Chapter 393 Going to the Countryside 4
Gudou Shitou went down the mountain to buy oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other things. Although the quantity was large, it did not take up much space.
Many parts of the village are self-sufficient. For example, the clothes are made of home-woven coarse cloth, and the colors are dyed with dyes obtained from the mountains.
Except for seasonings and kerosene, they can only be purchased at supply and marketing cooperatives.
Liu Hiiragi bought a lot of things.
His back bamboo poles were all full, and some could only be loaded into the Kudzu stone's backpack.
After shopping, the two of them were in no hurry to return to the village.
It was a rare trip down the mountain, and Ge Shitou wanted to visit more in the county.
After all, he is still just a teenager.
The two of them had two bowls of rice noodles at a state-owned restaurant.
Liu Heng’s treat.
The quantity of rice noodles is very substantial, filling a big bowl with a lot of mushrooms in it, and the taste is very delicious.
Liu Heng bought a dozen more steamed buns, with plain fillings, but the mushroom fillings tasted no worse than meat buns.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the two began to return.
Because they were carrying heavy objects, the two returned to the village much slower than they left the village, but it only took them more than three hours to return to the village before the sun set.
The two separated at the entrance of the village, and Liu Heng returned to the small building where he lived.
The girls are all waiting for Liu Hiiragi in the boys’ small building.
Seeing Liu Heng, Liu Fang hurriedly came over and asked: "Second brother, have you had dinner? We left a bowl of porridge for you."
After saying that, he got off Go upstairs to serve porridge.
Liu Heng took out the things from his backpack and distributed them to everyone.
After everyone got their things, they asked Liu Heng some about the situation in the county.
Liu Hiiragi answered one by one.
Everyone frowned and sighed.
Zhang Weihong said: "I didn't expect that the village is so far away from the county seat and it is so difficult to walk. Wouldn't we all be able to leave the village in the future?"
Jia Hongmei: "Unless we can overcome the fear of walking on the cable bridge .”
Several girls sighed again after hearing this.
They feel they can’t overcome it.
The swaying chain bridge is so scary.
Zhang Weihong complained: "I'm not afraid of hardship, but I don't want to be stuck in a remote countryside all the time."
She was thinking about whether she should ask her family to help her find a place to go to the countryside.
Lou Manman's eyes flashed and he said nothing.
The three boys walked across the chain bridge once, and they became a little bolder, thinking that they could still go down the mountain in the future.
Liu Fang said to Liu Heng: "Brother, tomorrow we will go to work with the villagers. You should rest quickly."
Liu Heng agreed and finished the porridge. Then he went back to his room and lay on his bed.
The other three people also got into bed.
However, they were not sleepy and lay on the bed chatting.
Liu Hiiragi listened to the conversation of the three people and occasionally interjected a word or two.
Outside, the night is getting darker, only the sound of insects is noisy.
The three people in the room fell asleep, and Liu Heng also started practicing.
The next day, everyone ate the plain steamed buns brought back by Liu Heng, and walked to the fields with the farm tools given to them by the Blue Army.
The villagers had gathered at the edge of the field. When they saw the eight young people, they looked at them with eager eyes. After sizing them up, they got together to chat and joke. The center of the conversation was naturally the eight young people.
Lan Jun and Old Man Ge came over and assigned tasks to everyone.
Lan Jun said to the eight of them: "Follow Bai Yan'er."
As he said this, he waved to a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old.
The girl came over, smiled and said to everyone: "You guys come with me."
This girl is quite beautiful. Although her skin is darker, her facial features are prettier than Zhang Weihong and Jia Hongmei Liu Fang. , comparable to Lou Manman.
Lou Manman is the best-looking among the young women who went to the countryside. Many young men are interested in her.
Unfortunately, those young men who were interested in her did not get together with Lou Manman.
The four people who were grouped together, except Liu Tiao, were all naive and did not feel the charm of Lou Manman.
Bai Yan'er is a cheerful girl. She took eight people to the fields assigned to them and carefully taught them how to use farm tools and how to take care of the fields.
The eight people studied very seriously. After all, they have come to the countryside. How can they do it if they don’t work hard?
How can you live well in the countryside if you don’t work hard to learn the skills of rural people?
Including Zhang Weihong and Lou Manman, eight people have a clear understanding.
Except for Liu Hiiragi, the other seven people were really not in good health. They worked for a short time before they were exhausted.
But even Lou Manman, who looked delicate and soft, did not abandon the farm tools and quit working. Although the work was very slow, everyone also finished all the work assigned to them.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that the Blue Army assigned them few tasks.
The Blue Army knew that the young people from the city had never done farm work, so the tasks assigned to them were very light, only one-third of the ordinary villagers' work.
But even so, several young people were so tired that they lay on the bed when they returned to the small building, motionless.
Dinner was made by Liu Hiiragi. He threw the rice into the pot, threw in some soaked mushrooms, sprinkled a little salt, and made a pot of salty porridge that was quite delicious.
After drinking the porridge, the others lay back on the bed again.
They no longer wanted to have a lying talk, and soon they were snoring.
The next day it was still the same operation.
In this way, after about ten days, when everyone got used to this level of work and had some energy after work, the autumn harvest arrived.
The labor intensity doubled all of a sudden.
The young man collapsed on the bed again from exhaustion, and Lou Manman fainted from heat stroke.
Liu Fang and Jia Hongmei helped Lou Manman return to his residence, while Bai Yaner went to help Lou Manman get medicine.
The effect of the medicine was very good. After taking the medicine, Lou Manman was fine by the afternoon.
Jia Hongmei praised the medicine to Bai Yaner: "The effect is great, better than the Western medicine prescribed in the hospital. Where did you buy this pill? Can I buy some back? Damn it My health is not very good and I am prone to heatstroke. I want to send some back to her."
Bai Yan'er said: "It's made by Shui'er. You can exchange it with her. Shui'er's medical skills are so good. Someone in our village is sick. I’m looking for Shui’er for treatment.”
"Shui'er? Who is it? Point it out to me." Jia Hongmei said.
Bai Yaner said: "Shui'er does not participate in collective work, she is only responsible for the village infirmary."
Although everyone envied this person for not working, they expressed their understanding.
Technical talents do have preferential treatment.
Bai Yan'er introduced Lan Shui'er to everyone.
"Shui'er is the village chief's niece, but her father died long ago. Shui'er lives with her mother. She learned all her medical skills from her mother. However, Shui'er's mother was in poor health and died last year. Shui'er lives alone in the bamboo building at the end of the village. She grows a lot of medicinal materials around the bamboo building. Don't get close to her at will, lest you harm Shui'er's medicinal materials, she will be very angry. Then you will be in trouble."
A few people nodded, although they were curious about what would happen, but they didn't dare. After personal verification, they did not want to offend a doctor with excellent medical skills.
(End of this chapter)