When they heard that their money would be deducted, all the new educated youth except Zhang Hongcheng began to complain in a low voice.

When some of the old educated youth heard the instructor say this, they were obviously full of complaints and whispered to the new educated youth.

"Old people who came before 1968 are still popular. Those who came after 1968 have to pay this fee. If I had known earlier, I would have followed the example of that newcomer and carried the big quilt myself."

"It depends on the year. Didn't the few people who came from Shanghai two years ago also carry their own quilts? But the division said that those quilts were issued by the Shanghai government, and they would also deduct money from them. Tsk tsk tsk tsk. I heard that the companies made a fuss for a while, but in the end they all obeyed the deduction of money."

Yu Pengnian didn't pay attention to everyone's murmurs. He mentioned the remaining welfare benefits and then waved his hand.

“Dinner is ready!”

Whoosh~!

Zhang Hongcheng was quick to grab a chopstick of pork stewed with vermicelli and got four vermicelli noodles and two pieces of pork.

Kou Shihong was a little hesitant. When he reached for his chopsticks again, the pork stewed with vermicelli had turned into cabbage leaf soup.

The pork stewed with vermicelli was grabbed in a flash, and then the old educated youth began to eat it slowly.

Zhang Hongcheng felt that some of the old educated youth around him had some bad intentions.

The implications of their words all revolved around whether their families could make sesame paste, chili sauce, or pickled vegetables.

There were a few new and naive people, such as Jia Yumei, Yang Yongjun and Song Chunrong, who quickly took out various sauces they brought from home to share with everyone.

If Zhang Hongcheng hadn't secretly helped Su Beijing, this kid would have foolishly contributed the pickled vegetables he brought from home.

What the old educated youth liked most were the pickles and sauces that the newcomers brought from home.

They only get one home visit leave every two years, and given the inconvenience of mail delivery, they can only taste the food from outside a few times a year.

Seventeen-year-old Kou Shihong was very generous, and Zhang Hongcheng didn't try to hold him back.

He contributed the hot sauce he brought from home.

As a result, a group of educated youth from the north, especially the brothers and sisters from the Northeast, just ate a little of his hot sauce, and they all turned red in the face, beat their chests and stamped their feet, and coughed constantly.

It’s so damn spicy!

Even Captain Yan, who was from Sichuan Province, took a bite and drank several glasses of water.

All the sauces contributed by other newcomers were swept away, except for Kou Shihong's.

He still had four-fifths of his large bottle untouched.

This made Kou Shihong feel a little depressed.

Of course, there are people who patronize the restaurant. Zhang Hongcheng, who is from Hunan Province, enjoys the food there more.

But he also felt that Kou Shihong's hot sauce was really spicy, spicier than what he usually ate.

But people from Hunan and Jiangxi provinces are the same. They can't stop eating spicy food. The spicier the food, the more they want to eat it.

Kou Shihong hugged Zhang Hongcheng happily.

"You really know how to appreciate it, old man!"

After eating, everyone moved the tables in the cafeteria away.

The male and female comrades among the old educated youth began to perform.

It's a welcome party.

There was dancing, singing, and poetry recitation. Some of the new educated youth also bravely went on stage. Feng Xuexiu performed a piece of Peking Opera "Sha Jia Bang".

The most surprising thing is that Su Beijing, a sixteen-year-old guy from Guangdong Province, can actually play Tianjin Kuaiban.

After a lively night, everyone returned to the barracks and fell asleep.

The next day, the newly arrived educated youth had no production tasks.

The communicator Xiao Tong came over to inform them.

"I'll drive to the regiment headquarters. If you have anything you want to buy, give me the money and tickets and I'll bring it back for you."

The new comrades and lesbians hardly washed their feet last night and want to buy an enamel basin.

The little boy touched his head and asked, "Do you have industrial vouchers from this province?"

"An enamel basin costs five industrial coupons."

The newly arrived educated youth were all in a dilemma.

Last night the instructor gave each of them two industrial coupons, which is a benefit for new employees.

From then on, they would only be able to get one or two industrial vouchers every quarter.

Who has five industrial coupons?

The little boy suggested.

"I think you are still the old educated youth from before. Let's buy a few together and use them together first."

"I'll buy it myself when I've saved enough industrial vouchers."

The five male comrades except Zhang Hongcheng collected ten industrial coupons and prepared to buy two.

The three female comrades planned to buy two as well, but even after borrowing from squad leader Hao Aiguo, they could only collect nine.

Zhang Hongcheng plans to buy one for himself.

Fatty Hu had already helped him collect more than 20 Heilongjiang Province industrial coupons from 1971.

If he wasn't afraid of being too conspicuous, he would have bought two.

He lent an industrial coupon to three female comrades, and then took out five industrial coupons and three dollars to give to the child.

Faced with everyone's envious and puzzled eyes, he touched his head and smiled harmlessly.

"Luckily, someone reminded me beforehand. I exchanged some provincial tickets at Harbin Railway Station with a colleague who was on a business trip to the south."

Hao Aiguo patted his shoulder.

"Comrade Xiao Zhang is so lucky!"

As soon as the little boy's carriage left, several newly arrived educated youth were discussing what to do next that day.

Suddenly, an old educated youth came back happily carrying a hoe.

"There seems to be a fight in the village across the river! Go to the river and watch the fun~!"