Yu Yuehua tugged at Yu Yuehe's arm, signaling him to shut up, and lowered her voice to Xie Yan, saying, "The main problem is that now that the educated youth are coming, we have to distribute grain to them. Our harvest this year wasn't very good either; we don't even have enough for ourselves, and now the educated youth are coming!"

He sighed as he said this.

Remembering that Xie Yan was also a sent-down youth, she added, "It's not that we have a problem with sent-down youth, but as you know now, if you can't work, it means you won't get work points or food. Now that sent-down youth are coming, their share of food will have to be taken from our winter food."

That's why I have a problem with them.

"It's fine to come anytime in spring, then even if you're looking for wild vegetables, you won't go hungry."

Xie Yan nodded, "That makes sense. In this kind of weather, nothing can be done, so it's understandable that everyone has complaints."

Xie Yan used to be an educated youth sent to the countryside, so he has a perspective from that perspective and would have opinions about the villagers who didn't like them. But now Xie Yan can understand them very well.

These educated youths, who had just arrived, knew nothing and were always damaging crops. Yet they were still given work points, which directly infringed upon the interests of the villagers.

Besides, when that educated youth first arrived, did he not look down on the countryside?

It's unbearable for anyone to have their hometown disliked like this!

Seeing this, Yu Yuehua smiled and nodded, "Let's not talk about it anymore. It's all just some troublesome things. You should go to school soon. We'll be going now. If the snow gets heavier later, it will be even more difficult to travel."

Xie Yan glanced at the soles of their feet. "Are their shoes slippery?"

Yu Yuehe lifted her foot and showed Xie Yan the rope tied to it, "It's here, so it's not slippery."

All that could be seen around Yuehe's feet were ropes woven from corn husks, wrapped in layers.

After thinking for a moment, Xie Yan suggested, "Bring a thicker stick, since the road isn't easy to walk on, you should be careful."

Walking in the snow can make it difficult to see clearly.

In addition, the snow is too thick, making it difficult to see the road.

Yu Yuehua nodded. "That's what we were thinking too. We just haven't seen a suitable stick yet. We'll keep an eye out for one on the way."

There are plenty of trees along the roadside, so finding a handy stick isn't difficult.

Xie Yan was a little worried for the educated youth who were coming. The road was bad, so let's just forget about it. They would be carrying more luggage than less when they went to the countryside. After hesitating for a moment, he still suggested, "If it's convenient, find a few more sticks."

Looking at the snow-covered mountains in the distance, Yu Yuehua sighed, "Sigh! I might not even be able to come back today."

"Let's go and take a look first. If it's really not working out, we'll have to rest at the commune for a day and set off early tomorrow morning!"

Xie Yan nodded, "Of course, it would be dangerous if it were too late, especially in this snowy weather."

After they parted, Xie Yan watched the two brothers slowly walk away and sighed. This road really wasn't easy to walk.

I don't know what those people were thinking. Sending educated youth to the countryside in winter, especially to the Northwest, didn't they know it snows here?

On the first day it snowed, some educated youth came over.

The educated youth settlement will definitely be lively then.

Fortunately, Gu Bin had already built his own house early on!

That's a relief, a chance to finally have some peace and quiet.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the footprints of the Yu brothers were soon covered by the snow and disappeared.

Xie Yan slowly began to walk towards the school. There wasn't a single footprint on the road, and he walked very carefully with each step.

I'm afraid of stepping into a hole or slipping.

When Xie Yan finally arrived at school, he breathed a sigh of relief. But as soon as he relaxed, he squatted down, and he felt like his tailbone was broken.

Just as he was relieved that no one had seen him, Liu Yihong came out of the office.

Xie Yan: "..."

I wanted to stand up quickly, but the fall hurt so much that I couldn't get up.

Seeing Xie Yan, Liu Yihong suppressed a laugh and said, "You fell too!"

Xie Yan gritted his teeth (actually, it was from pain) and said, "Otherwise what? Can't you see?"

Liu Yihong said very sincerely, "I saw it. I've already fallen down at the entrance of the educated youth settlement. You'll get used to it after a few more falls."

Anyway, he's used to it now.

Seeing Xie Yan's expression was off, she said with some concern, "Wait here, I'll come and help you." She tried to come over, but after only a few steps, she slipped and stumbled.

Xie Yan quickly stopped her, "Don't come any closer, I'm much better now, I can get up."

This guy didn't help him up, so he tripped and fell first.

After slowly standing up, Xie Yan noticed that his feet had slid such a long distance, no wonder he fell and it hurt so much.

I glanced at the small stove next to me. Thankfully, the fire inside hadn't spilled out and was still standing there intact.

Xie Yan stood up to catch his breath, then lifted himself up again and slowly moved over little by little.

Finally reaching the top of the steps, Xie Yan shook the snow off his feet and slowly walked towards the office. As he passed the classroom, he glanced inside; it was empty.

Given the weather, Xie Yan hoped that none of the children would come.

It's best if people from other villages don't come. The road is really difficult to walk on, and there are many children. What if they fall and get injured?

Liu Yihong also looked worriedly into the distance. The heavy snow obscured the view, and there was not a single person in sight.

Liu Yihong walked over and said, "I hope the children won't come."

Xie Yan nodded, "Yes, the road is really slippery and very difficult to walk on!"

Just then, a child wearing a yellow cotton coat slowly appeared in their line of sight, wobbling and moving little by little as they walked over.

Xie Yan quickly put down the small stove in his hand and prepared to go over to pick up the Minion.

Liu Yihong stopped him, "I'll go, you should go and rest over there."

The little yellow man, Zhang Xi, excitedly greeted Liu Yihong, "Teacher Liu, did you come to pick me up?"

Liu Yihong: "Yes, we've come to pick you up. Take it easy and be careful, it's not a safe place to walk."

He was about to climb up the tree to help her when the little girl laughed and said, "Teacher, you don't need to come up. Stand further away, or I'll slide down in one go."

Liu Yihong: "?"

But they still obediently stood a little further away.

Then the Minion crouched down and slid down in a flash.

Xie Yan: "?"

Liu Yihong: "..."

He was dumbfounded. So amazing, what was he doing here?

We still have to move over little by little. In front of the students, she walks much better than they do!

How can he save face like this!

Fortunately, no more students came after that.

There was only one little girl, Zhang Xi.

Xie Yan and Liu Yihong could only help her review the previous lessons.

At noon, Xie Yan found a stick and slowly carried the child home.

By the way, tell the other students that they don't need to go to school this afternoon, and if it snows like this again tomorrow, they don't need to go to school either.

Neither Yu Yuehua nor Yu Yuehe returned that night.

It snowed for a whole day.

Such cold weather is perfect for hot pot.

Xie Yan brought out the meat and butter that he had been saving for a long time.

He began directing Yu Yue to stir-fry the hot pot base.