When they finished work, Zhou's father found some able-bodied men to tidy up the Wu family's house. As it was getting dark, they didn't dare to stay any longer, as long as it didn't leak.

There was no other way but to let them move the next day. Zhou's mother started throwing things around at home, and Xu Wenzhu was not one to be trifled with either. The two were at loggerheads.

Mr. Zhou felt a headache coming on. If he had known it would turn out like this, why did he ever arrange for these female educated youths to come to his home?

The next day, after finishing work, Shen Banxia and the others moved their belongings to the Wu family's house.

The female educated youth were on one side, and the male educated youth were on the other side; they all slept in the same large dormitory.

But then, Jian Sufeng pulled Chen Banxia aside and asked, "Um, do you think it's really as they say?"

Shen Banxia looked at Jian Sufeng in surprise. Was this seemingly indifferent person afraid of ghosts?

But is it really okay to say this to her?

"I don't know either, I've never seen it before," Shen Banxia said, spreading her hands.

Jian Sufen immediately released Shen Banxia's arm and turned to find Xu Wenzhu.

However, Xu Wenzhu was clearly not a confidante, saying, "Go ask someone who knows."

Jian Sufeng broke down, "If you hadn't offended the brigade leader's daughter, would we have wanted to live here?"

“What does this have to do with me? It’s clearly the captain taking revenge. Besides, I didn’t do anything wrong,” Xu Wenzhu said, not feeling that she was at fault at all.

"You, you—", Jian Sufen was utterly astonished. How dare she say such a thing?

Su Wenze frowned as he looked over, then sighed helplessly.

Zhao Zhigao patted Su Wenze on the shoulder, "You've worked hard, brother."

Su Wenze shook his head with a wry smile. If it weren't for his family's instructions and his promise to Uncle Xu, he wouldn't have had to clean up Xu Wenzhu's messes time and time again.

Zhao Zhigao was very curious, "What exactly is your relationship with Xu Zhiqing?"

"From a large compound."

"Oh, childhood sweethearts?" Zhao Zhigao thought, no wonder, but it seems that Su Wenze doesn't like that Xu Zhiqing.

To be honest, if it weren't for that educated youth named Shen, she would be considered the most beautiful.

Tsk tsk tsk, I used to think that going to the countryside wasn't fun, but now it seems that he was just too ignorant.

Zhao Zhigao squinted, wishing he could make Shen Zhiqing his girlfriend someday.

As for the female educated youth, Jian Sufeng couldn't take it anymore and simply went out and ignored Xu Wenzhu.

Xu Wenzhu didn't care at all and turned to Su Wenze, "Brother Wenze, are you hungry? I still have White Rabbit milk candy and peach shortbread."

Su Wenze didn't respond, but Zhao Zhigao leaned over and said, "Xu Zhiqing, I'm hungry."

"Tch, what does your hunger have to do with me?" Xu Wenzhu retorted. She had no intention of letting outsiders benefit from her.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're being a bit too heartless. We were at least destined to be sent-down youth in the same place."

Su Wenze frowned. "You can't talk to female comrades like that."

Zhao Zhigao curled his lip, thinking that Su Wenze was meddling too much. How could anyone let him go if he acted like that?

Sure enough, Xu Wenzhu's eyes lit up.

"Brother Wenze, I knew you were the best to me," she said, her tone light and cheerful, as she had thought he was ignoring her.

Su Wenze reiterated, "You should try to control your temper in the future."

"Okay, okay, I will definitely restrain myself."

Seeing how quickly she agreed, Su Wenze knew she would forget about it the moment she turned around.

However, problems soon arose. Although they had rations provided by the brigade leader, the question of who would cook became a problem.

Xu Wenzhu looked at Shen Banxia, ​​then at Jian Sufeng who had returned, and asked, "Which of you two can cook?"

Shen Banxia shrugged and spread her hands, "I don't know how."

Chien Su-fen followed the crowd and said she didn't know how either.

Xu Wenzhu glanced past Su Wenze and looked at the other two male educated youths.

Zhao Zhigao immediately said, "Don't count on me, I'll be lucky if I can even get the fire going."

Liu Zhe pushed up his glasses and shook his head.

Now they were truly at a loss, and Xu Wenzhu couldn't help but complain, "How come you can't even cook a meal?"

Shen Banxia wasn't going to indulge her temper. "If you can do it, then you do it."

Xu Wenzhu fell silent.

Finally, with no other option, they had to work in pairs, taking turns. After all, it was impossible to hire someone to help with cooking.

If someone reports you to the authorities, who knows what kind of trouble you might attract.

A game of rock-paper-scissors decided that Shen Banxia and Xu Wenzhu would be paired together, and unfortunately, it was their turn tonight.

The two stared at each other, looking at the sweet potatoes, broken rice, and pickled vegetables.

"How do I do it?"

Shen Banxia had never actually done it before, but even if she hadn't eaten pork, hadn't she seen pigs run?

The two arrived at the stove, but there was no iron pot; instead, there was a large earthenware jar.

Shen Banxia thought for a moment, "Why don't we just cook them all in one pot?"

Xu Wenzhu had no other good solutions.

Xu Wenzhu started the fire, while Shen Banxia washed the sweet potatoes, cut them into large chunks, and then put them all into the earthenware jar.

"Is that all?"

"Otherwise what? Do you want to cook a dish?" Since you have neither the tools nor the skills, don't make things too difficult for yourself. Just make do for now and deal with tomorrow's problems tomorrow.

Besides, Shen Banxia is still waiting for her surprise gift package.

After finally getting it cooked, everyone ate a little and then went to sleep.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, I heard the sound of a baby crying.

Jian Sufen jumped up immediately, "What should we do? What should we do?"

Xu Wenzhu was woken up by the noise. "What? What should I do?" Just then, she started sobbing.

Xu Wenzhu trembled.

Shen Banxia was alright; she heard the door open outside, presumably the male educated youth had gotten up.

She got dressed and prepared to go out for a look, but Jian Sufeng huddled under the covers and asked, "Are you... are you going out?"

Shen Banxia turned on the flashlight. "It's good to go and see what's causing this trouble."

Xu Wenzhu now admires Shen Banxia.

Not wanting to be looked down upon, she started getting dressed. Jian Sufen realized that she was now all alone, and she shakily finished dressing.

When they came outside, the three male educated youths were already looking around with flashlights, but the baby's crying had stopped.

Xu Wenzhu was the first to ask, "Have you made any discoveries?"

All three shook their heads at the same time.

Just then, the sound of a baby crying came from somewhere. In the middle of the night, it was really unsettling.

Jian Sufen was the first to lose her temper. "I'm going back to my room," she said, and without waiting for their reply, she ran back quickly. She wasn't afraid of anything else, but she was afraid of those things.

Xu Wenzhu also wanted to go in, but seeing that Chen Banxia wasn't there, she forced herself to remain calm. If you ignored her trembling legs, she actually looked quite convincing.

Shen Banxia realized that the sound seemed to be coming from the abandoned well.