Eating melons

When Xiao Xuemu came back, there was nothing left in the yard, but Li Zhibin had not come back yet. He looked at the time and it was already one o'clock, so he hurried to the state-owned restaurant to buy a meal for Li Zhibin.

As expected, there was no one in the state-owned restaurant, but fortunately I still managed to buy a box of dumplings.

It was already half past one when I returned to the yard, and Li Zhibin had already returned. In the backpack beside him were still a lot of things he had bought at the black market.

Xiao Xuemu quickly handed him the lunch box and said, "Eat quickly. It takes more than ten minutes to run from here to the oxcart. There are only more than twenty minutes left."

Although the oxcart would not return on time, after all, Uncle Wang did not have a watch, so it usually left a little after 2 o'clock.

Seeing that the two of them hadn't returned, I would have waited a while, but it wasn't nice to keep a large group of people waiting.

Li Zhibin took the fruit and started eating it quickly. Xiao Xuemu took out his backpack and put some of the things Li Zhibin bought into his backpack.

After all, his backpack was too full and it was difficult to cover it with cloth. There were still a lot of things placed next to it. If he didn't block it, the aunties and sisters on the ox cart would take advantage of it.

After eating, the two of them carried their backpacks and ran quickly towards the ox cart.

Sure enough, everyone was there, just waiting for the two of them.

Uncle Wang said, "Xiao Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing are here. Now that everyone is here, let's go back."

"Li Zhiqing, Xiao Zhiqing, what did you go buy? Why are you running so fast?"

"Yeah yeah!"

As he spoke, he looked towards the two people's backpacks, but he could not see anything.

Xiao Xuemu protected the backpack and said, "I didn't buy anything. I just went to a relative's house for dinner and chatted for a while. I didn't expect to forget the time. It's already this late."

"Hey! Xiao Zhiqing has relatives here!"

"What do your relatives do?"

Xiao Xuemu: "Just an ordinary worker."

No one believed this. The two of them went to someone's house to eat and brought two baskets of such big things with them. They were definitely not ordinary people.

And judging from the way they usually dress, you can tell that they come from wealthy families.

However, the two of them kept their mouths shut, and the group of aunts tried to get the information out of them for a long time but failed.

Just when I was thinking of asking some questions, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin diverted the topic back to how to store winter vegetables, and asked all the aunties about their unique skills in pickling pickles.

After four or five hours of round trip, the seven educated youth learned a lot of theoretical knowledge about drying vegetables, pickling pickles and pickling sauerkraut. However, it is unknown how much practical knowledge they would have when the time comes.

When he arrived at the brigade, Li Zhibin jumped off the ox cart and ran home quickly.

There was no other way. He had been hanging out at the black market for most of the day, and had talked for several hours on the way back and forth. His mouth was dry and smoking.

As soon as I got home, I didn't even have time to put down my backpack. I found the water tank and drew two buckets of water to drink.

After quenching his thirst and resting for a while, he and Xiao Xuemu and Yu Xi went to talk to the old educated youth and the team leader about building toilets and digging wells.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi returned home and rested for a while before starting to cook. Although they bought two dishes at the state-owned restaurant, they still had to make the staple food.

Wei Wei started her daily routine again: "What are we eating today?"

Jiang Qi took out the meat and ribs that Li Zhibin had just given him and said, "I ordered two dishes at the state-owned restaurant, and now we're going to make a Northeastern Harvest! Let's eat well today to celebrate."

Wei Wei was confused by the name of this dish. "Great Harvest? What kind of dish is that?"

Jiang Qi: “It’s just stewing pork ribs, corn, potatoes, beans, etc. with soybean paste.”

Wei Wei: "Then let's have rice as the main course tonight! This soup will definitely taste good with rice."

As usual, Wei Wei went back to steam the rice while Jiang Qi prepared the dishes at home.

After the rice was steamed and the fire was lit, Wei Wei came back and started gossiping with Jiang Qi.

Wei Wei: "Alas! Today I noticed that Liu Jiaojiao's hostility towards you seems to have decreased. She no longer has such a stern face."

Seeing Wei Wei's gossipy expression, Jiang Qi rolled his eyes at her.

Eating melons is a joy, but it does not mean that eating your own melons is also a joy.

Jiang Qi: "She's doing this and that, and I'm not familiar with her, so she can't get in my way."

