After work, the people at the educated youth site only saw the other three people but not Song Jin. Although they were curious, they did not ask much.
Only Niu Li asked Wang Xiaohui during dinner: "Where is Wang Zhiqing and Song Zhiqing?"
Wang Xiaohui curled her lips and said, "I haven't seen her since I woke up. We didn't see her when we went to collect food this afternoon. I don't know where she went. Maybe she went to the city to eat. After all, she hasn't eaten since noon."
Another female educated youth suddenly spoke up: "That's not right. I didn't seem to see Song Zhiqing's luggage just now. The bed wasn't made, and her suitcase was gone. Could she have gone to stay at a house in the village?"
After hearing this, Niu Li knew that he couldn't get anything out of them, so he urged everyone to eat quickly. After the meal, he went to the team leader's house to ask.
Working days were boring, so everyone sat in the yard after dinner, waiting for Niu Li to come back and inquire about the situation.
Niu Li came back after about half an hour.
"The team leader said that Song Zhiqing has bought a house in the village and will live there from now on, so there's no need for everyone to worry."
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately sparked heated discussions. In recent years, some educated youth have moved out, but they only rented houses in villagers' homes and none of them bought houses with their own money.
Some people secretly regretted not having established good relationships beforehand, as it was obvious that they were not short of money. Some people did not care about it, while others were jealous and sour.
Song Jin didn't care what they thought. She entered the space after dinner.
It was also night in the space, and Li's mother and son were already asleep.
A foundation had been built at the dividing line, and a simple room had been built next to it. It only had a roof, so it was temporarily called a pavilion. Her tiger was lying inside. When he saw her come in, he just looked up at her and went back to sleep.
It seems that without her, Hu Hu is the absolute boss.
She left the space with peace of mind, lay on the kang and began to imagine the future.
Although it was a big kang from Northeast China, she took out a mattress, a quilt, a thick quilt, and an air-conditioning quilt from the space, and now she is comfortable.
After thinking for a long time, I remembered that I didn’t go to collect food in the afternoon. Forget it, I’ll go tomorrow.
There is also a package in the space, and she has to find a clear way to get it out.
There are still many things missing at home. It’s better to do it today than to wait for a day, so let’s say tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Song Jin arrived at the place where the team leader said he would take the ox cart. There was only an old man on the cart. His surname was Zhang. He was responsible for transportation within and outside the village and was the ox cart driver.
Song Jin went up to the old man and greeted him warmly, and gave him a steamed bun.
It was the first time that Old Zhang was given a big white steamed bun. He couldn't refuse it, so he just started eating it in big mouthfuls. It was so delicious.
The two waited for half an hour, from 6:30 to 7:00, but still no one showed up.
Song Jin asked in confusion: "Uncle Zhang, why haven't the villagers arrived yet? It's already seven o'clock."
Old Zhang said, "There are no villagers here today, only you new educated youth. Everyone else has to go to work, so you should have to go to town on your own. But the team leader said you were new here and didn't know the way, so he sent a bullock cart to pick you up today. Normally, the villagers only go out on their days off, and our cows are so precious, how can we walk like this every day?"
Song Jin nodded in understanding.
"Uncle Zhang, let's do this. I'll rent the car for you and give you fifty cents. Let's go. We've been waiting for half an hour and still no one's here. It must be too late. Let's go first."
Uncle Zhang didn't want to wait any longer, so he just waved his whip and set off.
When they arrived in town, Song Jin asked Uncle Zhang to wait under a tree near the post office. He pretended to walk towards the post office and then found a deserted place to pick up the package.
Fortunately, I had packed everything up and put it into the space in advance, so there was no need for any trouble.
So Uncle Zhang saw Song Jin carrying four large packages out of the post office one by one.
Well, thankfully they left, the oxcart was full.
Song Jin had to squeeze in to sit.
Song Jin asked Uncle Zhang to wait a little longer, and she went to the state-owned restaurant in the town and bought 10 meat buns and 10 white flour buns.
When they walked to the ox cart, they first gave Uncle Zhang two steamed buns and a steamed bun, and then the two of them ate while sitting on the ox cart before setting off.
Halfway through the journey, they met three other educated youths. They were sweating profusely and started questioning Song Jin and Uncle Zhang when they saw them on the ox cart.
Wang Xiaohui: "Song Jin, what do you mean? Why didn't you wait for the three of us? Did you lie to me and tell me we weren't going to town? You're so vicious."
The two male educated youth obviously thought so too. After all, they felt that Song Jin didn't seem to get along with the people at the educated youth center. Whether this was intentional or not is debatable.
Before Song Jin could say anything, Uncle Zhang, who hadn't eaten his steamed buns in vain, said, "What are you talking about, little girl? Song Zhiqing and I have been waiting for you for so long, but you haven't shown up yet. The oxcart was supposed to leave at 6:30 this morning, and you haven't shown up yet at 7. Do I have to wait for you all the time when I have nothing to do? The village still needs oxen, so get out of the way."
After saying that, he waved his whip and drove the ox cart away. The three of them quickly moved aside to make way. When they passed by Wang Xiaohui, Song Jin stared at her and said softly: "This is the first time!"
Wang Xiaohui...
What does this mean?
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