Chapter 9 The character of the educated youth must be established
Chapter 9 The character of the educated youth must be established
That morning, Wang Haoran and Xiao Lijuan ate baked steamed buns.
They also cooked some millet porridge, which was so thick that chopsticks could stand up.
Wang Haoran made a braised pork, and the aroma spread from ten miles away.
Even Du Ming, who was sleeping with the door closed, was startled and came out to take a look from a distance.
"Ha! Eating meat so early in the morning? Life is so exciting." Du Ming swallowed and said.
He was not very good at cooking, so he often ate out in the commune canteen or cooked noodles or something.
Anyway, he has his parents to support him. His mother gives him about 30 yuan in subsidy every month, and also a lot of biscuits, noodles and so on.
Wang Haoran knew that this guy wanted to eat for free.
He ignored it.
Du Ming still didn't give up. He walked over, took out the box of Peony cigarettes from his pocket, cracked out a cigarette and handed it to Wang Haoran: "Have a cigarette."
Wang Haoran was flipping the braised pork in the pot and waving his hands: "I don't smoke."
Du Ming put the cigarette between his lips in dismay, took out a match and lit it, saying, "Aren't you two moving too fast? Are you planning to get married and then settle down in the countryside?"
"I say, Haoran, you have to think it over carefully. Xiao Lijuan is a member of the "five black categories". You probably won't have any chance to return to the city in this lifetime. If you marry her, you'll be locking yourself in."
Wang Haoran frowned, he stood up, turned his head and looked at Du Ming and said, "What are you talking about so early in the morning?"
"Don't you know you're annoying?"
"It's alright, go away!"
Du Ming's face turned red and he wanted to get angry, but when he saw Wang Haoran's tall and strong body, he backed down.
"Okay, okay! I'll go, I'll go. I'm just giving you a kind reminder. Why are you in such a hurry?"
He went off mumbling something.
Before leaving, he took a look at the braised pork in the pot and his eyes lit up.
It smells so damn good.
I haven't eaten braised pork for many days.
It’s a pity that the expenses were so high that I have no money left now.
It took more than an hour to make breakfast.
Wang Haoran ate with Xiao Lijuan in her room.
After her high fever subsided, Xiao Lijuan felt that her appetite was particularly strong and her stomach had been rumbling for a long time.
After she ate one piece of cake, she felt embarrassed to eat any more, fearing that Wang Haoran would say she ate too much.
Wang Haoran reached out and picked up another pancake, wrapped several pieces of braised pork in it, and handed it to Xiao Lijuan.
She waved her hand quickly: "I don't want to eat anymore."
Wang Haoran stuffed the food into her hands without giving any explanation and said, "Eat! You should have a full breakfast so that you will have energy for the whole day. Don't worry, I won't mind you being fat."
In fact, in this era, there is no such thing as losing weight.
It's hard to see a fat person.
The main reason is that there is too little oil and water. If you are half hungry every day, it would be strange if you can gain weight.
Xiao Lijuan twisted her body and said, "I think we are wasting money. No one in the village eats like this."
"Eating like this will make even a mountain of gold empty."
Wang Haoran smiled and rubbed her head, saying, "You will be my wife from now on. In accordance with the tradition of men working outside and women working inside, you don't have to go to the fields to earn work points. Leave the work points to me."
Xiao Lijuan felt warmed when she heard this.
She shook her head and said, "The work points one person earns are not enough to eat!"
"Even though I work slowly, I still have to work."
Wang Haoran said seriously: "That's not necessarily true! I will rely on my high IQ to earn work points in the future, and I will definitely be able to earn more!"
"Remember what I told you last night? This year, you will most likely have to take the college entrance examination."
"Time is running out. You should review your lessons and prepare for the exam."
Xiao Lijuan said: "But..." Wang Haoran reached out and covered her mouth, stopping her from saying anything else: "Just do what I ask you to do, okay?"
"If you have any problems in the future, I will help you solve them."
"Well! I'm going to go to the stable later and do something to make money, and solve the current difficulties in the countryside."
"By the way, I'll get you a set of exam materials."
Xiao Lijuan felt a sweet feeling in her heart.
However, she also had some doubts: although she had never spoken much to Wang Haoran before, they had often worked together.
It seems that Wang Haoran was not like this before.
He seemed to have changed completely after being hit by a carrying pole.
"Yes! Haoran, I'll listen to you."
"Well, I'm tired of reading. Can I go and take care of the vegetables in the private plot and get some pig grass to feed the pigs and chickens?"
The educated youth did not have their own private plots before, and it was only in the last two years that they were allocated private plots.
There is not much land, but we can grow some vegetables. People say that vegetables provide half a year's food, so the small vegetable garden in the private land is very important.
Wang Haoran nodded and said, "Of course."
After breakfast, Wang Haoran strolled towards Mafang Commune.
Before leaving, Xiao Lijuan took out ten yuan and gave it to him, asking him to buy some wedding candy or something. Besides, didn’t Wang Haoran also say that he would buy her exam review materials?
When he reached the main road leading from the village to the commune, he met Zhao Yougui.
Zhao Yougui was riding a Forever brand 28-bar bike. When he saw him, he stopped and said, "I see you're okay! I'm relieved."
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "I'm very lucky!"
"Why did you come back today? Did you come just to see me?"
Zhao Yougui said, "I'm relieved that you're okay. I came here today mainly to help the village repair the tractor."
"There's something wrong with your Dongfanghong 28, so it can't be used anymore."
Wang Haoran's heart moved.
Now, it is very easy for him to repair a tractor.
He now needs to show his talent bit by bit.
Even in the countryside, you have to make a name for yourself. Only in this way, you won't look so out of place when you contribute to the country's scientific and technological development in the future.
In a word: he has to start creating his own image as a capable educated youth.
"That's just in case. I'm quite interested in things like repairing tractors."
"I even read books on repairing farm machinery in the commune's library."
"I'll help you today."
Zhao Yougui smiled and shook his head: "How can it be that easy to repair a tractor?"
"I came here today with great difficulty. The commune's agricultural machinery repair station has been very busy these past two days, and all the villages need support. I, a mediocre person, was drafted into the army."
"Because I'm repairing machines in a machinery factory!"
"If you can fix it by reading a book, you are simply a god."
Wang Haoran said, "It's okay for me to learn from you! Anyway, I don't have to go to work today."
Wang Haoran followed Zhao Yougui to the brigade compound.
The Dongfanghong 28 truck of the Li Cai Brigade was bought in 69 and has been used for 8 years. It has made great contributions to the brigade's farming.
There were often some minor problems before, but the people from the agricultural machinery station would come and fix them.
This time, the car had a big problem: it had no power and would not move no matter how hard you stepped on the accelerator, and it would stall very easily.
Li Jieshi came specially to receive Zhao Yougui.
He rambled on and on, "It's really frustrating. The village has been busy piling up fertilizer recently, but this truck broke down while we were using it, and we can't fix it no matter what we do."
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