Chapter 6 Resentment
Jiang Nuan and Su Xiaoyue followed Li Hongying into an alley not far from the post office, and after turning a few corners, they saw the black market of this era.
There are more vendors in the black market than expected, and the people buying and selling almost fill the entire narrow alley, just like a small farmers market.
It is still in a special period. Although the situation and the management at the top have been loosened recently, there is still a risk of being caught and convicted of speculative crimes. At this time, people are very contemptuous of these small traders and hawkers.
However, there are still many people who are daring and have access to goods to take the opportunity to go to the black market.
Jiang Nuan watched every trader hide their appearance, or wear a headscarf, or make their faces black like a layer of mud, so as not to be reported by selfish people.
There are all kinds of things to sell in front of their feet, including livestock, flour and rice, vegetables, fish, eggs, and meat, which are more complete and more than those sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives.
And there are a lot of people who come here to buy. After all, the goods in the supply and marketing cooperative must be rationed by tickets, and the black market is a free market, and almost no tickets are needed, but correspondingly, the price will be much higher than outside.
Jiang Nuan saw many figures walking in the narrow alley wearing dark blue overalls.
In this era, people who wear such work clothes are the sweet pastries and iron rice bowls in the eyes of other people, and their income is definitely not bad. Such people will also have a stronger need for material life.
Jiang Nuan thought about the fruits and vegetables in the space, not to mention the shortage of supplies in this era, just based on the quality of the fruits and vegetables in the space, she should not worry about the lack of sales, and she will have to find opportunities to sell them in the future.
Now she is too poor, she has to earn a fortune before the college entrance examination, so as to prepare for life after returning to the city.
She pursed her lips and sighed resentfully in her heart. She didn't expect that the second generation before she wore it would fall into the time of careful planning for her future life.
She felt that her whole person had been sublimated.
"Nuan Nuan, the uncle is selling meat over there. Let's go after buying it. I don't know if someone will come to crack down." Su Xiaoyue tugged at the hem of her clothes beside her, and looked around anxiously with her round eyes. , Fearing that there will be a crackdown on speculation, the team will be raided.
Jiang Nuan and Li Hongying also felt that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time. After all, no one knew what kind of wind would blow the hard-hitting team.
"Hey, girl, come and buy meat. I got the meat right now. The meat is fresh and delicious. It's the best!" The uncle who sold meat looked at the well-dressed people and greeted them warmly.
"Big brother, how do you sell this meat?" Li Hongying glanced at the meat in the basket, her eyes lit up.
"No ticket, 9 cents per pound."
"Then give me a pound of this piece of meat." Li Hongying pointed to the fat piece of meat underneath, gritted her teeth, and said. She was a little bit hurt. After all, it was two cents more expensive than outside, and she could almost buy a pound of Fuqiang powder.
Su Xiaoyue also bought a pound. Her family was wealthy, her parents and brothers at home had jobs in the city, she was the youngest in the family, and her parents gave her a lot of money tickets because they felt bad for her to go to the countryside, enough for her to stay in the country. Living here is more moisturizing.
In addition to buying a pound of fat and thin pork, Jiang Nuan also bought two pieces of pig's trotters, which cost a total of one yuan. Pig's trotters were not very popular in this era, so they only sold them for 20 cents a pound, which made her happy. .
Lin Hongying also thinks that Jiang Nuan is a prostitute. When buying meat, you must buy fat ones, and it's all thanks to buying thin ones!
Jiang Nuan looked at the two pieces of pig's trotters happily, knowing that pig's trotters are rich in collagen protein, and their fat content is lower than that of fatty meat. They also have the effect of beauty, beauty and growth and development. They are called by people in later generations. Beauty food is welcome.
She also likes to eat pig's trotters. She has tried many ways to make pig's trotters before, and she also specially asked some masters how to make pig's trotters more delicious.
Several ways of pig trotters flashed in her mind, braised, marinated, stewed, the smooth and delicious, fat but not greasy soft waxy, after eating, the lips and teeth are fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless.
Woohoo~ she's so hungry! Can't wait to eat delicious big pig's trotters right away!
After buying the meat, they turned away from the alley.
At the corner that was about to turn, Jiang Nuan glanced aside.
I happened to see Zhang Xin who was walking into the black market with a basket on the other side, although she covered her face with a cloth and only showed her eyes.
Jiang Nuan recognized it at a glance. She was very good at recognizing people. Before, her roommate's boyfriend invited them to eat in the dormitory. A few months later, she recognized her roommate's boyfriend with a back image and witnessed the scene of her roommate's boyfriend cheating on her. .
Can her good sister be your scumbag? !
At that time, she immediately called a few friends to go up and give him a fat beating!
Afterwards, she was called by her roommate Rong as a new star with bright eyes and sharp eyes!
Jiang Nuan thought that the heroine should be here to sell things. As expected of the heroine, she has leverage.
In the narrow alley, Zhang Xin came to sell the shortbread he made early this morning.
After being reborn, besides marrying Zhao Zhenyang, her biggest thing is to make money. Relying on her past work as a part-time worker, she secretly learned a lot of cooking skills when she worked as a cook in the kitchen.
She took this opportunity to make some food and sell it on the black market, and now her cakes have been sold on the black market for a while.
She is very confident that it is not bad for people to eat enough in this era, and people who can buy cakes and snacks are not short of money for this.
At first, she only made some simple and easy-to-make cakes, such as carrot cake and mung bean cake. The sales were good at first, but gradually fewer and fewer people bought it.
Because this kind of thing is simple, easy to make and low cost, some people follow suit in the black market, and 70% of the customers are separated.
She was very angry. The next day she made some other rare pastries here. Although the time cost is higher than simple pastries, the profit is also much higher, and the sales volume is still high, and the source of customers has returned to the past. appearance.
There were fewer and fewer customers at other pastry stalls. She was a little relieved, and gave a provocative look at the fat lady at the pastry stall next door. The aunt's blushing face was like a fried grasshopper, and she felt very happy before she dared to make a sound.
