The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

The next day, Lin Ge was about to come back, so her husband's family borrowed a horse-drawn carriage from the production team to go to the county to pick her up, and set off before dawn.

Baisha asked for leave from the team leader the day before, got a letter of introduction, and followed the carriage to the county town.

I took the train directly back to the provincial capital.

Along the way, she wrapped the Ganoderma lucidum in several layers with a cotton vest and hung it in a net bag in a ventilated window. She was very worried that it would get damaged. She was very nervous all the way.

Actually, it's okay, because her Ganoderma lucidum has been placed in the space for a day and a night, and has been nourished, becoming more effective and more durable in storage.

When Baisha entered the house, her mother was startled.

"Why did you come back suddenly? Did something happen?"

Baisha was very happy: "Mom, look what this is?" He was very excited. He opened the net bag like presenting a treasure, layer by layer, and inside were three big red Ganoderma lucidum.

Liu Yan: "Wow! Where did you get this? This is really rare."

Baisha sat down on the chair, picked up the kettle, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Mom, I'm hungry."

Liu Yan quickly brought the biscuit box to her: "Take a rest first, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."

"You haven't told me yet, where did you get this Ganoderma?"

Baisha ate the biscuits while saying, "This is wild red Ganoderma lucidum. We have a new educated youth who might have picked it. She picked it and gave it to me."

Liu Yan: "We can't take other people's things for free." You have to go back to the city and can't get too involved with them.

Before he could finish his words, he was intercepted by Baisha.

Baisha: "Mom! What are you thinking? Can I ask for it for free? I promised to give her a towel, a bar of soap, a pound of sugar, and a set of thick cotton clothes."

Then he said, "Her family seems to be in a difficult situation. Is it not taking advantage of her if I give her these?"

Liu Yan: "I haven't bought Ganoderma lucidum either, so it shouldn't count. I'll go ask around some other day."

Baisha: "She said this needs to be dried in the sun for a few days and stored in a cool place after drying."

Liu Yan: "Okay, I'll do it. You take a good rest at home for a few days. I'll buy you some meat tomorrow and make you some braised pork. It's good to nourish yourself. You've lost weight."

Baisha: "That young educated youth Qi is amazing. She goes to pick mushrooms every day. We have been eating pretty well recently."

Liu Yan: "Then you didn't bring back any mushrooms?"

Baisha: "I was really anxious! I was thinking about the Ganoderma lucidum, I was afraid it would get spoiled, I was hanging out the window all the way, I was very nervous. We were both not sure whether we should hand it in if it was discovered."

Liu Yan: "No one else knows, right?"

Baisha: “No.”

Liu Yan: "Okay, let's not tell anyone. Less trouble is worse than more."

Baisha: "Mom, do you have cotton shoes and hats? Cloth and cotton will do. I see she has nothing for the winter, so I'll bring some back to her. It's hard for us to get out of the mountain. When she picks mushrooms, I'll ask her for some to dry and send back to you."

Liu Yan said angrily, "You are so kindhearted. It's as if your mother has everything. These things all require tickets."

Baisha: "Oh, I'm following your instructions. Besides, you are the director of the supply and marketing cooperative. The lives of the educated youth in our mountain village are so difficult. Please help us!" He hugged his mother's arm and shook it.

Liu Yan: "Okay, okay, okay, you're falling apart. I'll cook noodles for you, you take a break first." She pushed Baisha's hand away and went into the kitchen.

Baisha sat alone at the table, looking at the three big Ganoderma lucidum. The more he looked at them, the more he liked them. They were so beautiful!

Lin Ge originally wanted to go back and discuss with her family whether or not to get married.

When you get married, there will be someone to take care of you and it won’t be that hard, but once you get married you’ll really be taking root here. What if you get the chance to go back to the city?

When she got home, she found no one there. She asked her neighbors and found out that her parents had been sent to the northwest, and her brother and sister-in-law had been sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. She decided to get married right away and sent a telegram to Wang Zhongping.

On the day we came back, we went to the town to get our marriage certificate.

I went back to the collective household to pack up my things, and went to my husband's house the next day. There was no wedding banquet, but only some fruit candies were distributed to everyone. I was considered married.

At the home of Zheng's second daughter-in-law, the two brothers of the Cai family picked up Qi Feifei's waist basket and also picked three baskets of mushrooms, which were extremely delicious.

Cai Daxiong said smugly, "Yingzi, you know what, that little girl is quite good at finding mushrooms. I didn't bring enough baskets today, otherwise I could have picked so many."

Zheng Er's wife was excited when she heard this: "Why don't you take off your clothes?"

Cai Daxiong: "Fuck, you sound so light, but if you take it off, you won't lose weight in the mountains? How are you going to get back from such a long mountain road?"

Cai Erniu: "Sister, let's go again tomorrow and you can find two more bags."

Zheng Er's wife: "Okay, do you want me to go with you two?"

Cai Erniu: "No need, we have enough strength to carry all the mushrooms for you, you just need to pick up the mushrooms at home."

"We scared that girl today. I guess she won't dare to go up the mountain again."

Zheng Er's wife: "What a stupid little girl! Let her show off! If she dares to go again, I will punish her."

Cai Daxiong: "Don't worry, whoever dares to bully my sister will be killed."

The next day, Qi Feifei got up early and went into the mountains as usual. She did not go to the mountain where she met the Cai brothers. She crossed the ridge again and passed the other side of the mountain.

She couldn't beat them, so she had to hide.

She had been wanting to pick more mushrooms to earn enough money to buy cotton clothes.

This incident made her realize that she not only needed to eat enough, but also to eat well, keep her body healthy, and have the ability to protect herself.

She couldn't get meat, she had no money and didn't know how to hunt, but she could now get small fish, which was also a good tonic for the body.

But she couldn't take it to the collective household, and she couldn't explain how she caught the fish. Besides, if everyone shared the fish, she would have nothing left.

The bamboo fishing basket could not be shown to others. The fishing basket was not hers, and there was no bamboo in this mountain, so she could not imitate it.

She needed a place to cook the fish, and the kitchen in the courtyard was the most suitable place.

She has always been embarrassed to use things in the courtyard house. In her opinion, taking things without asking is considered stealing.

The owner had not shown up yet, and she was very troubled. She really needed the tools, space and kitchen in the courtyard.

She couldn't use it with peace of mind because she was limited in her abilities and had nothing to repay others with.

She struggled all the way, but finally convinced herself that she would never make a mess when she borrowed the kitchen, and that when the owner came back one day, she would do her best to repay him.

When she arrived at the mountain to rest, she entered the courtyard and stewed all the fish in the kitchen, making a pot of fish soup.

While the fish soup was stewing, she picked the black fungus and cockscomb mushrooms and put them away.

When the fish soup was ready, she took the fish soup and the bean curd and sat on the top of the mountain to eat. She drank the fish soup and occasionally gave the bean curd a piece of fish head. In the end, she ate it all.

She went back to the kitchen of the courtyard and tidied everything up as before, then came out and continued down the mountain.

The place where I picked hazel mushrooms a few days ago, the mushrooms that were too small to be picked at that time have now grown.

It’s just not as thick as it was a few days ago.

She didn't pick any, she wanted to see if there would be any new discoveries further away.

Walk down the mountain slowly.