Chapter 91 Knowing the Current Affairs

Liu Qingqing responded and helped Old Lady Liu into the yard.

Sun Zhihua stared at the door that slammed shut in front of him for a while, and finally let out a long breath of anger.

He turned and left.

As soon as Old Lady Liu entered the door, she let go of Liu Qingqing's hand, leaned on the door, and peeked out through the crack.

She looked at the man outside and his face changed several times before leaving.

Old Lady Liu said "Pooh" silently and walked into the house in small steps.

"Old lady, please listen to me. We can't talk about that. We have to live a good life."

Liu Qingqing: "..."

Fearing that her old lady would be fooled, Mrs. Liu analyzed to Liu Qingqing with her nearly 60 years of life experience how to look at this man: "Look at the one at the door just now. When he smiled, his mouth was crooked. His eyes and nose didn't change at all. I just saw him at the door. His old face was drooping, longer than a donkey's face. He said one thing in front of people and another behind their backs. Such old men are not only cunning, but also wicked. In this cold weather, he is wearing too much and too little clothes. What he wants is not good..."

Liu Qingqing quickly stopped her from continuing the analysis. If she continued, she might even talk about hair.

"I don't know him at all, and we even have some grudges against him. Mother, be careful when you see him next time." She simply told Mrs. Liu what happened a few days ago.

Mrs. Liu instantly went from being righteous and proud to shrinking.

Oh my, the city is so scary.

"Old lady, let's hide for a while, or you can go back to the village with me to live for a while? What if he comes back and I'm not alone?" She regretted her behavior outside the door just now. She couldn't let people hate her, right?

Liu Qingqing smiled secretly. It still depends on Mrs. Liu to know the current affairs.

"Don't open the door to others at home if you have nothing to do." She estimated that it would not take a few days.

"Old lady, you can actually beat an old man. I remember you were very strong when you were young. Your two brothers couldn't beat you." Later, she grew up and became lazy, and no longer noticed where her strength went.

Liu Qingqing thought to herself that she was really good at it. How strong a child is can be seen from a fight between children?

Old lady Liu had the character of forgetting things as soon as she put down her claws. After a while, she stopped thinking about going back to the village. She fluttered into the kitchen like a butterfly to study what delicious food she could make.

She had been gone for most of the morning, and the little food she had eaten in the morning had long been digested.

Liu Qingqing called her mother who was about to go to the kitchen. She was so hungry that she had no idea how long it would take for her to finish cooking.

She pushed aside the snow under the window, revealing the mouth of the jar, and took out a pack of frozen dumplings from it: "I'll make you some dumplings, this is quick."

Liu Qingqing didn't have space for everything, and it would be too eye-catching if she didn't put some common food and daily necessities in and outside the house.

In addition to people who often came to ask for "something", there were also neighbors who came to visit.

So her life was similar to that of other families, she froze vegetables when she needed to, and prepared firewood when she needed to.

Old Mrs. Liu agreed repeatedly, happily giving up the right to cook in the kitchen.

It was not easy to eat ready-made meals at the home of an old lady.

She walked to the window quietly. When she came just now, she didn't look carefully, and the snow surrounded most of the jar.

There were bags of delicious food in a long thin jar.

Frozen pears, frozen persimmons, frozen red apples, frozen apples, two pieces of frozen meat, three frozen fish and a few dumplings.

Oh, what a life.

I guess the county governor's family is no different.

Old Lady Liu is upset, and she has to tell her elder sisters about it when she gets home.

She went into the house happily.

"Give me the spoon, old lady, I'll cook it. I'm the best at making frozen dumplings. Just go in and eat. It'll be ready soon. What do you want to eat with dipping sauce?" Glancing at the condiment bottle next to her, she added, "What do you want to eat with dipping sauce? I'll make you some mashed garlic, soy sauce, and vinegar?"

Oh my god, this meal is so delicious!

Chapter 92: Listing

Old Lady Liu sent Liu Qingqing out early in the morning and locked the gate nervously.

She didn't even go to her favorite old lady Zhao's house.

She quietly nestled in the house to think about what to cook for lunch and what to cook for dinner.

Since the old lady came to the city, she has been very generous.

She didn't mind coming to eat, and the frozen fruit yesterday.

She also made a small pot of soaked water for her in the evening.

Why do these old good things have to be saved for the New Year? Look, they are all taken out in advance when she comes.

You can also make good things at home.

Li Guihua has lived for forty-eight years and has never had such a good day.

She dares to say that the landlords and rich people are no better than this.

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Liu Qingqing follows the principle of not letting the boss find work, so you have to find work for yourself.

She used Song Jinglin as an excuse to give a box of internal supply cigarettes to her nominal master, Director Li's nephew, Li Jun.

Li Jun was supposed to check the cars regularly, and in winter, he had to warm up the engines from time to time.

These iron men were treated very well, and went into the warehouse when the weather got cold.

He took the cigarettes from Liu Qingqing, his eyes brightened: "Little apprentice, has your partner returned?"

The supply and marketing cooperative cigarettes are Xiao Liu, and the internal supply cigarettes are the little apprentice.

"No, it's not that you like it, Master. I wrote to the one at home and asked him to help with the arrangement. When he heard that my master liked it, he had to do his best." Liu Qingqing smiled and put her hands behind her back.

Li Jun was happy: "Little disciple, tell me what you need from the master. Just ask."

"Look at what you said, as if you have to use it before you can give it to me. Isn't it the disciple's duty to show respect to the master?" Liu Qingqing pretended to be unhappy.

Li Jun stroked the cigarette box and quickly said: "Look, the master didn't mean that. Didn't he just want to teach you something? I have some skills in car repair, but you are a girl and you can't use it."

