Eating melons

It was still early and the ox cart would take a while to return, but it was already time for lunch, so Wei Wei walked towards the state-owned restaurant.

It was just time for dinner and not many people were at the state-owned restaurant yet. Seeing the sweet and sour pork, Wei Wei immediately ordered one. She had never eaten this before!

When the food was ready, looking at the huge plate, Wei Wei was glad that she only ordered one dish. The portion was worthy of Northeast China.

The sweet and sour pork is golden and crispy, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and salty and slightly sour.

It was delicious, but the portion was too big and Wei Wei couldn’t finish it.

Thinking of Jiang Qi at home, Wei Wei ordered another portion and packed up the leftovers.

After finishing her meal, Wei Wei was just about to go to the ox cart to wait. After all, she didn't need to buy anything. Most of what she needed was available in the system mall, and it was more cost-effective to buy it in the system space.

Halfway through the walk, I suddenly thought of Liu Aiying on the ox cart, the things I promised Liu Aiying, and Wu Cuihua on the ox cart.

Wei Wei went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a backpack, found a remote and deserted alley, and took out a piece of cloth from her small bag to cover the backpack.

There were five pounds of wool in it. Wei Wei had wrapped it with rags before. It was light and took up a lot of space. It looked like a full basket, but even if the rags were accidentally lifted, no one would know what was inside.

After preparing everything, he carried the backpack and headed to the ox cart.

Because it took a long time to find a small alley to buy the backpack, and there was less than an hour left to return, there were already many people sitting on the ox cart.

As soon as they saw Wei Wei, many people greeted her.

"Wei Zhiqing, come quickly, we're missing the three of you."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wei immediately quickened her pace, got on the ox cart and sat next to Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing.

"Are we the only three educated youth missing? Then please don't wait any longer, Li Zhiqing and Xiao Zhiqing have already returned to the village."

"What? Did Li Zhiqing and Xiao Zhiqing go back? Why walk when you can ride in an oxcart?"

No one understood this. After all, Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu looked like people who didn't care about the money.

Wei Wei thought that it would be impossible to hide the fact that Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu were transporting coal back to the village on a tractor, so she did not hide it.

"They bought a lot of coal today and borrowed a tractor from a friend to transport it back. They've already left."

Wei Wei's words were like water splashing in a frying pan, and everyone started talking about it.

Everyone knew that the families of these educated youth were quite capable, but no one expected their connections to be so extensive.

We can actually buy coal. Since we borrowed a tractor to load the coal, there must be a lot of it.

Moreover, they were able to borrow tractors. You have to know that there were only so many tractors in their entire commune, so this was obviously a very small skill.

Wei Wei threw down a thunder and ignored it, quickly taking out a headscarf and wrapping herself up.

When Uncle Wang heard that Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu had left, he drove the ox cart.

It’s okay now that we are still in the county town, but once we leave the city, the wind will blow and dust will fly everywhere, so we have to wrap our headscarf.

Not only that, you also have to protect your backpack to prevent those aunties who have no sense of boundaries.

But now those aunties no longer paid attention to her backpack, their minds were all on Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu.

"Wei Zhiqing, how much coal did you buy?"

"Yes! Wei Zhiqing, can you still buy it?"

“You also know the guy who drives the tractor!”

"Wei Zhiqing, do you have any coal left? Can you buy some for me? I'm going to have a baby this year!"

"It's the same in my family. We have three pregnant women!"

Wei Wei was frightened by this group of aunts and quickly said, "Aunts, I don't know about this either. Xiao Zhiqing and the others bought it. You have to ask Xiao Zhiqing about this."

Wei Wei silently lit a stick of incense for Xiao Xuemu in her heart. She was really sorry. She really couldn't stand the questioning of these aunts. As the saying goes, it is better for me to let my friend die than for me to die. So please bear with me, Xiao Xuemu.

However, Wei Wei's words did not have much effect.

"Hey! You can't say that, Wei Zhiqing, you guys are good friends, so please ask me a question for me!"

"Yes! Yes! We rarely see Xiao Zhiqing. Only you and Jiang Zhiqing are familiar with them."

Wei Wei: ...

"I'm not very familiar with it either."

"Wei Zhiqing, stop lying to your aunt. You two eat together every day, so how can you not be familiar with each other?"

"Yeah yeah!"

Wei Wei: "We didn't eat together."

"Didn't you guys eat together before? You and Jiang Zhiqing go back and cook, and Li Zhiqing and Xiao Zhiqing are helping you with the chores!"

Wei Wei: "That was because of the autumn harvest, and we just temporarily teamed up together. Now we're gone."

"Then you are more familiar with it than us!"

"Yes! Wei Zhiqing, please ask for us!"

Wei Wei was numb when she heard this and muttered softly, "I don't dare! What if I get beaten?"

After all, she had offended two people today, and their hands were still burning with anger! She didn't dare to give herself away.

But it looks like this pepper spray is still okay. I will buy the purified devil pepper spray when I get back. It will definitely be more effective. Money is not a problem. Safety is the most important thing.

Liu Aiying and Zhao Xing, who were beside Wei Wei, were still shocked when they heard Wei Wei's words.

Although Zhao Xing didn't have much contact with Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu, she could feel that they were not the kind of people who would beat someone up for such a small matter.

I don't know why Wei Wei thought this way. It seemed that they got along quite harmoniously in the morning. They didn't let Wei Wei carry the two sacks. They both carried large and small bags, and Wei Wei walked empty-handed.

Liu Aiying was even more shocked. She had a lot of contact with this group of educated youth and knew the character of Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin very well.

You should know that Xiao Xuemu was the coldest among this group of educated youth, and so was Li Zhibin, who just looked at them with a smile.

But the two of them were still very nice to Wei Wei and Jiang Qi, which could be seen when they had dinner at her house during that period.

If Wei Wei and Jiang Qi have any problems, they will help immediately, but if Wu Mei and Liu Jiaojiao have any problems, they will pretend not to see it unless it is necessary.

She has lived for so many years and has met all kinds of people, so she has some ability to judge people.

Although I didn't know why Wei Wei said that, I still helped her out.

"Don't bother Wei Zhiqing anymore. Xiao Zhiqing and the others from the road team will definitely come to collect the coal later. Why don't we just ask them then?"

When everyone heard this, they confirmed that it was indeed the case.

"Old Wang! Hurry up!"

Uncle Wang said, "We can't go any faster. We don't want to tire the cows. We're leaving a little earlier than usual today!"

When we heard that the oxen would be tired, we stopped urging them. These oxen have worked really hard this autumn and are very tired. We will still be relying on them for the spring plowing and land reclamation next year! We can't let them get too tired.

Let’s not talk about these things anymore. These aunts were not idle either. Instead, they started chatting about gossip, all about the neighbors’ private affairs.

Whose family has a baby and when will their wedding be held?

The food is about to arrive, and many families in the brigade are preparing for weddings, some are marrying off their daughters, and some are getting married.

Seeing that they were no longer surrounding her, Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Seeing that they started chatting again, Wei Wei felt that this should not be called an ox cart, but should be called a gossip cart, or a melon cart. Once you get on the ox cart, you can eat all kinds of melons.

Although she said so, Wei Wei still pricked up her ears and even closed her eyes in order to listen to the gossip.

It looked like he was leaning against Liu Aiying with his eyes closed to rest, but in fact he was concentrating on eating melon.