Many people stood at the door of the hotel, waiting for the door to open. The aroma of food inside came out from the crack of the door, and there were gurgling sounds from the crowd.
Finally, the time came, and the door of the hotel was locked. The crowd rushed forward and was yelled at by the hotel waiter, "Queue! Queue! Whoever doesn't queue up, get out!"
"I'm talking about you! Didn't that man hear me? Queue up!" The waiter pointed at a man in the crowd and shouted.
A group of people focused their eyes on him, and the man could only run to the end of the queue in dejection.
Watching the man leave, the waiter was very proud and shouted again, "Did you hear me? Line up one by one to order."
The crowd became orderly, and finally it was Lin Yao's turn.
"I want two pot-stuffed meat, one steamed bun, a bowl of rice, and one portion of three fresh dishes." Lin Yao came out prepared this time, and brought two lunch boxes with her, so that she could pack up the food she couldn't finish.
"Three yuan and sixty cents, plus two food coupons." The waiter said.
Lin Yao took out the money she had prepared and handed it to the waiter, took the small sign, and waited for Lin Tong to order.
It was finally time to have a feast, and the five of them were very happy. After ordering the food, the five of them only managed to grab two benches, and the three girls had to squeeze in. Fortunately, the three of them were all thin.
While chatting and waiting for the food, they heard the sound of calling the number card not long after waiting.
Lin Yao ordered a lot of things, and it took two trips to finish. Smelling the aroma of the food, Lin Yao resisted her craving and put one of the pot-wrapped meat into the lunch box.
Lin Tong did the same thing, but she put a portion of braised pork. The other three didn't want to order an extra piece of meat, and now they have picked up chopsticks and started eating.
After putting it in, Lin Yao picked up a piece of potato, which was crispy and sticky. The chef made it really delicious. The eggplant was also full of sauce, so fragrant.
The five people were eating so much that they couldn't raise their heads. Zhou Hongxia was the first to finish. Although she was very full, she couldn't help but drooling when she saw the braised pork and pot-wrapped meat on the table.
Lin Yao didn't eat much, and she ordered a lot of dishes. This time, Lin Yao brought a lunch box, so she didn't force herself to continue eating. The remaining dishes were put into another lunch box, and the meal was over.
"Burp~" Guo Qiang and his friends burped after eating. They wanted to sit down and rest, but when they put down their chopsticks, they heard the waiter rushing them away.
The five people had to get up. As soon as they left their seats, the people waiting next to them immediately took their seats.
After coming out, they were thirsty, so they went to buy a bottle of Arctic Ocean. There was nothing to do in the county town in the afternoon, so the five of them thought it was too lazy to wait for the ox cart in the afternoon. They walked directly to Geda Village, and it took more than two hours to enter the village.
Too tired, Lin Yao and the others returned to the Youth Farm, washed up, and dispersed directly, each returning to their own room. Lin Yao lay on the kang without moving.
Too tired to move, and unable to sleep, Lin Yao could only put her mind into the system space and look through the little picture book for signing in again.
After dinner in the evening, they gathered in groups of three or two to chat for a while. After dispersing, Lin Yao did not go to bed directly as usual, but continued to wait for twelve o'clock while looking at the little picture book.
After twelve o'clock tonight, it will be the time to sign in for one month. She clearly remembered that one month can be drawn! The first lottery should have a guaranteed prize, right?! Lin Yao was looking forward to it.
Time passed by minute by minute, and finally it was midnight.
Lin Yao couldn't wait to sign in and draw in her mind.
【893: Ding, congratulations to the host for winning six yuan and sixty cents in cash and two kilograms of meat coupons. 】
【893: Ding, congratulations to the host for winning ten drops of Lingquan water in the first lottery. 】
Lingquan water? Does it have the legendary effect of cleansing the marrow and tendons? If I take it now, do I need to take a bath?
Lin Yao was very excited, and kept asking questions in his mind.
【893: It's not as exaggerated as you humans imagine. This dose can only slightly change the human physique. 】
After hearing what 893 said, Lin Yao was a little frustrated, but the next second she smiled again, contented! It was already very good that the free treasure had some effect. There was still a long time to come, and she had to draw a better treasure.
Taking out the spiritual spring water from the system space, it was contained in a transparent glass bottle. Lin Yao lifted the water and observed it carefully for a few seconds, and then smelled it.
Colorless and tasteless.
Then she drank the spiritual spring water in one gulp, and it was a little sweet. After drinking it and waiting for a while, she didn't feel anything.
The excitement was over, and it was late. Lin Yao yawned, rubbed her eyes, got into the quilt and closed her eyes.
It was dark, and suddenly there was a noisy sound in the village.
"Fire! Fire!"
"Help!"
"Put out the fire!"
Boom, boom, boom! The incessant sound of gongs and drums rang out from far to near, and Lin Yao, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened.
With such a loud noise, everyone couldn't sleep. They changed their clothes and shoes and rushed to the scene together.
When Lin Yao and the others arrived at the fire point, the fire had been put out by the villagers, and Qin Wenjun in the room was also rescued.
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"Wow, wow, wow!" Qin Wenjun cried breathlessly, and Li Na, who was close to her, was pushed away.
Li Na was cruel when she saw this, secretly pinched her thigh, and cried too.
Regardless of Qin Wenjun's resistance, Li Na hugged him and cried, "Son, I'm sorry for you! My mind was blank, and I ran out to call your grandma and the others to wake up!"
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While saying this, Li Na slapped herself twice!
The villagers were talking about it, and it was obvious that Li Na's reason was untenable. How heavy is a two-year-old child? What's more, the mother and the child were in the same bed. I really thought that she could just hold the child and come out.
At this time, Mrs. Xiong came out and took Qin Wenjun from Li Na's arms to coax him. While coaxing, she said, "Fortunately, Nana came out to remind us. If we had delayed any longer, the fire would have spread to our room."
Old Lady Xiong was not satisfied with Li Na, but now that Qin An and Li Na had obtained their marriage certificate, even if Old Lady Xiong disliked her, she still had to save some face for Li Na in public, but her expression was not very good.
Old Lady Xiong was secretly regretting in her heart. She really shouldn't have allowed Qin Wenjun to sleep next to Li Na at night. The mother and son seemed to get along well a few days ago, but this happened just one day after her son left. Fortunately, the child was fine, otherwise Old Lady Xiong really didn't know how to tell Qin An.
Just then, the captain Qin Dajun rushed over and asked, "Why is it on fire?"
Everyone looked at Li Na, because only the room where she slept was on fire.
Li Na cried pitifully, "I was sewing Wenjun's pants, and accidentally touched the kerosene lamp..."
"It's all my fault! I deserve to die!" Li Na slapped herself while saying this.
She was also very ruthless. From Lin Yao's position, she could directly see the redness on Li Na's face.
Everyone was talking about it.
Late at night, the Qin family was in a mess. The people of Geda Village dispersed after watching the excitement for a while. They had to go to work tomorrow, and no one had time to stay here.
Cluck, cluck!
It felt like I had just fallen asleep when the sound of roosters crowing began.
Lin Yao rubbed the quilt in a daze and slept for another two minutes before getting up.
It was her and Liu Zhenzhu's turn to light the fire and cook today, so they got up earlier than everyone else.
Although there were many people, the food at this time was simple. A pot of porridge with rice porridge, a large pot of boiled vegetables, and a bowl of pickled vegetables were breakfast for a group of people.
This time, Lin Yao and Daya divided two plots of land, and they were responsible for turning the land and sowing chili seeds.
After working hard for a long time, Lin Yao's back was almost unable to straighten up when the work was finished.
Lin Yao and Liu Zhenzhu had to leave work early to go back and make lunch. On the way back to the Youth Farm, they ran into Li Na and Qin Wenjun.
"Lin Zhiqing, Liu Zhiqing, you left work so early?" Li Na said with a smile on her face.
Although Li Na was smiling, Lin Yao could see from her eyes that she had a sense of superiority.
"Let's go back and make lunch." Liu Zhenzhu said.
Not wanting to talk to Li Na, Lin Yao didn't reply. Feeling Lin Yao's resistance, Liu Zhenzhu found an excuse to take Lin Yao away directly, "It's late, let's go back."
Looking at the two people going away, Li Na frowned and pinched her hand unhappily.
"It hurts!" Qin Wenjun subconsciously shrank his hand.
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"Little Jun, be good, mother didn't mean it." After hearing Qin Wenjun's voice, Li Na quickly squatted down and coaxed him, "Blow it, it won't hurt~"
After walking a distance, Liu Zhenzhu asked gossipingly, "Why don't you like Li Na?"
"Is it so obvious?" Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile.
"It's extremely obvious." Liu Zhenzhu replied.
