"Nothing much, I just heard from fellow villagers that some educated youth had built a small courtyard and moved in, so I couldn't help but come over to take a look out of curiosity.

The house smells so good! What delicious food did you make?

Huang Qiuxia withdrew her hand awkwardly, twitching her nose constantly as she sniffed the fragrance coming from the room.

It is said that Yang Baiyi is a good hunter, so it seems that this is not groundless.

Although Huang Qiuxia didn't know what kind of meat it was, she was definitely meat.

"I didn't eat anything, just an ordinary meal. Comrade Huang Qiuxia, you've seen the yard. If there's nothing else, go back first. I still need to eat."

Huang Qiuxia's arrogant attitude made Yang Baiyi lose interest in continuing the conversation, and he directly ordered her to leave.

"Comrade Yang Baiyi, I came here for a small matter. It's like this. Haven't I always been staying at a member's house?

This member's family is going to marry off their son at the end of the year, so they are short of housing.

I see you have quite a few vacant rooms here. Can I move in?

Don't worry, I won't live here for free. I'll pay for the room and meals. What do you think?"

Huang Qiuxia's family is well-off. Her parents are leaders of large state-owned factories. She has two older brothers, and Huang Qiuxia is the only girl in the family.

Originally, Huang Qiuxia didn't have to go to the countryside. With the Huang family's connections, it would have been easy to arrange a job for her.

But Huang Qiuxia was a completely spoiled child. The better her family treated her, the more she wanted to escape and pursue the kind of freedom described in foreign novels.

Of course, Huang Qiuxia's family strongly opposed it. Huang Qiuxia compromised on the surface, but secretly signed up.

By the time Huang Qiuxia's family found out, the matter had already become a foregone conclusion.

Even though the Huang family had certain connections in the city, they did not dare to openly go against the policy and could only accept this reality helplessly.

Huang Qiuxia regretted her decision on the first day she arrived in Chenjiatun. She did not go to work the next day and ran to the town to send a telegram to her family, asking her parents to find a way to get her back.

However, any educated youth who went to the countryside were not allowed to return to the city without special circumstances, and even the Huang family had no way to do anything about it.

Helplessly, Huang Qiuxia's parents could only comfort Huang Qiuxia and give her more financial subsidies.

Huang Qiuxia went to the countryside for three years and basically did not work. She just lived a lazy life in Chenjiatun.

Huang Qiuxia is aloof. Relying on her family's superior conditions, she looks down on the educated youth who go to work every day.

Sweating all day and digging for food in the fields, what's the difference between you and those mud-legged people?

So Huang Qiuxia would rather spend money to live in a member's home than live with other educated youth.

Even when the new educated youth went to the countryside this time, Huang Qiuxia did not show up. Huang Qiuxia believed that getting too close to them would be a loss of her identity.

This time it was the landlord who asked her to vacate the house. Huang Qiuxia then remembered Yang Baiyi, a popular figure among the educated youth during that period.

I heard that Yang Baiyi's family conditions were quite good. As soon as they arrived, they built a small courtyard made of blue bricks. Huang Qiuxia came over to take a look and found that it was indeed quite decent.

I also heard that Yang Baiyi was a good hunter and he killed three roe deer for the production team as soon as he arrived. When I came here today, I found that Yang Baiyi was indeed eating meat at home.

Huang Qiuxia made up her mind that she must live here, even if it meant spending more money on tickets. At least her daily food and living environment would be much better.

"I'm sorry, I don't have any vacant rooms for you. You should go ask other members at their homes.

If that doesn't work out, you can live in the educated youth compound. It wasn't very convenient for you before because there were no female comrades. This time, there are several female comrades going to the countryside with us, so you can experience collective life."

Yang Baiyi rejected Huang Qiuxia's unreasonable request without hesitation. Not to mention that he hated Huang Qiuxia's personality, even if he didn't hate her, he would not let anyone else live in.

The reason why I moved out was to make it more convenient to get things from the space. I took her in because I was sick and wanted to make things difficult for myself.

Wouldn't that be uncomfortable? Yang Baiyi wasn't that stupid.

"Comrade Yang Baiyi, aren't there three of you living here? How come there are no empty rooms?

You can let Comrade Lin Wanru move in, so why can't you let me move in?"

Huang Qiuxia was very surprised by Yang Baiyi's rejection. Her conditions in every aspect were no worse than Lin Wanru's. Why did Yang Baiyi reject her?

"Because I like Comrade Lin Wanru, and because Comrade Lin Wanru is helping me take care of my sister.

Besides, this is the yard I built, so I don't need to report to you if I want anyone to live here, right?"

Yang Baiyi looked at Huang Qiuxia as if he was looking at a mentally retarded child.

He had no idea where Huang Qiuxia's sense of superiority came from.

"Comrade Yang Baiyi, I have nowhere to live now. We are both educated youth. Isn't it your duty to lend a helping hand to comrades in need?"

The proud Huang Qiuxia was rejected so bluntly that she felt a little embarrassed and wanted to leave. However, when she smelled the rich fragrance coming from the room, she held back.

Although my parents would send me a lot of money every time I wrote to them, supplies were in short supply and some things could not be bought with just money.

"Didn't I tell you? There are several female comrades in the Youth League compound now. The kang in the west wing is quite big, and it can easily accommodate you.

If you were really in trouble, as a member of the educated youth team, it wouldn't be a big deal for me to help you, but you're not in trouble at all now!"

Yang Baiyi couldn't imagine why Huang Qiuxia had such big personality flaws when she had clearly been in the countryside for three years, and how she had managed to survive these three years.

"I don't want to sleep in a bunk bed. They'll be covered in sweat after a day's work, and the fumes will kill you."

Huang Qiuxia covered her nose with her hands, as if she could already smell the stench of sweat.

"Why would you be so disgusted by this? Don't you sweat after a day's work? Besides, everyone washes themselves and washes their clothes every day, so it doesn't smell at all.

I used to live in the west wing with everyone else, I can assure you of that."

Lin Wanru couldn't help it anymore and walked out of the house.

At the beginning, Yang Baiyi was dealing with Huang Qiuxia, and Lin Wanru had no intention of going out.

Although he was getting along with Yang Baiyi, he did not have a legal identity.

In principle, I am now living under someone else's roof, so I have no right to agree or reject Huang Qiuxia's request. I will just let Yang Baiyi decide for himself.

But Huang Qiuxia despised her comrades, or rather, her former self, which made Lin Wanru a little angry.

"But I don't have to work at all! The money checks my family sends me are enough to support me.

So Comrade Yang Baiyi, please let me live here. I will give you generous rewards and will never let you suffer any loss.

Whatever prey you catch, I'll pay for it."

Huang Qiuxia would occasionally sneak a peek at the rabbit meat on the table in the main hall through the gap between the two of them.