People who eat melon are in 70 - Chapter 12

Jiang Youtao re-created the story based on the basic story of Temptation of Going Home, changing it beyond recognition. The whole incident was full of ups and downs, and Xu Dazui and the others were stunned.

Jiang Youtao drank a sip of the water she brought with her and told the ending under the urging of Xu Dazui and the others.

Xu Dazui and the others were still not satisfied. Xu Dazui said, “This girl is still too soft-hearted. If it were me, I would definitely report the factory director’s son and Xiaoli in a letter of denunciation.”

Xu Dazui felt that the ending Jiang Youtao fabricated was not satisfying enough.

“I heard that those senior cadres can be reported as long as they have bad work styles. Youtao, talk to Xiaoru and let her report it.”

“The factory director’s wife is also a piece of shit. She is an educated person from the city. Our rural mothers-in-law don’t treat their daughters-in-law like this. This is the dregs of the old society and must be reported.”

Xu Dazui, Aunt Jiang Fourth, and Aunt Zhang discussed it very happily. As listeners, they all put themselves in the shoes of the heroines that Jiang Youtao talked about. They all came from the generation of daughters-in-law. The actions of the mother-in-law that Jiang Youtao talked about reminded them of the old woman in the past, and they were even more indignant for a while.

They criticized one sentence after another, and Jiang Youtao couldn’t get a word in.

That’s all right.

Jiang Youtao pulled the weeds slowly.

When the bell rang, she stood up, patted her butt and left. Xu Dazui and others lagged behind a few steps, and they were still discussing heatedly on the way back.

The things they talked about were too bloody and exciting, and many people who had a good relationship with them came over to inquire.

Xu Dazui, Jiang Sishen, and Zhang Ershen were originally people who loved to gossip about other people. They couldn’t recite a book or something, but they were full of energy when asked to spread gossip.

That night, the temptation of returning home became a hot topic among many women in Liushugou. Jiang Youtao, a very knowledgeable educated youth, immediately broke into the middle-aged and elderly women in Liushugou.

When she went back to work the next day, many people greeted Jiang Youtao.

Jiang Youtao didn’t understand.

When she went back to eat at noon, Gu Nianwei said to Jiang Youtao: “You are now famous in the team. This morning, people in our group asked me if I knew Jiang Zhiqing, who is very knowledgeable.”

Gu Nianwei also heard the story that Jiang Youtao made up, but she had heard the version that had been spread many times, and there was no trace of the temptation to go home.

After listening to it, Gu Nianwei felt that Jiang Youtao was quite suitable for writing novels. It was really exciting to see the pot of bloody stories.

Jiang Youtao chuckled twice: “Aunt Dazui and the others were talking about things in the village and told me that the lives of people in the city must not be so exciting. I couldn’t help it for a while, so I made up a story for them.”

“I knew it.” Gu Nianwei laughed: “This kind of thing is not uncommon, but it is not common to hear a pot of bloody stories one after another. I know you made it up as soon as I heard it.”

The two laughed.

After laughing, Gu Nianwei said: “In fact, there is no difference between city people and country people. Whose family doesn’t have a difficult sutra to recite?”

Just like Gu Nianwei’s family after she traveled through time.

Her father died, and her mother remarried. The man her mother married later moved directly into her father’s house with her son.

In the house, he treated the original Gu Nianwei as a little maid. In order to occupy the small house in the capital, he planned to let the original Gu Nianwei marry his son directly.

Her mother knew about it, but she was happy to see it happen, saying that they would be a real family.

The original Gu Nianwei was not a fool. Of course, she knew what kind of life she would live if she married her stepfather’s son. She immediately chose to go to the countryside, found her grandparents’ house, and asked them to drive her mother and stepfather’s family out.

Her grandparents were quite conscientious. After getting the house, they gave her a sum of money, and she took the money to go to the countryside. Gu Nianwei understood her behavior, but she was a little reluctant to give up the house in the capital.

If this was said in the village, wouldn’t it be another good topic of conversation?

Eating up the whole family would cause discussion everywhere.

The novel did not explain Gu Nianwei’s family background in this world clearly, and Jiang Youtao had no way of knowing it.

She nodded sympathetically: “Who said it wasn’t?”

The magic version of the temptation to go home was discussed with the team for a week, and it was soon covered by new gossip.

The sky in midsummer is like a child’s face. When I went to the toilet last night, the sky was full of stars. The next morning, it was raining heavily outside.

After the rain, the production team had work to do in the rain, but the work points were very few.

The educated youth looked down on these work points. When it rained, they would go to the commune together.

