The roads in the north are still easy to travel, especially in this season. The road surface is dry and it is all plains as far as the eye can see, with waves of wheat one after another.

Because the area was so vast, the walking time was long, and the educated youth who were used to living in the city began to complain that they couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to stop and rest.

The man driving the cattle cart said without even turning his head: "No, we have to get to the caravan before dark, otherwise there will be many animals lurking around at night, maybe even wolves or blind bears."

"what?!"

The educated youth all pulled themselves together and hurried to keep up with the pace.

When they arrived at the Victory Brigade, except for Dawei, all the other educated youths were relying on ox carts to catch their breath.

After the man driving the ox cart jumped off, he saw that Dawei was still calm and composed, and was surprised, "There is still one person in good health."

Dawei politely replied, "My dad is a soldier, and he has been training my brothers and me since we were young."

After hearing what he said, the man driving the ox cart didn't take it seriously and just said to the other educated youths, "Come on, cheer up, we're only a few steps away from the educated youths' home."

Ten minutes later.

The educated youths' faces turned grim again.

Is this the few steps you mentioned? !

It almost became the last straw that broke the camel's back!

Someone had been waiting at the gate of the Youth League Institute for a long time. The moment he saw the oxcart, he lit a kerosene lamp and finally relaxed when the group approached.

This man was the party secretary of the Victory Brigade. After exchanging a few words with the driver of the ox cart, he hung the kerosene lamp on the door, which barely provided enough light, and then helped the weak educated youth carry their luggage.

Similarly, the old educated youth in the Youth Home also came out to help after hearing the noise.

After Dawei asked about the house where the male educated youth lived, he brought the things inside. After seeing the large paving and the dusty walls, he was silent for a moment, picked up the small broom at the corner of the wall, and began to clean the corner.

"You can pick any seat here, but you have to prepare your own bed," said one of the old educated youth.

The newly arrived educated youth all looked pale.

After sitting on the train for several days and nights, standing for so long, and walking for several hours, they were already exhausted.

When they heard the old educated youth say that they would make their own beds, they murmured in dissatisfaction.

"Huh? We have to clean up after ourselves."

"Can't you take care of us newcomers?"

"Yeah, is this how you treat guests?"

The old educated youth sneered, but he was not used to them: "Sorry, when we first came, we also packed our own things. The next day we got our food and went to work. There is nothing special. You have to change your temper and habits in the city and adapt to this place as soon as possible, otherwise? It's useless even if you suffer and complain about being tired.

No one here will tolerate you."

As he spoke, the old educated youth's eyes fell on the young man who was barefoot on the kang making the bed, and he nodded at the young man's position with his chin, "This new educated youth has a high level of understanding, you still need to learn more."

When Dawei heard someone calling him, he smiled gently at the old educated youth and continued to clean up the kang.

As soon as the old educated youth left, the new educated youth started to act weird and great.

"We are all new here, why are you pretending?"

"Isn't it just about performance? If you are selected as an advanced individual, you may be able to study at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University."

"What a true scheming person."

"No wonder you are so active."

Dawei ignored them, packed up his things, put the package on the bed, and just as he was about to open it, he heard the party secretary in the yard calling them, the new educated youth, to gather.

"I don't know what this is going to be like."

"I'm so tired."

"That's right. We went to the countryside to help build our country, but who knew we would be treated like this..."

If this had been said a few years ago, some people might have believed it. But now it is forced to go to the countryside, and everyone knows the nature of the educated youth sent to the countryside.

There is really no word to complain about.

The old educated youths' place was full, and the educated youths who went to the countryside this time lived in the new shop. At this time, the old educated youths were all asleep, and only the leader and the party secretary among the old educated youths, as well as the people who drove the ox carts waiting at the gate of the educated youths' courtyard, were left.

The first person to speak was the branch secretary: "I know you are all tired, I will just say a few words and then leave.

You just arrived, the team will give you 20 to 30 kilograms of food each, which will be delivered to you tomorrow. You will be allowed to rest tomorrow morning, but you must go to work in the afternoon. Do you understand?"

"I understand..." everyone said in unison, exhausted.

The secretary nodded and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

Dawei raised his hand.

Secretary: "Speak!"

Dawei: "Secretary, I want to make a box to store my things. Where can I get it?"

The branch secretary was a little surprised, then nodded and said, "Come to my house tomorrow. My house is at... just ask anyone and you'll know."

"Okay, thank you, Secretary."

sycophant.

Someone muttered quietly.

The secretary's face turned pale when he heard this, but since it was too late, he didn't care. When the new educated youth started working, they would have no time to bother with other things, so he reminded them to be careful and left on the ox cart.

Next, the leader of the old educated youth spoke: "The rules of our educated youth compound are that the male educated youth pick up firewood and water, and pick up vegetables in the yard, while the female educated youth cook and clean. We eat from a big pot. The original educated youth have enough and are used to each other, so they don't add new educated youth to join.

If you want to cook, you can team up with yourselves."

For a moment, there was a sound of pin drop.

Even David remained silent.

Another voice asked, "Why? Did you build the stove? We have to spend money to rebuild it. Are you so exclusive?"

The man shrugged and said, "There's nothing we can do. We already have enough people. If we add more people, we'll have to start over. I have a suggestion. If you don't want to pay for the business, you can find a local partner."

But don’t blame me for not reminding you that when you dine with the locals, you have to be mentally prepared.”

Dawei asked in a deep voice: "What kind of mental preparation do you want?"

The old educated youth looked at Dawei and said, "I chose the wrong person. I tried to get a bargain but got cheated. I reported the situation to the brigade and the educated youth office, but no one is in charge. I can only be prepared to bear the loss."

"...Thank you."

"You're welcome. It's getting late, everyone go to bed."

After returning to the shop, Dawei finished cleaning up and lay down, but he couldn't fall asleep.

It’s not that he missed home as soon as he came out, but he couldn’t sleep unless the other beds were tidy. When others were tidying up, it made a lot of noise, so he couldn’t fall asleep even if he wanted to.

He held something in his arms, turned his back to them, closed his eyes and thought about something.

Whether it was the old educated youth or the new educated youth like him, they all seemed to be tough. He wondered if there were any vacant houses for rent in Shengli Brigade, as he wanted to move out.

But if you rent a house, you have to spend some money every month...

Forget it, let’s wait and see how the situation develops.

"Looking for someone to do the cooking tomorrow?"

"Then should we, the new educated youth, learn from the old educated youth in terms of division of labor?"

"I don't know what the situation is like among the female educated youth."

"Hurry up and finish packing. Go to sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow. I'm so tired and sleepy."

Amid the noise, David fell asleep.