Liu Qingqing quickly agreed: "Since the master wants to teach me how to repair a car, I promise to learn it well and never waste the master's precious time."

Li Jun: ...

He is just so polite...

But since the conversation has come to this, it is not good to say no, just teach!

In addition to Liu Qingqing learning car repair from Li Jun, there are also people from the purchasing department who come to take the class.

Liu Qingqing really wanted to collect the tuition from these people, as she had bought the class hours.

Li Jun had the same idea. He coughed and told them to start, arranging candies, sodas, and biscuits.

While they were running to the front to buy things, Li Jun taught his outer apprentice the skills he was good at, which he didn't want to teach.

He spent the money from the inner supply of cigarettes to attend the class. If he learned the same thing as those people who took the class for free, he would feel embarrassed.

Liu Qingqing listened carefully. With the bonus of memory and the fact that she had driven the big liberation for so long, she was more or less familiar with it and had a good ability to accept.

After studying for an hour or two, Li Jun raised his arm and looked at the time.

Liu Qingqing showed him a big teacup with a look in her eyes: "Master, you must be tired. Take a rest and drink some water."

Li Jun took the teacup and sat on the chair she brought over: "My little apprentice, let's stop here today. I have something to ask Director Li."

Li Jun only called him uncle when he was alone. He was always "Director Li" in front of people outside the supply and marketing cooperative.

Even if everyone in the supply and marketing cooperative knew about their relationship.

After leaving the warehouse, Liu Qingqing was about to leave the supply and marketing cooperative through the back door.

Sun Yingxia trotted over and called her: "Qingqing, someone named Fu Meili is looking for you. She's in front."

Liu Qingqing thanked her and followed her forward.

"Are you back?" Liu Qingqing knew that Fu's mother was worried about her daughter, so she sent her to her uncle's house in the provincial capital to hide for a while.

Fu Meili whispered in her ear: "I'll take you to see the excitement."

Liu Qingqing was confused and didn't know what to see.

Fu Meili didn't say much, and pulled her to the Wuning Newspaper Office.

Before they got close, the newspaper compound was full of people inside and outside, and Fu Meili couldn't squeeze in even if she tried her best.

Liu Qingqing: "Make way, make way, we work here, everyone, let us go in."

The person in front looked back and looked at the two of them for a few times, and automatically made room.

Fu Meili: ...

Liu Qingqing pulled her to the front row, and Sun Zhihua knelt on a temporary wooden platform in the middle.

There were two police officers standing around them that they were familiar with.

There was a big sign on his body that said "murderer".

On both sides were paper banners with a few slogans for the current struggle.

An emotional young man was giving a speech: "You have just heard what I said about the criticism meeting. For class enemies like Sun Zhihua, they are the ones we want to fight against..."

Chapter 93 Ancestors Bless You

After the long and critical speech, the young speaker encouraged the crowd to punish the class enemies.

Liu Qingqing looked at the restless crowd and pulled Fu Meili out of the crowd.

If things get chaotic, there might be a stampede. Even if she is strong, two fists can't beat a few feet. It's better to retreat quickly.

Looking at the crowd swarming past them, the two were glad that they retreated in time.

Liu Qingqing: "Is your family settled?"

Fu Meili nodded, and the two walked along while talking: "The police station pried open the mouth of Wu Da, and then convicted him. I don't know what happened. When he was arrested, he was immediately caught red-handed while attacking Xu Fangqing."

Liu Qingqing was stunned. Such a smart person would not do that.

But after thinking about it, maybe it was something that Fu's father and Director Shao had made preparations in advance, so she didn't ask more.

The main reason was that Fu Meili didn't know too many details.

Fu Meili took more than a week's leave, and just came back today and hasn't gone to cancel the leave yet.

After receiving the letter from her father, she thought about taking Liu Qingqing to see the excitement first.

But her uncle has the final say in the grain station, so it's okay to rest for a few more days.

Originally, Fu Meili wanted to take Liu Qingqing out for a meal, but when she learned that Liu's mother was still alone at home, she turned around and went to Liu Qingqing's house.

The first time she met Liu Qingqing's family, Fu Meili thought about it, and when she passed by the grain station, she made an excuse to go in to get something.

When she came out, she was carrying a bag of oranges and a bag of sand apples, which were the fruit welfares issued by the grain station.

Liu Qingqing laughed: "You still have to carry things to my house?"

"It's not for you to eat, I'm giving it to my aunt." Afraid that Liu Qingqing would not want it, Fu Meili added: "This is a welfare issued by the grain station, I will ask my uncle for one later."

For Fu Meili, who was carrying rare fruits in her hands and worked at a large unit grain station.

Old Mrs. Liu took the two net bags and smiled.

She held the fruit in one hand and pulled Fu Meili with the other: "Oh, this girl is so pretty, oh, her hands are so delicate, come to the house quickly, it's like home here, auntie will make you delicious food."

Fu Meili was a little overwhelmed for a moment, and her eyes looked at Liu Qingqing for help.

Liu Qingqing took the net bag that Liu's mother was reluctant to let go of, and went to the kitchen to wash the sand apples.

After walking all the way, the sand apples were slightly frozen.

This thing is not delicious when frozen.

Old lady Liu was shocked when the things in her hands were taken away.

I wanted to blow up the temple, but my brain returned to its place. No, no, this is not my home, I can't protect the food.

Her free hand also held Fu Meili, and she chattered from her toes to her hair.

When Liu Qingqing brought a plate of sand apples and a plate of oranges into the main room,

Old Mrs. Liu let go of her hands at the right time, and it was important to eat the fruit.

