Xu Mengying hurriedly looked at Gu Huai'an, "Brother Huai'an, can I have dinner at your place? I'll send a telegram to Grandma Lu another day. Grandma Lu likes me so much, she'll definitely agree to let us have dinner together."
"No, we agreed on the terms when we lived there. No one is allowed to bring female comrades over. You should eat at the educated youth settlement!" If you eat at their place, how will they improve their meals?
"Brother Huai'an, that's your residence. Don't you have the right to decide these things?" Xu Mengying pouted, looking at Gu Huai'an with a weak and delicate appearance.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, and that Lu Mingxiu and Li Jianguo seemed a little unhappy, Gu Huai'an said, "If you don't want to eat with everyone, go find Captain Qian, don't come to me."
He then lowered his head and ignored Xu Mengying.
"Although Wu Guoqiang and Wang Caiyun, Xia Minglei and Tian Xiaoke all live in the thatched hut next door, they have a stove but no iron pot, so they still cook and eat with us. We can't separate the couple, so Xia Minglei and Tian Xiaoke, Wu Guoqiang and Wang Caiyun will still cooperate. We can discuss how the others want to cooperate."
"Do you want a male-female pairing, or..." Jiang Mo looked at Wang Xinru.
Wang Xinru glanced at the three women who had come with her and felt that none of them seemed quite capable, so she looked at Jiang Mo and asked, "Comrade Jiang Mo, may I cook with you?"
Wang Xinru felt that Jiang Mo was quite serious and responsible, because the other male comrades hadn't really expressed their opinions, while Jiang Mo was genuinely sharing his experiences with everyone.
Jiang Mo nodded. "Just call me Jiang Mo, no need to add 'comrade'."
"Thank you, Jiang Mo." Wang Xinru smiled sweetly.
Yang Li wanted to cook with either Lu Xiaoyun or Xia Minglei, but Xia Minglei was cooking with his wife, so she couldn't cook anything in front of everyone. Lu Xiaoyun and Liang Zhaodi lived in the village and didn't live with the villagers, so Yang Li didn't know who to choose.
Xu Mengying wanted to cook with Gu Huai'an, but Gu Huai'an didn't live there, and there were three people living together at Gu Huai'an's place.
“Since you don’t know how to choose, I’ll help you pair up. They say that men and women working together makes the work easier, so let’s have one man and one woman cooperate. The men can do the chopping wood and carrying water, and the women can do the washing vegetables, cooking, and washing the dishes. When the men are done, they can help start the fire,” Jiang Mo said. “Cheng Yu and Xu Mengying, Gu Xiangbei and Zuo Qiuyi, Jiang Yang and Yang Li, and the remaining two men together, the older ones can show the new ones around.”
No one had any objections, and the matter of cooking was settled happily.
No one said anything unpleasant or sarcastic. The gathering ended happily, and those who brought food took their dirty plates and prepared to go home.
In the past, Wen Xi wouldn't mind traveling with Gu Huai'an and the other two when she went back, but now that Gu Huai'an's childhood sweetheart has come, Wen Xi is afraid of being misunderstood and implicated, so she won't travel with Gu Huai'an and the other two.
"Brother Huai'an, may I come to your place for a visit?" Xu Mengying asked Gu Huai'an as she approached him.
"It's dark now, it's not safe. You'd better not go, otherwise I'll have to take you back later, which is troublesome." Gu Huai'an refused directly. If something happened to Xu Mengying in the countryside, he would also be held responsible, since Xu Mengying recognized him!
"Okay! I'll listen to Brother Huai'an." Xu Mengying felt happy because she thought Gu Huai'an was worried about her safety.
Wenxi and the other three exchanged glances, communicated silently, and then tacitly came out of the courtyard of the educated youth settlement.
Tian Shengnan whispered, "Xiaoxi, don't you feel that Gu Huai'an and Xu Mengying's relationship is a bit unusual?"
Wen Xi nodded. "Xu Mengying's words were so ambiguous, and Gu Huai'an didn't step forward to explain clearly. Who knows what he's really thinking?"
I don't know if Gu Huai'an is missing a screw in his head, or if all men are like this. If he and Xu Mengying didn't have such a good relationship, he could stand up and say, "I have nothing to do with Xu Mengying. Xu Mengying is just my former neighbor..."
But Gu Huai'an didn't say that, and Wen Xi didn't understand whether Gu Huai'an just liked having little girls clinging to him and calling him "brother" this and "brother" that.
Wen Xi said, "Anyway, we don't have any romantic feelings for Gu Huai'an, so why bother with him? If he really doesn't know his place and continues to be ambiguous with Xu Mengying, he can't blame anyone else if he misses out on his own good match. A man should decisively reject a woman he doesn't like and not waste her time. But he didn't say anything, as if he had tacitly agreed to everything."
Tian Shengnan nodded, "Xiaoxi is right. None of us are interested in Gu Huai'an, so why should we care if he's with other women? People who don't know how to refuse deserve to be tormented by women like Xu Mengying."
As she spoke, Tian Shengnan couldn't help but laugh, as if she could see Xu Mengying tormenting Gu Huai'an.
Of course, this is no one's fault but theirs; it's all because Gu Huai'an didn't just refuse outright.
When Gu Huai'an and the other two came out of the courtyard, they saw that the four girls had already walked away and were not waiting for them. Gu Huai'an found it quite strange, but he didn't know what the problem was.
I don't know if men are just naturally absent-minded or if they simply don't care about anything.
Those who lived outside left, and those who lived in thatched huts went back home. Only twelve educated youth living in the dormitories remained in the courtyard. Jiang Mo stood up and said, "Everyone has to go to work tomorrow. Wash up early tonight and get some rest. Don't be late tomorrow. Get up as soon as the bell rings."
Xu Mengying thought Jiang Mo was probably the easiest person to talk to, so she said, "Comrade Jiang Mo, I can't sleep right now. Could you please accompany me to Brother Huai'an's house to find him?"
"A man and a woman walking together in the pitch black of night, are you trying to harm me?" Jiang Mo glared at Xu Mengying, picked up a basin of hot water, and went straight back to the boys' dormitory.
It's already the season when we don't have to shower every day, otherwise with so many people queuing up to shower, I really don't know how long it would take to film!
You can wash your face and take a shower right in the dormitory. Just be careful not to spill water on the floor, because the dormitory floor is muddy and it's easy to slip and fall if you spill water.
Xu Mengying thought that Jiang Mo would be happy to help her because of her good looks, but she didn't expect him to reject her so bluntly in front of everyone, which made her face turn ugly.
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