The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

The weather was originally clear, but suddenly, dark clouds covered the northwest sky, rolling in, and instantly filled the sky like huge waves in the sea.

"Crack, crack, boom..."

Thunder and lightning

In an instant, it started to rain heavily.

Everyone was busy putting on sacks but couldn't keep up and became soaked.

There were puddles of varying sizes on the road.

No one was in the mood to chat.

The women huddled together, with sacks on their heads, to keep them a little warmer.

Zheng Dazhui and Wang Zhongping kept whipping the horses, making constant noises.

Suddenly a jeep came from the opposite direction. Zheng Dazhui and Wang Zhongping slowed down the carriage and tried to get as close to the roadside as possible.

The kilometer is not very wide, just enough for two cars to pass.

The horses in the mountains rarely see cars and are easily frightened. They became a little restless when they saw the jeep.

The jeep also slowed down and passed by slowly.

Qi Feifei felt the car stopped and heard some noise, so he looked up and met a pair of eyes as deep as a cold pond.

Qi Feifei's heart suddenly shook.

The man just glanced and turned his head. The jeep and the carriage passed by.

Qi Feifei sighed in his heart: Cars are still better, at least they have a canopy and don’t have to be watered all the time.

The jeep missed the road and the carriage started moving again.

Fortunately, the rain came quickly and went away quickly. After more than half an hour, the rain stopped, the sun came out again, and a rainbow appeared in the sky.

Verdant mountains, blue sky, and a colorful rainbow are also rare views. Qi Feifei really wants to have a camera to record this moment.

People of this age are unreasonably optimistic.

The mountain breeze blew and everyone was shivering with cold, but no one complained about the weather or the hard life.

He also said happily that the sun was out and it would not be cold after a while of basking in the sun.

Everyone was talking, laughing, and twisting their collars.

Li Guiying also said, let a few men take off your clothes and twist them. You are all grown men, what are you afraid of? We women turn around.

She called a few women again, and they pulled the sacks to block the way. They took turns standing in the middle, taking off their clothes and pants, wringing them dry and then putting them back on.

Wearing wet clothes can easily lead to illness.

After a busy period, everyone started on the road again.

The journey was so long that by the time we got home, everyone had caught a cold.

When Zhu Li saw Qi Feifei like this, she quickly boiled water for her and asked her to wash her hair and feet and wipe her body with the hot water.

I boiled some scallion water and gave it to her to drink. Then I tucked her into the quilt without letting her expose her head. I kept doing this for a while until she started to sweat slightly, and then I let her breathe.

She was served millet porridge.

"I just made it for you. Drink it while it's hot. Don't catch a cold. Just stay at home and take care of yourself for a few days. You look so thin."

Zhu Li felt sorry for Qi Feifei. Others either came from wealthy families or were too cunning. Only Qi Feifei came from a poor family and worked foolishly, relying entirely on herself.

Maybe it's because we share the same suffering.

My family conditions are not very good, but fortunately I can cook and take care of people, so I can get a job as a cook. Although the work points are not many and I have no rest all year round, I get work points every day and can go out to work half a day during the busy farming season.

Although it's hard work, I always earn a good income every year.

Seeing Qi Feifei finish her porridge, he took the bowl away, covered her tightly with the quilt, and told her to go to sleep quickly before leaving.

Qi Feifei washed himself clean, sweated, ate his fill, and slept comfortably. The next morning, he felt relaxed all over.

Zhu Li got up and carried firewood to cook, and she followed him out.

He pulled Zhu Li aside and said, "Sister Zhu, from today on, I will cut grass for the pigs and send it to the pig farm of Team 5. They said that we can get some pork by the end of the year.

I will definitely come back late at night and miss dinner. You don’t have to cook for me. Give me the cornmeal and I will exchange it with them for food.”

Julie opened her mouth, wanted to say something, and then closed it again.

It's so far, it's too hard. But picking mushrooms is also hard, it's not as easy as picking pig food. And we can share the meat, meat is so hard to get these days!

"You should be more careful."

I went back to the house and packed cornmeal for Qi Feifei for ten days.

"This is for ten days. I'll give it to you after you finish it."

Qi Feifei put the backpack on his back, put the cornmeal into it, and set off with it.

Halfway through the journey, we came to a place where there were not many people and turned to a small river.

I went to the advanced space to take a look at Xiaolu and Doubao, and they were getting along pretty well.

The deer's legs became more flexible, and it was not so scared when it saw Qi Feifei. It even called out "Yo~ Yo~".

Qi Feifei walked over slowly and stroked its back gently. It didn't run away, but turned back and rubbed her gently.

Doubao was so anxious that he jumped up and down. He hadn't eaten for a whole day and night and his stomach was shriveled.

Qi Feifei touched its head and said, "I'll get you food right away. Wait."

Qi Feifei first put the fish basket into the river, and then went back to the kitchen to cook corn porridge. To make big pancakes, she had to knead the dough in advance and use a dough starter, which she didn't have yet.

The corn paste was cooked and hung out to dry. I left the courtyard and went to build the fish basket.

As soon as I picked it up, I felt it was very heavy and there was a crackling sound inside.

Qi Feifei untied the basket and poured the liquid directly into the wooden barrel.

There was actually a big carp, estimated to be more than two kilograms. Normally, there would be no such big fish in the creek. It seemed that it rained heavily yesterday and the fish from downstream were pushed up.

There were also a few crucian carps weighing about one jin, and a few weighing half a jin, which was a big catch. In total, there were about ten jin of fish.

Qi Feifei was overjoyed. He didn't even look at the fish anymore, and quickly fixed the fish basket and put it back into the river.

Take the fish bucket back to the courtyard for sorting.

I put the big carp in one bucket, the crucian carp in another bucket, and the mullet in another bucket. I didn't bother to sort the others. I put them all together, added water, and went to the tool room.

I remember there was one that looked like an inverted dustpan, with a bottom and a long bamboo pole. It was probably used for fishing, right?

Qi Feifei had never used it before, but it looked good for catching fish in the river.

He took it and left the courtyard, went to the fishing basket upstream, scooped up the fish while rushing it downstream.

I actually caught quite a few. It rained heavily yesterday, so a lot of fish came up to the top. Now that the water has receded, many fish have exposed their backs. You can see schools of fish at a glance.

After a while, a bucket of fish was caught.

I originally just wanted to get some fish to eat, but I didn’t expect to have such a big unexpected harvest. I even forgot I was hungry.

After returning the fish bucket to the courtyard, I found that the buckets and basins in the kitchen were not big enough. If I continued to catch fish like this, wouldn't I have a kitchen full of fish?

I remember there was a large vat with painted deer and auspicious clouds in front of the screen wall.

Well, put the big fish there. It's good and easy to catch when eating.

The big vat was full of water. I scooped some water out with a bucket and poured all the big carp and crucian carp into it.

The willow root fish was put in a half-sized tank in the kitchen, and the other miscellaneous fish were put directly in a tank basin.

There weren't that many small fish this time.

After settling these things, she went out of the courtyard again and scooped up the fish basket again. This time she scooped up more fish than last time, probably because she was chasing the fish away.

There were two big carps weighing about three pounds, and the rest were mostly crucian carp and willow root fish. The fish basket was full!

Qi Feifei grinned while working.

Hahaha, hahaha...