Who made her dare to learn her own? Overcome!
Today, she deliberately looked next door, and didn't see the fat old lady selling the stall. She was a little regretful, and she still wanted to fight with her.
"How do you sell this?"
Zhang Xin greeted warmly when she heard the question: "Seven cents a pound, how many pounds do you think it takes?"
"Oh? Why is it so expensive? Is it delicious? It looks pretty good. It should be delicious, right?" The man didn't look at the shortbread, he looked at Zhang Xin ambiguous and explicit.
Zhang Xin looked at the man's sharp-nosed monkey cheeks, and instantly remembered the previous encounter, unable to control the trembling of his whole body.
The man's dirty hand reached out, trying to hold her.
Zhang Xin threw the basket and the shortbread on the face of the man with the sharp-nosed monkey's cheeks. The moment the man was hit by the basket and covered his face with pain, Zhang Xin spread his legs and ran.
After making sure that no one was chasing after her, she leaned against the wall exhausted and panted, and felt extremely resentful in her heart.
Thinking of the man with the sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks just now, I suddenly remembered the vicious look in the fat aunt's eyes when she looked at her, and her eyes were suddenly filled with poison.
They will definitely pay for it!
Chapter 7 Hotel Encounter
The three of Jiang Nuan went out of the alley and then entered the department store in this county.
The goods in the building are much richer than those of the supply and marketing cooperative. On the first floor, there are more necessities of life, which are placed in the kitchen cabinets of several glass cabinet groups.
The second floor sells large items such as bicycles and sewing machines.
At this time, it was the morning market, and many people stretched their necks and looked in front of the cabinet.
"Comrade, comrade, help me get this piece of fabric." The aunt shouted to the salesmen who were sitting on the stool in the cabinet and chatting with melon seeds together.
The salespeople didn't lift their eyelids. Of course it wasn't that he didn't hear it, he just didn't want to pay attention.
"Comrade! I want to buy this piece of fabric!" The old lady shouted in a different way.
At this time, a salesperson with curly hair and a forehead exposed lazily sat up on the stool, frowned and said impatiently, "Two yuan, two, five city-feet tickets." The
aunt heard the price. Her expression was a little hesitant. In the eyes of the salesperson, she was a poor ghost who couldn't afford it. She pulled her throat and said in a disdainful tone, "If you can't afford it, don't make a fuss. It's disgusting!" She took it out from the cabinet. put the fabric back.
The aunt was obviously accustomed to the salesperson's arrogant attitude, licking her smiling face: "I'll buy it, I'll buy it, please help me wrap it up." The aunt took out the money and cloth ticket and handed it over with both hands.
The sales clerk tore the ticket away with force, counted it, and then gave the cloth to the aunt and sat back to chat, completely ignoring other customers.
Jiang Nuan was dumbfounded watching from the side. Are all the salespeople so cow these days? This will be fired by the boss in future generations, and don't want to be in this industry in the future.
I heard that the sales clerks working in department stores are more popular than civil servants in this era.
After all, materials are scarce in this era, and salespeople can buy some scarce items. It is not difficult to understand why the salespeople here have such a strong sense of superiority. Although the salary is not high and the temper is bad, the status of the people is high, and there is no shortage of people to flatter. please.
Li Hongying also shouted several times like the aunt in front and took out the prepared money, and the salesperson was willing to answer.
With this attitude, Jiang Nuan has no desire to shop at all, and the experience is very different!
Su Xiaonuan was also frightened by this posture, why are the salespeople in the county more arrogant than those in the city.
After Li Hongying finished buying Pechoin, the three of them left.
Jiang Nuan looked at the old brand of skin care products that was very popular in this era. Dark blue and pale yellow, with a few sparrows printed on them, stood on the branches and sang happily. This brand of cream has not disappeared until later generations.
It was now lunch time, and Jiang Nuan saw that many people came in and out of the state-run hotel in front of him one after another.
She drank a bottle of milk and ate some bread on the bed in secret in the morning, and now she has finished digesting, and there is a gurgling sound from time to time in her stomach.
The three of them looked at each other with a consonance, let's go!
The attitude of the waitress in the state-run hotel is much better than that of the department store. Although it is still a bit high and unpleasant, there is no way to do it. This is a common phenomenon in this era.
Jiang Nuan and Su Xiaoyue each ordered a bowl of beef noodles, and Li Hongying ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodle soup today because it was too expensive.
The chefs in the restaurant are very efficient, and the noodles that are ordered are served quickly.
Jiang Nuan looked at the steaming bowl of beef noodles in front of her, and the aroma was overflowing with the beef noodles on the surface. She had to sigh that the amount was too much!
She couldn't wait to taste it, the noodles were very firm, the slightly hot temperature and the thick broth burst out on her taste buds, she was a little surprised, this is quite a level!
Jiang Nuan couldn't help laughing when he saw the two little friends who were concentrating on eating happily.
Suddenly I remembered that joke: The dry man, the dry soul, and the dry man are all people!
Jiang Nuan, who was about to bow his head to cook, saw a green figure sitting diagonally across from him.
At this time, Jiang Nuan was sitting in this seat, and he could see clearly the brother soldier in the green uniform on the opposite side!
Jiang Nuan's eyes are straight!
Isn't this soldier brother the one I met at the post office not long ago? !
Although he only saw the back at the time, Jiang Nuan was very sure that it was him!
This figure is so good that I can't pick out a single flaw, with wide shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and even the line from neck to shoulder is beautiful! This body is killing her.
She thought that this soldier brother could only see his figure.
Unexpectedly, she was slapped in the face.
Brother Bing not only has a stature, but more importantly, he also has a face!
A cold and handsome face, with sharp jaws, crisp short hair, and clear eyebrows. The appearance of this soldier's brother is also too strong. This face is completely based on her aesthetics. It is very enjoyable for her to look at the appearance association!
The other party seemed to sense Jiang Nuan's direct gaze, he raised his eyes a little, and their gazes inevitably met each other.
