Eating melons

It was almost time to cook, so Wei Wei and Jiang Qi moved some of the food to the team leader's house.

The two of them didn't move too much, otherwise they wouldn't be able to carry it. They moved a little first. After all, they had to go to the captain's house for dinner in the evening! They couldn't ask him to add more food!

I took some sweet potatoes, potatoes, sorghum rice and corn kernels.

When we arrived at the captain's house, Liu Aiying had already returned.

Wei Wei: "Aunt, this is our food. We can't take that much. The rest will be delivered tomorrow."

Liu Aiying looked at the grain and didn't expect there were so many fine grains. It seemed that neither of them was taking advantage, which made her feel comfortable.

Liu Aiying: "Don't worry, this food is enough for you two to eat for a while. You can send more when you have time."

When Liu Aiying cooked, the two men helped out. Liu Aiying felt happy to see that they were good at cooking. She wanted to earn some money and food, but she was not willing to serve the old man.

Wei Wei looked at Liu Aiying and remembered Xiao Xuemu's words, "Aunt, I have something I want to discuss with you. Of course, I'm just asking for your help. It doesn't matter if you disagree."

Liu Aiying: "What's the matter?"

Wei Wei: "There's been some unpleasantness between our new educated youth and the older ones. The new educated youth are planning to build separate rooms and live on their own. They wanted me to ask you if you'd be willing to help them process some food.

"During the ten days or so of building the house, they brought food over, and you helped them cook it, and they paid for it. You cooked three meals a day for them, and each of them paid ten cents a day for the processing fee. Of course, they paid for the vegetables, oil, and salt themselves."

Liu Aiying paused when she heard this. "Everyone pays ten cents a day? Just to cook three meals a day?"

Wei Wei: "Yes, of course they will keep this a secret and not tell anyone. If anyone asks, they can just say they're building a house these days and they have no place to cook. So, they're asking the team leader to share their meals for a few days."

Liu Aiying: "How many of you are there?"

Wei Wei: "If you agree, Jiang Qi and I will join them, making a total of seven people. This is indeed a bit too many people, but don't worry, if you don't want to, it's okay. They can find someone else."

Liu Aiying: "I agree. Ten cents per person per day is enough. You don't have to pay for vegetables, oil, and salt. When the time comes, have them bring the food over and I'll cook it for you."

Only 70 cents a day to cook three meals a day is a godsend.

She knew that they came because their family was familiar with Wei Yatou, otherwise they would definitely not come to their house, otherwise they would be accused of bribing the team leader. She also believed that they would not tell anyone about this.

It’s just food for seven people. When the time comes, just ask a daughter-in-law to come back and help her cook. After all, we have to eat three meals a day at home.

The wages for cooking three meals a day can cover her income for the next day. Now it is not the busy farming season yet, and she doesn’t even have 70 cents for the next day!

Wei Wei: "Then I'll tell them when I get back."

Liu Aiying: "Okay."

Dinner was ready quickly, the legendary corn grits porridge, steamed sweet potatoes, and steamed potatoes.

The dishes were pickles, various vegetables, and a bowl of sauce. The vegetables were supposed to be eaten with the sauce. She had never eaten them this way before!

Except for steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes, she had never eaten any of these things. It was quite fresh the first time she ate them, but she would definitely not be able to adapt to eating them for a long time. Fortunately, she has a system and can cook on her own in the future.

After dinner, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi hurried back to the educated youth institute and brought some food with them.

As soon as the two left, Liu Aiying told Zhang Xinwang what Wei Wei said, and the three daughters-in-law of the Zhang family were so happy that they could earn 70 cents a day.

Zhang Xinwang opened his mouth but still didn't say anything. He agreed. It would only take more than ten days anyway, so let's do it!

But it’s almost ten yuan for more than ten days, which is enough to cook three meals, almost as much as a worker’s salary. These educated youth are really rich.

In fact, it’s not that the educated youth have too much money. Although they are rich, they are not suckers. If they were to live in other people’s homes, they would definitely not pay this price.

They had been in the Red Star Brigade for almost two days and had figured out some things.

The captain of this brigade and the atmosphere of the brigade are pretty good, without too many unhealthy tendencies.

You know, these days, the life of educated youth sent to the countryside is no longer a secret. At least there is no special suppression of educated youth or special xenophobia here.

They were willing to pay this price because they knew that the captain generally didn't want to get involved in these matters, and Wei Wei was just helping them, so they couldn't make things too difficult for Wei Wei.

Secondly, the captain's family was doing well, and they couldn't take advantage of them and leave a bad impression on the captain.

It would only take more than ten days anyway, and the extra cost would only be a little over one dollar. Besides, they had to ask the team leader for help in building the house, so it would not be a mistake to ask for a higher price, and it would also save a lot of trouble.

As soon as Wei Wei and Jiang Qi returned to the educated youth center, they told a few people that Liu Aiying agreed, and they didn't have to pay for groceries, oil, salt, etc.

Yu Xi: "Thank you very much, Wei Zhiqing."

