Quick Wear: After Saving the Cannon Fodder, I Became a God

Chapter 352 The Poor Educated Youth Forced to Go to the Countryside 24

After Gu Qian accompanied Xia Fangli to record the division of work, she went back to the house to get something to eat.

She took out the firewood she had collected on the road, put it in the stove and lit it, then put a few sweet potatoes in it.

When the stove was full of heat, Gu Qian cast a spell to create sparks to increase the temperature inside.

After a while, she reached for it with tongs and clearly felt that the sweet potato had become soft.

Gu Qian took out the roasted sweet potatoes, dusted them off, and then went next door to call Xia Fangli to come over to eat.

The sweet potato exuded an enticing aroma. Xia Fangli couldn't wait to take a bite. It was so hot that she breathed in, but she was filled with happiness.

"Qianqian, it's delicious! What made you want to stew the sweet potatoes? How did you stew them?"

"I picked up some firewood and burned it inside, then buried the sweet potatoes inside. It took a long time to simmer them until they were cooked."

Anyway, she didn't know whether it could be cooked through in this way under normal circumstances, but she had to say it this way.

"I'm so happy. It's been a long time since I last had roasted sweet potatoes!"

"If you like, eat more. I'll take the rest to the Youth League House and add another dish for everyone to taste."

"No, do you have any more? You can't buy food here. You can only go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy it, and you need a ticket. If you run out of food, you can eat mine first, but we will have to starve for a few days."

"What are you thinking? How could I be without food? I brought all this by myself. The food the captain gave me is still there!"

"But..." Xia Fangli still wanted to say that Gu Qian was too generous. She would let it go because they had such a good friendship.

And she knows her limits and won't eat too much, but that may not be the case for others.

Besides, sweet potatoes are easy to store, so it’s good to keep them there and eat them when food runs out.

She felt bad for sharing that big plate so generously.

"Oh, it's okay!" Gu Qian patted Xia Fangli on the back and consoled her, "I'll only share this once. When we have a pot, we won't have to go over to eat, and we won't have to work like this anymore."

"Besides, we are all educated youth. It's not easy to make a living here. We should help each other!"

Xia Fangli sighed: "Well, I know what you said makes sense, but I don't like the attitudes of some of them. I think you are losing out."

Gu Qian knew what Xia Fangli was talking about. It was nothing more than that when they went there to eat on the first day, an old educated youth whispered to her that they ate too much, which made her feel uncomfortable when she heard it.

It is normal to feel uncomfortable, and Gu Qian also felt unhappy after hearing this.

But at that time, most of the educated youth here were not living well. They could only rely on the food distributed by the brigade every month to survive. They had to calculate the daily consumption carefully, so naturally they had to pay more attention to it.

Xia Fangli's ideas were too idealistic. Because she had money and no worries about food and clothing, she didn't care about some things and couldn't think about them, so naturally she couldn't understand those educated youth.

It's just the influence of the times. They can't change it, so just stay away and don't watch.

"Don't worry, it's just this once. When the pot comes, we can cook our own food and won't have to worry about food issues with them."

"Yeah." Xia Fangli nodded, "Qianqian, I'm not stingy, I just think their attitude towards us is not good, so we don't need to be nice to them."

"I know, I know. You're not mean to me! Come on and eat. I'll go get the sweet potatoes, and then we'll go over and eat."

Speaking of this, Gu Qian felt helpless.

I just helped Xia Fangli with some work, and she started feeding me like crazy, stuffing all the good things into my direction. If I refused, she would get impatient with me.

When Xia Fangli heard this, she became happy immediately. She nodded like a chick pecking at rice and watched Gu Qian leave.

Gu Qian picked up a few big, round sweet potatoes and took them to the educated youth compound.

Sure enough, when the educated youth in the compound heard that the plate of stewed sweet potatoes was for everyone to eat together, their eyes suddenly lit up and they couldn't stop smiling.

Sweet potatoes are very filling. With sweet potatoes, you don’t need to make pancakes anymore. Just make some porridge and eat the sweet potatoes.

"Oh, Gu Zhiqing and Xia Zhiqing, why are you so polite? These sweet potatoes are good stuff." A female educated youth said with a smile.

"Yes, with sweet potatoes, we can save a day's rations!"

"Gu Zhiqing and Xia Zhiqing have a very high level of ideological awareness!"

Gu Qian just smiled politely and didn't say much. Xia Fangli felt even more embarrassed, after all, these sweet potatoes had nothing to do with her.

She just wanted to say it, but Gu Qian held her back and stopped her.

Everyone sat together and started eating sweet potatoes. The atmosphere was much more harmonious than before.

After dinner, Gu Qian and Xia Fangli returned to their room. After chatting for a while, they washed up and rested.

The next day at noon, after lunch, Gu Qian called Xia Fangli to her room to chat.

"Fang Li, I've thought about it and it's better for me to go get the pot by myself tonight."

"Why? How can I feel at ease if you go alone?" Ever since she saw Wang Qiang, she has paid special attention to safety issues.

During the day, she and Gu Qian were almost inseparable, and there were many educated youth villagers around, so there was no need to worry.

At night she would lock the doors and windows and put a wooden stick in front of the door.

"The two of us are too conspicuous and can be easily spotted. If people knew that we went to the bullpen in the middle of the night, there would be rumors."

"But I don't dare go out alone at night, so how can I let you go out alone? What's more, there is that hateful Wang Qiang."

"Fang Li, I'll tell you the truth, I have practiced a little bit. I can beat two or three people like Wang Qiang without any problem, so you don't have to worry about my safety."

"Really?!" Xia Fangli thought of Gu Qian's quick kick that day and felt a little convinced.

It is said that Wang Qiang still complains about leg pain all day long, and he found a barefoot doctor who couldn't find anything wrong with him.

So no one believed what he said.

"But..." Xia Fangli was still a little hesitant. She didn't want to put all these things on Gu Qian alone.

"It's okay. I'm just going to get a pot. The cowshed isn't far away. I can be back in ten minutes if I'm quick."

"Okay... okay. If you're not back in ten minutes, I'll go look for you."

"Okay!" Gu Qian agreed decisively. She was sure she could be back in ten minutes.

At night, Gu Qian said something to Xia Fangli and set off immediately.

After walking out of Xia Fangli's sight, Gu Qian decisively cast a spell and quickly moved to the vicinity of the cowshed.

Before he got close, Gu Qian could already smell the strange odor coming from the cowshed.

She walked slowly, went around to the back, and found a package in the bushes. With a quick scan with her spiritual sense, Gu Qian knew that the pot she was looking for was inside.

She quickly and quietly walked over and put the package into the space.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard voices coming from the cowshed.