinary days, unless the leaders from above come down, it is rare to see motor vehicles.

During this period of time, Lin Yi came here more often on his tricycle.

Not only the people in the brigade, but even the dogs in the village have become familiar with the sound of the motorcycle and will no longer bark at the sound of a motorcycle.

"I heard the sound of the motorcycle and knew it was you. It's so late yet you haven't had dinner yet, I asked my wife to prepare some more. Come, let's have a drink."

Ning Dawei saw Lin Yi at the door and said enthusiastically.

Then he saw You Xi following behind him.

"This is? Your partner?"

Ning Dawei asked.

Lin Yi immediately replied: "A friend of mine, he's on vacation these days, so he came to visit."

"welcome."

Ning Dawei didn't ask any more questions. Lin Yi would tell him what he should know.

Ning Dawei would not ask any questions about things that he was not supposed to know.

Ning Dawei did a great job in this regard.

"As for dinner, please wait a little longer. Zhuzi caught a roe deer this morning, and it's still breathing. I wanted to go to the city and bring it to you tomorrow."

"When he heard the sound of your motorcycle just now, he slaughtered it and sent it over. It's just been put into the pot and is stewing now."

The "Zhu" that Ning Dawei mentioned was not He Yuzhu, but his great-nephew, Ning Linyi's elder brother. Ning Dazhu was a good hunter. The wild boar that Lin Yi used to prepare for his new house banquet was caught by Ning Dazhu and sent to him.

Speaking of roe deer, Ning Dazhu also gave Lin Yi a roe deer, and it was a pregnant roe deer, which is currently being raised in Lin Yi's yard.

They also gave birth to two little roe deer, but Lin Yi was reluctant to kill them for meat.

Lin Yi was very surprised to see roe deer eating. No matter in the future or in this life, Lin Yi had never eaten roe deer meat. He heard that the meat of this animal was very delicious, considering the difference between venison and mutton.

"Come on, sit down first, wife, bring up the steamed sweet potatoes first."

Ning Dawei greeted his wife.

A middle-aged woman immediately came up with a pot of steamed sweet potatoes.

"Come on, girl. If you're hungry, eat some sweet potatoes first. There's nothing good to offer in the countryside."

Ning Dawei took a sweet potato and placed it in front of Youxi.

Although Lin Yi introduced You Xi as a friend, Ning Dawei would not really regard You Xi as an ordinary friend of Lin Yi.

Ning Dawei didn't believe that there was nothing going on between them when he brought an ordinary friend, a woman, to their remote mountain village late at night.

"I'm not in a hurry. I came here today to ask for your help with something."

Lin Yi also took a sweet potato, but was not prepared to eat it. He put it aside and took out the letter of introduction written by Yang Aiguo from his pocket.

"The factory is short of vegetables, and it would be great if we could get some meat. See if you can get some from the surrounding brigades or communes."

Lin Yi didn't prepare anything for this time, he had to provide everything by himself.

There are a lot of things in his portable farm, but the biggest problem is that the products are all of the same specifications and the size differences are very small.

If he were to provide the vegetables this time, the truth would be easily exposed.

Things like eggs are not a big problem. After all, the eggs provided by the supply and marketing cooperative are also selected.

The same cannot be said for vegetables, which are all the same size and do not look like they were purchased from various farmers.

Ning Dawei didn't know that Lin Yi had this concern, but he still asked: "How much do you want? If the quantity is not large, I can ask the team members to collect the radishes and cabbages in the field first. If it is a lot, what is the rule for this purchase?"

"Money, tickets, industrial vouchers, and labor protection supplies, such as defective work clothes and farm tools, can all be used for exchange. The steel mill doesn't have much else, but these things are plenty. There are also quite a few left in the warehouse."

"Mountain products, wild vegetables, etc. can also be used for exchange."

After Lin Yi said this, Ning Dawei knew what was going on and said.

"I will arrange to collect a truckload of radishes and cabbages from the brigade tomorrow morning, and then instruct the other brigades as well."

"They have always wanted farm tools, but they have no way to get them. This time the steel mill is willing to exchange farm tools for things from the land, so they will definitely be happy to do so."

Lin Yi nodded and said, "Well, I will go back tonight and ask the driver from the factory to drive the car here early tomorrow morning. During the day, I will ask the truck to help you transport some things so as not to delay the progress of your reservoir."

"Take the things back at night and come back early the next morning."

Lin Yi also considered the Hulukou Brigade.

Lin Yi had long wanted to get some machinery here after seeing how hard the people here were working to build the small reservoir, with people carrying things on their shoulders or on horses.

However, it is difficult to order the drivers of the steel rolling mill's transportation team around without a legitimate reason.

This is also related to the fact that there are few transport vehicles at the steel rolling mill, and the daily transportation tasks are also very heavy.

It's okay to have a whole truck come to help for a day or two, but it's difficult for the long term.

However, this is a rare opportunity.

When Ning Dawei heard that the truck could help, he quickly expressed his gratitude.

With the trucks, the construction progress of their small reservoir can be greatly accelerated, and the possibility of completion within the year is very high.

Countryside Chef Ning Dazhu

Ning Dawei and Lin Yi finished discussing the canteen supplies for the steel mill. Neither of them talked about other things.

The two of them had a tacit understanding on this point. As long as there were outsiders around, they would not talk about the exchange of materials, unless Lin Yi took the initiative to bring it up.

Soon, the cooked roe deer meat was served.

I don’t know how the braised roe deer meat is cooked, but the taste is simply amazing.

“Is this meat made of pillars?”