The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

Pan Xiaowen was scared. He only had one pig, and he could harvest enough in every corner near the village. But it would be difficult to harvest two more.

Qi Feifei saw that he was hesitant and said, "Just ask Xu Zhiqiang, are you willing?"

Pan Xiaowen asked Xu Zhiqiang and quickly said, "I do."

Think again, Wang Bin is planning to run up the mountain, so he can just cut the grass slowly like cutting grass for a rabbit.

Repeat again, "I can do it. I will."

Qi Feifei looked at him and smiled, "But we have made a promise, you can't go back on your word!"

Pan Xiaowen nodded firmly, "No regrets. A man should keep his word."

Qi Feifei, "Okay. It's a deal."

Then he looked at Xu Zhiqiang and asked, "Do you want to partner up?"

Xu Zhiqiang: How can I not miss it? At least the food is much richer when we share a meal.

"I, what can I do?"

Qi Feifei didn't really need anyone to help her, but she didn't want to leave anyone behind. After thinking for a while,

"You can run in the mountains with me, too."

Xu Zhiqiang is very honest.

“I don’t have a bicycle ticket.”

Wang Bin just issued a bicycle ticket, but he didn't have one because his family was short of tickets.

Qi Feifei, "In the next year, in addition to working in the production team, you will listen to my arrangements. Can you do it?"

Xu Zhiqiang: "Isn't this ability just about working? I can endure hardships."

Qi Feifei, "Okay, let's try it first. If you can't stand it that day, you can regret it if you want."

Xu Zhiqiang:?

Is this enough?

Pan Xiaowen:?

Why doesn't he regret it?

Wang Bin:?

It seems that your conditions are the most stringent?

Qi Feifei didn't care about them and went back to the house.

None of the three people understood how Qi Feifei set the conditions.

Today is the first day of work and everyone is tired and has gone to bed.

Qi Feifei washed her hands and went back to the inner room.

Then I entered the courtyard.

I carefully checked the jars that I had washed the day before and wiped them to make sure there was no water in them.

Start boiling lard.

Take out the pork lard and fat that were soaked in spring water the day before and cut them into thick slices.

First, put most of the pork fat in the pot, light the fire, and simmer it from time to time to slowly boil out the oil. Don't use too high a heat, otherwise it will easily get burnt and have a burnt smell.

When the oil turns brown, start to squeeze out the oil. When it is almost done, press the oil with a spoon until no more oil comes out, then serve.

Boil another pot.

Qi Feifei boiled four jars of meat oil in total.

Just put a big bowl of greasy food on it.

The oil jars are still too hot and are near the stove, so they can't be moved.

Wait until tomorrow morning and cover the food that you won’t be eating with two layers of straw paper and put it away.

There are more and more things in the kitchen, and it seems necessary to build another house.

Promise the three of them that you will prepare meals tomorrow morning.

I got a bowl of cornmeal, scalded half of it with boiling water and the other half with cold water, added some dough starter, and mixed the flour evenly to make it a little thinner.

Cover the kneaded corn flour with a steamer cloth and place it on the kang in the inner room.

The next morning, Qi Feifei steamed two pots of cornmeal cakes and used animal oil to make two large plates of fried eggs and leeks.

Wang Bin, Pan Xiaowen and Xu Zhiqiang were all very satisfied with the meal.

They took all their rations and gave them to Qi Feifei early in the morning.

Qi Feifei took everything into the inner room and locked the box.

This way, even if she takes eggs out every day, no one will know how many eggs she has.

The others looked at these four people in surprise.

Su Fangting curled her lips.

Li Danni felt aggrieved and upset. If she only knew how to eat, she would end up broke sooner or later.

Zhang Chunxiang was very envious. She also wanted to hang out with Qi Feifei, but Qi Feifei didn't want to pay attention to her!

Ji Hongbing and Li Bing were the only two male educated youth left.

Li Bing said, "How about the two of us team up with Su Fangting?"

Ji Hongbing thought, isn't that just finding another person to make a living?

But he didn't say it out loud. He felt like he was losing out by making Li Bing his friend!

Li Bing was very happy. He told Su Fangting about it on the way to work. This way they would have money to buy delicious food and cook it themselves.

Su Fangting was naturally happy, and she didn't want to eat simple meals every day.

In this way, a trio was formed easily and happily.

The only female educated youth left were Zhu Li, Liu Yumei, Li Danni and Zhang Chunxiang.

The work that morning was to use animals to pull the rake to make the soil loose. If there was any hard and uneven ground, people would knock it to make it smooth.

Then wet last year's straw with water, spread it on top, and press it with a stone roller until

Then water the soil and wait for the water to seep in and make the soil softer, then plow it and turn it over.

Break up the soil, water the dry areas, level them, cover them with straw, and flatten them with a stone roller.

Remove the straw from the compacted area, clean it up, then move the straw to the uncompacted area and continue compacting until it is flat and smooth without any loose soil.

On this day, everyone was relatively free, so they gathered in groups of three or four to chat.

Or if the sickle is not ready, find someone to repair the handle, sharpen the blade, etc.

Besides working, Qi Feifei would sit in the yard and read Chinese textbooks.

At noon, Qi Feifei made shredded potatoes and celery stir-fried with lard, which was naturally more delicious than what they usually made.

Zhu Li was honest and she felt embarrassed to take advantage of Qi Feifei.

Liu Yumei doesn't care about that. It won't hurt to give it a try.

She ran over to find Qi Feifei.

"Qi Feifei, they've all teamed up with you, can I be counted as one too?"

Qi Feifei, "I don't cook for people for nothing."

Liu Yumei rolled her eyes. Qi Feifei was generous, so he shouldn't suffer any loss.

"Okay, tell me what you want. Let's see if I can do it."

Qi Feifei, "Can you get some cloth coupons, sewing coupons, or industrial coupons?"

Liu Yumei was a little embarrassed. "I don't have any money. If I find it, you have to spend the money yourself."

Qi Feifei was also easy to talk to. "Okay, you help me find the ticket, equivalent to a bicycle ticket, any ticket will do. I'll pay, but you have to help me work except during working hours."

Liu Yumei hesitated a little, "Running in the mountains?"

Qi Feifei nodded, "Yes, if I don't run in the mountains, what else can I do?"

Liu Yumei felt that the price to pay for eating that bite of food was a bit too high.

It’s okay to just talk about finding tickets, but she can’t stand running around like Qi Feifei every day. It’s not worth it.

She asked tentatively, "You're still running in the mountains when it's snowing heavily in winter?"

Seeing her like this, Qi Feifei couldn't let go.

"Winter has its own work. Anyway, I'm busy."

Liu Yumei said, "Well, let me think about it."

She backed out.

Those male educated youth don't know how to settle accounts, but she is not confused.

Qi Feifei didn't care either.

In the evening, Qi Feifei made spinach and potato soup and big pancakes.

Liu Yumei took a look and found that what they ate was similar to what they did.

It's just a few eggs, it's not worth spending a whole year on it, you're smart.

Qi Feifei is having a great time here.

Huo Sheng was in dire straits and felt very aggrieved.

That day I was taken away in a jeep and went straight back to Beijing.

His father was waiting for him in a small courtyard.

As soon as he entered the door, he was scolded.