Chapter 69: The Intelligent Educated Youth 3
Su Wenyin's inability to eat was not noticeable among the silent educated youth. Others just thought that this female educated youth felt a little complicated after hearing that she looked like someone else's deceased mother.
I didn't know that she was my biological mother.
Su Wenyin glanced at her son who she no longer cared about after the performance. Yan Xia met her mother's gaze and smiled slyly.
Just say that his move is very useful, isn't it? !
At least no one would delve into his slip of the tongue anymore, and their family information in the parent column was actually unknown, so Yan Xia acted without restraint.
There is no possibility of being exposed.
Xiang Ruicong suddenly realized that Comrade Yan Xia had an older brother.
Xiang Ruicong took a sweet potato and turned to pass it to Yan Ji, saying in a responsible tone: "Comrade Yan Ji, eat more too."
Yan Ji stared at the dust in the other person's fingernails, his expression paused for a second before he took over and said, "Thank you."
Then he turned around and handed the sweet potato to Yan Xia.
Yan Xia, who was already chewing one, said: “…………”
Xiang Ruicong was also stunned for a moment, then looked envious: "You brothers have such a good relationship."
Although they lost their mother, the two brothers supported each other all the way and lived a good life. They even went to the countryside together and let the younger brother eat the sweet potato first. It was really touching.
Yan Xia silently held the sweet potato and smiled: "It's OK."
Anyway, he is not a germaphobe, so he doesn't mind.
Besides, this thing still has the skin, so you can still eat it even if you peel it.
Yan Xia curled his lips, thinking that his brother would starve to death if he had to eat from the same pot for three or four months.
It seems that they still need to find an opportunity for the whole family to go out and cook for themselves.
This idea reached its peak the next morning.
There is no electricity in Pingtan Brigade, and villagers almost always work from sunrise to sunset.
So after dark, everyone chatted and went to sleep.
But sleeping doesn’t mean being quiet.
Throughout the entire night, some people were snoring and grinding their teeth, and some were talking in their sleep and shouting for meat.
When Yan Xia woke up, he was completely dazed. He hadn't had such a low-quality sleep for a long time.
When he was still in the bureau, Yan Xia asked Brother Fo to add the eight-hour sleep system that was not used in Hunyuan Continent, but this time after optimization, the decibel required to wake up was lowered a little.
To avoid the situation where he was just sleeping but others thought he was dead.
As a result, when he turned down the volume, the snoring next to him actually woke him up.
Yan Xia scratched his hair, feeling deeply that every setting in the bureau was reasonable. No wonder the initial decibel was so high, it seemed that all situations were taken into consideration.
For example, someone is snoring like a drill in your ear.
The crackling sound is like a magic sound that fills your ears.
When Yan Xia was confused, Xiang Ruicong, who was a few seats away from him, also stood up. Yan Xia watched him take out two white cotton-like things from his ears.
Meeting Yan Xia's gaze, Xiang Ruicong looked down at the thing in his hand with an expression of sudden enlightenment. He said that he seemed to have forgotten to tell you something last night.
Xiang Ruicong raised the cotton in his hand and whispered, "You can also do two tonight."
I can't sleep if I'm not well rested.
Yan Xia nodded in response to the kind reminder from someone who had experienced it, but in fact he was already thinking about how to move out.
As he was thinking this, he turned around and found that his elder brother and father had also sat up at some point.
The two unlike faces had the same expression, neither of which was the irritability of waking up.
Come to think of it, these two people don't have a setting that allows them to fall asleep immediately when sleepiness is detected. It will probably take them longer to fall asleep after being woken up.
More and more people woke up one after another. Yan Xia looked at the comrade next to him who had been snoring all night and sat up with a refreshed look on his face. When he noticed his gaze, he gave him a simple smile.
Yan Xia: “…………”
It was a really kind smile, completely different from the sound at night that sounded like he was going to kill someone with a chainsaw.
The sounds of opening doors and talking were also heard from the female educated youth, and everyone got up.
Yan Xia and his team had just arrived, so they had one day to prepare things. The old educated youth all had to go to work that day, so Yan Xia and his team didn't need to.
It was like this every time new educated youth came. Taking into account that they might need to buy some household items or have luggage that has not been picked up at the post office, the brigade would give them one day off.
Yan Xia observed the expressions on their faces and felt that this day was more likely to be used to give the city kids time to adapt.
If I couldn’t sleep all night on the first day in a new environment, how could I go to work the next day?
