Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Green Mountains and Clear Waters
As soon as I walked out of the house, the cool autumn breeze hit me in the face. The cold wind blew, and an elm leaf made two circles in the air and fluttered down.
The temperature has dropped again.
Wang Lai Di's nose itched and she sneezed, muttering that there was indeed one quilt missing. She shouldn't have listened to Ye Yu and saved the quilt and made two more cotton-padded clothes.
"I am not afraid of cold or heat. You see, my hands are always warm."
It is obvious to all that what Ye Yu said is 100% true. Her body temperature remains constant at 36.5℃ all year round and will not change unless she uses up all her supernatural powers. Her hands and feet are also always warm in winter and cool in summer.
Ye Xing also advised: "San Ya knows what's going on. Besides, the cotton coat can also be used as a blanket at night."
From the exit of the compound to the alley, it is a short distance to run into neighbors who get up early for work. Regardless of whether they remember each other or not, everyone smiles when they see each other, and many people even give blessings.
Even Ye Yu didn't know that he was so popular. They exaggerated the atmosphere of parting, as if they were filming some sentimental period drama.
Ye Yu touched her nose. She was really not suitable for sensationalism and didn't like it.
A family of six walked to the station.
Today, the Youth League Office is sending off a group of educated youth who are going to the countryside, about two hundred people in total. It is not a lot, because everyone knows that the number of people in the next batch and the next batch will only increase. The staff of the Youth League Office rushed to the station early and started working to maintain order.
Ye Yu said goodbye to her family. She really didn't know how to say anything sentimental. She simply kept silent and gave everyone a big bear hug.
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People these days are more reserved in expressing themselves, so a bear hug like this instantly attracted a lot of attention, and the awkwardness and entanglement also dissipated a lot of the sadness of parting.
"Chunsheng?" Wang Laidie suddenly saw an acquaintance and was so surprised that she shouted out.
That person was Ye Chunsheng, the eldest granddaughter of Ye Hongjun's brother and the niece of Ye Yu. Wasn't she competing with Baoya to marry into the Sun family? Why was she alone in the team of educated youth going to the countryside, carrying a big package?
The emphasis is on 'lonely'.
Ye Hongjun and the others really didn't know anything about Ye Chunsheng signing up to go to the countryside, and why didn't anyone from her family come to see her off? One package was indeed a little small.
"Third grandpa, third grandma, eldest aunt, third aunt, fourth uncle, youngest uncle." Ye Chunsheng was the youngest among those present, so she had to call even Ye Weiguo, who was younger than her, uncle.
Ye Hongjun and Wang Laidi asked her about her situation with concern.
Ye Chunsheng's tears suddenly fell out. It might be that she had some words in her heart for too long. When someone showed her concern, the grievance in her heart erupted like a volcano and could not be stopped. She finished speaking while crying.
What Wang Lai Di didn't expect was that Sun Shizhong and the Ye family really had some connection. He and Ye Baoya actually got together and had already obtained their marriage certificate, but for some reason they hadn't held a wedding banquet yet, and naturally hadn't invited anyone to attend.
Logically, since Ye Baoya is married and Ye Chunsheng has got a job opportunity, everyone should be happy.
But Ye Chunsheng's parents didn't really love their eldest daughter. They had previously fought for her and Ye Baoya mainly because they didn't want their eldest daughter to lose her job. Now that Ye Baoya doesn't need the job, they don't want to give the job to Ye Chunsheng anymore.
They are not short of daughters, and they also have a little loser who can work at home. Since Ye Baoya can get married, Ye Chunsheng can also get married. It is best to marry into a family with a generous gift, and to help his parents and unborn brothers.
Ye Chunsheng was extremely disappointed. The matchmaker who came to her door said that the man was either mentally ill or older than her father. She didn't want to get married anymore. Feeling disappointed, she took the initiative to apply to go to the countryside, and the place she applied to was in the south, far away from home.
First, she wanted to get away from this miserable home; second, wasn't it said in books that Jiangnan was a land of fish and rice? She would definitely not be hungry there, so Ye Chunsheng chose Jianghang.
Ye Chunsheng's parents were angry at her for "messing around" and did not come to see her off, but just considered it as raising their daughter for nothing.
Ye Hongjun, who was always good-tempered, wanted to scold his nephew and niece-in-law, but they were not here now. He paused and asked, "Where are your grandparents?"
Ye Changcheng and his wife didn't seem to be such cold-blooded people in the past. Ye Hongjun was raised by his brother when he was a child. He learned his current electrical engineering skills more from his brother rather than his father. The relationship between the two families was once closer than that between him and his sister.
"My grandma was busy preparing dowry for my aunt, so they gave me thirty in private." Ye Chunsheng answered expressionlessly, and it was unclear whether he felt more resentment or hatred.
Ye Hongjun and the others didn't know what to say. It was difficult for an honest official to settle family disputes. They had no control over the matter and didn't intervene. Apart from Ye Yu's luggage, Ye Hongjun didn't bring anything else with him today. He gave the only 15 yuan he had left to Ye Chunsheng.
Ye Xing hadn't received her salary for this month yet, and had given all her accumulated money to her sister. She could only smile sheepishly and say some gentle words of advice.
Ye Yu didn't care about a dozen or twenty yuan, she could also give more as her space had made a lot of money recently. But the hand she stretched out was pushed back by Ye's mother.
Ye's mother didn't expect her to shed money even though she also went to the countryside. In everything, there are relatives and strangers, and she still favored her own daughter.
"Thank you, Third Master." Ye Chunsheng bit his lip and accepted the fifteen yuan given by Ye Hongjun.
