Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

In the yard, Meng Xiaoman gave each child a candy and told them to play well and not go where there was water.

Seeing the candy, the children were no longer afraid of her and nodded heavily. Xiao Qingqing also whispered "Thank you, third aunt", and then carefully put the candy into her pocket.

The Qinghe Brigade was surrounded by mountains, with high mountains and dense forests. Meng Xiaoman did not dare to go far and went to the back mountain where villagers often went.

At this moment, the fields are busy with autumn planting, and the ripe wild fruits on the mountains have not yet had time to be picked.

Meng Xiaoman saw the wild persimmon tree covered with yellow fruits and immediately climbed up on his hands and feet.

She had learned to climb trees in order to escape in her previous life. The physical fitness of the original owner was too different from hers. She felt a little pain in her arms as soon as she climbed up the tree.

It seems that I need to exercise more in the future.

He plucked all the persimmons within his reach. The remaining ones were a little far away. Meng Xiaoman did not dare to take risks and got off the tree.

After picking the persimmons, she put them in the empty space immediately, which saved her from having to carry them around.

After picking persimmons, she found a wild walnut tree and picked many wild walnuts.

Seeing that the persimmon and walnut trees were good, I found a few persimmon and walnut saplings and transplanted them into the space.

Meng Xiaoman also found several chestnut trees, which were almost mature. However, it was getting late now. He noted the location and planned to come back tomorrow. He picked up some mature and fallen chestnuts on the ground and left.

It was too late to go back and it was not good to meet people in the village. After all, she was unable to go to work due to illness.

On the way back, she came across a jujube tree and picked some more ripe jujubes. Small jujube saplings were also transplanted into the space.

The ripe jujubes are sour and sweet, and she quite likes them.

Walking to the foot of the mountain, she took out some chestnuts and walnuts and put them into her backpack. There were two more handfuls of ripe nightshades on the roadside, and they were wrapped in leaves.

I plan to take it back to Xiao Xiangdong to eat.

Mountain persimmons cannot be eaten directly, they need to be stewed before eating. Moreover, wild persimmon trees are generally taller. It was not easy for her to explain that an educated young woman from the city could climb trees, so she didn't take them out.

Anyway, it won’t break if you put it in space.

Back home, Xiao Xiangdong was sitting at the door of the house weaving bamboo baskets.

Seeing her coming back, he raised his face and smiled, "Are you tired? There is water on the table. If it gets cold, you can drink some hot water."

"it is good."

The water temperature was just right. Meng Xiaoman finished drinking it, washed the picked nightshades and wild jujubes, put them in a bowl, and handed them to him.

Xiao Xiangdong looked at her confused.

This is something only children love to eat.

"Huh? Eat it quickly." Meng Xiaoman took a jujube and stuffed it into his mouth.

Well, it has the right balance of sour and sweet, and the taste is just right.

Seeing Xiao Xiangdong staring at the bowl, Meng Xiaoman suddenly thought of what she said yesterday that she had an infectious disease.

"Eat, I don't have any infectious disease. I tricked them last night."

"I know." Xiao Xiangdong said. He was just a little uncomfortable. This was the first time someone came back to bring him these little things.

"There are many things in the mountains. I picked up some wild chestnuts and wild walnuts. I will go there again tomorrow."

Xiao Xiangdong saw her bright eyes and excitement in her tone, and couldn't help being moved by her.

"Do you want me to accompany you?"

After saying this, he remembered his legs. After several months, he still forgot that he was a cripple.

"No, I can do it myself." Meng Xiaoman shook his head subconsciously. If he left, it would be difficult to use his own space.

Xiao Xiangdong's mood dropped and he sighed.

The mountain forest is the collective property of the brigade. Every year, the brigade organizes people to collect fruits such as walnuts and chestnuts, which are relatively abundant, and then sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative in the town.

He hadn't stayed in his hometown for many years, and he just remembered it now.

"Except for those large walnut and chestnut groves, you can pick them up anywhere else."

