There was supposed to be an early morning meeting today, but Xu Guoqiang didn't come, and Xu Dawei was sick, so Xu Yongshun temporarily took over the production team.

The production team leadership had a division of labor: the brigade leader was in charge of production, while the party secretary was in charge of personnel disputes. Now that both the brigade and party leaders had taken leave, he reluctantly took over and assigned the work to everyone according to the division of labor from the previous day.

As for the morning meeting, we'll postpone it until tomorrow.

In the ward of the health center.

Fang Yue'e slowly woke up, and the unfamiliar surroundings came into view. She had a moment of amnesia, but quickly remembered and sat up abruptly, "My child, where is my child?"

"Wife, don't worry, the child is here, the child is fine." Xu Dashan helped his wife up and pointed to the child lying next to her.

Fang Yue'e saw the child and was about to hug him when she remembered something. Her hand trembled as she placed it to the child's nose. Feeling the warmth of his breath, she picked him up and burst into tears, crying, "My child, my child..."

Xu Dashan hugged his wife and child and cried too; this child had been so hard-won.

When Sun Xia came in carrying the food box, she saw the couple crying their hearts out. She quickly advised, "Dashan, you can't let Yue'e cry like this, it's bad for her health."

"Yes, yes, I was confused, I was confused." Xu Dashan hurriedly wiped away his tears and also persuaded his wife to stop. "The child is fine, and you should be fine too. Our family will live a good life in the future."

Fang Yue'e nodded, sobbing, looking at the baby in the swaddling clothes, her love for him overflowing.

Li Xiyue slept until noon. She stretched and felt so comfortable.

She heard voices outside; it was Huang Xinrui and the others returning from work. She quickly got dressed, got out of bed, tidied her hair, and went out the door. "You're back?"

"Yueyue, you're awake?" Huang Xinrui ran over. "Where did you go yesterday? Why did you only come back in the middle of the night?"

Li Xiyue laughed and said, "Let's talk about it later, I'm hungry."

Wang Jiaxing immediately said, "I'll go cook."

Huang Xinrui pulled Li Xiyue into the house, and Li Xiyue asked her, "What kind of work are you doing?"

“Look, my hands are blistered from digging ditches.” Huang Xinrui spread out her right hand, revealing a blister on it.

Li Xiyue took her hand and blew on it to warm it. "I have some medicine. Let me put some on you." She took the medicine out of the cabinet and gently applied it to her hand.

"Thank you, Yueyue." Huang Xinrui took her arm and complained, "That new male educated youth has a terrible temper. You didn't get up for breakfast, so you didn't know. He was so picky and nitpicky, complaining about this and that. He's just like Zhao Xiaoli."

Another one courting death?

Li Xiyue patted her hand to comfort her, "Don't be afraid, if he dares to go too far, I'll deal with him."

"Yes, with you here, of course I'm not afraid." Huang Xinrui said, standing up. "I'll go help with the cooking, you should wash up too."

After washing up and making her bed, Li Xiyue went to the kitchen. The food was almost ready. She didn't see the new male educated youth. Wang Jiaxing said he was sleeping and didn't want to be disturbed.

Li Xiyue was speechless. It was already noon and he was still sleeping. It turned out he was not only pretentious but also lazy.

We had to go to work in the afternoon, so the three of us sat down to eat after we finished cooking.

While we were eating, someone walked in and said irritably, "Why didn't you call me when you were eating?"

Li Xiyue turned her head and saw a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. He had a well-proportioned figure, regular features, and fair skin, but at this moment, his angry brows and eyes greatly diminished his appearance.

Li Xiyue felt that this person's features were somewhat familiar, but she was certain that there was no such person in the original owner's memories. Seeing his appearance, she guessed that he was a new educated youth, so she ignored him and continued eating with her head down.

Huang Xinrui ignored him and sped up her eating.

Wang Jiaxing spoke up, "Zhao Zhiqing, you yourself said you wanted to sleep and asked us not to disturb you."

"I told you not to disturb my sleep, but I didn't say you shouldn't call me for meals either," the male educated youth said with an air of self-righteousness.

Huang Xinrui couldn't help but retort, "Did you do any work? Did you pay your taxes? Why should we call you to eat?"

Li Xiyue agreed with her. She said to Wang Jiaxing, "From now on, we will divide the work and take turns doing the work at the educated youth settlement. Everyone has to do cooking, fetching water, collecting firewood, boiling water, and washing dishes. If you don't do these things, you won't have anything to eat."

Wang Jiaxing and Huang Xinrui both nodded in agreement.

"You're Li Xiyue?" The male educated youth looked at Li Xiyue with great surprise.

Li Xiyue gave him a questioning look. Did this guy know her or had he already heard of her?

The male educated youth walked over and said, "I am Zhao Guohua."