When Yan Xia went out to wash up, he happened to see his mother bringing a basin of water. Ms. Su's face did not look tired, her complexion was still fair, rosy and shiny, and it was obvious that she had a good sleep at night.
Su Wenyin handed the basin of water in her hand to Yan Xia: "I just beat it. Use this to wash."
After her hands were empty, Su Wenyin looked at the little frizzy hair on her kid's head and wanted to reach out and rub it a few times, only to find that something was wrong with the scene and her identity.
Su Wenyin withdrew her outstretched hand without leaving a trace, but the other educated youth could hear the conversation between the two clearly.
Someone was washing his face and looking over here, muttering to himself...
How come Comrade Su really seems to have some maternal radiance in her?
The man shook his head and looked at the young and handsome Comrade Su, thinking that he might have gone crazy because he didn't sleep well last night.
How could he see the glory of his mother in an unmarried lesbian?
However, these four new educated youth got along very well with each other, and there was no sign of discord at all.
Dong Yinghong passed by with the basin he had just borrowed. This atmosphere... he couldn't fit in, he couldn't fit in at all.
and……
Does that big package actually include a washbasin?
Shouldn't we buy these things from the local supply and marketing cooperatives after we arrive?! Or do we bring them by ourselves?
As soon as Dong Yinghong's doubts emerged, Xiang Ruicong stood there and said "Huh" belatedly, and asked Yan Xia and his son who were squatting on the ground: "Where did you get the basin?"
Yan Xia raised her little face and said, "I brought it from home."
The other educated youth who just realized this problem: “…………”
Xiang Ruicong laughed awkwardly: "You didn't empty the house, did you?"
Yan Xia also laughed: "That's impossible, my father... supports us to take it."
The word "mother" got stuck on the tip of his tongue and turned a corner.
Xiang Ruicong: "Your father is quite open-minded."
Yan Xia raised his chin towards Yan Feiyue and praised you.
Yan Feiyue was silent, he heard it.
Ji Lanhui, who was cooking, also said, "I think Comrade Su brought quite a lot."
Su Wenyin hung up the wet towel and turned around to say a few simple words: "I am the boss of my family. My father doesn't care about me."
I can't control it even if I want to. I don't know which world it has gone to.
This one sentence silenced the rest of the educated youth.
If a father doesn't care about his daughter, what kind of father is he?
Every family has its own problems. I didn't expect that even Comrade Su, who is so capable and beautiful, has a disharmonious family.
The educated youth, who were busy imagining some melodramatic family ethics plots, did not ask any more questions. Their eyes were similar to what Yan Xia had looked like after he said those three words last night.
Yan Xia wanted to laugh, but held it back.
After they finished washing up, the two educated youth who had gotten up early to cook also prepared breakfast.
During the meal break, Xiang Ruicong asked Dong Yinghong, "Comrade Dong, are you going to the commune later?"
Dong Yinghong nodded: "Go, I'm going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things."
He didn't bring anything with him, so a lot of things are missing.
Xiang Ruicong: "Then let's go together later. I'm taking a leave today and I also need to go to the commune to do some things."
It would be nice to have the old educated youth accompany him, so Dong Yinghong smiled and said, "Okay."
After the two of them discussed it, they seemed to remember something and turned their heads to look at the four people sitting together for dinner. The meaning in their eyes was very clear...
Are you going?
I've brought so many things, so there's nothing else to buy, right?
Yan Xia, who had heard the two talking, raised his arm and said, "We're going too. When are you leaving?"
Anyway, I have nothing to do, so it's good to go for a walk.
Besides, the supply and marketing cooperative also sells some food, so I can buy some of it as snacks. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and I probably won’t have time to go to the commune by then.
Xiang Ruicong didn't expect that the other party was really going to go. He paused for two seconds before saying, "Maybe in half an hour. You can also think carefully about what you still need and buy it all at once."
After all, it’s not easy to go there.
Of course, Xiang Ruicong was talking to Dong Yinghong. Dong Zhiqing seemed to be lacking more.
Yan Xia and his friends really didn't lack anything. Anyway, they still had half an hour before leaving. After asking his parents for their opinions, when other educated youth were getting ready to go to work, Yan Xia pulled Yan Ji towards the team leader's house.
Moving out cannot be delayed.
Not to mention the problem of sleeping in a large dormitory at night, some of the things they brought with them could not be shown to others, such as dozens of kilograms of bacon.
