After going to the countryside, I can fish as much as I can

Chapter 15 The life of educated youth officially begins
The aroma of sweet potatoes soon wafted out of the pot, and soon the porridge was ready.
The sweet potato porridge with cucumber salad for two people was not bad.

"I have to buy a table and a kang table today, otherwise it will be really inconvenient!"

"That's right. When work is about to start later, we can go to Carpenter Sun's house and ask them to deliver it when they get off work in the afternoon."

When I bought it before, because two people lived in a room, I only bought a table and a kang table. Now of course I have to buy more.

"I also have to buy cupboards for the kitchen. I can't wash the dishes and take them to the room every day!"

"Okay! Well, I think it's like a common item in the kitchen. We can share half of it, how about it?"

"It's fine, as you like."

Zhang Youyou doesn't have much objection to this. Even if the other party doesn't pay for it, she will buy it for her own convenience.

"Let's hurry up and cut the pig grass in the afternoon. After we finish it, I want to go up the mountain to get some firewood. I won't be able to do without this thing in the future. I have to keep it tidy when I have nothing to do. I heard that when I spend the winter here, I won't do it much. It’s going to be hard on some firewood days.”

"Well, let's go together. We'd better put our backpacks on our backs when the time comes. I heard that there are fungi and the like on the mountain. We can also pick some back up and eat them ourselves."

An Le looked in agreement, and she had already imagined that her mother would be happy when she returned home with dried mushrooms.

After the two discussed the afternoon's affairs, Zhang Youyou went back to his room to rest. As for Anle, they had already agreed that one would cook and the other would clean up after the meal.

In fact, Zhang Youyou would rather cook than wash dishes. She is very happy about this.
"Boom~boom~"

"Yuyou, this time I heard the bell ringing for work. Come on, let's go cut the pig grass."

For Anle, the fresh experience period is not over yet, and she is still very active in the task of cutting pigweed.

"Let's go, let's go! Are you in that hurry?"

Anyway, the two of us are not the same, as long as we cut enough pig grass, Zhang Youyou came out of the room and took an apple cut in half.

"Na! There's only one left."

"Apple! Woohoo, I haven't seen this thing for more than a year."

Anle looked at the half apple in front of him with surprise, saliva spread in his mouth, and his expression was a little exaggerated,

"Act! If you are acting, I won't let you eat."

Zhang Youyou’s expression looked like I’ve seen through you.

"No, no! You're kidding."

An Le snatched it over and gave it a "click".
"Your apples are so fresh! Crisp and sweet."

"Of course it's fresh. I bought a few before I went to the countryside. I've never been willing to eat them. If I don't eat them now, I'll be in trouble by then."

The two walked and laughed, and soon came to the mountain. Just like in the morning, there were many people on the mountain, one, three, two on the left, two or three, scattered in every corner of the mountain.

"If we go a little further up the mountain, there should be more hogweed."

"That's okay, let these kids do the peripheral things!"

Anle forgot about his physical strength while talking, and Zhang Youyou didn't remind him.
As the two of them walked and chatted, time passed very quickly.

"So you think that woman is mentally ill! The family is rich and beautiful. Why would you like a rural boy just to listen to his sweet words?"

Anle didn't understand. Of course, what he didn't understand even more was where did Zhang Youyou, a 12-year-old girl, hear so many things about educated youth going to the countryside?

"The life in the countryside is hard! Haven't you experienced it firsthand? For example, you were pampered, but some people raised them more pampered than you. The hardships you endured are not tolerated by others, so you want to find a local If you get married, you can avoid labor."

"These people are really fighting every month and they can't blame others!"

Zhang Youyou was a little afraid that this silly girl would be deceived by someone with just a few words, so she made up a story about the novel she had read before and told it to her.
Anyway, this is just to kill the boredom, but Anle is also obedient, so far he is pretty good.
"Have you forgotten that when we first came here, the educated youth said that we should protect ourselves? There are many people who are in need of wives here. Not to mention those in this village, there are dozens of men chosen by educated youths, and basically all of them are They are young men in their 20s, do you think they don’t want a wife?”

"When you say that, it's true! Fortunately, we moved out."

Anle shuddered when he thought about it. After living with a group of young men for a long time, who knows what will happen?Then he looked at Zhang Youyou with a wicked smile,
"The light has drawn my attention to you. What about your little arms and legs?"

"Haha! I'm only 12 years old this year. Sister, who do you think will hit me?"

Zhang Youyou had an understatement on her face, and then cut a large handful of pigweed with a sickle, not to mention the neatness.

"Uh! Hey, just kidding."

He was also dizzy. He was only 12 years old. When he made this joke to her, Anle laughed twice and quickly pretended that he was very busy and immersed himself in looking for pigweed everywhere.

