Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

"All my work points this year were used to pay for my food rations."

After Song Shuangshuang finished speaking, Accountant Qi was stunned for a moment and asked Song Shuangshuang if she was sure she wanted to use all her work points this year to pay back the food rations. If she did, she would have to spend money to buy food.

"Accountant Qi, I've thought about it. I'd like to pay back as much as I can first, otherwise I'll be under a lot of pressure next year.

Didn’t the village lend us a lot of food? Besides, the subsidies for educated youth in the countryside are enough to buy food for me and my brother for the year, and my family can also give us some subsidies.”

Song Shuangshuang knew what Accountant Qi was thinking, and told him that she and Song Youlin had family subsidies and would not go hungry.

"Okay, then you and your brother can come find me later when the villagers have finished their shopping."

Song Shuangshuang saw a few more villagers coming behind them, and thought they were also here to buy food.

"okay."

It was He Feiyang's turn to receive food.

He just paid off the food rations he owed to the village this year. Fortunately, he earned a lot of work points, so after paying off the food rations he owed to the village, he was able to get a lot of food. However, he could not get money like other educated youth.

Because he refused to accept help from his family, He Feiyang did not dare to ask for fine grains when food was distributed last year. He has always eaten coarse grains and only went to state-owned restaurants a few times to have a bite to eat.

Now that I have moved out and paid off my debts, I can still make money in the future. There is no need to make myself suffer.

So he exchanged some fine grain for it.

Tan Anjing was the last one in line. She told Accountant Qi that she was just like Song Shuangshuang and would use this year's work points to return to the village and buy food to eat.

The accountant and the team leader also knew that the educated youth who moved out had money, so they could pay it back if they were willing.

I didn't say much.

In this way, only He Feiyang's own food was placed on Song Shuangshuang's cart.

"Ji Zhiqing, please wait here. I will come back to help you after I deliver the food."

Song Shuangshuang asked Song Youlin to go with He Feiyang to deliver the food back so that they could go faster. It just so happened that they would finish helping Ji Hongcai deliver the food soon, and they would almost finish buying the food, so there would be no delay.

"Then I'll trouble you."

As soon as He Feiyang left, Song Shuangshuang saw the male educated youth who had transported grain back also came back. The difference was that Feng Aiguo pushed a small cart.

Oh, Feng Aiguo saw Wan Xue and the others using a cart to transport food, and he finally had some brains and decided to borrow a small cart to transport the food.

The small cart couldn't hold so much food, so the male educated youth could only load as many bags as possible.

Still, one person was left behind to watch over the grain. Feng Aiguo pushed the cart, and two people helped to hold the grain bags on both sides. The rest of the people carried the grain and moved it back again.

Song Shuangshuang was watching the fun from the sidelines and happened to see Feng Aiguo looking at Wan Xue with a gloomy look as she came back pushing the cart.

I thought, Feng Aiguo probably felt that Wan Xue was capable of borrowing the car, but he had asked them to help carry food before, so he probably holds a grudge against them, right?

You deserve it. It's your own fault for not having a brain.

She still didn't believe it. As long as Feng Aiguo asked a familiar villager to borrow his car, would they not lend it to him? At worst, if he gave them a little bit of money, they would lend it to him.

He is willing to take on the heavy responsibility, who can he blame?

Wan Xue ignored Feng Aiguo and continued to load food onto the truck for transport back. She had seen this kind of look many times recently.

Looking at the little thoughts of the male and female educated youth, Song Shuangshuang sighed in her heart:

Human nature is so complicated

Not long after, He Feiyang and Song Youlin came back. They helped Ji Hongcai tie the food on the cart, and the three of them went to the Youth Academy together.

Song Shuangshuang was not interested, so she ran to the front to see what kind of food the villagers were buying and started chatting with the villagers in line.

The captain was speechless. This girl loves to join in every fun.

There weren't many families buying food, as many families had already exchanged all their food when they received it. Most of those lining up now were from families with poor conditions, who had not earned enough work points to exchange for enough food before, so they came to buy it with money, or they wanted to buy some fine food to take back.

