Yan Yu's sharp gaze had already locked onto her, and seeing that she was about to get up, he immediately spoke in a deep voice.

"What do you want to buy? I'll go."

The man's voice was extremely low, carrying an undeniable air of authority.

"Don't move."

Ruan Tang shook her head and said softly, "No need, I don't need to buy anything..."

As she spoke, she pulled a neatly folded post office pickup slip from the side pocket of her handbag.

"My package should have arrived; I need to go to the post office."

Yan Yu took the order and glanced at it.

"Come on, I'll take you there."

Before he finished speaking, he stretched out his long arm and, with a firm yet natural movement, wrapped his arm around Ruan Tang's slender arm, shielding her completely by his side.

"I'm really fine..." Ruan Tang protested verbally, but her body betrayed her, and she didn't struggle, letting him half-carry and half-help her out of the car.

The moment her feet touched solid ground, her legs went weak, and she almost fell into the man's strong arms.

Yan Yu reacted quickly and supported her waist, allowing her to barely stand.

"Slower."

His tone was serious, but his eyes revealed a hint of helpless doting. He released his hand from her waist and instead placed it behind her, creating a safe haven.

The post office was right next to the supply and marketing cooperative; it was a small, gray-brick bungalow.

Ruan Tang handed over the form, and the staff quickly and laboriously carried out a large package tightly bound with oilcloth.

The package contained the bedding and pots and pans she had mailed; it was frighteningly heavy.

As soon as Ruan Tang finished signing, she turned around and saw Yan Yu calmly carrying the huge package on his shoulder.

The two returned to the tractor, where Yan Yu neatly arranged the packages and luggage.

He was just about to ask the girl if she wanted something to eat to fill her stomach when he suddenly felt something warm and soft being stuffed into his palm.

He looked down.

It was an oil paper package, still steaming slightly.

The little girl stuffed the oil paper package into his palm, her fingertips quickly retracting like startled butterflies, and she licked her lips uncomfortably.

"...Eat steamed buns."

Yan Yu watched as she quickly turned away, leaving him only with her reddened ears, and his Adam's apple bobbed.

An unprecedented sense of satisfaction, like molten lava, instantly filled his entire chest.

His eyes were fixed intently on her retreating figure, as if all the fireworks in the world had been condensed into the scalding heat of his palm.

"good."

Soon, the others returned one after another. After counting the number of people, Captain Chen Fengshan waved his hand.

"Are you all here? Let's go back to the village!"

The tractor roared to life again.

After another bumpy ride of nearly an hour, the tractor finally came to a stop in front of a row of mud-brick houses.

Under the big locust tree at the village entrance, brigade leader Chen Fengshan stood with his hands on his hips and shouted loudly:

"Get down! Come with me to the brigade headquarters!"

He led the group toward a courtyard with an adobe wall, saying as they walked:

“This is the first time that you city kids have been assigned to our Laotieshan Brigade. There’s no ready-made educated youth settlement in the village.”

"According to the policy, for the first three months, each person will receive 30 jin of resettlement grain per month. After that, you will have to earn work points to exchange for it. If it's not enough, you will have to pay for it yourself."

"In addition, the higher authorities allocated 50 yuan to each person as a resettlement allowance, which was used to cover the cost of building houses and buying furniture."

He paused, his shrewd gaze sweeping over the varied expressions on everyone's faces.

"You guys think it over yourselves: do you want to build a new house together, or do you want to stay with the villagers for now?"

"Let me make this clear from the start: staying at a fellow villager's house costs one yuan a month in rent. If you eat with them, we can give you a discount, 80 cents!" (This chapter has been read. Please click to continue reading the next chapter!)