It's a little embarrassing to be caught suddenly, but Jiang Nuan smiled at the other party generously. As long as she is not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed!
Jiang Nuan saw Brother Bing's brows wrinkled, and avoided the eyes of Jiang Nuan.
Jiang Nuan's good mood when he saw the handsome guy was dampened a lot by the cold eyes of brother Bing.
At this time, there was a companion who seemed to be his companion sitting across from Brother Bing.
She also withdrew her gaze and ate the noodles at ease.
After eating the noodles, Jiang Nuan and his party left in a hurry, and they had to catch the tractor!
Before leaving, Jiang Nuan glanced at brother Bing again. This face is worth looking at, otherwise it will be a loss. I don't know if I will have the chance to meet other handsome little brothers in the future!
For some reason, the soldier's brother's reaction was so sensitive, and she was caught again! The eyes of the two met again.
"Nuan Nuan, what are you doing there, hurry up, or it will be too late!" Jiang Nuan quickly looked away and let Li Hongying drag her away.
"Xu Yan, what are you looking at?" Li Minghua picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth. He looked up and found that Xu Yan was looking behind him. He turned around and glanced back. He was a little puzzled, still chewing the meat in his mouth and asked Xu Yan vaguely.
"It's nothing." Xu Yan calmly retracted his gaze and continued to eat.
"Hey, how long does your old man want you to stay here? When will you turn back?" Li Minghua was a little puzzled, obviously he could stay in the city's troops comfortably, but his old man wanted him to stay here. , it's been 2 years.
"It's coming soon." Xu Yan replied in a flat tone. He didn't think there was anything bad here. It was just training, it was just a different place. For him, it was the same everywhere.
"Did you take that letter from your father? It was sent two days ago." Li Minghua saw it quietly when he went to pick up the mail two days ago. He wanted to help him get it, but he didn't have much time to go to him. The unit he was in didn't take it for him.
The two of them are high school classmates or at the same table, but Li Minghua and Xu Yan have only been classmates for one semester. Although he is enthusiastic, he can't handle Xu Yan's cold temper, so the two usually don't have much interaction. Go to the army.
I only met in this place two years ago. Li Minghua is familiar with each other, and the two became friends after chatting.
Xu Yan thought of the letter he had just received at the post office, his eyebrows wrinkled slightly. The content of the letter sent by the old man was almost the same as usual, but at the end he specially asked him to help take good care of his old friend's granddaughter. In the letter, the old man roughly explained Take a look at the situation.
To put it simply, it was a little girl who got angry with her family, and signed up for the movement to the countryside. The place of going to the countryside happened to be very close to where his troops were, so let him visit her when he had time, take care of the relationship, and by the way. Send a letter back to reassure the old man's old friend.
Is he a tool man? He didn't like this troublesome thing a bit, but he didn't have a choice, otherwise the old man would definitely think of a way to toss him!
In fact, he had a little impression of the old man's old friend's girl. In his impression, the little girl was quite quiet, not as charming as the letter said. The change was quite big.
He remembered the girl who had been staring at him just now, and gradually merged with the little girl in his mind. Could that girl be Jiang Nuan?
It's a lot more daring, this little girl didn't dare to look at him when she was a child. Now I dare to stare at him.
Chapter 8 Borrowing and not returning it, it will be difficult to borrow
Jiang Nuan and the others rushed to the place where they got off the bus this morning. The tractor had already arrived, and the educated youth and villagers in the village were getting on the bus one by one.
Jiang Nuan successfully got into the car, and she rolled her eyes around the car. Everyone was carrying the things they bought in the county seat, and their faces were beaming.
She didn't see Zhang Xin in the car, until the tractor suddenly stopped, and Zhang Xin didn't come.
When she returned to the village, her whole body was about to fall apart. She really felt that her body had been hollowed out on the way back and forth, and she felt tired and didn't love it!
She especially misses the smooth roads and convenient transportation in later generations!
On the way back to the educated youth point, the sun sets, and the entire village is shrouded in dusk, shaking off the whole golden color.
Jiang Nuan looked at the grandeur and gentleness of the evening sunset, and suddenly felt that life here was not as unbearable as she thought, just like walking slowly on the village trail, chatting with her companions from time to time, and occasionally encountering villagers passing by on the road. , greeted each other warmly, and she felt that such a humane and simple environment was really good.
Everyone has returned to the educated youth point, and dinner can already be prepared at this time.
Because there will be quite a few educated youths who will buy meat and vegetables to fight their teeth, so today we decided not to eat collective meals together, and we all do our own thing.
Usually, the educated youth will give their rations to the educated youth who are responsible for cooking. Each educated youth is responsible for cooking for a week, regardless of gender, and takes turns to cook.
The educated youth had only a pot and a stove in the kitchen, so Jiang Nuan went back to the dormitory to rest in no hurry.
In the dormitory, Lin Xiang and Jiang Xiuxia both mended clothes on their beds, and neither of them went to the county seat.
Jiang Nuan greeted them, and Gu Xiang replied calmly, then lowered his head and continued to sew the clothes on his hands.
Only Jiang Xiuxia stared straight at the piece of meat she was holding, and walked towards Jiang Nuan, she couldn't help swallowing, and said to Jiang Nuan in a flattering tone: "Jiang Nuan Educated youth, can you lend me some meat, and I will return it to you when the brigade sends out the food stamp?"
Jiang Nuan listened to such direct words, and then looked at her undisguised greedy expression, Jiang Nuan felt a little uneasy. too comfortable. Her first reaction was that she didn't want to borrow it, it wasn't that she was cheating, it was mainly borrowing this kind of thing, there was a second and third time after the first time. Everyone suffers in this era, and she is not a virgin. Besides, she has only just arrived at the educated youth point for two days, and she does not know how Jiang Xiuxia's character is. In addition, meat is expensive here, and poor people don't have the opportunity to eat meat twice a year.
Jiang Nuan just wanted to open her mouth to reject her, but was interrupted by Li Hongying who suddenly came in.
