Chapter 32: Before Move-in
As the smell of the cauldron came, the villagers working on the roof of the house moved faster.
Han Li saw that someone had already left work, so he went to invite the three giants of Shanghe Village.
The big pot dish is boiled meat with eggplant, and a layer of oil splashes is floated on the top, which makes people look very appetizing.
The appetizers are air-dried rabbit, cucumber dipping in soy sauce, tomatoes mixed with sugar, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and fried beans with lard.
In the end, the wife of the village chief Zhao said that the five dishes were not good, and a garlic and mother-in-law (dandelion) were added.
I have to say here that the rules for eating in Shanghe Village are no less than those in Sijiu City.
The old men were not allowed to drink, and women and children were not allowed to serve at the table, so they could only wait on the sidelines.
Originally, even the women could eat until the old men had finished drinking and brought their food to the table.
Today, at Han Li's request, there were also two girls from the host, and they were able to eat first.
But they left enough food in the cauldron for the old men who were drinking, and they would never serve a second bowl even if they did not have enough to eat themselves.
The only thing that made Han Li miscalculate was that he didn't buy enough wine, and he forgot that the people in this Gada were more able to drink.
When I went, I borrowed a jar that could hold ten catties of wine, and I beat the local 60-degree red sorghum scattered white.
Later, I bought two bottles of 65 degrees of Beidakura, but who knew that it was a little insufficient!
But they didn't care that much, and they ate and drank quickly.
Otherwise, you won't be able to see anything after dark, and you'll have to trouble people to light the lights.
During dinner, Han Li's courtyard was very lively, but the atmosphere in the Educated Youth Courtyard was a bit weird.
Several of them were saying bad things about Han Li and the three of them, and the sourness was worse than falling into the vinegar jar.
"Han Zhiqing, Hao Zhiqing, and Yang Zhiqing are amazing, not only built their own houses."
"And they also got meat and vegetables to entertain the villagers, have they forgotten that we educated youths are one?"
"It's just, I think they're just slapping on the back, and if they call us over, they won't be able to shoot it."
This means that Han Li didn't hear it, if he heard it, he would directly force his pocket and greet him.
You didn't help me build a house at all, and I said a lot of cool things on the side.
Now that the house is completed, thank these villagers for helping, why should I invite you to come with me?
When Han Li's side was over, the women took the initiative to help pack up their things.
The old man put together the pots and pans, and the boards and pulled them away, and Han Li only needed to simply sweep the yard.
Han Li took the initiative to give each of the children a handful of fruit hard candy, and the little ones couldn't open their eyes with joy.
After sending everyone away, Han Li stretched out comfortably.
"Tomorrow I will go to urge the carpenter first, it is better to press the door first, and in the afternoon I will go to chop wood and burn the kang."
"This will allow the room to dry sooner, and I can't wait to move in now."
"You don't know, I slept on the firewood stack during this time, and I felt very uncomfortable getting up every day."
Yang Xiuying: "You can be content, boys can still sleep in the yard, which is cool and comfortable." ”
"We had to huddle in the room, and every day it was so hot that we had to listen to some people gritting their teeth and snoring."
Hao Hongmin: "Fortunately, we're going to get out, but what about this wood-chopping thing?" ”
"We really can't do this thing by going up the mountain to chop wood, if we always exchange with others, will there be anything?"
Han Li: "It starts to get cold here in October, and it won't thaw until February or March next year. ”
"In the weather of minus 40 degrees, if there is not enough firewood to support it, it is definitely not a joke to kill people."
"Let's ask the aunts about this firewood when we go to work tomorrow."
"But no matter what, we have to stock up on more firewood."
When they returned to the school, they enjoyed the feeling of being isolated, and no one spoke to them.
Hao Hongmin didn't know what they thought Han Li didn't know, but he didn't care about these at all, and ran to the firewood stack with the sheets.
It's not that Han Li is arrogant and doesn't look down on the people in the Academy, but there are principles about being a person.
Giving and being friends must be both sides, if you treat me well, I will treat you better.
If you come up and want to get cheap to me, then you can stay cool.
If there is really a good person in the Academy, he will not refuse to make an extra friend.
However, since Han Li came to the Educated Youth Academy, the first meal was collectively calculated, run, and ridiculed by the old intellectuals.
Then there was such a ridiculous thing as a sky-high cucumber for a dollar, and the village leaders were persuaded to return only for the sake of fame.
But what about those who watched the excitement and fanned the flames at the beginning? They are still staying in this educated youth institute now.
It may be because Han Li doesn't eat oil and salt, plus his height and body are more deterrent, but no one calculates him later.
But after the construction of his house began, the people from the Educated Youth Institute reached out to help.
They didn't even say kind words verbally, but he heard a lot of all kinds of sour words.
These people were not even as good as the villagers of Shanghe Village, and after seeing Han Li, the villagers would at least be polite verbally, asking if they needed help or something, and there were also those who would directly start to help when they saw the work.
In the contrast of these two situations, how could Han Li be intimate with the people in the Academy.
It may be that the house has hope, or it may be the effect of alcohol, anyway, Han Li slept soundly tonight.
The next day, the bell was still ringing early, and Han Li turned over and got up to light the kerosene stove to boil the water.
After washing your face and brushing your teeth, the water will be opened, pour yourself an enamel cup, and pour the rest into the kettle.
Take out two of the two noodles left over from last night, with a piece of pickles, and a breakfast will be simply solved.
When Han Li was at work, he was surrounded by Aunt Zhang, who had been given him a cucumber, and he was about to ask about chopping wood.
"Aunt Zhang, is the firewood in our village going up the mountain with an axe to chop? Is there anything special about this? ”
Aunt Zhang smiled after hearing this: "Han Zhiqing, we generally don't need to cut the firewood here. ”
"No need to cut?"
"That's right, under normal circumstances, it's used to pick up, and the kind of fallen wood, branches, and sticks in the mountain are many, or the kind that is dry, and you can only pull how much you want to pull if you are willing to exert your strength?"
Han Li: "Why are there so many?" ”
Aunt Zhang: "I don't understand, anyway, the branches and sticks of those big trees near below die every year, and then they fall to the ground when the wind blows." ”
"There are also many small trees that will die if they don't see the sun, and these are good firewood, but they are not very resistant to burning."
"If you want to save trouble in the winter, you have to find that kind of dead tree, put it in the stove and burn it all day."
"But it's too heavy for one person to get it, and many people don't want to do it."