When it was getting dark, they finally saw the shadow of the Red Star Production Team and human figures at the intersection.

Niu Guozhu looked at Ma Lili with admiration. This girl was much stronger than the one on the ox cart. She had persisted until now without complaining of being tired. But he also knew that this girl was very tired. Didn't he see that Jiang Huai, the young man, couldn't hold on any longer either? His condition was not much better than that of the other girl.

Chen Jianhua wiped the sweat off his forehead and sighed, "We're finally here. I've already digested the pancake I ate on the train. My stomach is growling."

Niu Guozhu bit his pipe and smiled, "When we get to the village, come to my house for dinner first. Your aunt should have prepared dinner. Qingshan should come too."

Jiang Qingshan, who had been almost silent all the way, finally spoke at this time, and his voice was also cold: "My mother is waiting for me, I will go back to eat."

Niu Guozhu nodded repeatedly: "Okay, you should go back quickly, so as not to keep your mother waiting for a long time." There are only mother and son at his sister's house, so he should wait until next time to invite his sister to dinner.

Yuan Jing rubbed his stomach. He was also hungry. Fortunately, he had often experienced such a feeling in the apocalypse, so he could hold on. Looking at the green all around, although this era only existed in history books in his previous life, it seemed very good to him. There were no zombies and strange beasts destroying the environment. As long as he was willing to work hard, there would be no problem filling his stomach.

When we entered the village, most people were eating dinner at home and there were few people outside. People were no longer curious about the educated youth, unlike the first time when the whole village watched them.

On the way, Niu Guozhu asked Jiang Qingshan to go back first. Jiang Qingshan nodded, saying hello to everyone, and then left without looking back. When they got home, Niu Guozhu called out to the yard, "Afen, I'm back to pick up the educated youth. Is dinner ready?"

"It's almost time, come in, wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

"Okay, let's go into the yard. Taohua, take a few educated youth comrades to wash their hands." Niu Guozhu said to a girl who came out of the house.

"Hey, Dad."

Wang Ling climbed down from the ox cart, and when her feet touched the ground, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. Jiang Huai hurried to support her. Chen Jianhua was only thinking about eating and washing his hands, and everyone else ran away. He had no idea what was happening behind. Wang Ling bit her lip and looked at the others, feeling even more aggrieved.

After washing their hands and entering the house, Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua wanted to go to the kitchen to help serve the meal, but Aunt Afen drove them out: "I'll have Taohua to help me. You must be tired after traveling for several days. Go sit in the main room. The meal is simple, so just make do with it."

"No way, we can have a meal as soon as we arrive in the village. I didn't even dare to think about it on the way here. Thank you, Uncle Niu and Auntie." Chen Jianhua said sweetly, and then went back to the house with Yuan Jing.

After a while, Aunt Afen and Niu Taohua came with food and bowls and chopsticks. They cooked multi-grain sweet potato rice, and a few fried vegetarian dishes. It was already very good for them who could only eat cold and hard bread on the train. They thanked Aunt Afen, Uncle Niu and Niu Taohua, filled their plates and started to eat. Aunt Afen looked at them with a smile.

Not to mention other people, Aunt Afen had a very good first impression of Chen Jianhua and Yuan Jing. Chen Jianhua was sweet-mouthed and seemed to be a hardworking person. There was no elder who disliked him, and because of Yuan Jing's good looks, Aunt Afen couldn't help but look at him again and again. Her daughter Taohua glanced at him secretly, then quickly lowered her head.

After eating most of their fill, several people put down their chopsticks and wanted to rush to wash the dishes, but Aunt Afen urged them to go over and settle them down quickly. After thanking her again and again, they left with Niu Guozhu.

Niu Guozhu has two sons and one daughter. Niu Taohua has two older brothers, both of whom are married. One lives in the village but has been separated, and the other lives in the county and receives public food. Niu Taohua is the only daughter he has, and their life is considered good in the village.

Niu Guozhu said: "There are still three beds in the Youth Home, and two people need to be arranged elsewhere. Otherwise, the three men can squeeze in tonight and then see where to go tomorrow, whether to go to the home of a fellow villager or what."

As far as I can remember, the Youth Farm later added beds and changed the double room into a triple room, so they barely moved in. However, with more people came more friction, and Yuan Jing didn't want to join in the fun, so he asked, "Uncle Niu, is Comrade Jiang's house spacious? From what Uncle Niu said, Comrade Jiang's family is relatively simple."

Huh? This is a good idea. Niu Guozhu originally thought that his nephew was rather dull. If there were young people of similar age living together, Qingshan's temper would change for the better. He nodded quickly: "The place is spacious. It's just right that I'll pass by Qingshan's house. I'll ask Qingshan what he thinks later."

Chen Jianhua quickly agreed and said, "If it's possible, I'll stay with Yuan Jing. This will solve the accommodation problem."

Jiang Huai didn't say anything. He didn't think there was any benefit in living in a fellow villager's home. It would be more convenient for everyone to communicate with other educated youth. In his opinion, only the educated youth could help them. What's more, Jiang Qingshan was a cold-faced and cold-hearted guy. Wang Ling had no sympathy for him. She would freeze to death if she lived with him.

Looking at Wang Ling, Jiang Huai felt happy again. Living with Wang Ling in the Youth League Home would make it easier for him to get the upper hand. He fell in love with Wang Ling at first sight. As for Ma Lili, she had the air of a capitalist daughter and spoke in a harsh tone, not gentle at all. He couldn't stand her at all.