Compared with sand apples, oranges are more rare in Wuning.

Mother Liu took an orange, peeled it, put a slice into her mouth, and sipped it. She was ready in her heart, and then she grimaced because of the sourness.

Liu Qingqing had long been insensitive to this sour and bitter orange.

After eating the fruit, Mother Liu patted her butt and prepared to cook, and looked at the ingredients that the old lady brought out.

It was a bit foolish to eat all the fish and meat together.

Then he thought about Fu Meili, a girl who worked at the grain station and could bring fruits to the door.

Okay! You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a child.

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When Sun Zhihua was attacked by the crowd, he regretted it to death.

When he returned from Liu's house, he re-investigated the matter of Fu Meili and Liu Qingqing and found that Xu Fangqing had gone to the grain station to find Fu Meili during this period.

He was also familiar with the grain station, but he just didn't think about it before.

Now he suddenly realized that he had calculated the time and always felt that this was related to Xu Fangqing.

He secretly hated this person for ruining his good deeds, so he thought about giving him a beating.

Unexpectedly, the damn Xu Fangqing came out of the radio station and saw that it was him, and ran to the street, shouting "Murder!" while running.

He was almost vomiting blood in anger. Before he could react, he was pinned to the ground by several policemen.

When he arrived at the police station, no matter how he explained or denied, the final result remained the same.

Liu's mother originally thought that she should eat more, so as not to waste this good thing.

Before she had eaten half full, she heard Fu Meili mention Sun Zhihua.

She knew this person's name well, and after some inquiries, she learned from Fu Meili that the man had committed a serious murder.

He was paraded through the streets today.

Her hands trembled, oh my God, she almost walked through the gates of hell.

She was about to meet the dead old man.

It was really the blessing of her Li family ancestors. Look at the ancestors of the old Liu family. They couldn't protect the old man.

Liu Qingqing helped her pick up the chopsticks, changed a new pair and handed them to her: "It's okay, the man has been caught."

Old Mrs. Liu asked tremblingly: "We can't let him escape, right?"

Then she had to pack her bags overnight.

Fu Meili didn't know the situation, but she comforted him: "Don't worry, auntie, he can't run away. My father has someone watching him closely."

Old Mrs. Liu patted her chest and enthusiastically picked up the new chopsticks to pick up food for Fu Meili.

Fu Meili: "..."

She was almost finished eating, why was he picking food for her?

Chapter 94 Old Partner

Old Lady Liu keeps an eye on the progress of the case every day, and asks if the person has been sent away when she has nothing to do.

She is more active than watching TV series.

She is afraid that the person will run away from the police station and kill her again.

After Sun Zhihua was escorted away, Old Lady Liu walked out of Liu Qingqing's house in high spirits.

She was so suffocated recently that she didn't dare to stick her head out even at the door.

As soon as the blockade was lifted, she sneaked out to Aunt Zhao's house.

Aunt Zhao was surprised: "Sister, you are here, you came to the city so early in the morning?"

Old Lady Liu hesitated for a while and didn't say anything vaguely.

The two old ladies talked about the latest gossip in the alley.

Old Lady Liu sighed in her heart, this is the life that people should live.

What fun is there in staying at home every day?

Aunt Zhao envied Old Lady Liu, who could stay at the lady's house for two days if she wanted to, and she had no other work to do except cooking.

When she got tired of living there and missed home, she would just leave.

Liu Qingqing was a good lady, and she never complained.

Unlike her, she served her eldest son's family from old to young, from morning to night, and had no time to spare.

The other children had their own lives, and none of them asked them to live there.

She couldn't leave, and it was not pleasing to stay.

When Liu Qingqing got home from get off work, she saw the angry Old Lady Liu.

"What's wrong?"

She went out with him to work in the morning, and at that time, she was emitting happy signals all over her body.

After chatting for a whole morning, are you depressed?

"The old lady Lu who lives across from you is really a nobody. She wants to introduce me to a dead old man!!!" When Liu's mother mentioned it, her face immediately turned dark red.

It doesn't look like she's embarrassed, she's just angry.

Liu Qingqing: ???

Dead old man?

Not to mention, due to the influence of the times, she has never thought about the problem of her mother finding a partner.

At this time, let alone sunset red, even young widows rarely remarry.

Liu's mother stole a glance at her, and seeing that there was no change in Liu Qingqing's face, she continued to nag: "That bitch, I was so angry that I pouted back at that time."

Originally, she wanted to fight, what deep hatred? Talking to her about such nonsense.

But thinking that this is a city, one is afraid of getting into trouble, and the other is worried that this place will go to the police station from time to time, which is really scary for the old lady.

She just put her hands on her hips and raised her mouth.

But just talking, that won't make the old lady Lu suffer.

Liu Qingqing nodded, that's right, it's not the style of the old lady to go back without doing it.

She smiled and asked: "Why are you pouting? I want to learn from you."

Liu's mother said embarrassedly: "I didn't say anything, just said that if she needs a father, I won't look for a father. If she misses the old man, she can go by herself, and if she dislikes the trouble at home, she can bury it."

She said it casually, and she couldn't learn everything to the old lady.

The main thing is that this matter needs to be prevented in advance.

Liu Qingqing: "Didn't Old Lady Lu scold you?"

Mother Liu proudly put her hands on her hips and said: "In the whole Taoshan Village, there are few people who can scold as much as me, and that old woman is no match for me."

"It's okay that I didn't suffer any loss. Old Lady Lu is not a good person. She had a quarrel with me before." Liu Qingqing simply told Old Lady Liu about the spicy cicadas.

