AWB Chapter 190: Those Years in the Great Northern Wilderness (26)
Chapter 190: Those Years in the Great Northern Wilderness (26)
Then, Yun Tinglan saw Sister Guihua quietly turn around and go home. When she came back, there was only a few slices of bacon left on the bowl of shredded mustard greens.
She clearly noticed that Wang Aijun's face stiffened for a moment when he took the bowl.
Qiu Yan replaced the hand oil with a red hairband. That’s right, Wang Aijun cut her hair this morning. No matter whether she was really expressing her determination to stay on Yanwo Island or just putting on a show.
Anyway, Wang Aijun has no use for the red hairband.
Qiu Yan also winked at Yun Tinglan, which showed that she did it on purpose.
Yun Tinglan didn’t know whether other people reduced their portions, but her handful of red dates seemed extremely generous.
This was something Yun Tinglan didn't expect.
Sister Guihua even grumbled to her, "Why are you so generous? She doesn't appreciate it. Don't you see how long her face is? It seems that we contribute a lot but hinder her from making progress."
What could Yun Tinglan say, "..." Who would have thought that she would be the most generous one after grabbing a handful of red dates.
But then again, no one is stupid. If you want to boost your reputation by stepping on others and they try to trip you up in secret, you deserve it!
As soon as she arrived, she single-handedly made all the military families exclude her. Wang Aijun is really a capable person!
No matter what, Wang Aijun was the heroine of today. No matter how much people disliked her, no one cared. They just smiled and let her go back to her bridal chamber to rest.
Yun Tinglan and the others divided themselves into groups and helped build the house.
As for the banquet? It's just a few things, why bother? Just make a big stew in the evening.
Carry forward the style of hard work and plain living!
But could Wang Aijun go back to rest? Of course not! Otherwise, she would be going against the slogan she had shouted and picking up the sickle to cut reeds.
But who cares!
If they want to express themselves, you can't stop them anyway! Isn't that a problem with their thinking?
Anyway, these family members and single female comrades had already been divided into groups, some collected grass, and some used grass and mud to braid the hair.
In this weather with temperatures several degrees below zero, Yun Tinglan didn't want to be covered in mud, even though there was a bonfire around her.
She "carried forward her style" and took Lingxi to cut grass and transport grass in the severe cold. With Lingxi around, no one or anything within a few miles could escape her eyes.
She just found a place to rest while wearing gloves. When people came, she cut a few times perfunctorily. When they left, Lingxi operated the machine.
After clearing out a reed marsh in the morning, Yun Tinglan was not in a hurry to go back, as she would not be happy if she did not get her hands covered in mud.
It was almost time for dinner when she returned to the camp, looking tired.
"Oh, you two are really capable."
"Everyone is doing a good job." Everyone is willing to carry the fancy sedan, and nice words don't cost anything, so everyone became familiar with each other regardless of whether they knew each other or not.
They have a general understanding of each other's situation, and when they sit together for a meal, they start talking.
One of the young wives laughed and teased Yun Tinglan, "Doctor Yun, you look especially beautiful today. It seems that having a man to nourish you is different!"
Yun Tinglan laughed and joked back, "What's the matter? Sister Lan Ni won't let Team Leader Ren get on the bed when we go back home tonight?"
Sister-in-law Lanni's answer was even more sturdy: "How is that possible! We must sleep in the same bed. My mother-in-law is waiting to hold her grandson, otherwise she would send me over too!"
"Cough cough cough!" Girls like Qiu Yan were the first to blush. They just kept their heads down drinking porridge and eating steamed buns. They treated the coarse corn porridge as a delicacy without even raising their heads.
The porridge was cooked by Liu Wei. Everyone understood that it was not easy for her to take care of the child by herself, so they assigned her this job.
We started preparing for the wedding in the afternoon.
The supplies were just a few cabbages, a pile of potatoes, a handful of vermicelli, a pot of stewed vegetables, and steamed corn bread, all of which were great.
