Shen Ruyi turned and went to the boys' dormitory, then came back and called the others out for a meeting.
Urged on by her, Liu Huifang got up again and they went to the yard together.
The educated youth, both male and female, stood in a row in the courtyard, nine female and eight male.
One of the male educated youths, who had a decent appearance, introduced himself: "My name is Tong Jianxin, and I am the head of our educated youth settlement. Today, the new educated youths have come here, and we old educated youths are very happy to welcome you."
Tong Jianxin continued, "Since we are all educated youth and will be living in the same compound from now on, I hope that whether you are new or old educated youth, you can unite and help each other and treat each other as family. Now, you can all get to know each other."
Tong Jianxin is quite tall and good-looking. His clear, articulate, and powerful speech almost captivated Du Yinan.
This man is not only good-looking, but he also gives her a great sense of security.
After the male educated youths had gotten to know each other, the female educated youths also learned each other's names, and then the male and female educated youths got to know each other.
The first male educated youth to introduce himself seemed to have experienced many hardships.
"Hello everyone, my name is Chen Zhiyu. I am twenty-six years old this year. My hometown is Shanghai. I have been here for several years now, and I am the educated youth who has stayed here the longest." After saying this, he lowered his head.
He was full of enthusiasm and volunteered to go to the countryside to support rural development, but when he wanted to leave, he couldn't and ended up staying for several years.
Tong Jianxin patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, "Old Chen, don't lose heart, there will definitely be a day when we can go back. Just wait a little longer."
Chen Zhiyu probably didn't want to show too much negativity in front of the new educated youth, so he nodded slightly and said to them:
"I'm sorry, I was a little out of line. Welcome everyone to join the big family of the educated youth settlement."
The second male educated youth smiled and said, "My name is Zhang Guoqing, I am twenty-one years old, and I have been here for exactly two years."
"My name is Meng Bin, I am 22 years old, and I have been here for four years."
"My name is Zhao Jun, I'm also twenty years old, and I just arrived last month."
After the educated youth finished introducing themselves, Tong Jianxin said, "In order to save manpower and resources, the educated youth settlement has always had male and female educated youth eat together from the same pot, and everyone pays for the amount of grain they eat. The male educated youth are responsible for carrying water and chopping firewood, while the female educated youth are responsible for cooking and watering vegetables."
Shen Ruyi added, "We female educated youth took turns cooking, and we could work in pairs."
However, there were nine female educated youths among them, which could not be evenly distributed. Tong Jianxin saw that Luo Changtian was small in stature and was obviously still a child.
So he said, "This young man is probably not good at carrying water or chopping wood, and he probably doesn't eat much either. Why don't we let him cook with the female educated youth? What do you think?"
The educated youth were mostly adults and didn't fuss over such trivial matters, especially the male educated youth, who were even less likely to care and generously expressed their agreement.
Fang Zhiyuan was the first to raise his hand in agreement, saying, "I think this arrangement is great, and I strongly agree with it."
Then, Zhao Wensong quickly raised his hand: "I completely agree."
They hoped to gain favor with the other party, but Luo Jingyan didn't even give them a glance.
Perhaps Du Yinan had a grudge against Luo Jingyan, because she raised her hand and said, "I object. Luo Changtian is a male educated youth. It's not right for a male educated youth to do the work of a female educated youth."
Luo Jingyan said, "The male educated youths don't have any objections, so your objections are useless and don't concern you."
“Du Zhiqing’s objections are ineffective; the original arrangement will remain in effect,” Tong Jianxin said.
Du Yinan tugged at Lin Shanshan's sleeve, trying to get her to join him in dealing with Luo Jingyan.
But Lin Shanshan felt that such a trivial matter could not hurt Luo Jingyan at all, and would only give other educated youth a bad impression, so she chose to remain silent.
Shen Ruyi said, "Xiao Luo's affairs won't affect Du, so let's leave it at that. Let him cook with Jingyan in one group, and the siblings in another. They won't hold any of you back. You shouldn't have any objections, right? The new educated youth, Lin Shanshan, will be paired with Du Yinan." Because she noticed that the two of them were quite close.
Sun Tiantian and Liu Huifang have always been partners, Ning Peipei and Song Yinglan are in a group, and Jiang Manyue is left. Shen Ruyi asked her to be in a group with her.
Finally, Tong Jianxin talked about some of the rules in the educated youth settlement.
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