For a moment, everyone fell silent.
Seeing this, Feng Dabing's temples throbbed, and he added with exasperation:
“The educated youth aren’t staying here for free; they still have to pay their own food rations. Besides, with one more person, your family has one more laborer, so you’re not losing out.”
Upon hearing this, everyone put aside their reservations and took the lead in choosing the educated youth they had their eye on.
Since they were all considered as laborers, those who were physically strong and quick at work were definitely the first to be chosen by the villagers.
Even Feng Dabing's wife chose a female educated youth.
In the end, of the eleven educated youths listed by the brigade leader, ten had found places to go.
Only Wen Qinghe remained, and no one was willing to take on this trouble.
This young educated youth was indeed beautiful, like a fairy. But in those days when people were starving, beauty couldn't put food on the table.
Since arriving at their brigade, Wen, a young intellectual, worked for only one day and then became dizzy from exhaustion.
They can't carry heavy loads or lift anything, and they can't work in the fields to earn work points. It's said that they also often stay in bed.
If we bring her home, who knows, we might end up having to wait on her?
Nobody wants to bring a tyrant home for no reason.
Feng Dabing's eyes twitched. This girl was indeed a problem. The busy corn harvest was about to begin, and someone would have to take care of her.
Just when he was worrying about where to put Wen Qinghe...
Yan Xiao arrived, looking travel-worn, from who-knows-where.
"She won't go to anyone else's house. She's my girlfriend, so she can only come to my house. We're getting married soon, and after the harvest, I'll invite everyone to our wedding banquet!"
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