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

Aunt Chang didn't let Xiao Tiedan go out with his hands dirty, for fear that he would let other children lick his hands. It was easy to deal with her own children, but if someone else's child got sick from eating, she would definitely come to her rescue.

Little Tiedan reluctantly followed his grandmother to wash his hands. Seeing that the candy in his hand was gone, he pouted and cried, "I couldn't bear to eat the candy Sister Song gave me. It's gone! All gone!"

Song Shuangshuang looked at the crying Xiao Tiedan with amusement and waved to him. Xiao Tiedan wiped his freshly washed hands on his butt and walked over while sniffing his nose.

Song Shuangshuang: "..." I don't know if his butt is clean or not.

She took out a handful of candies and held them out to Xiao Tiedan. "I'll give you all these candies. Please share them with your friends."

Little Tiedan stopped crying immediately, and asked Song Shuangshuang with shining eyes, "Is it true?" He even glanced at his grandmother, afraid that she would not agree to his asking for Song Zhiqing's candy. This action was too obvious, and Aunt Chang laughed and scolded her grandson for being a greedy cat.

"Of course you can, but you have to take your friends to wash their hands clean, otherwise you can't eat it. You can only wash your hands in shallow water and never go into the river, otherwise you won't be able to eat candy in your life." Song Shuangshuang had a serious face, afraid that she was too gentle and the little guy wouldn't take it seriously.

Seeing that his grandmother agreed, Xiao Tiedan stretched out his hands and carefully held the candy Song Shuangshuang gave him. Song Shuangshuang was not afraid of giving too little, and just now she secretly counted the number of people at the door and gave him two more, saying, "If you have more after distributing them, you can keep them or give them to other friends, but you can't eat them all in one day, you have to keep them for your grandmother." She was afraid that the little guy would eat too much candy and his teeth would be damaged.

Little Tiedan nodded vigorously and said he understood. He walked to Aunt Chang and asked his grandmother to hold it for him first while he went to count how many friends had come.

Xiao Zhuzi and his friends waited for a long time but Tiedan didn't come out. When they finally saw Tiedan coming out, he ran back before they could talk to him. Just when they were wondering, Xiao Tiedan came out again with a handful of candy.

When the friends saw the candy in Xiao Tiedan's hand, they were drooling with greed. Two of them were about to take it, but Xiao Tiedan dodged them and said, "You haven't washed your hands yet, so you can't eat it."

Tiger head was about the same size as Tiedan, and he rubbed his hands on himself twice without caring, saying that his hands were no longer dirty after wiping them. Tiedan still refused to give it to him, and shouted, "Sister Song said that you can't eat with dirty hands. If you eat, your stomach will hurt and you will have worms in your stool!"

The friends asked Xiao Tiedan who Sister Song was. Xiao Tiedan said she was a new educated youth sister from the educated youth home. She was very kind and gave him these candies and asked them to share them. But they had to wash their hands before eating, otherwise she would not give them any.

When the kids heard that they would be given candies if they washed their hands, they hurried to wash their hands and eat the candies.

Seeing that the kids had all gone out to play, Aunt Chang urged the two of them to go into the house and sit for a while. She was the only one at home. Her old man and eldest son had gone to deliver furniture and would be back soon, and her daughter-in-law had gone back to visit her parents.

Aunt Chang asked the two to sit down and pour water. Song Shuangshuang smiled and said sorry to bother Aunt Chang. She caught a glimpse of Aunt Chang taking out the sugar jar and quickly stopped her, "Just give us water. There's no need to make sugar water. We're not children anymore."

Aunt Chang almost couldn't hold the candy jar, and scolded with a smile, "You gave Xiao Tiedan so much candy, how can I be reluctant to give you sugar water?"

Song Shuangshuang disagreed and tried to snatch the candy jar away. Aunt Chang dodged her and said, "Don't snatch it from me, or I'll break my candy jar. I won't give it to you next time you want to drink it, just this once."

The two of them drank Aunt Chang's sweet soup. Aunt Chang looked at Song Shuangshuang with a smile and said, "Why is this girl not her daughter? She should be more affectionate to others! Or should she try harder to give birth to a girl?"

Song Shuangshuang felt a little scared when she was stared at. She jokingly said, "Aunt Chang, your smile scares me. Why are you looking at me like that? Do you want me to be your daughter-in-law?"

Aunt Chang's smile froze on her face. She realized what the girl had just said and slapped Song Shuangshuang on the shoulder. "Girl, you shouldn't say that. If the villagers heard it, they would scold you! You are so bold that you can drown people with spit!"

It's not surprising that Aunt Chang hit people. In the 70s, couples were said to be improper in many places, and couples were not allowed to hold hands when walking on the street. If Song Shuangshuang's words were heard by someone with bad intentions, who knows what they might do.

Song Shuangshuang rubbed her shoulders in pain and begged for mercy, saying that it was just a joke and she would never do it again.

Aunt Chang took Song Shuangshuang's words to heart. She has an older son who is 20 years old and works in the county machinery factory. This girl has a good temper towards her. If she doesn't have a daughter like her, then having a daughter-in-law like her... isn't bad, right?

No, she has to ask her old son to come back when he has time.

Song Shuangshuang didn't know that she had found a blind date because of a joke she made.

There was the sound of wheels rolling outside the house. I guessed that it was Guan the carpenter who had returned. He was too hot after delivering something and wanted to go in to drink some water. He forgot that his wife said that some educated youth would come at noon. When he entered the house, he saw two unfamiliar girls sitting in the house talking to their wives.

