Now that they've ordered so much furniture, Uncle Zheng will have to work overtime again. Although he's busy, he's happy because he'll earn more this way.

Wenxi picked out three baskets and three carrying baskets, and paid for the baskets and carrying baskets first. As for the other furniture, she would pay for it after the furniture arrived.

As they left the carpenter's house, Jiang Yue took Wen Xi's arm and said gratefully and sincerely, "Xiao Xi, thank you!"

Wen Xi took three of everything, including her share. Her family gave her thirty yuan when she went to the countryside, and she also brought a bunch of old things, but it wasn't even as much as Shen Jiaojiao stole from home. Living with Wen Xi and Shen Jiaojiao, she was the one who benefited.

From now on, she can only repay them by doing more work.

Wen Xi patted Jiang Yue's hand without saying a word; everything was understood without being spoken.

Wenxi brought nearly 500 yuan from home. 300 yuan was pocket money given to her by her second brother, and the remaining 200 yuan was money she had saved up since childhood. Now that she had arranged the major items, she should not need to spend any more money in the future, because she had a sign-in system, and she would not need to spend money to buy many things.

In the evening, Wenxi stir-fried some wild vegetables, but she didn't stir-fry all of them. She only stir-fried three kinds: dandelion, wild onion, and toad greens. She simply stir-fried them without adding any oil or salt.

She didn't want the group of educated youth at the settlement to take advantage of her, and she didn't want them to think she was rich and then pester her.

After it got dark, the three of them each carried a basket and headed towards the educated youth compound. Knowing that there were no extra bowls and chopsticks there, they brought their own!

Soon they arrived at a large house belonging to the Ping An Brigade.

This place used to be the house of the richest man, but it was later demolished and ruined. After some repairs, it became a place for educated youth to live.

At this time, the educated youth who had arrived earlier were already cooking dinner inside. Hearing the noise outside, a male educated youth came out. Wen Xi recognized him as the male protagonist's good brother, Lu Xiaoyun, who was also the culprit behind Shen Jiaojiao's misfortune in her previous life.

Wen Xi subconsciously pulled Shen Jiaojiao behind her, preventing Lu Xiaoyun from seeing Shen Jiaojiao at first glance. Instead, she herself acted as if she was interested in Lu Xiaoyun.

If Lu Xiaoyun wanted to seduce or flirt with her, he could do so, because she was mentally prepared and could handle it. However, Shen Jiaojiao had never experienced anything like this before, and she was really easy to be fooled by men.

Lu Xiaoyun noticed Wen Xi immediately. She was incredibly beautiful, with fair skin, a delicate nose, and perfectly red lips. Her dark, lustrous eyes seemed to be filled with starlight, captivating all who looked into them, like a mysterious night sky that made one want to explore its secrets.

Lu Xiaoyun had met many girls, but none of them were as beautiful as her.

However, when he saw the surprise in the girl's eyes quickly turn into disgust, Lu Xiaoyun felt a sense of defeat rise in his heart for no reason. Had he just made a bad expression?

Why did she feel such disgust upon first meeting him?

"Comrade, hello. We are also new educated youth who arrived yesterday. We heard that the educated youth compound is holding a welcome banquet tonight, so we brought our own dishes."

"So you're the educated youth who just arrived yesterday! Welcome, welcome! Hello, I'm Lu Xiaoyun, one of the educated youth who came before us. It's getting dark, please come in!" Lu Xiaoyun said with a smile.

When Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue heard Lu Xiaoyun's name, they both remembered the gossip Wen Xi had told them. They exchanged a glance and a knowing look.

So this is Lu Xiaoyun, the guy who cheated on his wife with two women, one back home and one outside. He looks quite respectable, yet he did such a despicable thing.

Wen Xi had lived here for two years in her previous life and knew every plant and tree here very well. Just by listening to the sounds, she knew that everyone was gathered in the kitchen. Without asking Lu Xiaoyun to lead the way, she directly led Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue inside and walked towards the source of the sound.

It had snowed before, and the snow on the ground hadn't completely melted yet. Since we didn't have to work, everyone was at the educated youth settlement. The kitchen was a bit warmer, so everyone gathered there.

"Wen, Shen, and Jiang, you've arrived!" Hearing the voices, Song Lan guessed that it was the three of them coming. As soon as she came out, she saw them and quickly came over to greet them.

Entering the kitchen, Wenxi took out a basket of stir-fried wild vegetables and handed it to Song Lan, saying, "Hello, I am also Wenxi, a newly arrived educated youth. We didn't bring anything special, just three dishes. We hope you won't mind having some!"

"No problem, no problem at all. How could we possibly mind such delicious food?" Song Lan hurriedly reached out and took the stir-fried wild vegetables, then carried them into the kitchen and placed them on the table.

Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue quickly put the wild vegetables from their baskets on the table.

Seeing the wild vegetable porridge, pickled vegetables, stir-fried radish, and stir-fried cabbage on the table, Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue exchanged glances. Luckily, Wen Xi had the foresight to not cook any meat dishes, otherwise these old educated youths would have really benefited.

They were the ones who were supposed to host the welcome banquet, but this was the kind of food they were served. There wasn't even a single egg drop soup. They could have made a whole pot of egg drop soup with just an egg and some cabbage, but they didn't do anything.

There were a total of eighteen people, both new and old educated youth. One table was simply not enough to seat them all, so everyone brought out small tables from the boys' and girls' dormitories and put them together, which was just enough to fit them all.

The group of cooks brought all the dishes to the table. One of the girls smiled and said to everyone, "To welcome you five new educated youths, we've made a few simple dishes. Even the most skilled cook can't cook without ingredients, and we don't have much here, so this is all we can manage. We hope you won't mind!"

Wen Xi smiled faintly, "This is already very good. We used up all the resettlement money to buy a house and furniture. We won't be able to eat such good food again in the future."

After everyone sat down around the table, a male educated youth stood up and said, "Hello, I am Zhu Jiawen, the male person in charge of the educated youth settlement. We all came to the countryside to support the country's construction, so we should help and look after each other. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to the educated youth settlement to find us."

Chu Wan'er, who was in charge of the female educated youth, also stood up, looked around at everyone, and said, "Zhu Jiawen is right. Although we don't live together, we are all educated youth and we are one. We really need to unite so that we won't be bullied."

Wen Xi just smiled to herself. She spoke very frankly, but in reality, she was either indifferent to other people's business or just trying to smooth things over. Otherwise, she wouldn't have felt so stifled during those two years at the educated youth settlement in her previous life.