Li Hongying fired angrily at Jiang Xiuxia: "Didn't the brigade just send out money and food stamps two days ago? Are you going to spend the land? You won't send it home again, will you? What's the matter? You still want to borrow it? Isn't it just free food? I didn't expect to hear Jiang Xiuxia's shameless remarks as soon as I stepped in the door. Who knows her character. It's a good thing to say when she borrows it. The point is that she has no loan at all, and she is an old lame.
The educated youths who were educated youths in the past saw that they were all people living under the same roof. They looked up and saw them, and they saw that she sent all the money and food home, and they really couldn't live without food and money. Under the circumstances, they all lent her some food or money.
I didn't expect Jiang Xiuxia to never pay it back. At first, I thought she was pitiful and her life was so hard. She still sent things home in a hurry. They lent her in sympathy. It's not that she doesn't want to pay it back, it's just that she sent it home, and every time she said the same thing, the educated youths were really tired of hearing it. The thought that she was pitiful before was really ridiculous, she obviously deserved it and gave up her mind. Send all the money and food to her home. Except for the letter asking for money every month, they have never seen anyone from their home send her anything.
The educated youths also persuaded her. As always, she did not change anything. They all felt that her kindness was really being fed to the dog. After that, the educated youths never borrowed anything from her.
Later, Jiang Xiuxia should have found out that all the educated youths refused to lend her things. She felt aggrieved and angry. Every time she looked at the educated youths viciously, she was really a big white eyed wolf.
The educated youths regarded her as transparent and ignored her at all. After a while, she stopped by herself and would not ask the educated youth to borrow anything, but she would still send money and food home, but she was able to maintain her own life. Send money home on demand.
Jiang Xiuxia's expression froze instantly. She looked at Li Hongying's eyes as if her eyes were suddenly filled with poison, and said gloomily: "I'm talking to Jiang Zhiqing, why don't you mind your own business, you bastard!"
Li Hongying was disgusted by Jiang Xiuxia's words Her face flushed with anger, she held her head high, and responded aggressively: "What kind of disgusting words are these, I'm about to spit out the meal overnight! You dead white-eyed wolf, dead bastard! I said what I said. Isn't it right? We borrowed things without returning them. Count how many times you asked us to borrow them! Have you ever paid them back?! No! Not even once! You still want to borrow from Jiang Nuan! You stinking person, Don't try to lie to others!"
Jiang Xiuxia's face was as ugly as eating poop, her already thin cheeks were sunken, and her long bangs covered a little of her eyes, she stared at Li Hongying, like a woman in a horror movie It's scary like a ghost.
Li Hongying didn't care what she looked like, she came over and took Jiang Nuan's hand out, Jiang Xiuxia was so disgusting.
Jiang Nuan felt that Jiang Xiuxia's eyes had been staring at them fiercely, as if she was being stared at by a poisonous snake, and she felt hairy behind her.
She felt that her previous thoughts were too naive, thinking that everyone in this era is simple and kind, but she was wrong, this era is too difficult, whether it is an educated youth or a villager, everyone has their own selfishness, especially when they are their own When interests are threatened, it is unpredictable what bad things will happen.
The only thing to do is to be more cautious, so as not to be stared at, which will be miserable.
Li Hongying took Jiang Nuan out of the educated youth point, found a hidden place, and talked about Jiang Xiuxia in general. He also carefully told Jiang Nuan to ignore her in the future, so as not to be deceived by her.
After hearing Jiang Xiuxia's situation, she clicked her tongue, why is this person so strange, lending her is a love, not borrowing is a duty. , other people's money is not blown by the wind, Jiang Xiuxia's moral kidnapping skills are really astounding.
Sending letters from home is asking for money. What kind of ghost family is this? They say that the debts are almost repaid. She really can't understand why she is so difficult. It's not necessary for Cheng to be like this. This family treats Jiang Xiuxia like this, and it doesn't look like someone who will help her, but they don't know the reason.
After watching Li Hongying talk about Jiang Xiuxia's story, Jiang Nuan was amused by the look on her face that she was worried that she would be deceived.
lie to her? This is impossible, and the people who will pay her revenge will never suffer.
Even so, Jiang Nuan was warmed by Li Hongying's concerned look, she nodded obediently, and kept saying that she knew.
Going back to the educated youth point, the other educated youths have already prepared their meals, and they are eating today's sumptuous meals with their rice in the door. Although it is only some meat, to them, it is the delicacies of mountains and seas.
Jiang Nuan watched the educated youths enjoying their food, she felt that she would be hungry. She suggested to Li Hongying whether to help her make one piece, anyway, she also made braised pork, just to save time.
Li Hongying's expression is a bit difficult to express, and the words are hard to say in her heart. Li Hongying doesn't look like Jiang Nuan can cook, her hands are white and tender, like a delicate lady whose hands do not touch the spring water. But helplessly, she is an appearance association, looking at Jiang Nuan's delicate smiling face and her bright eyes when looking at her, she really can't say anything to refuse.
She nodded helplessly.
Jiang Nuan looked at Li Hongying's expression of disbelief that she could cook, which was a small blow. She herself expressed dissatisfaction. Does she look like a beautiful woman who can cook? The chef has approved it.
"Let me tell you, my cooking is delicious, I promise you want to eat it again, then don't let me cook it for you!"
Seeing Jiang Nuan's arrogant expression, Li Hongying was embarrassed Impolitely smiled at Jiang Nuan, but she felt that Jiang Nuan was bragging, but she still didn't quite believe it.
Jiang Nuan sees it, so don't talk nonsense, just do it!
She entered the kitchen, and Li Hongying helped her make the fire. She put the cooking wine and spices secretly taken out from the space on the edge of the stove.
Li Hongying looked at the pile of condiments. Some of them didn't know her yet. She clicked her tongue. She was looking forward to it.
Li Hongying looked at Jiang Nuan's skillful and neat movements, and slowly widened her eyes, this is too amazing!
