Upon hearing this, Feng Xintong didn't immediately shake her head, but she was inwardly resistant. She didn't want to marry a country bumpkin and spend her whole life toiling in the fields.
She only wants to marry a city man, so she won't have to do farm work and bask in the sun every day.
Chang Hua and Shao Qiaoyun were the same; they didn't want to marry a peasant from the countryside and live a hard life!
Hearing Jiang Yang's call, the three newly arrived female educated youths quickly went out. Feng Xintong asked with a smile, "Comrade Jiang, is there something you need us for?"
"Are you all packed up? I'll take you to the brigade headquarters to get your rations, otherwise you won't have breakfast tomorrow," Jiang Yang said, looking at Feng Xintong.
"Let's go now, and we can pack up when we get back." Food is the most important thing; without food, we'll go hungry. We can pack up whenever we want.
After that, the six newcomers went to the brigade headquarters with Jiang Yang.
Hearing Jiang Yang's ingratiating voice, Wang Xinru's lips curled into a faint sneer. This Jiang Yang had approached her before, secretly telling her that he liked her, but he backed down when he heard that his family was asking for a high dowry, as well as things like a three-turn watch and a radio.
However, since this was done quietly, no one else knew about it except for the two of them. Now Jiang Yang probably has his eye on Feng Xintong again, because Feng Xintong is the best among the three newcomers, and she's also quite good-looking.
Men are quite calculating; they only look for pretty girls and those with good conditions because they don't want to support others; they only want others to support them. In the end, they just want to take advantage of others.
If they marry someone with poor conditions, they feel like they're being taken advantage of, and they won't accept it.
Jiang Yang led six people to the brigade headquarters to collect the grain. They borrowed a small cart from the brigade headquarters and pushed the grain back.
That evening, everyone sat down to eat together. Wu Guoqiang and Wang Caiyun didn't come because Wang Caiyun was pregnant, so she didn't want to eat the unnutritious food with everyone. Wu Guoqiang also didn't want to share the nutritious food that Wang Caiyun had prepared with everyone, and they wouldn't share any good food with them either.
Although the couple's relationship started out inexplicably, they were somewhat responsible and felt that marriage meant taking on responsibilities. Wu Guoqiang also valued his child, so he treated Wang Caiyun quite well, buying her pastries when she was hungry and occasionally buying a small piece of meat to make soup.
Anyway, he's much better than some gay men.
Jiang Mo, Cheng Yu, and Gu Xiangbei also stopped eating with everyone. They rented Song Lan's small kitchen and cooked for themselves. When everyone eats together, some people eat more and some eat less; some people benefit and some people suffer losses.
So tonight's educated youth settlement consists of Jiang Yang and his group of educated youth, plus six new educated youth who arrived today. Although there aren't many people, there are still twelve.
The main reason is that no one has been able to return to the city in the past two years, so the number of educated youth in Fengshou Brigade is relatively large.
Jiang Yang, who was always talkative, once again acted as the leader of the educated youth settlement. He said to everyone, "Everyone used to cook together in pairs, but now some people are eating separately. Let's regroup and start cooking together again. Feng Xintong and I will cook together from now on!"
Feng Xintong was a little embarrassed, "I'm not very good at cooking."
Jiang Yang smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, then you take care of washing and chopping the vegetables, and I'll do the rest!"
"Thank you, Comrade Jiang," Feng Xintong said. She thought Jiang Yang was quite nice; he kept telling her about things in the team, which made her feel less confused and anxious.
After that, everyone was reassigned. Tang Dengfeng continued to work with Zuo Qiuyi, since they had been working together for a while and were used to it.
Wang Xinru continued to cook with Zeng Xinghai, as she didn't want to have to get along with strangers anymore.
Shao Qiaoyun and Zhao Yan.
Chang Hua and Zhang Jianfeng.
Yang Liling and Huang Minghao.
The cooking tasks were assigned in this way: two people would cook for a day, while those who didn't need to cook that day would go up the mountain to chop and collect firewood, and also be responsible for carrying water.
After the meal, Jiang Yang reminded everyone that if they needed any furniture, boxes, or the like, they could go to Zheng the carpenter's house to exchange them. This made the three new male educated youth thank him repeatedly, which made them extremely jealous of him.
He's such a show-off, acting like he's so capable.
The next day, the six of them rested for a day. During this time, Chang Hua also dragged Shao Qiaoyun along to stroll around the village, ostensibly to familiarize herself with the environment. When they arrived at the gate of Wenxi's house, Chang Hua lingered for a while and even looked at it for a bit longer.
On the morning of the third day, we were woken up before we had a good night's sleep. We struggled to get up one by one. The two of us who were supposed to cook didn't even do our personal hygiene before rushing to start the fire and cook the food. Only then did we wash up and get ready, afraid that if we cooked late, it would affect everyone's breakfast.
The six newly arrived educated youth were assigned by Captain Qian to do simple tasks first. As for the complicated tasks, they wouldn't know how to do them anyway!
Letting others teach them will also delay other people's work.
When everyone came to eat lunch, Wenxi also saw the six newly arrived educated youth. Since she hadn't met them yet and didn't know them, Wenxi didn't know their personalities either. She only knew that one of them, Chang Hua, complained about everything as soon as she arrived at the educated youth settlement, saying that the conditions were bad.
Because of her disrespectful words, the news spread throughout the village, and everyone was telling their unmarried men to stay away from Chang Hua!
If you married a woman like that, she'd probably turn your home upside down.
"I didn't expect this brigade to be so nice; they actually provide lunch for everyone," Feng Xintong said with some surprise.
Jiang Yang said in a low voice, "The village only provides lunch and dinner during the three busy farming seasons: spring planting, double-gun (a type of traditional Chinese farming activity), and autumn harvest. At other times, we have to cook for ourselves."
Feng Xintong nodded thoughtfully, "During the busy farming season, everyone is so tired that no one should be in the mood to cook. If you don't eat well, you can't do farm work. This shows that the village's arrangements are quite humane."
Now each family can only leave one child at home, and the rest have to go to the countryside. She has never heard of any village providing meals for everyone.
Although the conditions in the Fengshou Brigade are not good, this arrangement is quite good. It saves everyone a lot of trouble. They don't have to rush home to cook anymore, and they can have more time to rest.
When Feng Xintong saw Wen Xi, she was shocked. She never expected that there would be such a beautiful village girl in the village. She had red lips and white teeth, delicate eyebrows and bright eyes that seemed to glow. She subconsciously glanced at Wang Xinru. This village girl was much prettier than Wang Xinru.
"Who is that country bumpkin?" Although Wen Xi was very pretty, Feng Xintong wanted to discredit her and refused to admit that she was prettier than herself.
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