passionate youth

Chapter 226 Going to the Northwest Ranch

"time to eat!"

Just as Jiang Ping'an went to call Guo Yan, Tian Shu was yelling at the kitchen door.

"I'll help serve the dishes." Guo Yan said quickly, trotted a few steps, and went to the kitchen to help.

At noon, I ate in the kitchen. The meal was hearty, with five dishes and one soup. The staple food was steamed buns with Erhe noodles.

After they were all on the table, Jiang Pingan poured wine for Father Miao, but he himself didn't drink because he had to go to work in the afternoon.

"Uncles and aunts, don't be too polite, just spend a few more days in the city." Guan Qingfang said with a smile as she served food for the two elders.

Father Miao shook his head and said, "I can't play for a long time, He Xiang is also busy with work, so we will go back in the afternoon."

"Is it in such a hurry? Isn't the countryside very busy now?" Jiang Ping'an asked.

Mother Miao replied: "If you are not busy, you have to earn work points, otherwise what do you eat?"

"Besides, we can't delay He Xiang's work. She is still a temporary worker, and it's time for her to perform well."

Jiang Pingan knew that Miao's mother was right. Even if she was idle in the countryside, she still had to earn work points, which was the same as going to work.

Anyway, the two elders insisted on going back, and everyone took turns persuading them, but they couldn't stay, so they stopped persuading them.

After dinner, Miao Hexiang took her mother to her room to talk.

Guo Yan and his daughters helped to collect the dishes and clean the kitchen.

Jiang Pingan smoked with Miao's father, chatting without saying a word.

When the kitchen was clean and ready to go to work, Miao Hexiang and her mother came out of the room.

The mother and daughter didn't know what they said, and their eyes were red.

After discussing a few words, Tian Shu kept her bicycle and lent it to Miao Hexiang to ride to the station later.

Jiang Ping'an also stayed. Firstly, he had a bicycle, and secondly, Father Miao was a man, so it was convenient for him to carry it.

After Guo Yan and the girls left.

Miao Hexiang went to the kitchen and packed two packs of matches, two bottles of loose wine, two catties of salt and a can of lard in a net bag.

These things are quite practical.

Of course, Jiang Ping'an didn't forget to pack the two catties of tobacco leaves he had prepared before.

The two cigarettes were left behind, and Miao Hexiang said that her two brothers were not kind, and she would not curry favor with them.

"My parents and my elder brother separated, and the old couple lived alone." Miao Hexiang said.

Parting is always sad, although her natal home is not far away.

But when her parents wanted to go back, she was somewhat reluctant.

Jiang Pingan nodded and said, "Then pack another [-] catties of noodles, and cut the bacon into five catties and take it away."

Throughout the year in the countryside, there are few meals of meat, not even meals with oil.

Bringing the bacon back may not be part of the tooth-making festival, but it is usually eaten with pressed oil, but it can be eaten for a long time.

"Okay, Zuo Zuo comes here at most once or twice a year." Miao Hexiang hesitated, and nodded in response.

So I took a cloth bag and filled it with twenty catties of noodles.

Needless to say, food, cloth bags are also good things to take to the countryside, and they can be used for many years.

There are not many things, but everything is affordable.

This time Miao Hexiang's parents went to the city, which cost a lot, and those two sets of clothes were a big deal.

And all these things that are packed now are indispensable in the countryside.

When Miao Hexiang entered the city, Miao's father and Miao's mother usually boasted enough in the countryside, and their faces were bright.

Going back with these things now, you will have both face and face.

Jiang Ping'an smiled and said, "Don't be sad, last year we were still eating mush."

"That's right, time flies so fast!" Miao Hexiang sighed and replied while packing up her things.

To be honest, Jiang Ping'an and Miao Hexiang have the deepest relationship, even Guo Yan can't compare.

Jiang Ping'an asked, "Is there any candy in your room? Don't you want to take some back?"

"No, my parents took it home, I was reluctant to eat it, and in the end it was cheaper for the child." Miao Hexiang shook her head.