Old Lady Liu knew about this a long time ago.

Her old sister, Aunt Zhao, not only told her, but also wanted to take credit for it.

So she knew that this old man had no good intentions, and scolded him without worry.

Seeing that the old lady didn't care about her quarrel with others, Mother Liu changed her face instantly.

The anger and depression just now disappeared.

She was afraid that someone would come to the old lady's house and talk about her.

I heard that in addition to the police station, the street and other things also intervene in the gossips of the neighbors.

This is really not straightforward in the city, unlike in the village.

If you are unhappy, just have a fight.

Whoever wins the fight will be the boss.

The old Lu family is really incompetent. They are not good at scolding, and they dare not fight.

She felt that she had achieved nothing.

Liu Qingqing glanced at Liu's mother.

She thought she was really angry, but it turned out that she was wronged and complained to her first.

She was afraid that the old Lu family would cause trouble later, so she took the initiative.

Liu Qingqing watched the performance of the old lady Liu end, and went to the kitchen to lift the lid of the pot.

Seeing what they did, I felt that I was not as good as them.

Sitting at the dinner table, Liu Qingqing asked tentatively: "Mom, do you really not have an old man in mind? I am not a feudal person, and I believe that my elder brother and his wife are not either. If you really have any ideas, don't hide them. We all support you."

Old Lady Liu's eyes widened: "I am living such a good life, I need a father, looking for an old man?"

Liu Qingqing laughed: "Okay! If you don't want it, then don't want it. Why do you keep saying you want a father?"

"Mr. Girl, I can tell you, when you are young, you can find a man to rely on, so that others dare not bully you. When your father was alive, although he was useless, it was a big deal to have one, just like the door god during the New Year. But when you are old, it is better to have no one. Look at the life of Zhang Dazui in our village. It seems that he has raised a house full of paralyzed people, taking care of the young and the old. In the past two years, he has not been as good as me in fighting. "Old lady Liu sighed deeply for Zhang Dazui.

Liu Qingqing: "You are quite insightful." If old man Liu knew what he thought when he heard his wife compare him to a door god.

Chapter 95 No Repeat

Li Jun stopped teaching car repair after a few days.

Those who were attending the class all sighed.

Liu Qingqing also understood that car repair is a matter of specific analysis. The car was not broken, and Li Jun could not break it and then demonstrate it to this group of people.

The theoretical knowledge was almost learned, and the group had to figure it out on their own.

In addition to wanting to learn a skill, Liu Qingqing also wanted to avoid that villain's complaints.

A while ago, Chen Ai Dang used the excuse of reporting work to tell Director Li that she had nothing to do now and wasted collective resources and white-collar collective wages in the purchasing department.

Xu Hui overheard this when she went to the defective goods warehouse and told her quietly.

Liu Qingqing immediately coaxed Li Jun to let him give a lesson.

With Director Li's nephew as a cover, whatever others said to Director Li seemed to be talking about him.

When Director Li knew that his nephew "took the initiative" to teach the young people in the purchasing department how to repair cars, he was always comforted.

He looked down on Chen Aidang who came to complain for no reason.

Chen Aidang failed to give the eye drops and poked Director Li's eyeballs.

Chen Aidang had just recovered and was put on the bench again.

This year's tea purchase was because Liu Qingqing mentioned the Wulitun matter. Someone else went to the job in southern Anhui. Once he sat on the bench, it might not be his turn in the spring.

Liu Qingqing felt that there was a reason why Chen Aidan loved to buy tea leaves, it was green tea.

Just as the month of May began, the village chief of Mantun called the supply and marketing cooperative again.

They had caught a lot of prey in the past month, and they could keep them once the weather froze. They didn't let Liu Qingqing go to get them like before.

After all, the supply and marketing cooperative was busy. There had been times before when there was less meat and the traffic was busy, so they didn't buy any.

Old Mrs. Liu lived in the city for a while, and she had enough food and water, and she missed the old ladies in the village again.

How come I miss them so much even though I haven't been away for a few days.

It's not for anything else, I just want to chat with them.

When she heard that the old lady was going to drive a big car to Mantun the next day, she hurriedly packed her bag and said, "Then I'll take my mother home on the way."

It's embarrassing to walk here.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of having a car, she must return to the village in style.

It's already the last month, and the old lady may not drive the Jiefang car again before the New Year.

Liu Qingqing: "Aren't you annoying the second brother and his wife? Why don't you stay for a while?"

Old lady Liu said nonchalantly: "Don't bother me if you are annoying. I just miss you. I'll stay for a few days to see that you eat well and sleep well. I'll stay as long as I want. I'll have to go back eventually."

It's okay to stay for seven or eight days. If you stay longer, you'll be annoying. I'll come back next time.

Li Guihua is nothing but a person with good sense.

Liu Qingqing pulled the corner of her mouth, but she really didn't miss her.

Seeing that she was eager to go home, she helped to prepare some food to take back.

The frozen pears, frozen red apples and other fruits were all grown in her space.

She would throw some outside to freeze when she had nothing to do.

It was not a rare thing for her, but it was rare outside.

The grocery store was almost breaking its head to grab this thing. In the winter month, there was a constant flow of people in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Especially when the new New Year's goods were on sale, there were huge crowds of people, and the queue could be lined up outside the gate.

The order was bad when there were too many people, and they often quarreled because of crowding and grabbing goods.

At this time, it didn't matter whether they were adults or children, men or women.

In the rush to buy New Year goods, neither of them gave in.

This is after the harvest has greatly increased this year due to the nutrient fertilizer contributed by "Technician Liu". Of course, she also added some in private.