The things she brought were all old and not much. Everything was unknown in the south, and she might really be short of money. The fact that Second Grandfather gave her money so generously made her parents look even more like inhuman beings.
Finally, Ye Yu and Ye Chunsheng, aunt and nephew, exchanged the addresses of each other's rural production teams, although they both knew that this would basically be of no use and was mainly exchanged for the adults to see.
Ye Chunsheng needed to take a long-distance train, so he entered the train station half an hour earlier.
The address of Ye Yu's countryside is close to Yanjing City, so there is no need to take a train. Instead, he takes a long-distance bus. In terms of distance, a few hours' drive is not a long distance.
The bus station is just across from the train station. It’s not very big, but there are quite a lot of people there, and it’s quite noisy and bustling.
Because the sign was not clear enough, Ye Yu took the ticket he had bought earlier and it took him a while to find the minibus he was taking.
"Dad, Mom, Sister, protect our country. I'm leaving now. See you at the end of the year!"
Ye Yu took the three big packages from Ye Hongjun and Ye Baoguo, carried them on his shoulders, waved his hand, and left. His figure did not look sad at all, but gave people a feeling of impatience and joy (?).
Perhaps it was because Ye Yu's pace was too relaxed that Ye Hongjun and the others forgot to give them any more instructions. In fact, they had already nagged them enough in the past few days.
Ye Weiguo muttered: "Gorilla."
A young passerby who was traveling the same road and in the same car with Ye Yu had the same idea as Ye Weiguo.
The minibus in front of us is not very large. When there are many people and a lot of luggage, the luggage cannot be placed in the car, and larger packages are often tied to the roof of the car.
At this time, the driver had already climbed up to the roof of the car using the ladder at the back of the car and called on the people below to hand the package to him.
Passerby A, a young man, also had a large package, and was mysteriously confident that he could lift the luggage in one breath. However, he obviously underestimated his strength and almost dropped it on himself. He was only able to steady himself with the help of two enthusiastic uncles and aunts nearby.
Just as I finished saying thank you awkwardly, a slender figure flashed by next to me. I saw a young and beautiful girl holding the luggage with both hands, lifting it up easily and handing it to the driver above.
The contrast is too stark.
The driver at the top had the final say. While tying the luggage, he couldn't stop praising: "My dear, you are so strong!"
Ye Yu, who was already accustomed to the quotations from the treasure book and had learned to derive his own ideas, said casually: "Women hold up half the sky, so what are two packages?"
Passerby A was hit by an arrow in the knee: ...feeling heartbroken.
"Well said!" The enthusiastic aunt who helped Passerby A clapped enthusiastically and echoed, "This female comrade is young but has a high level of awareness. At first glance, she is an educated youth comrade who is positive and dedicated to the country and the people and to building the countryside."
The passerby was hit in the knee by an arrow again.
"..." Ye Yu, who didn't mean what she said, kept silent. Facing the enthusiastic aunt who almost took her as a role model, she smiled politely but didn't say anything else.
There were people waiting behind, so this was not a good place to chat, and several people got on the bus one after another.
At this time, the medium-sized private cars did not have seat numbers. Seats were on a first-come, first-served basis, and there was no overloading. In special circumstances, passengers were squeezed until there was no room to stand.
The good news is that it is not the Spring Festival now, but the bad news is that many educated youth have gone to the countryside.
Fortunately, Ye Yu said goodbye to his relatives cleanly and decisively, and he had enough strength to put his luggage away easily. He got on the bus relatively early and found a seat in the last row by the window.
About half an hour later, the vehicle finally started.
Soon after we left Yanjing City, the road became increasingly bumpy. Because the road was too steep, some people got motion sickness. It would be fine if one person didn't vomit due to motion sickness, but if he vomited, he could infect half of the car.
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Ye Yu was not afraid of bumps, but his sense of smell was too sensitive and he was very glad that he had found the most corner position.
Here I can secretly use my space power to create a semi-isolated passage around my nose and try to breathe in the fresh air coming in from the window.
Such skillful evasion is not luck, but something learned from the end of the world.
Eyes also looked out the window.
Outside the window, I pass by acres of land ready for the autumn harvest. In the north, crops are mostly wheat, corn, sweet potatoes, soybeans, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, cabbages, etc., but in this season they have either been harvested or are being planted.
There is less green in autumn.
When he finally saw the rolling green hills, Ye Yu couldn't help but straighten his body.
Yanshan does not refer to a single mountain, but a collection of mountains consisting of multiple mountains, with a total length of more than 300 kilometers and an altitude ranging from 500 meters to 2,000 meters. The Yanshan Mountains have a variety of landforms, including common temperate forest resources.
Ye Yu traveled to many places during the apocalypse and saw many forests denser than this one, including tropical rainforests and even primeval forests. However, she did not like the forests that were full of dangers due to too many mutant creatures. She liked the green in front of her very much. A peaceful forest represented abundant resources.
There is less vegetation in the north than in the south, but that doesn't mean there is none. And there is no need to worry about animals, as they have a strong ability to survive without human interference.
The minibus was getting closer and closer to Qingshan, and finally stopped at a small town not far from the foot of the mountain. The town was called Pingquan Town, which was also the final destination of this minibus.
Expectations soared.
As we got closer to Pingquan Town, the number of passengers on the bus dwindled, until there were less than twenty people left, including a dozen educated youth from Yanjing City.
The young man Passerby A was also among them, and the enthusiastic lady was also going the same way.
The aunt who was not an educated youth left as soon as she got off the car. She waved and smiled at Ye Yu as she left. When the crowd dispersed, only a dozen educated youth were left to go to the town commune to meet up with the educated youth from other provinces.