"Young man, you're quite strong!" The man whose bag was snatched wasn't annoyed; instead, he showed a hint of surprise and curiosity, staring intently at Xia Wan: "This bag of wheat seeds must weigh 160 or 170 pounds. How could you lift it so easily? That's stronger than two of us grown men!"

Xia Wan chuckled sheepishly, scratched his head, and put on a simple and honest appearance: "Hehe, you flatter me, Uncle! I've always been a little stronger than the average person since I was a child, so this little thing is nothing to me!"

The other man next to her couldn't help but give her a thumbs up, his eyes full of admiration: "Young lady, you're really amazing! Even we two grown men had some trouble lifting you!"

At this moment, his breathing was still a little rapid, clearly indicating that he had not yet recovered from the previous carrying.

For Xia Wan, such weight seemed effortless, which made him secretly marvel at the little girl's strength, which was beyond his imagination.

"Hey, uncle, where should I put this bag? I'm a newly arrived educated youth sent to the countryside, and I have to rush back to the assembly point!" Xia Wan didn't want to stay any longer; she just wanted to finish here as soon as possible and go back to see if the two old men had discussed it.

"Oh, just put it on that big rock at the corner ahead. Someone will come and take it away in a bit. Thank you, young man!" the middle-aged man said enthusiastically, pointing to the big rock ahead.

Xia Wan smiled shyly and didn't say anything. She also had her own purpose; she really didn't have the thick skin to agree to such a high-minded request!

After putting down the bag and saying goodbye to the two uncles, Xia Wan hurried back home, thinking that she would have to use some persuasion to get to Huaihua Brigade.

When she arrived at the spot, the oxcart of the Shanhou Brigade had already left, leaving only the brigade leader and the educated youth of the Huaihua Brigade waiting there.

Upon seeing her return, Captain Wu Guohua rushed to greet her, his face beaming with joy: "You're Xia, right? You've come back after helping out?"

Xia Wan nodded, looking somewhat confused: "Hello, sir, where did the people from our back mountain brigade go?"

Although she had somewhat anticipated this change, his transformation was still too drastic. How did he suddenly become so enthusiastic?

"Hahaha... That kid thought you were meddling in other people's business, so he took another educated youth and left, insisting on transferring you to our brigade! From now on, you're an educated youth in our brigade, and our Huaihua Brigade welcomes you!"

Wu Guohua seemed to despise the person from the Shanhou Brigade who came to pick up the educated youth, and he made slanderous accusations about people as if they were true!

If Xia Wan hadn't seen the complicated expressions on the faces of the other educated youths behind him, she would have believed what he said!

But none of that matters; what's most important is that she's now gotten what she wanted!

"Thank you, Captain. What about my luggage?" Xia Wan smiled and looked at where she had just put her luggage, asking the captain with a puzzled expression.

Wu Guohua pointed to the oxcart ahead: "Some educated youth comrades have already put it on the oxcart for you. Now that everyone is here, we need to hurry back to the brigade!"

He felt more and more that he had brought back a treasure; this girl could carry a large bag of wheat seeds by herself, something that even some grown men couldn't do.

Putting aside everything else, these male educated youths simply couldn't do it!

"Captain, this luggage has filled the carriage. How are we going to get back?" Li Zhenzhen asked the captain with a frown, her face showing impatience.

Their disgust for Xia Wan deepened. So many of them had waited here for so long, and now the captain was treating Xia Wan so well. Why?

So what if she's a little stronger? What good is that?

They're educated youth who came to support the countryside, hoping to change their destiny through knowledge! What good is physical strength? Can they farm with the villagers?

Li Zhenzhen's disgust was obvious. Wu Guohua, a shrewd man who had lived half his life, could easily see through her little scheme.

His good mood vanished instantly, and he said irritably, "You all follow behind! There's no other way, this is the only cow our brigade has, it's very precious! It can't pull this many people!"

Xia Wan almost laughed at Wu Guohua's words. This captain was quite good at being sarcastic. Look how much more interesting Li Zhenzhen's expression became after he made her angry!

The other educated youths didn't look too good either, but they were still rational and none of them stepped forward to be the first to speak out.

Wu Guohua didn't care about their expressions and waved his hand to signal everyone to follow the oxcart.

There were a total of 5 educated youths going to Huaihua Brigade this time. In addition to Xia Wan and the female lead and supporting actress, there were two male educated youths.

One of them was named Wang Zhuoyue. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and gave off the image of a sunny, big boy. He seemed to come from a well-off family.

The other one was named Chen Wei. He wore a faded white shirt, spoke in a greasy manner, and had a calculating look in his eyes, making him unlikable!

After walking for a while, Xia Wan finally couldn't contain her curiosity and, ignoring the whispered complaints of the educated youth, quickly walked a few steps to Wu Guohua's side.

"Captain, you've come all this way to pick us up, thank you for your hard work. Have a candy to sweeten your mouth!" Xia Wan took three or four fruit candies from her pocket and handed them over.

Wu Guohua smiled and refused, "This old man doesn't eat candy. Xia Zhiqing, you can keep it for yourself and eat it slowly. It won't be easy to buy candy in the countryside in the future!"

"This was prepared by my family before we boarded the train. I still have some left. Uncle, if you don't want it, you can take it back to your child!" Xia Wan smiled and put the candy into the brigade leader's pocket. "Uncle, how much longer until we get to the brigade?"

"It's still early!" Wu Guohua said, then turned to the people following behind him: "If you kids are tired, just say so, we'll rest for a while before we go!"

They were all about the same age as his youngest son, some even a few years younger, and they had all left their hometowns to come to this remote corner of the country!

He's not a heartless person; he can't let himself get exhausted on the way before he even gets to work!

"Let's rest for a while, I can't walk anymore!" Li Zhenzhen said, not caring that the ground was dirty, and sat down with a thud!

The other educated youth exchanged a few polite words and sat down on the ground to rest.

They had been traveling for so long, and then they had been walking behind the oxcart; they were already exhausted.

If it weren't for the fact that I was unfamiliar with the area and afraid of offending the captain as soon as I arrived, I would have sat down and refused to leave!

Wu Guohua watched as they were so tired they could barely walk, yet they rarely complained. A smile appeared in his eyes. This batch of educated youth was not bad!

Turning to look at Xia Wan, admiration appeared in his eyes. He once again marveled at his own sharp eyes; his team had struck gold!

He has no idea how much he will want to slap his past self in the near future!

However, he still thinks highly of Xia, the educated youth, and he has become much gentler when talking to people!