The two of them were working hard to find pigweed and harvest it. Suddenly, there was a sound of flapping wings in a bush, making both of them pause.

Zhang Youyou's eyes lit up, and he quietly made a shushing gesture to Anle who was standing aside. Anle nodded happily.
"thumping"

A pheasant flapped its wings in the grass. Zhang Youyou seized the opportunity and flew over with a sickle. The pheasant fell down in response.
"Wow you are amazing!"

Anle cheered and ran over to push aside the grass and pick up the pheasant. It felt quite heavy.

As I praised him, I thought of roasted chicken with potatoes.

"Don't make trouble! It's the pheasant that's making such a big noise. I guess its eggs are nearby. Let's look for them."

Zhang Youyou noticed the habits of pheasants, especially egg-laying hens. Once they find danger, they will flap their wings in the other direction of the henhouse, thereby attracting the attention of natural enemies to protect their eggs.

Anle held the chicken in one hand and carefully pushed aside the grass with the other hand. He lowered his head and looked for the chicken's nest everywhere.

Zhang Youyou went over to pick up his sickle, wiped the blood on the sickle with grass leaves, and then started looking for it too.
Soon, Anle discovered the chicken nest about ten meters away from the pheasant.

"There are really eggs, one, two, three...Yuyou has eight eggs in total."

"This egg is not bad in size. I picked it up in my basket. Let's eat the chicken first at night and then the eggs tomorrow."

"But I'm afraid there's a chick inside this egg."

"Don't worry, I have a solution. I heard from my neighbor's aunt before that if you put eggs in water, if they float, you can't eat them. If they sink, they are good."

"It can still be like this! I have learned and learned again."

"I didn't expect that the job of cutting pigweed would have unexpected surprises. I didn't know that I would come here every day, but only once in a while. I wish I could come here three or four times a month."

Anle looked at the pheasant in his hand and said dreamily,

"You haven't woken up from the dream! I see that all the chicken's blood has flowed out. Give it to me quickly. I will pack it up and hide it under the basket. We will go home later and put it away before we go to work."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Not long after, the two of them descended the mountain with loads of wild boar grass on their backs. At this time, Anle was no longer as lively as he had been at the beginning, and his teeth and mouth were all bared along the way.

"Well, this one is qualified today. From now on, we will follow this standard. The first time you carry the basket this morning will be counted as 1 work point for you. You can't do that again in the future!"

Aunt Meihua was joking as she recorded work points for them, which she handed in once every day at the end of work.
After all, someone can turn in the job of cutting pigweed at any time. If everyone goes to find the scorer, then he will be busy to death.
"That's not possible. Don't you understand this morning? Auntie, you should be busy first. I have to go to the mountain to find some firewood, otherwise I won't be able to cook at home."

"Then go ahead! We don't want to cut down the trees directly on this mountain. Instead, we shave off their branches, whether they are thick or thin. We just can't cut down the tree poles. If you catch them, you will be fined. "

"I know, Aunt Meihua, oh, I still have a candy in this bag! Aunt, don't dislike it. Take it home and give it to your grandson to sweeten. You put it in the bag and you will forget about it after a long time."

Zhang Youyou seemed to have just remembered that she took out two orange candies from her clothes bag and handed them over.

"It's normal! Sometimes I forget to put something in my bag and I can't find it, but when I'm doing laundry, it comes out again."

Aunt Meihua was not polite, she just took it and put it in her pocket, and said haha ​​in her mouth,

The three of them chatted for a while before leaving, "I really admire you too. You even bought a woodcutter. When I went to the countryside, I only had some clothes, a bedroll, and snacks to fill my belly."

"I just made some inquiries before I went to the countryside, and bought everything I could. I was afraid of what I would need after I went to the countryside, because it would be too inconvenient if I couldn't buy this or that."

As Zhang Youyou spoke, he cut off a branch with all his strength.
"Be careful! You must pay attention to safety."

The branch fell, and Zhang Youyou turned over to the other side to continue chopping. Anle was far away below, carrying a basket on her back and placing it on the ground not far away. She was now scraping the dead leaves on the ground with a borrowed rake.
This is what Aunt Meihua told them. The dead leaves can be used to make fire when dried.

"Well! Just stay away from me and don't get hit on the head by a falling branch."

The two of them did their own thing, and soon Anle filled a basket full of dried leaves, and Zhang Youyou also chopped a large bundle of firewood.
"How about I drag this back!" An Le felt a little unconfident in his suggestion after seeing such a big bundle. He couldn't let Zhang Youyou take it back!
"Forget it! I'm afraid that if you have the ability to get it back today, you won't be able to go to work tomorrow. Don't worry, you still have the strength."

