The Red Era: Starting from Being an Educated Youth in the Countryside

Chapter 23: Matching men and women, working together is not tiring

Chen Huaiyang followed him to the private plot and saw the seedlings growing well in the garden.

The captain's wife said, "This is the right time to plant radishes and cabbages. These seedlings are just right for planting. If you don't know how to pick them, just stand here and I'll pull them out for you."

"Pick those that are growing well so they can take root and sprout."

The captain's wife worked very quickly. In a short while, she filled the basket he brought with cabbage seedlings, white radishes and carrots.

"I still have potatoes at home. You can take some back home. Cut each potato in half and bury them in the soil. When you have a harvest, you can store them for the winter."

"We only have so many vegetables here, so we have to grow some that are long-lasting in storage."

Chen Huaiyang listened patiently and finally nodded. When he returned home, the captain's wife gave him half a bag of potatoes, which made him feel guilty.

"Auntie, I'll give you some food in exchange. I can't let you lose out!"

The captain's wife waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't say such nonsense, I took a lot from you, these are all crooked and broken, if you say that, I will be unhappy."

"Hurry back, it will be dark if you delay any longer, and you will have to fetch water after planting to help the roots take root."

Chen Huaiyang didn't bother to be polite with her. He just nodded and left, thinking that he would give her something in return next time!
The team leader looked at his wife's attentiveness and watched coldly. This woman valued the new educated youth so much, could she have some other ideas?

"You, woman, are you planning something on him? I've never seen you being so attentive to anyone."

The captain's wife was in a good mood and didn't bother to scold him. "Don't dwell on it. Young educated youth Chen knows how to behave. I like what he says, and he is generous. He is not the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others."

"What can I come up with? I'm not the kind of person who has wild ideas."

After saying that, she turned around and started preparing dinner, not bothering to pay attention to him anymore.

The captain curled his lips, always feeling that the wife wanted someone to be her son-in-law!
The educated youth who came from the city were all arrogant and proud. They might abandon their wives and daughters when they had the chance to go back one day. He didn't dare let his daughter marry such a man.

Life is pretty comfortable now. The right thing to do is not to do anything unrealistic but to live a good life down to earth.

If there is any sign of this happening, it must be nipped in the bud.

The captain stopped worrying about it after he figured it out.

Suddenly he slapped his thigh and said "tsk". He should have gone to take a look at the person just now. Maybe he could have smoked a cigarette!
Apart from anything else, this kid is quite considerate, he speaks the truth and is generous. He gave him the half pack of cigarettes as soon as I told him to.

He couldn't bear to smoke it. Just smelling the scent made him feel satisfied. While he was looking regretful, Chen Huaiyang had already hurried back to plant the seedlings.

They divided the work and cooperated with each other. Two female educated youth planted the seeds, while two male educated youth carried water and established roots.

As the saying goes, when men and women work together, work is not tiring. When they have a goal in mind, they will naturally work faster.

After planting all the seedlings, I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Without stopping, he carried the water tank from the old educated youth to the front of another kitchen.

Although I don’t know why the water tank is not placed in the kitchen, I can just follow their example.

Although the house here is rather dilapidated and becomes gloomy as soon as it gets dark, the only advantage is that I don’t have to be in the same space with the old educated youth.

Liu Jun is a man who causes a lot of trouble every day.

At this time, Liu Jun did run up to the old educated youth and complained, "We are the old educated youth and are more familiar with this place. You can't let the new educated youth run wild over us."

"Today they want our water tanks, tomorrow they will probably want the vegetables from our fields. We grew them with great effort, so we can't just give them to them for nothing." Tian Dong glanced at him and told him the truth very sincerely, "When you first came here, you ate the vegetables grown by the old educated youth."

After saying that, she ignored him and quickened her pace and walked away.

The two female educated youth looked at each other, and finally quickened their pace. They were tired after a long day, and had no time to discuss these issues with him.

Besides, even if people really eat the vegetables from the farm, they will return them in the future. It is unmanly to judge others by one's own standards.

Liu Jun looked at the three people who did not share his hatred for the enemy. Anger flashed in his eyes and his teeth were clenched. After all, the vegetables on the field were grown by him, so he would not let anyone pick them.

Yesterday they did not give Xiaomi an extra share, which made him very angry. With this anger in his heart, he naturally did not want to let them succeed.

Chen Huaiyang naturally didn't know that he was being hated again. He was cooking sweet potato porridge with rice. For people in the south, rice is the most comfortable to eat.

Although I would rather eat white rice, the rice cannot withstand being tossed around. Although there is plenty of it in the space, I can only take out a small amount.

Sweet potato porridge is just sweet potato porridge, it’s okay at least.

Add some sugar after cooking, the porridge will have a sweet taste and is very comfortable to eat.

The fragrant white porridge made people's eyes water. The educated youth only had half a pound of rice in their hands, and they felt a little reluctant to eat it. But when they looked at the cooked sweet potato porridge and smelled the aroma, their saliva began to secrete.

There is plenty of rice in Chen Huaiyang’s space, so he is not afraid to eat it, but since others don’t know about it, he can’t appear too arrogant.

"I bought these 20 kilograms of rice in town. I'm not used to eating millet yet, so just cook mine first. You can just give me some millet at each meal."

The three of them widened their eyes in astonishment when they heard this, "We are just taking advantage of you."

This exquisite white rice is a fine grain and requires a ticket, so it is not cheap.

Chen Huaiyang waved his hands in concern, "Just adapt to it. When you get used to it, you'll just eat millet. There's no point in taking advantage of it."

"When the old educated youth comes back, you can go and see how she makes steamed bread and pancakes."

"We can't eat fine grains every meal, we have to have coarse grains as well."

Finally, the three of them discussed it and decided to go and learn it.

It happened that it was the female educated youth who cooked, and without the annoying Liu Jun around, it was much more comfortable for them.

Liu Li also explained the production process to them carefully.

Mix corn flour with hot water, and then add some old dough to ferment. After all, there is no baking powder at this time, and the unleavened dough is hard and the taste is not good.

If conditions permit, add some white flour, which the locals call two-piece flour, which will make the texture softer. If conditions don't permit, you can only make do with corn flour.

The kneaded dough needs to be proofed. After it becomes fluffy, it is kneaded again to release gas and made into the shape of a steamed cornbread. After the second proofing, it is steamed in a pot and is done.

The method of making corn cakes is similar. Add corn flour, white flour, a small spoonful of salt, and warm water, stir and knead, then roll it into a large cake and bake it in a pan.

If you have the conditions, use two-mixed noodles; if you don’t, use corn noodles.

The three of them read it once and learned it roughly.

The old educated youth still had to prepare dinner, so he left tactfully so as not to waste anyone's time.

(End of this chapter)