Poor little thing is eating melons and watching the drama in the period literature

Thinking of the situation at home and Yu Qingtang righteously rejected Jiang Wei: "Thank you for your kindness, but I am an upright young man and cannot do anything to undermine socialism."

After saying that, he quickly pulled Yu Qingxu and ran away.

Yu Qingxu staggered a few steps and held her back: "Sister, stop running, she didn't catch up."

Yu Qingtang said regretfully: "I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and go with her."

Yu Qingxu sighed: "Just bear with it."

Cheng Wuyang followed and asked: "Where are you going now?"

Yu Qingtang: "Let's go to the post office first to report home that we are safe."

After reporting that they were safe, the three of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy pots, pans, and daily necessities before going to pick up the packages sent from home.

There are a lot of these things in Yu Qingtang's space, but she has no way to take them out. Yu Qingxu is not easy to fool.

At 11: am, the three of them went to the state-owned restaurant, and Yu Qingtang ordered three meat dishes and two vegetarian dishes in one go.

Braised pork costs 8 cents per half pound, and you need liang of meat coupons. Preserved pork with preserved vegetables costs the same price.

Chicken stewed with potatoes costs 5 cents per pound, and you need five taels of meat coupons.

Stir-fried cucumbers and bok choy are both 5 cents per half pound.

A bowl of white rice costs 2 cents and weighs two taels, so you need two taels of food coupons.

Yu Qingtang generously treated everyone: "Eat as much as you want. If it's not enough, order more."

The other people in the restaurant were envious when they saw the three of them ordered five dishes, including three main dishes.

The threshold for eating in state-owned restaurants is already high. For example, a bowl of two taels of rice not only requires money but also two taels of food coupons. How many two taels of rice can be cooked from two taels of raw rice?

Meat tickets were even harder to come by, as every household was short of meat. Unless one was really rich, who would order so many dishes for one meal?

Wang Shuangyan, who had just arrived, was eager to come over and make friends, but was stopped by Cha Minghui.

No one disturbed the meal and the three of them were very satisfied, especially Cheng Wuyang and Yu Qingxu. They were not like Yu Qingtang who could get golden melon seeds for watching the fun. They just felt annoyed.

On the third day after arriving at the Gaolitun Brigade, Yu Qingtang followed the other educated youths to the square of the main force.

Spring planting and autumn harvest are the two busiest seasons for the villagers. The team leader assigned the work with just a few words, and as soon as the gongs and drums were struck, everyone went to the fields with hoes and sickles in full swing.

The team leader fulfilled his promise and assigned easier tasks to Yu Qingtang and his sister.

Yu Qingtang got a backpack and a sickle from the warehouse manager and went up the mountain to cut grass for the pigs, while Yu Qingxu went to the cowshed to lead the cows.

The two of them were heading in different directions. Before they left, Yu Qingxu repeatedly told her, "Sister, don't go into the deep mountains, don't go into the woods where there are few people."

"understood."

Yu Qingtang followed a group of children carrying a backpack.

Among the educated youth, only Yu Qingtang was assigned the job of cutting grass for pigs because she was young and a girl.

Except for Yu Qingxu who was herding cattle, everyone else was assigned to the fields. Even Qin Qianqian, who looked delicate and weak, was responsible for picking corn from an acre of land.

When Yu Qingtang and a group of children walked past her, she envied herself so much that she wished she was a few years younger so that she could also go and cut grass for pigs like them.

There was an acquaintance of Yu Qingtang in the pig grass-cutting team, that was Comrade Li Jianye, who went to the educated youth point the day before yesterday to notify the new educated youth to collect food and then did a few business deals by the way.

When we got to the foot of the mountain, Li Jianye asked with a smile, "Yu Zhiqing, do you need me to help you collect grass for the pigs?"

He held up five little fingers: "Picking pig grass is cheap, only five fruit candies."

Yu Qingtang rummaged in his pocket and actually took out a handful of fruit candies from the space, gave one to each child, and ate one himself.

She took the time to repackage these candies with oil paper, and she was not afraid at all that they would find out that the candies were not from this era.

Li Jianye held the candy and didn't know what Yu Qingtang meant.

Yu Qingtang said vaguely with candy in his mouth: "I will go with you to pick pig grass. If you eat my candy, you must take me with you."

What a joke! In her previous life, she was also a child who grew up in the countryside. She started running around the mountains and fields at the age of five. How could she not pick grass for pigs?

Li Jianye put the candy into his mouth and felt that it was more fragrant and sweeter than any he had eaten before. He decided to make friends with Yu Zhiqing.

Most of the grass in autumn is old, and the grass will be tenderer in places with abundant water resources.

There is only one centimeter in ten pounds of pig grass, and a basket of pig grass is at most about 20-30 pounds. The diligent child always wants to earn more centimeters to reduce the burden on the family, so he has to go back and forth four or five times a day.

Yu Qingtang did not have these burdens, so he took the responsibility of watching over the pig grass on the spot.

The children walked back with baskets full of pig grass on their backs, and Yu Qingtang sat by the stream to rest.

This place is close to the mountains and the water is so clear that you can see small fish as long as a finger swimming in it.

After taking off her shoes and stepping into the cool water, Yu Qingtang leaned against a big rock and closed her eyes to rest. Suddenly, she felt a slight pain in her toes. When she opened her eyes, she saw an arrogant yellow crab waving its huge claws to attack her.

Yu Qingtang raised his foot and pressed his thumb on the back of the big crab, smiling proudly: "If you hadn't pinched me, I would have almost forgotten that autumn is the season for eating crabs."

Grabbing the crabs and throwing them into the backpack, Yu Qingtang cut a handful of straw, which was tough enough to use to tie up the crabs.

"Braised crab, deep-fried crab, steamed crab... sizzle——"

Crabs like to hide under rocks in shallow water. If you turn over the rocks, the water will become turbid and the crabs will take this opportunity to escape. Catching crabs requires quick eyes and hands.

Yu Qingtang has only used his current pair of eyes for fourteen years. His new eyes are more useful and he can almost use one crab in each hand.

By the time the children came back from delivering pig feed, Yu Qingtang had already skewered thirty or forty large crabs.

Li Jianye saw this and said, "Yu Zhiqing, crabs won't taste good without enough crab meat."

Yu Qingtang knew that oil, salt and seasonings were rare items in this era. If parents were frugal with oil, their children would not be able to appreciate the charm of fried foods.

According to the usual practice of a time-traveling girl, she should invite these children to taste the food together, but Yu Qingtang is not an ordinary person.

“I just like eating crabs.”

Well, since everyone said they liked it, Li Jianye didn’t say anything more.

"We have to go back for lunch this time. Yu Zhiqing, are you going back?"

Yu Qingtang must go back. Yu Qingxu has to stay on the mountain while herding cattle, and she also has to bring him food. The growing child cannot be let starve.

After handing in 11 kilograms of pig feed, Yu Qingtang returned to the educated youth point at o'clock and got off work at noon. The person in charge of cooking in each family could start one hour earlier.

The educated youth took turns cooking in the front yard of the settlement. The one who came back today was the old educated youth Li Li. The two were not familiar with each other, so a nod was enough to greet each other.

Having bought a new pot, Yu Qingtang didn’t have to wait until the cooking in the front yard was finished before cooking. He stewed some rice and made a stew of cured pork ribs and potatoes. After the dishes were cooked, Yu Qingtang went to the tap in front of the house to get water to soak the crabs.