You can imagine how fierce the rush was in previous years.

Although Liu Qingqing didn't bring much for her mother, her mother was so happy with just these two kinds of fruits.

There are probably not many families in the village who can grab them.

People in the city get up early to line up, and it's good enough to buy a pear from their village.

It's not that Liu Qingqing is stingy. It's okay to eat at her place, but she also takes the baby back with the baby carrier. Not only the old Song family has something to say, but the old Liu family is also likely to treat her as a cash cow.

The New Year is coming soon, and gifts will be given soon.

I will bring more back when the time comes.

Before leaving, Mrs. Liu said goodbye to the old sisters she met in the city one by one.

She became famous in the past few days. In addition to Mrs. Zhao, she also met many old women who admired her.

They all wanted to ask her how to curse people without repeating.

She felt so relieved.

However, although these old ladies in the city are not bad, they are still not as interesting as chatting with the old women in the village.

When she showed off, her face was full of envy.

It was boring to stay here.

Chapter 96 Going up the mountain

Mantun Village Chief Du smiled when he saw Liu Qingqing.

Their village is having a better life this year than in previous years, all thanks to Liu the buyer.

"Uncle Du, get in the car quickly. It's so cold, why are you waiting at the entrance of the village again?" Liu Qingqing opened the car door and greeted him.

Village Chief Du grinned and said, "It's not cold, not cold."

All the way to the brigade headquarters, the processed meat pieces have been prepared and neatly frozen in several large vats.

In Wuning, large vats are used to freeze things.

In addition to keeping it clean, the most important point is to prevent rats.

Don't think there are no rats in winter.

Wherever there is food, there are their figures.

The surface of the large vat is slippery, and neither rats nor weasels can get in.

All the game hunted in Mantun belong to the brigade.

So it is easy to weigh and load the game, and there is no need to settle accounts with each household.

The money only needs to be paid to the village.

The village will distribute bills to each household before the New Year.

The moisture of the frozen meat will be frozen in the meat and cannot evaporate, which will increase the weight of the meat, so the weight will be reduced when purchasing.

When she was about to leave, the village chief's daughter held her tightly and wanted to take her to the mountain to see the hunting.

Picking is really picking.

These girls will not go too far into the mountains, but only help to pick up the game near the traps.

Liu Qingqing was also very interested, and heard that she would not go to the deep mountains.

She, who cherishes her life, also became interested.

In fact, she has been curious about the hunting situation for a long time.

She was tempted and asked the village chief next to her: "Uncle Du, can I go and take a look together?"

Village chief Du frowned when he heard his little daughter speak.

Hearing that Liu Qingqing also wanted to go, he was a little hesitant, although they were mainly checking traps.

Girls in the village also go there frequently.

But Liu Qingqing's identity is different.

He has to be careful. If he encounters any wild beasts, everyone may not be able to guarantee the safety of Liu the purchaser.

Captain Xu came over and said: "Old Du, let my son take the group of guys, Gedatou and Dongzhi, and nothing will go wrong."

Village Chief Du nodded: "Okay, you can go, but you can't run to the mountains, especially Hanni (the village chief's daughter), don't show off."

Hanni frowned: "I know, Dad, don't call me by my nickname outside."

Village Chief Du shook his head helplessly, watching the group of people leave, and he returned to the team headquarters to look at the cart.

He had to keep an eye on this iron lump, and don't let the village hooligans search it.

Liu Qingqing followed the crowd all the way north. On the way, Hanni kept chattering: "Sister Liu, don't worry, there are only footprints and no living things where we go."

Liu Qingqing: ...

"Have you ever encountered wild animals attacking?"

Hanni shook her head: "No, I only saw those in the pits. Sometimes they were still breathing, and sometimes they were dead."

Kudadatou came over and said: "Hanni has never been to the deep mountains. We know that there are often wolves in winter. They stare at people without moving their eyes. It's scary."

Dongzhi was dissatisfied with being robbed of the limelight, and pushed Kudadatou away: "What's yours? We have seen blind bears, but we can't see them now. They don't come out in winter."

Liu Qingqing backed off. Oh my God! There are wolves and bears again.

She had only seen these things in the zoo, and she was afraid to see them alive and kicking in the wild.

Liu Qingqing: "Why don't I take a look at the foot of the mountain and then go back."

Du Jiang, the son of the village chief, led the way in front. He held a weapon similar to a spear in his hand. He turned back and glared at the two people when he heard their nonsense: "Don't listen to their nonsense. They saw nothing. They heard it from the fourth master."

Dongzhi was dissatisfied with being exposed: "It wasn't me who said it first. It was Gedatou who said it first."

Gedatou pushed him: "I said I knew it, but you are the one who boasted. You said you saw it. You saw a hammer."

Liu Qingqing: ...

Chapter 97 Tiger in heat

These two half-grown boys said a lot of things that scared her.

It turned out that they had heard it from others.

They followed the path they had trodden out of the village and went up the mountain.

You couldn't take a single step into a place without footprints.

First, the snow was thick and you couldn't tell how deep it was in a place where no one had stepped on. You might fall into it if you stepped on it.

Also, you couldn't tell where they had set traps. People who were not familiar with it couldn't walk around randomly.

When it came to traps.

Various scenes popped up in Liu Qingqing's mind: a deep pit filled with sharp thorns.

Someone or an animal fell into it and got stabbed all over.

When the group picked up the first prey, she realized that it was far from what she had imagined.

There were sharp weapons, but not the kind that filled the bottom of the trap.

A roe deer with weak breathing was pulled out of the hole.

The knot-head skillfully took out a rope and tied its four hooves together.

