This was an anti-theft badge.
Zhao Lanxiang was surprised by the captain's serious tone.
She was a little surprised.
Li Dali saw the doubt in the female educated youth's eyes and said vaguely, "That family doesn't have a good reputation.
It's not a good place to stay. I'll help you arrange another family. "
Zhao Lanxiang didn't miss the disdain in Li Dali's tone. She knew that the old man's ancestors were landlords, and life was very difficult in the sixties and seventies.
He probably didn't have any status in the brigade. It was understandable that this masculine and upright captain looked down on the He family.
She declined politely. "I won't trouble you –"
Li Dali interrupted her. "In the whole brigade, except for this family,
Everything else can be discussed. Otherwise, you won't recognize me as the captain. "
There was a stubborn sternness on his dark face. He probably lectured too many people.
He was a little like Zhao Lanxiang's grandfather. At that moment, Zhao Lanxiang felt like she was choking.
Li Dali didn't understand how this female educated youth, who had just arrived, had anything to do with He Songbai.
Who was He Songbai? Wasn't that Old Second He?
His name was given by a master invited by the landlord's great-grandfather. On the full moon, he invited the whole village to a banquet for several days, and they ate until their mouths were full of oil. Everyone's compliments were endless. They said that this child would definitely do great things, have a great future, and would definitely bring glory to their ancestors …
However, things didn't go as planned. The revolution came.
The He family was robbed of all their assets. Old Second He had never gone to school or read a day since he was young. He idled around all day and didn't do his job. He fought from the beginning of the village to the end.
He was a famous gangster in the surrounding villages.
There was a proud and ruthless aura all over his body. It wasn't that the He family hadn't suffered when the fight was fierce. The He family had been attacked one day.
The next day, Old Second He smashed the heads of the troublemakers with a stone. His ruthlessness was frightening.
From then on, no one in the brigade dared to provoke He Songbai.
The most important thing was that Old Second He had been arrested last year for committing the crime of being a hooligan and had been forced to undergo labor reform for a period of time.
This was the main reason why Li Dali opposed Zhao Lanxiang.
She had such a soft personality.
He even sent a beautiful female educated youth to live in Liuzi's house.
Wasn't this the same as sending a lamb to the tiger's den? He didn't even struggle when he swallowed it.
Li Dali made a gesture.
"How about this … Pack your luggage tonight and stay at my place. I'll fix up a room for you-- "My family is easy to get along with.
Before he could finish his words, the educated girl shook her head and rejected him with a smile.
Zhao Lanxiang said, "The He family is related to me, so my parents will be more at ease if I live there."
She was eloquent and her voice was as clear as pearls falling on a jade plate. "He Songbai, born in 57. He had an elder sister and a younger sister. His grandmother, Madam Li, had lived for 24 years and had one son and two daughters. My mother is the daughter of Granny Li's cousin, which is He Erge's aunt. "
Zhao Lanxiang lied through her teeth with a straight face.
I'm sorry, mother, for letting you have a nephew for no reason. I'll help you add an outstanding son-in-law someday.
Li Dali suddenly felt a headache coming on. He wanted to see if the educated girl was lying from her face, but her clear eyes were sparkling and bright, dazzling people's eyes. Now, her eyebrows were slightly raised, and there was a clear smile in her eyes. It was as if she could see through people's minds.
Li Dali withdrew his scrutinizing gaze in embarrassment.
"Well, that's good."
She had already said that she was a relative, so Li Dali couldn't say anything more. Was he going to criticize her relative's quality of mind in front of others?
As a result, Zhao Lanxiang successfully tricked her into staying there.
In the afternoon, the educated youths gathered together to play cards and chat. Zhao Lanxiang took out a basket of unfinished meat buns from the woodshed and put them in a cloth bag. Three taels of oil was enough to make twenty buns and a bowl of noodle soup. She, Zhou Jiazhen, and a few other educated youths who were familiar with each other only ate ten buns.
She took the buns and went around to the other side of Ox-Horn Mountain. She walked to the edge of the field and found a place to sit down. She opened a hole in the cloth bag that contained the buns.
The buns that had just been heated in the steamer emitted a tempting aroma. Soon, a pair of feet wearing straw sandals appeared in front of Zhao Lanxiang. She raised her head, and a drooling face appeared in front of her. She looked from afar, not daring to get close, but also not wanting to leave.
The woman was about twenty years old, but her face was full of wrinkles. Her knuckles were swollen because she was used to hard work.
She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything. She just silently stared at Zhao Lanxiang eating the buns. Zhao Lanxiang finished a steamed bun in front of her. She tore open the white and tender skin of the steamed bun and bit into the tender and lean meat core. She swallowed the steamed bun with a happy and satisfied expression.
The envy in the woman's eyes deepened, but she only watched from afar. She would glance from time to time before lowering her head to cut her ox-grass. The huge basket was as big as her, and it was too heavy for her to bear on her frail shoulders.
Zhao Lanxiang's autumn water like almond eyes easily revealed a smile. She pushed the bun forward and put it in front of the woman.
This was He Songbai's eldest sister, He Songye. Zhao Lanxiang didn't say anything. She just made a few hand gestures to her.
Come, eat together.
Meat buns, there are too many. I can't finish them all by myself.
When she made the hand gestures, her back was straight and the corners of her mouth were curled up to reveal a smile. Her posture was correct and bright.
After Zhao Lanxiang finished making the hand gestures, He Songzhi's face was full of undisguised surprise, but there was also a hint of hesitation.
Zhao Lanxiang continued, "I'm full."
"Buns, fragrant, delicious. Try them. "
He Songye had a high fever when she was young. It affected her auditory nerves and she couldn't hear anything. Gradually, she didn't know how to speak. Her parents passed away one after the other. She was the one who raised her younger siblings. It could be said that she was the person He Songbai respected the most.
Zhao Lanxiang and He Songye had been together for many years. Daily communication was no problem at all. After marriage, she discovered that her eldest sister-in-law, He Songye, was actually a foodie. Her life in the past was too hard. She almost didn't eat anything good. When she grew old, she especially liked to eat, especially meat buns.
Zhao Lanxiang smiled and said patiently, "Why don't you try it?"
She stuffed the bun into He Songye's mouth. He Songye's body trembled. She used her tongue to push against the soft bun skin. Her eyes suddenly moistened.
She bent over and used her rough hand to touch the bun in her mouth. The stabbing hunger in her stomach caused her to mechanically chew her cheeks.
The smooth and soft pork overflowed with delicious juices and flowed into her mouth. A sweet and rich taste seized all her senses. He Songye unknowingly finished the bun and felt a sense of satisfaction that she had never felt before in her life. But she wasn't full yet.
In order to save on rations at home, she only brought one black flour bun today. She had done too much work in the morning and ate all the buns. She could only drink some water in the afternoon to fill her stomach.
He Songye unknowingly ate bun after bun. When she finished the bun in her hand, Zhao Lanxiang handed her one.
In the end, Zhao Lanxiang's bag of buns was deflated. She smiled and made hand gestures, "He Jiejie, can you do me a favor?"
"I want to live in your house."
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