"You'll have a day to rest and settle in tomorrow. You'll start work the day after tomorrow. In the summer, you'll start work at five in the morning. During the off-season, you'll cook your own meals. During the busy season, there's a large canteen that will cook for you."
Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaoyun couldn't help but exclaim, "Five o'clock? Isn't that too early?"
Captain Qian glanced back at Tang Xiaoyun and said, "If you don't work hard, you won't get much grain when it's distributed. Don't blame the team if you go hungry."
The others frowned as well, but none of them reacted as foolishly as Tang Xiaoyun.
"There are carpenters in the team. If you need any furniture, you can go to the carpenter's house to exchange it, or have the carpenter make it for you."
After riding in an oxcart for several hours, the three girls felt like their buttocks were about to fall off. The country roads were uneven and bumpy, and they felt like their bodies were about to fall apart.
As the oxcart turned onto the village road leading to the Fengshou Brigade, Tang Xiaoyun's face instantly changed when she saw the houses ahead that were the same color as the land, and her heart sank.
When she insisted on going to the countryside, her family tried their best to dissuade her, saying that the countryside was backward, the living conditions were poor, there was no hygiene, and people couldn't even fill their stomachs. At the time, she stubbornly believed that if Xia Minglei could persevere in the countryside, she could definitely persevere as well.
But now that she sees the reality, she realizes she was dreaming. She can't even accept the accommodation conditions, so now she can only hope that the conditions at the educated youth settlement will be better!
Moreover, with Xia Minglei around, he should be able to help her.
It was so hot that everyone was getting irritable from the sun. Sweat was pouring down their foreheads and stinging their eyes. Captain Qian had no choice but to drive the oxcart under the jujube tree so that everyone could get some fresh air and cool off.
A gentle breeze rustled under the jujube tree, making it very cool. Some elderly people sat there weaving fans and straw hats from rushes, while other old men wove baskets from bamboo strips...
When they saw Captain Qian leading six unfamiliar young men back, everyone immediately understood that these were newly arrived educated youths, and they couldn't help but scrutinize these six fair-skinned young men.
"My goodness, how come the city girls are so fair and delicate? Their skin is so tender that you could squeeze water out of it. I wonder which young man will be lucky enough to marry them in the future."
Tang Xiaoyun was so proud of herself that her nostrils practically flared up to the sky.
"Look at that girl, with her slim waist and big hips, she looks like she'll have a lot of children. All the unmarried young men in the village are going crazy for her. What are the unmarried girls supposed to do?"
An old woman with a daughter of marriageable age felt a surge of displeasure upon hearing this. "If you ask me," she said, "the girls in our village are better. They're hardworking and capable, managing everything at home and outside. If someone were to marry a city girl, the whole family might have to serve her alone, and it might even turn the house upside down..."
We can't let all the good young men in the team set their sights on these women from the city, otherwise how will their daughters find a good family?
No matter how good a young man is, if he has his heart set on other women, she would never let her daughters marry him.
Upon hearing this, the others' expressions immediately changed. They only saw the glamorous side of the young people in the city, but they didn't think about the reality: these city girls didn't know how to farm or do housework. If they were to marry one, she would be a huge disaster.
So everyone immediately changed their tune; they went from praising to slandering.
Tang Xiaoyun glared angrily at everyone's disdainful words. Whether they respected her or looked down on her, she was not going to marry a country bumpkin. The person she was going to marry was Xia Minglei.
"That boy is really handsome." Someone's gaze fell on Gu Huai'an. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants, which made him look tall and long-legged. He looked very wealthy. A girl who married him would be living a life of luxury. "He's a perfect match for my Xiaolian."
"Come on, with your Xiaolian's dark and ugly appearance, no one's blind. How could they possibly be interested in your Xiaolian? It's our Xiaolian..."
Before they even knew the names of the new educated youth, everyone started fighting over them for the younger generation.
Faced with the teasing of the old men and women, the group couldn't take it anymore and turned around, facing out of the village with their backs to everyone. Now, everyone started pointing and commenting on their legs and buttocks.
The reason Captain Qian didn't stop them was to let these old men and women teach them a lesson. If they didn't listen and caused trouble, they shouldn't blame them for what happened.
If he could be like the previous batch of educated youth, namely the five people in Wenxi's group, he could live a few more years.
When the village children saw the handsome educated youth brothers and sisters arrive, they all circled around the oxcart. When Captain Qian took everyone to the educated youth settlement, the children ran after them. So soon the people of Fengshou Brigade knew that the new educated youth had arrived.
Wenxi came down from the mountain to deliver the pig feed. Before she even reached her doorstep, she ran into Lin Yiwan. Lin Yiwan took Wenxi's arm and invited, "Xiaoxi, I heard the new educated youth have arrived. Let's go and see what's going on!"
Normally, Wenxi would never go to the educated youth settlement because she doesn't want to have anything to do with it. But today she wanted to check to see if the new educated youth were the same people from her previous life.
When Wenxi and Lin Yiwan arrived at the educated youth settlement, the six new educated youth had already arrived, and the settlement was already packed with people. Because the wheat harvest was tomorrow, the team had given everyone a day off, and everyone had time to come and watch the excitement.
Before Wenxi and Lin Yiwan even got close, they heard people saying that the educated youth who came this time were all quite good-looking, and the two of them immediately became curious.
Captain Qian asked the older educated youth to come out and greet the newcomers. As soon as Tang Xiaoyun saw Xia Minglei, she happily called out, "Brother Minglei..."
Before Tang Xiaoyun could finish speaking, a girl ran towards Xia Minglei like a gust of wind, threw herself into his arms, and started crying, "Minglei, I missed you so much! My family finally agreed to let us be together, we can get married! Are you happy?"
As she spoke, Tian Xiaoke pinched Xia Minglei hard, gritting her teeth, and whispered, "Brother Chaolin."
Hmph, how dare he use a fake name to deceive her feelings! If she hadn't followed him, she wouldn't have known he was just an educated youth sent to the countryside. She thought he was a really talented and outstanding young man!
However, he is handsome, and as long as he can take responsibility for her, she will forgive his previous deception.
Xia Minglei was taken aback by Tian Xiaoke's directness. He never expected her to follow him all the way to the countryside and bring their shady relationship into the open.
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