Chapter 26 Re-entering the County
After dinner, Zhou Ziwen came to invite Chen Qiaoyi to his house for a meeting.
After all, the person you are with should be intimate.
But Chen Shiying seemed to understand his thoughts. Under her Ruowuowu interference, Zhou Ziwen's plan quickly came to nothing.
"Sure enough, my sister is not that easy to deceive. Fortunately, I chose my sister." Zhou Ziwen sighed, there is only a long way to go. Anyway, Chen Qiaoyi is already his partner, and there will be many opportunities in the future.
He didn't believe that Chen Shiying could guard against her for a lifetime.
I went to the river to take a bath, and when I got home, I lay down on the bed.
There are not many entertainment activities in this era. It is already dark now, and there are no lights at home, so there is nothing else to do except lie down.
After thinking about it, he decided to go to the county tomorrow to see if there were any books. He could buy a book and come back to pass the time.
After a night of silence, Zhou Ziwen was awakened by the sound of gongs in the village early the next morning.
Because I went to bed early, I didn’t feel sleepy when I woke up.
He felt that the only advantage of traveling to this era was that he no longer had to stay up late.
Go to bed early and get up early for good health.
After getting up, Zhou Ziwen punched several times in the yard to stretch his body bones.
After figuring out his personal hygiene, Zhou Ziwen consciously came to the Chen sisters’ home.
But before going there, he brought his own food with him.
We have agreed on a partner, and of course we have to bring the food there.
However, with his appetite, he was a little worried that the Chen sisters would suffer.
"Brother Ziwen, you are here, I was about to call you!"
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Ziwen met Chen Qiaoyi who was about to call him.
"I brought the food here, where do you want to put it?" Seeing Chen Qiaoyi, Zhou Ziwen's mood instantly became happy.
This girl is beautiful and has a lively personality. When you stay with her, your mood will improve unconsciously.
"Don't let it go. We'll go to the village to grind the grain later, otherwise we won't be able to eat it." Chen Shiying came out of the kitchen holding the white-flour steamed buns.
"Okay, I'll go after dinner." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
Today’s breakfast is white flour steamed buns and pickles.
But Chen Shiying told them some unfortunate news, that is, there is no more white noodles.
For a while, they can only eat whole grains.
After eating, Zhou Ziwen carried the grain and came to the shared stone mill in the village.
This is the place where the village grinds grain for everyone.
There is a large millstone, the kind that needs to be pulled by animals, and three small stone mills, which are pushed by humans.
There is also the smallest, hand-operated grinding disc. This type of grinding disc is most suitable for people with little strength. It is very labor-saving, but it does take a little longer to grind.
Zhou Ziwen chose a hand-push millstone.
Although he can also push the big millstone used by animals, doesn't he become an animal?
This matter is easy to talk about but not easy to hear!
Because they were going to the county town later, the three decided to make a quick decision.
Zhou Ziwen moved the grinding head of the stone mill, and the Chen sisters began to clean.
These stone mills have been used for a long time and just need a little cleaning.
After finishing the cleaning work, Zhou Ziwen put the stone grinder back to its original position, held the grinding handle and started pushing.
One of the two Chen sisters is responsible for adding grain to the grinding eye, and the other is responsible for cleaning the finely ground cornmeal.
Perhaps it was the first time they saw this thing, so the two sisters looked a little excited.
Especially watching the rough corn grains being ground into fine powder by stone mills, I couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
Although they are not the ones grinding the mill, this does not affect their joyful mood. Seeing their excited expressions, Zhou Ziwen blinked and asked, "Yiyi, do you guys want to come and give it a try?"
"Can I?" Chen Qiao Yi opened her eyes wide in surprise, "I might not be able to push it!"
"It's okay, I'm still here!" Zhou Ziwen smiled and said, "I can help you!"
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"Then let me try." Chen Qiaoyi put down the broom in his hand and came to Zhou Ziwen happily.
"Hey, hey, this grinding is so heavy, Brother Ziwen, help me quickly!"
Chen Qiaoyi is a typical good person who loves to play. After getting started, I did push the stone mill, but it was very difficult, and my little face turned red.
"Haha, here it comes!" Zhou Ziwen reached out and grabbed the mill handle, and with a little effort, the millstone started to spin smoothly.
“Hehe, this is quite fun!”
With the help of Zhou Ziwen, Chen Qiaoyi pushed the millstone in circles happily, as if he had found a novel toy.
Chen Shiying on the side was also a little moved, but did not take any action.
Because of her personality, she is not allowed to play freely like her sister.
Chen Qiaoyi played for a while, but couldn't play anymore, so she had to go back to her cleaning work.
But being able to operate it herself made her very satisfied.
The three of them worked together and quickly ground nearly a hundred kilograms of grain into fine powder.
These grains will be their food for the next period of time.
After repacking the finely ground grain, the three of them went home together and prepared to go to the county seat.
Before going to the county seat, Zhou Ziwen had one more thing to do, and that was to write a letter.
He needs to tell his family what is going on during this period so as not to worry them.
After all, in the eyes of his parents, he is still a child who has not grown up. When he comes to such a far away place for the first time, his family will definitely be worried.
He, on the other hand, wrote down his life in the production team and some interesting things, including the matter of building a house, in his letters, focusing on reporting good things but not bad things.
In fact, he felt that his life in the country was quite fulfilling, and could even be said to be quite comfortable.
After all, the second generation is a human being, and he has an idle panel. If he can't do it with ease, he has to consider his own IQ.
After writing the letter, Zhou Ziwen set off with the Chen sisters who had packed up early.
They went at just the right time. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw the bullock cart approaching.
Not many people went to the county today. I didn’t meet any other educated youth, only a few scattered villagers.
After paying the money and getting on the bullock cart, they swayed towards the county town.
Chen Qiaoyi sat next to Zhou Ziwen, chattering with him.
This girl is so full of energy and always so lively.
Little things can make her happy for a long time.
Chen Shiying is just the opposite of her. She doesn't talk much at ordinary times. She keeps her thoughts in her heart and doesn't show them easily.
With a young and lovely girl accompanying him along the way, Zhou Ziwen would not be bored.
Since the two of them made things clear and fell in love, their relationship has reached a new level.
The intentional and unintentional physical touches along the way make this journey full of sweetness.
"Wow, it's finally here. My body is almost shaken to pieces."
As soon as she arrived in the county seat, the girl Chen Qiaoyi couldn't wait to jump off the oxcart.
“Be careful, don’t fall.” Zhou Ziwen showed a helpless smile from behind.
In a trance, he felt like an old father.
(End of this chapter)