"puff."
A girl at the back couldn't help laughing.
Among the dozen or so educated youth who went to the countryside, only Zhang Lin put on powder, a powder with a strong and pungent smell. She was also the only one who wore brand new clothes and small leather shoes, and was a little overdressed. The others were all dressed in simple and plain clothes.
Zhang Lin was very embarrassed. She glared at Jiang Yuan, who was covering her mouth and laughing like she was from the same place as her, and pulled her stiff face: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to perfume. I'll go back to my seat."
After she left, Han Zheng returned to his position.
In fact, he was not allergic to all perfumes. He had smelled and touched the perfumes sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and did not feel particularly uncomfortable. However, the smell of perfume on Zhang Lin was particularly pungent. He had only been in contact with it for less than half a minute, and his skin began to itch, and he felt dizzy and nauseous.
"Brother Han, are you really allergic to perfume powder?" Lin Shan asked him in a low voice.
Han Zheng spoke the truth, also speaking in a low voice: "The scent of her perfume is very strange. It must have been mixed with something special."
"Excessive orchid essence."
When Zhang Lin came over, Yun Huaying smelled it, but she was not averse to the smell.
After this little episode, Zhang Lin no longer looked around for anyone to talk to, and the bus became quiet instead.
Perhaps because they were getting closer to their destination, everyone's mood became inexplicably low again. They all hung their heads, their eyes were confused and lifeless, and they didn't even have time to appreciate the natural scenery outside.
There were no cement roads in those days, only mud roads with potholes everywhere. When they bumped along the way to Yang County, these young men and women who had never suffered any hardship all sighed.
The shuttle bus stopped at the gate of the simple bus station in Yang County. Everyone got off the bus one after another, picked up their luggage, and reported to the nearby educated youth gathering point according to the posted banner announcement.
Yun Huaying picked up her luggage and saw Han Zheng standing beside her. She said to him, "We don't know how long it will take here, so you should go back first."
"It's okay, I'll go with you."
Han Zheng took the initiative to help each of them carry the heaviest bag. Seeing that everyone else had gone, he said as they walked, "The team should have arranged for an oxcart to come over. If it's convenient, I'll take a ride too."
The captains of the five brigades had been waiting for a long time. Seeing this group of young people who had never experienced hardship, they were so worried that they smoked their pipes. They didn't want these young people to come to the countryside. Not only were they not efficient and slow at work, but they also had many bad habits of city people.
In addition to their work every day, they also have to take care of and teach them, and deal with the trivial matters between them. The village cadres are actually very exhausted.
But this was the policy from above, and they had no choice but to comply with it. Their only hope was that these new educated youth would not cause trouble and would stay in the village and work honestly and steadily.
There weren't many educated youth coming today, just 15 in total, with an even ratio of men to women, all standing together with their luggage.
A tanned captain was holding a roster and calling out names, while two other people wearing armbands were sitting at a table registering.
These two were sent by the G Society in Yang County. One of them was younger and spoke in a very frivolous manner. He set his sights on the female educated youth from the very beginning, looking at them as if they were commodities. Everyone felt uncomfortable watching him.
"Lin Shan."
"Here we are." Lin Shan, who was standing at the back and ordering, immediately squeezed over with her luggage.
"Hey, here comes another beautiful one."
The young man in charge of registration looked up at her and deliberately whistled.
Lin Shan didn't like the look in his eyes, but when she saw the G Club armband on his arm, she swallowed her dissatisfaction.
"Yunhuaying."
"arrive."
Yun Huaying also squeezed over from behind the crowd and placed all her belongings beside Han Zheng except for the backpack on her body.
"Tsk tsk, what's going on today? Why are there so many beautiful women here all of a sudden?" The person who spoke frivolously was the same person as before. He looked her up and down, and his eyes were very explicit this time.
Yun Huaying hated this look. She frowned and said in a cold voice, "Have you seen enough?"
The frivolous smile on the other person's face froze for a moment, then he started laughing again: "Oh, you're still a thorn."
Yun Huaying saw through him at first sight as a thug, probably having gotten into the G Club through the backdoor. Her gaze shifted from him to the man in charge of roll call, "Is this the quality of a Yang County G Club cadre?"
"Comrade, you misunderstood. He just likes to joke around."
The other person smiled awkwardly, pushed the arm of the person next to him, and gave a veiled warning: "Register your information and say less things that are not related to work."
Even though he said this, everyone present looked unhappy, especially the female educated youth. When their names were called just now, they were all criticized by this man. The look he gave everyone was very disgusting, but because of his identity, everyone endured it and did not say anything.
After he finished registering, the G-Council cadre who had just spoken stood up and said to the group of educated youth who had come from afar, "The situation in Yang County this time is a bit special. Due to issues in the county, the specific brigades had not been divided before your arrival. So today we have notified the captains of the five brigades of the Red Star Commune to come here. Your whereabouts will be decided here later."
Each of the five team leaders held a sign with the name of the brigade written on it.
One of the male educated youth asked, "How do we choose? Do we choose, or do the five team leaders choose the people?"
"The five captains will first introduce the situations of each team. You will make your own choices based on the situations of each team."
This wasn't bad; at least they had the right to make their own choices, and everyone was satisfied. Seeing that no one seemed to have any objections, the male educated youth who had spoken first nodded on behalf of everyone: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man holding the Nanwan Brigade sign spoke first: "I am Wang Youwen, the captain of the Nanwan Brigade. Nanwan Brigade has the only sand quarry in the Red Star Commune. As long as you have strength and can endure hardship, you will never have to worry about going hungry in Nanwan Brigade."
He didn't introduce much, but he successfully extinguished the fire in the hearts of these city kids.
They couldn't say they had everything handed to them at home, but they had never done hard labor. They had some knowledge of sand mining, but ordinary strength was not enough for them, so they couldn't afford this meal.
Seeing their pale faces, Wang Youwen laughed secretly. This was the effect he wanted.
As soon as he stepped down, the captain of the Nanzhu Brigade stepped forward and spoke.
The G Club representative, who had been speaking frivolously before, retreated to Wang Youwen's side without a trace and whispered, "Captain Wang, are you stupid? You can leave these weak male educated youth behind, but you can take the beautiful female ones back with you. There are so many single young men in your team, and your own sons and nephews are still unmarried. And you don't want this beautiful female comrade who came right to your door? Isn't this a bargain for the Nanzhu Team?"
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