The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

In the next two days, Qi Feifei went up the mountain to cut a few small oak poles to use as the basket beams, and then roasted the oak poles over fire and bent them into the required shape.

Zhang Chunxiang had been watching her busy at work and asked curiously, "Fei Fei, how come you can do everything?"

Qi Feifei: "I grew up in the countryside and saw adults do it."

Anyway, no one knew her family, so she was not nervous about lying. Well, actually, she was a little nervous, because no one would expose her, and she was not at ease. She quickly changed the subject.

"You've never been to the countryside. The autumn harvest will be coming in a few days. It will be very hard work. Are you afraid?" Qi Feifei turned his head to look at Zhang Chunxiang while working.

Zhang Chunxiang pursed her lips, feeling a little scared. A few days ago, when she was turning the garden, although she didn't do much, her palms were red and burning with pain, and a blister appeared.

Everyone said, it's okay, just dry it more and the calluses won't hurt. But she doesn't want to feel any pain! She's scared just thinking about it. Her parents and brother love her and take care of her. She doesn't even have to wash her clothes at home.

She was a little embarrassed: "I, I can't do anything."

Qi Feifei: "No one knows how to do it at the beginning. We all learn little by little. There must be someone to teach us at the beginning."

Zhang Chunxiang: "I have never worked since I was a child, and I don't have the strength."

Qi Feifei: What determines your fate? You can't carry anything on your shoulders or lift anything with your hands. You can't do anything. You must have lived a much better life than her in your previous life.

"Do what you can. If you can't carry it, take less."

Zhang Chunxiang wanted to ask Qi Feifei to help her, but she opened her mouth and closed it again. They had only known each other for a few days. Although Qi Feifei was capable and easy to talk to, they were not very familiar with each other. She would talk about it when she had to work for a while. She just smiled and said, "Well, I will try my best."

The two of them chatted idly, and soon Qi Feifei finished the work in his hands.

She remembered that in her previous life, Aunt Liu's family had a big female dog that was a wolf breed. She was very powerful, and she often took it with her when she went hiking in the mountains. At this time, her family seemed to have puppies, so she went to see if she could get a puppy so that she would have a companion when she went hiking in the mountains in the future.

"I'm going out for a walk, do you want to come?"

Zhang Chunxiang has not adapted to the place yet. She is not familiar with anyone and doesn't know what to do all day, so she just follows Qi Feifei.

"go."

The two of them walked slowly, looking here and there and chatting.

By chance, they met Aunt Liu on the road who had just come back from picking mushrooms. Qi Feifei took the initiative to take Aunt Liu's mushroom basket and helped her carry it, saying that he wanted to visit her home to get to know her so that he could come to see her when he went to pick mushrooms in a few days.

Aunt Liu didn't feel comfortable asking her to lift it, so she said she could lift it herself.

Qi Feifei wanted to help: "Auntie Liu, you are too polite. If you are so polite, I will be embarrassed to ask you to take me to pick mushrooms."

Aunt Liu said cheerfully: "Girl, you just want a companion, why bother asking for anything."

As she spoke, Aunt Liu took the two of them home.

As soon as they entered the yard, they saw a big wolf dog. It didn't bark, but looked at them coldly.

Aunt Liu: "Don't be afraid, it won't bite."

Seeing that the dog was tied with a leash, the two men were still timid and followed Aunt Liu along the wall into the house.

Aunt Liu poured a glass of water for each of them and started chatting about family matters. Qi Feifei said that Aunt Liu's dog looked very majestic and she liked it too. She wondered if she could get a puppy when the dog had puppies.

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "What are you waiting for? They are here now and are just about to leave the nest. Pick one if you like. In a few days, those who want puppies will come and get them. Pick one you like first."

As he said that, he went out and led the big dog to the back of the house, and asked Qi Feifei to go to the doghouse to have a look. There were seven puppies in the litter, all of them were shiny and glossy, with bright black eyes.

Qi Feifei chose the strongest one without hesitation. He didn't mind the dirt and held on to it without letting go. He said goodbye and went home immediately, fearing that if he stayed too long, the big dog behind him would notice him and run away. He was so happy all the way.

Zhang Chunxiang also thought the puppy was cute, but she didn't want to raise it because it was too dirty and scary when it grew up. She also had to feed it, and people couldn't even get enough. She really didn't understand why Qi Feifei was so happy.

After returning to the collective household, she built a simple doghouse with firewood in Fangshan Huatou, and put some straw in it, fearing that it would be dirty. At dinner, she broke off a third of her big pancake and gave it to the dog. She also played with him until dark before returning to the house.

The next day, it rained before the wicker branches were completely dry, so they had to be put in the house, which took up a lot of space. The room was all south-facing, so the wicker branches were placed against the north wall.

Qi Feifei felt a little embarrassed to disturb everyone, so she said that maybe there would be mushrooms on the mountain after the rain, and they could go up the mountain to pick mushrooms when it was sunny. She asked them if they wanted to go. Everyone said they didn't dare to go. They were scared to death of snakes.

But I really want to eat mushrooms.

Some male educated youth said that if Qi Feifei picked as much as last time, they could give Qi Feifei money or food coupons.

Qi Feifei hasn't gone to pick mushrooms these days. They kept thinking about that meal. People are like this. It didn't matter when they didn't have food before, but now that there is hope, they keep thinking about it.

They were too embarrassed to ask a girl to work for free, as they were taking advantage of her. Besides, they could only take advantage once or twice, not for long, so they secretly discussed giving money or tickets to Qi Zhiqing.

In this way, maybe we would have enough to eat all the time, cornmeal would not be so scarce, and maybe we wouldn’t have to go hungry.

The delicious food they brought from home was always eaten up quickly and could not be kept. Now they had nothing to exchange. They could only use money and tickets.

It’s not that they don’t want to spend the money and tickets, but they are deliberately saving them. It’s just that the town is too far away and the supply and marketing cooperative is not close either. It takes more than half an hour to walk there.

The key point is that there is nothing delicious in the supply and marketing cooperative, and the snacks are so hard that they can kill a dog.

Only in winter when the village chief slaughters a pig can they buy some meat.

So before the spinach in the garden grows well, Qi Feifei's wild vegetables are their best choice.

Qi Feifei just needed everything, so she agreed immediately. But she couldn't ask for money or tickets, because it would be very troublesome if she was reported. She still wanted something, she needed clothes, shoes, etc.

Everyone agreed, and they could see that she was poor. Her luggage was clearly visible: a set of cotton quilt, two sets of single clothes, a thin cotton jacket and trousers, two pairs of shoes, a wash basin, an enamel pot, a scarf, and a wooden comb. There was not even a small mirror or facial oil. Everything was old. No wonder she was so capable, she must have had a hard time in the past.

Everyone thought this was a good idea, helping her improve her life, and she also helped everyone improve their food, so they helped each other.

Because different kinds of dried mushrooms definitely don't all have the same price when sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, and no one buys wild vegetables, so no matter whether it's wild vegetables or mushrooms, or what kind of mushrooms they are, everyone pools money from 15 meals to buy her a bowl of cotton-padded noodles, and they can think about the rest later after finishing these 15 meals.

The autumn harvest will be here in a few days, and I won’t have time to dig wild vegetables or pick mushrooms.

Everyone should buy things for someone whose lard you eat.

Everyone was looking forward to it. They were not sure whether Qi Feifei could get wild vegetables or mushrooms. The villagers did not always return with a full load. Everyone relied on luck.

It's always good to have hope.