"Didn't you notice her look? It felt weird." Lin Yao said.
"I didn't notice it." Liu Zhenzhu shook her head, "But it's good for you to stay away from her."
"Why do you say that?" Lin Yao was a little curious.
"Today when I was chatting with the villagers at work, I heard someone say that you like Qin An!" While speaking, Liu Zhenzhu looked around and made sure that no one was around before speaking in a low voice.
? ?
Lin Yao was confused, with question marks all over her head.
Seeing Lin Yao's expression, Liu Zhenzhu burst out laughing, "I've refuted the rumor for you, most people don't believe it."
"Who spread such an outrageous rumor?!" Lin Yao continued to complain, "I haven't even spoken to that guy named Qin An. Not to mention meeting him, and it's said that I like him?!"
"It's said that you knew that Qin An's military benefits were good, and you deliberately tried to please Qin An's son, just to be a stepmother, but you didn't succeed." Liu Zhenzhu said.
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"Oh my God, what kind of rumors are these." Lin Yao was really speechless.
"So, it's better for you to stay away from their family." Liu Zhenzhu really advised her for Lin Yao's sake.
"Okay, okay, definitely stay away from them." Lin Yao replied.
After dinner, Lin Yao did not go back to her room for a nap. She put the dirty clothes in a wooden basin and walked to the river.
When she arrived at the big tree by the river, Da Ya had already started washing clothes.
"Yaoyao, come on!" Da Ya waved at Lin Yao, "I reserved this big stone slab for you."
"Just now I wanted to be next to Da Ya, but she refused." The girl who was also washing clothes next to her said with a smile.
"Yaoyao and I agreed to be together in the morning." Da Ya moved.
"Thank you, Da Ya." Lin Yao squatted down with the basin.
For convenience, everyone washed clothes by the river. Many people come after dinner, so there are not many people at noon. There are only about ten people in this area, and they are all women.
Lin Yao's clothes are not very dirty, so just rub them with soap.
While washing clothes, Daya secretly told Lin Yao a message, "Yaoyao, I won't come to work in the afternoon. I want to stay at home for a blind date."
"What?" Lin Yao paused, raised his head and looked at Daya, and said softly, "Why didn't you tell me in the morning? Whose family?"
"After I went back at noon, my mother told me..." Daya continued, "It's not from our village, but from Hegouzi Village."
"Hegouzi Village? Isn't it quite far away from here?" Lin Yao has heard of this village. It seems to be the poorest and most remote village here.
"Well, it's better to be far away." Daya said lightly, "When I get married, I will never come back..."
...
Lin Yao was silent, she didn't know what to say.
"I, I can't bear to leave you..." In the end, she only uttered this pale and powerless sentence. Lin Yao sincerely hoped that Daya would live a good life in the future, but she had no way to do it now.
"It will be fine after a while." Daya didn't know what else to say. Her mother knew that the family who had a blind date in the afternoon was definitely not a good family. People who are willing to give such a high gift must have some problems.
Knowing this, the two had no desire to chat and continued to wash clothes in silence.
Daya finished washing first, turned to Lin Yao and said, "Yaoyao, I'm going back first."
"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, and looked at Daya's back as she left, and sighed deeply in her heart.
In the afternoon, when working, Qin Mei arranged another person to come and work with Lin Yao.
It was a girl in her twenties, and she and Lin Yao got along well, both liked to be lazy and slack off.
"Xiaoyao, I'll tell Sister Mei later, and we'll continue to work together tomorrow." Sun Jinhua said with a smile, no one urged her to work, it was really comfortable.
Sun Jinhua married Zhou Long, the youngest son of the Zhou family, and the couple didn't like to work. The couple had been married for only a year and had no children yet. The couple only earned eleven or twelve work points a day.
"Wait for a while, Daya is a good person." Lin Yao shook his head and declined Sun Jinhua's proposal.
"Okay, okay." Sun Jinhua curled her lips and said nothing more.
News in the village spread quickly. On the way home from work, Lin Yao heard the news about the Liu family.
"Da Ya's mother is so mean. She asked for a dowry of 66 yuan." The gossiping voices of the aunts came from behind.
Lin Yao subconsciously slowed down her pace and listened to the news about Daya's family.
"Black-hearted woman."
"What's wrong with that family for giving such a high gift?"
"Zheng Guoqing broke a leg!"
"Oh, Daya is a little pitiful."
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Lying in bed at night, Lin Yao couldn't sleep.
Daya is only seventeen years old this year, not yet an adult, and will soon go on a blind date and get married. Lin Yao lay in bed thinking about many things, but she didn't know what she should do or what she could do.
Lin Yao didn't sleep well that night, and found out when she went to work the next day that Liu Daya was in a good mood.
"Yaoyao, you're here." Liu Daya greeted Lin Yao with a smile.
"You look like you're in a good mood." Lin Yao walked up to Liu Daya and said.
"Not bad, the blind date is much better than I thought." Liu Daya continued, "At least he's not a 40-year-old with a mental problem."
"What is that family like?" Seeing Liu Daya's optimistic look, Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief and now had the heart to ask about the situation.
"The guy I went on a blind date with is called Zheng Guoqing, 26 years old. He is the eldest son of the Zheng family and has a problem with his legs."
"But it's not natural. He broke his leg when he went hunting in the mountains and accidentally fell into a trap. He has two younger brothers and a younger sister. His younger sister is already married, and the youngest brother is already 17 years old."
"Yesterday I talked to Zheng Guoqing privately, and he said that we will separate after we get married, and then we only need to support Zheng Guoqing's mother."
Liu Daya was not on guard against Lin Yao and told Lin Yao everything.
"Have his two younger brothers not married yet?" Lin Yao asked.
Liu Daya shook her head, "No, his family is poor."
"Is it basically settled?" Lin Yao asked.
"Yes." Liu Daya nodded and continued, "He will come to pick me up on the 18th of this month at the latest."
"Eighteen?" Lin Yao was very surprised, "Isn't that only six days away?"
"Yes, they went back to collect the betrothal gifts. Maybe they can collect it today and come to pick me up tomorrow." Liu Daya replied while working.
"You..." Lin Yao wanted to say something, but couldn't say it.
What can I say? The Zheng family still has two younger brothers who are not married. Although they are talking about dividing the family now, it may not be possible. And the widowed mother raised four children, so her personality must be stronger.
These words to Daya can't change anything. There are very few families who can offer high betrothal gifts during this period. Most of them have some problems, and the Zheng family is considered good among them.
"Don't worry about me." Daya saw Lin Yao stop, looked up and smiled at her, "I will be fine, and I won't live worse than now."
Looking at Daya's frowning face, Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, and replied softly, "Okay."
As Daya said, the Zheng family collected enough gifts in three days and came to pick up Daya on the morning of the 16th.
On the 16th, Lin Yao took half a day off and calculated the time to send Daya to the village entrance.
After waiting for a while under the tree at the entrance of the village, Lin Yao saw two figures coming. The man's skin was dark, probably because he was too tired, and he didn't look like a 26-year-old, but he looked quite honest.
Both of them were empty-handed. The Liu family didn't give Daya any dowry, not even a new dress.
"Yaoyao, thank you for coming to see me off." After seeing the figure under the tree, Liu Daya ran to Lin Yao's side and said happily to Lin Yao.
"Today is your big day, congratulations." Lin Yao smiled and stretched out her hands behind her back, revealing two bright red pillowcases, which were the good stuff she signed in at dawn two days ago.
"Yaoyao..." Daya looked down at the pillowcase in Lin Yao's hand, she was very moved, "Yaoyao, you are the first person to congratulate me on my marriage... and the only one to send me off."
"Yaoyao, it's great to know you." Daya's tears flowed unconsciously when she took the pillowcase.
"Okay, okay, our Daya will live well in the future." Lin Yao reached out to wipe the tears from Daya's face, then hugged Daya's shoulders, looked up at Zheng Guoqing and said to him seriously, "Daya is both hardworking and honest, be nice to Daya in the future."
"Okay, I will definitely be nice to Daya." Zheng Guoqing looked at Daya's tears with heartache, and nodded repeatedly to agree to this.
The two chatted for a few more sentences. After Lin Yao sent Daya and her husband out of the village, she watched them slowly leave and silently wished Daya good luck in the future.
After Daya walked a distance, she suddenly turned around and waved to Lin Yao before leaving. Only after Daya and her husband disappeared completely did Lin Yao turn around and return to the Youth House.
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Daya's leaving the Liu family and Gedada Village should be considered a relief. She did not return on the day of her return home, and the Liu family did not seem to have any movement.
Days passed, and although Gedada Village lost Liu Daya, nothing changed.
"Everyone has worked hard during this period. After the afternoon work, the village will have three days off. Everyone should have a good rest." Before leaving work, the team leader Qin Dajun announced the good news.