Jiang Nuan first cut the pork belly into small pieces, then added cooking wine to a pot under cold water until it boiled and simmered. Then pour the water in the pot and wipe it dry, put an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water in the pot and boil it until jujube red, add boiling water and then put it up, put the pork belly in the pot and stir it out of oil, add star anise, cinnamon and other seasonings, Stir-fry until browned, pour in the jujube-red sugar water at the beginning, then cover with a lid and simmer.
The pot on the stove gradually emits a strong aroma, which fills the entire kitchen.
The educated youth outside smelled the fragrant meat fragrance, and just swallowed a few mouthfuls of water from this domineering fragrance, they suddenly felt that the meat in their bowls was no longer fragrant.
The educated youths stood up and walked into the kitchen one after another, seeing Jiang Nuan's wave of cooking operations, all of them were so wide-eyed by Jiang Nuanxiu.
Zhao stretched his neck forward and looked into the pot. He saw pieces of bright red meat, and he was so greedy that he desperately swallowed. He said eagerly: "Jiang Nuan, the meat you made is so fragrant that I can't even eat rice." His tone was a little pitiful.
"Yes! Nuan Nuan, this fragrance is too domineering, you are amazing!" Su Xiaoyue sniffed hard like a greedy cat.
Everyone was embarrassed to tell Jiang Nuan to cook and share them, so everyone ate their own rice with this smell, and it felt a lot more fragrant than usual.
Li Hongying looked at everyone's slanderous expressions, and she couldn't straighten her waist when she laughed. All the educated youths praised her with big white eyes!
The time for the meat to be simmered in the pot is up, Jiang Nuan poured the meat out, and Zhao Xiangqian also asked Jiang Nuan if he could give him some of the juice in the pot. If he can't eat the meat, the juice is not bad!
Jiang Nuan couldn't help laughing at the eager faces of everyone holding the bowl.
She secretly gave Li Hongying a wink, and Li Hongying nodded with a smile.
Jiang Nuan put a piece of braised pork for everyone in the bowls of the educated youth, and added a tablespoon of juice.
Everyone's eyes lit up, they thanked them one after another, and then carefully put the meat into their mouths. Everyone snorted and ate the mouthful of fragrance, this taste will be unforgettable for a lifetime!
Looking at the expressions everyone enjoyed, Jiang Nuan knew that his craftsmanship was still good! Jiang Nuan watched them eat with satisfaction, and she was also very satisfied in her heart.
She put a piece of braised pork in her mouth, woo woo woo, it's really delicious! Sure enough, the food is the most soothing!
Li Hongying has been deeply impressed by Jiang Nuan's craftsmanship. She enjoys it with chopsticks, and the steamed bread is full of oil, so delicious that she can't stop! She has never eaten such a delicious meal!
Chapter 9 Double Robbery
The educated youths who are educated youth have been impressed by Jiang Nuan's craftsmanship since they ate the piece of braised pork given by Jiang Nuan.
When it was Jiang Nuan's turn to cook, everyone was smiling. Even if there is no meat dish, the usual ordinary dishes become delicious and delicious through her hands, and she will become less tiring when she has the expectation of eating at work.
But more bitter and tiring days awaited them, when they were so tired that they might not be able to lift their arms to eat.
Several days have passed in August, and now it has entered the dog days. The weather is stuffy and hot, like a big steamer. Since there is no fan, I use a palm fan to fan it. Every time Jiang Nuan wakes up, he sweats profusely. It just killed her!
In this kind of ghost weather, the captain beat the gong and whistled and called the whole production team to hold a mobilization meeting in the open space in front of the village ancestral hall, leading everyone to shout slogans and boost morale:
"Fight the sky, fight the earth, Fight with yourself! One is not afraid of hardship! Two is not afraid of death!"
"I work and I am honored!" "
Unity is strength! The power of the people is greater than the sky!
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See you in the afternoon!"
Everyone raised their heads, blushing and shouting vigorously, the voice was deafening, resounding through the sky, the scene was extremely spectacular, Jiang Nuan suddenly felt a very tragic feeling, she was deeply infected and followed them with them call.
In this age of food scarcity, Shuang Gun can't stand a little risk, otherwise in addition to failing to meet the target, the survival of the villagers will be difficult to maintain.
This is related to Qingshui Village's one-year ration, and no one can take it lightly, and all have to work hard.
It can be said that the double snatch is a battle, so the whole commune must be on guard.
Double robbing means rushing to harvest early rice and rush to plant late rice. The time is tight and only 20 days are needed. In these 20 days, the double robbing of rushing to harvesting and rushing to planting must be completed.
This is a life-and-death battle with the weather and farming.
There are no harvesters in the village, and all farm work is done manually.
The female comrades were assigned the task of cutting the rice, while the male comrades moved the rice to the rice threshing machine to thresh the rice.
Life was tiring, hard, and mechanical. It was a hot and stuffy day. Everywhere, men could be seen shirtless and sweat dripping down like rain.
Jiang Nuan went down to the fields to cut rice with many women. For this reason, she was fully armed. She covered her whole body except her eyes and put on sunscreen.
Seeing her fight, Li Hongying twitched the corners of her mouth: "Aren't you afraid of being suffocated?"
"I'd rather be dizzy than get a tan! The sun is so strong, if you don't get sun protection, your skin will definitely be peeled off, and your skin will suffer a lot. Ah!" Jiang Nuan also wanted to faint, she really resisted going out in this weather, let alone working in the sun, she was very depressed but she had to do it.
"There is no Miss Jiao's life, but Miss Jiao's disease!" Yang Ailian pouted, showing a disdainful expression.
Jiang Nuan heard this, but she ignored it. The more you pay attention to this kind of person, the more entangled she will be.
Yang Ailian saw that no one was answering her, her face was a little ugly, and she cut a handful of rice with the sickle in her hand as if venting her anger.
Jiang Nuan followed the example of others and stooped down to cut it up. Her body was malnourished for a long time. Although she had made up for it for a while, she still couldn't stand the consumption.
