Aunt Cuihua led Xia Wan to knock on the door of Grandma Wu's house.

"Third Grandma, are you home?"

The old man is quite old now, but he is still in good health. When he heard someone knocking on the door, he came out with a spatula in his hand, obviously to cook!

"It's Cuihua! Come in quickly! And who is this girl?"

Aunt Cuihua smiled and introduced them to the two: "This is Xia, an educated youth. He's a good kid and works hard, but he's been ostracized by those guys in the educated youth compound. I was thinking, could this kid come and eat with you?"

"Hello, Third Grandma, my name is Xia Wan. These are some snacks I brought from Suzhou. Please have a taste."

On the way here, Aunt Cuihua had told Xia Wan that the old man was old and of a high generation.

In the village, regardless of age or gender, everyone calls her Third Grandma, so Xia Wan started calling her that too.

Grandma Wu stared at her for a while, then smiled kindly: "Oh, this girl is the educated youth Xia that the brigade leader mentioned yesterday. She's a good child! Please come in and sit down!"

The old man invited Xia Wan and the others into the house to sit down.

Although the house was simple, it was very clean and tidy.

"You just finished work, right? Have some water first." Third Grandma poured a bowl of water for each of them and handed it to them.

Xia Wan was really thirsty, so she gulped down a whole bowl in one go.

"Third Grandma, please stop busy. I brought Xia, the educated youth, here today because there's something I'd like to discuss with you!" Aunt Cuihua put down her bowl and finally had a chance to speak: "Xia, the educated youth, only arrived yesterday, and the brigade leader already mentioned her to you?"

"Yes, the brigade leader came over to deliver grain in the middle of the night yesterday. He mentioned that there's a girl among the educated youth who's incredibly strong!" Grandma Wu explained what the brigade leader had said yesterday.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Cuihua put on a sympathetic expression: "No wonder the brigade leader praised her; you have no idea how efficient that girl was at work today..."

Then Aunt Cuihua showered her with praise, which left Grandma Wu in awe!

Who would have thought that this skinny little girl could earn eight work points a day?

Before today, the educated youth were seen by the villagers as weak and helpless people who couldn't do any work. Some even thought that the educated youth came to steal their grain!

But it's no wonder they think that way. They don't know what it's like for educated youth in other villages. In their brigade, the work points earned by educated youth over the years are not even enough to support themselves!

Moreover, they are arrogant and look down on them, the country folk. Even when they talk to them, they usually have their own ulterior motives!

Of course, there are also good people who have already gotten married in the village, but they are still not good at farm work!

"You're a good child, no wonder the brigade leader was willing to transfer you to our brigade!" Third Grandma patted Xia Wan's hand, then turned to Aunt Cuihua and asked, "You said you wanted to talk to me about something? What is it?"

"It's not like Xia, the young educated youth, was ostracized by the older educated youth as soon as she arrived! Xia wanted to find someone from the village to eat with, and that's when I thought of you, Third Grandma..."

Aunt Cuihua was a straightforward person; she didn't beat around the bush and directly stated her purpose!

Anyway, there were a few unpopular ones among the older educated youth, and everyone in their village knew that. The previous educated youth, Zhou, was ostracized by those people and had no choice but to join Grandma San's group.

"Alright, alright, oh...poor thing..." Grandma Wu looked at Xia Wan with pity: "Have dinner at my place tonight!"

Her son died in a mission three years ago, and now she only has a seven-year-old grandson by her side. The villagers are all willing to take care of her.

Previously, a girl of good character was arranged to eat with her, but later that girl fell in love with a young man in the village and got married, and her side became deserted again!

She knew that Liu Cuihua had introduced Xia Wan because she thought she was capable of working! But she genuinely liked the child, and besides, she was still healthy and wouldn't take advantage of someone else's child!

However, the brigade leader also needs to keep a close eye on those people in the educated youth settlement. It's not good to exclude people all the time!

They are all children who came from all over the country to be sent to the countryside. They are already pitiful, and we can't let anything else go wrong!

Xia Wan: "..."

She wanted to say that she really wasn't bullied by those people, but Aunt Cuihua, with her biased view, had already forgotten about her hitting someone earlier and was convinced that she was being ostracized by those old educated youth!

"...Third Grandma, I'll come back tomorrow and pick up the grain while I'm at it. I'll go back to the educated youth settlement tonight to eat!"

Xia Wan declined Grandma Wu's offer to stay for dinner. The old lady had already been cooking and wouldn't have prepared any food for her if she hadn't known Xia Wan was coming.

Food is scarce right now, but she still won't fight with others for this food!

After chatting for a few more minutes, Xia Wan insisted on leaving, and no amount of persuasion from Grandma Wu could stop her.

Both parties agreed that Xia Wan would be responsible for any heavy chores such as cleaning and fetching water, while Grandma San would be in charge of cooking, since the old lady was a good cook!

As for the food, let's split it in half for now, and then adjust it according to how much we eat!

Xia Wan said goodbye to the two and returned to the educated youth compound. Liu Hongya had already started cooking.

"Xia Zhiqing, you're back!" Wang Zhuoyue waved and greeted her as she entered the room!

Xia Wan nodded slightly, taking in the scene in the courtyard: "What are you doing?"

Many of the male educated youth's belongings were moved out of his room, as if he was about to move out!

"Oh, we arrived too late yesterday and didn't have time to be assigned dormitories. Today, Yang, the educated youth, said that there are too many people living in our male educated youth's room, so he wants us to tidy up the room next door and have a few people live separately!" Wang Zhuoyue explained, pointing to the empty room next door.

Xia Wan nodded and casually replied politely, "Okay, do you need any help?"

Wang Zhuoyue quickly waved his hand: "No need, no need, this is all we need, Wei Ge and I can manage on our own!"

Xia Wan: "..."

Viagra? That's a name that's hard to guard against...

Xia Wan returned to the room where the female educated youth lived and bumped into Liu Hongya coming out of the kitchen.

She paused for a moment when she saw Xia Wan, but quickly recovered and said, "Xia Zhiqing, you're back just in time. We were just discussing the room assignments. We hadn't made a final decision until you came back. To avoid hurting feelings, we'll draw lots after dinner!"

"Draw lots?" Xia Wan frowned and looked around the educated youth compound. "What other rooms are available?"

Liu Hongya remained silent for a while before awkwardly pointing to the small storage room in the corner.

Xia Wan looked in the direction she pointed. The small storage room was open, and the things inside had been moved out, leaving only some garbage. It looked messy!

However, Xia Wan could still see the situation inside clearly at a glance. The room was very small, and after putting in a double bed, it was only possible for one person to walk around inside!

The windows and doors are broken; if anyone wants to live there, we'll definitely have to find someone to fix them!

"Who will be moved to the small house will be decided by drawing lots? And they'll have to fix the windows and doors themselves?"