It's not that he's stingy and doesn't want to share it with other educated youth, but it's too conspicuous. It's okay once or twice, but it's not acceptable if it happens too often, so he still has to find a place to cook for himself, so that it won't be in vain for him to carry a big iron pot with him.
Although it is not time to go to work yet, you can occasionally see three or two people on the road.
When we got near the captain's house, an old lady came out from the yard by the roadside and said "ouch" with a smile.
Yan Xia looked over when he heard the voice. Wasn't that the Aunt Wang Cuihua who was the first one to call him "mother" yesterday? She said that her house was close to the captain's house, and she was not kidding. It was indeed close and easy to find.
Aunt Wang was holding a bowl in her hand. She obviously heard someone passing by, so she leaned over to take a look.
When their eyes met, Aunt Wang was the first to call out, "Wang Zhiqing, are you going to look for the team leader?"
Yan Xia: “………………”
Who on earth is spreading rumors that his last name is Wang? !
Yan Xia's mouth twitched: "Aunt, my last name is Yan."
Aunt Wang slapped her thigh with the hand holding the chopsticks: "Look at my memory, right, right! Yan Zhiqing! You have three Yan Zhiqings, the one I remember is Tu Luzui."
"What do you want to see the captain about so early in the morning?"
Yan Xia also smiled: "Something happened."
I don't know if there's anywhere they can move to, so don't spread the word before it's done.
Aunt Wang, who tried to find out some gossip but failed: "…………"
I didn't expect that this young educated youth was so fair, tender, gentle, and quite tight-lipped.
After failing to find out, Aunt Wang started to promote herself again: "Then you should go quickly. The team leader is at home now. If you have any problems with clothes and quilts in the future, come to me. I promise to make them tidy for you."
Aunt Wang stared at the cloth bag carried by the young educated youth and thought secretly that the families of the educated youth who came this time must be wealthy, and if she helped with sewing and mending, she would definitely be able to get something in exchange.
I don't earn much money from farming all year round, so I have to supplement the family income from these things.
There is nothing wrong with this.
Regardless of whether it would be really useful in the future, Yan Xia agreed first: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, auntie."
Aunt Wang: "It's no trouble, no trouble."
She watched the two men leave and sighed. The elder Yan Zhiqing was really quiet and his eyes looked stressful. The younger Yan Zhiqing was more easy to talk to.
How could she know that the "Yan Zhiqing" she was referring to was not only a man of few words, but also had a stressed look in his eyes simply because he did not sleep well last night, so his face was a little extra serious today.
On this side, after walking a distance of twenty or thirty meters, Yan Xia knocked on the gate of the captain's house.
"Who is it?" a young and somewhat familiar male voice came out.
Along with the sound, Tan Dazhi leaned half of his body out of the open window.
Before Yan Xia could speak, Tan Dazhi asked himself, "Yan Zhiqing, are you here to see my father?"
The gate to the yard was not closed. Yan Xia approached and asked, "Well, is the captain home?"
Tan Dazhi came out of the house and greeted people: "I'm here, reading the newspaper in the house."
"Dad! There's an educated youth looking for you."
The voice of the team leader Tan Kangshun came from the house: "I heard it! It's screaming! Your father is not deaf."
After that, Yan Xia and Yan Ji, who followed Tan Dazhi into the house, finally met the captain himself.
He has the typical image of a middle-aged rural man, with dark skin and many wrinkles around his eyes, but his eyes are clear and he can be seen to be a very good leader.
Tan Kangshun put down the newspaper and looked at the two educated youths who came in through the door: "What's the matter?"
Yan Xia didn't waste any words. He sat on the chair brought by Tan Dazhi and stated the purpose of his visit in a few words.
Tan Kangshun was a little surprised. This was the first time that an educated youth asked to move out on the first day of his arrival. In the past, they had lived there for a while before asking to move out because they couldn't adapt.
Facing the captain's question, Yan Xia started to lie: "I was not... sleepwalking. I was afraid to scare everyone. My brother and I were born with this problem. There is no fixed number of attacks. It would be a sin to scare people."
Yan Ji: “…………”
There's no need to bring him along for this kind of thing.
Tan Kangshun seemed to be shocked by the fact that two good young men were sleepwalking at night. He thought for two seconds before saying, "It's okay to room with the villagers, but you have to discuss the specific method with them. I can't make the decision."
After all, he was living in someone else's house. No matter how powerful he was as a team leader, he couldn't go into someone else's house.
Yan Xia certainly knew this, but joining forces with the villagers was not his ultimate goal.