Hanni was also happy: "It's really good today. There are still things in such a close place."

The three most common species in Mantun Mountain are wild boars, hares, and pheasants. There are really a lot of them.

Every year, wild boars visit the cornfields. The most footprints on the mountain are not human, but hare's.

As for pheasants, they often become the dead souls under the transport team's liberation trucks.

I don't know when the saying came out, "If you hit the roe deer with a stick and scoop the fish with a ladle, the pheasant will fly into the rice pot."

Although the saying is exaggerated, Liu Qingqing agrees with the large number of traps it describes.

"This kind of hole was dug before winter." Seeing Liu Qingqing's curiosity about the trap, Hanni came over to explain.

Before the ground froze, the villagers dug a lot of such holes in the mountains. They would first use a 15-centimeter-long pointed wooden stick to nail it diagonally into the ground, and the hole would be dug to a depth of 70 centimeters to make a small slanted hole.

When it froze, they would pour water into it and let it freeze on top.

In winter, if you throw some bait every now and then, you will almost always get a harvest.

There is another kind of trap that is similar to this one.

The ice bucket was made in the deep winter. The temperature here can reach minus 30 or even 40 degrees Celsius, whether it is day or night.

This trap can be used for a whole winter after being made once.

The method of making it is also simple. Use the iron bucket that most villagers use to fetch water. Fill it with water and put it outside to freeze for a while. It will be almost frozen in about two hours. Then pour out the unfrozen water in the center of the bucket, leaving only a thick bucket-shaped ice skin.

Then separate the ice from the bucket.

After this ice bucket is placed on the mountain, it is buried with snow, and a bait is placed in the bucket. When the prey drills into it by itself, the wall of the bucket is smooth, and even with claws, it cannot climb up and will never get out again.

There are also some pits and holes, which are much narrower than the holes of these two types, about the thickness of an adult's arm, but there is a secret in the hole, it is not straight down.

From a height of about ten centimeters, it is tilted fifty degrees.

It forms a less than sign with a relatively large opening.

This hole is also used to catch four-legged animals such as wild boars and roe deer.

Roe deer are light and generally have a chance to escape, but they are very curious and often run away and have to come back to check...

Wild boars can be bitten by stepping in.

The Northeast Wild Boar is the heaviest among Asian wild boars.

Among the other twenty or so Asian wild boar species, those that can reach 200 kilograms are considered large.

But among Northeast Wild Boars, 200 kilograms is just an average.

This kind of heavy body, if you put your feet into the pit, you can often break your legs.

Liu Qingqing seemed to be the old lady Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden, and everything was new to her.

Until everyone heard the tiger roar, Du Jiang stopped and said, "Let's go back first!"

Liu Qingqing nodded and had no objection, she cherished her life.

Dongzhi muttered, "It's far away from here, it's in heat, looking for a wife, it's not even in the mood to catch wild boars."

Liu Qingqing was very upset, he knew whether it was in heat or not.

The knotty head pushed him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, what are you talking about in front of female comrades."

Everyone quickly tied up the prey and started to go down the mountain.

Liu Qingqing's prey hunting activity ended when the tiger was in heat.

Chapter 98 Lincheng

On the 25th of February, Liu Qingqing received Fu Meili's marriage notice in half a month.

The person she was going to marry was Xu Fangqing, who lost his grip on his bicycle, fell down with blood all over his face, and then had two big buck teeth.

Liu Qingqing was stunned for a moment. The two of them had only met a few times before, and now they were getting married.

"You two are making progress very fast."

Fu Meili blushed and said with a smile: "Not that fast, my cousins are all planning to get married in one or two months, so mine is considered late. And Xu Fangqing and I have known each other for a while, and we both feel good about each other."

In this era, Fu Meili's age is considered a late marriage.

Liu Qingqing nodded in agreement: "Comrade Xu is a good person."

At the beginning, for Fu Meili, whom he had only met once, he not only exposed Sun Zhihua's past, but also exposed himself.

Fu Meili laughed: "I was not very comfortable at first, but after getting to know him, I found that he has become much more stable since he broke his tooth."

Before she finished speaking, Fu Meili laughed louder and louder: "I can't help laughing when I think of his bloody mouth."

Liu Qingqing supplemented her mind and found it quite funny.

"He was the one who pursued you during this period..." Liu Qingqing gestured with two fingers.

Fu Meili slapped her fingers away: "After the previous incident, my father told me that he was good, so he asked me to look around. I think he is good during this period, so my family decided."

If Sun Zhihua could be charged with another crime, it was Xu Fangqing who volunteered.

Having been bullied for so many years, he may know Sun Zhihua better than his parents.

Xu Fangqing found Fu's father and proposed this idea, and after getting approval.

He began to let people around him mention that they had met Fu Meili when Sun Zhihua passed by. Even if this suspicious person didn't know what he said, he would come to him to ask questions.

Then he asked the police station to find someone to ambush in advance, just waiting for this turtle to enter the jar.

After this incident, Fu's father admired Xu Fangqing more and wanted to let his daughter see more people.

Liu Qingqing was very happy for her. The relationship between these sisters was really bumpy.

Speaking of marriage, time is still very tight.

Most of the things for the wedding were prepared by the family a long time ago, but some of Fu Meili's own things, she planned to go to the provincial capital to buy.

There was no need for Fu's mother to accompany her, she just came to invite Liu Qingqing to go together.

Liu Qingqing's eyes lit up when she heard it. The provincial capital, she has been here for almost two years, and she has never been anywhere except this remote place around Wuning.

After agreeing happily, the two agreed to set off early the next morning, and then stay in the provincial capital for two days before returning.

