Xu Mengying snorted coldly, walked to the courtyard gate, looked at the pitch black outside, and was also scared. In the end, she gave up. Anyway, she would see Gu Huai'an tomorrow morning.
Gu Huai'an doesn't have a girlfriend yet. With just a little effort, she's sure she can win him over. Besides, Gu Huai'an's grandmother really likes her and has been talking about her becoming Gu Huai'an's wife since she was little. If Gu's grandmother knew that she was now by Gu Huai'an's side, she would probably approve of them being together.
When we arrived yesterday, everyone had been on the train for several days and they all smelled, so even though everyone was very tired, we still took a shower yesterday.
After all, they are young, beautiful, and clean girls; they simply cannot accept not showering for several days.
After yesterday's cleaning, there's no need for cleaning today. All we need to do is wash up. So everyone took their wooden basins to fetch hot water and went back to their rooms to wash up.
After washing up, everyone lay down to rest. Although they weren't used to so many people sleeping together, they had only just arrived and weren't familiar with the environment yet, so they could only take it one step at a time.
The next morning, the bell rang early, and the two people in charge of cooking went to the kitchen early to make breakfast. If they didn't make breakfast on time and made everyone late, they would be the ones to blame.
Breakfast was just regular sweet potato porridge with some pickled vegetables, with more sweet potato than rice, and the sweet potato slices weren't even peeled.
When they heard the call for breakfast outside, the four new female colleagues still wanted to sleep in, but when they thought about going to work today, they realized that if they went to work without filling their stomachs, they probably wouldn't be able to keep going, so they all got up quickly.
After getting dressed, Xu Mengying left the dormitory and went to the kitchen to get hot water to wash up. Seeing only a small plate of pickled vegetables and a bowl of sweet potato porridge on the table, she pouted unhappily, "Is this all we have for breakfast? Not even an egg?"
"If you can provide eggs, we'd be happy to cook them for you, but if you're not providing anything, don't say things like that," said the person in charge of cooking today.
Want some more eggs?
Who gave them the eggs?
Xu Mengying pouted. Even if she had eggs, she wouldn't take them out. Wouldn't it be better to keep them and eat them secretly?
Seeing that everyone was looking at her with unfriendly eyes, Xu Mengying didn't say anything more. Instead, she obediently sat down to eat. She decided to go find Gu Huai'an later to see if she could improve her meals with him.
After breakfast, everyone set off. Xu Mengying wanted to find Gu Huai'an, but everyone ignored her gaze. No one would take her, so she had to follow behind the others.
When everyone arrived at the warehouse, there were already many people standing there. The villagers and the educated youth stood separately. As soon as Xu Mengying saw Gu Huai'an, she excitedly ran over and stood next to him.
Everyone who saw this scene felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
By the way, it was the same when Tian Xiaoke and Tang Xiaoyun went to the countryside before. Tang Xiaoyun went to the countryside for Xia Minglei. Little did she know that she would not only fail to win the man's heart, but also suffer a huge setback and not know if she would be crazy for the rest of her life.
Now there's Xu Mengying hanging around Gu Huai'an. These city boys are really popular with girls, making them give up such a good life in the city and willingly follow them to the countryside to live a hard life.
"Brother Huai'an, I've finally met you! I asked them to take me to you, but no one was willing to help. It's so unfair!" Xu Mengying started complaining about everyone. Then she pouted and said pitifully, "Brother Huai'an, the sweet potato porridge I had this morning had so little rice in it. I could count the number of grains. This is not something a human should eat! I've never eaten anything like this before."
Xu Mengying's family is quite well-off; otherwise, Grandma Gu wouldn't have wanted to settle them down when they were young. People have a purpose behind everything they do.
Grandma Gu felt the same way. She wanted the Xu and Gu families to work together so that the Gu family could rise to a higher level. However, she didn't expect that after Xu Mengying's mother remarried, they would no longer see each other, and their relationship would fade.
Even though Xu Mengying's life at her stepfather's house was terrible, she had never suffered like this before. The thought of how long this hardship might last was unbearable for her.
“If you can’t stand this kind of life, you can go home,” Gu Huai’an said. He had no obligation to care about Xu Mengying’s life or death.
The teasing looks people gave them made him very uncomfortable.
"Brother Huai'an, you know perfectly well that with you here, it's impossible for me to go home." Xu Mengying immediately raised the level of ambiguity to the maximum, because she didn't want anyone to compete with her for Gu Huai'an.
Seeing Captain Qian approach, Xu Mengying asked softly, "Brother Huai'an, I've never done farm work before, and I don't know how to do it. Could you ask Captain Qian to assign me a simple and easy job?"
As Xu Mengying spoke, she pursed her lips and looked at Gu Huai'an with deep affection; no one could refuse her.
"Comrade Xu Mengying, have you never attended a labor class? Have you always skipped labor class to avoid it? If you don't even attend labor classes, what are you doing in the countryside? Are you here to hold us back?" Yang Li said loudly. Seeing the villagers around looking at her, a hint of smugness flashed in Yang Li's eyes.
"You..." Xu Mengying was about to retort angrily, but then she heard Gu Huai'an say, "It's not harvest time yet, so everyone's work isn't too heavy or tiring. You just need to study hard and do your job well."
Seeing Gu Huai'an openly defend her, Xu Mengying looked at him with shy eyes, feeling incredibly sweet inside. Gu Huai'an hadn't directly rejected her, which meant he wasn't averse to her. As long as she worked hard, she was sure she could be with Gu Huai'an.
Seeing that all the educated youth had arrived except for Wenxi and two others, Zuoqiu Yi asked in confusion, "Where are the other three educated youth? Why haven't they come yet?"
Song Lan, Zhou Bai, and Tian Shengnan exchanged glances, but none of them said anything. They were going to help Wen Xi grow watermelons next year, and they couldn't say anything that might implicate Wen Xi.
After Captain Qian arrived and assigned tasks to everyone, the seven newly arrived educated youths were scattered and sent to different groups. As Xu Mengying left, she pitifully said to Gu Huai'an, "Brother Huai'an, you must come and help me when you're done! I really haven't done much farm work before..."
She dared not say she couldn't do it anymore, after all, students in this era really had to go to the fields for labor classes, and she didn't dare let others know that she was shirking her duties.
Under everyone's gaze, Gu Huai'an was extremely embarrassed. He nodded and hurriedly walked away. He had no idea how Xu Mengying's appearance would affect him or what it would bring him.
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