Chapter 36 Going to the Commune
"I also like canned meat."
She turned around and took out a can of meat.
Liu Wei's eyes flashed while she was crying, but it was gone in a flash.
Li Xinyue stuffed the canned meat into Liu Wei's hand and said, "Just take this and say you bought it yourself."
Liu Wei looked at Li Xinyue with tearful eyes and opened her mouth as if wanting to say something.
Li Xinyue spoke first, "Don't worry, I will tell you. I will keep it a secret for you. There are only two of us here. Song Yue is out."
This is exactly what Liu Wei was waiting for.
She hugged Li Xinyue and said, "Thank you, Xinyue. You are so kind, Xinyue."
Li Xinyue was no longer used to being held in her arms. She froze and pushed Liu Wei away, saying hastily, "Let's go."
Liu Wei took the canned meat, not caring at all that Li Xinyue pushed her away.
She wiped her tears, packed up, and went out with Li Xinyue.
Both of them went out.
The waiter outside got two tables together from somewhere and sat down, leaving two empty seats waiting for them.
“Beef jerky.”
"Canned meat."
They put the things on the table.
Zhao Zirui recognized at a glance that Liu Wei was holding Li Xinyue's can of food. He frowned for a moment, but felt relieved.
He couldn't say anything, after all, his cans were...
"Tsk." Lin He smacked his lips, "Li Xinyue, you are really generous."
Li Xinyue was afraid that Lin He would say something, so she glared at him, "Lin He, shut up!"
Song Yue took a glance. Anyone present could tell that the can of meat Liu Wei took was the same as the can of meat Zhao Zirui took out.
Chen Xuejun stood up and started speaking without hesitation.
"Okay, first of all, welcome the five new educated youth..."
Chen Xuejun said a lot of polite words and then got to the point. .
Because the newly sent-down educated youth had no jobs, they were given a monthly food allowance of 25 kilograms in the first year, which was deducted when the wages were settled at the end of the year.
If you save enough food for a month, you can either exchange it with other members or use coupons to buy food from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Everyone worked together in the Youth League's compound, including fetching water, collecting firewood, cooking, and growing vegetables in their private plots.
It is about ten kilometers from here to the commune. It takes about an hour and a half to walk up if you are fast, or more than two hours if you are slow.
Every morning the brigade would send a bullock cart to the commune, and leave when it was full. It would also return after lunch when the cart was full.
It costs five yuan for a round trip.
Give enough money for the round trip at one time and we will wait for you to come back together.
Having said this.
Just introduce yourself to each other.
Among the four male educated youth, except Chen Xuejun and fat Liu Aiguo.
The other two educated youth were Li Tao, a tall and sturdy one, and Niu Yifan, a thinner one.
Among the female educated youth, besides Wu Yun, the round-faced educated youth who had previously brought a stool to Song Yue was called Jiang Xuemei.
The remaining two are named Zhu Jing and Liu Mei.
Both of them had indifferent expressions, and it took a while to tell what their personalities were.
After introducing ourselves, we started eating.
The old educated youth prepared cabbage vermicelli... meat, vegetable steamed buns, and porridge that was so thin that you could count the rice.
According to the old educated youth, the conditions are tough, but compared to when they first came to the countryside... it is the best.
Song Yuewu had nothing to say, so he ate.
Song Yue, Liu Wei, everything is fine.
Zhao Zirui, Lin He, and Li Xinyue all felt so uncomfortable eating, but they had no choice but to eat it with gritted teeth.
Song Yue developed this habit in her previous life. When she was hungry and had nothing to eat in the wild, she just... understood it.
Had dinner.
Chen Xuejun said that since it was their first day, they didn't need to clean up and work, so they should clean up and go to bed.
We will start working from tomorrow.
Song Yue went back to the room, took out two sets of quilts, and used the old one to make the bed.
Good one can be used as a blanket.
On the bed.
He took the washbasin, filled it with hot water boiled by the old educated youth, and brought it into the house.
Close the door and wash your body.
Then pour hot water into the washbasin, soak your feet, and go to bed.
She crawled under the quilt.
Li Xinyue had nothing and wanted to borrow something from Liu Wei.
Liu Wei didn't agree directly. She didn't know what the two of them were talking about, and she just vaguely heard Li Xinyue giving Liu Wei something again.
Song Yue originally wanted to check the system to see how much points she had earned...but she fell asleep while thinking about it.
In waking up.
It was the second day.
It's getting light.
Song Yue thought that she had to go to the commune post office today to send a letter to Yang Duo and check if the package had arrived.
She glanced over and saw Li Xinyue and Liu Wei were still sleeping.
Li Xinyue slept in the middle and Liu Wei slept on the edge.
Song Yue thought about it, so she got up quietly, got off the kang, and combed her hair carefully in front of the mirror.
He took the washbasin and towel, brushed his teeth, and quietly opened the door to go out.
As soon as I go out.
I just happened to see Jiang Xuemei walking out.
Jiang Xuemei heard the voice, looked back and saw it was Song Yue.
She called out to greet him, "Song Zhiqing, are you up so early?"
Song Yue was stunned, "Is it still early?"
Jiang Xuemei smiled softly, "I'm rushing to work now, you said it's early."
"You don't have to go to work tomorrow, but you can sleep a little longer."
Song Yue smiled and replied, "No, I have to go to the commune for some business."
"That's great. Hurry up and finish packing and go make the ox cart."
"I'm leaving now. We'll talk after work."
Jiang Xuemei finished speaking and left in a hurry.
Song Yue withdrew her gaze and took the basin to fetch water from the water tank.
Set aside.
Go brush your teeth.
Just squeeze the toothpaste on.
Lin He came over with a basin in his hand. "I thought it was early enough for me, but I didn't expect you to be earlier."
Song Yue took a look and said, "It's also getting better."
Lin He looked apologetic and said, "I'm sorry for what happened yesterday."
Song Yue frowned and looked at Lin He, "?"
Lin He smiled and said, "I'll go with you, everything will be fine."
Song Yue retracted her gaze, "The mouth is on someone else's body, and they can't control those things if they want to."
"That being said..."
Song Yue interrupted Lin He and said, "If you have any concerns, step back now, ten steps away."
Lin He: “…”
He looked at the positions where the two of them were standing. If they really wanted to leave, they would have to leave the Youth League Home.
"A bit far."
"Five steps."
Song Yue uttered two words, "It's up to you."
Lin Hezhen actually took five steps back.
Song Yue ignored him and brushed her teeth.
After brushing my teeth, I washed my face.
He poured the water and carried the basin back to the house.
Lin He asked again, "Are you going to the commune later?"
"go."
"That's great. I'll go too." Lin He paused. "I'll call Zhao Zirui along as well and tell him to go buy a quilt and some other things, and return the favor to Li Xinyue."
"I'll go get her."
Song Yue reminded, "It's better for you to let Zhao Zirui call you."
Lin He was stunned and nodded, "You are right."
Lin He ran back to the house, and soon Zhao Zirui also got up.
He ran to the door and knocked and shouted.
꺳 called Li Xinyue up.
Li Xinyue got up, and Liu Wei followed suit.
Song Yue put her things away and turned to leave.
When leaving.
Li Xinyue was still brushing her teeth and washing her face.
Lin He was waiting for them.
Lin He saw Song Yue and left immediately, "Hey, Song..."