The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

Educated Youth Point

In the male educated youth’s room.

Xu Zhiqiang lay on the kang, rubbing his stomach and saying, "I'm so full! This is the first time in my life that I've eaten so much. The educated youth Xiao Qi is really good!"

Xu Zhiqiang's father was a worker, his mother was a temporary worker, and there were three children in the family, so they could barely survive hunger in the city. He felt satisfied from the bottom of his heart when he could eat until he was full.

Ji Hongbing: "Well, it would be nice if I could eat enough every day."

Ji Hongbing and Xu Zhiqiang are classmates, both from the same province. His father is an engineer and he has only one sister, who works as an accounting apprentice in a factory. His family is better off than Xu Zhiqiang's.

Wang Bin: "Tsk! Mushrooms aren't available every day. If she wants to pick them, there must be mushrooms!"

Ji Hongbing looked distressed: "I asked my family for support, but they could only send me some food coupons and money. There is no extra food at home! But there is nothing to buy in this mountainous area even if I have money."

Xu Zhiqiang: "If it really doesn't work, just buy some snacks that are easy to break and soak them in hot water?"

Ji Hongbing: "It's expensive and tastes terrible!"

Lin Xuewen read the book without looking up: "This year, Qi Feifei came who dares to go up the mountain and can work. At least he raised a few chickens this year. If things go well, he can still eat chicken for a few meals in winter. It's much better than the previous two years."

The corners of Wang Bin's mouth twitched.

When I first came here, I didn't expect it to be so hard here, and I couldn't adapt to anything. Wang Bin took the lead in stealing chickens from fellow villagers, and was severely punished by the village chief.

Now when people mention chicken, they feel embarrassed.

Wang Bin: "But we still have to eat with a tight stomach. We can't even have eggs, let alone meat."

Lin Xuewen: "It's a national regulation, and there's nothing we can do about it. The villagers also have to hand in their eggs in exchange for salt and thread. This year the female educated youth raised chickens, so next year we'll definitely have eggs to eat."

Wang Bin: "The chickens were raised by female educated youth. It's hard to say whether they can be eaten or how many meals they can be eaten!"

Wang Bin felt it was really suffocating to talk to Lin Xuewen.

The female educated youth Cao Xiaohui is Lin Xuewen’s girlfriend, but no one else has a female educated youth girlfriend!

"Ask the village tomorrow when there will be a car to go to the town or county. We'll go and see what we can buy. We won't have time to go during the busy farming season. I think the more delicious Qi Wenshu makes, the more food she uses. We might run out of food if we don't catch one!"

Xu Zhiqiang: "How about writing a letter to Li Bing? Ask him to bring some back when he comes back?"

Ji Hongbing: "He has no food coupons and no connections to get food." He is so sad that he has no tears!

Xu Zhiqiang said weakly: "Maybe there are trough cakes in the county."

Ji Hongbing: "They have to queue up to buy snacks. How can they have time to queue up? Even if they buy the snacks, it will be midnight when they get back. Do you dare to walk in the mountains at night?"

Wang Bin: "After Li Bing has used up all his own money, he may not have any money left for us."

Xu Zhiqiang shouted loudly: "Ah! It's so difficult!"

Wang Bin: "Before the autumn harvest, the villagers must go to the county or town. Before the weather gets cold, the villagers also have to buy some winter supplies. We just need to decide what to buy when the time comes."

Everyone has some cash in their hands, but they are just reluctant to spend it. In case there is not enough food, can we pool money together to buy food?

Baozi can't be kept, so you only eat it once. Caozigao can't be kept for a few days either. It's best to buy noodles or biscuits, but these two are also quite expensive, and not everyone agrees. If not, you have to buy your own. If you don't want to spend money, you can only drink corn porridge.

Wang Bin's father is a teacher, a rough man with a bad temper, and his mother is an actress in the art troupe. She loves beauty, cleanliness, and comparisons, and is very picky at home.

My brother went to the army. He and my older sister are twins, a boy and a girl. They graduated in the same year as me and went to work in the countryside. My older sister is like her mother, pretty, fond of beauty and delicate. She stayed in the countryside near home so that her parents could take care of her more easily.

He had the temper of his father since he was a child, he was irritable and loved fighting, causing trouble in the compound all day long, and was finally thrown into a remote mountain area to "fend for himself."

His family didn't stop him from going back, nor did they worry about the hardship he was having. It was up to him to go back or not.

He himself didn't want to go back. Life here was hard, but he didn't have to endure the mental torture at home. Besides, no one at home missed him.

This is a terrible day.

Wang Bin: "I'm going out for a walk." I was originally very happy after eating, but after talking for a while, I felt so depressed! I just wanted to take a walk to relax.

Everyone was silent, each thinking about their own things.

Qi Feifei and her friends played until dark and came back, putting the bundles of willow branches into the cellar under the house.

The cellar was used to store potatoes and radishes in the winter, but now it is empty in the summer. It is a good time to bundle the willow branches overnight so that they can be made into baskets tomorrow.