Everyone was happy.
"I thought it would take two more days to get off, but I was notified today." Sun Jinhua said with a smile.
"Do we have to take a holiday at this time every year?" Lin Yao asked curiously.
"Yes, so everyone in the village is thinking about it. I advise you not to go to the county tomorrow, there are too many people." Sun Jinhua said with a smile.
"Okay, then I will go the day after tomorrow or later." Lin Yao also listened to the advice. It doesn't matter if she goes to have a good meal for one or two days.
When it was time to get off work, groups of people were talking and it was very lively. Even the educated youth site was no exception.
During this holiday, most of the educated youths had to go to the county town. Some went to pick up packages, some went to buy things, and of course some went to the state-owned hotel for dinner.
The eighteen educated youths did not move together, but went to the county town in three waves according to their needs.
Lin Yao, Lin Tong, Lin Fugui, Liu Chenggang, and Zhao Hong set out together on the second day of the holiday.
There were still a lot of people going to the county town today, and people from other villages also had holidays these days, so we met many people from other villages on the way.
After buying things at the supply and marketing cooperative, the five of us squeezed out completely. When we went to the state-owned hotel, it was also crowded, and we waited a long time to order food.
And until we got the food, the five of us couldn't get a seat together. Only Lin Fugui was sharp-eyed and grabbed two seats. He asked Lin Yao and the other three female educated youth to squeeze on a bench to eat together.
Lin Fugui and Liu Chenggang, two grown men, could only put the dishes on the table and stand by with their bowls to eat.
Many people in the hotel did the same thing. This time, they really didn't eat well. Lin Yao left more than half of the food and had to take it away.
However, today in the supply and marketing cooperative, Lin Yao grabbed a spice bag. Next time, if she has the chance, she can make delicious food at the educated youth point, just in time to solve some of the supplies in the sign-in space.
When she returned to the educated youth point, Lin Yao was full of sweat and felt tired and hot.
There was not much firewood left, so the three female educated youth stayed in the courtyard to boil water, while Lin Fugui, Liu Chenggang, and male educated youths such as Li Fei in the educated youth courtyard went to the mountain to collect firewood.
The first pot of water was shared by Lin Tong and Zhao Hong, and Lin Yao only filled a pot of water into the thermos. Then the three worked together to boil the second pot of water.
When the water boiled again, Lin Yao and Lin Tong carried a large bucket of water back to the room together.
Some cold water was added to the bucket, so the water temperature was just right. After Lin Tong left the room, Lin Yao closed the door, took out the clothes to change, and washed directly in the open space in the room.
After rubbing out the mud strips, Lin Yao felt relaxed.
After pouring out the water, Lin Yao returned to the room, threw herself directly into the quilt, and rubbed the quilt happily.
She walked the whole time today, which made Lin Yao very tired. After getting into bed, she closed her eyes and fell asleep in a few minutes.
When they came back, they had already told the remaining educated youths in advance, so no one came to disturb Lin Yao's sweet dream during dinner.
Lin Yao was awakened by hunger in the middle of the night, and her stomach was growling. After waking up, she looked at the time and it was already eleven o'clock in the middle of the night.
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She was still a little sleepy, but she was not comfortable with hunger. Lin Yao didn't want to eat biscuits now, so she had to get up and take out the food she packed for lunch today and go to the kitchen.
She didn't want to wash the pot for hot dishes, so Lin Yao steamed them directly. When it was halfway through, the kitchen door was suddenly pushed open again. This time it was Lin Fugui.
"Lin Yao, you are hungry too?" Lin Fugui walked into the kitchen with a lunch box and greeted Lin Yao with a smile. At this time, his stomach was rumbling again.
"Haha, yes." Lin Yao nodded and continued, "Just open the lunch box and put it in the pot. The water has been boiling for a while, and the food will be hot soon."
"Okay." Lin Fugui walked to the stove and put the opened lunch box into the pot.
Fortunately, the pot was big enough at this time, and it was more than enough to put four lunch boxes.
While waiting for the food, the two chatted. Lin Fugui's mouth is like a sieve, he can't stop talking, so Lin Yao knows a lot of gossip about the male educated youth.
For example, Li Fei said he gave Zhou Hongxia something worth twenty yuan, Guo Qiang told them privately that he thought Li Fei was stupid, and Zhou Hongxia also accepted Guo Qiang's things privately recently. Guo Qiang plans to tell everyone in a while.
And Wu Yingxiong can't hold on any longer, and secretly dated the daughter of a team leader in the village. He accidentally discovered this yesterday, and Lin Fugui said he only told Lin Yao about this.
Lin Yao only believed half of what Lin Fugui said.
The time spent gossiping passed quickly. If Lin Yao's stomach hadn't been growling again, she would have almost forgotten the food in the pot.
Half of the lunch box was occupied by a large piece of Dongpo pork, and the other half was occupied by fish-flavored pork shreds.
Although the taste was a little mixed, it was not bad. On the contrary, the dishes that were heated twice were particularly delicious.
Mix the fish-flavored pork shreds in the rice and stir it with a spoon. The taste is amazing!
Lin Yao couldn't even lift her head while eating, and Lin Fugui next to her did the same thing.
Another bite of the soft Dongpo pork, Lin Yao's mouth was stained with sauce but she didn't care, she just buried her head and ate hard.
Although it was very hot, Lin Yao still ate very quickly. After finishing a dish and a rice, Lin Yao felt that her stomach was uncomfortable.
"Burp~" Lin Yao couldn't help but burp, and Lin Fugui next to her was infected and couldn't help but burp, "Burp~"
Lin Yao was fine, she burped twice and then stopped. But Lin Fugui was a bit pitiful, he couldn't stop burping one after another.
"Burp~ Lin Yao, educated youth, it's too late now, burp~ Let's go back to our rooms, burp~" Lin Fugui said.
"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, washed the lunch box with the hot water in the pot, and went back to her room directly.
After eating too much, Lin Yao began to feel sleepy. But sleeping directly is not good for the body, so Lin Yao can only sit against the wall for a while.
It was just past twelve o'clock, and Lin Yao signed in directly in her mind.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for getting a pheasant! ]
Counting the supplies in the space, there are already quite a few good things. But Lin Yao can't find a chance to take out good things like a pound of pork, two pheasants, and a hare.
There is still one day off tomorrow, and Lin Yao plans to go to the back mountain. But at most she can only go halfway up the mountain, and she doesn't dare to go further inside.
After sitting for about twenty minutes, Lin Yao was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes. Then she shrank down, got into the quilt, closed her eyes for a while, and fell asleep.
After dinner the next day, Lin Yao carried a backpack up the mountain. There were many people on the mountain today, so Lin Yao felt a little relieved.
Climbing up all the way, he met a few enthusiastic aunties who greeted Lin Yao.
Knowing that Lin Yao was going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables, they invited Lin Yao to join them.
After Lin Yao declined the aunties' kindness, she found a place not far from the crowd alone. After turning around again and finding that there was indeed no one around, Lin Yao took out a pheasant from the space.
The pheasant, which was motionless in the space, suddenly became lively and flapped its wings.
Lin Yao was not paying attention for a moment, and was pecked hard by the pheasant, "Ouch!"
The pheasant took the opportunity to break away from Lin Yao's hand and tried to escape in panic.
With her hand injured, Lin Yao couldn't let it go, so she threw it directly at the pheasant and pressed it under her.
"Little pheasant, just take it down!" Lin Yao learned her lesson this time, and lifted the pheasant up by pinching the wing root. After looking around and seeing nothing handy, Lin Yao could only steal a piece of cloth from the space and tie up the pheasant's claws.
Then she threw the pheasant in the backpack, and then she planned to pick some wild vegetables on the mountain to cover the pheasant.
After finding a wild vegetable field, Lin Yao put the backpack aside and concentrated on picking wild vegetables.
It didn't take long for Lin Yao to stop picking when she saw that she had almost finished. She carried the backpack on her back and walked down the mountain. While walking on the road, Lin Yao was suddenly tripped by a dirt pit.
"Puh, puh, puh!" Lin Yao sat up and spit out the dirt in her mouth. Fortunately, there were no stones in this area, otherwise Lin Yao's knees might be bleeding.
She rubbed her knees and sat down to collect the wild vegetables scattered on the ground. An old lady not far away saw the pheasant on the ground and hurried over.
Of course, when she ran over, Lin Yao had already put the pheasant in the backpack.
"I saw the pheasant first!" After running over and seeing Lin Yao, Old Lady Yao stretched out her hand without hesitation to take the pheasant out of Lin Yao's basket.
Lin Yao grabbed Old Lady Yao's wrist directly, looked at the old woman in front of him speechlessly and said, "Are you a fool? Pretending not to see that the pheasant fell out of my basket! Do you have any shame?"
