After mailing the letter, Chen Shi carried his things out of the post office.

I've already bought everything I needed to, so there's not much else to do with this huge sack of stuff.

Chen Shi simply went back to the oxcart and sat there with Old Man Niu, lost in thought. Watching Chen Shi run back and forth, Old Man Niu felt exhausted just looking at him.

Seeing that he was finally sitting down, he said to Shen Shi, "Take a rest, it's so hot!"

"Alright! I'll listen to you, old man." Shen Shi nodded to Grandpa Niu.

The two sat there together for about an hour before people started arriving by bus, and Grandpa Niu began to greet them.

Chen Shi was waiting for Song Jiajia.

When Song Jiajia appeared at the intersection, Shen Shi was happy and wanted to go to greet her.

But upon closer inspection, Song Jiajia's third brother was standing next to her, so she could only continue sitting on the oxcart and waiting.

On the other side, Song Jiajia stared longingly at Chen Shi, then quickly said goodbye to her third brother and ran all the way to the oxcart.

Although there were other seats available, Song Jiajia still sat down next to Chen Shi.

The two are now inseparable, practically glued to each other.

The two held hands tightly, using the baskets on their backs as cover.

After a sweet moment on the oxcart, it was time to head back.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Grandpa Niu said "Let's go!" and prepared to catch the carriage.

Just as the oxcart started moving, a voice suddenly rang out: "Wait a minute!"

Why does that voice sound familiar? Shen Shi turned his head and saw that it was indeed an acquaintance.

Liu Yiyi stood beside the oxcart with a panicked expression, looking very frightened, as if something bad had happened.

"Didn't we agree on before five o'clock? Why is it so late?" Grandpa Niu frowned. Although he complained, there was no reason not to make money, so he stopped the car and let Liu Yiyi get in.

Since Liu Yiyi stopped the oxcart, she hasn't said a word, and she kept her head down after getting on the cart.

Shen Shi was already curious as to why she, Deng Jie, and Wang Gang had all come to town on the same day. Seeing Liu Yiyi's distraught appearance only fueled her curiosity.

Something big is definitely going to happen.

But he couldn't just ask Liu Yiyi directly.

Just when Shen was at his wit's end, his "savior," Aunt Tian, ​​appeared.

"Liu Zhiqing, what's wrong with you? You look like you've lost your soul, it's quite frightening." Aunt Tian also sensed something unusual and gossiped with winks.

When asked by Aunt Tian, ​​Liu Yiyi kept her head down and did not respond.

Aunt Tian was displeased again. What was wrong with these educated youths from the city? They all looked down on her.

After clicking her tongue twice, Aunt Tian rolled her eyes at Liu Yiyi.

However, Aunt Tian's efforts were in vain, as Liu Yiyi had her head down and couldn't see it.

The sun was no longer scorching, and with a gentle breeze along the way, the oxcart finally returned to Songjiawan.

As soon as he got off the bus, he stretched his limbs. He couldn't move at all on the bus because his legs were numb from being squeezed.

Once they got to the village, they needed to tone it down a bit. After exchanging a smile, Shen Shi and Song Jiajia each took their things and went back.

Chen Shi was still thinking about Liu Yiyi. When he left, he turned back to look at her. Liu Yiyi wasn't there, so she must have already left.

Shen Shi carried his things back to the educated youth compound. It wasn't time to finish work yet, and he was the only one in the courtyard.

Chen looked around again, and it seemed that there was no one else in the entire educated youth settlement. Deng Jie and Wang Gang had not returned, and even Liu Yiyi, who had just returned with him in the oxcart, was not there.

Shen Shi's heart pounded wildly at that moment, and for some reason he had a bad feeling.

But I won't offend others unless they offend me. Since all three of them have their eyes on me, I certainly can't just sit and wait to die.

In my past life, I was too naive, which is why I ended up in that predicament. The fiercer Wang Gang and Deng Jie fight, the better. Whoever suffers, it's their just desserts.

As Chen thought about this, he gradually calmed down.

Standing there like this isn't going to work, so when it got heavy, I took the things inside and started putting them away.

I always keep track of what I buy, so when it got heavy, I opened the packages sent from home first. With the ripping sound of the burlap sack being torn open, the contents were revealed.

On top were two sets of clothes, followed by five pounds of dried meat and two packets of dried small fish, two cans of food, two packets of sugar, and some snacks. The most outrageous thing was that there was a pair of leather shoes at the very bottom.

Upon closer inspection, I discovered that there was a 100 yuan hidden inside the leather shoe!

This really shocked Shen Shi. Leaving aside things like dried meat that require money and coupons and are troublesome, a pair of leather shoes alone costs several tens of yuan, not to mention the money involved!

Why are they sending so many things all of a sudden? Have they struck it rich?

Chen quickly found the letter, opened it, and read it to understand what had happened. What a close call! He almost thought he'd become a rich kid.

It turns out that most of these things were sent to him by Shen Shi's grandfather.

Shen Shi was very close to his grandfather since he was a child. However, the old man's health was not very good, so when Shen Shi went to the countryside, he didn't tell his grandfather because he was afraid of worrying him.

When the old man received the letter that Shen Shi wrote after he went to the countryside, he gave Shen Shi a good scolding in his reply. For the next few months, all the letters that Shen Shi wrote to him disappeared without a trace.

Although Grandpa said that Shen Shi was "unfilial" and refused to reply to his letters, he was afraid that Shen Shi was lacking something while he was away, so after a few months of awkwardness, he still sent Shen Shi some things.

Sigh! What a hypocritical old man.

After Shen finished packing his things, it was time to finish work, and the educated youth compound suddenly became lively.

Some cooked, some carried water; everyone had their own tasks to do.

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