allonlinenovel Chapter 257 I would like to leave these two letters of introduction with you first
Chapter 257 I would like to leave these two letters of introduction with you first
When they arrived at Song Shuangshuang's house, Ji Hongcai remembered that they should be having dinner at this time.
It was somewhat impolite for him to come at this time. But for the safety of his two letters of introduction, Ji Hongcai still knocked on Song Shuangshuang's door.
If it were someone else's house in the village, the courtyard door would be open, except in the winter when they want to keep warm, or when they eat something delicious and don't want others to know, they would close the door.
But Song Shuangshuang's house always kept its door closed. The brother and sister felt that opening the gate would make it seem like their house was a supermarket or a mahjong parlor, allowing people to come in and out as they pleased.
Besides, they often eat good food, either meat or noodles. So they have to close the door.
It was one thing for the villagers to know about it, and even if they talked about how good they were eating, they could still fool them. But if they saw it, there would be no way to explain it.
If villagers go out to visit relatives and say, "Hey, there are a few educated youth in their village who eat very well, how come they have so much money?", they will definitely be remembered by others.
So the door remained closed.
It's not like I'll ignore everyone who comes. Just wait at the door for a while. It won't delay anything.
They hadn't eaten yet, and Ji Hongcai hadn't stayed in the village committee office for long.
Song Shuangshuang doesn't have to cook today, come and open the door.
At first I thought it was Aunt Chang and Aunt Wang, but it turned out to be Ji Hongcai.
Without waiting for Song Shuangshuang to speak, Ji Hongcai apologized first.
"I'm sorry, Song Zhiqing, I need your help with something. I didn't choose this time on purpose."
"It's okay, it's okay. I haven't eaten yet. Come in and talk."
If it were any other educated youth, he would definitely not be able to enter her house at this time, so only Ji Hong could come in.
Song Shuangshuang had a good impression of Ji Hongcai. It wasn't the kind of impression between a man and a woman, but she simply felt that this was a person she could get along with.
Although not as good as He Feiyang, he is much better than the others in the Youth Academy. At least he knows to apologize when he does something wrong. Last time when Feng Aiguo wanted to harm them, he came to report it. Just for this, she had to help Ji Hongcai.
Of course, it has to be within the capabilities of the two siblings.
Because the two teams were responsible for some distance between each other, Song Shuangshuang and the others did not know that Ji Hong was called away by the village chief just after he finished work.
Since they were already here, there was no point in hesitating, so Ji Hongcai simply told them about the village chief looking for him just now. He then took out the two neatly folded letters of introduction from his pocket.
"I want to leave these two letters of introduction with you first, and I will come back to get them the day before I leave. The main reason is that I am really afraid that someone in the Youth Academy is eyeing this school place, or will steal it or damage it when I am not paying attention."
Song Shuangshuang and her brother expressed their understanding of Ji Hongcai's worries. If they were in his place, they would do the same.
Who made those people in the Youth League Institute have bad intentions?
Not to mention whether Cao Qi and Li Gang can do it, didn't Feng Aiguo do all that before just to go to school and leave Jiangjia Village?
Now seeing that his former good friend who came to the countryside with him has received this recommendation, how could he not be tempted?
So, Song Shuangshuang agreed readily.
She just didn't believe it. Could there be any place safer than her space?
"Okay, since you trust us, just leave the letter of introduction with us. I promise to keep it safe for you and prevent anyone else from finding it."
"I'm sure you'll be assured!" Ji Hongcai didn't expect Song Shuangshuang to agree so readily. He handed the two letters of introduction to Song Shuangshuang with great gratitude.
Song Shuangshuang went into the house with the letter of introduction. In fact, she put the letter of introduction in the space together with her savings.
Song Shuangshuang came out of the house quickly and saw her younger brother talking to Ji Hongcai about food and the things he had saved over the years.
"The village chief said I can leave at any time, so I plan to exchange my things with other villagers in the next two days and take some food home."
If the people in the Youth Institute had not joined Feng Aiguo in targeting him last year, he might have sold his things to the Youths at a lower price. Now, he would rather give them to the villagers for free than to those ungrateful people.
Ji Hongcai realized that Song Shuangshuang and the others had no shortage of money to buy fine grains, and he had not exchanged much for Lu Xiaotao and Fan Lanfang before, so he thought they were not short of food, so he did not ask for it.
I don't know if there is anyone in the village who can exchange with him...
Last time, apart from Song Shuangshuang and her friends, no one in the village exchanged food for Lu Xiaotao and her friends. Every year, the villagers would exchange enough food for the year, and with the food they hadn't eaten before, how could they be willing to spend money to exchange with them?
Even if there was really not enough to eat, it would be better to buy food on credit from the village and pay it back with work points at the end of the year. The money saved at home was saved bit by bit and would not be spent easily.
"You should have enough food for half a year, why don't you give it to us? This way we don't have to buy it from the village later."
"Ah? Don't you have enough food?" Ji Hongcai asked in confusion.
Song Shuangshuang instantly understood why Ji Hongcai said that. But she couldn't just say that she didn't want to exchange with Lu Xiaotao because she didn't want to give the money to Wan Xue, but she was too embarrassed to refuse directly.
"You also know that we paid back all the work points we earned last year to the village, and used them to buy food. The food we have now is only enough to last until the autumn harvest. So you can give us your food in exchange, and we don't have to buy it from the village again."
Song Shuangshuang was not lying. The food they had was only enough to last until the autumn harvest.
Even though they usually eat a lot of fine grains, they shouldn't forget Grandpa Sun and the others in the mountains.
They would send food to the mountain several times a month, and each time they would send enough for two or three meals for four people. But the food was consumed quickly.
Moreover, during the autumn harvest, people go out early and come back late. During the busiest time, they have to carry food with them to work. Even if they eat together, there will always be someone who sees what they are carrying.
Therefore, the rice brought back from the autumn harvest must be coarse grains, and at best some white flour can be mixed in.
Even if it wasn't to help Ji Hongcai, they still had to buy food from the village. It would be better to help Ji Hongcai.
Ji Hongcai did not doubt what Song Shuangshuang said.
"Well, then I'll deliver it to you tomorrow, no, tonight."
Ji Hongcai was extremely happy. In his opinion, the most difficult thing to deal with was the food. Song Shuangshuang and her brother solved the food problem for him, allowing him to leave several days earlier.
As for the other items, he planned to give them to Song Shuangshuang and the others. He had been using them for so many years and he didn't know whether they would mind them or not.
Song Shuangshuang and her brother were still very surprised when they heard Ji Hongcai say that he wanted to give them something.
"Don't give us any more, we have already bought everything.
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to disdain you. It's just that those things of yours haven't been used for a few years. You can definitely exchange them with the villagers. There will definitely be people who want them. This way you can get some money for school in the future."
In fact, they knew that Ji Hongcai wanted to thank them, but one thing is for sure, they couldn't do that.