"Ouch~" Old Lady Yao was not as strong as Lin Yao, and failed to take the pheasant out. She took the opportunity to fall to the ground and pretend to be guilty, "Someone come! The educated youth beat people! The educated youth beat people! Someone come!"
Lin Yao likes to watch the excitement, but doesn't like to be treated as excitement. But she didn't like being controlled by others, so she turned around and said to the crowd that came over, "Please ask the captain to come over. If the captain can't make the decision, go directly to the county to find the public security comrades."
After hearing Lin Yao's words, the people around talked a lot, and of course some people really ran down the mountain to find the captain.
"Everyone, please judge. It was obviously me who saw the pheasant first, but I couldn't run as fast as this woman, so the pheasant was snatched away. And she beat people!" Old lady Yao looked miserable and pitiful. But she didn't say a word of truth.
"Okay, who in the village doesn't know you, Yao Lai Di!" Another old lady's voice came out from the crowd.
"Han Meihua! What are you saying with your mouth open!" Yao Lai Di put away her pitiful expression and looked at the person who just spoke fiercely. She and Han Meihua are old acquaintances, and she knew who it was as soon as she heard the voice.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Han Meihua was not afraid of Yao Lai Di. The two of them had never been on good terms, and now that they were old, their relationship had not eased.
"Hahaha..."
"That's right."
"Who doesn't know Yao Lai Di!"
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The people around laughed loudly, and spoke out loud.
"You've lied to the wrong person. You must be more than the only one who saw the pheasant fall out of my backpack. I'd rather give some of the pheasant to those who help testify than give you a single hair." Lin Yao said as he looked at Yao Lai Di's nonchalant words.
Before Yao Lai Di could reply, several people in the crowd spoke up.
"I'll testify!"
"I was right next to Yao Lai Di. I saw the pheasant fall out of Lin Zhiqing's backpack."
"I saw it too!"
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The many voices made Yao Lai Di angry enough. Although there were people who really saw it, there were also some people who took advantage of the situation.
"The first three people who testified, stand next to me." Lin Yao said to the crowd, and immediately three villagers came out, including Yao Lai Di's old rival Han Meihua.
"You, you guys!" Yao Lai Di was so angry that her hands were shaking.
"Okay, Aunt Yao, go away! You are not right anyway, and when the captain comes later, he will not be biased towards you." Another middle-aged woman looked at Yao Lai Di and said.
Seeing that there was no benefit, Yao Lai Di had to get up and walk away in shame, and there was a burst of boos around.
Seeing Yao Lai Di had left, Lin Yao of course planned to keep her promise. She turned her head and looked at the three people and said, "Who's house will you go to later to kill the chicken? You three can share half."
"My home, my home, my home is the closest." The only old man among the three said excitedly.
"Okay." Lin Yao agreed immediately.
The surrounding villagers looked at Han Meihua and the other two with envy. After they went down the mountain, they met Qin Dajun who had rushed over.
"Oh, how come it's over!" The young man who went to call people slapped his thigh in annoyance.
"Okay, okay, it's okay as long as it's okay." Qin Dajun didn't want to cause any more trouble. If Wang Liufei hadn't asked him to come, Qin Dajun wouldn't have made this trip.
The old man's house was indeed close. After going down the mountain, it took only two minutes to walk to his house.
"Old lady, old lady, boil some water!" The old man Jiang Erwei pushed open the door and shouted directly into the house.
"What are you shouting for!" An old lady's voice came from the house, and an old lady with half of her hair white came out, "You just keep nagging all day long. If you have something to say, just say it directly. Hey, Meihua, you are here too."
"Hey, old lady, go boil some water. Lin Zhiqing invited me to eat chicken today." Jiang Erwei said proudly.
"What's going on?" Li Fenfen looked at Lin Yao and the others, and ordered, "Old man, boil some more water."
"Okay!" A voice came from the kitchen.
"Hey, Fenfen, let me tell you, today Yao Lai Di..." Han Meihua is very familiar with Li Fenfen, and she vividly explained what happened on the mountain.
While talking, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family came out of the kitchen after boiling water, and she also heard what happened. When she learned that her family had a chicken, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family couldn't stop smiling happily.
Killing the chicken, plucking the feathers, cleaning... all were done by the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family. Lin Yao put her half in the backpack and did not interfere with their distribution. But she didn't want the remaining internal organs and chicken blood, so she left them directly to the Li family as a reward for killing the chicken.
After knowing this, the eldest daughter-in-law was even happier. He turned back to his room and took out a handful of dried mountain mushrooms, "Come on, Lin Zhiqing, I picked these on the mountain and dried them myself, take some back to eat."
"Okay, thank you." Lin Yao thought for a second, nodded decisively and took it, just right to make a chicken stewed with mushrooms with pheasant.
After returning to the Zhiqing courtyard, Lin Yao also went to the vegetable garden to pick a large cabbage, and only cut half of it for use.
There was a large bowl of soaked mountain mushrooms, plus half a pot of cabbage and half a chicken, and the stewed chicken soup was a large pot.
Divide the chicken soup into two portions, take out the portion with more cabbage to give to the Zhiqing and others to taste, and the remaining half can be eaten by Lin Yao for two days.
The rest time always passed quickly, and it seemed that not much was done. Tomorrow, I had to go to work again.
Now Lin Yao and Sun Jinhua were working together happily. They only earned three centimeters a day. Since Lin Yao drank the spiritual spring water, she had more strength, so she could do this work easily every day.
But she didn't think about earning more. Anyway, Lin Yao didn't need these work points now, so why should she make herself so hard? Lin Yao could also take some time to read books every day.
People's adaptability is really strong. Days passed by, and slowly, Lin Yao began to get used to the current life.
June 24th was the day when Lin Yao and Lin Tong, two sisters, turned 17.
Lin Yao and Lin Tong got up early in the morning. The two worked together to knead and roll the noodles and made two bowls of longevity noodles for themselves. They also laid two eggs, one for each of them.
Today, both of them took a day off and prepared to go to the county together. The Lin family sent them a package, which arrived two days ago, but they only planned to pick it up today.
Sitting on the ox cart at the entrance of the village, Lin Tong, who was in a good mood, even pulled Lin Yao to sing red songs together.
Lin Yao was not used to it, but Lin Tong didn't care. She started singing by herself, and the aunties who were going to the county town together also sang happily.
Listening to the singing and looking at everyone's bright smiles, Lin Yao couldn't help but smile.
When they arrived in the county town, the two sisters did not go to the post office to pick up the package immediately, but went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy birthday gifts for themselves. I also bought one for the other person, so that each person had two gifts.
Lin Yao gave a white shirt to himself and Lin Tong. Although it might not be convenient to wear while working, it was a birthday gift, and the most important thing was that they liked it.
Lin Tong had the same idea. She bought two pairs of small leather shoes, one black and one dark brown. After buying them, Lin Tong generously let Lin Yao choose first.
Seeing Lin Tong's eyes always looking at the brown pair of shoes, Lin Yao smiled and chose the black pair of small leather shoes.
"Hehe, these brown leather shoes are so beautiful! They can match the white shirt you gave me." Lin Tong held the two things and couldn't take her eyes off them. They both liked the gifts they chose, and the money was worth it.
After a while, Lin Tong looked up, looked at Lin Yao and said, "Sister, let's go eat first, and then go to the movies!"
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"Okay." Lin Yao nodded.
This time, the two did not order many dishes, just three, just enough to eat together. They also packed four big meat buns, and Lin Tong paid for the bill.
Then Lin Yao paid for the movie tickets, a portion of popcorn and two bottles of Arctic Ocean.
The movie theater in the county town is very small, and movies are only shown two days a week. They are lucky, and today they are showing the classic movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy".
Today is Saturday, a holiday, so there are many people in the theater. The movie tickets are quite expensive, and everyone who comes to watch the movie is concentrating. The movie lasted 119 minutes, and there was no other noise except the sound of eating popcorn.
Lin Yao had never watched a movie of that time. Although the picture quality was not particularly good, Lin Yao watched it with great interest and felt reluctant to leave when the movie ended.
After returning the bottle of Arctic Ocean, the two walked slowly towards the post office.
The package was not too big or too small, so after receiving it, the two sisters opened it directly at the door.
A bottle of mushroom meat sauce made by Lin's mother, four pairs of insoles, two scarves, two pairs of gloves, and a letter.
The letter asked them how they were doing, and also wrote that Lin Hao would get married on the 18th of next month, and asked them to go back if they could, but if they couldn't, they should remember to send gifts back.
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The letter was only written on a piece of paper, and it was only half written. Lin Tong's originally happy mood suddenly became a little depressed.
