Su Qian returned to the collective home. Tian Xiaohui was in the room. She was very happy to see Su Qian, "You're back just now? I thought you were going to be there for a long time like last time."

Susie smiled and said, "I have something to do when I come back, and I have to go out tomorrow."

Tian Xiaohui approached her and said, "You were not at home yesterday. You don't know how busy our place is."

"It's lively?" Susie asked, "What's the excitement?"

Tian Xiaohui pointed to the next door, "The aunt in the seventh row is here, kneeling in our yard, begging Qin Man to let her son go."

"There are so many people watching the fun, our collective house is surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside."

Susie frowned, "Then what happened in the end?"

"Qin Man was locked in the room anyway and never came out."

"Tingting couldn't bear it anymore and took a broom to drive away the aunt."

"The aunt refused to leave anyway, so she knelt on the ground and cried. Tingting hit her with a broom, but she didn't leave. Finally, the women's director Zhang Lanying called several people to take the aunt away."

Tian Xiaohui whispered: "I heard many people say that that man may be sentenced to death."

Susie thought about it, in this day and age, the death penalty was really possible.

This is purely because the man is seeking death.

Qin Man originally didn't want to report the crime, but their family was still entangled, and they wanted to marry Qin Man home while destroying Qin Man's reputation.

Su Qian asked, "How is Qin Man?"

Tian Xiaohui shook her head, "I don't know."

"Yu Xue cooked a meal and brought it in for her. Anyway, she hasn't come out these days."

Susie was tired after running around for such a long time. She went to the kitchen to fetch water and washed herself, then climbed into bed to rest.

Tian Xiaohui didn't dare to disturb her and just played cards boringly.

Susie slept until almost four o'clock when she woke up, knitted a sweater for a while, and then went to the stove to light a fire and cook.

When Zhao Tingting came back from work, she was very happy to see Su Qian cooking vegetables with quick hands and feet.

The food was all cooked, but Qiao Mu, Yuan Gang and the others were not seen back.

It was almost dark before they came in to fetch water and wash their hands.

Zhao Tingting saw that everyone was covered in ashes and asked, "What did you do to end up like this?"

Yuan Gang looked at Niu Jianguo who was washing dishes not far away, and whispered: "We found a place on the mountain to burn charcoal."

"Qiao Mu said that winter is coming, the house is cold, and burning wood is very smokey, but burning charcoal is warm and smokeless."

Susie glanced at Qiao Mu in surprise. Charcoal burning should be a technical job, and she didn't know how Qiao Mu knew it.

Seeing Qiao Mu looking at her, she gave him a thumbs up, "That's great, then we won't be afraid of the cold during the winter."

Susie felt that the corners of Qiao Mu's mouth seemed to be raised.

Although this could hardly be called a smile, since Qiao Mu went down to the lake at midnight that day, he had been silent and frowning, as if he had infinite worries.

I finally look a little happier today.

The tables and chairs were set up and everyone gathered around to eat. Seeing Niu Jianguo washing the dishes and going out, Su Qian whispered: "I think if you can really burn charcoal, you can sell it in the county town."

Everyone in the countryside burns firewood, but in the city they cannot burn firewood, so charcoal is generally used for heating in winter.

Zhu Zhicheng's eyes lit up.

Yuan Gang became excited when he heard this. He was also very short of money. It would be great if he could sell some money for the charcoal he burned.

Qiao Mu didn't say anything. He didn't care whether it was money or not. He burned charcoal because he didn't want Susie to get cold in the winter.

Zhu Zhicheng hesitated, "I just don't know if this thing can be sold."

Although he wanted to make money, he also didn't want to be dragged into labor reform because of speculation.

Susie thought for a while, "Otherwise, isn't my aunt in the county? They will definitely need charcoal for heating in winter. I will take some time to go there and see if there are any acquaintances in their family who want charcoal."

Send it directly to them, it's safer this way and you don't have to go to the black market to sell it."

Zhu Zhicheng nodded, "This is a good method."

Susie smiled, "Then you burn more, I guess there will be a lot of people asking for it."

Yuan Gang and Zhu Zhicheng figured it out. It was starting to get cold now, and there was not much work to do in the fields. It was a good thing that burning charcoal would not hinder them from earning work points, but they could also make money.

Susie couldn't help but praise Qiao Mu again, "Qiao Mu is really amazing, he can do everything."

Qiao Mu looked at Susie, pursed her lips and brightened her eyes.

After dinner, Su Qian told Zhu Zhicheng that Liu Zi would sleep with him that night. Zhu Zhicheng nodded and agreed without saying a word.

Just as he was talking, Liuzi came over. Liuzi was a familiar person, so Su Qian didn't need to worry about him. He quickly got along with Zhu Zhicheng and Yuan Gang, but Qiao Mu was a bit cold and didn't pay much attention to others.

Su Qian was planning to go to bed early when Xu Changgui came over in a hurry.

He pulled Su Qian into the yard and said, "I originally planned to go to Liujiagang with you, but someone from the commune informed me this afternoon that I will go to the commune for a meeting early tomorrow morning."

"How about I ask Accountant Zhang to accompany you?"

Susie shook her head, "No, I'll go alone."

Accountant Zhang goes with her, and I'm afraid she and Uncle Liao won't be able to hide their secrets.

Xu Changgui felt uneasy thinking about it, "It's too unsafe for a girl like you to bring so much money and have to squeeze into a train."

Susie smiled and said, "Second Grandpa, there is nothing unsafe."

"Accountant Zhang is a man. It's inconvenient for me to go on a business trip with him."

Xu Changgui thought the same thing, "Can you really do it alone?"

Susie nodded, "It can work."

Xu Changgui hesitated for a while, thinking that Su Qian was very smart, so she should be fine.

He took out a thick envelope from his pocket and said, "Four hundred yuan, more money for the formalities and your travel expenses. You must drive the tractor back to me."

Su Qian opened the envelope and counted the money in front of Xu Changgui. It was four hundred yuan, no more and no less.

There is also a letter of introduction stamped with the official seal of the Yangjiao Production Team.

Susie nodded, "Don't worry, Second Grandpa, I will live up to your trust and drive the tractor back to you."

Xu Changgui smiled and said, "Be careful on the road."

Early the next morning, before dawn, Susie got up.

I didn't make breakfast either, so I went to Liao's house with Liu Zi. Aunt Lan baked pancakes and brought them to them.

The two of them hurried on in the dark and arrived at the county seat before eight o'clock.

Then we went to the train station to wait for the train, running all the way, and finally arrived at Liujiagang at 11 noon.

Uncle Liao and Liuzi first accompanied Su Qian to see the tractor.

The tractor was parked in an empty room next to the Liujiagang brigade warehouse.

Su Qian first showed Captain Liu the letter of introduction, and then asked Uncle Liu to explain to her how to drive the tractor. She had to test drive the tractor before buying it.

Uncle Liu first took the crank handle and inserted it into a hole in the front of the tractor, and then asked Susie to crank it.

Susie pressed her whole body up, almost exerting all her strength to suck the breast, and shook it hard several times before the diesel engine started to make a "chugging" sound.

Susie pulled out the crank handle and gasped. This job of shaking the tractor was really not something that her small body could do.
Chapter completed!