Su Qingci lay on the ground, dumbfounded, her face full of shock.

The cold ground pressed against her face, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.

She scrambled to her feet, mouth agape, yelling, "Damn it, who the hell kicked me?"

The next second, a doubt popped into Su Qingci's mind.

There are still people inside the space.

She raised her hand and touched her slightly numb cheek.

And the other party is also someone with considerable fighting skills.

"Go in~"

"Don't hit someone in the face, don't insult someone by revealing their shortcomings, this is never over."

"Go in~"

"Go in, I want to go in!"

Su Qingci, her chest burning with intense desire, called out several times, but she couldn't return to the familiar farm.

As if she had just thought of something, all her enthusiasm vanished instantly.

She tentatively, cautiously, and gently continued to try.

"Go in?"

No response.

"I want to go in!"

"Go in~"

"Come in?"

"Let's go back to the farm!"

"I want to go back?"

"Farm? Estate?"

"Open Sesame?"

"Mom, open the door!"

Su Qingci's heart began to crumble little by little.

"My farm~ I want to come in~"

"Ah, no! Mine, mine, it's mine!"

"That bastard stole my farm?"

"God, are you fucking kidding me?"

"Aa ...

A sharp, piercing scream rose from the educated youth settlement, startling several small birds on the surrounding branches into a panicked flight.

After a while of commotion, Su Qingci, driven mad by the stimulation, lay sprawled on the ground in a "square" shape with her hair in a mess and looking utterly hopeless, panting heavily, her chest heaving up and down.

If Su Qingci hadn't been holding a half-peeled crayfish in her hand, she would have truly thought that everything just now was just a daydream.

Numbly, he stuffed the crayfish into his mouth and chewed it forcefully.

The realistic touch and familiar smell proved that everything that had just happened was real.

Su Qingci jumped up. She wouldn't accept her fate like that; there must be something she hadn't figured out.

However, no matter what she tried, she just couldn't get in.

Yet she could clearly sense the farm's existence—the supermarket, the ranch, the villa—but she just couldn't go inside.

The sun slowly climbed into the sky, and before we knew it, the morning had passed.

The workers will be back soon.

Su Qingci had no choice but to temporarily abandon her exploration of the space farm.

The sound of a hammer striking a gong could be heard from afar.

The workday bell rang.

On the low mountain path to the north, villagers began to appear one after another, hurrying back to their village.

Just as Su Qingci finished packing the things she had scattered all over the ground back into her suitcase, several educated youths who had gone to work at the educated youth settlement returned.

There were a total of 11 educated youth living in the settlement, including 5 girls and 6 boys.

The girls in the dormitory are Zhou Huijuan, 22 years old, from Shaanxi. She went to the countryside in 1969 and has been a veteran educated youth for 4 years. She has a warm and generous personality.

Li Li, 18 years old, came from Kyoto like Su Qingci. She was one of only two girls among the educated youth sent to the countryside this time, besides Su Qingci. She had a cheerful personality and a face full of vitality.

There was also an older educated youth named Chen Haiying, who sounded like she was from Shandong. She was 25 years old and was among the first batch of educated youth to support rural development. She had been in Taohua Commune for six years.

Most of the female educated youth who came with her have already started families locally, but she is still struggling to survive, waiting for the opportunity to return to the city.

Perhaps it was the repressed and arduous life she had lived for many years that gave her a gloomy aura. Coupled with her dark, thin, and sallow face, it made her otherwise handsome features appear somewhat harsh.

The other one was shorter, named Chen Xiuxiang, 20 years old. She was timid and always kept her head down, not saying much.

The six boys were Luo Song, 19, and Lu Linping, 18. Both of them came from Kyoto in the same batch. They looked like they had never experienced the hardships of life and still had a bit of arrogance about them.

The other former educated youth were Meng Changxiu, Meng Changhua, Liu Qunfu, and Feng Jianjun.

Meng Changxiu and Meng Changhua are brothers, and Liu Qunfu is a kind-hearted person.

The older educated youth named Feng Jianjun is 26 years old this year and is currently the head of the educated youth settlement. He has a square face and looks very weathered. He and Chen Haiying are from the same hometown and are among the oldest educated youth here, having stayed for more than six years.

Wherever there are people, there is a social dynamic. The group of educated youth in the settlement were all educated, and each of them had their own little schemes.

On the very first day of our arrival, we already had a major argument over housing.

The reason was that the arrival of this group of educated youth made the already cramped dormitory even more crowded.

In the girls' dormitory, Chen Haiying was the first to complain. She had finally managed to get the two educated youths who came before her married off, and just when things were a little more spacious, two more were crammed in.

Later, seeing that things had gotten out of hand, the brigade leader immediately spoke up.

They said they planned to add more houses to the educated youth settlement before the Lunar New Year, but construction didn't start because of the cold weather and continuous rain. Now that spring has arrived, they are busy with spring planting. They will add more houses after the busy farming season, but for now, they will just squeeze in.

The group reluctantly settled down.

As for meals, the previous seven educated youths ate together, but the four who came later were completely clueless and each received ten catties of grain from the team's accountant. So for the past few days, they have been sharing meals with everyone.

There was a division of labor for each step: chopping wood, carrying water, cooking, starting the fire, washing dishes, and cleaning.

Normally, newly arrived educated youth are given a day to familiarize themselves with the place and purchase daily necessities.

However, Su Qingci and her group happened to arrive during the busy farming season, and they were pulled into work as soon as they set foot on the ground.

As a result, many daily necessities and consumables are now shared by the former educated youth.

Last night, Chen Haiying and the Meng brothers started to settle accounts indirectly with long faces.

Sure enough, lunchtime was also unpleasant.

"Some people shouldn't act like rich capitalist heiresses; that kind of behavior doesn't work anymore."

"We've been here for three days, and we've been lying there like corpses for two and a half days already."

"It's one thing to be lazy yourself, but don't ruin the reputation of our educated youth settlement in the brigade."

"It makes everyone else feel awkward."

"Doesn't your back hurt from lying in bed all day?"

"They don't even have to get out of the fields, and they don't even know to lend a hand and prepare the meal in advance."

"We, who have worked half a day, still have to come back and serve you."

Su Qingci rolled her eyes at Chen Haiying, who was slamming the door, banging on the pot, and speaking in a sarcastic tone, ignoring her words.