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Not in the mood to go shopping anymore, the two sisters directly divided the things and walked back together. After waiting for a while at the ox cart, they followed the main force back to the village.
After returning to the Youth Farm, Zhou Hongxia, who had a better relationship with Lin Tong, also gave her a box of clam oil. Lin Yao didn't have this treatment when she was in the educated youth camp, but not long after dinner, Zhao Dong'er actually came over and gave her a box of vanishing cream.
"No, no, I can't accept it." Lin Yao quickly refused. Although she and Zhao Dong'er got along well, vanishing cream was not cheap at that time.
"Hey Yaoyao, this is a birthday present I bought for you with my pocket money, how can you not accept it!" Zhao Dong'er stuffed the thing into Lin Yao's hand, "At most, you can give me a present on my birthday~ Yaoyao, we are good friends."
"Okay, then I'll accept it." Lin Yao could only put the vanishing cream away, "Dong'er, your birthday is December 5th, am I right?"
"Yes, yes, Yaoyao, you have a good memory." Zhao Dong'er said with a smile, "Yaoyao, next time I come back from vacation, come to my house to play with me. By the way, teach me math."
"Of course no problem." Lin Yao said while nodding.
"It's settled." Zhao Dong'er looked up at the weather, "The sun will set in a little while, I won't chat with you anymore, I'll go home first."
"Okay." Lin Yao was in a particularly good mood when she watched Zhao Dong'er leave and took the vanishing cream back to the room.
When she returned to the room, she met Lin Tong who came to find her.
"Lin Yao, what gift should we send back?" Lin Tong asked directly.
"Next time you go to the county, buy some festive things and send them back." Lin Yao said indifferently, and the two sisters had no intention of making a trip.
"I still have some cloth coupons there, let's pool our money and buy a red four-piece set, it's hard to find a reason." Lin Tong said calmly.
"Okay, I'll pay for half of the cloth coupons. You can buy them next time you go out of the county." Lin Yao replied.
"No, no, no, you should spend more time in the county." Lin Tong waved her hands repeatedly. After this matter, it was like an extra task. She didn't want to do it.
"Then let's see who wants to go next time, and then we can talk about it." Lin Yao didn't want to get entangled, so she just decided to say it.
"Okay." Lin Tong also agreed.
Neither of the two sisters wanted to go to the county to do this. In the end, when Liu Zhenzhu went to the county one day, she asked the helper to buy four sets and send them over. The two sisters didn't even send a letter.
For this matter, Lin Yao and her sister also treated Liu Zhenzhu to a bowl of white noodle soup.
Days passed, and after the package was sent, several months passed, and there was no letter from the Lin family.
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In early August, the wheat could finally be harvested in Gedada Village.
On this harvest day, everyone from the 80-year-old old man to the 5-year-old child was busy working.
People like Lin Yao, who were weak and had poor labor, were assigned to the wheat field to turn the wheat.
In the hot summer, the scorching sun shone on him. After only two minutes of work, Lin Yao began to sweat.
In order to avoid being burned by the sun, Lin Yao wore long sleeves when she went out, and a straw hat with cloth on her head.
The wheat transporters drove the ox carts to deliver a large cart of wheat again and again. Lin Yao and her colleagues' task was to unload the wheat and then spread it out.
Then they drove the oxen to pull the stone mill and roll it back and forth on the wheat so that the wheat grains could break out of the shells.
There were only 23 oxen in the village, 18 of which were used to transport wheat, and the remaining five were busy in the wheat field.
After the stone mill rolled back and forth four or five times, the remaining people used a large shovel to lift the wheat grains, and the wind blew away the light wheat shells.
Then they took out a large winnowing basket and sieved the golden wheat grains, which were considered qualified wheat.
The elderly and children who were already used to it laughed heartily at the scene of the abundant harvest.
But Lin Yao and the others who saw this scene for the first time could only keep their mouths shut, because the dust in the wheat field was flying everywhere, and once they opened their mouths, they would have a mouthful of dirt.
Lin Yao's job was to sift wheat grains. The work was not difficult, but her arms had to shake all the time, and she had to endure the discomfort of wheat husks flying on her face.
The key was that such tiring work earned four work points a day.
After work in the evening, Lin Yao returned to the Youth Farm, and she couldn't even lift her arms. She really wanted to sleep like this.
But she couldn't stand the sweat and dust all over her body. In summer, the male educated youth would not help to fetch water for personal bathing. After all, after working all day in the hot summer, who wouldn't want to take a bath every day if conditions permit?
So Lin Yao could only drag his tired body and carry a bucket out to fetch water.
Lin Yao was weak, so she only filled half of the two buckets. Fortunately, the educated youth station was not far from the water source, so it only took Lin Yao about 20 minutes to return to the educated youth yard.
Everyone knew that it was not easy to fetch water in the summer, so no ignorant educated youth took the initiative to ask for water for bathing.
However, Zhou Hongxia had Li Fei to fetch water for her. Last time, a group of people at the educated youth station caught Li Fei giving Zhou Hongxia something in private, so Li Fei did not cover it up and gave Zhou Hongxia something directly and blatantly.
In this era, if a boy gave a girl something and the girl accepted it, it was almost considered ambiguous between the two.
Moreover, Li Fei sent quite a lot of things, such as clam oil, a small mirror, vanishing cream, eggs, etc.
Zhou Hongxia was reluctant to return the things Li Fei sent, and even more reluctant to exchange the items for money to give to Li Fei, so she tacitly acknowledged the relationship between the two. So the two were recognized as a couple in the Youth Academy.
If Zhou Hongxia regretted and did not acknowledge the relationship between the two in the future, she would be criticized, unless she was not in Geda Village in the future and had no acquaintances around her...
Guo Qiang, who was competing with Li Fei, could only withdraw with regret. But he didn't look sad, and Guo Qiang was showing his courtesy to Lin Tong again.
But Lin Tong never accepted it, and Lin Tong also let go of her love for Liu Chenggang. Instead, Liu Chenggang now wanted to talk to Lin Tong every day.
It was summer, and the weather was so hot that Lin Yao was too lazy to heat the water.
Pour the water in the bucket into the big basin in the room, close the door, pour half a pot of hot water, stir it, and take a bath in the room when the water is not cold.
After taking a bath, I felt relaxed and energetic to go out for dinner.
During the wheat harvest, every household in the village would eat something good to avoid damaging their health, and the Youth Home was no exception.
A bowl of sweet potato rice, two thick slices of bacon for each person, and a pot of cauliflower fried with bacon. A large pot of boiled cabbage, and a bowl of pickled vegetables.
The bacon had more fat than lean meat, which was considered the best at this time. This piece was exchanged at the head of the team in the Youth League. Lin Yao was no longer picky about fat meat. In the past, she really couldn't eat it.
After eating, Lin Yao couldn't get up any more energy. She fell asleep in a few minutes of lying on the bed.
But it felt like she didn't sleep for long. The rooster made a loud call, and it was time to get up again.
After a quick wash and breakfast in the morning, everyone went directly to the place where they worked yesterday. They basically didn't change their positions these days.
Grab, grab, grab, the word "grab" is the most important. I heard from the old educated youth in the Youth Farm that wheat harvesting lasts about fifteen days.
On the eighth day of wheat harvest, when Lin Yao went to work in the morning, she accidentally found an old man secretly putting wheat grains into his pocket.
After seeing this scene, Lin Yao carefully observed it and found that most people had this little trick, but no one dared to be too greedy.
However, Lin Yao did not do this. After all, she was an educated youth. If she was found out, she would have to return the grains at the lightest, and not only would she have to return the grains but also be fined at the worst. She was even more afraid of being reported by villains.
No wonder the team leader arranged people to take turns to guard at night, otherwise someone might take a sack to put the grains in at night.
During this period, Lin Yao and her team went out early and came back late every day, and finally harvested all the wheat in mid-August.
Then Qin Dajun took a group of young men to pay the public grain, and found a good day to distribute grain. Early in the morning, all the educated youths took their sacks and went to the dam in the village to dry the grain.
Wu Yingxiong and others, who had worked hard for a year, couldn't hide the smiles on their faces. But Zhou Hongxia, Lin Tong and other people with fewer work points were not so happy.
There were so many people crowded on the dam that Lin Yao couldn't even see the front.
Qin Dajun saw that most people had arrived, so he climbed up the stone steps and started shouting with a loud speaker in his hand, "Everyone, stop talking, be quiet, and listen to me!"
"Like in previous years, divide into three teams and calculate the work points separately, one family at a time. After confirming that the work points are OK, sign and fingerprint, and then take the bag to the granary to fill the food." Calculating work points is nothing new, so after Qin Dajun said a few words, he asked the captain of each team to lead the people to divide into three groups to calculate.
