The arrangents at the camp were completed. Only then did they return. The journey was filled with endless stretches of land.
"Sister, must all this land be cultivated?"
Su Yuanyuan nodded, "Yes. You definitely need to buy a little mule. After all, you absolutely can’t manage without an animal for the field work, and the mules given by the camp are not very good."
Li Hongxiang nodded, "I do plan to buy a mule." He had learned earlier that only soone farming one hundred acres of land would be allocated a mule, but he’s already at his age and his two children are still small. It’s better to buy one himself.
When they arrived at Tan Shaoting’s forr house, Li Hongxiang paid for the ride. The old man driving the cart said he would deliver a young mule in a few days. It would be a robust young mule, saving them a lot of trouble.
One room was filled with fertilizer.
"Mr. Li, there is a room full of fertilizer here. If it’s not okay, I can ask soone to move it out so there won’t be an irritating sll."
Li Hongxiang shook his head, "No need to trouble. There are so many rooms here. Just leave it as it is; I’ll need it next year too."
Su Yuanyuan nodded, since he was willing to accept it, they left it as it was.
"You can start organizing. I’ll go prepare so grain and firewood is just outside."
Su Yuanyuan also returned to her own ho; the first thing she did was start a fire. The iron stove was lit because otherwise, it would be damp and chilly.
Then, she brought out three hundred pounds of cornal, a bag of white flour, so potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and radishes.
The water tanks at Tan Shaoting’s place had everything, so there was no need to prepare those. When the house ward up a bit, she pulled out the cart to bring everything over.
"Mr. Li, you can use these for now. The supplies here belong to my friend, you can use them too.
If it gets really cold, you can ask the carter who will bring the mule to get you a cart of honeycomb briquettes. They probably should be able to get an iron stove too."
"Alright, I’ll rember that. Indeed, we should get a stove ready, otherwise it would be too cold.
And for your friend’s things, we will pay for what we use."
Su Yuanyuan thought about it and found it acceptable.
In the end, Li Hongxiang combined the paynt for the grain and supplies and handed it to Su Yuanyuan, which put his mind at ease.
Su Yuanyuan left the Li family, pulling the cart back ho. Once ho, she took out ten pounds of hanging oil to the Zhao family.
"Yuanyuan, you’re back?" Zhao Yanli was genuinely delighted to see Su Yuanyuan.
"Yes, I’m back after sending a family over."
"Who are they?" asked Zhao Yanli as she took the hanging oil and led Su Yuanyuan inside.
"I got off halfway to buy cotton seeds and happened to et them. For so reasons, I brought them back. I’ll need to leave again in a couple of days."
"You’re leaving again? It’s almost the twelfth lunar month!"
"Yes, I’m staying idle at ho anyway, so I’ll go out and have a look."
"Alright, let see you off." She also had thoughts of going out, but she didn’t have Yuanyuan’s abilities and her siblings disagreed.
Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "In a couple of days, soone will bring them a mule, I’ll leave with the mule cart, so you don’t need to worry about ."
Zhao Yanping, watching Su Yuanyuan returned, heard them saying she would leave again.
"Yuanyuan, I’ll make you so fried dough twists tomorrow."
When their five siblings arrived here, they received great help from Su Yuanyuan, otherwise who knows how tough it would have been for them.
"Big sister, I still have white flour at ho, I’ll let Xiao Li drive over to get it later."
"I still have white flour at ho, and the farm can grind flour too."
Su Yuanyuan didn’t decline, or else they’d feel obliged to return her favor.
"Second Brother Zhao, you won’t need to go there anymore; Tan Shaoting’s forr house is where they’re settled. They can look after it."
Zhao Qingjie nodded, he was happy to help Su Yuanyuan, but now there was no need.
After staying a while, Zhao Yanli hitched a cart to send Su Yuanyuan off. After all, the house needed a fire for warmth, right?
Su Yuanyuan still let Zhao Yanli take back so sticky sorghum flour, which was given by Hu Chunhua.
And a few pounds of red beans, enough to make rice cakes.
"Xiao Li, why don’t you take a bucket of oil back."
"No need, we have plenty of cottonseed oil too. Don’t worry. Rember to co over for lunch tomorrow. No, I’ll co over to get you instead."
Now, only Su Yuanyuan was left. She quickly went into her space; it had been a long ti since she’d been in.
It was really comforting, every pore felt like it was opening.
After waking up, she ca out. It was already night, and still too cold outside. So she continued to keep the fire burning, and went back into her space again.
The next day, Zhao Yanli ca to fetch her. "My elder brother and his family of three have also arrived.
Yuanyuan, my elder sister is engaged."
"Really? To whom?"
"Accountant Zhang’s distant nephew. Their family is surnad Xiang, and they’re living on the farm, but they’re in Yang Group Leader’s group."
"You must have seen them, how is he?"
"He looks ordinary, but seems in good health and quite honest."
"Will he co over today?"
"My second brother went to call him, you’ll see him."
Su Yuanyuan could sense whether a person was kind at heart, so she wanted to et this Xiang Zhiqiang. If he wasn’t suitable, she would certainly tell Zhao Yanping.
Zhao Yanping truly was a capable and honest girl. She hoped she would have a smooth and successful life.
The two arrived at the Zhao family ho and could sll the fragrance before even entering. It had been so long since she had slled such a delicious aroma.
Once inside the main room, "Yuanyuan, the dough twists are ready, have so first."
Su Yuanyuan didn’t hesitate, picking one up and biting into it, "Big sister, this dough twist is really delicious."
"Yes, take so with you when you’re on your way, to eat them on the train."
Su Yuanyuan didn’t refuse, nodding with a smile, she definitely wouldn’t take advantage of others.
Zhao Xiaojing was just quietly tending the fire on one side. This girl naturally wasn’t very talkative. Now she was sixteen, and so had introduced potential suitors to her, but nothing had settled yet.
Zhao Yanli brought over a small stool, and the two sat there. After finishing one twist, Su Yuanyuan didn’t eat more.
They heard a commotion outside. After a while, Zhao Qingjie entered, followed by a young man. His face was square, looking quite honest and sincere.
Su Yuanyuan’s first impression of him was good. He didn’t seem like soone prone to trickery.
Accountant Zhang hadn’t exaggerated. Actually, finding a man like this could be quite nice; he might not bring great wealth, but should be quite reliable.
Then Zhao Qingxiang’s family of three also ca over, the little girl was quite lively.
Sun Yun felt a bit embarrassed, but none of the little sisters-in-law said anything. Then she prepared sauerkraut to make sauerkraut sweet potato dough soup.
Just taking advantage of the oil pan to save while indulging a bit.
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