After hanging up the clothes, she took the boots to Aunt Liu's house to return them. She also told Aunt Liu that she would not go picking mushrooms tomorrow, and she would weave baskets at home.

She looked at Pan Xiaowen and asked him, "Are you going?" Pan Xiaowen wanted to follow. He wanted to see Qi Feifei eating snake meat and wanted to know whether it tasted good. However, his upbringing made him feel a little embarrassed.

Qi Feifei saw what he was thinking and said, "Let's go, it's getting dark, keep me company."

Pan Xiaowen followed happily.

Zhang Chunxiang stood at the door, watching the two people walk away, feeling a little uncomfortable. She pursed her lips and turned back into the house.

When Zhu Li saw her coming back, she asked, "Why didn't Qi Feifei come in?"

Zhang Chunxiang adjusted her expression and said, "She went to return the boots to Aunt Liu."

Julie blurted out: "Then why didn't you go with them? It's dark now." She felt that since they were always together, shouldn't he stay together even longer now that it was dark?

Zhang Chunxiang's face darkened. Could she say that they didn't plan to take her? She couldn't!

"This, this, she and, Pan Xiaowen..." She hesitated to speak, looking as if she couldn't begin to speak.

Julie was a simple-minded person, she looked confused and couldn't understand it at all.

Baisha said quickly: "Why are you hesitating? They went together, right? There's nothing to hide."

Li Danni: "Yes, they probably went to eat snake meat. When they took the snake away, Pan Xiaowen followed them."

Baisha: "I don't know if snake meat tastes good or not, but seeing how excited she is when she came back, snake meat must be a good thing."

Zhang Chunxiang glanced at them, stopped participating in the conversation, and washed up to get ready for bed.

……

Qi Feifei and Pan Xiaowen came to Aunt Liu's house and told her the purpose of their visit. Aunt Liu said that she would not go picking mushrooms tomorrow.

The deer collected today need to be dried in the sun, so someone needs to be at home watching. Also, her son works in the deer farm and comes back once every ten days. Tomorrow happens to be the day her son comes back.

After saying this, Qi Feifei was about to leave, but Aunt Liu held her back, saying that they had not yet finished the snake soup, and asked them to finish it before leaving.

Although it was a time of hunger, Qi Wenshu ate so much tonight that she really didn't want to eat anymore.

After thinking about it, it would be good to let Pan Xiaowen try it too. If she didn't eat it, Aunt Liu would be embarrassed to eat it. So she simply agreed.

Aunt Liu divided the snake soup into three portions, one for each person, and they were all about the same.

Aunt Liu took a bite and smiled, saying repeatedly: "Delicious, delicious, very sweet."

Pan Xiaowen looked at the bowl, and when he thought about what the snake would look like when it was alive, he couldn't eat it and struggled.

Qi Feifei laughed at him: "A boy doesn't even have this much courage?"

Aunt Liu: "It's really delicious. Try it. It doesn't have a weird taste. It's fresh and a little sweet. It's even better than chicken soup. If you don't dare to eat the meat, drink some soup first."

Seeing that both of them were enjoying the drink, Pan Xiaowen finally closed his eyes and took a sip of the soup.

"Wow! It's different from the chicken and fish soup I had before."

Qi Feifei: "Isn't it delicious? They still dislike it, let them regret it. You are lucky."

Pan Xiaowen's eyes lit up: "It's so delicious. I'll remember this soup forever. Thank you and Aunt Liu."

Aunt Liu: "Child, you should thank Feifei. I have been killing snakes for nothing. If I had known they were so delicious, I would have brought them back and stewed them. Hahaha, drink them all. Don't waste them."

Pan Xiaowen: "Well, the meat is delicious, smooth and tender." At this moment, the delicious taste attracted my attention and I forgot to think about the terrifying appearance of the living snake! It was swept away without a drop left.

After drinking the snake soup, the two returned to their collective household.

As soon as Pan Xiaowen entered the male educated youth's room, Xu Zhiqiang asked, "Pan Xiaowen, have you drunk the snake soup? Is it delicious?" His eyes were full of curiosity and anticipation.

Pan Xiaowen: "Whether it tastes good or not, you guys won't drink it."

Xu Zhiqiang: "Who said we don't drink?"

Pan Xiaowen: "When Qi Feifei brought the snake back, you didn't even say you wanted to eat it!"

Xu Zhiqiang muttered: "I didn't expect it at the time. She was hanging on the waist basket and dangling. I was stunned for a moment."

Li Hongbing: "What are you hesitating about, is it good or not?"

Pan Xiaowen smiled and said, "It's not delicious at all!"

Wang Bin stroked Pan Xiaowen's head and said, "Look how cocky you are. Everyone is curious, so just tell us what you have to say."

Pan Xiaowen told everyone in a serious tone how Qi Feifei chopped the snake and how delicious the snake soup was.

Xu Zhiqiang's eyes were full of stars: "Next time we will definitely ask to eat it. No, let's go and tell Qi Feifei tomorrow that we also want to try it?"

Several people looked at each other and were eager to try.