Chapter 230 Childhood Sweetheart, Female Educated Youth 14
Chapter 230 Childhood Sweetheart, Female Educated Youth 14
After this incident, Jiang He became even more indifferent towards Bai Chenggong.
Bai Chenggong wanted to make amends, but didn't know how.
When Bai Chenggong returned that day, Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo were both disgusted and told him to quickly get rid of the smelly clothes.
In this heat, this kind of thing will only rot and stink quickly.
Bai Chenggong sensed the strong dislike from the two of them.
Go and clean up your own mess first.
Dinner is naturally late tonight.
Although Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo didn't say much, their expressions were not good, clearly indicating that they had objections to Bai Chenggong.
Bai Chenggong could only work even harder and do his job well to keep the two young masters satisfied so that he wouldn't be replaced.
With the bicycle, Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo went to the commune much more frequently.
Many times, the two of them would eat at a restaurant and then come back.
When it came time to settle the accounts at the end of the month, the amount that Bai Chenggong needed to share this month was much less.
All you need to do is take out six yuan.
With the addition of the ten yuan salary, it's equivalent to not spending any money on food and drink this month, and actually receiving four yuan in return.
Bai was very excited to receive the four yuan.
If he continues to do this, he will accumulate more and more money.
Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo were waiting for Bai Chenggong to bring up the matter of treating them to a meal.
As a result, Bai Chenggong didn't say anything.
Bai Chenggong wouldn't just eat their food and not treat them himself, would he?
He ate the most last time.
Treating someone to a meal, then three or four dishes won't cost much.
It's only four or five yuan for the three of them to eat, is it necessary to renege on the agreement?
I just paid him his salary, four yuan.
The money is more than enough to treat someone to a meal.
However, the autumn harvest has been very busy lately.
Bai Chenggong also didn't have time to go to the commune, and recently he had been asking them to mail his letters for him.
Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo were understanding, so they decided to wait for the autumn harvest to end.
We'll have to have a good meal then.
Autumn has arrived; Bai Chenggong is indeed very busy.
The tasks assigned by the captain were significantly heavier than before.
Not only Bai Chenggong, but everyone's tasks became much heavier.
Other educated youth were not allowed to take leave either; they all had to go to the fields to work.
Even if they're not very skilled at the work, they can always manage simple tasks like picking up the dug-up sweet potatoes, putting them in baskets, and carrying them back.
Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo were assigned the task of pushing a cart to transport grain.
I went to the field to dig sweet potatoes, but with one stroke of the hoe, I dug up a sweet potato in half.
The captain was heartbroken and quickly chased the two away.
Don't come and ruin his food.
Three female educated youths went to peel corn husks. The children working with them were all around seven or eight years old.
The captain knew the three of them and that they didn't usually do heavy work, so he assigned them some lighter tasks to prevent them from getting heatstroke or fainting after a short time.
The three women thanked the captain for his extra care, as the person who had taken them to work was the captain's granddaughter.
The group shared some snacks with the little girl.
Bai Chenggong has noticeably lost weight.
Besides working every day, I also have to keep track of time to cook.
One concerns food rations, the other concerns wages; neither can be taken lightly.
Fortunately, Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo's job was to transport grain, and they finished work last.
Bai Chenggong can come back earlier and start cooking.
The autumn harvest is over.
The villagers of Datao Village are much more relaxed now.
This year's harvest is pretty good, and everyone is hoping to get enough food this year.
At the old man's house where Gu Jianhua often buys groceries, chicks have already hatched.
It's time to put raising chickens on the agenda.
When Gu Jianhua bought the chicks, he also brought back a whole chicken.
"Bai Chenggong, let's play PUBG tonight. You know how to kill chickens, right?"
"I will, I will." Bai Chenggong didn't ask any more questions. He was sure that Gu Jianhua had gone to buy chicks and had gotten hungry when he saw them.
"This chicken is an old hen that's been around for several years. You can just stew it. You can also drink the chicken soup, it's very fragrant."
Bai Chenggong always complied with Gu Jianhua's requests regarding food.
Some of the methods Bai Chenggong had never seen before, but they did turn out delicious.
That evening, when the three of them were having dinner together, Gu Jianhua tore off a chicken leg and put it in Bai Chenggong's bowl.
"Bai Chenggong, this chicken smells so good, aren't you tempted? You need me to help you, right? Eat up, eat up, you have to eat it while it's hot."
"thank you."
Bai Chenggong felt a surge of gratitude when he saw that Gu Jianhua had given him the best chicken leg.
At home, he never got to eat chicken legs; he only ate the meatless necks, wings, and claws.
Gu Jianhua gave the other chicken leg to Wang Jianguo.
"Why say thank you? We're all here by chance, we're all brothers, family, why say such things?"
Bai Chenggong is good in every way, except that he is sometimes too reserved.
Here, chicken soup, drink it while it's hot. This bowl is a little full for you.
Wang Jianguo and I often eat out, so we've got quite a bit of oil in our stomachs. But you've been working hard lately; you should eat something good to nourish yourself.
"That's right, it's been so long, and Bai Chenggong is still so polite. He doesn't treat us like brothers. Don't do that again, or we'll get angry."
Wang Jianguo echoed this sentiment.
Holding the steaming hot chicken soup, Bai Chenggong felt his heart burning with warmth.
They treat him like a brother, which is really nice.
Two days later, Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo saw that Bai Chenggong was not so busy anymore, so they could put the idea of going out to eat on the agenda.
Wang Jianguo hinted at Bai Chenggong's several meals out.
Bai Chenggong said he wasn't going.
They just treated me to chicken, and now they want to treat me to a restaurant again? This is too frequent and too expensive.
However, he was also very grateful that the two of them cared about him so much; they truly treated him like a brother.
"Bai Chenggong chops wood every day, can't he take a day off? The monthly gathering we agreed on has been going on for two months already."
Wang Jianguo tried to invite Bai Chenggong several times, but Bai Chenggong refused each time, which made Wang Jianguo quite unhappy.
"Bai Chenggong is probably worried about not having enough firewood in the winter, so he's taking advantage of every spare moment to chop wood. You know Bai Chenggong can be a bit stubborn sometimes."
I know you're craving meat, I'll go buy a chicken later.
In the evening, it was another stewed old hen.
"When it snows in winter, we'll stew an old hen and add some greens. Sitting around the pot will be wonderful."
"It's really good. We can eat the vegetables from our fields even in winter."
"It's ready to eat now. This cabbage is one we grew ourselves. I picked one today."
Bai Chenggong was gnawing on a chicken bone with one hand and pointing at the cabbage soup with the other. Now Bai Chenggong was not so reserved anymore, and he could even pick up the chicken meat himself.
Knowing that neither of them liked chicken feet, Bai Chenggong picked one up and started eating it himself.
"These are cabbages we grew ourselves? We can eat them so soon?" Gu Jianhua and Wang Jianguo didn't pay much attention to the vegetable garden; they only went there when they remembered.
I never expected that we could have such a bountiful harvest.
"Have the female educated youth eaten any? This is the first cabbage we grew; we should all share it."
"Yes, I cut half of it for Li Qing when I got back."
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