"Okay, I'll eat with you. I can cook." Fang Yuan agreed without the slightest hesitation.

In her previous life, the original owner of this body couldn't bring herself to agree, and in the end, she was ostracized and even moved out.

She wouldn't be that stupid.

These two siblings came from a well-off family and received monthly packages without fail. They were living a very carefree life before they went back.

Even if she cooks delicious food every day after getting involved with this wealthy brother and sister, they will only think she got lucky.

There were too many educated youths sent to the countryside and envious people in the village, so it was better for her to keep a low profile.

"That's great! From now on, Fang Yuan, you can cook, and I'll help you," Zhou Jiahui said happily.

She can't cook, but that doesn't mean she can't wash vegetables or anything; she can still wash things.

“Okay, I’ll cook and you’ll wash the vegetables, it’s settled then.” Fang Yuan nodded.

This girl is sensible and considerate; she's not the kind of spoiled brat who only knows how to eat and drink.

“No problem!” Zhou Jiahui nodded with a smile.

Hearing Fang Yuan and Zhou Jiahui discussing having dinner alone in front of everyone made the others feel uneasy.

But there's nothing they can say. After all, what can they do if the other person doesn't like eating with them?

Only Wang Zhaodi said with resentment:

"If you cook for yourselves, you'll have to wait until we finish cooking. We'll have to use the stove first."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiahui immediately turned to Li Weiguo and asked:

"Comrade Li Weiguo, there are two stoves here. Can we use one? If not, can we repair another one ourselves?"

Li Weiguo was the leader of the educated youth settlement, so asking him was no problem at all.

Li Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "If you're willing, you can use the stove in the male educated youth's room."

Anyway, they eat at the female educated youth's place, so it's perfectly fine for them to use the stove at their place.

“Yes, one of their stoves is empty, so you’ll need to buy a pot,” He Hongying said to Zhou Jiahui.

These two are just a bit spoiled, but they're much better than Wang Zhaodi, so of course she'd speak up for them.

"Hmph, what kind of talk is it for a woman to go to men's places all the time?" Wang Zhaodi said bluntly.

She couldn't stand women who took advantage of their beauty to deliberately get close to male educated youths.

"Then why didn't you say anything about this man eating with the female educated youth?" Fang Yuan countered.

Wang Zhaodi replied confidently, "We ate together as a group, openly and honestly."

“Aren’t we eating together as a group of people? Isn’t this perfectly aboveboard?” Zhou Jiahui retorted.

She had absolutely no idea what Wang Zhaodi was thinking.

They just arrived and didn't offend her, did they?

“What you’re doing is forming cliques, what kind of upright and honorable thing is that?” Wang Zhaodi retorted without any politeness.

"Why are you forming cliques? You represent the whole group, don't you?" Zhou Jiahui asked, puzzled.

Is this woman sick?

“I wasn’t talking about me, I was talking about all of us. There are so many of us, but you guys just won’t eat with us. You’re just forming cliques.”

Wang Zhaodi watched as Zhou Jiahui raised the banner, speaking with such confidence and self-assurance.

"We just had a meal together and you're accusing us of something? Why don't you have the educated youth office send someone to check if we've formed a clique? What crime did we commit by eating together?"

Zhou Jiahui also angrily retorted.

What kind of weirdo is this woman?

Why do we have to escalate a simple meal into a heated argument with them?

It would be a huge waste for someone with such talent not to be a Red Guard.

"Comrade Wang Zhaodi, are you the leader of the educated youth team? Do you think you represent everyone? No one said anything and you've already assumed they represent you? This lack of organization and discipline shows a serious problem with your thinking!"

Fang Yuan also looked at her meaningfully.

"That's right, Wang Zhaodi, you're just a commune member and you want to be a representative for everyone? Are you dissatisfied with the team leader the brigade assigned to us, or do you want to show off your uniqueness? You have a serious problem with your thinking!"

Zhou Jiahui also pointed at Wang Zhaodi and criticized her without any politeness.

"I have no complaints about the brigade's arrangements, nor about the captain, I..." Wang Zhaodi said, her face full of panic as the two men lifted her up.

