Perhaps Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen did not expect Du Jiang to be so aggressive. You know, there are two of them, and they were both angry and furious for a while.

Looking at the two men who were bloated like pufferfish, Du Jiang shrugged his shoulders, turned around and prepared to walk into the house. After taking two steps, he stopped and turned back and said, "Don't cook for me at noon, and I won't collect firewood in the afternoon." After that, he ignored the two men and went straight into the house.

Looking at Huo Yang and the others sitting in a row in the main room, Du Jiang just nodded slightly and went into the house. After a while, he left with the food.

Huo Yang watched Du Jiang leave, then looked at Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen, who looked aggrieved, and sneered, "Don't cook for me either. After all, I have to be responsible for herding sheep tomorrow."

Now it was Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen's turn to be dumbfounded. No, if Huo Yang went to herd sheep, they wouldn't have done this. Now they had offended the boss as well. Qian Meili and Chen Xiaozhen were immediately in tears. This... this was not worth it!

He Jiefang scratched his head in annoyance. He couldn't understand what happened to Qian Meili today. There weren't so many problems when she was with Du Jiang, and they were as close as sisters. It hasn't been long since they parted ways. This... this friendship between girls... He Jiefang was a little confused.

Although Qian Meili was a big shot, when she saw He Jiefang shaking his head, she realized that she might have done something wrong. She looked at He Jiefang uneasily.

Receiving Qian Meili's gaze, He Jiefang blinked and motioned her to go out. Then He Jiefang also followed her out, leaving only Chen Xiaozhen and others standing in the small main room.

Xu Zhizhou, the invisible deputy captain, resigned himself to his fate and directed the remaining men. "Comrade Chen Xiaozhen, you can cook first. Bai Yongjun and I will help you. Li Hongjun, you can come as well."

Even though Chen Xiaozhen was reluctant, Xu Zhizhou had already spoken, so she could only nod reluctantly, "Okay, I'll cook, but it won't taste very good, so please bear with me."

"It doesn't matter, as long as we are familiar with it." If it weren't for the remaining unity, Xu Zhizhou wanted to say that everyone should just do their own thing, but he couldn't say it. Once he said it, the educated youth camp would really fall apart.

Although the village has not excluded them so far, if the news of their disintegration gets to know the villagers, it is not that they will think badly of them, but Xu Zhizhou always likes to think the worst of things first.

Scratching his head in distress, Xu Zhizhou stood up and walked out, while not forgetting to greet Bai Yongjun and the others.

In a corner of the yard, He Jiefang was chatting with Qian Meili. When he heard the footsteps of Xu Zhizhou and the others, He Jiefang shyly turned his head and smiled at them. Then he looked back at Qian Meili again and said, "Meili, you are a carefree person. I know you think Du Jiang smells bad, but she washed and changed her wife as soon as she came back. You can't do that. What's more, Du Jiang is working. You understand labor, right?"

"I know, I just... I just..." Qian Meili hesitated and couldn't express herself, but He Jiefang understood clearly, "You want to say that you don't mind, right?"

"Yeah," Qian Meili nodded gratefully, "That's what I meant. I don't know what happened just now. As soon as Xiaozhen brought it up, I just kept talking. As a result, the words became more and more hurtful. That's not what I meant. I just wanted to be lazy and cooked for Du Jiangyi one day, but it seems I messed it up."

He Jiefang, who understood Qian Meili's true intention, was speechless at this moment. He waved his hand weakly, "Forget it, go find Du Jiang to apologize this afternoon. You should know that in front of outsiders, the people in our educated youth site are the most united. Moreover, Du Jiang was accepted by the village very closely because of his surname. Meili, you know what I mean, don't do anything unnecessary. After all, we don't know how long we will stay here. Before this, no matter who it is, we should not offend them easily, understand? Of course, if the other party has a problem with his character, we can offend him, but Du Jiang has no grudges against us. You can't look down on him or even ridicule him for a little taste, let alone charge into battle because of someone else's words."

At this moment, He Jiefang felt dissatisfied with Chen Xiaozhen. Although it was only a little bit, it was enough to make He Jiefang wary of Chen Xiaozhen. He even taught Qian Meili to stay away from Chen Xiaozhen. Although he ate Chen Guoxiong's noodles, it did not mean that he had to tolerate the other party using his childhood sweetheart as a knife.

Although He Jiefang and Qian Meili spoke in low voices, the yard was not big, so the people under the kitchen shed could only hear vaguely what they heard. Although they were not clear, they could almost guess the general content of the matter based on these few words. They were all speechless for a moment, and even Bai Yongjun, the most honest and kind-hearted person in the group, shook his head.

After returning to the pigsty, Du Jiang didn't care about this little incident at the educated youth site at all. At this time, she was cooking noodles in a small pot on the shelf. The noodle soup with beaten eggs was very sweet and fresh. Although it was seasoned with only a little salt, it was a rare delicacy in that era.

After finishing her lunch, Du Jiang glanced at the two pigs that were drowsy in the pen. She didn't want to take a nap, so she took her sickle and backpack and went up the mountain. Now she saw clearly that it was better to rely on herself than on others. Even the best relationship could not withstand decades of friendship or a few words of provocation from others.

Perhaps because he was holding back some anger, Du Jiang had a fruitful harvest on this trip up the mountain. He found knotweed, wild wormwood, motherwort, and even a wild hawthorn tree. However, the hawthorns on the tree were sparse and it was obvious that many had been picked. There were still some scattered on the branches, and some were even half bitten by insects, which greatly reduced their appearance. But this did not affect Du Jiang's good mood. He immediately picked up a longer branch nearby and hit the hawthorn tree. As the branch was whipped, the hawthorns on it fell down with a crackling sound.

After trying several times to make sure that no more hawthorns would fall, Du Jiang reluctantly put down the branches in his hand, squatted on the ground and started picking them up. It didn't look like much, but when he finished picking them up, it was almost half a basket. Faced with so many hawthorns, Du Jiang was no longer reluctant to leave. He immediately put the wild wormwood, knotweed and motherwort on top of the hawthorns and walked down the mountain.

Du Jiang's pace was not slow and he didn't meet many people along the way. After all, it was noon and people were at home resting and gathering their energy for work in the afternoon.

After returning to the pigsty, Du Jiang quickly spread the picked herbs on the ground to dry, and then began to pick the hawthorns, picking out the bad ones with worm holes and rotten ones. In the end, only two pounds of hawthorns were left in half a basket of hawthorns. However, Du Jiang was not discouraged. He left half outside and put the rest back on the shelf.