The Ning family is in the west of the village. The courtyard door is made of broken wooden boards. Although it looks shabby, it is very strong. The earthen walls are also built flat.
On the left side of the yard, there is a thatched shed with firewood piled up. There are a few chickens, five hens and a rooster running outside. In the corner is a pigsty, with dirty pigs grunting inside.
After entering the yard, Ning An ran to some chickens and took out a medicine bottle from his pocket. Inside the bottle were insects, earthworms and other things he had caught.
Pour the contents on the ground, and several chickens immediately rush over and fight for it.
A gray-haired old lady came out with a cane and smiled helplessly: "I just came back from outside. I have been digging in the fields all day and I am full."
Ning An grinned, stretched out his hand and gestured: "Eat more bugs and lay more eggs."
In this era, eggs are too precious, and only when the chickens are well fed can they lay eggs every day.
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Ning Zhan went directly into the kitchen, took out the basket, picked up firewood and went in to prepare dinner.
There were cut sweet potato leaves on the chopping board, which had been chopped into pieces. Ning Zhan scooped up half a bowl of cornmeal from the noodle vat next to him. After thinking about it, he grabbed a handful of white flour from the small jar and kneaded it with the sweet potato leaves.
While cooking, he said warmly: "Don't do it anymore, I'll just come back and do it."
Grandma Ning walked back tremblingly: "I'm just chopping vegetables, and I'm not tired anymore."
At this time, a shout suddenly sounded outside the courtyard gate: "Brother A Zhan."
Ning Zhan put the cooked vegetable dumplings into the pot and walked out of the kitchen. In the yard, a girl wearing a khaki cloth put down a basket of pigweed with a smile: "I know you went out today and picked up an extra basket of pigweed.
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It's Xu Qian's neighbor. Xu Qian's family's situation is not very good, but in this year and age, except for the Ning family, which has three people on its own and is extremely poor, everything else is actually about the same.
Xu Qian's parents are still doing well and can earn work points, which makes life easier than that of the Ning family. She doesn't have to do any heavy work, at most she can do cooking, hunting pigweed, or something like that.
After all, humans are not allowed to eat, and pigs can only eat pig grass, which may not be available every day.
Ning Zhan looked very calm: "No, you can take it back and feed it to the pigs."
Xu Qian was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took a few steps forward: "Why don't you use it? Look how skinny your pigs are. Don't overdo it. You are not old enough to pay. Besides, you helped me repair the roof last time. I
I should do something for you."
After saying that, as if she was afraid of Ning Zhan's rejection, Xu Qian directly lifted up the basket and dumped the pigweed inside to the ground.
"Okay, Grandma Ning, I'm going home."
After waving to Grandma Ning, Xu Qian turned and left with a smile.
Ning An glanced at Ning Zhan and without saying a word came over to feed the pigs with pig grass in his arms...
Ning Zhan went back to the kitchen to add firewood to the stove. Grandma Ning was sitting at the door of the main house, not far from the kitchen.
Looking at Ning Zhan, who was working silently as usual, Grandma Ning wiped the corners of her eyes: "If grandma hadn't dragged you down, Xu Qian's parents would have definitely agreed to marry their daughter to you."
Ning Zhan raised his head helplessly: "Grandma, why are you talking nonsense again? If you hadn't raised me up, I would have been gone long ago."
He didn't say anything else.
Grandma didn't know how bad his reputation was in the village. After all, in the old man's heart, his grandson was the best child in the world.
When Sheng Nuan arrived at the Ning family with a few thank-you gifts, the Ning family's dinner had just been served.
The original owner's family was in good condition, and he had no shortage of anything since he was a child. Even in this era of material scarcity, he never suffered much.
She searched in the cabinet and found out from the memory of the original owner that a lot of things were missing.
The original owner regarded Su Wen as a biological sister and was willing to give up everything. Su Wen also took and ate whatever was from the original owner.
But just like that, she was jealous and resentful of the original owner in her heart, causing the original owner to suffer like this.
Some people really only look like humans on the surface.