She couldn't let her comrades be dissatisfied with her; she also wanted the opportunity to marry another male educated youth!

"Alright, what small group or team? I've agreed not to eat together. Comrade Wang Zhaodi, watch your words."

Li Weiguo looked at Wang Zhaodi and scolded her.

This woman is a troublemaker; she likes to make a big deal out of everything and is always self-righteous.

"·····"

After being reprimanded by Li Weiguo, Wang Zhaodi realized that others were looking at her with coldness, and some even had very unpleasant expressions, including the male educated youth she was taking care of.

She had no choice but to suppress her resentment and remain silent.

"Then it's settled! Let's go to town today and see if we can find a pot," Zhou He quickly said.

Seeing that Zhou He and the others had agreed to fire separately, Luo Jin walked up to Zhou He and whispered:

"Can I join you guys for meals? My family receives subsidies."

He didn't want to eat with a large group of people; Wang Zhaodi didn't seem easy to get along with, and he didn't want to eat with them.

Moreover, he doesn't lack food; he just wants to eat better.

Zhou He glanced at Luo Jin, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "Okay."

"Alright!"

With Zhou He's consent, Luo Jin turned to Li Weiguo and said, "Brother Li, you don't need to worry about me when cooking from now on. I'll cook with them too."

He spoke with absolute certainty, without the slightest hesitation.

As for Wang Zhaodi, he simply ignored her.

“Okay, cooking together is based on the principle of voluntariness, we won’t force anyone.” Once Li Weiguo agreed, he didn’t intend to object anymore.

These people looked to be from well-off families, and these two women weren't exactly weak either.

If we really ate together, it would probably cause a lot of trouble, so it's better not to eat together.

As for Liu Chunfang, she looked at Zhou He and Luo Jin for a long time but didn't dare to speak. In the end, she chose to eat with the old educated youth.

Seeing her hesitant look, Wang Zhaodi's displeasure vanished completely.

After finishing this unpleasant breakfast, Zhou Jiahui washed the dishes and went straight into the house, opened her grain bag, scooped out most of a basin of corn, and put it in the main room.

She gave all the food for the four of them, with no less than the required amount.

Fang Yuan smiled and shook his head, then turned and went into the room where she was sleeping.

The houses in Northeast China are quite unique; the main room, which is also the kitchen, is located right inside the front door, because the stove is all in there.

There was an eight-immortal table in their main room, where all the educated youth ate their meals.

There is a room on each side of the main hall, which are called the south room and the north room.

Each room has a row of heated brick beds along the wall, which connect to the two stoves in the main room.

However, the weather is hot now, and the passageway to the stove is blocked with stone slabs, so the kang (heated brick bed) is not heated.

She lived in the north room with Zhou Jiahui and He Hongying, while Xie Hongmei, Wang Zhaodi, and Liu Chunfang lived in the south room opposite.

Next to this house was another house with a similar design, where six male educated youths, including Zhou He and Luo Jin, lived.

Fang Yuan opened his suitcase and put all the money and tickets into his spatial storage.

She had quite a bit of money on her, over five hundred in cash alone. Showing off her wealth here wasn't a good idea.

The reason is simple: there are two exceptional individuals here—Wang Zhaodi and Liu Chunfang.

I then opened my food rations for the year and took a look.

The staple grains, rice and wheat, each weigh about 100 jin, while corn and sorghum together weigh about 300 jin.

In addition, there are miscellaneous grains such as potatoes, soybeans, peanuts, and sweet potatoes, totaling about a hundred pounds.

This is her food ration for a year. Six hundred catties of grain to eat for a year, that's quite a lot.

But rice pounded into rice weighs only about 60 jin, and wheat flour weighs only 80 or 90 jin.

In those days, people didn't have much oil or fat, and the consumption of food was high. If you had to eat three meals a day, it really wouldn't be enough.

She suddenly understood why the corn here was ground into coarse grits; if it were truly ground into cornmeal, it would be one or two tenths less.

Fortunately, these were all in seed form. She collected some of each item into her space while tidying up, as they were all ready-made seeds.