Because they could go out for a stroll, the atmosphere in the educated youth camp was particularly cheerful that day.

After breakfast, Jiang Youtao changed her clothes and went to the town with Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying. Zhao Yonglan, Zhang Huihui, and Liu Yingjun had already gone to the commune with Wang Shanxi and others.

They each held an umbrella and walked slowly towards the commune. The roads in the countryside were dirt roads, and they became muddy when it rained. The new clothes they had just changed into were splashed with mud spots after a few steps, but this did not affect their joyful and beautiful mood.

When they reached the village entrance, they saw two children digging wild vegetables in the rain. The three of them looked intently and saw that they were Lin Wen’an and Lin Wenrong.

As an old, educated youth, Li Lanying knew a lot about the Lin family and felt quite sympathetic towards the three children.

Sometimes, when she saw them on the road, she would give them some food.

When Jiang Youtao and his group saw the two brothers, the two brothers also saw them.

Lin Wen’an and Lin Wenping were twins, and Lin Wen’an was the second oldest. He looked at the three educated youths holding umbrellas and touched his hungry stomach: “Brother?”

Lin Wen’an only said one word, and Lin Wenping understood what he meant.

The two brothers picked up the basket in tacit understanding, stepped deep and shallow on the soft and muddy dirt road, and their thin and small figures swayed in the rain, which made the naturally soft-hearted women feel pity for them.

They walked towards Jiang Youtao and the others with great effort. Li Yunying looked at the pitiful appearance of the two brothers and could not help but call them: “It’s raining so hard; why don’t you go home?”

Lin Wenping glanced at them timidly, lowered his head, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and said weakly: “Grandma said that the three of us brothers only know how to eat white rice. We didn’t want to be a burden, so we came here to find something to eat. We searched for a whole morning and only dug up some wild vegetables. We can take them back to our aunt and uncle to eat so that we can give them a good meal and reduce the burden on the family.”

The more he spoke, the lower his head drooped, as if he was embarrassed.

“My brother and I came here without eating.” Lin Wen’an added, touching his belly and looking at them eagerly.

The three of them looked at each other, and Li Yunying sighed: “This is a lot of money. Go back quickly. If your grandma scolds you, run to your aunt’s house.”

Although Gu Nianwei’s parents got married separately and she was kicked around like a ball, she had never been hungry. After coming to this era of food and clothing shortages, she always felt pity for the people of this era. This is

even more true for children.

For some reason, when she saw the three children of the Lin family, she was particularly close to them and couldn’t help being nice to them. Just like now, looking at the two brothers who were soaked like drowned rats, she felt particularly distressed.

She reached into her pocket, but actually took out a handful of candies from the space and handed them over: “Here, I’ll give you some candies; go home quickly. ”

Seeing the white rabbit candy, Lin Wenping’s breathing quickened a bit, but he was able to hold it steady. However, Lin Wen’an could not hold back and snatched the candy from Gu Nianwei’s hand. His sharp nails covered with black mud scratched her palm, causing her to frown in pain.

Lin Wenping immediately apologized to Gu Nianwei, looking and sounding very guilty. Gu Nianwei waved her hand and watched them go away.

Li Yunying on the side was a little surprised, “Nianwei, why did you give them so much candy?”

Gu Nianwei was stunned for a moment, then said, “Ah? A lot? I think they are quite pitiful.”

Li Yunying was speechless for a moment. She felt that Gu Nianwei was too generous to the Lin brothers. It was not the first or second time that she had generously given them gifts, like today. She just casually said that the candy belonged to Gu Nianwei, and she could give it to whoever she wanted and as much as she wanted. She had no right to control anything else.

Jiang Youtao didn’t say anything. Gu Nianwei was generous among the educated youth, but she definitely didn’t have such sympathy that she gave so many candies to children at once. This was too abnormal.

She observed Gu Nianwei carefully. When Li Yunying spoke, Gu Nianwei was also surprised for a moment and then returned to normal. To use the superstitious method of their previous life, it was like being blinded by a ghost.

Jiang Youtao narrowed her eyes thoughtfully.

Lin Wenan, who had already walked away, asked Lin Wenping: “Did your aunt say that she wanted to let this educated youth Gu be our stepmother?” Lin Wenping nodded. Lin Wenan held the candy in his mouth and said: “She is quite generous. Every time she sees us, she gives us delicious food.”

Among all the educated youth, Lin Wenan liked the generous Gu Nianwei the most.

