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Chapter 164 A rare holiday

He Gu was also captivated by the delicious food and had stopped crying. However, most little boys were face-saving and would inevitably feel shy and embarrassed just after crying. Therefore, even though he thought the pork liver noodles made by Si Ningning were delicious, He Gu just buried his head in pain.

Eat, but didn’t respond to Sanae.

After the two little ones finished their meal, other educated youths came back one after another. Before they even entered the door, they could hear Jiang Yue shouting in a loud voice: "Didn't you say you bought the bones? Why are the bones so fragrant!"

"Hurry up, I almost don't have time to swallow my saliva!" Li Lingyuan said.

The stick bones had been stewed in the pot for more than an hour, with both bones and meat. Plus Si Ningning added bay leaves, cinnamon and some other seasonings, and the fragrance had already spread.

Li Lingyuan and Jiang Yue rushed into the main room first. He Gu and San Miao had not yet left the table. They were startled and jumped off their chairs to move behind Si Ningning.

Li Lingyuan and Jiang Yue were also confused, not knowing what was going on.

"The rice is in the back pot, you pick your own lunch box first." Si Ningning winked, took the two bowls on the table, and took Hegu and Sanae to the well.

After filling the pool with water, Si Ningning asked Sanmiao and Hegu to wait for a while, then picked a leaf with the larger leaves on one side, pretended to go back to the house and squeezed some dishwashing liquid.

When he returned to the well, Si Ningning looked at Hegu and said, "Remember what this is, right?"

Hegu nodded.

He had just used it yesterday, and he remembered that it was very clean for washing dishes.

Si Ningning bent her eyes and smiled slightly, "Okay, I have to go do some work now. Sanae has never used this before. Can you take my place and teach Sanae how to use it?"

Hegu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded, "I can."

"Very good." Si Ningning patted Hegu's little head in approval, and then told the two of them to only wash in the pool and not lie down by the well. Si Ningning returned to the educated youth point after receiving assurances.

In the main room, Xu Shuhua used the wooden basin she usually used to wash vegetables to pour out the stick bones and soup from the pot. Everyone sat at attention at the table. When Si Ningning came in, everyone looked at her with shining eyes.

"Si Zhiqing, why are you so old? How much does it cost?" Li Lingyuan asked.

Jiang Yue twitched the tip of her nose, covered her mouth with her hands and said, "Hey! Si Ningning, how did you make it? It tastes so delicious!"

It looked like saliva would flow out if you didn't cover your mouth.

"This large pelvic bone actually weighs three kilograms and two taels, and there is also half a piece of pork liver, which is four and a half kilograms in total. It cost a total of one yuan, and the ticket was not spent." Si Ningning told the story he had planned in advance.

Listen, everyone, "Bang bones cannot be sold at a high price. Although pork livers are free of charge, they are basically unavailable. Comrade Huo Lang can buy these because he has some connections."

Things like pork liver and pig offal are not as expensive as meat. You don’t need a ticket to buy them at the butcher shop, but you can’t buy them at all.

Because of this kind of stuff, workers in the meat processing factory basically default to internal digestion.

Although it is not serious meat, it still tastes fishy. People either eat it themselves or sell it on the black market.

Everyone, look at me, and I'll look at you.

Talking about the matter, of course they were grateful to Huo Lang, but most of them felt embarrassed.

No one said anything, and Si Ningning continued: "After dinner, I will take out the remaining money and tickets, and everyone will figure out how to divide it."

There was silence in the room again.

Mo Bei stared at the white rice in front of him and was distracted for a moment.

He gave Si Ningning rice before and asked Si Ningning to take time off to cook it for him depending on his mood. Last night, he gave Si Ningning sorghum rice in advance, thinking that Si Ningning would make sorghum rice today, but...

Mo Beiqing's cold eyes flickered and he raised his eyes to look at Si Ningning, "Who are those two children?"

Others also reacted and said all at once: "I know that little girl, her name is Sanae. I heard from my uncle and aunt in the team before that she is Comrade Huo Lang's sister, right? Why are they here?"

"During this period of busy farming, Comrade Huo Lang is the strongest worker in the team..." Si Ningning had already expected this scene, so he calmly replied: "He knew in advance that he would be very busy in the next period of time and might not be able to spare time to take care of a pair of people.

Brother and sister-in-law. I heard from my aunt on the team that I was responsible for cooking at the educated youth camp. When I asked him to help buy meat, he entrusted me with this matter smoothly..."

Worried that someone might have bad thoughts, Si Ningning pursed her lips and continued: "Comrade Huo Lang has given rations. They eat here and it will not affect everyone."

"I didn't mean that!"

"I, I, I, I don't mean that either!"

Upon hearing what Si Ningning said, everyone quickly raised their hands to show their support.