Why did she have such a miserable life? She had a good life in the next life. She didn't have to worry about food, clothing, or work. Every day she went to school happily and went to school with her little sisters to gossip and watch handsome guys. Why wear this? Ghost age! The more she thought about it, the more wronged she became. When she thought of a car accident, it was better to let her hang up directly!
Her nose was sore and her eyes were full of tears. She tried her best to hold back her tears. Then she raised her head and glanced. Everyone around was working hard, sweat dripping down, some elderly. The old man was still cutting, and she suddenly didn't want to complain, wasn't it just work? Then do it, she doesn't believe that she will fall!
Her whole back was scorched by the scorching sun, her whole body was dripping with sweat, her head was dizzy, as if she was about to faint, and her hands were still cutting.
Fortunately, this part of the body is not bad, otherwise I would have fainted. During this period of double robbing, she has to work hard to make up! Otherwise, you will really be hollowed out by this double grab.
The radio speakers in the village played the songs of this era, the villagers shouted their horns to work, and the whole village threw themselves into this hard double fight!
Usually men's centimeters are about seven or eight centimeters a day. Only very capable men can get ten centimeters, women generally get five centimeters a day, and only top-notch women can get seven or eight centimeters.
During the double robbery period, everyone's centimeter is twice as much as usual, and the production team in the village will provide free big pot rice.
Therefore, all the people who could work in the whole village came, and even the children who went to school even took a leave of absence and came back to grab the money, and the whole family went out to earn centimeters.
The whistle blew at noon, and the whistle was harsh, but in Jiang Nuan's ears, the whistle sounded like the sound of heaven.
She put down the sickle, wiped the sweat with a handkerchief, and looked for Su Xiaoyue and Li Hongying with her eyes.
She saw Su Xiaoyuechao walking towards her, her whole face flushed from the sun, her hair soaked with sweat, her head drooping weakly, pitifully.
The same is the end of the world reduced people ah!
She hurriedly walked over to help her, and then heard Li Hongying shouting to them from the field edge full of anger.
When they walked to Li Hongying's side, Jiang Nuan admired Li Hongying's energetic look, "Sister Hongying, why don't you look tired?"
"It's good to get used to it. Back then, it was much harder than it is now. If you endure it, you will get through it." Li Hongying sighed with emotion. Time really flies by so fast, thinking that she was a little girl back then.
Jiang Nuan felt Li Hongying's expression suddenly sinking, which might have made her think of something sad.
Jiang Nuan quickly changed the subject: "I'm starving to death, I don't know what's delicious in the cafeteria."
"I don't know if there's any meat?" Su Xiaoyue touched her groaning stomach, she really wanted to eat meat!
"I heard that there is pork stewed vermicelli in the cafeteria today! It's the dish made by Zhao Zhenyang's wife." When it came to eating, Li Hongying raised some spirits.
Jiang Nuan remembered that Zhang Xin was a cook in her previous life, so she should be good at craftsmanship, but she didn't expect Zhang Xinshuang to work in the fields.
When I went to the cafeteria, it was crowded with people, every face had a big smile, and there was meat to eat, isn't it like a New Year's Eve?
Jiang Nuan and the others lined up along the line, and saw Zhang Xin in front of him talking and laughing cooking food for the villagers. He seemed to be praised by his aunts and became jealous, and his vivid expression frequently attracted the attention of men.
Jiang Nuan couldn't help but sigh that the heroine is so charming!
In fact, Jiang Nuan didn't notice that the eyes of the young guys around him seemed to be on Jiang Nuan's body, staring at her face all the time.
Su Xiaoyue and Li Hongying glanced at each other secretly, and smiled knowingly.
When the meal was finished, whether it was intentional or not, Zhang Xin called Jiang Nuan with significantly less meat than the others.
Li Hongying looked at the little bit of meat in Jiang Nuan's enamel bowl and was a little angry. She was just about to go up to the theory, but Jiang Nuan pulled her back. Jiang Nuan winked at her and shook her head.
She was still annoyed, staring at Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin's face was like this, how arrogant you want to be, she is annoyed when she looks at it!
Jiang Nuan met Zhang Xin's smiling eyes, she was a little fascinated, maybe she thought too much, she shouldn't have done it on purpose, but why does it feel like Zhang Xin is hiding a knife in his smile! She can't figure out that she hasn't said a word to Zhang Xin yet, has she? Why did you offend her?
During the meal, Li Hongying and the others specifically asked her if she had a conflict with Zhang Xin, otherwise how would they target her. She doesn't know either, maybe the aura is out of whack?
A woman's heart has a needle in the bottom of the sea, but she doesn't understand it. No matter what, let's be safe as soon as it comes. If she dares to do it, she is not a soft persimmon.
The afternoon was more difficult than the morning. Jiang Nuan and Gu Xiang were assigned to a higher and farther field to cut rice.
The field is not big, so it's just the two of them.
Gu Xiang has a cold temper and doesn't like to talk at the educated youth point. He usually doesn't pay much attention to other people's affairs. Jiang Nuan and her have never spoken much, so they both cut rice quietly and do not disturb each other.
Jiang Nuan was cutting rice, and Yu Guang saw Gu Xiang collapsed. Jiang Nuan rushed over and saw that Gu Xiang's face was pale and pale. She was taken aback. At this time, it was too far from the main force. , and the radio was playing a song, and no one could hear her shouting at all.
She guessed that Gu Xiang might be suffering from heat stroke. She couldn't have run away and asked people to let Gu Xiang lie here and be exposed to the sun.
She tried her best to move Gu Xiang to the shade of a tree not far away, took off Gu Xiang's hat and scarf, unbuttoned her collar, and took a bottle of ice water from the space, while the towel was covered with ice. The water soaked and wiped the position of her head and armpits, while she vigorously fanned her hat.
After more than ten minutes, Gu Xiang's eyelids moved, Jiang Nuan watched her wake up without blinking, Jiang Nuan patted her nervously pounding heart, and she followed the school's safety rules before. It was taught to do during the education drill. It was the first time I experienced it myself, and the ghost knew how flustered and scared she was! Fortunately, Gu Xiang didn't have any major problems.
