Tian Tian tossed and turned before finally falling asleep. Her back and waist ached and she was easily awakened in the middle of the night. When she woke up the next morning, her whole body ached and she had two huge dark circles under her eyes.
Tian Tian gave her daily morning egg-picking activity to her two sisters. She watched Fang Zhizhi pick up an egg each and excitedly put it in the egg basket, and then take her own small earthen basket to pick vegetables from the vegetable garden.
Tian Tian took the soybeans given to her by Old Lady Tian and went to the oil room with Chen Guihua to press oil.
These are the last soybeans in her family. The oil extracted from them must be used until the autumn harvest. If they are eaten in advance, she will have to buy oil from the supply and marketing cooperative, or buy pork to make oil.
Tian Tian and Chen Guihua took the dried soybeans to the oil mill, gave them a bag of beans as processing fee, and then handed the soybeans to them.
They waited for a while at the oil press, and then went home carrying the freshly pressed soybean oil and the soybean meal left over from the oil press.
At noon, they ate the bean flour cakes that Old Mrs. Tian had just made.
In the next few days, Tian Tian took the two sisters to the mountains and rivers every day and had a lot of fun. After five days, all the sisters were tanned.
On the morning of the sixth day, Old Lady Tian wanted to send Fang Zhizhi and Fang Zhenzhen home. It happened that Tian Lisong also had to go to the county train station to pick up the educated youth today, so Old Lady Tian prepared to take their ox cart to the county to send the children there.
Although Tian Tian had some discomfort sleeping these days, she still got along well with her two cousins. Now that she knew Fang Zhenzhen and Fang Zhizhi were leaving, she still felt reluctant to let them go and held their hands with tears in her eyes.
"Tiantian, we will have summer vacation in a few days. We will come to play with you then!" Fang Zhizhi also couldn't bear to leave Tian Tian.
During this period of time, she went out to play every day, and her heart was so wild that she was reluctant to leave.
Although the conditions in the countryside are not as good as those in the city, Grandma Tian has tried her best to cook rich meals for them during this period.
Except for the toilet issue which was not to their liking, everything else was fine.
"That's enough! We're not going to see each other anymore. Hurry up and pack your clothes so we can go!" Old Mrs. Tian urged them.
It's so sweet and affectionate that if you don't know, you would think it's a life-and-death farewell and you will never see them again.
"Grandma, can't I go with you?" Tian Tian held their hands.
"Why are you going? Your father doesn't even know how many educated youth he will bring back, and we don't even know if there will be enough seats on the ox cart. You should not go. Help your mother and your second aunt look after the children at home, and then put on two veils." Old Mrs. Tian refused mercilessly.
Tian Tian looked at the two sisters of the Fang family with regret. She could only watch them go home with their small bags on their backs and two cherry branches full of cherries in their hands.
There were suddenly two people missing from the house. Tian Tian was not used to it. After staying at home for a while, she ran out to look for Shen Lingling and Tian Yun.
These past two days she was busy playing with her two cousins from the Fang family, and had neglected Shen Lingling and Tian Yun a little bit. When she went to find them this time, Shen Lingling and Tian Yun were both a little angry, and Tian Tian had to coax them for a long time before they came back to their senses.
Old Mrs. Tian and her family left after breakfast in the morning, but just as they started cooking at noon, Old Mrs. Tian and her family came back.
Lin Meiyu and the others were quite surprised to see Tian Lisong. "Why did you come back so early this time? In the past, when we picked up the educated youth, we had to wait until dark in the evening before we could go home."
"The tickets they gave us were wrong. They arrived in our county last night, but they said they would pick us up tonight. Luckily I went there early today. When I left, the other teams hadn't arrived yet." Tian Lisong said.
"What about the remaining educated youth? Will they wait there until night?" Chen Guihua asked curiously.
"How is that possible? My brother sent them all a message! Asking them to go and pick up the person quickly!" Tian Lilin said.
Tian Tian ate and listened to them talking, seeming to be lost in thought.
She has inquired about all the educated youth sites over the past six months, but none of the names seem to be the male lead. In fact, she is quite curious about what the male lead looks like.
But she didn't think about doing anything, she just wanted to see some handsome guys. She had been in the team for such a long time, but she didn't see any handsome guys. They were all just good-looking. As for those who were particularly handsome, Tian Tian had never seen one.
Now there are three male educated youth, and one of them must be the male protagonist.
The male protagonist of the novel must be very handsome, and Tian Tian also wants to see the handsome guy.
"Dad! Is it a male or female educated youth coming this time?" Tian Tian asked.
"Three male educated youth have come. They are pretty good this time. I just don't know if they can do the work. They look so delicate and tender." said Old Mrs. Tian.
"No matter how delicate your skin is, it will become rough after working in the fields for half a year!" said Chen Guihua.
"Is there any place for the educated youth to live in the settlement?" Tian Tian asked.
Li Jiuniang told her that in the room where their children, who were sent to the youth camp, lived, the kang cabinets were moved under the kang in order to make more space for everyone to live in.
"No, the two kangs in the educated youth camp are now fully occupied. It's so crowded!"
Tian Lisong was also worried about this. There were really not many vacant houses in their brigade. The settlement for educated youth was built when the educated youth went to the countryside. Before that, the educated youth lived in the homes of fellow villagers. Later, some bad things happened, so they started to arrange for the settlement for the educated youth.
At that time, no one thought that the educated youth could not return to the city. As a result, one or two educated youth came every year, and after a few years, the educated youth camps were all full.
There is really no room for more people to live in the educated youth camp now.
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