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Chapter 142 Old Old Single

Si Ningning recalled Song Xiaoyun's passion for Mo Bei before, and more or less noticed something was wrong. Even if Song Xiaoyun really liked Mo Bei, she wouldn't be jealous over a kettle, right?

Even if the kettle really belonged to Mo Bei, Si Ningning didn't think that Song Xiaoyun liked it enough to make him jealous.

After thinking about it for a while, Si Ningning looked back at Song Xiaoyun with clear deer eyes, and reminded her kindly, "Are you really not going to drink anymore? It's probably just three o'clock now, and there are still more than three hours before work ends."

If it doesn't get dark until after six o'clock, depending on how busy it is, the end of work may have to be postponed later.

"Thank you Ningning, I'm really not thirsty anymore." Song Xiaoyun ignored Si Ningning's kindness, directly put the kettle into Si Ningning's arms, turned around and left.

Jiang Yue frowned hard and said impatiently: "Forget it if she doesn't want to drink it, just give it to me."

Si Ningning gave Jiang Yue and Xu Shuhua the water in the general kettle.

"It's so hot here, go back quickly." Jiang Yue urged Si Ningning.

Si Ningning nodded, feeling too hot. After saying a few more words, he walked back.

Behind her, Jiang Yue held the vat and took a few perfunctory sips, looking around for something. She didn't drink much of the water in the vat, as if it was reserved for someone on purpose.

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Si Ningning returned to the pig pen. Sanya and Zhou Xiaocui had already gone home to deliver water to their parents. Only He Gu was still waiting there.

Seeing Si Ningning come back, Hegu, who was huddled with his knees in his arms, stood up instantly and said, "Si Ningning!"

"..." Si Ningning was speechless for a while.

She tried to correct Hegu many times to call her sister, but it didn't work, so she simply stopped talking.

"What's the matter?" Si Ningning picked up the pigweed that had long since shed its dew and threw it into the pigpen.

"I'm telling you about my big brother!" Hegu followed Si Ningning persistently.

"I know, your eldest brother is Huo Lang."

"no!"

"Why not again?"

Si Ningning turned her head and lowered her eyes to look at Hegu. The little guy shook his head vigorously and turned red in the face, "That's not it. I said that's not what I said."

He Gu was a little unhappy. Just for a moment, he looked up at Si Ningning with bright eyes and asked like a young adult: "How old are you?"

Si Ningning didn't think much and answered smoothly: "17, what's wrong?"

"Ah..." When He Gu heard this, his expression instantly became wilted.

Afterwards, He Gu refused to answer any questions Si Ningning asked.

Maybe he got tired of being asked, so he just ran away in the end, leaving Si Ningning stunned for a moment.

It is said that a woman’s heart is as deep as the bottom of the sea, and it is equally difficult to guess what a half-grown child is thinking!

Si Ningning stood in front of the pig pen, shook her head and watched the grain disappear at the end of the alley. Then she turned around to scoop up the swill, mixed the pig food and continued inking for a while. She was almost ready to return to the educated youth spot.

On one side, Si Ningning was busy, and on the other side, He Gu returned home with a sullen face.

Sanae was squatting in the yard, picking up a twisting earthworm with a small wooden stick in her hand to tease the hens. Seeing He Gu coming back, Sanae threw the wooden stick away, stood up and shouted happily: "Second brother! You are back!"

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"Hmph." Hegu snorted angrily. Xiao Maza sat down next to Sanae, raised his head and felt angry for a while, then raised his head and asked: "Brother, will you be back today? When will you be back?"

"The county has been busy recently, and I don't know if eldest brother will come back today." Sanae replied, her round face smiling again, "Second brother, are you hungry? There are still some sweet potatoes left over from the steamed sweet potatoes at noon.

I'll get it for you."

As he was about to enter the house, He Gu groaned and shouted: "I don't want to eat, don't get it for me."

My second brother's strange temper is not something that happens every day or two. Sanae has long been used to it, and she is not angry either. She squats in front of He Gu, resting her elbows on her knees, holding her chin in her hands and looking up at He Gu, smiling.

"Is the second brother thirsty, or does he want to eat sweets? The eldest brother brought back a lot last time, and there are still some left."

When Hegu mentioned sugar, he thought of Si Ningning. He couldn't help but shake his head twice, and his stern face showed a trace of emotion.

Just as Hegu was about to speak, there was another creak at the door of the courtyard, and someone pushed the door open and entered.

He turned around and stood up instantly, "Brother!"

"Brother!"

The two little ones scattered to one side, and one of them grabbed one of Huo Lang's hands and shook it, "Brother, did this mission go well? Are you tired? I'll get some water for you!"

