Chapter 138 Grain Distribution

Liu Chunbai is such a shrewd person!

I could immediately tell that Chen Yancheng was being hypocritical, and I could also hear the sense of letting go in his tone.

Since he had already said he wasn't interested in the girl, Liu Chunbai admitted that he was attracted to her.

Don't let his current rank of battalion commander fool you; he joined the army very early and works incredibly hard, so he's really not that old—only 22!

I wonder how old that girl is; she looks to be about sixteen or seventeen.

Although sixteen or seventeen is still young, he felt he could wait if they were to commit to a relationship.

Liu Chunbai was preoccupied with Yunxi's matter, his expression remaining calm as if he didn't care. In reality, his mind was racing, and he had even thought about things like getting married and having a few children in the future.

I was constantly working with my hands, but I was also constantly listening to what they were saying.

"Yan Cheng, aren't we good brothers?"

"Of course, a good brother to whom I can entrust my life."

"Since you treat her like the girl next door, don't blame us for taking action."

"That's right, that's right..."

"Hey bro, can I ask you something? How old is that girl?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Chunbai's ears twitched involuntarily; he also wanted to know how old the little girl was.

Although Chen Yancheng was a little annoyed by the others' designs on Yunxi, they were still brothers who did missions together, so he trusted their character.

He could only reluctantly cooperate with them in inquiring about Yunxi's situation.

"Let me tell you, Yunxi is still young, only 14 years old. She'll be 15 by the New Year. You can't make any moves on her. You have to wait until she's old enough."

Although he trusted everyone's character, he couldn't blame others for being attracted to Yunxi's stunning beauty. With a face like that, it would be strange if they weren't.

"Oh! How can she be so young?"

"Yes! It's too small. We can't do something so beastly. Let's just forget about it!"

"However, although I can't pursue her because she's too young and I can't bring myself to do it, I can still be her little sister! Just imagine having such a beautiful little sister, wouldn't you be very proud to say that? No one else has ever seen her, but we have and even talked to her. Just thinking about it is enough to brag about for a lifetime."

Liu Chunbai stopped what he was doing. He hadn't expected that the little girl was so young, only 15 years old in the traditional Chinese age system, while he was 22. There was a seven-year age difference between them, and he instantly felt bored.

But if I asked him to let go, I would feel reluctant.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and thought, "It's just a seven-year age difference, I can wait."

As if he had inexhaustible strength, he vigorously pounded on the frozen, hard ice, venting the frustration in his heart.

Yunxi had no idea that Liu Chunbai, whom she had assumed was indifferent to her, was secretly plotting against her. If she had known, she would probably have been quite pleased with herself.

By this time, after leaving the river, she had long forgotten about the people she had just met. Since they weren't interested in her, why bother chasing after them?

I haven't seen Li Xingtang for a while now, and I wonder what he's doing at home.

I never expected that I would come all this way for nothing, walking for more than three hours in vain. The round trip took six hours in total. It seems I didn't check the almanac before going out today.

When I was halfway there, I heard my stomach growling. I found a relatively private place, making sure I wouldn't be easily discovered, and took out a big bowl of noodles from my storage space.

I made noodles this morning and put them in the space while they were still hot, so they're still warm when I eat them now.

I was probably eating too slowly, because when I was only halfway through, I found that the noodles at the bottom had frozen solid.

The weather is really cold. If I hadn't been wearing thick clothes and was in good health, I really wouldn't have dared to come out in this freezing weather.

I put the frozen noodles into my storage space and hurried home. Sure enough, it's best to stay home during the dead of winter; going out is really not suitable.

By the time I got home, it was almost dark. If it weren't for the white snow everywhere and the moonlight reflecting off the snow so I could still see the road, I would have worried that I wouldn't have made it back in time.

The first thing I did when I got home was to quickly put more firewood in the stove, because the house was already too cold.

Then I took out a basin, poured half a basin of hot water from the space, and prepared to soak my feet properly.

After walking all day, even though there was no water inside, my feet still felt icy cold and not warm at all.

To prevent frostbite, soak in hot water frequently; this will also help your body warm up faster.

After putting my socks and shoes back on, I felt warm all over. Looking at the ice blocks frozen in the basin in the yard, I quickly put them into my spatial storage.

Looking at the mountain of ice blocks piled up in the space, and the ice blocks frozen from clean, cool boiled water next to it, Yunxi felt that there was already a lot.

But since it's the dead of winter and I don't have much to do anyway, I figured I might as well freeze a lot more. It doesn't matter if I use them all or not, since I don't have to worry about them melting or not having enough space to put them!

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, it was time to distribute the grain. I heard that pork would also be distributed this time.

The pigs that were supposed to be handed in for the task have already been handed in. The remaining pigs are the ones that the villagers kept for their own consumption. Most of the pigs that they had painstakingly raised for a year have been handed in, leaving only about ten pigs. This means that four-fifths of the pigs have already been handed in, which Yunxi felt was not worth it.

However, the villagers are quite easily satisfied. The dozen or so pigs that were left behind are already a lot for them, enough to make them happy for a long time.

Perhaps their lives were too hard before, so even though life is still hard now, they are already very satisfied and feel that it is much better than before.

When it came time to distribute the grain, everyone was as happy as if it were New Year's Day, even happier than during the New Year.

Yunxi knew she didn't have many work points, even with her grandmother's work points from the first half of the year combined, it wasn't much. However, because she was a villager, she still received a per capita grain allowance, so she wasn't worried about not having enough food.

In addition, she had grown so many sweet potatoes herself, and she had also stockpiled various grains in advance. All the grains combined could definitely last her three or four years.

Even though there was plenty of food in the space, it didn't diminish Yunxi's excitement when she learned that the food had been distributed.

I roughly calculated my per capita grain ration, which should be 360 ​​jin. In addition, there is another 100 to 200 jin of grain that I can get from earning work points. The allocated grain is definitely enough for me to eat.

He found five or six sacks in the storeroom, locked the door, and headed towards the brigade headquarters.

When we arrived at the brigade headquarters, it was absolutely packed with people, just like the last time we ate the pork stew; it felt like everyone had come out.

Everyone had an undisguised smile on their face, even happier than the last time they ate meat.

That's understandable. Eating meat is just a matter of satisfying one's appetite, while grain is the staple food for the whole family. One can go without meat, but one cannot go without grain.

Yunxi obediently lined up behind the others. There was no way she could carry all that food back by herself at once. It seemed she would have to ask others for help later.

Everyone was carrying their own grain home, and it was unclear if anyone was available. If not, they would have to carry the grain back bag by bag themselves.

Fortunately, Yunxi's great-grandfather had been thinking about her all along. When he saw Yunxi come to collect the food, he immediately asked his three sons to help.

After the grain was distributed, Yunxi didn't have to lift a finger; her uncles and elders each carried a sack back for her.

Indeed, having more sons is more advantageous in the countryside. At least in times like now, they can move all the grain back at once, instead of having to ask others for help like Yunxi did.