Wei Wei: "It's okay, I just passed on the message to you guys."

Li Zhibin: "If we were to go on our own, the captain would definitely not agree. You've solved a big problem for us. Don't worry, I will behave myself during this period and not find fault with anyone."

Yu Xi: "We won't make it difficult for you."

Wei Wei: "Well, let's move the food over first! We should also discuss building the house. We need to hurry up, otherwise it will be dark and we have to start work tomorrow!"

Yu Xi: "First, take out all the food you need to take with you. I'll go borrow a cart and push it over together."

When a few people arrived at the captain's house, the captain was enjoying the cool air in the yard.

Yu Xi took the initiative to assume the responsibility of diplomacy. "Hello, Captain. I'm sorry to bother you again during this period."

Zhang Xinwang: "As long as you don't cause any trouble, it's fine. Remember, there's no place for those kinds of perverse things in the brigade."

It wasn't that he was deliberately giving them a bad face, but the educated youth who came this time were all very handsome, and they all came from big cities, and now they seemed to be richer than each other.

Any one of these people, if thrown into other teams, could cause chaos in the entire team and confuse the young men and women in the team. But he had four or five of them here at once.

We have to keep it under control, otherwise the young men and women in the team will start fighting. We can't let them bring a bad influence to the team's atmosphere.

Yu Xi: "We know, Captain, don't worry."

Zhang Xinwang: "Bring the food in! You all want to build houses?"

Yu Xi: “Yes.”

Zhang Xinwang: "Miss Wei has told you about her requirements. Are you all clear?"

Yu Xi: "Understood, Captain, don't worry. If we return to the city, the house will be handed over to the team for disposal."

Zhang Xinwang: "Okay, tell me what your requirements are for your house. If everything is OK, we can go measure the land tomorrow and start construction the day after tomorrow. It's better to resolve this issue sooner rather than later."

Wei Wei: "Uncle, if we build a single room, where will we cook?"

Go outside?

When Zhang Xinwang heard this, he rolled his eyes at her, but he also knew that things were different over there. He had heard from his youngest son that people over there didn't even know what a kang was.

Zhang Xinwang: "It's not like your place here. The temperature here can drop to dozens of degrees below zero in the winter, and we can only cook indoors.

If you are cooking by yourself, you don't need much space. Just build a kang, connect the head of the kang to the stove, and if that's still not enough, add a small stove to keep you warm in winter.

The house doesn't need to be too big, or it will use up too much firewood in the winter. You should start preparing now and store enough firewood for the winter."

Wei Wei: "Cooking in the room? Where would I put my things?"

Zhang Xinwang: "Just make a kang cabinet."

Wei Wei: "Uncle, I'd like to make it a little wider and add a small compartment inside! I can use it to store things, even food."

She couldn't stand cooking in the bedroom. Although quilts and other things could be placed in the kang cabinet, other things still needed a place to be put, otherwise they would be covered with grease.

Zhang Xinwang: "Okay, what about you guys?"

Xiao Xuemu: "Mine is the same as Wei Zhiqing's."

Li Zhibin/Yu Xi/Liu Jiaojiao/Jiang Qi: "Me too."

Zhang Xinwang: "If you want to separate another compartment, you'll have to pay a lot more."

Xiao Xuemu: "It's okay, we know what we are doing, but we are troubling the captain."

Wu Mei: "Captain, I can just build an ordinary small single room."

Zhang Xinwang: "Okay."

A few people looked at the sky and saw that it was getting late, so they each left one dollar as payment for ten days' wages and left.

Not long after they walked out of Zhang's house, they saw several educated youth walking towards the team leader's house.

They were also the old educated youth who planned to build a house. They should have come to discuss building the house with the team leader. They said hello and left.

As soon as the people here left, Liu Aiying quickly took the money. It would be bad if someone saw it.

Liu Aiying only felt the reality when she got the actual seven dollars. She didn't expect that the money was so easy to earn. She just looked at their food, which was all good food and the quantity was sufficient.

Not only Liu Aiying thought so, but the three daughters-in-law of the Liu family also thought so.

No wonder those people in the team fought tooth and nail to exchange things with the educated youth! And those educated youth were not as generous as these few.

It seems that Wei Zhiqing is really a lucky star! These people were all brought by her. No wonder her mother-in-law is so enthusiastic.

This money is so easy to earn, I have to make arrangements in the future. After all, if we don’t eat here anymore, they will definitely buy vegetables for us. Others may not know, but if Wei Zhiqing comes to our house to buy vegetables, the people in the team will definitely not say anything.

Not only do she need to buy vegetables, but also firewood. She is a girl who lives alone, and it is so cold in winter, so she must buy firewood. This year, the family must store more firewood, as it costs money.

Wei Wei had no idea that the captain's daughters-in-law were thinking so much, but they were not wrong.

She did plan to buy these things from the captain's family, and the price would definitely be the market price, but this money would be earned by others, so it would be better to earn it from acquaintances.

Anyway, she currently has a pretty good impression of the captain's family.