Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 134: If You Don’t Report, You’re a Coward
Yi Chichi didn’t casually say it wasn’t needed, but instead nodded in agreement.
"Uncle, have you traveled far before?"
"The last time I traveled far was over twenty years ago."
Yi Chichi calculated the time and found it was right before the founding of the country.
It’s necessary to give some pointers then.
Otherwise, if someone gets lost, what would the medical team do?
With this thought in mind, she started instructing on travel precautions.
Uncle Yaozi listened very carefully, occasionally asking questions. Worried he might forget, he even took notes with pen and paper.
After she finished speaking, he handed the notes over, "See if there’s anything else that needs to be added."
Once done thoroughly, he could go and get the travel permit.
Yi Chichi took a look at the notes, seeing they were very complete and didn’t need any additions, handed them back and asked one final question, "Uncle, you won’t stop coming back after seeing Aunt Mu, right?"
"Definitely not!"
Uncle Yaozi was quite calm, "I have to bring her back."
"Is Aunt Mu willing to come back with you?"
That’s a good question, even Uncle Yaozi wasn’t sure.
He pondered for a long time, then voiced his decision boldly, "If not, I’ll stay."
This meant he’d rather die than be apart.
It seems like she shouldn’t have asked.
Feels like being kicked by a dog.
"Pack your stuff and leave tomorrow, I’m going."
Asking anymore would make her a fool; there’s nothing to say with an aging single man.
I really don’t want to keep eating dog food!
"Not staying for some cheap chat?"
Watching her turn and leave, Uncle Yaozi teased.
Yi Chichi’s answer was as if chased by a ghost, she ran off like the wind.
Not even back at the Youth Corps Courtyard, she heard Guan Mingyue’s loud wailing.
"Boo hoo, I want to go home, my hand hurts so much boo hoo..."
"You can’t go home, bear it, it’s just a blister, just pop it."
Wang Nan’s voice was filled with impatience, just couldn’t understand it, just a few blisters on her palm, not even popped, why cry like a child.
It’s utterly embarrassing for them as young intellectuals.
"It hurts, it hurts boo hoo hoo..."
Guan Mingyue cried with eyes closed as Yi Chichi opened the gate and walked in, finding Bai Chen and others with unimpressed faces.
Yan Wanwan and Ning Haitao seemed to be taking delight in her distress.
Yi Chichi thought... these two must be out of their minds, used to pretend before, now they’re completely shameless, don’t even bother to act.
"Some people, just good at pretending to be pitiful, utterly useless otherwise."
Yan Wanwan’s voice was full of sarcasm, and the momentarily crying Guan Mingyue retorted like a cat with fur on end, "Pretending to be pitiful is still better than some who are just con artists."
Before the words even settled, she dashed daringly toward Yan Wanwan, reaching out, showing several big blisters glimmering in the sunset.
"Pay up, first hand over a hundred, or I’ll knock you senseless!"
Which surely, there wasn’t.
Yan Wanwan and Ning Haitao were now penniless, struggling with boiled whole grains and some wild vegetables.
Not knowing wild vegetables, they even poisoned themselves and got sent to the clinic.
Yi Chichi gave them an emetic, still hanging a debt at the clinic.
Writing home, family wouldn’t help either.
The two were just waiting it out.
So, with no money, they both chickened out, but Guan Mingyue persistently pursued, "Whether you have money or not is none of my business, pay back, or I’ll report you."
"Then go report."
With sulking lasting less than three seconds, Yan Wanwan fired back boldly, "Those who don’t report are cowards."
With those words, Yi Chichi and the others knew trouble was brewing.
But they didn’t say anything and silently moved aside to clear the way.
"Fine, those who don’t report are cowards."
Before the words died away, Guan Mingyue sped out like a gust of wind.
Yi Chichi and the others looked at Yan Wanwan and Ning Haitao, noticing their expressions turning blue with shock at the door.
These two were beyond hope.
"Is dinner ready?"
Too lazy to bother with them, Yi Chichi turned to Wu Yongfei, who shook his head, "Not yet, just finished cleaning up."
After a day of work in the field, covered in dust and dirt, so uncomfortable.
"What’s for dinner?"
"Coarse rice, pick a few eggplants from the garden, maybe a cucumber and some water spinach, okay?"
Water spinach is hollow, grows wild, one batch after another.
Eating water spinach every day, Yi Chichi was practically turning green.
"Eggs..."
"None, finished last time."
"Meat..."
"Also none, you used them up during the busy farming days."
Afraid she’d ask for something unavailable, Wu Yongfei flatly recited with calm, undulating voice, "Chicken, duck, fish, or meat, none, everything is in the garden, pick what you like, I’m just responsible for cooking."
Yi Chichi pondered, "Let’s have fish."
"Where’s the fish from?"
"There’s some!"
She went inside and retrieved some dried squid, as Wen Shi and others sent quite a few seafood supplies.
Things like shrimp, shellfish, small abalone, all eaten, only some dried squid left for now.
Although Yi Chichi didn’t like squid, when there’s not a shred of meat, using dried squid to make do isn’t impossible.
"Cook with this."
"Alright."
Wu Yongfei didn’t even look what it was, carrying the oil paper package to the kitchen.
Seeing him agree so readily without even looking, Yi Chichi assumed he could cook squid.
Then she went back to prepare for washing up.
Unexpectedly, after gathering everything, Wu Yongfei’s voice came, "Old Yi, what’s this? I can’t cook it."
Before finishing, he came out holding dried squid.
Bai Chen and others crowded around like discovering a new continent, "Why does this thing look so ugly?"
Sniffing, "Oh my, it reeks of fishiness."
Instantly, a huge question mark appeared in their minds, can this really be edible?
Will it taste good?
"It’s edible, whether it tastes good or not is subjective."
None of them skilled at hiding thoughts, their mind written all over their faces, making it easy for Yi Chichi to see through.
She calmly replied, then explained the detailed cooking method to Wu Yongfei.
After listening, Wu Yongfei gave an ’oh’, "You chat, I’ll go cook."
As he spoke, he seemingly remembered something, looked at Qi Yang, "Old Qi, come help me with the fire."
Qi Yang casually handed his torn trousers to Wang Nan, "Old Wang, help me mend them."
If not fixed today, he’d have to wear shorts for work tomorrow, which would earn a scolding from the aunties.
"Alright."
Used to fixing clothes for the Youth Corps Courtyard, Wang Nan readily agreed, while Yi Chichi leaned over for a look, finding Qi Yang’s trousers uniquely torn.
Suddenly puzzled, "How did he manage to tear his trousers like this?"
"No idea, he worked with the secretary’s group, a bit far from us."
The Great Northeast’s land is daunting, stretching endlessly as far as the eye can see, once inside the cornfield you can’t see the end, only endless corn stalks in sight.
Thinking about going to catch bugs again tomorrow, she was filled with despair, "Why catch bugs, the cornfield is stifling and hot, no breeze at all, and the leaves brush unpleasantly over the body."