Song Shuangshuang stood up suddenly when she saw Carpenter Guan enter the room, and Tan Anjing stood up too, not knowing why. Carpenter Guan was so frightened that he took a step back and almost fell.

Song Shuangshuang: "..." She didn't mean it, she just wanted to say hello.

Tan Anjing: Why should I stand up? Are you leaving?

Aunt Chang: This girl is so startled, what's wrong? Her old man looks scary?

Song Shuangshuang said hello awkwardly, and Tan Anjing also said hello.

Carpenter Guan replied dryly, "Hello, hello." Then they looked at each other and the silence was deafening.

It was Aunt Chang who broke the silence. "We've been waiting for you to come back. Check if there's enough wood at home to make two boxes. These two girls just went to the countryside and don't have any boxes to store their things."

Carpenter Guan thought about it and said that it was enough. He asked the two when they would need it. There was a table lined up in front of them, so it might take two days before he could serve them.

Aunt Chang disagreed and said, "Why is the Zhang family in such a hurry to set up the table? I haven't seen them lying on the floor to eat. Beat these two girls first!"

Song Shuangshuang realized that she was the one who made the decisions in Aunt Chang's family. Didn't you see that even Carpenter Guan didn't dare to object?

Aunt Zhang's eldest son parked the cart and came over. Seeing his father being oppressed again, he said helplessly, "My father has already made an agreement with the Zhang family. They said they will make it and send it over the day after tomorrow."

Aunt Chang glanced at her son who interrupted her and said, "Then you should stay up late tonight and break the table at Old Zhang's house with your father, and pack the boxes for these two girls tomorrow."

Song Shuangshuang said dryly, "This... this is not good. We are not in a hurry. Let's do other people's work first. It's not good for my uncle to go back on his word."

Aunt Chang waved her hand and said, "It's alright, it's settled. It won't take much effort. If you two have anything else to fight for, tell your uncle together."

Song Shuangshuang shook her head. She decided not to say anything. She was sure that if she asked for something else, Aunt Chang would make Grandpa Guan and his eldest son stay up all night. It would be better to wait until the wooden box was finished.

Tan Anjing wanted to say that she also wanted to make a wooden basin, but just as she was about to open her mouth, she was stopped by Song Shuangshuang. She swallowed the words back and obeyed.

Carpenter Guan glared at his eldest son, what a traitor! Didn't you see that he didn't dare to say anything? Now he has to work late at night at his age. Fortunately, the two girls were tactful and didn't ask for anything else, otherwise his wife would definitely agree without blinking an eye.

"Uncle Guan, how much is our box? I'll give you the money first." Song Shuangshuang remembered that they didn't negotiate the price.

Carpenter Guan asked the two what size boxes they wanted. Song Shuangshuang said, "Just about the same size as the boxes made by the old educated youth." Tan Anjing said the same thing from the back.

Carpenter Guan estimated the size and glanced at his wife. Well, his wife winked at him and he understood. He said, "Give me 3 yuan for the two boxes." His wife should be satisfied.

Song Shuangshuang looked at Carpenter Guan suspiciously. Is it so cheap? It takes a lot of effort. Seeing Aunt Chang was calm and composed, she still felt something was wrong. She turned her head and looked at Aunt Chang's eldest son Guan Jianjun. Guan Jianjun looked at his mother.

Song Shuangshuang: Very good, she understood. "Uncle Guan, I am young, please don't lie to me."

Uncle Guan? ? What's the matter, this girl still thinks it's too expensive? Aunt Chang knew that this clever girl had seen through it. She continued to play dumb and said, "You still think it's too expensive, girl."

Song Shuangshuang: "My uncle has to do farm work during the day, and he has to get up early and go to bed late to make things. How can he take advantage of us? I know that you feel sorry for us, but you can't let my uncle work for nothing. Aunt, if you still treat me like this, I don't want the box anymore. I'll go to the county to buy one." After saying that, she pretended to leave.

Aunt Chang stopped Song Shuangshuang and said angrily, "Why go to the county? I won't let you take advantage of me. Four dollars for two boxes is fine. You are really good at talking."

Song Shuangshuang said shamelessly, "That's because I drank the sugar water my aunt gave me."

The whistle blew and it was time to go to work. Song Shuangshuang asked Aunt Chang if she could borrow her flatbed truck. She and Tan Anjing had to go to the village committee office to collect food rations, and the two of them couldn't carry the food, so they had to carry it back and forth many times.

Aunt Chang groaned and told her eldest son Guan Jianjun to go with them to get the grain and bring it back to them. They were too thin and weak to push the cart loaded with grain, so they had to dig the ditch themselves.

Song Shuangshuang thanked him and told Uncle Guan not to rush to make boxes for her and to do it for others first. She also said that she had already taken advantage and could not let Uncle Guan work late. Aunt Chang nodded and said she understood. She slapped her eldest son who had no sense and urged him to pull the cart and follow the two sisters to collect food.

Seeing her son following Song Shuangshuang and Tan Anjing like a piece of wood, Aunt Chang glared at her old man in annoyance and said, "You're fiddling with wood like you every day. You're just a blockhead!" She went back to the house to get the kettle to fill it with water.

Carpenter Guan: "...blame me again." He kept talking about him every day.

Originally, Song Shuangshuang and Tan Anjing were walking in front, and Guan Jianjun was pushing a cart and following behind at a distance, but he stopped not far away. Tan Anjing looked at Song Shuangshuang in confusion, and Song Shuangshuang scratched his head and turned to Guan Jianjun and said, "Brother Guan, why don't you go in front? We have never been to the village committee office and don't know the way."