"Comrade Huo Lang has helped us so much. If his younger brothers and sisters eat here, it won't affect us. I'm just sorry to trouble you, Si Zhiqing..." Song Shuhan pushed the frame slightly, "We collectively owe Comrade Huo Lang

The favor ends up being repaid by you alone."

Isn’t it?

Huo Lang's younger brothers and sisters were eating at the Zhiqing Dian. Who was cooking at the Zhiqing Dian? It was Si Ningning!

Looking at the steaming big stick bones in the basin, the meat on them is estimated to be six or seven taels...

Smelling the tantalizing aroma, Song Shuhan, who had always been gentle, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

They... really took advantage of it!

Xu Shuhua also noticed this and quickly said: "They take care of us so much, do we have to find a way to repay them?"

"No need!" Si Ningning's heart skipped a beat.

She had already thought about getting rid of the "meat" issue at both ends. If she really wanted to hold a thank you ceremony or something, would it be inappropriate to expose her secrets?

Thinking about it, Si Ningning stared at the blank gazes of everyone in the room, pretended to be calm and smiled: "I think there is no need to say more about this matter. Talking too much will easily cause misunderstandings. In case Comrade Huo Lang thinks that

If we are so polite and unwilling to help, what should we think of you?"

"When the two little guys come over from now on, everyone just needs to be more friendly. There's no need to make things so complicated."

As he spoke later, Si Ningning's voice became weaker.

It is good for people to be simple in mind, but in this case, Si Ningning suddenly felt that "simple" was useless.

However, this group of people gave her the idea of ​​​​taking care of her as much as possible. Maybe it was the quality of "give me papayas and give you Qiongju in return"...

As long as she is selfish and greedy, she will not be like this now, trying to break her head just to give everyone a bite of meat with the least amount of money.

Thinking about it, Si Ningning's crescent eyebrows stretched slightly, and she couldn't help but evoke a helpless smile.

Fortunately, everyone agreed with her words.

"I think Ning Ning is right." Song Xiaoyun agreed, "The uncles and aunts on the team are also very kind to us. If we want to give back to those who have helped us, we can also use our own strengths!"

Jiang Yue thought for a while, let out a "hmm", and said tentatively: "We are not as good at work as the members on the team. Our advantage is literacy, then... go back and ask, whose children are on the team?

Want to read?"

Jiang Yue looked around everyone, with too much uncertainty in her tone, "If there is, can we teach you?"

Xu Shuhua and Song Shuhan nodded, "I think it will work."

Although things took a twist in the middle, fortunately, they developed as expected in the end.

Si Ningning felt relieved and said: "Let's eat first! Those who pay more will eat the stick bones, and those who pay less will drink the soup."

There is bright meat on the stick bones, and the meat residue in the soup is thin, but there is a lot of it.

While talking, Si Ningning went to the kitchen and quickly blanched a pile of lettuce, added some soy sauce, mixed it with oil and served it directly.

“The stick bone soup is heavy with oil. If you feel tired of it, you can eat some lettuce.”

It has been almost two months since they went to the countryside, and no one has had any contact with meat. Now that there is a large basin of broth in front of them, a group of people have already started to feast on it, and no one is paying attention to Si Ningning.

say what.

Si Ningning smiled and didn't care.

After tasting the salty taste just now, Si Ningning felt that the bone soup was a bit greasy, so she didn't go to the table to join in the soup.

Si Ningning mixed the remaining pork liver soup with rice soup and took the bowl to the door.

He Gu and San Miao had already washed the bowls, and now they stacked the two bowls together on one side. They squatted under the shadow of the tree on the stone platform, playing with the pockmarked poles with their heads lowered.

Si Ningning glanced at it casually and found that the pockmarked pole was different from the ones he played with before. The wicker had not faded and looked like it was newly made.

"you……"

"Si Ningning, look!" Before Si Ningning could say anything, He Gu raised his little head and waved to her, with a cheerful smile on his pointed oval face, "My eldest brother made this for me. I'll wait for you to finish your meal."

, let’s play together!”

Si Ningning nodded and continued what he had just interrupted, "After dinner, we will take a break. Will you go home, or just stay here at the educated youth spot?"

If she stayed here, she would take down the mat and walk out of the main room in the open air. The mat would be spread there, so she could take a nap comfortably.

Sanae turned around to look at Hegu, all because of Hegu.

Hegu said "Huh" and said uncertainly: "Brother seems to have gone to the county?"

Hegu actually didn't know, but thinking about his eldest brother's previous remarks about having a place to eat, he subconsciously thought that his eldest brother had gone to the county.

As soon as Si Ningning heard this, she knew how to arrange it.

She took a mouthful of rice, swallowed the food and said, "There is no one at home, so don't go back. I'll pick you up when your elder brother comes back in the afternoon."

