Chapter 213
"What's going on? What's going on in Jianhua Village?" Someone asked curiously. Jianhua Village is well known to be poor, and it is well-known in Zhangxuan County.
"This Jianhua Village is different from before. Let's not talk about other things. Everyone knows what happened to Li Beibei's family in the past, but what about now? Look at the clothes he is wearing. Are there any patches on them? There are pink powder in his schoolbag.
Even the paper notebook.”
A boy said mysteriously that he had relatives in Jianhua Village. Although his relatives came to borrow money last time, they looked very arrogant.
He no longer has the low-brow look of the past, and he also talked about a lot of changes in Jianhua Village.
"It's true what you said. I usually don't pay attention to it. Why is Jianhua Village so rich all of a sudden?"
Someone asked curiously.
"I can't say much else, I can only mention one thing, everyone knows about the canned food of educated youth."
"I know, how can I not know about the canned food of educated youth? During the Chinese New Year, my family bought several bottles. Don't tell me that the canned food of educated youth is not only cheaper than the canned food from the supply and marketing cooperative, but it is also more delicious than the canned food from the supply and marketing cooperative."
A boy said.
"Tch, have you ever eaten cans from the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"I...I..." The boy opened his mouth and was speechless. The canned food sold by the supply and marketing cooperative was so expensive, and he had never eaten it.
The people nearby laughed heartily when they saw the boy's dejected look.
Jiang Xiaobai was far away and didn't hear everyone's discussion, but he probably wouldn't care even if he heard it.
"Is your new student?" the cafeteria master looked at Jiang Xiaobai and asked, the spoon in his hand trembling constantly.
The porridge in the spoon was almost gone.
"Yes," Jiang Xiaobai stretched out his hand and looked at the master and said. People say that if you have a big head and a thick neck, you are either a rich man or a cook.
But at this time, the chef couldn't eat anything, and he seemed to be so thin, otherwise why would he be wandering around all the time.
"Remember to take the time to hand over the public food." Maybe it was because he had finished asking, or maybe the master felt that the spoon in his hand was shaking enough, and it would stop shaking again, so he dropped a spoonful of porridge into Jiang Xiaobai's porcelain jar.
At this time, when students go to school, they do not have to pay for food. Instead, they bring their own food and pay for it.
"Take the cake yourself, just one." The master chef told Jiang Xiaobai.
Originally he was very hungry after working all afternoon, but after eating the porridge in the lunch box and the pancake in his hand, Jiang Xiaobai felt even hungrier.
"Holy shit." Jiang Xiaobai felt his teeth being pinched. He reached out and took it out, only to find it was a small stone.
"What the hell." Jiang Xiaobai cursed, stirring the corn paste in the bowl with chopsticks.
"Uncle Xiaobai, the school cafeteria is just like this, you just get used to it."
Li Beibei, Zhang Lanfang and Lancome comforted each other.
"Yeah," Jiang Xiaobai felt that he could do it. He was no better than when he first came to Jianhua Village.
Wherever there are small stones, there are small stones. At this time, whether you are threshing wheat, millet, or corn, it is done on a stone mill or on the ground. It is normal to have stones.
The only difference is that some people are careful and will pick it out, at least they will get it out while cooking.
But you can't have such high requirements for the school cafeteria.
After pulling for a while, it seemed that the sound of the collision between the stone and the lunch box was almost gone. Just as Jiang Xiaobai was about to continue eating, he saw a dark thing in the lunch box.
Taking it out with chopsticks, Jiang Xiaobai almost vomited.
It turned out to be rat droppings, which was not too much, it was normal at this time, but Jiang Xiaobai really couldn't eat it anymore.
"It's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality." Jiang Xiaobai sighed, turned to Li Beibei and Zhang Lanfang and said.
"Let's go, stop eating and go to my house." Jiang Xiaobai took the two of them home to his house. Although there was mouse droppings in the rice, Jiang Xiaobai did not dare to throw it out in front of others.
Otherwise, he would have to be scolded to death. Even in earlier years, he would have been criticized for wasting food.
As for the presence of rat droppings and stones in the rice, everyone thinks it is normal.
"Stop eating, let's go to the countryside to see if there is anything to eat?" Jiang Xiaobai pushed the bicycle out.
"Uncle Xiaobai, it's okay. We are all used to it. Just go by yourself." Li Beibei and Zhang Lanfang waved their hands repeatedly.
"Let's go, Uncle Bai will treat you to dinner. Come, Beibei will sit on the front beam. Lan Fang will jump up in a moment."
Jiang Xiaobai arranged.
Li Beibei hesitated slightly, then sat on the front beam.
Jiang Xiaobai pedaled hard a few times, and the bicycle swayed forward.
Then Zhang Lanfang didn't have time to think, and jumped awkwardly onto the back seat of the bicycle. Jiang Xiaobai, an experienced driver, almost overturned the bicycle.
"Sit tight." Jiang Xiaobai and the two of them rode the bicycle very seriously, for fear of falling down accidentally.
After leaving the school, passers-by looked at Jiang Xiaobai and the three of them and talked secretly.
Jiang Xiaobai thought he was talking about bicycles and didn't pay attention.
But Li Beibei and Zhang Lanfang's faces were red.
At this time, rural areas were still very conservative, and many boys and girls remained silent.
Even in rural areas until the 1990s, some shy men and women did not know how to ride a confident bicycle when they got married.
But Jiang Xiaobai came from an era of constant bombardment, and there were countless people holding hands and kissing in the streets.
In addition, I felt that I was a generation older than Li Beibei and Zhang Lanfang, so I didn’t think much about this issue and just let them get on the bus.
Fortunately, we arrived in the countryside soon.
"Look for a small restaurant." Jiang Xiaobai stopped the car, pushed the bicycle forward, and ordered the two of them.
"Uncle, is there a small restaurant in our village? It's a place opened by my family where I can buy food." Jiang Xiaobai asked around one by one.
"Yes, we just opened one two days ago. As soon as you enter the countryside, if you go back a bit, there is a small red door on the roadside. Her house is."
The old man has his hands behind his back and knows very well about the affairs of the village. He is commonly known as a householder sitting on the ground.
"Beibei, Lan Fang, let's go." Jiang Xiaobai greeted the two of them and came to the place where the old man said.
As soon as he opened the door and took a look, Jiang Xiaobai knew he had found the right place.
There are three or four tables in a somewhat dark room.
Although the place is small, it is kept very clean.
A middle-aged woman was sitting in the room. When she saw Jiang Xiaobai and three others coming in, she quickly stood up to greet them.
"I'm sure the car will be pushed in too, and put it outside so it won't be lost."
The middle-aged woman greeted me with a smile. Just the bicycle was enough to greet her with a smile.
A few days ago I saw in the newspaper that idle workers without jobs should be allowed to register as individual industrial and commercial households.
She had never had a job, so she just wanted to use the space in her home to open a small restaurant, but there were only so many people in a township.
Chapter completed!