After the team leader mentioned several suitable homes for sharing, Yan Xia didn't hear what he wanted, so he simply asked directly: "Is there any that can accommodate four people?"
Tan Kangshun: “???”
"Four people?"
Yan Xia nodded: "There are also Su Zhiqing and her girlfriend. Comrade Yan Feiyue knew that my brother and I had this problem. He said he would take care of us no matter what, in case we fell asleep and ran out to catch a cold. It's like we hit it off right away. It's really considerate!"
Tan Kangshun: “…………”
He didn't quite know what to say.
After a while, Tan Kangshun seemed to remember something and said that there was indeed a house in the village that could accommodate four people.
However, no one lives in that house now and it is located in a very remote place. It used to be the home of a widow. The widow and her son died accidentally in the house. They ate poisonous mushrooms and their bodies were cold when they were found.
In addition, the widow's husband had fallen to his death in the house before, so the villagers thought it was unlucky and no one wanted to buy the house.
The educated youth who came here before felt that they had no one to rely on in the village, and if they moved to a remote corner, they were afraid that no one would find out if they died, and no one would want to live there because the location was too remote.
Moreover, although it is in a remote area, the facilities in the house are complete. If you rent it in the village, the price will not be cheap. The educated youth who went to the countryside had no source of income, and not everyone could afford the money.
Others may not be able to come up with it, but Yan Xia and the others can.
Yan Xia was overjoyed and immediately decided: "We will live here."
Tan Kangshun hesitated and swallowed what he was about to say.
Just at this moment, Tan Kangshun’s eldest granddaughter, who had gone out to play in the morning, ran in from outside.
When she saw two outsiders, Yan Xia and Yan Ji, she felt shy for a moment, hiding behind Tan Kangshun and peeking around like a little rabbit.
Yan Xia touched the cloth bag in his hand that he had not found the opportunity to give away just now, and waved to the little girl: "Come."
Actually, there wasn't much. Since you're asking someone to do something for you, of course you have to bring some gifts. If it's too expensive, the captain will definitely not accept it, so I just took some candies from their big package.
Judging from Tan Dazhi’s expression yesterday, he should like it. To be more precise, it’s the kids in his family who like it.
The little girl looked about four or five years old, a little dark, but with bright eyes: "Brother, you called me?"
Tan Dazhi, who was not in the room just now, popped out from the window outside and said, "What are you talking about? You should call me uncle."
The little girl was not convinced and retorted to her father: "My grandma taught me that pretty ones should be called brother or sister."
Yan Xia laughed, took out a bag of candy from the cloth bag, and handed it to the little girl: "Come, brother will treat you to candy."
The little girl was stunned when she saw such a big bag of candy for the first time. She stood there holding the bag of candy, not knowing what to do. She looked at her grandfather and then at the two handsome big brothers in front of her.
Tan Kangshun coughed and said, "How can a little girl like her eat so much? Yan Zhiqing can take it back and eat it yourself."
Yan Xia didn't look at the captain, he touched the little girl's head and said, "It's not much, how can you not eat it?"
The little girl also had her own opinion on this matter. Although she was a little confused just now, she said crisply: "I can finish it!!"
But it’s candy, how can there be no more to eat!
Yan Xia smiled, and when the team leader wanted to say something, he stood up and said that he would leave first. Anyway, the work was done and they still had to go to the commune.
Yan Xia pulled his elder brother and walked very quickly. After all, gifts should be given to children. If the child holds the gift, wouldn't it save him from being torn apart?
I'm a little clever today too.
Yan Xia and his friends stayed at the captain's house for quite some time. After returning to the educated youth point, they just happened to tell Ruicong that they could set off.
While walking on the road, I met some people going to work.
Yan Xia's family followed Xiang Ruicong and got to know some of them. When they met and greeted them in the future, they could call out their names.
After they passed the village entrance, there were no villagers left and there were only a few of them left on the path. It became much quieter for a while.
Yan Xia thought that Xiang Ruicong was the person in charge of the educated youth site after all, so he told Xiang Ruicong about their plan to move out.
Xiang Ruicong looked a little surprised but not that surprised. These educated youths had good family conditions, so it was normal for them not to want to squeeze in with everyone else. However...
"Comrade Su is with you too?"
Yan Xia nodded: "Yes."
Could he really leave his mother alone in the educated youth camp?
As a result, after he finished speaking, the expression on Xiang Ruicong's face became visibly hesitant.
