ADOESSR – CH086

Chapter 86: Silently Making a Fortune

Yun Qinghuan was a little worried after hearing this. “If the educated youth settlement really collapses, you’ll all be in danger. Is the brigade really not going to care?”

She felt that Secretary Liu’s action of taking his anger out on the educated youth settlement because of Wang Shufeng alone was not right.

The original owner was also an educated youth.

Even though she had married into this village, the villagers had always categorized her with the educated youth. Therefore, the honor and disgrace of the educated youth settlement were actually somewhat related to her.

If something happened to these educated youth in the village, and the higher-ups investigated, Secretary Liu wouldn’t have a good time either. So, Yun Qinghuan didn’t quite understand Secretary Liu’s approach.

Qiao Yue was worried, resting her chin on her hand. “It won’t collapse, after all, it’s a brick house, much sturdier than the mud houses in the village. The worry is the leaking roof. Last time it rained, Jingyang even went up with the male comrades to lay straw. The rain was heavy and the wind was strong. It scared me to death, I was so afraid he would fall off the roof.”

Yun Qinghuan then remembered that the educated youth settlement was a rare brick house. When the educated youth first started coming to the countryside, the villagers were very welcoming, thinking they were knowledgeable young people who understood a lot and must be very capable.

So, they chose a particularly good brick house that no one lived in as the educated youth settlement. Although the brick house was old and somewhat dilapidated, it was indeed much sturdier.

However, when these educated youth really came to the countryside, they found that the knowledge they had learned was completely useless in the rural areas. Moreover, these young people who had just come out of school didn’t know how to farm. So, gradually, the villagers became less welcoming to these educated youth.

“No wonder Secretary Liu dared to do this,” Yun Qinghuan sighed.

Secretary Liu looked quite shrewd and wouldn’t do anything detrimental to himself.

Seeing Qiao Yue looking dejected, Yun Qinghuan told her something, wanting to cheer her up. “Secretary Liu told me last time to just keep cutting pig feed, and when Sister Li comes back, I’ll replace Wang Shufeng.”

After all, the results of her nearly month-long pig-feeding were obvious – the pigs had gotten much fatter.

Secretary Liu definitely wanted her to stay.

Last time, he had scolded Wang Shufeng mercilessly.

It was just that Sister Li hadn’t finished her confinement yet, and everyone was busy with the summer harvest, extremely busy and constantly on the go, so they couldn’t find anyone to replace Wang Shufeng for the time being.

But Secretary Liu had asked her if she wanted to continue cutting pig feed, wanting Yun Qinghuan to replace Wang Shufeng. When Sister Li returned, it would be just her and Sister Li cutting pig feed, and he wanted to arrange other work for Wang Shufeng.

Looking at the expression on Secretary Liu’s face when he mentioned Wang Shufeng, Yun Qinghuan had a premonition that the newly arranged work for Wang Shufeng probably wouldn’t be easy.

“Did you agree?” Hearing Yun Qinghuan say she could replace Wang Shufeng in cutting pig feed, Qiao Yue was indeed much happier.

She was cleaning pig manure, while Wang Shufeng was cutting pig feed. They were both from the educated youth settlement and saw each other often. Since they didn’t get along, Qiao Yue couldn’t stand Wang Shufeng.

If Yun Qinghuan could work here instead of Wang Shufeng, she would be overjoyed.

She had been worried about what her friend would do when Sister Li came back.

Yun Qinghuan shook her head. “I didn’t agree.”

“Ah? Why didn’t you agree to such a good job?” Qiao Yue was genuinely surprised.

“Don’t worry, even if I don’t agree, Wang Shufeng probably won’t last long here. Many people in the village are eyeing this position. Plus, she didn’t do a good job and annoyed Secretary Liu. Looking at Secretary Liu’s expression, he’s probably going to arrange other work for her.”

“As for me, you know I’ve submitted a manuscript. Now I just want to focus on finishing my writing. With my younger brother-in-law helping me cut pig feed, I still feel tired. If his leg gets better, I can’t keep asking him to help me. If I cut pig feed alone, I’d be exhausted to death.”

Qiao Yue looked at her friend’s slender arms and legs, her skin so white it almost reflected light, and nodded in agreement. “Indeed, cutting pig feed isn’t easy. You really shouldn’t do it.”

She was afraid her friend would get sick from exhaustion.

The last illness had almost scared Qiao Yue to death. She had never seen Yun Qinghuan’s face so pale.

“But you’re really amazing! You actually got published in the Bright Daily!”

“You’re a famous writer in the village now, earning money by just sitting at home. It’s much easier than doing farm work. Let’s see who dares to say our educated youth are useless now!”

Qiao Yue was very proud.

She felt that Yun Qinghuan had brought honor to their educated youth. In the past few years of going to the countryside, the villagers quite a bit had disliked the educated youth.

Yun Qinghuan couldn’t help but smile at her appearance.

A few days ago, she had asked Bai Naihan to take An’an to cut pig feed while she spent most of the day in town mailing her manuscript to the Bright Daily.

She had put in some extra effort and simply finished writing the entire first story and mailed it to the Bright Daily, saving herself the trouble of sending it repeatedly and wasting postage.

Furthermore, in the letter, Yun Qinghuan also included the first thousand words or so of her second story and asked the editor-in-chief if it could be accepted. If it could, she asked them to inform her by mail, and she would continue writing.

Her first manuscript was about fifty thousand words long, which roughly calculated to a basic gaofèi (author’s fee) of one hundred yuan.

She was quite looking forward to how much her share would be.

She had specifically told the people at the post office not to specially deliver letters to her in the village, and she would come to pick them up at a fixed time each month.

Otherwise, if the post office people delivered letters to her in the village, it would feel too ostentatious and attract attention, which wouldn’t be good if it attracted unwanted attention.

It was better to make money quietly.

After the busy summer harvest, Liu Yuzhi was very tired. Yun Qinghuan felt very sorry for her. Coincidentally, she also had the author’s pay, so she didn’t hesitate to spend money and went to town to buy a lot of food, determined to properly nourish her family.

Seeing her buy so much good food, Liu Yuzhi told her to save money and buy more good things for herself, telling her not to buy things for her.

“Qinghuan, isn’t your snow cream used up? Don’t be reluctant to buy more. That stuff is good for your skin. You should buy another jar to use.”

Yun Qinghuan felt a warmth in her heart. Snow cream wasn’t cheap, costing several yuan a jar.

No woman in the village was willing to use it, but Bai Wensong had been willing to buy it for the original owner when he was alive. You had to know that the original owner hadn’t even used this rare item in her own home before. Her beauty relied purely on good genes.

Yun Qinghuan was currently using the one Bai Wensong had bought for the original owner before his death. There wasn’t much left, so she had mentioned it casually, but she hadn’t expected Liu Yuzhi to remember it.

“Mom, don’t worry, I’ll buy it. Isn’t there still a little left? I’ll buy more when it’s used up. Besides, this little bit of food won’t cost much money.”

She was also planning to wait until all her gaofei came in and she had cloth coupons to make a set of clothes for everyone in the family.

As soon as the busy summer harvest was over, Sister Li also finished her confinement and returned. This also meant that Yun Qinghuan’s job of cutting pig feed had come to an end.

At the same time, Wang Shufeng was also out of work. As Yun Qinghuan had predicted, as soon as the busy farming season ended, Secretary Liu took some time to find a girl from the village to replace Wang Shufeng in cutting pig feed.

As for Wang Shufeng, Secretary Liu arranged for her to dig the fields with the group of rough men. Afraid that people would be lazy, Secretary Liu would also wander over from time to time, which made Wang Shufeng miserable!

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