Chapter 42: Breaking the habit of sharing good things
Xia Tiantian deliberately told everyone that she and Wen Lin didn't get along. She thought that some kind-hearted person would offer to buy noodles for her.
Then she would make excuses about giving the money to that person tomorrow, and on the next day she would say she would give it tomorrow, and she would keep saying tomorrow until that person forgot.
No matter how good her imagination was, it was useless because after a long time no one came forward to buy noodles for her.
She didn't know that everyone present wanted to eat the delicious noodles, but they were all short of money and couldn't even afford a bowl of noodles.
Xia Tiantian, who didn't know the truth, was so angry that she could only yell angrily: "Wen Lin, you guys are speculating and profiteering by selling noodles privately. This is the behavior of capitalists. I'm going to tell the village chief."
"Ask them if anyone saw me making a deal?" Ye Siran asked Xia Tiantian with a cold look.
"I can't cook. I'm just going to eat with Ye Zhiqing and the others. If Xia Zhiqing wants to go, then go!" An Tao said without raising his head.
"Xiao Zhiqing, everyone just saw you giving Wen Lin a dime. This is a business deal." Xia Tiantian looked at Xiao Zhiyu eagerly and said.
"I'm going to pay back the money to Sister Wen. Is it illegal to pay back the money?" After Xiao Zhiyu finished speaking, he did not forget to slurp the noodles, making a deliberate slurping noise.
"I've never heard that paying back debts is against the law, but I know that someone who doesn't pay back debts is called a deadbeat. If Xia Tiantian wants to file a complaint, go quickly." Wen Lin smiled ostentatiously.
The afterglow of the sun cast a layer of glow on her, making it impossible to look away. The male educated youth, who were originally extremely angry, just stared at her infatuatedly.
Her delicate facial features, hidden in the orange sunset, were as soft and beautiful as a cloud of mist blown by the breeze over the surface of a Jiangnan lake.
The educated youth wearing glasses looked at the incredibly beautiful Wen Lin, and his hatred grew even stronger.
He swore in his heart that he would become successful in the future and trample under his feet those who looked down on him.
He returned to the village at noon and went weeding with the female educated youth. He flattered Jian Yueshi in all kinds of ways, but she didn't even look at him.
She didn't even give him half of the black steamed bun she bought for her lackey, especially that lackey Xia Tiantian, who even mocked him viciously for being ugly but having unrealistic dreams.
They said he was a toad wanting to eat swan flesh, and shouldn't be so foolish as to pursue Jian Yueshi. He was still an ugly country girl who couldn't stand it and quarreled with Xia Tiantian for a long time.
Seeing that the ugly country girl helped him, even though she was so ugly that he couldn't bear to look at her, he still held back his disgust and thanked her. He was not a heartless person.
But the ugly dark-skinned country girl gave him a black steamed bun because of his words of thanks, so that he would not go hungry at noon.
At this moment, smelling the fragrant noodles, he could only lick his face and say, "Xiao Zhiqing, we live in the same cave, we shouldn't be so formal."
"How am I being polite? Does it mean that I am not being polite if I don't eat it myself but give it to you?" Xiao Zhiyu asked after quickly swallowing the noodles in his mouth.
"Xiao Zhiyu, you obviously still have money on you, so what's wrong with buying two more bowls for us?" Xia Tiantian also followed suit.
"Buy noodles? I dare not. If you go to the village chief to complain, I will be in trouble." Xiao Zhiyu said exaggeratedly.
The other educated youth saw that Ye Siran and Wen Lin were determined not to share the noodles with them, and they were not affected by any good or bad words, so they did not dare to go in and grab them.
Usually they mainly rely on verbal attacks, saying nice things first, and if that doesn't work, they use sarcasm until the other party is embarrassed to share something, and then everyone is happy.
But this newcomer, Ye Zhiqing, ignores everything you say, whether it's nice or sarcastic, as if she's deaf.
Her unyielding attitude broke the educated youth's habit of sharing good things with others.
They could only go back dejectedly to eat wild vegetable porridge or wild vegetable cakes. The male educated youth also tried to write letters home for help.
In fact, the city dwellers at that time were not much better off than the rural people who depended on the weather for their livelihood. They relied on meager wages to support their families, and even drinking water cost money.
But they hadn't received any letters for help from their son for a long time, and when they suddenly received the letter, the parents were extremely heartbroken.
People would find ways to send some things over, and everyone received packages from home.
Although the food sent was not much and I couldn't eat meat every meal, I didn't have to eat coarse food every meal.
There are also parents like Xia Tiantian who are very stingy and never spend a penny on their daughter.
There are many female educated youth in Gaotang Village now, but only two of them, an old educated youth and Xia Tiantian, have their families not giving them money.
The two of them couldn't cause any waves, so the educated youth team became more and more harmonious since Ye Siran and Wen Lin came.
This is all later.
When Wen Lin was at home, her sisters-in-law said that life in the countryside was very hard and unbearable, but she thought it was good and she ate her fill at every meal.
She was not a stupid person. She knew that all this was because of Ye Siran, so she immediately went to wash the pot and dishes after eating the noodles.
She went to the well to fetch water for Ye Siran to boil for her to take a bath. She must not lose this friend.
The next day, An Tao asked for leave to mail a letter, while Wang Fang chose to weed. She wanted to earn more work points, so Zhong Qingfeng led the team to pick tea leaves.
Qu Chengyuan has to go to school today, and Qu Chenggang has not come to the educated youth group since he broke up with Jian Yueshi.
The only people left who picked tea leaves yesterday were Ye Siran, Wen Lin and Xiao Zhiyu.
After eating the noodles made by Ye Siran, Jian Yueshi insisted on following them.
Xia Tiantian has always been her follower, so naturally she followed behind her. She drank some of the noodle soup left by Jian Yueshi last night.
Zhong Qingfeng is a very good person. He wanted to take Ye Siran and Wen Lin there by bicycle first, but was rejected by Ye Siran.
She said politely, "Comrade Zhong, please give them a ride. Wen Lin and I want to run and exercise."
She often practices martial arts in the space. If they usually go in and out by bicycle, Wen Lin will not be able to exercise.
"Yes, we are running to exercise. You go first and wait for us at the farm gate." Wen Lin quickly agreed. She listened to Ye Siran's words.
"Wen Lin, do you know the way?" Jane Yueshi asked in a delicate voice. It can be said that she is charming all the time.
"Don't worry about it. We were there yesterday and we'll be leaving soon." Wen Lin said impatiently.
"Okay then, Tiantian, do you want to sit in the front and go together?" Seeing that Wen Lin didn't like her, Jian Yueshi didn't care.
The two of them have been incompatible since childhood, and they dislike each other and always argue with each other when they meet.
"Okay!" Xia Tiantian didn't dare to be pretentious anymore. It was Jian Yueshi who said this, and she didn't dare to say that Zhong Qingfeng was being a hooligan.
Sitting obediently on the horizontal bar, although Zhong Qingfeng is only seventeen years old, he eats well and grows tall, so it is not difficult for him to carry two people.
Ye Siran took Wen Lin, Xiao Zhiyu and others for a run, and the six of them arrived at about the same time.
Wen Lin and Xiao Zhiyu were running out of breath. Seeing Ye Siran's steady breathing, they asked, "Ranran, why aren't you out of breath?"
“Maybe I’m too thin!”
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