She counted the remaining things, selected a few items, and then locked the cabinet directly.81Zw.????m
Then he put the selected things in a cloth bag and walked out of the educated youth station to Ning's house.
Sheng Nuan took a pound of sugar, a can of malted milk, and a bag of white rabbit, which were not easily available in the village and were more suitable for the Ning family's situation.
Walking outside the door of Ning's courtyard, Sheng Nuan raised her hand and knocked on the door.
Xu Qian was sweeping the floor in front of her house. When she saw Sheng Nuan knocking on the door, she immediately looked over there.
Seeing that it was Sheng Nuan, a famously beautiful educated youth from the Educated Youth Station, Xu Qian felt a little uneasy... The other female educated youths were all walking around Ning Zhan. What was this Sheng Nuan doing at Ning's house?
Looking for Brother Ning Zhan?
But when she saw Sheng Nuan's clean white shirt, well-fitting trousers and nice leather shoes, as well as her fair and tender appearance that was incompatible with this village, Xu Qian felt relieved again.
This is a female educated youth from the city. It is said that she is from a good family and is very delicate. She will definitely not have anything to do with Ning Zhan.
After a while, the door of Ning's courtyard opened.
Ning Zhan opened the courtyard door and saw Sheng Nuan, frowning slightly: "Is something wrong?"
Ning Zhan is nineteen years old this year. He has an aura between a boy and a young man. His shabby clothes cannot hide his prominent facial features.
If he hadn't always looked impatient and cruel, he would actually be considered handsome... handsome to the point of being beautiful.
Sheng Nuan said quickly: "I have something to ask you. Can I go in and talk to you?"
Perhaps because she saved Ning An, Ning Zhan paused for a moment, stepped back and opened the door.
Sheng Nuan walked inside and saw that the yard with low earthen walls was shabby but clean, and a few chickens were taking a nap in the chicken coop.
After entering the house, she politely greeted the old lady: "Hello, Grandma Ning. My name is Sheng Nuan, and I am an educated youth from Qinghe Village."
The old lady didn't know why, but she stood up immediately, confused and a little nervous: "Sheng Zhiqing, what's the matter?"
"That's right, I'm here to say thank you..."
Sheng Nuan told Grandma Ning that Ning Zhan had saved her, and then took out the contents of the bag: "This is my intention, please don't refuse."
When putting down her things, she accidentally saw the Ning family's dinner.
Three bowls of boiled vegetable dumplings, which looked dark, with a boiled egg cut in the middle, half of Grandma Ning's and half of Ning'an's, but none of Ning Zhan's... She suddenly felt inexplicably sad and quickly looked away.
Ning Zhan stood there and saw in his eyes the strange look on the female educated youth opposite her when she saw their family having dinner.
The next moment, he reached out and picked up the things on the table and stuffed them back into the warm bag without saying a word.
"I said, I saved you, you saved Ning'an, and we are even."
"But that's just a little effort..." Sheng Nuan wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Ning Zhan: "If there is nothing else, we have to eat, so we won't entertain you."
Ning An sat next to her grandma and watched. Grandma Ning paused and then spoke: "Girl, take your things back. No one will ignore you, so you don't have to be polite."
Sheng Nuan still wanted to speak, but Ning Zhan suddenly pinched her arm and pulled her out: "Please come back."
His rejection was undisguised, and he obviously had no intention of accepting the things. Sheng Nuan paused and could only purse his lips: "Then, I won't disturb your meal, I'm sorry."
She said goodbye politely to Grandma Ning: "Goodbye, Grandma Ning."
"Sheng Zhiqing, walk slowly..."
Sheng Nuan turned around and walked out. Ning Zhan followed her without saying a word. She walked out of the courtyard door. Before she could say anything, the courtyard door was closed in front of her as soon as she turned around.
Sheng Nuan was a little bit dumbfounded.
She came to give a thank-you gift, but with this attitude, people who didn't know better thought she was here to cause trouble.
However, she also saw from this incident that Ning Zhan was not a person who easily accepted other people's kindness... There was no need to rush in repaying him, and she needed to take her time...