Sanae said, entering the house and pouring water quickly.

He Gu still held Huo Lang's arm. Huo Lang's eyebrows were tired and he patiently used his other hand to stroke He Gu's little head. "What have you and Sanae been doing at home these two days? Have you had a good meal?"

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"Brother." Hegu's dark eyes rolled around, and he raised his head to look at Huo Lang. His neck was so slender that people worried it might break at any time.

Hegu didn't answer, but lowered his head and asked sadly and lonely: "If I can eat well, how many years younger will my eldest brother be?"

"What are these words?"

This question made Huo Lang confused, but he didn't think much about it. He bowed and held the grain of grain in his arms, and carried it to the main room. "You think my brother is old and can't support you anymore?"

Sanao brought water, and Huo Lang took it into his hand. Hegu sat on the bamboo bed, looking up at Huo Lang thoughtfully as he drank the water.

Si Ningning is 17 years old, but his eldest brother is 24 years old.

I once heard from my aunt on the team that a man who has not married a wife after the age of 20 is a typical old bachelor.

At his age, isn't his eldest brother an old bachelor?

He Gu thought sadly: Si Ningning will definitely dislike his elder brother.

After Huo Lang drank the water, he handed the enamel jar to Sanmiao and asked Sanmiao to put it back. He turned around and saw Hegu staring at him. He put his big hand on Hegu's head and rubbed it hard, "What's that look?"

Like an angry cat, He Gu ran away with a "hum", but then turned around and said seriously: "Brother, can you learn from the educated youth? They are very elegant in their gowns, but my elder brother's gowns are too small."

Every time I put it on, my shoulders bulge, not elegant at all."

The same clothes looked completely different to him. Hegu was young and didn't know much. He just thought it was a problem with the clothes. How could he know that under his elder brother's arms were muscles that had been trained for many years.

However, before going to the countryside, the educated youth only held books and had not done any heavy work at all. Their waists, abdomen and arms were naturally flat.

Huo Lang didn't say this, and even if he did, a young man wouldn't understand it.

Huo Lang only looked at Sanae on one side, asking where the trouble was.

Sanae tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said seriously: "Brother, second brother has been going to the pig pen these days... The female educated youth who came to our house before seems to have been arranged to work there."

Huo Lang was thoughtful, and He Gu simply admitted, "Si Ningning gave me a soda today. It's sour and sweet. It tastes a hundred times better than the soda my brother bought me."

As he spoke, Hegu's expression flickered slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

Just for a moment, he looked at Huo Lang sadly, "Brother, when people ask you your age in the future, don't say you are 24 years old. Just say, well, just say you are 19... Forget it, just say you are

Be 20 years old!”

Although his eldest brother is good-looking and the most handsome in the team, his boss usually has a stern face and is not close to him. He thinks his eldest brother is scary. If he says he is 20 years old, some people may barely believe him. If he says he is 19, others will definitely not believe him.

He Gu thought about it, then held onto the corner of Huo Lang's clothes and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Brother, if you smile more in the future, the boss will keep a cool face and no girl will fall in love with you."

"Smelly boy."

The more He Gu spoke, the more he became incoherent. Huo Lang stretched out his long arms, held He Gu at his waist, and patted his butt twice gently before letting go.

But when he mentioned Si Ningning, Huo Lang thought of the bamboo basket and sieve he had promised the girl a while ago.

It was originally said that it could be compiled in two or three days, but as the farming season was approaching, the county was afraid of delaying the production team's harvest, so they put together the recent work and planned to finish it before the double harvest.

He has been busy in the county for most of the month, and he can't worry about his younger brothers and sisters. Occasionally he takes time out of his busy schedule to come back, just to drink a glass of water and say a few words before leaving.

Now that I'm back from doing business in the county, the team will be busy collecting goods in a few days. If it continues, I'll probably have to wait until autumn before I can knit the things for the girl...

There was "sugar" first, and no matter how busy Huo Lang was, he was too embarrassed to drag it down. He immediately got up, rinsed his arms and face by the well in the backyard, took out the hatchet and picked up the bamboo in the corner and part of it that had been split.

Bamboo strips, I sat in the shade by the well and got busy.

As soon as Huo Lang knitted the bottom shape of the bamboo basket, Hegu came around from the kitchen, squatted on one side and pointed: "Brother, don't you know how to knit a little goldfish? You are here, knitting the basket halfway around the waist.

?Girls will definitely like it.”

"Talk too much." Huo Lang scolded softly, but in reality his deep brows were slightly raised.

The girl was cute and naive. He asked her for something, and she agreed without any hesitation... If she could be happy, that would be fine too.

Quan should return the favor.

