Chapter 50: Withholding Food

Lin Weiwan pulled Du Shanshan into the yard, “Hello, auntie, we are new educated youth.

My name is Lin Weiwan, and this is Du Shanshan. We are here to ask Uncle Li to make wooden boxes.”

“Yes, here, there are a few ready-made ones at home. You can choose the size you need. I will ask our third child to send them to you later.”

Auntie Li looked at the new fair-skinned educated youth with eyes full of love. This girl is so pretty.

Lin Weiwan was taken to the lower room by Auntie Li. The door was opened, and there were four or five finished wooden boxes inside.

Thinking of her own luggage, Lin Weiwan pointed to a large box half a person’s height and a small wooden cabinet and said.

“Auntie Li, I want these two, how much are they?”

“Just give me nine yuan for these two.” Auntie Li said as she looked at the two boxes.

“Auntie, I want this box.” Du Shanshan felt that she didn’t have much stuff. She only chose a small kang cabinet like Lin Huahua’s.

Thinking that the more than 20 yuan that had just entered her pocket today would be gone again.

“Give me four dollars and fifty cents for this.”

Lin Weiwan saw the wooden basin in the corner and thought that she only brought an enamel basin to wash her face.

“Aunt, I want this wooden basin, how much is it?”

“Eighty cents for a wooden basin.” Aunt Li picked up the wooden basin directly.

Lin Weiwan took out money from her shoulder bag and gave it to Aunt Li.

Aunt Li handed the wooden basin to Lin Weiwan, collected the money from both of them and shouted to the inner room.

“Old Third, push the cart out and take these three boxes to the educated youth point for Lin Zhiqing and the others.”

Li Guojun came out of the inner room and saw Lin Weiwan in the yard. His eyes lit up and he almost stumbled.

“Mom.” Li Guojun looked at his mother embarrassedly.

“What are you looking at, silly boy? Hurry up and take the boxes to Lin Zhiqing and the others.”

“Hey…”

After sending Li Guojun away, Lin Weiwan’s wooden box was placed in front of her with a few stones picked up from outside. Just right.

After opening the box, Lin Weiwan put the two large packages she picked up from the post office today in it, and stuffed the three luggage bags on the kang in it, just filling it up. He locked it right away.

He placed the small cabinet under his feet and put his clothes in it.

He went out to pick up the clothes and pants that were hung out to dry yesterday, wiped his sweat with a basin of water, and then he and Du Shanshan went to sleep to rest.

Wang Qiaoyun didn’t know where she went. When Lin Weiwan woke up, there were already voices in the yard.

Du Shanshan saw Lin Weiwan get up, so she got up and put on her shoes and went to the field.

He glanced at his watch and saw that it was already half past five in the evening.

When they went out, they saw Wang Qiaoyun and Wu Erqiao talking about speculation, one picking vegetables and the other cutting vegetables.

Lin Weiwan found a stone and sat under the eaves of the window, watching the educated youth who came back one after another busying themselves.

Du Shanshan also sat next to Lin Weiwan. He wondered if there was anything else in the space that he could take out and sell.

The food was quickly served on the table. Lin Weiwan was not very hungry at this time, so he took out his lunch box and chopsticks from the house, filled a lunch box with corn paste that was so thin that it could cover his face, and sat down.

Tonight, there were still two corn steamed buns, and the dishes were stir-fried beans and pickled cucumbers.

There was not a drop of oil on the two dishes, and the stir-fried beans were almost boiled.

Lin Weiwan slowly ate the corn paste with some pickled cucumbers.

Du Shanshan naturally didn’t know how many things she could make with her two taels of corn flour.

Cui Hongying glanced around and saw that everyone was eating quickly, and she was thinking in her heart.

Wang Ping looked at the steamed bun in her hand, which was not even as big as her fist, and couldn’t help revealing a sarcastic smile.

I have always eaten like this in my previous life, and no one complained, but now it is different. Does that mean that my destiny will also change?

Wang Qiaoyun ate the steamed bun in her hand without knowing the taste, not knowing what to do.

Feng Yuzhen swallowed the steamed bread in her mouth, “Tomorrow, Wang Qiaoyun and Cui Hongying will cook together, don’t forget.”

Wang Qiaoyun put down the steamed bread in her hand and looked at Feng Yuzhen, “Feng Zhiqing, why do both male and female educated youth pay two taels of grain, but the male educated youth can eat two large steamed breads, while the female educated youth can only eat two small ones.”

After this, all the educated youth at the table stopped eating.

“Qiaoyun, we are a whole. The male educated youth have a heavy task every day and are more tired than us. It’s not a big deal if they eat a little more.

Most of the hard work in our educated youth site is done by male educated youth, right? We can only survive here by helping each other.”

Feng Yuzhen explained gently.

“Feng Zhiqing means that as long as we are in this educated youth site in the future, we will have to use the food we earn through hard work to support the male educated youth.

What kind of help is that? They are pretending to help, but they are actually exchanging our rations. Isn’t that buying peace with money?” Wang Qiaoyun put down her chopsticks and stopped eating.

In the countryside, she cooked all the meals at home. Two taels of cornmeal could make four steamed buns as big as the one in my hand.

Now, with only a box of corn paste as thin as water and two small steamed buns, they were not full at all. Without oil and water, there would be more food to eat. At this rate, a quarter of the food would go into the stomachs of the male educated youth this year.

Seeing that no one joined in the commotion, Wang Qiaoyun was not polite, “You new educated youth have good conditions and have not cooked much at home. I’m afraid you don’t know how much of your own food goes into your own stomach and how much goes into the stomachs of others.

If you don’t believe me, how about we use two taels of cornmeal to make a meal for everyone to see clearly?”

Lin Weiwan put down his chopsticks, “No need to cook. Some people don’t know, but there are still people who know. It’s indeed a lot less.”

Wang Qiaoyun didn’t expect that the first person to stand up with her was Lin Weiwan, who had the least money.

Cui Hongying also put down her chopsticks, “At least four steamed buns of this size should be made. I also want to know why. Is it because the male educated youth are responsible for chopping wood and fetching water?”

Feng Yuzhen looked unsightly and looked at Dong Daqing.

“When you came yesterday, I told you that the most important thing for this youth educated camp is to maintain good unity and not to cause division. Although the food supply is so low, we male youth educated have also paid a lot.

The villagers dare not come to cause trouble. They did not bully you because of the face of the male youth educated in our youth educated camp, right?

You are just too young and care about the gains and losses in front of you. We are a big family. Brothers should eat more and sisters should eat less. We just have to do our own duties. Why make it so ugly?”

“You talk lightly. Since we are a family, I will give all the heavy work that I can’t do to you male youth educated. I have a stomachache, dizziness and a cold, so please do the work in the fields for me, the eldest brother.

I have no food to eat in winter. Can the eldest brother help me a little?”

Wang Qiaoyun is very familiar with his mother’s true teachings.

They are not short of words when they quarrel.