After a while, Yao Xiuli asked Yao Xiujuan, "Sister, why didn't you let me continue?"

Yao Xiujuan simply said, "Just listen to your brother-in-law. You don't need to ask so many other questions."

Yao Xiuli said, "Oh," and said, "I understand."

Yao Xiujuan smiled when she heard that, sat up and waved to Yao Xiuli, "Xiuli, come and sit here, I have something to tell you!"

Yao Xiuli sat beside Yao Xiujuan, confused. "Sister, do you have anything to tell me?"

Yao Xiujuan took Yao Xiuli's hand and patted it gently. "Xiuli, you also know that this place where we live is a sent-down youth camp, right?"

Seeing Yao Xiuli nodded, Yao Xiujuan continued, "There are more than a dozen of those educated youth, both men and women, and some of them are not easy to get along with. When you see them in the future, you must stay away from them and don't have too much contact with them, understand?"

Yao Xiuli nodded, "I know, I know!"

Yao Xiujuan helplessly tapped Yao Xiuli's forehead, "You, don't agree so quickly!"

Yao Xiuli covered her forehead with her hands in grievance, "Sister, I really remembered it, that's why I agreed so quickly!"

Yao Xiujuan sighed, "Okay, then I have something else to say to you..."

Yao Xiuli interrupted quickly, "Wait a minute, let me go see if the water outside is cold."

Yao Xiuli ran outside and brought back a bowl of boiling water. She came to Yao Xiujuan and said, "Sister, come and feel the water to see if it's the right temperature."

Yao Xiujuan tried it and nodded, "It's OK."

Upon hearing this, Yao Xiuli walked back to the table with the bowl in her hand. Looking at the listless Wu Ya, she quickly said to comfort her, "Wu Ya, be good. I'll make you some milk powder right away..."

As he said that, he took an empty bowl, scooped five spoonfuls of milk powder into the bowl, poured some warm water into the milk powder, stirred it evenly, and then brought it to Wu Ya.

"Drink it quickly."

Wu Ya's originally dull eyes instantly lit up when she smelled the fragrance of milk powder. Holding the bowl, she called out sweetly to Yao Xiuli, "Thank you, auntie..."

Yao Xiuli touched Wu Ya's head and said, "Be good..."

"Sister, what did you want to say just now?"

Yao Xiujuan, "...I also want to say that you should stay away from those male educated youth in the future!"

Yao Xiuli was puzzled. "I know, but, didn't you just say that, big sister?"

Yao Xiujuan explained, "What I mean is that those male educated youth all came from big cities. They are different from us. Although they can't go back now, they will definitely return to the city in the future. You must not be attracted by them..."

Yao Xiuli was puzzled. "Sister, what do you mean? Whether they return to the city or not, what does it have to do with me?"

Yao Xiujuan sighed, "Isn't it clear what I mean?"

"The male educated youth living in our courtyard are better than us farmers, both in appearance and in knowledge!"

"You'll be living here for a few months, but don't be dazzled by them. They're not suitable for us!"

Chu Tian told Yao Xiujuan this because he knew that the college entrance examination was completely liberalized in 1977 and 1978, and most of the educated youth who went to the countryside took the college entrance examination and returned to the city. Even if they didn't pass, they would find a way to go back! At that time, there were many cases of abandoning wives and children, or abandoning husbands and children. Chu Tian didn't want Yao Xiuli to go through that same thing...

Of course, what Chu Tian said was not absolute. There were still good men and women who did not abandon their families, but relied on the efforts of their family to bring their families back to the city. However, that only accounted for a small part!

Yao Xiuli was a little confused at first, but then she reacted, her face flushed red, and she got off the kang, standing on the ground looking at Yao Xiujuan in disbelief, "Sister, what are you talking about? How old am I..."

Seeing that her younger sister had no idea, Yao Xiujuan smiled softly and said, "How old are you? Sixteen. According to our mother's ideas, I estimate that we should start looking for suitable people this year. If there is one, we will find you one next year. If we find one, we will arrange a marriage for you. You can get married in a year or two."

Yao Xiuli blushed and stamped her feet unhappily, "Big sister!"

Yao Xiujuan waved her hands quickly. "Okay, big sister, let's not talk about that anymore. Anyway, we'll probably be living here for the next few months. We'll definitely be in contact during the busy farming season, but you have to remember to stay away from the educated youth."

"They are not the same as us."

Yao Xiuli was afraid that Yao Xiujuan would continue to say something embarrassing, so she nodded hurriedly, "I know, I know, big sister, please don't say anything more!"

"I, I'll take Wu Ya with me to see if my brother-in-law and brother need any help!"

After saying that, he picked up Wu Ya, who had just finished drinking milk powder, and ran away.

Yao Xiujuan, “…”

"Brother-in-law, bro, do you need my help with anything?"

Chu Tian and Yao Youjun were squatting at the entrance of the kang, preparing to light a fire. When they heard this, they turned around and saw Yao Xiuli holding Wu Ya standing at the door.

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows slightly and refused without hesitation, "No, it's already been cleaned up. I'll light the kang hole to warm it up and then we can sleep at night."

"Xiu Li, don't stay here anymore. Go back and rest."

Seeing that there was really no one who needed her help, Yao Xiuli picked up Wu Ya and prepared to go back. Unexpectedly, just as she walked out of the dugout, she saw a man walking out of a dugout opposite. Yao Xiuli remembered her elder sister's words, lowered her head and didn't dare to look at the other person, and hurriedly ran into the dugout next door.

“·····”

Li Jianmin, who had just smiled and was about to say hello, suddenly froze. He stood there, puzzled, thinking, "I'm not a monster, am I? Why was that girl so scared of me?" "Is she afraid of me?" "Is she afraid of me?"

Wu Ya tilted her head and looked at her aunt strangely, her voice soft and sticky, "Aunt, why did you run away?"

Yao Xiuli was stunned. Yeah, why should she run? The elder sister only said not to interact with them. Did she say to run if she saw them?

Early the next morning, when Chu Tian waited for Sun Weiguo to drive the carriage to the educated youth point to pick them up, he sent Sun Weiguo and Yao Youjun to wait for a while in the dugout where they slept last night. He drove the carriage to a deserted and quiet place, and took out 100 kilograms of rice, 100 kilograms of flour, and 300 kilograms and 10 kilograms of bananas from the space, and put them in a pile on the carriage. He took out 10 kilograms of bananas from the pile, put them in a sack, covered them with the straw mat prepared by Sun Weiguo in advance, and carefully tied them with a hemp rope before returning to the educated youth point.

As for the brown sugar that was promised, I didn’t get it this time!

There was no way, the carriage was already full, and the bananas were different from other supplies. They could not be pressed or touched. In order to avoid being exposed, Chu Tian did not use the original cardboard boxes of the bananas, but piled them directly on the carriage!

He planned to ask Sun Weiguo to see whose house in the team he could go to and buy some bamboo baskets or something to carry some supplies that could not be packaged!