After sending Qin Xueyi away, Zhou Yang returned to the house and saw Li Youwei sifting the millet with a fine basket (sieve).
These millets are the form of millet before shelling!
Only by sorting out the grains and sand inside, and then removing the outer shell, can we get millet that can be used to make porridge.
Moreover, there is no machine to remove chaff in the village, so you have to go to the large mill in the county town. Usually, the village will specially organize members to go there.
Therefore, before that, commune members must clean up the impurities in their own millet.
Seeing Zhou Yang walking in, Li Youwei smiled and asked, "Teacher Qin is gone?"
"Well, let's go!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "You go and rest, I will do it!"
However, Li Youwei shook her head and said: "Such a trivial matter doesn't take much effort. You have been tired all morning and have cleaned the cellar. Go get some sleep!"
Zhou Yang smiled and said: "I'm not tired. If you don't need me here, I will translate the manuscript!"
"OK!"
Afterwards, Zhou Yang returned to the table and picked up a pen and paper!
Three or four days after returning, Zhou Yang was usually busy with the production team during the day, and only had time to translate these manuscripts at night.
Although these manuscripts were not difficult to translate, not much was written.
Zhou Yang estimated that the project volume was more than 200,000 words, and he could only write 20,000 words at most.
If we continue at this rate, we will not be able to complete the translation of these manuscripts in less than two months, so we must speed up the process.
For the whole afternoon, Zhou Yang was writing furiously. The manuscript paper in front of him was reduced one by one, and the pages were marked one by one and then placed in the folder.
By six o'clock in the evening, Zhou Yang had translated more than 13,000 words.
"Crack!"
After the sound of a "light box" being pulled, the dark room suddenly lit up.
Zhou Yang looked up and found that the sky outside had darkened.
It is already early winter, and the north has entered a pattern of short days and long nights. The sun will set at half past five, and it will become completely dark by six o'clock.
Zhou Yang turned to look at Li Youwei who was sitting on the bed, and asked with a smile: "Are you awake?"
"Well, what should we have for dinner?"
"Whatever you want to eat, I'll cook it for you!" Zhou Yang said.
"I had fried cakes for lunch, and I want to eat something light at night!" Li Youwei said.
"Then how about making pancakes and then making egg soup?"
"That's okay too!"
"Okay, I'll do it right now!"
After saying that, Zhou Yang stretched and headed to the kitchen.
But at this moment, Zhou Yang suddenly heard someone calling his name outside the yard.
"Someone is calling you. It sounds like they are from the educated youth spot. Go out and have a look!" Li Youwei said.
"Um!"
At that moment, Zhou Yang put on a coat, opened the door and walked out.
After arriving in the yard, Zhou Yang shouted towards the door: "Who is there?"
"Zhou Zhiqing, it's me, Cui Jinjin!"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "What's the matter? Why don't you come in and talk!"
"I won't go in. That's it. This is not about sharing food. We, the comrades in the educated youth center, want to sit together. I wonder if you have time?" Cui Qian said.
Zhou Yang knew that what he was doing was actually getting together to eat, drink, and reward himself.
"When?"
"Just a day or two!"
"That's no problem, as long as it's before the 7th!"
Because he was going to the capital with Li Youwei and Bao'er on the 7th, and naturally he wouldn't have time to get together with them by then.
"Okay, let's go back and make arrangements. Once we've made arrangements, we'll tell you the specific time!" Cui Qian said.
"Okay! If you need my help, just ask!"
"Haha, that's okay!"
.......
Back in the house, Zhou Yang was preparing to cook when he heard Li Youwei frowning and saying, "Those people from the educated youth spot are getting together again?"
When Zhou Yang and Cui Qianjin were talking just now, their voices were so loud that Li Youwei had already heard them in the room.
Zhou Yang smiled and said, "What's wrong? You don't seem very happy?"
"No, this reminds me of the last party. If you weren't still somewhat skilled, I'm afraid now..."
Thinking of what happened last time, Li Youwei felt a little frightened.
"It's okay. You guys have worked hard for a year. It's understandable that you want to be happy after sharing the food."
Then Zhou Yang continued: "Don't we still have some pig bones at home? I will send them to them when I think of it. After all, during this period of time, whether it is male educated youths such as Cui Jinjin, Bai Yang, Liu Fang, or Liu Lu, Li Lan, Jiang Xin Yao and other female educated youths are very supportive of my work. If they invite me over, I should show their support!"
Li Youwei nodded and said: "Those pig bones don't have much meat on them. It seems stingy to take them!"
Then, Li Youwei suddenly said: "Why don't we just ask Fourth Brother and the others to bring some meat back from the county town? Anyway, they have to go to the meat factory to pull bones and scraps almost every day, and they happen to pass by the county town!"
"That's okay..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of the door being pushed open in the main room. Zhou Yang immediately turned around to check, only to find that his fourth brother Li Guoqiang had walked in from outside.
Zhou Yang immediately burst into laughter and said, "I really mean Cao Cao. Cao Cao is here and he is talking about you. Fourth brother, here you are!"
Li Guoqiang smiled and said, "What are you talking about me?"
Li Youwei immediately responded: "The educated youth area is planning to have a gathering in a day or two. We have discussed asking you to help bring some meat back and then deliver it to them!"
"What a big deal, I'll bring it back to you tomorrow!" Li Guoqiang said with a smile.
"Well, by the way, fourth brother, what's the matter with you coming here so late?" Zhou Yang asked immediately.
"Dad asked me to come over and ask you two to go back to the old house for dinner!"
"Haha, I was just thinking about what to eat tonight. It seems I don't have to worry about it now!"
Then Zhou Yang immediately got Li Youwei's shoes, and then asked her to change clothes quickly.
After all, it was night, and the temperature outside had dropped a bit. If I didn't wear thick clothes, it would be a bit overwhelming.
Soon, Li Youwei put on thick clothes, and then followed Li Guoqiang to the old house.
When we arrived at the old house, it was almost seven o'clock.
At this time, the children were still playing in the yard, while the adults returned to the house.
Since the weather has cooled down, no one will eat in the yard anymore, and the same is certainly true for the Li family.
In the main room, the men of the Li family were sitting around the Kang, while the women were standing on the ground.
From this we can see that there is still some gap between the status of men and women in this era.
After pushing the door open and entering, Zhou Yang was surprised to find that his second brother Li Guoqing and his second sister-in-law Sun Lu were also back.
No wonder the old man called them over today!
It turns out that the second brother and sister-in-law are back, and the whole family is having a reunion dinner.
