Li Yuanzhao: "I brought my food rations for today. I'm going to eat at your house."

Song Yan understood; it was probably because of the newly arrived educated youth!

Upon hearing this, Aunt Wei quickly agreed, "Then come on over. Have something ready to eat here."

Li Yuanzhao is not a person who likes to complain, but today she couldn't help herself.

The first few days after arriving in the fields were exhausting and I wasn't used to it. The new educated youth weren't even satisfied with the food provided. It was quite a headache.

Song Yan was living his own quiet life and had almost forgotten about his time as an educated youth.

In the original novel, Dong Mingming is a rather complicated character. What city girl could do farm work? Yet, no one is as pampered as her. She takes others for granted.

Pan Bo had helped her twice, and she asked him if he had a crush on her. She said that to be her boyfriend, he had to help her with chores first.

Regardless of whether Pan Bo had any intentions when he helped her with her work, after hearing her say that, he definitely didn't. He tried to avoid her from then on. But this girl still took a liking to Pan Bo and kept pestering him.

Dong Mingming is useless at everything and is incredibly spoiled. What could Pan Bo possibly see in her? Pan Bo has been avoiding her all along.

Later, Pan Bo had no other choice but to move in with Grandma Wang, who was on welfare.

In the book, Pan Bo and Shen Hanyang weren't mutually attracted to each other. Even when they returned to the city, their relationship hadn't developed. However, at the time, they were both unmarried, older single men.

It's no wonder Song Yan is overthinking things; nowadays, people generally get married in an orderly fashion when they reach a certain age, and it's rare for someone not to get married.

Is it because of Dong Mingming's meddling that they haven't even developed any mutual affection?

Will Dong Mingming also ruin their relationship now?

Li Yuanzhao recounted yesterday's events, and Jiang Xiaoxiao felt incredibly sorry for her. Song Yan, however, remained silent and continued walking. Li Yuanzhao nudged Song Yan, "Didn't you hear me? Dong Mingming is even more annoying than you were back then!"

Song Yan finally came to his senses. "How can you talk like that? What did I do wrong back then?"

Li Yuanzhao laughed heartily: "Has she forgotten what she used to be like? She can't do anything right. She's working while crying, as if someone's been upset with her. But at least you still intend to do it, so I can't bear to kick you out. Every time it's your turn to cook, if it weren't for Jiang Xiaoxiao with you, you wouldn't be able to cook a proper meal in a single sitting."

Song Yan smiled too. Actually, the people at the educated youth settlement were quite humane. The original owner had tried her best to work there, but she had done a terrible job. Everyone had been quite lenient with her.

The original owner wasn't very good at starting a fire, and Li Yuanzhao helped her light it the first time. When she was pouring oil, her hand slipped, and she poured in all the oil from the day. She poured chopped green onions into the pot, but ended up throwing the knife in too... Jiang Xiaoxiao kept trying to salvage the situation from the side.

The worst incident happened when, after pouring oil into the pot, the fire underneath was too intense, and the original owner was dawdling. Just then, Jiang Xiaoxiao was called out. A huge fire broke out in the large iron pot, almost causing a blaze. The original owner was so frightened that he started crying. Jiang Xiaoxiao ran in and put the lid on, saving the situation. The oil in the pot was wasted.

Song Yan stepped forward and hugged Jiang Xiaoxiao, saying, "Only my sister has always been there for me and never abandoned me."

Li Yuanzhao rolled her eyes. "You ruined our oil supply for days, did you make you pay for it? You should give me back my sister."

Song Yan couldn't deny the original owner's past even if she wanted to. However, Li Yuanzhao was telling the truth. Everyone complained for a while and then let it go; no one pursued the matter further. Among those present was a female educated youth who had married into another brigade shortly after Song Yan arrived. "But I was trying my best to live back then. I wanted to do well. Even when it wasn't my turn to cook, I still learned, didn't I?" It's true that Song's mother felt sorry for her daughter. She was afraid that if her daughter learned to cook, the whole family would depend on her. Therefore, she didn't want her daughter to get involved in cooking.

Li Yuanzhao: "What were you spacing out for just now?"

Song Yan couldn't directly say that Dong Mingming would take a liking to Pan Bo. "I'm thinking that Pan Bo and Shen Hanyang should go public with their relationship."

Li Yuanzhao: "Actually, everyone knows what happened."

Before starting work in the morning, each group took attendance. Gao Weijie and Dong Mingming were both late. These two became the people in the brigade who didn't earn a single work point and even had work points deducted.

Li Yuanzhao and the others were worried that the new educated youth would set the house on fire. At noon, they asked Pan Bo to go back and check on it, and he helped Gao Weijie start the fire.

Pan Bo couldn't cook either, but he had at least watched how women cooked. Under his guidance, she made a pot of corn porridge.

In the afternoon, Pan Bo took a break from his busy schedule and went up to Li Yuanzhao. "I'm really fed up. Dong Mingming was just waiting in the house for Gao Weijie, a grown man, to cook. I saw that the corn porridge was almost ready, so I quickly left. I also heard her complaining that she hadn't eaten breakfast and that this was what she was supposed to eat for lunch."

Song Yan: "Hey, hey, I'm telling you, your attitude is problematic! What do you mean by 'a grown man cooking'? It's perfectly normal for a husband to cook for his wife. The abnormal ones are those who are not related; one person doesn't need to serve another. Don't you agree?"

Shen Hanyang smiled to himself.

Pan Bo looked at Shen Hanyang a little embarrassedly, "Okay, you're right. I'm worried about what we'll do in the future."

Even with the powerful aura of a female lead, Li Yuanzhao was at a loss. "Of all the batches of educated youth who have come and gone, this is the first time."

"I have to go back tomorrow no matter what." Shen Hanyang was also upset! She was clearly late this morning in front of so many people and was criticized by the brigade leader, yet she still acted aggrieved. Some people inevitably said that educated youth were bad.

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