"Okay~" Sanae nodded obediently.

Not to mention Hegu, he liked staying with Si Ningning and wished he could stay.

After finishing the meal, he washed the dishes by the well. Si Ningning took the two little ones back to the house. The male educated youths in the main room had dispersed, and Xu Shuhua and the others were clearing the table.

Si Ningning took out the money slips and accounting book and gave them to Jiang Yue and Song Xiaoyun, asking her to calculate them and return them to everyone in proportion according to what was recorded in the ledger.

Jiang Yue and Song Xiaoyun both had junior high school diplomas. Such small accounts were not a problem at all. Si Ningning was not worried.

After explaining this, Si Ningning cleaned the area at the entrance of the hall, went back to the room, took down the mat, and threw herself on it. The quilt on the bed was taken out to the clothes drying pole and shaken out to dry.

He took out an old towel and wet it thoroughly, then wiped the mat once, waiting for the remaining moisture to be blown dry by the wind. Si Ningning squatted beside him, patted the mat, and rushed to Hegu and Sanae, who were playing with pockmarked poles at the door, and said: "

Okay, let’s play games in the afternoon and take a nap first.”

Xu Shuhua came out of the kitchen and laughed when she heard the words: "You know how to choose a place. Can you sleep on the floor?"

"Why not? The wind here makes it cool." Si Ningning bent her eyes and smiled softly.

If it's not raining or the tide is returning, it's still okay to take a nap, but it's definitely not okay to take a nap for a long time.

Easy to get rheumatism.

Song Xiaoyun asked: "The two children sleep here, where do you sleep?"

"I'm not sleepy." Si Ningning shook her head.

"This place is great! The mat is big and the two of them are thin, so there's still a lot of room for them to sleep on."

After Jiang Yue settled the accounts, the remaining money was divided into seven parts. Each of the female educated youths took it, and the remaining three parts were given to the male educated youths later when they started work.

Jiang Yue said, glancing towards Si Ningning, "Can I go up and squeeze in?"

"Okay, let's see if you want to keep your legs or your head?" Si Ningning joked with a smile.

The mat is only 1.5 meters wide in total. It is definitely enough for two small children to sleep on, and another child can also be squeezed in. But if Jiang Yue gets up, it will not work.

Jiang Yue pursed her lips and snorted arrogantly, but did not continue.

Hegu and Sanae played for a while longer, then went to the well to wash their hands before coming back and lying on the mat, trying to get sleepy.

On the other hand, several girls in the room, who rarely took a nap, gathered around the table in the main room and sat together, some holding their chins on their backs, and some lying on the table, but the same thing was that they all subconsciously lowered their voices and talked to each other:

"The captain said that the harvest of this season's millet is almost complete. We will be busy threshing the millet soon and planting the next season's seedlings. We will be given half a day off this afternoon and we will wait for arrangements tomorrow."

"I'm completely shattered. Fortunately, our place isn't like that, um...are we in Han Province or Hainan Island? Are we going to plant three seasons of rice?" Xu Shuhua scratched her neck and yawned lazily, "We just harvested the first crop.

Season, if it really comes to three seasons, two layers of skin will have to be worn off."

Si Ningning nodded without saying a word, but said in her heart: Who said otherwise?

This group of young people from the city can persist for so long without complaining, which is already quite good.

Outside the door, the bamboo shadows and leaves swayed in the front and back of the house, and the wooden windows made a sore "creak" sound. There was a moment of silence in the room. Suddenly, Song Xiaoyun lowered her eyes and sighed: "I thought I could rest for two days after working hard for a while.

, now it seems that we will be even busier in the next few days.”

"It's not bad... I'm tired, but if I can occasionally have a satisfying meal like today's lunch, I would also be happy with just the broth." Xu Shuhua laughed embarrassedly, "I have many younger brothers and sisters at home.

, parents let their children take care of the older ones, and no matter what they buy, I never get the slightest bit of it."

Xu Shuhua looked at the green leaves outside the door with some emotion, "Actually, I think it's quite good. In a sense, it's quite comfortable."

Hegu and Sanae were already fast asleep. One of the two little ones was lying on their side, and the other was lying in a large shape. If they turned over after a while, they would roll to the ground.

Song Xiaoyun and the others talked about the busy work of farming and family. Si Ningning claimed that he had no position to interrupt, so he didn't say much.

He walked quietly to the door and squatted down. He carried Sanae and moved to the middle of the mat. Before getting up, Si Ningning raised his hand and waved horizontally.

There is still more than half of the pork liver left in the educated youth spot. It may be because of the fishy smell that it attracted a few flies.

Daily thoughts:

If you could go back in time, would you go back in time?

(End of chapter)