In the evening, Liu Wei added diced red dates to the corn grits porridge so that everyone could taste it. No matter whether Wang Aijun was satisfied or not, they just maintained the style of hard work.
Miss Yanzi brought the wine brewed by her grandfather, which added a touch of joy. The Double Happiness pattern still had to be posted, and Wang Aijun prepared the red paper himself. Everyone just helped.
In the evening, when the engineering team and the locomotive crew came back, they felt warm in their hearts when they saw the camp with bonfires lit and people laughing and joking.
Xu Jianmin asked the logistics team to cut out a few pounds of meat, which he chopped and made into a lot of dumplings to celebrate Wang Aijun and Li Ping's wedding, as well as the official establishment of their farm.
Don’t even think about dumplings made of pure white flour. People are already satisfied with just 200g of flour. You can hardly taste any minced meat when you take a bite.
Yun Tinglan ate two of them out of consideration, and gave the remaining half to Song Jinhan and the other half to Shanwazi, "I don't like this, so I'll wait for the wild geese to return, and Shanwazi will pick up some goose eggs for me to eat."
Everyone thought she was just looking for an excuse to support Liu Wei, and Liu Wei's eyes turned red.
Yun Tinglan didn't explain much. She scratched Shanwazi's nose. He grinned, showing his gap teeth, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes! I'll pick up wild goose eggs and goose eggs for Aunt Lan."
In the evening, Song Jinhan brought her two bean buns, which were baked golden. Want to put more red beans in the filling? That's impossible. It's good enough that it's not all sweet potatoes.
You can imagine that the taste is bland, but it's good when eaten with some sugar. Yun Tinglan habitually shares delicious food, and the two of them take turns to eat together.
When they were working together the next day, Yun Tinglan found out where the bean buns came from. It was the subsidy for hard labor.
Sister Guihua smiled proudly, "My man is very strong, he can carry more than 100 kilograms of seeds in one trip." Then she spat, "That's a bunch of rat shit."
The people being scolded were Wang Aijun and her husband Li Ping.
It is hard to describe this couple. One only shouts slogans and pretends to be positive. The other is greedy and reckless, disobeys the leadership, and most importantly, acts rashly and without thinking.
You said that the first tractor was stuck in the mud, but you didn't stop it immediately and instead called on the tractor behind to pull it out. As a result, the second tractor also got stuck.
When Song Jinhan heard someone shouting "A car is stuck in the big jar of soy sauce!" he immediately rushed over to stop it, but the third car had already gotten stuck!
Sister Guihua curled her lips and said, "I heard they were tank soldiers! I'm a woman and I know not to act recklessly. When your first tractor got stuck, you should have known that the ice couldn't stand, but you even told the tractors behind to go into the big jar of soy sauce. Isn't this risking the country's property?"
His ideological awareness is quite high.
"It was Deputy Director Zheng who led us, my men, to carry the supplies in little by little."
Yun Tinglan really didn’t know these.
She didn't believe that his legs weren't frostbitten as he waded through the quagmire again and again in temperatures several degrees below zero. No wonder he came back only after cleaning up yesterday and slept so well at night.
This is because I’m afraid she will find out!
Yun Tinglan couldn't eat anymore, so she turned around and went to the temporary meeting room. However, they were having a meeting, so she didn't go in and found a sheltered corner to wait.
The voice inside came into my ears word for word.
"Xiao Zheng, I heard that three cars were stuck in the trap?" This was Xu Jianmin's voice. From her angle, she could just see a corner of it.
Song Jinhan stood up and took the responsibility, "Secretary Xu, it's my mistake! Don't worry, I will pull them out as soon as possible."
"Director, please criticize me. I didn't lead the team well." Ren Jinshan, the leader of the chartered car team, glanced at Song Jinhan and lowered his head in shame. "I was too rash and didn't listen to the deputy director."
Li Ping lowered his head and said nothing.