Even if divided into three teams, the speed is still very slow. After all, there are too many people in Geda Village, and some families have 20 or 30 people. Counting the work points one by one, sometimes there will be quarrels over a few work points.
Lin Yao and her fellow educated youth were all assigned to the third team. They arrived at the right time, so they were in the middle.
In this way, they waited for an hour and a half before it was their turn.
Lin Yao and her fellow educated youth had only arrived in Gedada Village this year, and had only earned work points for half a year. Moreover, they were not as efficient as the old educated youth, so the difference in work points was unbearable to look at.
"Lin Yao, there are 458 work points in total. If there is no problem, just sign it." The scorekeeper sitting on the stool adjusted the abacus a few times and said to Lin Yao.
"No problem." Lin Yao decisively picked up the pen and signed in the corresponding blank. They were all educated youth, and they all went to school, and they also estimated that it was almost enough.
Lin Tong had 589 work points, Zhou Hongxia had 611 work points... Wu Yingxiong had 2,828 work points.
Wu Yingxiong was one of the people with the most work points in the village. After all, most people only had about 2,200 or 3,000 work points a year.
Not only did he get full work points every day, but he also rarely took leave. He was always eager to do the work of night watch during the harvest period.
In the winter, when there was work in the village, Wu Yingxiong would also take the initiative to apply.
He went to the granary to line up for food. This line moved quickly. Except for a few people who had problems with their work points and had to wait for the work point calculator to come over and check, the others followed the book and got their food in a short while.
The grain distribution in Geda Village is based on 70% work points per person. With Lin Yao's work points, she can get more than 80 kilograms of grain in total. However, she has already borrowed 100 kilograms of grain from the team.
This means that Lin Yao has worked hard for half a year, and now not only does she have no grain, but she also owes the village 20 kilograms of grain.
"You can make up for this gap with 1.5 yuan." The person distributing grain is a boy wearing glasses. He counted twice before looking up and said to Lin Yao.
"Okay, I have to buy some more grain." Lin Yao doesn't have much grain now. If she doesn't buy some this time, she will obviously go hungry soon.
"You can only buy 100 kilograms now." Wei Jinyang pushed his glasses and continued, "After all the villagers have received their food, you can come back to buy more after seeing how much is left."
"Okay, I want 70 kilograms of coarse grains and 30 kilograms of fine grains." Lin Yao replied.
"I'll give you 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 10 kilograms of corn cobs, 10 kilograms of potatoes, 15 kilograms of noodles, 10 kilograms of rice, and 5 kilograms of corn dregs. Including what you owe to the village, the total is 22.25 yuan." Wei Jinyang said with an abacus.
"Okay, I don't have it with me, I'll go back and get it now," Lin Yao said.
Wei Jinyang stopped his abacus and looked up at Lin Yao and said, "It's okay, you can collect the food first and pay the money today."
"Okay, thank you." After Lin Yao signed, she waited for Lin Tong and the others to collect the food.
The newly arrived educated youth had to buy their own food. Lin Tong calculated the money she had left and could only ask for 90 kilograms of coarse grain and 10 kilograms of fine grain, which cost 11.75 yuan.
Wu Yingxiong, who had the highest work points, not only received 392 kilograms of food, but also had a share of the money in the future, which was higher than most villagers.
They borrowed a cart from the grain warehouse, piled all the grains of the educated youth point on it, and pushed it to the educated youth courtyard.
On the way, Lin Tong also persuaded Lin Yao, "Lin Yao, you can't be so timid anymore. The money left in our hands should be about the same, and we don't know if we can go back to the city. When the money is used up, we won't be able to buy anything in the future."
"I know." Lin Yao knew that Lin Tong was kind, so Lin Yao had to find a visible income.
After putting the grain back in the room, Lin Yao and others took the money to repay the loan and returned the cart by the way.
On the way to repay the money, Zhou Hongxia and the others were all frowning. They didn't pay attention to this problem before, but now they reacted.
After the grain was distributed, the work in the field almost stopped. But I can't rest yet, I have to prepare firewood for the good winter.
Taking advantage of the rest, Lin Yao took a day off and went to the city to buy several new newspapers.
Lin Yao has been saving manuscripts for a long time. She doesn't have much time to write novels every day, and she writes them by hand, so after so long, she has only saved more than 100,000 words.
Although she has resumed publishing novels, she has no experience and can only study more about which newspapers her novels can be published in.
Lin Yao didn't write too radically. Now is not a time for freedom of speech, so she just plans to write according to the current situation.
She wrote a relatively simple anti-Japanese novel about hunters, named "The Man with the Bow".
Before the conclusion was reached, no one in the Youth House knew about this matter. Fortunately, she lived alone, otherwise she would definitely not be able to keep it secret.
Lin Yao put a thick stack of manuscripts into an envelope and planned to go to the county to mail it tomorrow.
Dong Dong Dong! There was a knock on the door.
"Lin Yao, someone is looking for you." Lin Tong's voice came from the door.
"Who is looking for me?" Lin Yao opened the door with some doubts. Standing at the door were Lin Tong and Zhao Dong'er. "Hey, Dong'er, why are you here?"
"Hehe, Yaoyao, I came to play with you~" Zhao Dong'er said with a smile. "Yaoyao, don't you welcome me?"
"Welcome, welcome." Lin Yao smiled and stepped aside to let Zhao Dong'er enter the room.
"Hey! Yaoyao, what is this?" Zhao Dong'er asked curiously, looking at the envelope on the table.
"Letter." Lin Yao said as she picked it up.
"Oh." Zhao Dong'er was very curious, but she didn't ask any more questions. She directly talked about another topic, "Yaoyao, let's go up the mountain to pick blueberries tomorrow! I know a place with a lot of blueberries."
"I have something to do tomorrow, and I have to go to the county town." Lin Yao thought about it and rejected Zhao Dong'er's proposal.
"Oh, Yaoyao, I'm only free tomorrow, I have to go to school the day after tomorrow. You can accompany me tomorrow~" Zhao Dong'er came forward and pulled Lin Yao's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Let's go next week when you have a holiday." Lin Yao did not change her mind.
"Well, then, then okay." Zhao Dong'er sighed, "Yaoyao, what have you been doing recently? I haven't seen you out these days."
"Something happened." Lin Yao smiled, "Hey, you're in school, how do you know if I'm out?"
"It's me..." Zhao Dong'er just said two words, and immediately reacted, quickly covering her mouth, "Guess, guess~"
"Hmm? Zhao Dong'er." Lin Yao emptied her eyes, looked at her and continued, "Tell the truth."
"Oh, I, my second brother!" Zhao Dong'er couldn't hide the truth, looking at Lin Yao's eyes made her feel guilty, so she could only confess to Lin Yao.
"A few months ago, when I asked you to go to the mountains to play together, my second brother ran into us, and he thought you were a very nice person." Zhao Dong'er said softly.
"No wonder I often run into him." Lin Yao knew that Zhao Dong'er's second brother Zhao Xu was interested in her, but she had never noticed it before.
"Hey, Yaoyao, what do you think of my second brother?" Zhao Dong'er came over and tested cautiously.
"I don't plan to find a partner at the moment." Lin Yao politely refused. They had only met a few times, and Lin Yao had no feelings for Zhao Xu at all.
"By the way, is that the vanishing cream you gave me?" Lin Yao suddenly thought of this.
"Of course not!" Zhao Dong'er waved her hands repeatedly, "My second brother wanted to give me the money to buy the vanishing cream, but I didn't want it. I asked my second brother to give the gift himself!"
"That's good." Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief, "I really don't want to find a partner now."
"Oh, okay, okay~" Zhao Dong'er sighed and didn't continue to dwell on this topic, "By the way, Yaoyao, there is a question I don't know how to answer, can you explain it to me."
"Which one? Write it out for me to see." Lin Yao knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed in a few years, so she was also studying hard during her days in Geda Village.
The two chatted for a long time, and it was not until almost dinner time that Zhao Dong'er said goodbye to Lin Yao.
"Brother, Yaoyao won't come tomorrow." Zhao Dong'er, who had just returned home, was pulled aside by Zhao Xu to ask about the situation.
"What does she have to do tomorrow?" Zhao Xu asked anxiously.
"Yaoyao is going to the county tomorrow. I don't know what she is going to do." Zhao Dong'er hesitated for a moment, and finally told Zhao Xu about the conversation after the trial in the afternoon, "Brother, Yaoyao, Yaoyao said she doesn't want to find a partner at the moment."
"What did she say?" Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment and asked quickly.
Zhao Dong'er was silent for a few seconds, then gritted her teeth and stamped her feet and said directly, "I let it slip this afternoon. After Yaoyao knew that you liked her, I asked Yaoyao what she thought."
