ebookland Chapter 117 Before Going Up the Mountain
Chapter 117 Before Going Up the Mountain
In this way, Lin Zhiqiang and Zhou Tinghao carried corn while chatting. Lin Sitian and Yun Ya had accumulated experience yesterday. Although they also wrapped their mouths with cloth towels today, it did not affect their chatting and gossip.
The other friends were also chatting and working in their respective areas of responsibility. Occasionally, Zhou Tinghao would come to Lin Siyi to help her move corn and say some caring words.
With such pleasant cooperation, it was soon time for Bai Zhiqing to go back to cook. Because of their cooperation in cooking yesterday, Lin Sitian and Bai Wanting were still the ones cooking today.
However, because of yesterday's cooking experience, Lin Sitian told her brother before leaving and asked him to find some time to help serve the meal.
The reason why Lin Zhiqiang was asked to serve the meals was because it would be faster for the two brothers and sisters to go to the union together, and while he was serving the meals, the other male educated youth could continue to work at this time.
What I made today is still multi-grain pancakes, but the stew today is replaced with the smoked pheasant I used before, and some potatoes, beans, cabbage and the like are added to it.
With yesterday's experience, Lin Sitian didn't have to spend much effort to pour the spiritual spring water into the big pot today.
Because my friends all ate the powdered vitamin tablets or calcium tablets yesterday, I thought adding them to the mung bean soup would not affect the taste of the soup, so today I mixed the calcium tablet powder directly with the mung bean soup and cooked it together.
They had decided as early as last night when they had a small meeting that all cooking during the autumn harvest period would be done by Lin Zhiqing and Bai Wanting when they came back.
Bai Wanting had originally been agreed to be responsible for cooking, and on weekdays the people in their courtyard would subsidize Bai Wanting's work points.
Although Lin Sitian was only responsible for cooking during the recent autumn harvest, Lin Zhiqing provided medicinal powder and other help.
Therefore, Wang Wenxiang and others discussed at the small meeting last night that after the autumn harvest, they would help Lin Zhiqing chop firewood for the winter, and the female educated youth would also pick some mountain products to subsidize Lin Zhiqing.
After learning about her friends' practices and ideas, Lin Sitian decided to add some Jiongquan to her daily dishes.
And adding calcium tablets or vitamin powder to mung bean soup can more or less improve the health of many of your good friends.
Thanks to the tempting aroma from yesterday, when Lin Sitian and the others brought the food to the field today, it was obvious that more people in the team were eating meat.
Xiangyang Production Brigade was actually considered a relatively wealthy brigade. Every year, the work points could be exchanged for a lot of money, and the brigade members were used to saving.
Especially this year, with the help of agricultural materials, we can see that the crops are growing better and better. In addition, the commune has rewarded the team with fertilizers or tractors because of the agricultural materials, which has made the team's life much better.
Many team members were attracted by the smell of meat from the Youth League compound yesterday, and after being busy all day, they felt that they should eat some meat to replenish their bodies. Therefore, after Lin Sitian and the others finished cooking today, they saw many people squatting beside their fields eating meat.
The reason why those people had meat to eat and were still squatting nearby was because the pheasant stew made by Bai Wanting today was also particularly delicious (???)??·??·??*?? ??.
Maybe it was because the aunts in the brigade didn't have the heart to add oil to the meat they cooked, and were reluctant to buy enough spices. It was just that those honest and simple-minded people in the brigade were also reluctant to eat meat. Now that they have meat to eat and can smell such a delicious aroma, they are already very satisfied.
Perhaps because of Xiong Dazhuang's advice today, Zhao Tingting did not embarrass herself in front of Lin Zhiqiang and the others.
Xiong Dazhuang was put in a sack and beaten when he was about to get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. So he was still sore all over today, but he had to go to work, so he didn't have much energy to make trouble in front of Lin Sitian today.
Perhaps it was because the working atmosphere today was too harmonious, and because those ignorant people did not come to make trouble, and they were not allowed to go back for lunch at noon.
With the help of these conditions, Lin Sitian really left work early. Not only her, but also her beloved brother and her suitor left work early.
Lin Zhiqiang said that he was worried about his little sister going up the mountain alone to dig herbs, so he planned to accompany his sister up the mountain today.
Zhou Tinghao was even more direct. He had originally wanted to go up the mountain to explore with his good friend, so he hurriedly finished his work.
