Chapter 228: 228 departure
Feng Baoshan directly gave Su Yuanyuan a letter, "Let Accountant Zhang go with you, you must get the fertilizer back."
"Alright, we’ll set off tomorrow."
Su Yuanyuan left the site without going home, and instead went to the Zhao Family’s place. She took out two pounds of brown sugar from her space. The child was already quite grown now, but she had been busy and didn’t visit when the child was born, so this was all she could do.
Looking at the girl who was almost two months old, she found her quite amusing. Although she wasn’t chubby, she was still quite cute.
"Sister-in-law, what’s the little niece’s name?"
"Your big brother said to call her Xiao Ling."
"That’s a pretty good name."
"Yuanyuan, thank you for this year. If it weren’t for you providing the fertilizer and wheat seeds, we wouldn’t have anything like this this year."
"No need to thank me, we used to be together. Even though we’re now thousands of miles apart, we should help each other."
"It’s all you helping our family."
"Not at all. I’m going out to see Tan Shaoting tomorrow, so I’ll need you to help take care of the livestock."
"That’s no problem at all."
"By the way, big brother will have to help too. Accountant Zhang and I will first head to the fertilizer plant; we need to bring back thirty tons of fertilizer this year. I’ll try to get a cart, and at that time, big brother and the others will have to help unload it."
"No problem, but if you’re not home, can we unload it at your place? Or have your big brother go to your house to watch over it?"
Su Yuanyuan hurriedly waved her hand, "No need. Would anyone really steal it? It’s fine."
"That really won’t do. When you’re home it’s fine, but if they know you’re not, it might not be certain. It would be a loss then."
"Hmm, let’s not trouble my big brother. He has to take care of you and the little niece. I’ll ask my second brother instead, maybe he can go to my place to watch over it."
"Alright, your second brother should be fine with it. Yuanyuan, just go out without worries, we’re here at home."
Since she helped their family so much, just watching the house was a small favor they could certainly manage.
Su Yuanyuan left the brown sugar and then caught a ride to find Zhao Yanli.
Right now, Zhao Yanli was also busy. Those dug-up potatoes and sweet potatoes at home needed to be sliced and dried to be ground into flour.
The hunger from the past few years had made them scared. So even during a bountiful harvest, with enough food, they still wanted to store more. Otherwise, they felt insecure.
"Yuanyuan, you’ve come? Are you leaving?"
"Yes, I’m going to collect the fertilizer with Accountant Zhang tomorrow. Are you going to see me off?"
Zhao Yanli nodded with a smile, "Of course, I’ll see you off."
"Xiao Li, where’s Second Brother? I wanted to ask for his help."
"He’ll be back soon, went to borrow a plane. What do you need him for?"
"This time I still need to get a cart of fertilizer, but sister-in-law said it’s not safe if I’m not home, and she wants big brother to help me watch it. But big brother still has to take care of her, so I thought of Second Brother. I wanted Second Brother to go over and take a look every day."
"No problem, I can go too. Don’t worry. Besides, if it really snows, no one would go to steal it."
Su Yuanyuan understood this reason, which was why she didn’t let Zhao Qingjie stay at the house.
"Yuanyuan, will you not be home this New Year?"
"I probably won’t make it back, don’t worry, when I go to the city this time, I’ll get some oily pork belly for you guys."
"That would be great, we’re already out of oil at home. But big brother said he’ll find a way to the city to press some oil in a few days. But how could cottonseed oil be as fragrant as lard? Being able to buy some would be best."
Su Yuanyuan also sat down to help. Since there weren’t so many kitchen knives, she and Zhao Xiaojing worked on drying food.
The two brothers, Zhao Qingjie, came back. "Yuanyuan, we were just thinking of finding you. We’ve calculated all our accounts, and we owe you some money that should be repaid."
Su Yuanyuan didn’t refuse. Matters like this really shouldn’t be muddled.
"Second Brother, there’ll be a cart of fertilizer coming to my house again this time. You not only have to help unload it, but also need to take a look every day since I’m not home. Sister-in-law said it’s not safe."
Zhao Qingjie nodded, "No problem, just leave it to me."
As it got dark, Su Yuanyuan refused dinner and returned home with the money.
After getting home, she collected everything that needed to be stored.
Since there was an opportunity to go out, she would rather be elsewhere. Although it wasn’t very safe, it was better than staying at home. f.(r)eewe/bnov\
The next day, Zhao Yanli drove over, with a few bags of cotton seeds and Zhao Qingjie on the cart.
"Yuanyuan, do you want to press oil from your cotton seeds?"
"Let’s wait until I’m back, I’m in a hurry to leave now."
"I’ll help you."
"That’s too hard on you."
"It’s alright, don’t be polite between us two."
Su Yuanyuan was quite moved, "Alright, I’ll trouble you and Second Brother. But haven’t you bought plastic barrels yet?"
"We’re planning to bring it back with a big tank at our house."
"I want to use plastic barrels. The supply and marketing cooperative sells them, I’ll buy a few more.
Xiao Li, aren’t you afraid of spilling it halfway if you use a big tank?"
"It’s fine, it won’t hold too much oil."
At this time, Zhao Qingjie started preparing the cart, then moved the bags of cotton seeds one by one.
Accountant Zhang was sent over by his family. The two sat on the cart, with the Zhao siblings driving it.
Secretary Zhang looked at the family’s cotton seeds enviously, telling Zhao Qingjie the location of the oil pressing workshop along the way.
Also pointing out some things to pay attention to when pressing oil, to avoid being cheated.
Zhao Yanli skillfully drove the cart, chatting and bantering with Su Yuanyuan all the way. Anyone with eyes could see how happy she was.
The girl had been cooped up at home for too long. Now that she finally had a chance to go out, she was of course extremely excited.
"Yuanyuan, where are you going to find Tan Shaoting?"
"Right now I can’t say the specific location, I’ll ask people first."
"I’m so envious that you get to go out."
Su Yuanyuan laughed. The girl’s wild nature was clear. She herself was a seasoned veteran, having encountered far more than her. She didn’t like staying in one place either, and it was surprising that this girl felt the same way.
Accountant Zhang carried a sack, probably containing a quilt. Money was likely inside. He listened as the two girls chatted along the way.
Throughout the journey, Zhao Qingjie was very quiet. He knew Su Yuanyuan was going to find Tan Shaoting, and realized he truly had no chance. Truth be told, he really liked Su Yuanyuan, but she saw him as no more than an ordinary person.
He initially thought that with Tan Shaoting gone, he might have a chance. But the girl had worked hard for a year and yet was going to find him without taking a rest.
It seemed that he had no hope whatsoever. After liking Su Yuanyuan, other women seemed incomparable in his eyes, feeling that they all fell short in many ways.
The four of them stopped halfway to light a fire and boil water for drinking, as the donkey also needed water.
Su Yuanyuan took out a few cornbreads, she had wanted to take out steamed buns, but that was hard to explain, so she let it be.