Just as Qin Xiaoxiao went to the county town for a medical check-up, Bai Xiruo and Jiang Jiaqi also arrived in the county town with a group of educated youth.

Bai Xiruo looked at the group of educated youth with a sweet smile, "I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative. Is anyone else going? We can go together."

Jiang Jiaqi glanced at Bai Xiruo.

As expected of the female lead, she's only been in Northeast China for a few days, but she speaks the Northeastern dialect quite fluently. No wonder she's won the favor of a group of educated youth and the people of Qinjiagou.

Jiang Jiaqi smiled and shook her head, "I won't go. I want to go to the state-run restaurant to eat something first. I left early this morning and haven't had time to eat yet."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiruo's eyes lit up immediately. "I had forgotten about that. Hasn't everyone eaten breakfast? How about we accompany Jiang Zhiqing to the state-run restaurant first?"

Instead of suggesting that everyone go to the state-run restaurant for a meal, they said they would accompany Jiang Jiaqi, which saved face for all the educated youth. After all, it would be somewhat embarrassing to say that they skipped breakfast because they wanted to go to the state-run restaurant.

The educated youth nodded in agreement. "Yes, yes, Bai is the most thoughtful one. Let's go to the state-run restaurant first."

“I’ll go to the state-run restaurant first. I can make it to the supply and marketing cooperative in time. It’s inconvenient to take a lot of things and then go to eat.”

"Then together?"

Let's go together.

...

As they talked, they decided to go to the state-run restaurant first, without giving any thought to Jiang Jiaqi's feelings.

After hearing Bai Xiruo's words, Jiang Jiaqi couldn't help but turn her back and roll her eyes. When she turned back, she was all smiles again.

"Okay, let's all do it together."

Damn, she doesn't have much money in her pocket to eat anything. She was thinking of going to the black market first to see if she could sell some things before coming back for a big meal.

Now that these people are here, all her previous plans are ruined.

Jiang Jiaqi couldn't help but resent Bai Xiruo, but she didn't dare to confront her now. After all, she was the female lead, and she was afraid that she would be killed by God and die without knowing why. In that case, her rebirth would have been in vain.

After entering the county town, the group headed straight for the state-run restaurant. They arrived early, and when they arrived, there were only two people eating there. When their large group entered, they quickly filled the restaurant to capacity.

The waiter in charge of collecting money at the restaurant frowned and glared impatiently at the group. "Hurry up and order. Don't all stand here and get in the way of the customers behind you."

Bai Xiruo frowned upon hearing this, but instead of retorting, she quickly ordered what she wanted to eat and found an empty seat to sit down.

Jiang Jiaqi had already ordered a bowl of vegetarian noodles, and when she saw Bai Xiruo sit down opposite her, she couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly.

There's a female lead everywhere, it's so annoying.

The female protagonist has an exceptionally good fate. She must be careful in her actions and never let the female protagonist discover her secret, otherwise her space may very well become hers.

For the sake of her own life, Jiang Jiaqi decided to keep a close watch on the female lead and stay as far away from her as possible.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to order another dish, Jiang Jiaqi quickly moved to another table to wait for her meal.

Bai Xiruo didn't notice Jiang Jiaqi's behavior at all, nor did she care who was sitting next to her. But when the food was served and a little girl in tattered clothes walked in from outside, all the educated youths sitting at the same table with her regretted it.

"She's so pitiful!"

Bai Xiruo was the first to see the girl, who was holding her own bowl of noodles with a pitying look on her face, looking like she was about to cry, which startled Jiang Jiaqi.

Holy crap, the female lead is about to cause trouble!

Jiang Jiaqi decisively picked up her bowl and moved to a table that was furthest from Bai Xiruo in a straight line.

Bai Xiruo glanced at the group of people who were engrossed in eating without even looking up, and asked, "You guys, can you finish all this?"

Everyone was taken aback, and they all looked up at her with puzzled expressions.

Bai Xiruo was a little embarrassed. She glanced at the little girl next to her who was staring wide-eyed at the shredded meat in the bowls of the educated youth. As if she had made up her mind, she turned back to look at everyone and spoke again.

"You've ordered so much, you probably can't finish it all, right? Why don't you share some with this little girl?"

The little girl's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she looked at everyone with anticipation.

All the educated youth were stunned by Bai Xiruo's words.

Why should we give away the food we bought with our own money?

Does her being pitiful mean we aren't?

She's been in Qinjiagou for almost a month now. She works all day long and eats cornbread every day without a trace of meat. Her mouth is so bland. We don't even want to eat meat ourselves, so why should we give it to her?

You're so generous, snatching food from our mouths with your bare hands. If you're so generous, why don't you give her your own food?

None of the educated youth spoke; they quickly lowered their heads, picked up the meat from their bowls, and put it in their mouths.

The little girl was disappointed when she saw this, and her eyes quickly welled up with tears.

Bai Xiruo frowned as she watched everyone wolf down their food, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.

How can these people have no compassion at all? They ordered so much food that they couldn't finish it all, so what's wrong with giving some to this little girl?

"It's hard for everyone to digest so much food. How about I find a bowl and we can each give some to this little girl?"

Bai Xiruo suppressed her temper and tried to persuade him.

None of the educated youth paid any attention to her, which made Bai Xiruo so angry that she was about to lose her temper on the spot.

Jiang Jiaqi saw all of this and chuckled to herself.

Luckily she ran away early, otherwise she would have been one of those forced to give food.

This female lead is really a saint; she's overflowing with sympathy when she sees someone in distress. But how many people in this era aren't in distress?

The older generation, who have lived through the hardships of life, have inherited the fine tradition of diligence and thrift. Even if their families are wealthy, few of them spend money extravagantly. They have worked hard all their lives and only want to own a house in the village or the city and educate their children well. They are happier as long as their children are successful than if they themselves were capable.

Moreover, the country was facing numerous difficulties at this time, including suppression from various international forces that did not want China to rise. If China wanted to break through the encirclement, the whole country had to unite as one and tighten their belts.

Therefore, there are very few fat people in this era; everyone is so thin they're almost unrecognizable. If someone in a family becomes fat, they'll be looked down upon by the surrounding neighbors.

The idea of ​​someone like Bai Xiruo, who pities others but takes their things as her own and gives them away, will definitely be opposed by everyone.

Sure enough, the educated youth immediately started to retort.

"Since Bai Zhiqing is so kind, why don't you give the noodles in your bowl to this little girl?"

"That's right, Bai Zhiqing is so thin, she probably can't eat much, it's such a waste to leave so much food!"

“We don’t even have enough to eat ourselves, how can we share with others? Bai Zhiqing has enough to eat, but if you have less, give it to this little girl.”

...

Bai Xiruo was stunned.

Wait a minute, I asked them to share what was in their bowls with this little girl, how did it come to me?

Bai Xiruo looked at the bowl of noodles with some reluctance, "I... I don't have enough to eat either."

All the educated youth rolled their eyes in unison.

If you don't have enough to eat, then we have enough?