As soon as the cock crowed, Dawei opened his eyes, straightened up and sat up on the kang.

I scanned the environment in confusion, then realized that I had gone to the countryside. This was not an island, and I didn't need to go jogging with my father in the morning.

Dawei thought about the huge amount of money in his package and decided not to go for a morning run. Instead, he tiptoed to the yard, borrowed water from the water tank in the kitchen, washed up briefly, and then returned to the kitchen, where he found some egg cakes and biscuits and ate them with cold water from a military green kettle.

The cakes are baked by Zhou's mother. They are made of two-kneaded flour and mostly fine grains, and taste very good.

The water in the military green jug was drawn on the train and had long since cooled down. Drinking it felt like brushing your teeth, very cold. After getting used to it, I felt it was fine.

Living in a big shop still has many inconveniences.

Dawei sighed softly, and then he heard the educated youth beside him talking in his sleep: "Egg cake smells so good..."

As he said this, he turned over, smacked his lips, and sniffed his nose hard, as if he could eat real cake this way.

Dawei's frown deepened.

If you eat something good, you will be discovered.

It deepened my determination to move out.

When everyone woke up, there was a clatter of bells and noises in the kitchen and yard.

He could hear the noise even as he sat on the kang and took a nap with his eyes closed.

"Fuck! How come you new educated youth have used up all the water in the water tank?! What will we use after you use it up?!"

"You new educated youth got up early!"

"Isn't it just a matter of you guys ordering some water? Is that all?"

"That's right! I'll go and finish it off later!"

"You said it! Don't just talk nonsense! There are only two wells in the brigade. You have to queue up to get water. It's not close to the Youth House."

"I told you! What's the big deal!"

…

The conflict has already arisen before it even begins.

When it was time to go to work, the brigade broadcast a horn, and the old educated youth quickened their pace and hurried off to work.

After washing up, the new educated youth had a simple meal with the dry food they brought with them, and then gathered in the main hall.

David was there too, wanting to hear what they were saying.

"Shall we team up like the old educated youth?"

"The male educated youth took turns collecting firewood and water, and tending the vegetable garden in the yard... I'll go ask the branch secretary later to see how much land we have for growing vegetables with so many people."

"I have a question, who among us knows how to grow vegetables?"

There was a moment of silence, and everyone was speechless.

Dawei knows how to grow vegetables, but there is no need to say anything now, just wait and see.

"Forget it, I'll just ask the locals or the old educated youth when the time comes."

"There are also pots and stoves, we need to put them together..."

"Wait, who of you is going to fetch water with me?"

There was silence again.

The person who is speaking should not say: "No way! You used other people's water, isn't it immoral not to fill it back?"

"Hey, I didn't promise that the old educated youth would fill up the water tank. Whoever promises can go."

The person who spoke gritted his teeth and said, "We are the new educated youth who went to the countryside, and we are destined to the same place. Shouldn't we unite and help each other?"

No one paid any attention to him.

The new educated youth were already discussing building a stove and buying pots.

Dawei stood up and said, "I'll go with you. After all, I also used their water."

"OK."

As soon as Dawei left, the new educated youth looked at each other.

"How about waiting for the guy with glasses to come back?"

"Yeah, he seems to be the one with the least money among us..."

“Isn’t it a flat fee?”

"He doesn't fit in! What's wrong with paying him a little more money?"

No one spoke.

They tacitly accepted this statement.

Only one female educated youth whispered: "Isn't this a bit bad..."

Soon, her voice was drowned out by the educated youth's new round of discussion.

There were two poles for carrying water in the kitchen, and there must have been two male educated youth working together to fill the water tanks every day.

When Dawei and the young man were leaving, the other said, "A pair of glasses must cost a lot of money, right? The shirt you are wearing and the rubber shoes on your feet are not cheap either, right? Where are you from? What do your parents do? Your family..."

Along the way, Dawei didn't say a word. He just arrived at the wellhead, quickly filled two buckets, and waited for another male educated youth on the side.

The male educated youth didn’t even have the strength to lift a bucket of water, let alone two buckets…

He looked at Dawei with some embarrassment, and the latter said sparingly, "You carry a bucket."

"OK."

Another bucket of water was poured back into the well.

The male educated youth struggled to lift the bucket, and just as he straightened up, he saw Dawei carrying two buckets of water effortlessly, holding the shoulder pole steadily with one hand and his empty bucket with the other.

The male educated youth was surprised: "You, you are so awesome."

Dawei nodded and walked back.

"Wait for me..." the male educated youth followed with great effort.

Dawei returned to the Youth League Home with ease and poured two buckets of water into the water tank.

The male educated youth was so tired that he was sweating all over. He stopped at the gate of the courtyard, breathing heavily, and looked at Dawei with hope.

The latter strode towards the main room with big strides.

The male educated youth no longer cared about anything else. He walked around the full bucket of water and looked at the water tank in the kitchen. Including the bucket he carried, the tank was only half full.

He hurried over to pull Dawei, "Wait, the water tank is only halfway full, let's go and carry it again."

Dawei: …

He pulled his arm back speechlessly and said condescendingly, "I only used the water to rinse my mouth, so it stands to reason that I should only use a bowl of water to return. One bucket of water is already more than enough to return."

“…Yes, but…”

"It was you who said you would fill the water tank, not me. How come you have the guts to say it but don't have the ability to do it?"

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"I didn’t!"

"Then you just carry it two more times. Oh no, you still need three buckets of water to fill the water tank, so you need to make three more trips." David said sarcastically.

The man said angrily, "There is no unity at all in this Youth Hostel!"

We are all from different corners of the world, we are strangers, and we all have our own thoughts. What is there for us to unite?

Not everyone is so simple these days.

Dawei returned to the main room and saw the other educated youths all looking at him.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, "What?"

"You look very strong."

"Not bad."

"The more capable you are, the more work you should do. You might as well do more water-carrying work in the future."

David was silent.

The other educated youth did not help either.

Dawei sat down and crossed his legs. Even though there was sweat on his forehead from carrying water, it did not diminish his scholarly air at all.

"Anything else?"

"what?"

"You are talking about the more capable people doing more work, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as carrying water, right? Let me think about it, just now you were discussing building a stove and buying pots, right? Did you also want the more capable people to do more work?"

"Originally... where are you going?"

"Isn't what we are suggesting wrong? You are not sociable in the first place. If we want you to tolerate you, you have to do more!"

David couldn't bear to listen any more.

If you endure it at the beginning, you will become a punching bag for the stupid and rich people in the Youth League Institute.

But is he a punching bag?

He was raised by his mother.

Dawei packed his luggage and left.

Some people even tried to stop him: "Let's talk it over. If you don't agree, we can still discuss it..."

Dawei glanced at the person who spoke, sneered, and walked away with firm steps.

The old educated youth were xenophobic to the new educated youth, and the new educated youth were xenophobic to him.

It sounds good now, but once he softens his heart, what will be waiting for him?

We don't even know each other yet, but you've already touched his bottom line, haha.

They inexplicably labeled him as "unsociable" in order to achieve their goal.

Yes, compared to those new educated youth who complained bitterly when they first arrived, he adapted better than the old educated youth. Didn't this attract the attention of other educated youth?

Especially since it was obvious that he was not someone who was short of money.

As long as they unite against him, maybe they can squeeze some money out of him.

This is what my mother called silent "bullying".

Not only did he have to stay away from them, he also had to dirty them up to let them know that they were not to be trifled with. Otherwise, even if he moved out, it would never end.