Yan Xia stared at the other person for two seconds. He seemed to have seen this expression somewhere before. He vaguely remembered that the captain seemed to have had the same expression this morning.
Yan Xia was just about to ask what was going on when she heard Xiang Ruicong speak carefully: "Comrade Su and Comrade Yan Feiyue are just in a relationship. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for them to live together?"
Yan Xia choked and turned to look at his mother, who also looked like she had just realized something.
He almost forgot that in this world his biological parents are just lovers, not husband and wife.
These days, the conduct of men and women is very strict. If unmarried men and women live together, there will be rumors, even if they live under the same roof but in different rooms.
Just when Yan Xia was thinking about how to solve the problem, Su Wenyin waved her hand and said, "Then let's get married, tomorrow."
Tomorrow happens to be a day when the team doesn't have to work, so they can use it to hold a banquet. After they clean up the house, it will be just right to move there.
Anyway, in this era, having a wedding banquet means you are a couple, and there is no need to get a marriage certificate.
Yan Xia and his two sons all thought this was a good idea, but several coughs were heard nearby.
Dong Yinghong tripped over himself and almost fell.
Yan Xia was quick to help the man: "My mother... No, why are you so excited about Comrade Su's wedding?"
Xiang Ruicong coughed several times before he managed to steady his breath: "Ahem... so, so casual? Don't you want to ask your family for their opinions?"
Su Wenyin: "No, I can make the decision in my own home."
Yan Feiyue nodded: "I can make the decision on this matter myself."
Xiang Ruicong Dong Yinghong: “…………”
What kind of family is this? And why do we have to make life events as simple as going out for a meal?
Marriage is a lifelong event!!
Perhaps because they were shocked by this incident, Xiang Ruicong and Dong Yinghong didn't say much for a while on the way. They just listened quietly to the four people behind them discussing how to organize the wedding banquet, what to buy, and who to ask for help.
Xiang Ruicong Dong Yinghong: “………………”
I don't understand, but I'm shocked.
Since they had decided to hold the event, they had a lot of things to buy at the supply and marketing cooperative. The first were gift candies, firecrackers and the like. Su Wenyin would buy the rest, and the three grown men in the family would be responsible for carrying them.
Su Wenyin bought a lot of things, and they were all festive items. The characteristics were very obvious, so the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative asked an extra question: "Is this female comrade getting married?"
Su Wenyin nodded: "Yes, this is my boyfriend.", and pointed at Yan Feiyue.
The salesperson was also happy because they bought a lot of things. He said cheerfully, "What a perfect match. Are you both educated youth sent to the countryside?"
She just asked casually, but in fact she was already certain that the man was from the countryside.
After all, there are very few people who live in the village all year round, are fair and beautiful, and have no calluses on their hands.
The salesperson asked again, "I see you haven't been in the countryside for long?"
The educated youth who have been in the countryside for a long time are not so fair-skinned; they must have been tanned a lot.
Su Wenyin smiled and said, "I came here yesterday."
"Cough cough cough..." Another person was choked.
Salesperson: “…………”
Came yesterday and got married today? ?
The salesperson coughed and his eyes widened a little. Why go to the countryside to get married?
The salesperson was very confused, just like the team leader Tan Kangshun who heard the news at this time.
It was already afternoon. After they finished shopping, they had a meal at a state-owned restaurant and then carried the things back, which took quite a while.
So after coming back, Su Wenyin and Yan Feiyue went to the captain's house without stopping.
If you have any difficulties, go to the team leader. This is what Comrade Tan Dazhi said when he met them.
If we want to hold a banquet now, we naturally cannot do it alone. We need to find someone to help us. Since we are unfamiliar with the place, it would be most appropriate to ask the team leader.
When hearing the news, Tan Kangshun's eyes widened and he almost spit out water.
Tan Kangshun placed his large porcelain jar steadily on the table, then he scratched his ears and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Su Wenyin repeated patiently and clearly: "Hold a wedding banquet."
Tan Kangshun: “…………”
It turns out that it wasn’t because he was old and his hearing was not working well, these two educated youths really wanted to get married!
Tan Kangshun, who had been the team leader for so many years and encountered this incident for the first time, was silent for a long time before calling his wife over.
When it comes to organizing banquets, the wife in the family is better at it.
So while the team leader's wife was looking for someone to help, the entire Pingtan Brigade knew that an educated youth was going to get married, and everyone started coughing.
This afternoon, coughing sounds were heard everywhere in the Pingtan Brigade. Those who didn't know would have thought that everyone had a collective cold.
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