He reminded Lin Wenan: “Next time, you can’t hurt Gu Zhiqing like you just did. What if she gets angry and doesn’t give us food? When she marries Dad, you have to behave well in front of her. Let’s please her so that she will treat us like Goudan’s mother.”

“Goudan’s mother? Don’t people say that she works like a cow and a horse in Goudan’s house, like an old maid in Goudan’s house?”

Lin Wenping patiently explained to Lin Wenan: “The opera has been sung. The maid is to serve people. Isn’t it good for her to serve us?”

When he said this, Lin Wenping’s face was no longer timid and cowardly. His young face was cold and calm, with a look that shouldn’t be there at this age. Precocious and mercenary.

Lin Wen’an has always admired Lin Wenping. He clapped his hands and said, “Okay, okay, I want Gu Zhiqing to be our stepmother and a maid. But what if she treats us badly?”

“Then we will tell everyone that she treats us badly, just like we treat grandma. Who do you think people will believe?” Lin Wenping said it casually.

“Brother, you are so smart. You easily tricked her into giving you a handful of candies, and you have a way to deal with her.” Lin Wen’an looked at him with admiration.

The figures of the Lin brothers gradually faded away, and Li Yunying and Gu Nianwei continued to walk towards the commune.

“Youtao, let’s go.” Gu Nianwei had already walked out two steps. Seeing that Jiang Youtao had not caught up, she hurriedly called her. Jiang Youtao responded and caught up with them.

The rain stopped, and they put away their umbrellas. Jiang Youtao took Gu Nianwei’s arm and took the opportunity to turn over her palm. A red mark was very conspicuous, and the epidermis was a little broken.

Such wounds are the most painful, but looking at Gu Nianwei’s appearance, she seemed to feel no pain.

Jiang Youtao pursed her lips and pretended to press her palm casually. Gu Nianwei took a breath and looked at the wound on her palm, wondering, “Huh? When did it get broken?”

“Nianwei, you’re not old yet, but your memory is so bad? This is what the Lin brothers caught when you gave them candy just now.” Li Yunying said it with a smile.

“Oh oh…” Gu Nianwei remembered that she was indeed caught just now. She was stunned for a few seconds and said slowly, “It’s okay.”

Jiang Youtao, who had been paying attention to Gu Nianwei, became solemn.

She probably guessed what happened, but she needed to observe it more to confirm the details.
Zaoxiang Commune is not big, and you can see the end at a glance.

Entering Zaoxiang from the direction of Liushugou, you have to pass a small bridge. The river under the bridge has no name, and the water is very clear, and you can see the bottom of the river at a glance.

After crossing the bridge is the health center, and further in is the photo studio of the supply and marketing commune compound and the township post and telecommunications office.

Jiang Youtao was a new educated youth. Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying knew that she wanted to send a telegram to her family, so they took her to the post office first.

There were a lot of people in the post office today, and most of them were young people in their teens and twenties. They were all educated youth who went to the countryside.

Jiang Youtao was in the line to send telegrams, and soon it was her turn. The post office staff gave her a form and told her: “Write down the name and address of the recipient and the content of the telegram. After filling it out, wait here. A telegram can have a maximum of 22 words. One word costs three and a half cents. Do you understand?”

“I understand, I understand. Can you give me another form? I’ll send two copies.” The post office staff glanced at her and took another one from the table to give it to her.

Jiang Youtao hurriedly took the form to the side to fill in the information and then went to wait in line after filling it out.

A telegram has 22 words, and Jiang Youtao did not waste a single word. After thinking it over again and again, she wrote down everything she wanted to write on the paper. After the telegraph operator operated it, Jiang Youtao paid 1.6 yuan.

It took half a minute to squeeze out of the post office. Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying stood under the eaves of the post office, watching the rain and talking. When they saw Jiang Youtao coming out, they opened their umbrellas and walked toward the supply and marketing cooperative.

Jiang Youtao thought that she had not seen them in the post office just now, so she asked casually.

“Don’t you send letters home?”

Gu Nianwei said, “I don’t have many relatives waiting for news from me.”

Gu Nianwei felt that she was the kind of person with very shallow family connections, just like in her previous life. After her parents divorced, they didn’t want her, and they kicked her from one family to another like a ball. In the end, her grandmother couldn’t stand it anymore and took her back to raise her.

In this life, she has no father at all, and it doesn’t make much difference whether she has a mother or not. Her grandparents don’t care about her. If it weren’t for the original Gu Nianwei using the house as a bargaining chip, they might not have taken the initiative to do this.

Li Yunying curled her lips and said, “I do have relatives, but it’s a pity that there is not much difference between contacting or not.”

