After returning to his own yard, Zhou Ziwen took Tayun and set out to the sweet potato field again.

After a day or two of searching, he had dug up half of the sweet potato field in the village, and he planned to finish digging the remaining half today.

Although there must be omissions, Tayun couldn't find them, so he had no way of finding them either.

And he had a lot of harvest, with more than 200 kilograms piled up at home!

The whole morning was spent in hard work at Stepun.

When it was almost time to get off work at noon, Zhou Ziwen also went home early to avoid being seen by others.

It’s not that I’m afraid of being seen by others, but I’m mainly afraid of being jealous.

With his dog-like nose, the sweet potatoes in the field seemed to be waiting for him to pick them up, and he would get a harvest from time to time.

That's Zhou Ziwen. If it were someone else, it wouldn't take long for their back and legs to ache and they wouldn't be able to walk.

Digging sweet potatoes is not as easy as you think.

When I got home, the Chen sisters had not returned yet.

After he put the sweet potatoes away and gave Tayun a bath, the Chen sisters came back from outside.

"Brother Ziwen, is there anything I can help you with?" Chen Qiaoyi came in skipping.

"It's okay, I can handle it myself, you go help your sister cook!"

Seeing the lively and cute girl, Zhou Ziwen couldn't help but smile.

"Then I'll go help my sister cut the pickles."

The cabbage heads have been exchanged back, and they are preparing to make pickles during the free days.

They made this batch of pickles together with Shen Zhaodi, and each family got half.

"Okay, then you guys take care of it first, and come to me when you need help."

Zhou Ziwen was feeling lazy due to the sun outside and didn't want to move.

After giving Tayun a bath, Zhou Ziwen basked in the sun in the yard.

He found that the Youth League Committee was quite quiet today. If it were any other day, there would be a lot of noise from cooking in the Youth League Committee, but now there was no sound.

What he didn't know was that the Youth League Home was so quiet because those who were qualified for the quota had gone to the production team to wait and didn't even have time to eat.

As for the remaining people who were not eligible for the quota, they were also in a very low mood and didn't even feel like joking.

Although there is only one quota at present, the person who gets this quota will leave this place soon and will not have to continue suffering in the countryside.

How could these people still be in the mood to joke when they thought about having to stay in the countryside for several more years?

They also realized what happened yesterday. They were not qualified for the quota. If they followed those old educated youth to make trouble, they might offend the village cadres.

Whether it succeeds or not has nothing to do with them.

But they still have to stay in the countryside. If the village cadres don't like them, they don't have to make arrangements personally. They can just express their intention and the team leader below will naturally get things done.

I guess by then, a more difficult life will be waiting for them.

Although several cadres in the production team may not take them seriously, what if?

Just one word from someone else can make them suffer.

Thinking of this, the educated youth suddenly became sad and miserable, and none of them even had the mood to cook.

And those old educated youth who went to guard the production team did not gain much.

No matter how they argued, the production team's attitude was very clear: if they wanted one, there would be only one quota for workers, peasants and soldiers to go to college; if they didn't, there would be nothing.

They were also given a deadline: if they did not report their spot tonight, it would be invalidated.

Although they did not dare to refuse to give the educated youth a place, if the educated youth themselves did not want it, then there was no problem, because they did not want it anyway.

Now, the pressure shifted to these old educated youth.

Everyone wants a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, but there is only one place, so who to give it to needs to be discussed.

When they came out of the production team, the alliance of old educated youth was officially disbanded.

Everyone has different thoughts, all thinking about how to get the only spot.

"Haha." Seeing the performance of the educated youth, the team leader who was still in the production team sneered.

The skills of a few youngsters are no match for an old hand like him.

He ate more salt than they ate rice.

After coming out of the production team, the old educated youth were all silent and no one spoke first.

There is only one spot available, and everyone knows that the two captains of the Youth League Institute have the best chance of getting it.

Chen Yang and Liu Lingling looked at each other, their eyes a little vague.

They all knew in their hearts that this spot would probably come from among them.

But who will get this spot still needs some competition.

From this moment on, the two of them regarded each other as their rivals.

Since they can't get more places, they can only compete for the only place they have now. This is their only way out.

Neither Chen Yang nor Liu Lingling wanted to give up this spot.

After returning to the Youth League Home, the educated youth discussed it and finally decided to vote. Whoever got the most votes would get the spot.

Now, the qualified old educated youth became restless. Although there was not necessarily hope, no one wanted to give up.

As the team leaders of the Youth League, Chen Yang and Liu Lingling were the most active.

Neither of them had the confidence to win, but they were determined not to give up until they achieved their goal.

As soon as they finished their meal, Chen Yang and Liu Lingling began to move around in tacit understanding, trying hard to canvass votes for themselves.

Because the two of them already had some influence in the Youth League Institute, they both gained a lot.

When they went to work in the afternoon, Chen Yang and Liu Lingling turned their attention to Zhou Ziwen and others.

Everyone knows that Zhou Ziwen, the Chen sisters, Shen Zhaodi, and Zhou Chaoyang are in the same group.

As long as they get their support, or Zhou Ziwen's support, the places for workers, peasants and soldiers in college may not be a sure thing, but it will definitely be of great help to them.

However, we are in the middle of work and they can't come to our house. We can only wait until we get off work.

…

In the afternoon, Zhou Ziwen took Tayun and continued to wander around the sweet potato field.

He has almost finished working in the sweet potato fields in the village. After today, he will move on to the sweet potato fields to continue working.

Time passed quickly, and before it was time to get off work, Zhou Ziwen had finished working in the sweet potato field.

The harvest in the afternoon was not much, only about fifty or sixty kilograms.

The sweet potatoes dug these days should weigh about 400 kilograms.

There are so many sweet potatoes that we can’t finish them all.

He planned to make some of the sweet potatoes into sweet potato flour and some into dried sweet potatoes as snacks for the two sisters.

Finally, make some sweet potato flour, um, this flour is the flour for vermicelli.

Sweet potato vermicelli is delicious whether you add a little to stew soup or hot pot.

After returning home, Zhou Ziwen did not delay and found some sweet potatoes, washed them, and prepared to use them to make sweet potato starch.

Well, it should be said that it is sweet potato starch.

Sweet potato starch has many uses. You can add a little when frying meat to keep the meat tender.

It can also be used directly to make slippery meat, or boiled slippery meat, which is a special delicacy. (End of this chapter)