The supply and marketing cooperative was not busy at this time, not because there were no people but because there were no things.

Except for some agricultural tools and ready-made clothes, which are not often bought by people, the store is basically empty.

Liu Qingqing and Director Li reported on the work situation of the year, what they did, what they gained, and what they felt after they came to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Director Li was confused after hearing this.

The young comrade had too much revolutionary work spirit, and he was a little confused.

After the work summary, Liu Qingqing smiled and brought up the story that the daughter of the deputy director of the textile factory asked her to go shopping for wedding supplies together.

"I think our work is the most important thing. I wanted to refuse, but then I thought again, given your relationship with Director Shao, you must let me go with you."

Director Li's eyelids twitched. He talked so much just for this.

The daughter of the old Fu family still has to save face. Whether it is old Fu or old Shao, it is a relationship that can be used.

"Haha, then I will approve you two days of leave. It just so happens that our supply and marketing cooperative has nothing to do these days."

Liu Qingqing: "Hey, I know that Director Li must mean the same thing. Besides, we are going to the supply and marketing cooperative in Lincheng anyway, so why not take the opportunity to inspect their procurement situation."

Director Li shook his head and laughed: "Then you can take a look."

"Then Director Li, please write me a letter of introduction!" Liu Qingqing laughed.

His eldest nephew's apprentice is not asking for a big deal, so he wrote a note very happily.

Liu Qingqing is very satisfied.

Just looking at the situation in Wuning, you can imagine how crowded Lincheng must be.

If I force myself to go shopping with Fu Meili, I will be squeezed out of my head.

It is better to get a letter of introduction and go through the back door.

After collecting Director Li's letter of introduction, I got a few days of legitimate leave.

Liu Qingqing happily left the door of the supply and marketing cooperative.

As for the Spring Festival holiday? Don't even think about it, now is the right time to "revolutionize the Spring Festival".

When she comes back, I still have to go to work.

Since 1966 or 1977, there has been no such thing as a Spring Festival holiday.

The "revolutionized Spring Festival" will continue until 1980.

The next morning, Liu Qingqing was ready to go.

Followed Fu Meili to the train station.

The railway in the whole Lincheng is relatively developed, and there are train stations in all big and small stations.

But there are fewer cars.

The roads are slippery in cold weather, and cars often slip and cause accidents in winter.

So people here travel almost exclusively by train.

Chapter 99 Jealousy

The two arrived at the platform on time.

However, they waited for more than half an hour but the train didn't come.

It was common for the green train to be delayed at this time. After waiting for about an hour, the train appeared in sight with a flute.

Liu Qingqing looked at the train that had not yet stopped and was still braking. A group of people had already trotted after the door, and the crowd was scary.

It might be the end of the year. Through the window, the inside was full of people.

The tickets were prepared by Fu Meili in advance. Although they were only for five hours, they were sleeper tickets.

Even if several people in the Fu family had enough status to buy sleeper berths, it was almost impossible to buy sleeper berth tickets at the ticket window.

Even if the status is high enough, it is useless.

But Fu Meili's future husband, Xu Fangqing's family has railway connections.

Although he is just a ticket seller, he has such a little power.

County officials are not as good as the current ones, this is the benefit of power.

Liu Qingqing sighed deeply, and followed her to the closed door of the berth section with a smile on her face.

She showed the ticket to get off through the glass.

The door inside was opened quickly: "Hurry up, hurry up."

The two did not bring any luggage, each with a small shoulder bag, and they lifted their legs and got on the train.

The train conductor then closed the door.

Only the crowd outside who saw the situation here rushed over.

Some people saw the train slowly moving, but did not rush to get on the train. ,

Angry, he picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the door and glass.

There was a moment of chaos under the train, and the people climbing down from the windows became even more anxious.

The most anxious were those who wanted to get off the train, and they squeezed under the train like crazy, still like they were trapped in a swamp. After finally moving down a little, they were squeezed back by the people getting on the train...

Liu Qingqing and her partner didn't know what was happening outside. They got on smoothly, and the train attendant who closed the door behind them wiped his sweat.

This station was not going to open the door, anyway, it was a small station, and there would be no people in the sleeper compartment.

Unexpectedly, there really was.

According to the number, they found the sleeper compartments for the two people.

One in the middle and one in the upper compartment.

This is also normal. Even if they are given tickets for the small station of Wuning, they will not be given a lower bunk.

There are already several people sitting in the lower bunk and the aisle.

The bunk for the two people should have been occupied by someone before.

The sheets are wrinkled and the quilt is rolled up.

They can't find a place to sit down, so they can only crawl to the middle bunk to sit.

Liu Qingqing let out a long sigh and said, "Did you go this way last time?"

Fu Meili shook her head: "No, I went there with the textile factory car last time, and I had a hard seat on the way back, but there weren't so many people on the hard seats at that time."

Liu Qingqing nodded, and she could understand. Their train was within the province, and it shouldn't be so scary under normal circumstances.

Fu Meili then talked about the topic of marriage: "By the way, my wedding is scheduled for the sixth day of the first lunar month. You can just go to the state-owned hotel."

Ordinary working families may host a few tables at home and invite a few relatives and friends.

The Fu family chose a state-owned hotel.

This shows the difference.

"Do you still need to prepare on the day?" Liu Qingqing didn't know if there was any wedding process at this time. The weddings in their village were relatively simple.

Fu Meili counted carefully: "It's nothing. The Xu family has already sent the betrothal gift. I'm going to the provincial capital to buy a set of clothes and some rare candies."

Liu Qingqing became interested: "What do Xu Fangqing's family send as betrothal gifts?"

