The sky is clear, and the brigade really wants to send someone to repair the house of the educated youth. The party secretary shouted on the loudspeaker, mobilizing the young and middle-aged people in the village to help, and strived to repair the educated youth spot as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, Li Xiaoqing and Wu Xiaoxiao came over and wanted to talk to Su Yue, and Old Lady Han gave them the room and let them go in and have a good chat.

Wu Xiaoxiao looked at Mrs. Han’s room and couldn’t help but envy Su Yue, “Su Yue, it’s so nice for you to live here, it’s clean and spacious. You don’t know how painful it is for me to live in someone else’s house during this time. I lived in the same house with the old lady of that house, and in addition to their three young children, we couldn’t sleep because of the noise of grinding teeth and snoring at night. Moreover, their old lady likes to put the dung bucket in the room, not pouring it even once for a few days.. The room is very noisy. I said it once, but people didn’t care, so I won’t say anything more. I can only look forward to the sky every day.”

Li Xiaoqing also sighed and said, “The old lady whose house I live in is also like this. At this time, people in the village like to put a dung bucket in the house for convenience.”

Wu Xiaoxiao pouted, “The house I live in is not only poor, but the food is also poor. Every day there is porridge/gruel, otherwise it is dried sweet potatoes. And even more, their family has differential treatment. Men eat the good food and the bad ones are given to women, and moreover, I also eat the worst at the table with women. It is the first time I have seen such a family. I am going to die of anger.”

“And I have to do housework. I have a lot of things to do every day, but I can’t live without working. I can only keep busy every day like a spinning top. If you don’t want to do it, just wait for the two daughters-in-law of that family to speak this and that.”

The rations I brought were also taken up a lot. Obviously I gave out three taels, but in fact they only made two taels. I wanted to reason with others, but I thought that I would have to live with them for a while. I have nowhere to live, so I can only endure it until I’m about to explode.”
(T/N – Tael, also known as the tahil and by other names, can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It usually refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency. The Chinese tael was standardized to 50 grams in 1959.)

Wu Xiaoxiao and Li Xiaoqing talked about a lot of suffering during this time, and they almost cried.

Su Yue was mad speechless. Only then did she know how lucky she was to come to the Han family. Fortunately, she came to the Han family. Fortunately, the old lady Han was a reasonable and understanding old lady. This made her life so comfortable, and she did not encounter as much trouble as Wu Xiaoxiao and Li Xiaoqing. 

Li Xiaoqing patted Wu Xiaoxiao comfortingly, “It’s finally done, the brigade repairs the house for us and we can move back to live. Even if the educated youth point is quite broken, at least we can live comfortably, and we can keep it clean and hygienic. “

Wu Xiaoxiao agreed very much and is happier with the clear sky than anyone else.

Seeing how happy they were, Su Yue couldn’t help sighing again in her heart. It seemed that she was the only one who was reluctant to leave, and everyone else was looking forward to going back.

When Wu Xiaoxiao remembered going back to the educated youth point, she couldn’t help but think of the food Su Yue made, and when she thought of those delicious food, she couldn’t help swallowing wildly, grabbing Su Yue’s arm and shaking it, “Su Yue Su Yue, I’m excited now that I can eat the delicious food you make when I go back, you don’t know that I dream of your cooking every night now, and my saliva almost wet my pillow cloth(cover). “

Su Yue patted her, “Why are you exaggerating?”

Wu Xiaoxiao nodded frantically, “To go so far as to say I’m going crazy now that I want to eat what you make. It’s sunny now, and my wish is finally coming true.”

Li Xiaoqing couldn’t help but look forward to moving back early, and then suggested: “I think we will celebrate the day we move back, we will all go buy something delicious and come back, and then Su Yue will cook us a big dinner. how about it?”

Wu Xiaoxiao’s eyes lit up and nodded, “Okay, we have to celebrate, I still have a pound of meat tickets in my hand, I will go to the supply and distribution cooperative to buy a catty of meat while coming back.”

Li Xiaoqing: “I also have meat tickets, so I’ll go buy jins of spare ribs and come back. I’ll talk to Wei Jia and Mao Lin later, and ask them to buy something delicious too.”

Wu Xiaoxiao was going crazy with anticipation.

From the looks of the two of them, Su Yue knew that they were greedy. Immediately she went to the kitchen to warm up a few bāozi and shāomài for her.

The two of them were moved to death when they saw the bāozi [steamed stuffed bun] and shāomài [shumai (shao mai) steamed dumplings]. They devoured them and ate them without paying attention to their image. Wu Xiaoxiao even said to Su Yue while eating: “This is the best food I have eaten in this period of time. things, Su Yue, I don’t want to leave you anymore, if only I were a young man, I would definitely marry you as my wife. “

Su Yue didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

In the end, the two of them had a full stomach and went back satisfied.