She said to Gu Xiang with lingering fears: "You just fainted, it must have been a heat stroke, I was scared to death, and this is so biased, how thrilling! Fortunately, you are all right!"
Gu Xiang looked at the girl dripping with sweat, her flushed face was chattering about what happened just now, her heart was swelled with warmth, her nose was a little sore, and she thanked Jiang Nuan softly.
"What's the matter, you'll be fine, now that the labor intensity is so high, you have to pay attention to your body, don't be exhausted, you will be the one who will suffer, by the way, you should drink this Huoxiangzhengqi water soon. It's hot." Jiang Nuan brought the potion to Gu Xiang's mouth.
Gu Xiang was not used to being cared for so closely, she just wanted to raise her hand and bring the potion to drink by herself, but she didn't refuse when she saw Jiang Nuan's concerned look.
"Would you like to take a break?" Jiang Nuan looked at Gu Xiang's face, but she was still a little worried.
Gu Xiang shook his head: "I'm fine now, let's go to work quickly, we'll be afraid that we won't be able to complete the task later."
Jiang Nuan did not continue to persuade, she found that Gu Xiang was a very stubborn and strong person.
The stopped work continued. Jiang Nuan paid attention to Gu Xiang from time to time. She was really afraid that Gu Xiang would faint again.
Gu Xiang naturally felt Jiang Nuan's kindness. After being reported at home, few people have treated her with such kindness. Although Jiang Nuan knew that she was a black five-type child, she would regret saving her, but she was still very grateful. She saved herself today, and she will remember this favor.
Chapter 10
During the double robbery period, not only work in the morning, but also in the evening.
The work task at night is to pull and tie the seedlings. In summer, there are many mosquitoes, and Jiang Nuan is very attracted to mosquito bites. After one night, Jiang Nuan's hands and neck were all bitten by bags.
It looks very scary on her delicate and fair skin. When she went to bed at night, she took out the ointment from the space and smeared the mosquito bag on her body, thinking depressedly when this painful double grab was a head! She can't take it anymore, okay?
After working in this way for a few days, Jiang Nuan couldn't help but realize that the potential of human beings is infinite.
Halfway through the double robbery, the sunny weather this morning suddenly turned gloomy and gloomy in the afternoon. At this time, the people in the village were still harvesting and drying rice, and the raindrops fell without warning.
Everyone was stunned by this situation! In a hurry, they carried the cut rice to a place where it could shelter from the rain. The villagers on the side of Shaiguping were also working hard to harvest the rice.
The raindrops are getting bigger and bigger, more and more urgent, just like people's anxious hearts.
The rain will make the rice moldy, not to mention affecting the yield, the whole village will be hungry.
At this moment, there was a burst of hurried, compact and powerful steps, and everyone turned their heads and glanced at the source of the sound.
A splash of green came into view.
Xu Yan and his troops were stationed in the mountains next to the Evergreen Brigade, just over half an hour's walk from Qingshui Village.
It rained heavily during the training session, and the brigade commander hurriedly broadcast a message to notify everyone in the unit to go down the mountain to help the villagers save the rice.
Xu Yan and his regiment were assigned to Qingshui Village. A row of people rushed to the village without delay.
"You go over there to harvest rice, and the rest come here with me." A deep and powerful voice sounded.
"Yes! Battalion Commander!" The answer resounded through the sky.
As soon as the corps arrived, the villagers seemed to be reassured, and everyone's actions to save the rice became orderly and quick.
Jiang Nuan was on a high slope in the distance. The field was not big. Only she and Yang Ailian were rescuing the rice that was just cut today.
Jiang Nuan was wearing a straw hat, and the rain was flowing down a large area along the brim of the hat. The clothes on his body had long been soaked by the rain. At this time, they were tightly attached to the body, and the graceful figure could be seen at a glance.
Yang Ailian picked up the rice next to her, and glanced at Jiang Nuan inadvertently. This glance made her jealous, and she stared at Jiang Nuan's bulging, fox spirit, who was she rushing to seduce? She couldn't help scolding Jiang Nuan in her heart.
"Can't you see me here? Can you not leave it here, there are so many confiscated over there, do you want to be lazy!" Yang Ailian gave Jiang Nuan a fierce look.
When Jiang Nuan heard it, she thought she was going crazy. Who would want to quarrel with her and waste time at this critical moment?
It has to be harvested soon, the food can be kept a little bit, otherwise the villagers will be left to live, food is life in this era!
The rain that is as dense as a waterfall washes the soil on the high slope and rushes to the rushing river below the high slope, and the gloomy sky flashes a few thunders from time to time.
Jiang Nuan was taken aback by the flashes of lightning, but her hands and feet kept putting away the rice she had just cut. She was holding a large amount of rice in her arms and planned to go under the shed not far away. Her vision was almost blinded. Daozi was covered, and when he saw the location of the shed vaguely, he ran there, but he didn't see that she was only a fist away from the high slope.
Down the slope is a turbulent river, 5 or 6 meters high. The river is wide and deep. Because it is upstream and has a high slope, the water is fast, and even if people who fall can swim, it is very dangerous.
The mud under his feet was very slippery because of the rain. Jiang Nuan ran too fast, and the black cloth shoes he wore were not slippery. His feet slipped and slid to the side, and he fell into the river under the high slope like a free fall. inside.
Yang Ailian witnessed this change with her own eyes. She was so frightened that she screamed desperately, her voice shrill.
Xu Yan was catching up when he heard the sharp cry. He stared at the woman and asked seriously, "What happened?"
Yang Ailian was so frightened that her legs went weak. The place where he went down, his lips kept trembling: "Jiang Nuan, she, she fell."
Xu Yan frowned, and hurried to the place pointed by Yang Ailian, he looked down like an eagle, only Seeing the hands that were washed away by the river and exposed in the distance, they were almost invisible.
He frowned and jumped down without hesitation. He was quickly swept away by the flow of the river, and the flow below slowed down a lot. He waved his arms and swam forward quickly. You will see people thrashing in the water.