Li Yunying is the eldest in the family, and she has three younger brothers and sisters. In the first two years when she went to the countryside, her parents would send her some things, but as her second brother got older, her family sent fewer and fewer things.

Especially after her second brother got married last year, her parents always asked her to get married every time they wrote to her, saying that she was so old and still hadn’t married, and they couldn’t raise their heads in front of relatives and friends.

They advised her to find someone in the countryside and get married, but the betrothal gift must be paid, and most of it must be sent back.

Li Yunying found it boring just thinking about it.

She would not contact her family if she could avoid it, and it would only cause trouble for herself if she contacted them.

Jiang Youtao didn’t ask after hearing what they said.

The three of them went to the supply-and-marketing cooperative. There were no fewer people in the supply and marketing cooperative than in the post office. Jiang Youtao didn’t lack anything, but she always remembered the pair of gloves she owed Gu Nianwei, so when she saw that there was a pair of gloves for sale, she rolled up her sleeves and squeezed in. After buying the gloves, she saw the cloth counter next door in the blink of an eye.

She remembered that she didn’t have many clothes. The ones she was wearing now were still the original owner’s, and these clothes were a little old. She remembered that her classmates in the Northeast once said that the Northeast started to get cold after the beginning of autumn in August.

Calculating the time, it wasn’t long, and she silently called the melon-eating system: [Will there be warm clothes and warm pants in the system’s reward materials?]

It is said that the winter in the Northeast is minus 10 to 20 degrees Celsius, and Jiang Youtao is very afraid that she can’t make it.

Melon-eating system: [Yes, it depends on whether the host has a bad face. It doesn’t matter if the host has a bad face; there is everything in the system mall. ]

Jiang Youtao turned around and left. She is a poor person now. She will never spend money to buy something for free. Besides, the educated youth are entitled to three pounds of cotton and two feet and eight cloths every winter. Jiang Youtao estimated that this quota would be distributed soon.

Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying were still squeezed in the supply and marketing cooperative, and Jiang Youtao was waiting for them at the door.

The rain had stopped at this moment, and the breeze blew, carrying a hint of coolness. Jiang Youtao shivered and got goosebumps.

She had a deeper understanding of the cold in the Northeast.

It was almost nine o’clock when Gu Nianwei and Li Yunying came out of the supply and marketing cooperative. Li Yunying suggested going to the state-owned restaurant to have a good meal, and Jiang Youtao readily agreed.

It has been almost half a month since she went to the countryside. The pickles made by Hao Juxiang were eaten long ago. There is no meat on the table for the educated youth. Every day, there are all kinds of green vegetables.

Jiang Youtao’s mouth was full of tears.

Gu Nianwei looked at the sky outside and said, “I still have to go to my aunt’s house and have lunch there at noon. You guys go ahead.”

Li Yunying was used to this. She said to Gu Nianwei, “Okay, you should be careful.”

“Okay, then I’m leaving.” Gu Nianwei left with a basket full of supplies.

Jiang Youtao followed Li Yunying to the state-owned restaurant.

When they reached the corner, Jiang Youtao turned around and took a look. Gu Nianwei’s figure had disappeared.

She answered Li Yunying’s question and quickened her pace to keep pace with her.

According to the content of the book, whenever Gu Nianwei said she was going to her aunt’s house, she was selling space supplies. Zaoxiang was too small, and there was no black market. She usually went to the county town.

There was a bus from Zaoxiang to the county town at 9:30 in the morning, and at 4:30 in the afternoon, the bus returned.

They ordered two dumplings at the state-owned restaurant. Li Lanying had the one with sauerkraut oil filling, and Jiang Youtao ordered the one with pork and green onions. After the dumplings were served, they took turns to eat.

The sauerkraut oil filling is the oil residue left after refining oil, served with northern The unique pickled cabbage is sour with a hint of sweetness, and it is full of flavor. The pork and green onion pork melt in your mouth, and it also has some soup dipped in vinegar, garlic juice, and chili oil, which is very delicious.

July is the season when local cherries in the north are ripe. On the way back, someone was selling cherries by the bridge.

It was a woman with three children. She sat next to the cherries without moving, and the three children squatted beside her.

Li Yunying went over and took out money to buy all the cherries. The woman looked at Li Yunying, and tears fell down in an instant.

Li Yunying pulled Jiang Youtao to walk faster. When they were far away, Li Yunying stopped and turned around to look at the woman with one child in her arms and two children beside her.

She said, “Youtao, did you see it? That is the educated youth who refused to listen to advice and insisted on marrying a local.”