Zhang Youyou gave her a funny look, why didn't he know what he was doing?After saying that, he pulled the bundle of firewood in front of him and walked down the mountain.
It's not that she can't carry it, but because she doesn't want to be known as a strong man.
Anle saw that she was quite relaxed, so she happily followed behind with her backpack on her back.

In fact, it was not easy for her to carry the basket on her back. The tightly packed leaves, which were said to be dead leaves, were actually dried in the woods, but they were still very moist. She had to dry them in the yard again when she got home. Otherwise, the humidity will be too heavy and the smoke will be too big to ignite.

"Tomorrow let's go to the top of that mountain. That mountain is full of pine trees. The pine needles on the ground make fire better than here. The pine trees have a lot of grease and burn hard."

An Le doesn't matter, I just think you can arrange it anyway, and she doesn't know how to follow it.
After finally walking back home from the mountain, Anle felt that both shoulders were no longer hers. This was because she had put shoulder pads on her shoulders. If she hadn't put them in, she would probably have to shed her skin today.

I have never done any physical labor in my life. Now I am really tired and hungry. I feel so sweaty and uncomfortable.

Zhang Youyou put the firewood in the yard and opened it to dry in the sun. Seeing this, Anle also poured the leaves on the ground, and then spread them with a rake.

"That should be fine!"

"No problem, as long as it doesn't rain at night, it will be dried in two days. Then put it in sacks and put it in the utility room for use in the winter. We will make ten or eight bags throughout the winter, and it should be enough That’s enough!”

Zhang Youyou said appraised in his mind,
"Hey! I never knew life in the countryside was so difficult."

"Haha, where are you? You will be exhausted during the autumn harvest."

"Stop talking, it's still early anyway! I have to boil water and take a bath. It feels so uncomfortable."

An Le said, and went to boil water. He used a small stove to fill a pot of boiling water, and then mixed it with cold water, which was enough for one person.

There is no way to make the pot small, and the stove is small so one person can only do it one by one.

Zhang Youyou didn't care. If she lived alone, she would have gone into the space to take a shower. She simply washed her hands and face and poured the water.

"Is Yoyo at home?"

"Brother Dashan is here, we are all at home!"

"Oh, let me come over and see how your stove is doing. By the way, I can fix your windows that need repairing."

Sun Dashan came in with a basket on his back and a basket in his hand, followed by Sun Xiaoshan

"This is the food my mother brought for you. There is a lot of food at home. You can just bring a basket and pick whatever you want to eat. You're welcome."

As Sun Dashan spoke, he placed the bamboo basket at the door of the courtyard kitchen. In the basket were the tools he would use today.
"Auntie, you're so polite. Thank you for me. Now I'll leave Brother Dashan in trouble. I'll go cook."

"Then go and get busy! There's no need to cook us two brothers. If we don't have much to do today, we can finish it in a while."

Zhang Xiaoshan felt a little anxious when he heard what his eldest brother said, but he also knew that he had eaten enough yesterday, and when he ate, he felt a little thick-skinned.

Last night, the two brothers went back and said in front of their parents that the village chief and his wife were a little greedy. The village chief asked his wife to fry him an egg to eat to satisfy his craving.

"How can that be done? I have been working for so long and can't even get a meal. How can I talk to you in the future? I will trouble you a lot in the future! I'm just going to cook. There's nothing good. I'll just have a meal. .”

When Sun Dashan heard that he thought he had eaten all the little girl's fine food yesterday, he felt embarrassed.

But I thought today would be about stick noodles and the like!I felt relieved. After all, what Zhang Youyou said was right. I just need to help you more in the future.
My eyes caught sight of the firewood drying on the edge of the yard, and I had an idea in my mind.
After hearing this, the two brothers stopped being polite and went into the house to do some work.

Seeing someone coming, of course Anle didn't want to take a shower first, just wash up briefly and help with the cooking.

"Yuyou, what are you going to eat tonight?"

"There are some potatoes. I'll make a pot of seaweed and egg drop soup later. I'm spreading out some pancakes and frying some shredded potatoes."

"Okay, I'll peel the potatoes and shred them."

The two of them divided the labor and worked together to quickly prepare a meal. Of course, Anle could only watch and learn from the experience with his eyes.

"When my flour comes, I'll try it too. It doesn't seem to be very difficult."

"It's not difficult, not difficult at all. Just look at it. Pour the batter into the pot and scrape it with a spatula. It will become a thin pancake. Look at the color changing, it's almost done. Use a spatula to turn it over again, isn't it now fully cooked?"

"It's pretty simple."

Anle nodded matter-of-factly. It was indeed not difficult. It looked quite simple, but he didn't bring up the idea of ​​giving it a try.

