After finishing work, Li Lanying rushed home and saw An Xiuxiu in the yard when she arrived.

"Get in here!"

"I heard you gave the new male educated youth an egg yesterday? Is that true?" Li Lanying asked sternly.

An Xiuxiu stammered and hesitated, her face immediately turning red.

Seeing An Xiuxiu's reaction, Li Lanying understood immediately and was furious. "I disagree! Let me tell you, these educated youths are no good. They can't work, they can't do anything, all they do is deceive you young girls..."

Before she could finish speaking, An Xiuxiu interrupted her: "Mom! How could you say that about Zhiyuan? He would never do that!"

"You've only known him for a few days? And you call him Brother Zhiyuan! Does he even know who you are? Besides, he's an educated youth sent to the countryside. Do you think he'll take you with him when he goes back to the city? You're really brainless!" Li Lanying said, exasperated.

“Mom! I won’t allow you to say that about Zhiyuan! Zhiyuan is handsome and cultured, and I like cultured men,” An Xiuxiu said stubbornly.

"Alright, you're always taking his side. I'm not going to argue with you anymore. I'll get your father to come back and talk to you!" Li Lanying was so angry she didn't want to say anything more.

An Xiuxiu is the accountant's youngest daughter, and she is spoiled by her family. They always give her whatever she wants, which has fostered a personality in An Xiuxiu that demands everything she wants.

An Xiuxiu is 17 years old this year and barely graduated from elementary school. She doesn't want to go to school anymore, and her family doesn't force her to continue. She likes Zhang Zhiyuan because he is gentle and refined.

When Accountant An returned, Li Lanying told him about it, and he also felt it wouldn't work, so he told An Xiuxiu that he disagreed.

An Xiuxiu was heartbroken and ran out crying.

Unconsciously, I ran to the educated youth settlement and happened to see Zhang Zhiyuan leaving. I quickly followed in his footsteps.

Just as he was about to greet Zhang Zhiyuan, he saw Tian Daniu from the village hand him an egg, which Zhang Zhiyuan took and ate.

An Xiuxiu was very upset, but she also felt that Zhang Zhiyuan was definitely not that kind of person.

Seeing that Tian Daniu had left, An Xiuxiu hurriedly stepped forward: "Brother Zhiyuan! What was that just now..."

Zhang Zhiyuan looked at An Xiuxiu and said, "Oh, that! I helped her with a small favor, and she thanked me!"

An Xiuxiu believed her and said that Zhang Zhiyuan wouldn't take anything from just anyone.

Zhang Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that An Xiuxiu didn't disbelieve him. After all, her father was the brigade accountant; he couldn't afford to offend him easily.

“Brother Zhiyuan! I…I…” An Xiuxiu stammered, her face flushed.

"What brings you here? What do you want?"

"I want to... I want to be your girlfriend, do you agree?" An Xiuxiu mustered up her courage and asked.

"This matter... I'll think about it carefully before giving you an answer. After all, it's a lifelong matter!" Zhang Zhiyuan thought he should reassure An Xiuxiu first.

Over the next few days, An Xiuxiu saw Zhang Zhiyuan talking to different girls every day, and each time he received an egg.

Every time they asked Zhang Zhiyuan, he always said it was because he had helped them and they gave it to him as a thank you.

An Xiuxiu believed everything Zhang Zhiyuan said. Fortunately, he only gave her eggs and chatted with her; he didn't do anything else, so An Xiuxiu felt relieved.

Every time An Xiuxiu tried to talk to Zhang Zhiyuan about dating, Zhang Zhiyuan would say he was considering it. An Xiuxiu was afraid of bothering Zhang Zhiyuan with her questions, so she didn't dare to bring it up too often.

Every time Li Lanying and Accountant An saw An Xiuxiu, they wanted nothing more than to slap her awake with the sole of their shoes, but they couldn't bring themselves to do it. An Xiuxiu was simply willful and wouldn't listen to anyone.

Several young girls in the village knew that Zhang Zhiyuan was giving them eggs, but they hadn't heard that he was dating anyone. He was just keeping these girls hanging on, which gave the village a very bad impression of him.

They all advised the girls in their families to stay away from the educated youth compound and not to go there to fawn over them for no reason.

Because of Zhang Zhiyuan's incident, the reputation of the educated youth institute has been greatly damaged. It's truly a case of one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch.

Zhuang Zhimeng listened to these things and then let them pass, since they didn't concern her much, and she wouldn't waste her time on unimportant people.

As for the reputation of the educated youth settlement, Zhuang Zhimeng didn't care much. She was about to move out, and the educated youth settlement would only come to visit occasionally, so it wouldn't have much of an impact on her.

The thought of the house filled Zhuang Zhimeng with excitement. She had never lived alone before, not even once in her life. Even in the 21st century, she had always lived with family; she had never experienced what it was like to live on her own.

The brigade leader told Zhuang Zhimeng in the morning that the house had been built and that after airing it out for a day, she could move in tomorrow.

The team leader informed Zhuang Zhimeng and the other two that they would be given a day off tomorrow to facilitate their move and to settle in before returning to work.