"If my brother and sister-in-law don't have any wrong thoughts, I will give them something, and I will be willing."

"Now, even if I go back to my mother's house in the future, I won't pay attention to them. It's too chilling."

Because of Luo Manzi, she was already very sensitive and valued family affection, but did not rely on it.

Some things, even just doing one, are enough to make people remember for a lifetime.

After the things were ready, the two came to the courtyard and chatted with the two elders.

After one o'clock, the four of them went out with their things and headed for the station.

……

After sending the two old people away, Jiang Ping'an gave Miao Hexiang the key to his house.

Her father slept in the kitchen last night, using Jiang Pingan's quilt.

It happened to be sunny today, so Miao Hexiang asked for leave and didn't go to work, so she had to wash it by the way.

Jiang Ping'an returned to work in the factory, and Guo Yan came to him as soon as he arrived at the office.

Holding a small drawing book in her hand, she smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, help me with the blackboard newspaper this afternoon."

"Okay!" Jiang Ping'an agreed.

They each brought a high stool, chalk, pencil, meter ruler, newspaper, and picture book, and went down to the office building.

Running a board newspaper is a meticulous job, the layout should be beautiful and coordinated, the theme should be clear at a glance, and the words and pictures should be reasonably matched.

Both pictures and texts, clear primary and secondary, look beautiful, the font size is moderate, and it must be well-written.

It makes people feel very comfortable, and makes people have a desire to stop and watch, and this is considered a success.

The No. [-] Textile Factory has more than ten fixed blackboards, the blackboard in the office downstairs is the largest, wide and tall.

Guo Yan washed the original content on the blackboard with water in the morning, and it was spotless.

After the two arrived, they went straight to work.

"Have you ever run a blackboard newspaper before?" Guo Yan asked with a smile.

Jiang Ping retreated far away, looked at the blackboard, thought about how to arrange the layout, nodded and smiled:

"I've done it, you guys used to do blackboard newspapers, how long did it take to finish one piece?"

Guo Yan pointed to the blackboard and said, "This blackboard is the largest, and it will take at least three or four days."

"If you are busy, there may be delays in other matters, and it may take more than a week to finish."

Jiang Ping'an smiled, knowing what to do.

This blackboard reported that he could complete it in one day alone, but he couldn't do this.

Otherwise, Guo Yan and the others will have a hard time in the future.

So in the afternoon, he followed Guo Yan's progress to grind foreign labor, and when he was about to leave work, he hadn't finished a single theme painting yet.

"Clean up your things and get ready to leave work. We will continue tomorrow morning." Guo Yan said seriously.

He looked very serious, but in fact he and Jiang Pingan spent the afternoon playing and joking.

……

Time flies, more than ten days have passed.

This afternoon, Jiang Ping'an was sitting in the office drinking tea and reading a book, when Zhao Dabao suddenly pushed the door open and said:

"Ping'an, Qianchang just called. You pack up and follow the cart to the ranch."

As he spoke, he handed over all the dispatch slips and letters of introduction.

Jiang Pingan got up and took it in his hand, looked at it for a while, and then asked:
"How long will it be? If it's longer, I'll bring more clothes."

"In a few days, I'll stay at the hostel over there, and come back with Qianchang." Zhao Dabao smiled.

Without delay, Jiang Pingan went to the office next door to talk to Guo Yan, then went downstairs and rode his bicycle back home.

I left the car at home, packed some commonly used things in the luggage bag, locked the door, and waited at the intersection.

Ten minutes later, a truck stopped at the intersection, Jiang Pingan pedaled and sat in the passenger cab.

"Master He? How many cars are going there today?" Jiang Pingan was stunned for a moment and asked with a smile.

The driver of the car was Zhuang Xiaomeng's husband, He Sanyuan.

He Sanyuan smiled and said: "So it's the projectionist! There are eight cars passing by today, and this is the last trip."

"When will we arrive at the destination?" Jiang Pingan took out a cigarette and handed over one.

He Sanyuan took the cigarette, started the vehicle, and replied loudly, "I'll be there around two o'clock in the evening."

(End of this chapter)