White flour is worth its weight in gold!Anyway, it won’t be long before my flour comes. Then I will definitely beat two eggs into it and eat it with Youyou.

Sure enough, it was just as Sun Dashan said. In just over an hour, a layer of bluestone had been laid on the stove, the windows with some problems had been repaired, and the gaps between the chimney and the roof had been filled.

"Brother Dashan and Xiao Shan have been really troubled these past two days. Wash your hands and eat quickly. We can just clean up the rest ourselves."

Zhang Youyou watched the time as she prepared the food, put it on the table, and then went over to call for someone.

"It will be done soon, why do you still need to clean up?"

It can be said that Sun Xiaoshan was the one who started the job. If he didn't do this, he would be embarrassed to pick up the bowl of rice later.
I quickly cleaned up the rest of the house, put my brother's tools into the backpack, and then walked out of the kitchen door.

Put the backpack by the door and carry it when you go back later.
"Xiaoshan is really diligent. Wash your hands quickly and eat. If you don't eat the pancakes spread out, they will get cold in a while."

Anle greeted enthusiastically, and the four people quickly gathered around a table and started eating.
This time, the Sun Dashan brothers did not say any polite words or vernacular. Instead, they chatted about family matters, especially the temperaments of some people in the village.
Which family has nice people, which family has people you can't deal with, whose old woman is shameless and takes advantage, whose new wife is awesome, whose son is sneaking around, who likes to gamble, who is a drunkard, who likes to beat his wife ,Etc., etc.

An Le was stunned for a while, and all he wanted to say in his heart was, Youyou!The story you told me pales in comparison to these people!

It is true that people cannot be judged by appearance, and sea water cannot be measured.The ancients never deceived me!
After the brothers finished eating, they carried their tools and slowly returned home. This time Zhang Xiaoshan also took away the ladder he brought yesterday.

After Zhang Youyou and An Le waited for others to leave, they quickly boiled water to take a bath, and then went to rest separately.

"Dad, what do you think I ate today?"

"Nothing big or small, what do you want to eat?"

The village chief was hit by an angry pot, but his son moved too fast and missed. Sun Xiaoshan's proud smile was slapped away by his mother before long.
"How are you doing for others? Don't be lazy and work day in and day out. It's embarrassing."

"Mom, is this still my mother? How can anyone talk about their own son like that? My eldest brother and I are going to do a good job for them!"

Sun Dashan also nodded to prove that his brother was right, but he did not dare to compete with his parents, so he sat on the edge of the kang honestly.

"Let me tell you, what I ate today was white flour pancakes, they were soft and fragrant!"

Sun Xiaoshan drooled again when he thought about it. The village chief's wife had a look of contempt on her face.

"Looking at your achievements, how come your family doesn't give you food?"

In fact, she didn't feel good about it. White flour pancakes and pure white flour noodles were delicacies that she had never imagined in her dreams.

However, my two sons have a good life, and it is not a loss if they eat.

"From now on, we will take more care of those two little educated youths. Unfortunately, we saw that these two young children went to the countryside. How distressed their parents must be!"

"Tch! That educated youth An's parents feel sorry for her. I also believe that educated youth Zhang really makes people feel distressed. She is only 12 years old. She cooks delicious food, works quickly, and knows a lot, but Wasn't it tempered?

Although there are a few of her age in our village, look at which of them is cleanly dressed. Even if they work every day, at least they should be clean!The clothes were like those from a refugee, and they were almost invisible. "

Sun Dashan talked endlessly as soon as he started talking, and he didn't even notice that his mother's eyes were wrong.

"My girl is only 12 years old. Don't make blind decisions. You will be a generation behind me when you are two or three years older."

"Mom, what are you talking about?"

Sun Dashan was confused when he heard this, and his face turned red after reacting. That was not because he was ashamed, but because he was angry.
"As long as you understand, I'm not afraid of you, I'm wrong!"

The village chief's wife was also a little embarrassed, but how could she say it?He glanced at his son sideways and waved his hands to tell them to get lost.

"I eat good food day by day, and I still have to show off when I come back. Who are you irritating? Go to bed quickly."

The two brothers looked at each other. Come on, this is annoying again. They didn't say any nonsense and went back to their rooms.
Of course Zhang Youyou didn't know about these lawsuits in the village chief's family. She had a good sleep this time.

Now she not only drinks the water in the space, but also bathes in the water inside. Her body and skin are getting better and better.
The quality of my sleep has skyrocketed. I no longer remember that I couldn't fall asleep before, or my sleep was very light and I woke up easily.

""

　I found that some book friends were still reading novels at four o'clock in the morning. I don't know if they got up at that time or if they were still awake at that time?
　　It's really admirable
　　
　
(End of this chapter)