Wei Wei: "But it's always annoying when someone comes up to you and says something to you, right?"

Suddenly, Wei Wei smirked again, "So, if you really don't like Yu Xi, then Yu Xi is quite handsome. You two are both from Shanghai, and his family doesn't look bad either. You two are a good match, so is there no possibility for you two?"

Jiang Qi: "Stop gossiping. It's impossible. There's absolutely no possibility of this."

Wei Wei: “Why?”

Jiang Qi: "In the book I traveled through, he was having an affair with the original owner, and he had a childhood sweetheart next to him. In the end, he ended up with the original owner's toxic best friend. Think about it."

Wei Wei: "Okay! It's true there's no hope, but I've noticed that you seem to have been avoiding Xiao Xuemu since we met. Weren't you quite close to him before?"

Speaking of Jiang Qi, tears welled up in my eyes. "Don't say anymore. It's just tears! In the beginning, didn't Yu Xi always find opportunities to talk to me? Then Liu Jiaojiao became inexplicably hostile to me, so I thought I had to find a way to get rid of them.

At that time, I had almost forgotten the plot of the book, and Xiao Xuemu was handsome and seemed capable, so I thought about whether I could ask him to stop Yu Xi. However, Xiao Xuemu ignored me completely as if I owed him money.

Didn't you say later that Xiao Xuemu might have a golden finger? I felt the same way. I thought that such a person would definitely not be an ordinary person in the book, so I tried hard to think of a plot about him.

But apart from the fact that the original owner seemed to have used him, I couldn't remember anything else. When I thought about his attitude of completely ignoring me before, I felt more and more that he must know something.

You said that in this situation, what else can I do besides staying away? We are not sure what cheats he has, but I don't have any cheats, that's for sure. If he wants to mess with me, he will do it to me. Just imagine how miserable I will be."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wei burst out laughing. "That's too tragic! But I'm really curious about how your original owner used him."

Jiang Qi sighed, "I don't know! I don't remember the plot, but in that book, the original owner was a vicious white lotus, and most of the capable male educated youth in the educated youth center were bullied by her.

I am really more wronged than Dou E. If the original owner really did this, I should have to bear the responsibility and consequences that she should have borne. I wouldn't feel so aggrieved now. After all, did I use her body?

But the truth is that the novel is fake. The original owner never mentioned such a person. Although the original owner is stupid and a little stupid, and a little selfish in some aspects, she has nothing to do with the vicious white lotus in the book, okay? I really feel wronged and feel so aggrieved. "

Wei Wei almost died of laughter after hearing Jiang Qi's words. "Hahahaha, you're too miserable. Do you know someone named Xue Yu in real life? Could it be that you offended her and she wrote a book specifically to trick you?"

Jiang Qi: "I've thought about this possibility, but I don't know anyone named Xue Yu at all."

Wei Wei: "It's miserable, it's really miserable, hahahaha! But I don't think Xiao Xuemu seems to have any objections to you."

Jiang Qi: "It's a little better now. You didn't see how he looked on the train. He acted like he was touching something dirty when he bumped into me. It was really infuriating."

After the two of them scolded the author of the unscrupulous book, Wei Wei finally remembered the meal she had to cook at home. She went back to add more firewood, and Jiang Qi also started cooking.

The two of them prepared the meal and waited for a long time before Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin came back.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Zhibin saw the food on the table. "Why is it so sumptuous today? Is there some happy event?"

Jiang Qi: "The busiest and most tiring time of the autumn harvest is over."

Li Zhibin: "We really need to celebrate. Wait, I still have a few bottles of Beibingyang soda. I'll bring one for each of you two."

After saying that, he walked out, and the two of them didn't have time to say anything to refuse, but they had never tasted this Arctic Ocean soda before.

Wei Wei looked at Xiao Xuemu and asked about the result. This was really important. "Did the captain agree?"

Xiao Xuemu: "I agree. We can come tomorrow to select a location and start work. Digging a well will take two days. We'll ask the town to dig it. It'll cost about 40 to 50 yuan. We'll also have one dug for the old educated youth."

When Wei Wei heard that the team leader agreed, she jumped up with joy. The land could be measured tomorrow, and in less than ten days, she wouldn't have to go to the shabby toilet in the educated youth institute.

Not only did she think of this, Xiao Xuemu and Jiang Qi also thought of this, and smiles appeared on their faces.