Song Shuangshuang chatted for a while before she saw two familiar figures running over here. They were the brother and sister Jiang Xiaowu and Jiang Xiaoyao who had helped them repair the house before.

Jiang Xiaoyao was young and was still out of breath after stopping, but when she saw Song Shuangshuang and Tan Anjing, she greeted them politely.

"Song Zhiqing, Tan Zhiqing, you guys are here to buy food too."

Song Shuangshuang said "hmm" and saw that Jiang Xiaowu and his sister were holding bags of grain in their hands, obviously they were also here to buy grain.

"Your share of food is not enough?"

Jiang Xiaowu scratched his head embarrassedly and explained

"Before, I didn't earn enough work points, so I didn't have enough food to eat, so the village lent me food. This year, I earned more work points, so I used them all to return to the village. I want to buy some old food to take back so that I can eat for a while longer."

There are some old grains in the village. They are not moldy but have been stored for a long time. However, they are cheap.

Some villagers whose families are large and whose conditions are not very good will exchange the old grain for the old grain.

I think many people who come to buy food now are in this situation.

Song Shuangshuang pursed her lips, feeling very uncomfortable.

Although Jiangjia Village was considered to be the most affluent of all the nearby villages, there were still families who could not get more than two meals of fine grains a year. There were no tractors to transport the grain, so the villagers had to push carts and carry them on poles.

Jiang Xiaowu and his sister are both young, and they have to support themselves, which is difficult...

Jiang Xiaoyao sensed that Song Shuangshuang was in a bad mood and pulled her hand. Jiang Xiaowu also noticed it and said

"I have to thank you, Mr. Song, for that. If you hadn't asked me to help with repairing and building the house, I wouldn't have been able to pay off my grain debt to the village. From now on, all the work points you earn will be yours, and I can even exchange them for some fine grain for Xiaoyao."

Song Shuangshuang touched Jiang Xiaoyao's soft hair and said to Jiang Xiaowu, "Everything will be fine in the future."

Jiang Xiaowu grinned foolishly at Song Shuangshuang with his big white teeth bared.

There were only a few educated youth like Song Shuangshuang in the village who needed to buy food. The rest were villagers from the village. Song Shuangshuang asked Jiang Xiaowu to buy food first and she was not in a hurry.

After Jiang Xiaowu finished buying food and packed two bags, one large and one small, he couldn't help but ask

"Why don't you wait a moment? I have a small car that can take you back."

"It's okay. It's not too heavy. I can carry it back by myself. I won't bother Song Zhiqing."

Jiang Xiaowu knew Song Shuangshuang's character, and was afraid that she would steal his grain bag again to help him, so Jiang Xiaowu just ran with the sack on his shoulder, but he didn't run fast.

Jiang Xiaoyao followed behind.

Song Shuangshuang: "..."

Did Jiang Xiaowu misunderstand her? Why is he running away?

"Song Zhiqing, it's your turn!"

Seeing that Song Youlin had not returned yet, Song Shuangshuang decided to buy 300 kilograms of coarse grains and 50 kilograms of fine grains.

Tan Anjing followed suit and bought 200 kilograms of coarse grains and 20 kilograms of fine grains.

After exchanging the grain, Song Shuangshuang asked the accountant if he could buy more grain in the village after eating it all. Buying grain in the village does not require grain coupons, which is much more convenient than in the county.

If Jiang Xiaowu hadn't said today that he came to exchange old grain, she would have forgotten that the village could exchange grain.

The captain looked at Song Shuangshuang strangely and said in surprise

"Don't you know you can exchange food in the village?"

Song Shuangshuang: "...I don't know. I thought the food in the village was distributed all at once at the end of the year, and the stored food in the village was reserved for use in times of disaster."

Otherwise where would the old grain come from?

If she knew she would have to eat cornmeal porridge for so long in the Youth House, she would have come to exchange for other food long ago!