Then he strode forward without looking back, not wanting to cry, not wanting them to see his reluctance to part with them, as if he would lose if he did. Sometimes Xie Yan felt that he was really ridiculous. He had lived two lives, so why did he still not have a brain?

Why can't I be like others, able to let go easily?

Decisive and stylish in doing things!

As Xie Yan boarded the car, she couldn't help but look back at them. Seeing them standing in the crowd, so small yet so determined, staring straight at her, Xie Yan couldn't help but shed tears.

It seems like they really can't bear to part with it!

But what can you do if you're reluctant to part with it? The tide of time won't stop for anyone, and Xie Yan can only be pushed forward, carrying large and small bags, being jostled and pushed back by the crowd.

Finally, I managed to squeeze into my seat.

After putting everything away, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

If his family hadn't had to see him off, he could have secretly put some things away! Unlike now, he's carrying so many bags and looks more like someone fleeing a disaster on TV.

And the smell on this train is awful! Xie Yan held her breath, and it took her a while to get used to it!

Before long, more people came up one after another. A young man sat down next to Xie Yan. He looked like a rich man's son. He only brought a small leather suitcase and was dressed in a smart and stylish manner.

After sitting down, he greeted the people around him very warmly!

Of course, Xie Yan, who was sitting next to him, was the first person he took care of. "Hello comrade, my name is Gu Bin, and I'm one of the educated youth going to the Northwest this time!"

Since they had already greeted him, Xie Yan had to reply, even if he didn't want to. "Xie Yan, I'm a sent-down youth going to the Northwest, just like you!"

A short-haired girl in front of him chimed in, "Zhang Hua is also one of those sent to the countryside in the Northwest."

A girl was sitting next to her, crying. She looked very sad and upset. It was unclear whether she had heard their conversation; she just kept crying and didn't lift her head.

Zhang Hua comforted her several times, but found that the girl had no reaction to the outside world at all and was just immersed in her own world, crying!

Seeing that the girl was indeed ignoring them, Gu Bin stopped looking at her and instead pulled Xie Yan and Zhang Hua across the table to chat.

But Xie Yan didn't really want to talk either! He was feeling very conflicted and had little desire to speak.

If it weren't for saving face, Xie Yan would have wanted to cry his heart out! He went to the countryside to suffer, not to enjoy a life of luxury. Just thinking about the days to come made Xie Yan feel terrible!

More than seven years! Not seven days, not seven months!

Gu Bin was a very perceptive person. He noticed that Xie Yan was not in a good mood, so he comforted him for a few words. Seeing that Xie Yan really had no desire to talk, he stopped paying attention to Xie Yan and focused on chatting with Zhang Hua. In the end, only Gu Bin and Zhang Hua's voices remained on their side, accompanied by crying background music, which sounded strange no matter how you listened to it.

After a while, Gu Bin and Zhang Hua also stopped talking. Only crying could be heard from their side, but the entire carriage was still filled with all sorts of noises: the sharp cries of children, the shouts of adults, and other random sounds. The noise gave Xie Yan a headache, and he could only close his eyes and pretend to sleep.

The thought of having to stay in this environment for more than two more days makes me feel extremely uncomfortable! It's awful!

It was past 10 p.m., and people were still walking around and talking loudly in the car. Xie Yan was furious! He wanted to get up and yell at them, but there were just too many of them, and if he stood up, he would only get beaten up!

I could only force myself to pretend it was just background music on TV! I started silently counting sheep in my head! Just after Xie Yan finally fell asleep, he was woken up again by deafening snoring! It was the kind of rhythmic snoring, high one note, low one note, falling on one side and rising on the other!

Xie Yan genuinely felt he was going crazy; he really wanted to fire a cannon and blast this train carriage to pieces, bringing peace to the world.

"Aaaaaah!" Xie Yan thought in despair, "This rural assignment is really killing me!"

After a two-day, two-night train journey, by the time Xie Yan got off at the station, he felt completely marinated in the smells of the train.

He reeked of sourness! Coupled with lack of rest, Xie Yan exuded an aura of irritability!

Of course, the others weren't much better off!

Even Gu Bin, who was the most refined person on the bus at the time, looked listless and exhausted when he got off, as if his life force had been drained by a monster.

After getting off the train, they found the person in charge of the educated youth and were led to a large courtyard, where they waited to be assigned.

Xie Yan breathed in the fresh air and felt as if she had finally come back to life!

He glanced at the group of educated youth waiting to be assigned to jobs, and they all looked like wilted eggplants, listless and dispirited. It was clear that they hadn't rested well on the train!

Some of the female educated youth had messy hair! In just a short while, several of them had already gone to wash up and tidy themselves up.

Of course, some male educated youths went to tidy up their own things, but Xie Yan was not included. He closed his eyes and wanted to take a nap!

My head is spinning, I feel so awful!

Oh! I forgot, Xie Yan might be in a worse state than the others. He gets a bit train-sick, and he barely ate any of the scallion pancakes Chen Guihua brought him!

Right now, he's sitting next to his luggage with his eyes closed. He feels dizzy and the ground is moving, just like on a train, swaying back and forth!

A short while later, the person in charge came over with a list in his hand and scanned the group of educated youth standing in the courtyard.

The more I looked, the more headache I got. There were more female educated youth than male educated youth, and some of them looked like children. Looking at them, they all looked so listless. How were they going to go to the communes below?

Although there are cars in the commune, the brigades below the commune road have to walk, and there is quite a lot of walking involved!

In particular, some of them were pale and looked like they were about to collapse, which was very worrying!

Then he comforted himself, "It's okay, it's okay! Anyway, it's the commune that should be worried, those few people who got their share!"

Take a deep breath, pick up the list, and start reading the names!

Coincidentally, Xie Yan, Zhang Hua, and Gu Bin were assigned to the same place, Da Shitou Commune! As for the crying girl, Xie Yan still doesn't know her name, so he really doesn't know where she was assigned!

After the assignments were completed, people from various communes came to pick them up!

The head of their commune was a dark-skinned man, and it was the busy farming season, so his skin was shiny from the sun.