When other nosy aunts asked him about it, he would just say:
"Hey, haven't I finished my work? Now that my buddy is going to accompany his sister to the mountains to dig herbs, I'll go up the mountain with him! ??·??·??*?? ??
After all, my buddy doesn't come to the countryside very often, and I'm afraid he's unstable and curious about this and that. I'll go and see if there's any danger so I can protect him and his sister. (?ˉ??ˉ??)"
Just like that, under the kind gazes of the others, the three of them left for the construction site.
Zhou Tinghao didn't think about going back home. Instead, he thought that he didn't go up the mountain to do anything serious, so he followed Lin Sitian and left happily.
Lin Sitian was on her way back to the courtyard, with Lin Zhiqiang on her left and Zhou Tinghao on her right.
In this situation, with only the three of them, Zhou Tinghao's admiration for Lin Sitian was not hidden at all, he just glanced at her again and again.
Lin Zhiqiang secretly glared at Zhou Tinghao several times, and even occasionally looking at him was not enough to satisfy Zhou Tinghao's ambition. Seeing that they were about to reach the small courtyard, Zhou Tinghao wanted to hear the sound of the white dough, so he asked casually:
"Little Lin, you usually go up the mountain to collect herbs alone. That's so dangerous (?????; ≡ ?????;)."
When Lin Sitian heard this question, she looked at her brother. As expected, her brother also looked at her with a worried look on his face, so she explained seriously:
“No, I never go up the mountain alone. I used to go up the mountain because it was not the autumn harvest and the work in the fields was not busy.
Therefore, our small courtyard decided that four people would go up the mountain every day, and another four people would go up the mountain the next day. In this way, the other three educated youth would be around me to protect me.
The three educated youth were responsible for chopping wood, digging wild vegetables, and looking for fruits, mushrooms, fungus, and the like. I was responsible for digging up any Chinese medicinal herbs I knew within their sight and bringing them back to the yard to prepare them.
After hearing this arrangement, Lin Zhiqiang became even more satisfied with Wang Wenxiang and others.
He was extremely glad that his sister went to the countryside to work in a brigade with such simple folk customs. Whether it was the team leader or the other aunts and uncles in the brigade, they would just gossip at most, and there were no vicious people.
Even though there were a few confused people in the old educated youth compound, no actual harm was done, and it was not as exaggerated as what they heard from the aunts in the staff quarters.
Thinking this way, Lin Zhiqiang thought that his sister must be taken care of.
Thinking this way, Lin Zhiqiang realized that his sister must have been taken care of in more ways than just these few aspects. After all, he could clearly see the spirit of his sister.
It was a bit better than in Kyoto, so before Zhou Tinghao could say anything, he said to his sister:
"I still have some money on me now. I'll give it to you when I'm leaving. Don't be stingy on weekdays. When you go to town occasionally, buy some food and share it with the people in your yard, okay? (*′I`*)"
When he said this, he just walked to the gate of the courtyard. Lin Sitian took out the key from his pocket to unlock it, and responded to his brother's words: "I know, brother, don't worry. I know my limits, otherwise I wouldn't get along so well with them!
This team doesn't just give in to me because I'm young. There are many girls younger than me in the team. Why do they take care of me instead of others? I have some idea of this.
Now, follow me into the house and take the backpack up the mountain. I'll dig herbs, and you can hunt or collect firewood around."
Lin Zhiqiang searched the house but couldn't find any extra backpacks, so he found two sickles. He turned around and saw that his little sister had already prepared her own small backpack, small basket and small shovel.
He asked his sister dejectedly, "Xiaotian, I didn't find any extra backpacks, so I found one."
Lin Sitian looked at the complete set of tools in her hands, then looked at the tools in her brother's hands, and thought about the autumn harvest. She patted her head and responded:
"Oh, by the way, isn't it the autumn harvest recently? All the backpacks in the yard have been used. The reason I still have this backpack is because I bought it at the supply and marketing cooperative specifically to go up the mountain to get medicinal herbs.
Just take that sickle. When you go to chop wood in the mountains, you can just use the vines to drag it down the mountain, or you can just be responsible for counting the wood on the mountain.
Lin Zhiqiang thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, he had other purposes for going up the mountain, and it would be okay to chop some firewood with vines in the end. So he packed up and prepared to follow his sister up the mountain.