After Xiao Xiangdong finished speaking, Meng Xiaoman recalled that one of the chestnut trees happened to be the one she saw today but had not yet picked. Fortunately, Xiao Xiangdong told her, otherwise she would be finished if someone found out that she had been charged with embezzling collective property.

It seems that she was careless and forgot that everything is a collective system now.

"Oh, what about the wild persimmons?"

"Wild persimmons don't taste good, so supply and marketing cooperatives don't accept them, and people in the village rarely pick them. They usually keep them to feed the birds in the mountains and forests."

Many people here plant persimmon trees. The persimmon trees at home bear many fruits and taste good, while almost no one wants the wild persimmons.

There are two persimmon trees in the Xiao family's yard, and there are a lot of yellow and orange fruits hanging on them at the moment.

"By the way, the persimmons at home are all ripe, why don't you pick them and make them?"

Meng Xiaoman picked one and held it in her hand. If she didn't pick it again, it would be overripe.

Xiao Xiangdong: "Persimmon cakes? Aren't those sold only in supply and marketing cooperatives? Can you make them yourself?"

Meng Xiaoman suddenly remembered that no one in the Qinghe Brigade was making persimmons yet. She remembered that in the book, it was the heroine Shen Yuru who brought up the idea of ​​using persimmons to make persimmons. For this reason, Shen Yuru made a decision in front of the party secretary and the captain. achievement.

The reputation of the whole brigade soared.

"Yes," Meng Xiaoman nodded, and then detailed the practices she saw in the documentary.

As the saying goes, county officials are not as good as current managers. If you want to live a good life in the countryside, you must have a good relationship with lower-level managers such as party secretaries.

"I see that every household here has persimmon trees. It can be made into persimmon cakes, which can be stored for a long time. Not only can you keep them for yourself, but you can also sell them to supply and marketing cooperatives. You can also make some money."

Meng Xiaoman found a pen and paper, listed the methods and precautions one by one, and handed them to Xiao Xiangdong.

"What are you doing for me?" Xiao Xiangdong looked at Shang Junyi's handwriting.

Different from the graceful handwriting of ordinary women, Meng Xiaoman's handwriting has a sense of elegance and freedom, which is not quite like the writing of a soft and beautiful girl like her.

"You take it to the branch secretary." Meng Xiaoman ate another jujube and said matter-of-factly.

This jujube is sour and very appetizing.

"This is your recipe, I can't take this skill." Xiao Xiangdong shook his head.

After spitting out the date core, Meng Xiaoman said nonchalantly: "Hey, what's mine is yours, and it's not a precious thing. It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Besides, in front of the branch letter, you must be more powerful than me." People who are new here may be more convincing."

Meng Xiaoman does not have the aura of a protagonist like the heroine. She just wants to live a quiet life and does not want to be in the limelight so as not to be thankless.

Xiao Xiangdong thought about it, and it was true. However, if it was done, he would definitely tell everyone that it was her idea. If it didn't work, then let it be his idea.

"Okay, after work is over, I'll go find the branch secretary and mention it."

The cost of making persimmon cakes is not high, it only wastes some persimmons and effort. It is very suitable for Qinghe Brigade.

Guessing that it was almost time, Meng Xiaoman made dinner.

There were leeks in the garden, and Meng Xiaoman cut two handfuls. She originally wanted to fry some leeks and eggs, but Xiao's mother kept the eggs alone. After a certain amount was saved, she took them to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange for money.

There are no ways to make money in the countryside. Bamboo products are not valuable. Most of the nuts in the mountains are collective property. They are nothing more than selling eggs, chickens and ducks. These are one of the few ways to save some money.

However, the number of chickens and ducks per household is fixed, and they cannot raise more.

In addition to leeks, Meng Xiaoman picked some peppers and beans. Seeing that the pumpkin was ripe, he picked another pumpkin and planned to add some millet to make pumpkin millet porridge.

For dinner, we focus on freshly picked and eaten dishes with original flavor.

After the meal was ready, the Xiao family workers had not returned yet. Xiao Xiangdong went to the party secretary's house, while Meng Xiaoman stayed at home.

After putting away the dried clothes, she saw several carrots from the Xiao family looking at her eagerly.