Moreover, Lin Yiwan's current identity is just a village girl, and the Xia family would never agree to them being together. If Xia Minglei then uses his family's disapproval as an excuse to leave, wouldn't that be a huge blow to Lin Yiwan?
In the original text, the reason why the Xia family agreed to let Lin Yiwan enter the family must be because Lin Yiwan was admitted to the top-ranked university in the country, right?
Moreover, he often sent gifts to Lin Yiwan afterward, which must be because Xia Minglei had done something wrong to her outside and felt guilty, so he wanted to make up for it with gifts.
So if Lin Yiwan accepts Xia Minglei now, she will only become cannon fodder. But now that Lin Yiwan has discovered Xia Minglei's true character, he is like a clown in her eyes, someone she can still find amusement in.
Lin Yiwan stayed at Wenxi's house for a while before going back. After Lin Yiwan left, Wenxi went to the kitchen, served the stewed fish, and then made a stir-fried egg with chives.
Shen Jiaojiao and the others didn't return until noon. Although they were quite disheveled, they had a good harvest today. Each of them had a full basket of rice paddy fish, including several kinds of fish.
Wenxi told them to quickly wash their hands and eat something hot to warm themselves up.
Everyone sat around the table, holding their bowls in both hands. After the steaming fish soup went down their throats, they all looked completely satisfied.
"This fish soup is really good, Xiaoxi, we're sorry to have troubled you." Song Lan said with a look of lingering satisfaction after finishing the fish soup.
They lived in the educated youth settlement, eating only coarse food and wild vegetables every day; it was impossible for them to have such good food.
Song Lan is a grateful person. She can't take it all for granted just because she's eaten here a few times. Every time they eat at Wenxi, they are the ones who benefit.
After the meal, everyone went to the yard to process the fish. Some fish were suitable for making salted fish, while others were not, such as black carp, catfish, and tilapia. So Wenxi asked them to pick out these fish so that they could stew them with tofu on New Year's Eve, thus solving one dish problem.
They each processed the fish they had caught. By the time they finished, their backs ached terribly and their hands were almost stiff. Wenxi poured them some hot water to help them recover.
Song Lan and the other two drank hot water, carried the marinated fish to the corner of the kitchen, and then returned to the educated youth settlement. They didn't stay for dinner that night, since they hadn't brought any food rations, and they couldn't keep taking advantage of Wenxi, could they? Everyone was far away from their parents and families, and it wasn't easy for them.
Wenxi had just eaten fish at noon, and didn't want to eat fish again for dinner. She asked Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue what they wanted to eat, and seeing that they didn't have anything in particular they wanted to eat, she simply stir-fried two light vegetables.
Wenxi is a good cook; everything she makes tastes delicious. Plus, they eat meat every day, so they don't crave it anymore. They can eat anything for dinner, even just plain porridge and pickles.
While Wenxi and her two friends were eating dinner at the table, the other members of the educated youth group were also eating dinner. Their dinner was a pot of gruel that was hard to tell what it was made of, with some cabbage leaves in it.
When Song Lan, Zhou Bai, and Tian Shengnan arrived at the kitchen, they found that the batter in the pot had already been scooped out by everyone, and there was nothing left in the pot.
Tian Shengnan asked somewhat unhappily, "How come you ate all three of our dinners?"
Chu Wan'er straightened up and said in a delicate manner, "Don't you often eat out alone? Who knows if you'll actually eat at the restaurant tonight? We didn't cook dinner for you because we were afraid of wasting food. Anyway, you have a place to eat alone, don't you?"
Xu Huaying's eyes flickered. "We're all here to support rural development, but the three of you are forming a clique. You're not united or friendly at all. What do you think will happen if I report this to the educated youth office?"
"It's like you're taking us along when you're eating alone. Fine, then next time you go to a state-run restaurant for a treat, the three of us will come along too. Wouldn't that be more united and friendly?" Tian Shengnan's chest heaved with anger.
Upon hearing this, Xu Huaying immediately lowered her head and dared not utter a sound. She herself didn't even have the money to treat herself, so how could she possibly bring the three of them along for a treat!
"Alright, everyone, let's all keep quiet." After Zhu Jiawen married Xu Xiaohong, he moved into Xu Xiaohong's house. The current educated youth settlement is managed by Wu Guoqiang, the oldest educated youth who has been there the longest. However, Wu Guoqiang, who is not good at management, also adopts the same conciliatory attitude as Zhu Jiawen. "Song Lan, Zhou Bai, Tian Shengnan, you should let us know in advance whether you want to eat together or not, otherwise we will really not know whether you want to eat together or not."
"But you didn't deduct any of our food rations when you cooked, did you?" Tian Shengnan looked at Chu Wan'er and Xu Huaying, who were in charge of cooking today. "We didn't eat together five times, so it's not unreasonable for me to take a handful of rice from each of your bags, is it?"
Chu Wan'er and Xu Huaying looked very grim because they were cooking meals that used up the food of the three of them every day. When the three of them weren't eating at the educated youth settlement, everyone could eat a few more bites.
Because everyone cooked and ate together, the grain was all stored together, but each sack had a name written on it. Tian Shengnan took out her remaining grain and then grabbed a handful of rice from everyone's rice sacks. Song Lan and Zhou Bai did the same. After all, they had grain provided for every meal, but they hadn't eaten. How could they let a group of unimportant people take advantage of them?
The three of them carried the grain out of the educated youth settlement. Looking at the twilight, Song Lan asked worriedly, "What should we do next?"
"Let's put the grain by the stream first, and then ask the stream for any good suggestions," Tian Shengnan said. "Now I realize how smart the stream is. As soon as it arrived in the countryside, it quickly bought a house. Unlike us, we've already spent the resettlement fee, but we don't even have a place to live."
Afterwards, the three of them went to Wenxi's house and told her what had happened at the educated youth settlement. Wenxi thought for a moment and said, "You can go to Captain Qian and pool your money to have him build a small kitchen for you in the yard. Buy a lock and lock the kitchen. If the new educated youth don't want to eat with the older educated youth, you can lend them the kitchen for one or two cents each time. That way, the new educated youth won't be so greedy as to want to eat with you."
Wenxi has a good relationship with the three of them, but she won't invite them to eat with her regularly. She only has high-quality food that she has signed contracts with, so why should she support unimportant people?
What could they possibly give her?
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