The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

Chunni, "I've been talking for a long time, but I haven't asked you if you've eaten yet. Are you hungry? I'll go make you some food."

Qi Feifei, "Okay, let me try your cooking."

Chunni was a little embarrassed, "I've never cooked before, I can only cook well."

Qi Feifei, "That's normal. You haven't cooked many times, so it's amazing that you can cook it. If you want to become a chef directly, will you let others live?"

The two were talking and laughing when someone outside the yard shouted,

"Shihe's wife, Shihe's wife, are you home?"

An old lady with gray hair came in from outside the yard.

Chunni instantly turned back into that silly girl, and Qi Feifei couldn't help laughing.

Chunni stood blankly at the door, looking at the old lady warily.

The old lady was carrying a small basket in her hand, which contained a bunch of early beans and a bunch of Chinese cabbage.

"Shihe's wife, I am the wife of your village's sixth grandmother's brother.

When she came, she told me to come and see you often. There has been a lot of work to do in the fields recently, and I have not been able to have a quiet time at home. I have many grandchildren and brothers and sisters to take care of, and I also have to cook, feed the pigs and beat the dogs. I have been busy all day and have no time to see you.

I finally found some time today to come and take a look. Are you used to it?"

Chunni looked at her blankly.

The old lady sighed, "Shi He calls me Auntie, so you should call me Auntie too. These are vegetables from our garden. I thought Shi He would not be able to take care of the garden, so I brought some for you."

Chunni smiled foolishly and took it.

"Thank you."

Auntie: "Very polite."

He walked into the house and looked around. It was quite clean. This silly wife was pretty good. She knew how to clean the house, better than Shi He.

When I entered the inner room, I saw Qi Feifei sitting on the kang holding the child.

"Hey, here you are! Are you her sister?"

The old lady was not at all shy.

Qi Feifei, "I am her good friend. Please sit down."

Old aunt, "You are worried, come and take a look. I am also worried about you, so I came to take a look. Where are you from?"

Qi Feifei, "I live in town, and I came to see if she is adapting well and if there is anything missing at home."

Old aunt, "His family is doing OK. They only have one son. When the old couple passed away, they left all their belongings to him. There was no famine."

He is a little dull, but he has no bad intentions and has a good temper.

I watched him grow up, he is an honest and decent man.

Don't worry, otherwise Grandma Liu won't be able to introduce you. She likes Silly Girl very much. She told me about it and asked me to take care of her."

The old aunt loves to chat. Even when Chunni had prepared meal, she was still chatting enthusiastically.

Instead, all of Shihe's secrets were revealed.

It turned out that Shihe's parents came here to escape famine and gave birth to this son.

The old man is a second-rate god, a shaman. He needs someone beside him to help beat the drum, pass messages, and answer the gods. This is his job. The old couple are both smart and clever, but the son is very dull and has five disadvantages and three shortcomings.

He didn't have many relatives here. After the old couple passed away, Shihe was left all alone. He never found a suitable person. Silly Girl was his first wife.

After Chunni finished cooking, she started to set the table without telling the old aunt to eat.

When the old aunt saw that the meal was ready, she quickly said goodbye and said, "I have to go back to cook, and I will be back to eat soon."

The old lady's legs were strong and she walked away quickly.

Chunni took the pork and beans stewed with pork that Qi Feifei brought and cooked the corn porridge.

Xiao Hegu has fallen asleep.

Qi Feifei and Chunni sat at the table to eat.

"Do you often have people visiting you?"

Chunni, "This is the first one."

No one has come for so many days. Maybe someone has come to see her secretly, but she doesn't know.

Qi Feifei, "It's not safe for you to mourn on Gushan Mountain. I will send you a big dog tomorrow."

If everyone in the village knew that Chunni was beautiful, and someone had bad intentions, Shihe would not be at home during the day.

After a pause, he said, "Send two over, but I can't give them to you. I'll just lend them to you. I'll need to take them away later."

Chunni, "Is it bean curd?"

Qi Feifei smiled, "No, Doubao is at the fungus farm. One of these two is very important. I want to support her for life. The other one is her husband, so I am just borrowing her light."

After dinner, the two of them used the small pieces of cloth that Qi Feifei brought her to make clothes for Xiao Hegu.

The little sweater is about to become unwearable, so it’s a good time to make some bigger clothes and pants.

Xiao Hegu was the eldest and he didn’t pick up any old clothes. Instead, Qi Feifei made new clothes for him.

Qi Feifei didn't leave and waited until dark. Shi He came back with a small whip and a sack of sackcloth in his arms.

When he saw someone coming home, he just looked at him and said nothing.

Qi Feifei looked at Chunni, and Chunni nodded.

that's it.

Chunni left some food for Shihe.

After he finished his meal, Qi Feifei told him that they would rent a house for Silly Girl and her mother to live in. They would also send an old sow and two dogs.

The pig and the dog were loaned to the silly girl, and she would have to return them to herself later.

Shi He just listened silently.

He didn't say anything, but Qi Feifei didn't mind. Since she had told him anyway, she didn't need his consent.

If he disagreed, Qi Feifei would immediately take Chunni and her daughter away.

The next day, Qi Feifei helped Chunni build a pigpen and a big doghouse before leaving.

I went to Toudaogou overnight and drove the old sow away.

Everyone thought she sold the pig.

Qi Feifei went to the wood ear farm again, checked on Muduan's condition, and left five younger brothers and sisters for Doubao.

Li Fengxia stayed at the wood ear farm every day. After Qi Feifei left, she had no time to go home and she didn't even know that her sister was married.

Qi Feifei told her the general situation. She felt relieved when she heard that little Hegu was a good-looking man and Shihe was a well-behaved man who didn't bully the silly girl.

The next day, the old sow, Dahei, Doubao's mother and two puppies moved into Shihe's house.

The puppies were given to Chunni so that they could guard the house for her when they grow up.

Qi Feifei had not been in town for a few days when something bad happened.

The textile factory was built on wasteland on the edge of the town, not far from the purchasing station.

The prepared sand, gravel, red bricks and cement were piled there, and Director Ma arranged an old man to watch over them.

I don’t know if the old man fell asleep or what, but more than twenty bags of cement were stolen in the middle of the night.

When Qi Feifei came back, Director Ma was losing his temper at the construction site.

It was the first time that Qi Feifei saw Ma Ling lose his temper. Director Ma, who was usually kind and cheerful, was so angry that veins on his forehead were throbbing.

"I asked you to come and see the pile, not to drink and sleep. If you can do it, do it. If you can't, get out of here right away."

No one's relatives are useful. They just take care of themselves and give them a job to do, and they just do it without even noticing that something is lost.

"Get out! Get out! Get out! Replace someone today!"

No one dared to make a sound. Qi Feifei came later and looked at Accountant Jiang, asking him what was going on.

Accountant Jiang shook his head, winked at her, and said he would talk about it later.