"What?!" Zhao Xu was angry and anxious, "Zhao Dong'er! Why did you do things on your own!"
"Oh, it was because you insisted that I invite Yaoyao that I let it slip!" Zhao Dong'er defended.
"Then, then, then... Hey!" Zhao Xu scratched his hair hard, and finally could only pat his head in frustration, "I knew that Lin Zhiqing didn't have any feelings for me now!"
"Second brother, there are beautiful women everywhere. I think San Ya next door is not bad." Zhao Dong'er comforted Zhao Xu.
"Can San Ya compete with Lin Zhiqing?" Zhao Xu glared at Zhao Dong'er, "Okay, okay, don't worry about my business. By the way, you are not allowed to tell mom, do you hear me?"
"I heard it, I heard it." Zhao Dong'er nodded quickly, and after seeing Zhao Xu turn around and leave, she whispered, "You are a good match for San Ya, but not for Yaoyao!"
Just after whispering, Zhao Dong'er raised her legs to follow, and was hit on the head from behind. "Hey! Who hit me?!"
"I hit you, so keep your voice down!" Zhao Dong'er's mother Wang Xiaoyan said from behind.
"Mom, why did you hit me!" Zhao Dong'er pouted and asked unhappily.
"Your second brother has someone he likes, why didn't you tell me?" Wang Xiaoyan stared at Zhao Dong'er unhappily, "Your second brother is already 24 years old! When your father and I were his age, your second brother was already in my belly. You knew I was anxious, but you kept it a secret from me!"
Wang Xiaoyan poked Zhao Dong'er's head as she spoke, "If I hadn't come out to see you, what would you do? You kept it a secret!"
"Oh, mother~" Zhao Dong'er came to Wang Xiaoyan and took her arm, "My second brother likes Lin Yao, an educated youth, but Lin Yao doesn't like my second brother. How can I tell you about this?"
"What do you know? !" Wang Xiaoyan glared at Zhao Donger, "Looking for a partner depends on whether the two people are compatible, and the other is the family situation. Now Lin Yao, the educated youth, doesn't dislike Zhao Xu, but the two have not had much contact."
"I'll go to your aunt and see if I can ask her to talk to Lin Yao, the educated youth. Besides, our family is in a good place in Gedada Village. If they really get together, I don't mind if Lin Yao, the educated youth, still loses three centimeters a day." Wang Xiaoyan continued, "You should also say more good things to your brother."
"What good things do you need to say? She has already said that she doesn't want to find a partner now." Zhao Donger replied with a pout.
"These educated youth can't go back, and they have to get married and have children. It's not easy to find them when they are older! Look at Wu Yingxiong, Zhao Hong and other educated youths, aren't they also in contact with people in the village?" Wang Xiaoyan cited an example, "The people these older educated youths come into contact with are not very good!"
"Hey, How come I don't know about this gossip?" Zhao Dong'er was aroused by curiosity, "Mom, who did they contact? Do I know him?"
"Why do you care about other people's affairs if you don't worry about your brother's affairs?" Wang Xiaoyan rolled her eyes at Zhao Dong'er, "Wu Widow's daughter and Li Zhengguang's son know about it!"
"Hiss~them!" Zhao Dong'er was very surprised, "Didn't Wu Widow say that she wanted a son-in-law, and Wu Yingxiong was willing? And isn't Li Zhengguang's son mute? !"
"Anyway, Wu Yingxiong's surname is Wu, and the child he gave birth to also has the same surname. Why wouldn't Wu Yingxiong be willing?" Wang Xiaoyan continued, "As for Li Zhengguang's son, although he is mute, But Li Zhengguang found a temporary job for his son in a furniture factory in the county a few days ago."
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"Sure!" Zhao Dong'er's eyes lit up, "Mom, you can also find a job for my second brother in the county, maybe Yaoyao will be willing to get in touch with my second brother."
"Go away!" Wang Xiaoyan waved her hands, "If I can find a job, I will definitely go by myself, and I won't care about you!"
"Also, do you really think the job in the Li family is stable? ! To the outside world, it's a temporary job, maybe it's just a shift." Wang Xiaoyan told Zhao Dong'er, "I told you, you can't tell anyone else. The job positions in the furniture factory are closely watched, and Li Zhengguang will definitely not be able to get it."
"Ah?! Isn't that a marriage fraud?" Zhao Dong'er blurted out, and subconsciously covered her mouth.
"Who knows." Wang Xiaoyan repeatedly emphasized, "You must not talk nonsense outside, especially in the Youth Academy."
"I know, I know." Zhao Dong'er nodded repeatedly, "Mom..."
"Xiaoyan, Dong'er, it's time to eat! What are you doing standing at the door?" The voice of the old lady of the Zhao family came from the house.
"I'm here!" Wang Xiaoyan replied loudly, then turned to Zhao Dong'er and said, "By the way, don't tell your second brother that I know he likes Lin Zhiqing. I'll go talk to your aunt after dinner."
"Okay, okay." Zhao Dong'er nodded as he walked.
At this time, Lin Yao sneezed several times, "I can't catch a cold without being blown by the wind. Is someone scolding me?"
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Lin Yao muttered in her heart, and then continued to study the newspaper. Now all novels are handwritten, and Lin Yao doesn't want to copy them again, so she has to find the most suitable newspaper to submit.
It's decided to be you, a daily newspaper!
The next morning, after Lin Yao had breakfast, she took the manuscript and set off to the village entrance to take a bullock cart.
It's been a while since they took a break, and the villagers have almost prepared what they need to buy, so not many people go to the county town.
There are only five people in the whole car, including Uncle Chen. Lin Yao walked in and saw Zhao Dong'er's mother Wang Xiaoyan and her aunt Zhao Yuehong, and greeted them politely, "Auntie, Aunt Zhao, why doesn't Dong'er come with you?"
"Come on, Yaoyao, sit next to me." Wang Xiaoyan smiled and asked Zhao Yuehong to move her seat to make room for Lin Yao. "I'm going to the county to buy some things, and Dong'er wants to go up the mountain to play. Yuehong happens to have nothing to do, so we can go together."
"Oh, so that's it." Lin Yao just asked a question and didn't care too much.
But Wang Xiaoyan got excited and kept chatting with Lin Yao and Zhao Yuehong. Lin Yao was quite interested in gossip. The journey was so long, and talking about interesting things made time pass quickly.
"By the way, Yaoyao." Zhao Yuehong seemed to suddenly think of something, and smiled at Lin Yao and said, "It seems that you are seventeen years old this year, and you are not young anymore. How about I introduce you to someone?"
Lin Yao was stunned for a moment, turned her head to look at Zhao Yuehong and Wang Xiaoyan, and instantly understood what she meant.
Lin Yao made a rough draft in her mind, and then told them her thoughts seriously and carefully, "Aunt Zhao, Auntie, I am only seventeen years old this year, and I have no intention of finding a partner at the moment."
"And I am also looking forward to returning to the city in the future~" Lin Yao said her inner thoughts in a joking manner.
"Return to the city?" Wang Xiaoyan and Zhao Yuehong looked at each other. Although they expected Lin Yao to refuse, they did not expect that she would have the idea of returning to the city.
Then no matter how much Zhao Xu liked her, Wang Xiaoyan would dispel his idea. In her opinion, a woman whose heart is still outside is not suitable for living.
"That's a good aspiration." Wang Xiaoyan said with a smile, and then changed the subject, "Hey, by the way, Yuehong, how much can our village's work points be worth this year?"
"Well, the same as always, just two or three cents." Zhao Yuehong waved her hand and said, and the two tacitly skipped the previous topic and discussed other things.
Although she knew that Lin Yao could not be her daughter-in-law, Wang Xiaoyan did not ignore Lin Yao because of this. After all, Lin Yao was still a good friend of her daughter.
While everyone was talking, the ox cart finally arrived at the county town.
After Lin Yao said goodbye to everyone, she immediately set out for the county post office.
After arriving at the post office, as usual, she stopped at the counter selling stamps and envelopes, "Sister Hong, please give me the stamps you saved for me."
"I've saved them for you a long time ago. I don't know why you collect these stamps, Yaoyao." When Niu Hong saw Lin Yao coming, she had already opened the counter and taken out the stamps.
"When I get old, I can take out the stamps one by one to show my younger generation." Lin Yao took the stamps with a smile and checked them one by one to see if there were any bad ones.
Collecting stamps is really her little hobby. Although she knew that the stamps would be valuable in the future, Lin Yao did not think about selling them. After all, by the time they were valuable, she would probably be an old woman in her 50s or 60s. And was Lin Yao still afraid that she would not be able to make money and achieve financial freedom?
Stamps were just a little trace of her life in this era.
When she got old, those stamp albums would be Lin Yao's heirlooms.
