Chapter Sixteen: Starting Work

The previously noisy dinner table immediately fell silent, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

The male educated youth's actions were already disliked by the female educated youth, but since they were all veteran educated youth, they gave each other some face. However, they did not expect that these things would be exposed by a new educated youth, and laid bare in the open.

Gu Zuozuo smiled and pushed the canned meat, jerky, and steamed egg cakes that the three of them had brought to a prominent position.

"Thank you for hosting the welcome party. We appreciate your kind gesture. This is a token of our appreciation from the three of us. We hope that we can support each other in the future."

After saying that, he took the lead, raised the bowl in his hand, waved it at Kan Lei and the others, and poured the corn porridge in the bowl into his stomach in one gulp.

Damn it! I was careless!

To avoid losing face, Gu Zuozuo tried her best to swallow the porridge in her mouth; the rough corn porridge stung her throat.

Seeing her frantically blinking eyes, Meng Tian knew she was in pain, so she suppressed a laugh and handed her her water bottle.

"Why are you drinking so fast? Have some water to wash it down."

Gu Zuozuo ignored Klass, who was already laughing hysterically in her head, took the water bottle and took a few gulps before swallowing the strange feeling in her throat.

It feels like eating spinach; you can't swallow it or spit it out, it's really uncomfortable.

The cornmeal porridge that people eat nowadays is made from crushed cornmeal, including the corn cob. Taking a bite of it really feels like eating a mouthful of sand.

[Host, what's it like to almost choke to death while trying to be cool?]

"roll!"

【Okay!】

Kan Lei glanced meaningfully at Ye Liang, whose eyes were filled with gloom, and the others, each with their own thoughts, before smiling and raising his lunchbox.

"Gu, the educated youth, is right. We are all ambitious young people from all over the country. It is fate that we can come together. Let's not let those trivial matters ruin our harmony. Come on! Welcome the five new educated youths!"

After a meal where everyone had their own ulterior motives, Gu Zuozuo felt she might suffer from indigestion.

Back in the small room with the three of them, Qi Meng, having taken a shower and drying her still-dripping hair, curiously approached Gu Zuozuo, who looked rather lazy.

"Zuo Zuo, aren't you afraid of offending them by saying those things today?"

Gu Zuozuo snorted lazily.

"Don't be afraid, a brave person is never afraid of challenges."

Qi Meng frowned, looking at Meng Tian who was tidying up the kang (heated brick bed), and pointed at Gu Zuozuo.

"What weird books has she been reading lately?"

To the point that he's become mentally unstable; listen to what kind of bizarre and nonsensical talk he's spouting.

Meng Tian smiled and said, "Just think of her as someone who's looking for things to do."

"Is she really that bored?"

"No, I don't call this boredom. I call it going crazy and exhausting others rather than draining my own mental energy."

Qi Meng had three big question marks on her forehead. What did that mean?

Gu Zuozuo's smile gradually turned sinister, making Qi Meng's neck feel cold.

"I'm happy when I see them unhappy."

Qi Meng rolled her eyes. Fine, her sister has gone crazy again.

Gu Zuozuo wasn't surprised at all by their indifference to her unusual behavior.

Strangely enough, the original owner not only looked exactly like her, but they also had some very similar little habits. If it weren't for their completely different temperaments, she would have thought they were the same person.

"Zuo Zuo, don't be careless. I don't think they are any kind people. Take Ye Liang, for example. I heard he got into trouble at home and used his connections to come to the countryside to lay low."

Among those male educated youth, only three were dishonest; the rest were honest, but too honest to dare to rebel, so they could only follow the crowd and go with the flow.