After Li Yumei finished cooking, she looked up and saw Zhao Hu walking in empty-handed, and her face fell again.

At first, she had some expectations when she saw Zhao Hu going out every day. After all, they all ate from the same pot, and if Zhao Hu managed to get something, they could have a bite to improve their meals.

But Zhao Hu was useless. He seemed diligent, working from dawn till dusk, but he only managed to catch one pheasant at the beginning. He stingily shared two pieces with her. She hadn't eaten meat for more than half a year at that time. She tried everything, from direct hints to indirect suggestions, but Zhao Hu was like a block of wood who wouldn't share another piece with her.

After that, Zhao Hu never brought back any wild game, at most some wild vegetables. It was such a waste of that big guy.

Li Yumei wouldn't give a friendly look to someone she couldn't gain an advantage from.

Zhao Hu acted as if he hadn't heard anything, went inside to get a bowl and serve rice, showing no respect to Li Yumei whatsoever.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, can't you hear me?"

Zhao Hu didn't want to argue with people like Li Yumei, but that didn't mean he had no temper.

"Did I not provide any food? Or did I not cook any meals?"

Li Yumei was a little taken aback when someone who never liked to say more than a few words suddenly said those two sentences.

"What do you mean?"

Zhao Hu started slurping his porridge, wondering if he should just cook separately like Gu An'an and the others.

"I haven't lacked food, nor have I lacked work. I'm eating my own food with dignity, so why should I be subjected to your disdain and ridicule?"

That's the logic, but no matter what they said before, Zhao Hu never refuted it, so Li Yumei never thought about this kind of problem.

She was a little taken aback by this lukewarm response.

"No, you..."

Before she could continue speaking, Zhao Hu had already finished eating, got up to wash the dishes, put the bowls back in the house, and went out again.

Less than three minutes later, upon hearing the door close, Li Yumei felt as if her face had been torn off and crushed onto the ground once again.

"He...he went too far."

Everyone ate in silence without saying a word. Zhao Hu was right about this; they couldn't just blindly agree.

Seeing everyone's attitude, Li Yumei was furious but didn't know what to say. She dared to confront Zhao Hu only because she thought he was easy to talk to, but she didn't dare to go against everyone in the educated youth compound, otherwise her life would definitely be miserable.

Chen Jianguo looked around and suddenly felt very tired. These people really love to cause trouble, just like they have for ten years.

Gu and Zhou, the educated youth, had a good life. They had plenty to eat and drink and didn't have to scheme against each other or worry about these trivial matters.

Zhao Hu left the courtyard and looked back again. Finding no one coming out, he then knocked on the door of the neighboring courtyard.

"They're here."

Seeing the person outside the door, Gu An'an was not surprised at all and opened the door to let them in.

Seeing that Zhou Yue was not there, Zhao Hu immediately handed a package to Gu An'an. "The whole pig was 6 mao per jin, and it sold for a total of 247 yuan and 2 mao. Here is your share, 173 yuan and 4 fen. Count it."

The change was both whole and small; Gu An'an didn't even look at it before putting it directly into her pocket. "No need, I trust you."

The two spoke in hushed tones, so Zhou Yue inside the room didn't hear them at all. She only heard a man's voice outside and, fearing that some ill-intentioned person might come knocking, immediately went out to check.

Upon seeing that the visitor was Zhao Hu, Zhou Yue lowered her guard. Although they were not familiar with each other, her sixth sense told her that Zhao Hu was one of the few upright individuals in the educated youth compound.

"What brings Comrade Zhao here?"

Looking at Zhou Yue's fair and tender face and her big, fluttering eyes, Zhao Hu unconsciously scratched the back of his head. "Gu Zhiqing helped me a lot today, so I came here specifically to thank her."

Although Gu and Zhou had a good relationship, each of them had their own secrets. Zhao Hu did not reveal them to the public, but only mentioned them briefly.

help?

A big question mark flashed through Zhou Yue's mind. They had rarely communicated since they moved out of that place. How could Gu An'an help Comrade Zhao?

Although she was puzzled, Zhou Yue didn't ask directly. She thought that if necessary, An'an would definitely tell her.

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Yue reverted to her mindless praise mode, "Isn't Sister An'an incredibly amazing?"

Thinking about what had happened before, Zhao Hu nodded honestly, "He is indeed very impressive."

Zhou Yue felt like she had found a kindred spirit, "Sister An'an is not only good at fighting, but also cooks very well."

That was all she said. As for what delicious food they had prepared, Zhou Yue didn't want to reveal a word, for fear that Zhao Hu would have his eye on it.

She was thinking about blowing on Gu An'an when Gu An'an took out the rest of the pig's blood, saying, "This is for you."

Since others kept their promises, Gu An'an certainly wouldn't be stingy either.

Zhao Hu hadn't expected Gu An'an to save a portion for him. Thinking of the people at the educated youth compound and the strong fragrance he'd smelled earlier, Zhao Hu scratched his head repeatedly, finally managing to utter a sentence before Gu An'an suspected he had lice.

"I don't need that much, but could you make it here and give me a little bit?"

Gu An'an immediately understood his thoughts, knowing that he didn't want to benefit those people. After thinking for a moment, she nodded in agreement, "Then come here for lunch tomorrow."

Zhao Hu was surprised that everything was so easy. He smiled, revealing a row of white teeth. "Okay, don't close the door yet."

After leaving those words, the person ran away as fast as the wind, and judging from the noise, they must have gone back to the next house.

"No, Zhao Hu, what do you mean? What do you mean you're not eating here tomorrow at noon? If you're not eating here, where are you going to eat?"

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