Fu Meili couldn't hide her shyness and joy: "Bicycle, sewing machine, and watch."

She raised her wrist and shook it.

Liu Qingqing cooperated with a "yelp": "I'll take it now."

"Well, the old one is for my brother." He whispered in Liu Qingqing's ear: "There are still 200 yuan, my mother will give it to me after she receives it."

Liu Qingqing squinted her eyes. Fu Meili's treatment at home was really good, and her parents didn't favor the younger one.

"Will you live in Xu Fangqing's house after you get married?"

Fu Meili shook her head and smiled: "My uncle has allocated a house for us. The thirty-six legs in the house have not been settled yet. I will take you to see it when it is ready."

Thirty-six legs refer to the furniture at that time, such as cabinets, flat cabinets, dressing cabinets, beds and the like.

These cabinets add up to thirty-six legs, that's how they are called.

So don't just look at the betrothal gift, the Fu family also gave the house and furniture.

On: The importance of being well-matched.

Liu Qingqing was indeed a little envious, and her jealous eyes whizzed at her.

Fu Meili laughed so hard.

Chapter 100 On the way

The sound of the train clanging echoed in their ears. The two men were not short and were crouched in the middle bunk, unable to straighten their backs.

After chatting quietly for a while, they were also trapped by the "clanging".

Liu Qingqing took out a military water bottle from the small bag beside her: "Did you bring water?"

"Yes." Fu Meili then took out her own thermos.

Liu Qingqing took a look and found that it was a ceramic thermos cup from the supply and marketing cooperative. The appearance was ceramic, and the inner layer was a glass liner based on the same principle as a thermos.

Not only was it expensive, easy to break, and the heat preservation effect was poor, but it was also a little small in size, and it was gone after drinking a few sips of water.

"You can drink this one, it's warm." Fu Meili handed over the cup in her hand.

Liu Qingqing shook her head and refused. Her water was actually hot.

The two of them had been lying on the upper bed for a long time. Seeing that there was an empty seat in the aisle, Liu Qingqing suggested going downstairs for a while. If she stayed downstairs, she would become a ham.

The lower bed was occupied by a vigorous old man. Seeing the two of them coming downstairs, he took the initiative to give them a place to put on shoes.

"You two girls must be tired! Sit downstairs for a while."

"Thank you, old man. We can just sit in the aisle for a while." Liu Qingqing glanced at the man in the lower bed opposite who suddenly covered his head with a quilt.

He probably thought they were talking too much.

The old man also noticed it, smiled and said nothing more.

The empty seat in the aisle was opposite the next bed.

After putting the quilt over, the two stretched their muscles.

"I'm so tired. This sleeper is not very energizing."

Liu Qingqing said with a smile, "You're still not satisfied. Didn't you see when you got on the bus? You can squeeze out your breakfast on the hard seat."

Fu Meili felt a little disgusted by what she said. She rolled her eyes at her and gulped down two mouthfuls of water.

As Liu Qingqing expected, her glass of water was empty after a few gulps.

Liu Qingqing stared out the window in a daze. Even though everything outside was white, she thought the scenery was incredibly beautiful.

With a "pop", she came to her senses and found that Fu Meili's glass of water had fallen to the ground and had broken into pieces.

A middle-aged woman pulled a boy of seven or eight years old: "You damn child, I told you to be naughty, I told you to be naughty, I can't beat you to death, look at what you did, you broke aunt's cup!"

The woman said harshly, but she patted the back of the child's hand twice.

Her eyes stared at Fu Meili.

Fu Meili was also at a loss. She just saw Liu Qingqing staring out the window in a daze, and she also looked at it for a few times. When she heard something around her, she turned around and the boy took her cup away.

The little boy was beaten by his mother like this, even if it didn't hurt or he was not happy, he struggled and hit the woman head on.

Liu Qingqing frowned, what kind of habit could have cultivated such a character.

Fu Meili was also surprised. She had never seen a child like this before.

The woman was not angry even after being beaten like this. She just pretended to cry out in pain, "Ouch" and "Ouch". It was not until she coaxed the boy that she remembered that there was such a mess in front of her.

"Sister, I'm so sorry. My child is too young and doesn't know anything. We should be more considerate of each other when we are out."

Fu Meili glanced at Liu Qingqing. What should she do?

Liu Qingqing nodded: "That's fine. The child may not have done it on purpose. We can't pull him over and beat him up. You, as a parent, have apologized. Just pay for the thermos."

The woman's eyelids twitched. She was humble and said soft words, but in the end, she was asked to accompany him?

She was unhappy, but she still had a flattering smile on her face: "Well, you see, I beat the child. It's not easy for a woman like me to go out with the child. The conditions at home are not good. You two adults are generous..."

Liu Qingqing rolled her eyes: "It's not easy for you to find your man. It's not my fault that you are in trouble, but it's your responsibility that my cup is broken."

The smile on the middle-aged woman's face was She couldn't help but say, "Why are you talking so harshly, girl? I'm willing to talk to you."

A woman watching the excitement nearby replied, "That's right, don't be so rude to young people."

Liu Qingqing smiled at the woman and said, "Auntie, the kid grabbed something from the bag on your bed and left."

The woman who just said don't be so rude jumped up, stopped watching, and rushed back to her own bed to search the bag.

There were a few people who were joining in the excitement nearby. They wanted to agree with her, but they also hurried back to their seats.

It was a little bit exciting, but it would be terrible if something was lost at this time.

The middle-aged woman looked back anxiously and said, "My dear, why are you rummaging through my bag? Give it back to me."

The little boy shook his head like a rattle, his mouth full and he couldn't speak.