Huo Lang stepped on the bamboo basket that had been knitted in a small circle, freed his hand to pull out a small handful of bamboo silk from the bamboo basket, and began to knit it flexibly with his fingers.

After a while, you can see the bulge on the goldfish's back.

As soon as Hegu saw it, he knew that his elder brother had listened to his words. He was immediately excited and smiled proudly, "Brother, you have to make it more detailed and special, so that it is easy to identify, so as not to worry about it later."

Si Ningning took it out, but someone thought it was his own and took it by mistake."

Hegu's worries were completely unnecessary.

In the past, there were people in the third team who could make up, but due to some things, this way of making up was gradually lost.

As for Holang's little goldfish braiding method, he learned it from a veteran who was a few years older than him when he was in the army.

Whether it is training in the army school or actually going to the battlefield, it is very difficult. Some recruits can't persist, but there is no way out. The veteran treats the recruits like his own brothers and sisters, and uses the skills that his father gave him

Gadgets, made up one by one in free time and given to recruits, to encourage recruits to finish this battle and then go home and reunite with their families...

Huo Lang knitted a small goldfish in his hand, and the eyes of the new recruits filled with tears of homesickness vaguely appeared in his mind, and finally, the veteran was blown up with his lower body missing, lying under the black soil of the artillery fire, covering his hand with difficulty, that

The shouts of "Alang" and "Alang" made him frightened, and the blood in his bones solidified with the passage of time...

"Brother, have you tied your hands?"

He Gu hugged his knees and tilted his head, wondering why his eldest brother's eyes suddenly turned red.

Huo Lang came to his senses quickly, raised his head, put his big palm in front of his eyes and rubbed it. When he put his hand down again, his expression had returned to normal.

While he was busy with his hands, he corrected the inaccuracies in Hegu's words, "In the future, if you call me sister when you see me, a little boy must have some backbone and cannot ask for things from others. Even if they are given by others, they must refuse."

"Huh." He Gu pouted, staring down at the little goldfish made by Huo Lang, and said nothing.

On the other hand, Si Ningning finished her work in the pig pen and steamed rice in the advanced space before returning to the educated youth point. After that, she went back to the educated youth point to clean up and start making today's big pot rice.

As soon as the fire in the stove was lit, I heard someone shouting outside.

Si Ningning went out and saw that Chen Lianmi was here again, "What's wrong, Auntie?"

Chen Lianmi had two bundles of rice at her feet. She was standing by the vegetable field on one side of the educated youth point. When she saw Si Ningning coming out, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Si educated youth, the fields are really busy.

, would you like to go down to the fields with me tomorrow and help me? Just help bundle the rice. It’s very boring today, I guess it’s going to rain in the next two days, and if I can’t pick it back in time, the millet will rot in the ground.”

"Sure, Auntie." Si Ningning nodded quickly, and then said after a while: "But Auntie, other educated youths in the educated youth area have a heavy workload recently. Now I'm in charge of cooking. I'll go to the fields after feeding the pigs tomorrow, and I'll have to work again at noon.

Is that okay if you go home early?"

"Okay, this is all easy to say. It's a big help if you can help me." Chen Lianmi smiled, squatted down and picked up the burden again, and walked slowly towards the threshing floor, saying: "This time, Comrade Educated Youth

We also helped a lot, but we can’t let them go hungry.”

If the educated youths really starve, then they won’t be able to work as hard, so won’t there be a loss of labor force?

Then the gains outweigh the losses.

"Okay, Si Zhiqing, you cook and I'll pick the rice bales. It's early in the morning, so if you move quickly, you can pick a few more times."

"Okay, Auntie, please slow down."

Si Ningning went back to the kitchen to continue cooking. When the other educated youths came back in the evening, the food on the dinner table was much more honest than the previous days.

There was a large pot of tomato soup with obvious oil stains, and a plate full of fried pumpkin.

This month, I exchanged my work points for rations in the team, most of which were sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes are not like rice. Once steamed in a pot, it is difficult to tell who is whose and how much.

Generally speaking, when it comes to sweet potatoes, I personally took out a few before and divided them now. If you remember what shape and length they are, you can pick them yourself without ruining others.

A group of people sat at the table. Everyone had two sweet potatoes in front of them. In addition, everyone had a lunch box full of soup.

Li Lingyuan was not afraid of being burned. He took a sip and said, "Hey, ever since Si Zhiqing took over the cooking job, I've been looking forward to the soup every day. Not to mention, the soup is sour and sour, and it's really appetizing!"

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Digression:

Ah Yao muttered: This month is on the monthly ticket list! It’s the end of the month! Don’t waste your monthly tickets, little cuties, give them to me quickly~~~!!

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