Jiang Nuan was terrified by this accident, her head was blank, her nose and mouth were full of water, she was very uncomfortable, she couldn't swim, she once wondered if she was going to explain it here, wondering if she had a chance to wear it back, no, No, she is already dead in the future, how can she die again after wearing this for a few days, this is too unfortunate!
In the river, she completely lost her center of gravity and could only flutter to prevent herself from sinking so fast. Her physical strength was quickly exhausted, and her consciousness gradually became blurred.
"Jiang Nuan, Jiang Nuan." In a trance, she heard someone calling her. The voice was low and magnetic, and it was strangely pleasant. Why did she have to find a little brother with such a nice voice to stimulate her to never fall in love? Ah, thinking of this, her consciousness finally couldn't hold it anymore, and she fainted completely.
Xu Yan wrapped his long arms around Jiang Nuan's waist and pulled her body up. He lowered his eyes and glanced at the unconscious girl, her delicate little face was bloodless and her lips were pale.
He called her name several times, but the girl didn't move.
He hurriedly carried the person to the shore and laid them flat on the grass. At this time, the rain had dropped a lot. He put his hand under the girl's nose, but luckily he was still breathing.
However, her breathing was very weak at this time, and Xu Yan folded her hands together, intending to give her a first aid measure.
His eyes moved from the girl's face to his chest, the hand he was about to press froze, his eyes quickly turned to the side as if he had been burned, and his ears were visibly red.
The girl's clothes are tightly attached to her body, which outlines a beautiful figure. The buttons of the clothes are also unbuttoned several times. You can clearly see the bulging under the clothes, and the water on her body flows along the snow-white skin to the deep place. Beautiful and lustful.
This very visually striking picture filled Xu Yan's mind. He took a deep breath as hard as he could. What was the most important thing to save people? He turned his face back, and buttoned the girl's clothes with clear eyes. Undoubtedly revealing his inner panic.
The button was quickly fastened, Xu Yan put his hands together again and pressed it down. After a few minutes of chest pressing, the girl spat out the water in her chest.
Jiang Nuan's chest was very painful from the external pressure, but the water blocked in the throat and trachea was expelled by this pressure.
The feeling of suffocation finally disappeared, she slowly opened her eyes, the weather had cleared, her eyes rolled around, and soon she saw the back standing next to her, with broad shoulders and long legs, wearing only a thin vest to show her appearance. The broad and powerful shoulders and the muscular lines are not exaggerated, but they look very powerful.
This figure is too awesome, Jiang Nuan no longer has the fear of life hanging by a thread, but directly admires the man.
She was about to straighten up and saw the clothes covering her.
It was a military uniform with two bars and one star on the epaulettes. She didn't know what rank the military rank was. She knew that the owner of the clothes, the man with a good figure, should not be a soldier, but an officer.
"Comrade?" Jiang Nuan's voice was a little hoarse, and she called out to the man whose back was to her.
She saw the man turn around, with clear eyebrows and a handsome face with sharp edges and corners. Isn't this the brother soldier I saw in the county last time?
In Xu Yan's eyes, her stunned expression meant that the little girl was frightened, and his voice softened a little: "You fell into the water, how do you feel now?"
"Ah? I'm fine, thank you for saving me! Ah, it hurts." She quickly got up, but the tingling on her feet was too strong, she cried out in pain, her body was unstable, and she fell straight to the side.
Xu Yan stepped over and grabbed Jiang Nuan's arm in two steps. He asked, "Are you alright?"
Jiang Nuan frowned and said pitifully, "My foot is stabbed, it hurts." After sniffing, thinking about this series of experiences, I felt like crying, my feet hurt, my head was dizzy, my chest was aching, and there was nothing on my body that felt comfortable.
When Xu Yan heard this, he supported her on the grass and let her sit down. He hesitated to take off the shoes and socks on her foot. The little girl's feet were beautiful and fair, her toenails were round and lovely, and her skin felt like a creamy grease. on hand.
The movement of his hands paused, pursed his lips, touched the swollen and red spot, Jiang Nuan felt a tingling pain, and hissed: "It hurts!"
She wanted to rub her foot, but The man's hands were large and powerful, and she could feel the thin calluses on the man's hands examining her feet.
Just when she was about to move her feet for the second time, she saw the man frown slightly, and said in a stern tone: "Don't move."
She was suddenly as quiet as a chicken.
After a while, the foot returned to the old nest.
"I didn't hurt the bones, I should go back and apply the bruises potion for a few days." Xu Yan said lightly.
"Okay, thank you, are we going back now?" The sun had already set, and it would be dark in two hours. Jiang Nuan looked up at the sky, which might have worried the educated youth and the villagers.
"Well, go now, come up, I'll carry you." After speaking, he turned around and bent his waist.
Jiang Nuan was stunned for a while, but she couldn't leave in this situation, so don't be hypocritical. She carefully put her hands around his neck and leaned up. Move forward.
She said softly, "Thank you very much today." She was a little embarrassed, and there were so many troubles, so she could only say thank you shriveled.
"Comrade, what's your name? My name is Jiang Nuan, and I'm an educated youth from Qingshui Village."
"Xu Yan, a soldier." Xu Yan replied in a cold tone.
His ears were tickled by Jiang Nuan's words from time to time, and the person on his back had a strong sense of presence. His body leaned on his back as soft as no bones. He was not used to it, and he didn't want the person on his back. Talk again.
Jiang Nuan naturally felt Brother Bing's indifference. I'm afraid it's an hour's walk away from the village, and I'm afraid people feel unlucky to meet her.
She didn't want to be annoying, and now her head was a little dizzy, so she closed her eyes quietly and planned to rest for a while.
Xu Yan felt the face of the person on his back slowly leaning against his shoulder and neck, and her breath was blowing on his neck from time to time, making it a little itchy.
He remembered the letter from the old man. He didn't tell Jiang Nuan that he knew her, and the matter that the old man asked him to do. He planned to let the village chief in her village take care of her, and he didn't want to take care of anything else.