Surprise! Traveling through the book and going to the countryside, eating melons and watching plays

The farce came to an end and everything returned to calm.

Lin Ru got up full of energy, as if she was not the one who stayed up late last night. It’s good to be young, she didn’t even have dark circles under her eyes after staying up all night.

She looked at herself in the mirror admiringly, thinking about what to eat to reward herself.

Fried dough sticks, hand-pulled pancakes, steamed dumplings...

Just as she was choosing her breakfast in various ways, the whistle for work suddenly sounded in the village.

What is going on? Every day is like a drama, one scene after another, making Lin Ru unable to keep up.

After packing up and going to the threshing ground, the door next door creaked open. What a damn tacit understanding.

Shen Xiyan didn't go to the captain's house yesterday, so she couldn't eat the big melon. Wouldn't it be a pity? If she did, she would probably regret it to death. After thinking about it, um, the fairy might not like to eat melon.

The two of them came to the front yard together and saw Zhao Fang waiting there. When she saw them coming, she followed them.

The journey was quite quiet. Zhao Fang rarely spoke. Lin Ru knew that what happened yesterday had affected everyone to some extent, so he just accompanied them quietly.

In the threshing ground, the villagers came to work early as usual. Lin Ru admired them very much. If they were in modern times, they would definitely be awarded as model workers.

Today, everyone was restrained and gathered in groups of three or four to discuss in low voices.

The village chief came on stage and cleared his throat. The team leader stood beside him. His already hunched back was even more bent, and his whole body looked as if he had been sucked dry by a goblin. He looked listless.

"I called everyone here today to talk about the quota for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Wang Zhiqing has been taken away, so he can't go to this university. Let's not waste time. Last time, Jianguo and Wang Zhiqing competed for the vote. Now that Wang Zhiqing can't go, let's give it to Jianguo."

Seeing that no one spoke, the village chief made the decision.

"Since everyone has no objection, it has been decided. Let's all go."

Everyone in the village thought this quota was unlucky. They all knew that it was for this quota that Wang Zhiqing married Xiaohua. After all the trouble, he didn't go to college, but ended up getting both of them into college.

Jianguo was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and couldn't speak clearly. He never thought that such a good thing would happen to him. This was a great thing. After graduating from college, he would be a cadre and no longer a peasant.

They hurried home to pack their bags and prepare to report to the provincial capital.

Wang Shuxia felt like she was about to explode with anger. Yesterday's joy was gone. Shouldn't there be a re-election? Why was the decision made directly? This was unfair and shouldn't be like this. This spot should be hers, she cried out in her heart.

But she didn't dare. The string of reason pulled her tightly, making her dare not act rashly.

Just like that, I walked along in a daze with the other people at the educated youth point, heading towards a life that had a foreseeable end.

After Lin Rucong guessed that Wang Shuxia might be the whistleblower, she would observe her from time to time. Seeing her like this, she felt sad, for her, and for thousands of others like her.

Back in her room, Lin Ru felt very upset and wanted to use something sweet to suppress the bitterness in her heart.

She was going to make candied haws. She loved eating them when she was a child and always liked to carry a bunch of them in her mouth while walking around the street.

Wash the hawthorns, remove the core, string them together and set aside. Add water and sugar to the pot. Watch the syrup in the pot bubbling and gradually getting darker in color. Small bubbles come out to play hide-and-seek. Then you can gently roll the skewered hawthorns in the syrup and take them out and place them on the chopping board to cool.

Take a gentle bite, the sugar coating cracks with a crunch, revealing the bright red hawthorn inside. The sour and sweet blend wonderfully in your mouth, and the crispness and softness burst out with a different spark.

I was still very happy to eat it again. Thinking of the gentle expression on my mother's face when she handed it to me, Lin Ru wiped the corners of her eyes lightly, wondering why it was wet here.

After breakfast, I found the sun was shining brightly, making me feel warm. It was a good time to go to the county. Making money makes people happy, so I went to sell goods and give the old lady something by the way.

Carrying a big backpack and taking big steps, we head towards the big county town.

After disguising himself, he strolled over to Director Zhuang's home to take a look at the situation.

There were surprisingly few people watching. When I walked outside the courtyard gate, the disgusting smell became stronger and stronger. I looked inside and saw someone cleaning up poop. No wonder no one dared to get close, for fear of being caught by the Revolutionary Committee.

The people inside were covering their noses, retching and shoveling at the same time. You couldn't watch for too long. It wasn't a big deal at night, but it was even more disgusting during the day. Seeing that there was no excitement, Lin Ru trotted away.

I came to the old lady's door and knocked. After a while the door opened. It was the old lady's grandson.

"Auntie, you are here, come in quickly. Grandma, the kind auntie is here."

The child took Lin Ru's hand and led her to the yard.

"Aunt, you're here to bring us food again. Grandpa got much better after eating the food you brought him last time. He can now sit up and play with me. Grandma also dares to eat. Before, she was reluctant to eat and saved it for me and grandpa."

"Yes, I have something to bring you again."

Lin Ru also put two bags of peach cakes, two bags of White Rabbit milk candies, and a can of malted milk in the backpack.

"The elder sister is here, come in quickly."

Lin Ru hesitated for a moment, but still followed him into the house. The old lady and her grandson looked better, not as sallow as before.

The room was clean and tidy, but it felt empty. Lying on the kang was an old man with gray hair and a kind face. He was very thin, though, and if it weren't for the slight rise and fall of the quilt, you wouldn't be able to tell there was someone inside.

Lin Ru really couldn't bear to see such a situation. She seemed to be able to feel the old man's weak breath of life, and his life was slipping away as time went by.

He quickly turned around, put down the backpack, wiped his eyes, and took out the flour and rice, as well as four packets of peach cakes, four packets of White Rabbit milk candies, and two cans of malted milk.

"Big sister, why did you bring so much again? I couldn't buy so much with the money I gave you last time."

The old lady said this and moved out of the house in small steps.

cough cough...

The old man suddenly coughed violently, and Lin Ru hurried over to help him up.

"Go get some water for grandpa."

She called her grandson to get some water, because she suddenly thought that drinking some well water in the space might help her condition.

The little grandson had just poured some water for Lin Ru and put it on the table, and now he hurriedly took it to deal with the emergency.

Lin Ru secretly replaced the water in the bowl with well water and fed it to him bit by bit. Maybe it was because of the well water, but the old man stopped coughing after drinking it and fell asleep again with a relaxed expression.

Seeing that the old man was feeling better, Lin Ru heaved a sigh of relief. After thinking for a while, he took out a jar of well water from his backpack and gently placed it on the table, thinking that maybe it could make the old man less miserable.