Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 37, Liu Baochan
June 29, 1958 was a Sunday, a sunny day.

Well, this is Beijing on a sunny summer day, it’s so hot.

Zhao Mancang must have been possessed by a ghost, which is why he agreed to go fishing with Li Baoguo and the others.

Under the shade of the tree, Zhao Mancang waved a palm-leaf fan from time to time, trying to use the breeze to drive away the heat, but unfortunately, it was of little use.

I was sweating profusely, and my clothes on my chest were soaked.

"It's hooked, haha, finally a fish."

Not far away, Zhang Jianyong laughed loudly. After waiting for more than an hour, a fish finally took the bait. It was really rare.

Xiao Shutie, Fan Tong, Han Xiaochuan, Zhao Mancang and others immediately cast envious glances, and at the same time did not forget to join in the fun or step forward to help.

Li Baoguo glanced at Zhao Mancang next to him, then looked at his daughter Li Xiaocui in the distance, and didn't know what to say for a long time.

In the morning, his daughter Li Xiaocui met Zhao Mancang.

But there was no way the two of them could have a normal conversation, especially Zhao Mancang, who couldn't utter a word for a long time.

At the age of eighteen, he is at the age of innocence. Although Zhao Mancang is already a sixth-level breeder, there is always a faint smell on his body, which makes Li Xiaocui frown and feel unhappy.

After all, Zhao Mancang had lived two lives, and he originally wanted to be perfunctory. However, although Li Xiaocui's expression was fleeting, he still caught it, so he was too lazy to be perfunctory and chose to remain silent.

Therefore, the blind date between the two naturally ended in a bad mood.

In other words, what Li Baoguo wants to achieve today is simply impossible.

Most of the morning had passed, and Zhao Mancang looked at the fishhook which still had no movement, so he decided to go home.

Li Baoguo and the others wanted to keep him, but he didn't stay and politely declined and left.

He had no preparation at all for this fishing trip, so it was normal for him to come up empty-handed.

In Courtyard No. 18 of Huguo Temple, Zhao Mancang ate five large steamed buns he had made himself in a row, and finished off the stir-fried shredded potatoes and pickled cabbage on the table. Only then did he burp with satisfaction.

“It’s a bit vegetarian, but it’s enough to fill you up.”

"However, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep eating like this for long."

The monthly food quota is 45 kilograms, which averages out to one and a half kilograms per day. For Zhao Mancang alone, saving a little is actually enough.

However, not every meal has meat. If each person consumes six taels of pork and five taels of beef and mutton per month, they only eat meat once a month.

So when the average meal only contains half a pound of food, it is really not enough.

After all, Zhao Mancang is a light manual laborer and has a great demand for food.

One pound of flour can make seven steamed buns weighing about 100 grams, and half a pound of flour can make three and a half steamed buns.

If Zhao Mancang doesn't have any main dishes, then he needs at least five steamed buns for each meal.

So, judging from this, he would have no food to eat before the 24th.

Although the system can help solve some of the food problem, this is food of "unknown origin", so we still have to be vigilant.

Apart from that, I occasionally go out to eat with my boss while working overtime, which helps me save a little.

Unfortunately, the uncertainty is too great to be incorporated into the plan.

"So what should we do? Go to Pigeon City or rely purely on the system?"

Relying on the system means doing something, otherwise you won’t earn any experience points.

And doing so would only cause more trouble, greater uncertainty, and would be even less in line with his goal of lying low.

"Forget it, let's take one step at a time."

Zhao Mancang shook his head and didn't think about it any further. As a level six breeder, he was earning 61.7 yuan a month. Starting next month, his salary would be much better.

In the afternoon, he didn't go anywhere. He just stayed in the yard and chatted with neighbors like Aunt Luo, Mrs. Liu, and Uncle Feng.

It was really just chatting, nothing much was done.

The Sunday holiday passed by so uneventfully.

The next few days were relatively uneventful.

Until this day, when Zhao Mancang just arrived at the gate of the steel plant, he met Liu Baochan who was also riding in a ox cart.

"Brother Zhao, what a coincidence! Have you had breakfast? I have some sweet potatoes here. Give them to you!"

When Liu Baochan saw Zhao Mancang, her eyes suddenly lit up and she stuffed the five sweet potatoes she had prepared into the latter's arms.

Zhao Mancang took it subconsciously, but before he could say anything, Liu Baochan drove away in the ox cart.

Seeing her shy look with her neck blushing, Zhao Mancang was speechless.

What he didn't know was that Liu Baochan had used up all her courage to come here and give him sweet potatoes.

Previously, when Zhao Mancang and Jiang Dayong went to Huaishuling Production Team for the first time, Liu Changge mentioned Zhao Mancang when she was bragging to her father Liu Dazhui and others, and Liu Dazhui remembered him.

Afterwards, he asked Jiang Dayong about Zhao Mancang.

I learned a lot of information, including that Zhao Mancang had just divorced and was also a level 5 breeder at a steel plant.

After having this information, Liu Dazhu also wanted Jiang Dayong to be a matchmaker to help his daughter Liu Baochan find love.

As a result, he was rejected by Jiang Dayong.

The reason is very simple, that is, Su Wanzhen and Li Baoguo in the steel plant are both eyeing Zhao Mancang.

But Zhao Mancang declined politely. This matter had long been no secret in the steel plant.

Jiang Dayong naturally wouldn't make himself unhappy, nor did he want to make Zhao Mancang unhappy.

Although Jiang Dayong had no intention of being a matchmaker and Liu Dazhu was a little confused, Liu Baochan took the initiative.

For a rural girl, it is very impressive that she can do this.

Therefore, when Huang Niu was cured that day and Liu Changge invited Zhao Mancang to dinner, Liu Baochan wanted to take the initiative to go to his door.

Unfortunately, Zhao Mancang saw through Liu Baochan's plan and took strict precautions, which resulted in her plan failing.

Since tricks didn't work, the simple-minded Liu Baochan could only rely on giving sweet potatoes to impress Zhao Mancang.

Huaishuling Production Team was originally a vegetable growing base and has cooperative relationships with many surrounding factories and units.

In the past, other people delivered vegetables to the Beijing Steel Plant, but now this job has been taken over by Liu Baochan.

However, Liu Baochan was still too shy, and she just gave the sweet potatoes and didn't dare to say anything more.

Zhao Mancang was also a fool, he didn't even know to catch up.

But she seemed to have forgotten that this was a surprise attack and that she was driving the ox cart very fast.

Zhao Mancang was confused at this time because he didn't expect Liu Baochan to chase him to the steel plant.

He was not stupid, so he naturally would not think that meeting Liu Baochan at the steel plant gate was just a coincidence.

They must have come prepared.

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