After talking for a while, they arrived at a farmyard. From the outside, the yard looked quite clean. Niu Guozhu asked them to wait outside. He pushed the fence door and called inside: "Qingshan, Guilan, have you finished dinner?"

A tall figure strode out of the room. Judging from the way he walked with a slight limp, it was Jiang Qingshan himself: "Uncle, I just finished eating, why are you here?"

When they got to the yard, Niu Guozhu told Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua what they meant. Yuan Jing could feel Jiang Qingshan looking at them a few times, then he looked back at his mother in the house and said, "You can stay here, but you have to cook for yourself. My mother is not responsible for cooking for them, and they don't have to pay their food rations as accommodation fees. Just don't cause my mother any trouble."

Niu Guozhu was very pleased that his nephew spoke so long, and nodded in agreement, "You are right. I asked them what they thought, and I think Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua are not difficult to get along with. They have good tempers."

Along the way, the old branch secretary got a general idea of the personalities of the five people.

Niu Guozhu came back and conveyed Jiang Qingshan's intention. Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua agreed. It was already a great kindness to be able to live there for free, so there was no need to cause trouble for others. So Niu Guozhu said ok to the yard. Jiang Qingshan turned around and went back to the house to tell his mother, and then helped the two of them clean up the room.

Niu Guilan's eyesight was not very good, so she fumbled under the oil lamp and said, "The educated youth are really willing to live in our home. This is good, so Qingshan doesn't have to accompany me, a woman, all the time. Qingshan, I remember there is a quilt you brought back home before. Remember to take it out and dry it tomorrow so that the educated youth can use it."

"Mom, don't worry, I'll take care of it."

"Oh, okay, Mom won't worry." Niu Guihua smiled. In her opinion, her son was the most filial. With her son around, her life couldn't be better.

The only thing that bothered her was that her son was always unwilling to find a partner and start a family. Niu Guihua thought, what would happen if she went to meet Qingshan's father and left Qingshan alone? He would have no one to talk to all day long, and the house would be cold. She just wanted Qingshan to find someone to live with him, and she was not picky about anything else.

Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua followed Niu Guozhu to the Youth League Home to help Jiang Huai and the others settle down there, and also to meet other youth league members.

This youth dormitory was not big. Originally there were five people living there, and now with Jiang Huai and the other two there are eight people in total.

Of course, there were more than just these people who came and went in the Red Star Production Team. However, some of them were transferred away after they arrived, some started families and careers in the local area, some female educated youth married local farmers, and some male educated youth moved out of the Youth League House after they started families. Gradually, this small Youth League House is now filled with people again.

The oldest educated youth was called Lin Dong. He was ready to squeeze in if the educated youth were overcrowded, but he didn't expect that Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua already had a place to live. Lin Dong patted Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua on the shoulders and said, "Although Jiang Qingshan doesn't talk much, he's actually a very nice person. If we have any problems, he's happy to help as long as we tell him. It's just that he's too cold and doesn't talk much, so people don't dare to approach him. I believe we'll get used to him after a while."

When Yuan Jing and the others were about to leave, Lin Dong said, "Come over for dinner tomorrow night. Every time a new educated youth comes, there is a welcome ceremony. There won't be any fancy dishes, but we can just have some fun together and bond with each other."

"Okay." Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua of course agreed. Compared with Yuan Jing, Chen Jianhua wanted to integrate into the local educated youth team more.

Niu Guozhu sent them back to the Jiang family and followed them in. Yuan Jing and Chen Jianhua politely called Niu Guilan "Auntie" and were then taken to the room they were going to stay in.

This was originally a storage room, but because the family was small, there were not many things and it was not messy. When Yuan Jing went over, he saw Jiang Qingshan with his back to them, bending over to make the bed.

When he bent down, the clothes were stretched on him, outlining the lines of his back. Yuan Jing saw that he could be compared with the powerful psychics in the apocalypse, but he did not look strong and bulky. And the perky buttocks were all in line with Yuan Jing's aesthetic.

Of course, he didn't have any extravagant thoughts at all. He just simply looked at this person with admiration. He knew that this person had excellent physical fitness. If he hadn't been discharged from the army due to a leg injury, he would have had a very good future in the army.

It's a pity that his special ability could not be brought with him, but even if he did, it would be poisonous and could kill people but could not save them.

Chen Jianhua strode in: "I'll do it. We can do it by ourselves. Sorry to bother Brother Jiang." Chen Jianhua changed the "Comrade Jiang on the road" to the more intimate "Brother Jiang". "I think the conditions here are much better than those in the Youth Home."

The room was big enough for two people to live in. The two beds were placed separately next to each other, and there was plenty of space for activities in the middle. Chen Jianhua was very satisfied.

Jiang Qingshan stood up, nodded to the two people who came in, and pointed to the two army green quilts beside him: "I used them in the army before. We can use them tomorrow after drying them."

They also provided quilts, which was really great. Chen Jianhua thanked them again: "Thank you, Brother Jiang and Auntie, thank you so much."

Yuan Jing also nodded to Jiang Qingshan: "Thank you, this quilt is very good."

Niu Guozhu smiled at the door: "You guys clean up, Qingshan and I are going to talk outside for a while."