Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

"We know that you city kids can't do farm work, but we didn't expect you to have the habit of stealing. Picking some fruits and vegetables is fine, no one needs them. I'll give you some if you ask for it. But one time you stole the laying hens of an elderly villager, and even when we found out, you refused to admit it. Since then, no one wants to talk to you anymore."

"We are different from them. At least we will never steal other people's chickens."

"Haha, your nice words are useless. It still depends on what you do in the future."

When they reached a courtyard, Uncle Xu stopped and said, "This courtyard is also for you educated youth. The three houses can accommodate four people, and there is also a courtyard. The village has already repaired it."

"Do you want to live here or in the Youth House? Of course, you can also pay to live in the villagers' homes. If you live here, you have to pay 10 yuan for repairs, because the houses here were built with the beams and mud bricks borrowed from others."

Jiang Yue and the others discussed it and decided to live in this courtyard because it was quiet and less crowded. "Uncle Xu, we plan to live here. Who should we give the money to?"

"Give it to the team leader, because these things were bought in the name of the team. Are you sure you want to live here? If you are sure, I will take you to find the team leader. You should know that the educated youth who wanted to live here before you wanted to stay, but the team leader refused to let them live here."

"determine."

"Okay, then I'll take you to the team."

After arriving at the brigade, he found the busy brigade leader. Uncle Xu told the brigade leader the purpose of his visit. The brigade leader looked at Uncle Xu in surprise. How could he not know that Uncle Xu was so kind? Uncle Xu was also scared by the brigade leader's eyes. It was not until he took out a cigarette and handed it to the brigade leader that the brigade leader understood. He glared at him fiercely and asked Jiang Yue and the other three:

"Are you sure you want to live here? Old Xu told you that he would charge you 10 yuan, right? After I take your money, don't go to the commune or the Youth League Office to complain!"

"How can that be possible? We decided to stay here after understanding the situation. Look, we have already prepared the money."

"That's more like it. We're trying to find ways to improve your accommodation, but that doesn't mean we have to do it. Don't think 10 yuan is a lot. It's the cost of materials. We didn't even count the labor for repairing the house. The villagers helped for free."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Just be sensible and pay the money. After that you can move in."

"By the way, you are here just in time, so take the food back with you. The food is loaned to you by the brigade, and it will be deducted from your work points when you calculate them at the end of the year."

"Of course, you can buy it yourself if you have the money."

The brigade did not allow them to borrow as much grain as they wanted. The male educated youth received 30 kilograms per month, and the female educated youth received less, 25 kilograms per month. After completing the formalities with the custodian and accountant, the brigade did not allow them to take the grain all at once, but required them to collect it month by month.

After putting the food back in the residence, a few people hired Xiaohu to watch over it with some candy, and the four of them went to the educated youth camp to move the luggage. When the four of them arrived, they didn't know where the old educated youth had gone, and there was no one at the educated youth camp. This was perfect, and they didn't have to argue with them. After moving the luggage into the courtyard, Uncle Xu also came over with the cabinets and other furniture.

By the way, they were also given two small buckets for water. While the three were cleaning, Jiang Yue took the buckets to fetch two buckets of water. After fetching the water, she wiped the dust in the room. With many hands, strength lies, and soon the house and the yard were cleaned.

Uncle Xu also brought over the cabinets they bought. After putting the things away, Uncle Xu looked around and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you have tidied it up properly. I hope you can keep it up in the future."

"You guys are getting a great deal living in this yard. When the yard was first built, a family in the village wanted to pay more to change houses, but the captain didn't agree."

Uncle Xu left after staying for a while. Jiang Yue and others began to allocate the rooms. The three rooms were arranged like this. The middle one was used as the living room because there was a stove. The two rooms on the left and right were occupied by Jiang Yue and Yao Ling, Wang Liang and Zhang Wei respectively. After they put the luggage away busily, it was already dark.

Fortunately, everyone brought some dry food, otherwise there wouldn't even be an iron pot at home and they wouldn't be able to cook. After eating the dry food, they counted what was missing in the house and made a list to ask Uncle Xu where to buy the things tomorrow. The four of them met and looked at their receipts. There were still a lot of things missing. Fortunately, they had collected enough industrial tickets to buy an iron pot, otherwise they wouldn't be able to cook.

It was impossible to rely on the village. They only provided one pot for the educated youth. Unless Jiang Yue and the other four went there to cook, they would definitely have to buy a pot. Wang Liang smoked a cigarette and said, "I see that the villagers are pickling vegetables now. Does anyone know how to do it?"

Among the four people, only Jiang Yue raised his hand. The others didn't know this skill. "Okay, it's good that you know it. Let's go to the village tomorrow and see if we can find someone to buy some cabbage. Otherwise, we won't have any vegetables to eat in the winter. Fortunately, you don't need a ticket to buy a jar."

"And let's go ask where to get firewood tomorrow. This is what Uncle Xu brought today. We won't have any to burn tomorrow. We'll freeze to death without firewood in this weather."

After discussing things for a while, they went back to sleep. The next morning, the four new educated youth did not go to work and cut trees. Wang Liang and Zhang Wei went to buy pots and firewood, while Jiang Yue and Yao Ling went to the villagers' homes to buy vegetables. With their sweet words and the help of candies, they bought a lot of cabbage and cauliflower, as well as a lot of shepherd's purse.

By the time they got home, Wang Liang had already returned. Zhang Wei followed the villagers to the county town to buy iron pots and large vats. Wang Liang bought a lot of firewood. Normally, they didn't need to buy firewood, but they didn't live with the old educated youth, so they couldn't use other people's firewood. They could only find a way themselves. It was too late to collect firewood, so they could only buy some from every household to get through the next few days.

After processing the vegetables, everything was fine. The three of them had nothing to do and decided to go to the nearby mountains to collect firewood. Since they were new, they didn't know where to collect it, so Hua Tangkuai hired Xiaohu and several of his friends. The three of them were busy for a day, and the firewood they collected was enough for two days.

After returning home, Xiaohu looked at the firewood in their yard and comforted them, "Don't worry, you will follow the team to cut trees tomorrow. If you work hard, there will definitely be enough firewood for this winter. Everyone has started collecting firewood since the beginning of spring. You don't have to envy others for having more firewood."

After dealing with the collected firewood, Zhang Wei also came back in the ox cart. This cart was hired with money, and the dealer would not deliver the goods to the door. After unloading the supplies on the cart, the four of them began to move things home and asked Uncle Xu to come and help put the pot on. Although Jiang Yue could do it, she didn't come forward because she didn't have a suitable reason. It happened that Uncle Xu had promised them that he would help.