"No problem, how much is it in total?" Lin Yao carefully put the stamps into a small cloth bag. When she returned, Lin Yao would move them to the stamp album.
"A total of 18 stamps, one yuan and 66 cents." Niu Hong replied.
"Take another ordinary one, I'll send a letter." Lin Yao took out the manuscript and said.
"This one is worth eight cents, you give me a total of one dollar and seventy-four cents." Niu Hong said.
After hearing the amount, Lin Yao took out the money directly. Then she used the glue next to the counter to stick the stamp on the envelope. "Sister Niu, I'm sorry for the trouble."
"What trouble? This is my job." Niu Hong took the envelope with a smile, "Hey, the recipient is the Daily Newspaper?"
"Yaoyao, is this a manuscript you wrote? Such a thick letter." Niu Hong pinched the envelope and smiled and teased.
"I'm just trying it out." Lin Yao continued, "Sister Hong, please don't tell anyone, or the manuscript will be returned, I'll be so embarrassed."
"Don't worry, Sister Hong, I'm not a big mouth." Niu Hong looked at Lin Yao with a smile and said, "But you'd better change the recipient."
"Change to what?" Lin Yao asked curiously.
"If you write "Daily Newspaper" directly, the people in the newspaper will definitely know that you are a newcomer. They will directly give your submission to an editor with not very high qualifications. I tell you, if you write "Editor-in-Chief" directly, it will be different." Niu Hong went to the city post office for training for a period of time before joining the company, so she knew the unspoken rules of the newspaper.
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"Hey, Sister Hong, what you said makes sense." Lin Yao thought about it and realized that it was true. "Then I'll just write to Editor-in-Chief Jia Qing! I remember seeing him as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper in the Daily News."
"Well, I'll get you a new envelope." Niu Hong took out a new envelope from the counter. Lin Yao wrote the message on the new envelope, while Niu Hong helped to take the stamp off the old envelope and put it back on the new envelope.
"Thank you, Sister Hong." After watching Niu Hong put the submission away, Lin Yao breathed a sigh of relief. "Next time you come, I'll treat you to candy."
"Okay, okay, remember to take two more." Niu Hong replied with a smile.
"No problem." The two chatted for a few more sentences, and when they saw someone else coming to send a package, Lin Yao said goodbye.
After leaving the post office and completing the only important thing to do in the county, Lin Yao didn't know what else she was going to do.
It was impossible for Lin Yao to walk back to Geda Village alone, and the ox cart would not be back until the afternoon, so Lin Yao had to find a place to kill time.
Today was Thursday, not a holiday, and I didn't know if the cinema would show a movie today. But there was nothing else to do now, so Lin Yao planned to go and see it. Even if there was no movie, walking this distance would be a way to kill time.
Lin Yao walked slowly towards the cinema in the autumn wind. When she arrived, the cinema was closed as Lin Yao had guessed.
Then Lin Yao planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative, after all, there were only a few places she could go in the county.
After passing through an alley and turning a corner, Lin Yao saw a middle-aged woman lying on the ground, with a bicycle on her legs.
"Comrade, comrade!" Without thinking too much, Lin Yao quickly ran up and patted the woman's shoulder, but the woman did not respond at all.
Lin Yao did not know what the woman was like, so she did not dare to move her at all, so she ran and shouted loudly, "Someone come! Someone fainted! Come quickly!"
Most people at that time were kind-hearted, so Lin Yao only shouted a few words, and some people gathered around, and the man also shouted together.
More and more people came after hearing the news, and those who were close found a wooden board, and everyone moved the woman onto the board, and then carried the board to the county hospital together.
There was also an old man with gray hair following behind, helping to push the cart.
After several people carried the cart for a distance, two strong men saw the situation and came to take over.
When everyone was about to reach the county hospital, Lin Yao ran to the hospital in advance and called out the doctors and nurses. So there were professionals at the door of the hospital to take over.
Lin Yao was the first to discover the injured, so Lin Yao stayed in the hospital to explain the situation to the police.
The woman was examined and rescued in the emergency room. The doctor came out and said to Lin Yao and the police, "The patient is in a coma due to hypoglycemia. Fortunately, she was sent here in time. Just wait for her to wake up."
"Okay, okay, okay." Lin Yao nodded repeatedly, "How long will it take for her to wake up? I want to go eat."
"Usually she will wake up in an hour, unless she hits her head when she falls. Then it depends on her individual condition. Our county hospital is not capable of treating problems on the head." The doctor replied.
"Two police comrades, why don't you notify her family directly." Lin Yao suggested.
The two police officers were pulled out by a kind-hearted old man when they passed by the Public Security Security Office. The old man also left his bicycle in the Public Security Compound.
"This..." The two police officers looked at each other. They didn't know the woman's family situation. But it was not easy to keep Lin Yao, who had done a good deed, since he had already registered, so one of the older male police officers said to Lin Yao, "Why don't you go eat first, and then come to the hospital after dinner."
"Ah? I have to come again." Lin Yao was a little helpless. How could she do a good deed, and there were so many things to do later. "Okay, okay, I got it."
"Thank you for your hard work, comrade Lin Yao." The old police officer continued with a smile, "When the matter is over, we will send you a letter of commendation, and this will be recorded in the file."
"Okay." Lin Yao nodded with a smile.
When Lin Yao came back from dinner, the woman had already woken up, and the police were registering her family situation.
"Okay, then we will go and notify your family." The young police officer closed the registration book and said to the woman.
When he turned around, he saw Lin Yao. The young police officer smiled and said, "Comrade Jiang Hongmei, this is Lin Yao, the educated youth."
"Oh, you are Lin Yao!" Jiang Hongmei, who was lying on the bed, lit up her eyes and wanted to get up from the bed immediately, but was held down by Lin Yao who walked over. "Auntie, you should lie down and rest well. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly."
"Comrade Lin Yao, thank you so much this time!" Jiang Hongmei held Lin Yao's hand tightly, "Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have lost my life."
"Auntie, it's not that exaggerated. That road is not particularly remote. Even if I wasn't there, there were other people to help. And this time, many people helped to send you to the hospital." Lin Yao hurriedly explained.
"No matter what, you are my lifesaver!" Jiang Hongmei said firmly.
"Anyone who saw you would have helped you. I just did a small favor." Lin Yao said with a smile. She only dared to save people in this era. I'm afraid she would have to stay away if she saw it in a few decades.
"Thank you very much..." Jiang Hongmei held Lin Yao's hand tightly, "Lin Yao, educated youth, can I call you Yao girl directly?"
"Of course." Lin Yao nodded.
"Yao girl, which village are you from?" Jiang Hongmei asked.
"From Geda Village, I just came this year." Lin Yao replied directly.
"Then we are really destined to be together. My second sister-in-law's family is from Geda Village." Jiang Hongmei was very surprised.
"It is indeed destined to be together." Lin Yao replied.
Jiang Hongmei asked Lin Yao about this and that, and would talk about her family situation from time to time. Before Jiang Hongmei's family arrived, Lin Yao knew that there were two regular workers in Jiang Hongmei's family and her son was also a temporary worker in the slaughterhouse. She fell this time because her purse had a hole, so when she had hypoglycemia, she failed to replenish sugar in time and fell into a coma.
Jiang Hongmei was very enthusiastic, but Lin Yao was indeed a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, Jiang Hongmei's family arrived at this time.
The fastest to come was her son Mao Guoqiang. It seemed that he ran over. When he arrived at the ward, he was panting.
"Mom! Are you okay? Huhuhuhu..." Mao Guoqiang panted and stared at Jiang Hongmei and asked.
"It's okay, it's okay. Why are you running so fast? Drink some water." Jiang Hongmei looked at her son distressedly, and quickly stood up to hand the cup next to her to Mao Guoqiang.
"How can I not be anxious? The police said you fainted!" Mao Guoqiang was relieved to see that Jiang Hongmei was really fine. He walked up to take the cup and drank all the water in one gulp.
If the police knew what he said, they would definitely feel wronged. He just told Mao Guoqiang about the fainting, and before he finished speaking, Mao Guoqiang turned around and ran. He also rode away the bicycle parked by the police at the factory gate.
"Auntie Jiang, your family is here, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Lin Yao took the opportunity to say goodbye directly.
"Aiya, Yao girl, why don't you stay for a while and come to my house for dinner in the evening. Then I'll ask Guoqiang to take you back to Geda Village by bike." Jiang Hongmei tried to persuade her to stay.
"No, no, I came here with the villagers, they should all be waiting for me." Lin Yao waved her hand, "Next time, next time I come to the county, I'll come to see you, Auntie."
Although this matter delayed her for several hours, Lin Yao was very happy.
So when she left the hospital, she was in a particularly good mood and her steps were very brisk.