“He made me fetch water myself, and I had no intention of doing it myself. During this time, seeing that he was injured, we didn’t let him fetch water or gather firewood. Every day, Yu Zhiqing brought the meals to the kang (a heated brick bed).
Looking at everyone, he said, "This guy is so self-righteous and doesn't know how to be grateful at all. You can ask the male educated youth. If it weren't for the fact that we are all educated youth, who would want to deal with this narcissistic guy?"
The men living with him didn't look too good; they'd been exposed to his stench for days, and the male educated youths all looked rather unwell.
Bai Haoyu was angered by the woman's rudeness and charged towards Hao Yujie.
The male educated youths saw this and quickly came over to pull Bai Haoyu away. They also disliked him, especially since he had become increasingly arrogant in recent days.
Yu Cheng wanted to go up and fight him, but he had to stop him today so that Hao Yujie wouldn't get hurt.
"That's enough. A male educated youth has no sense of responsibility. That water is what we use for cooking. If you can't even wash your clothes in the river, how are the female educated youth supposed to cook when they get back?"
Look how tired everyone is from working in the fields, and you've been lying around for days. Look at you now, full of energy! Go back and fetch water; everyone's waiting to cook.
Bai Haoyu wanted to say that he didn't care about water and be defiant.
But seeing Yu Cheng, he still didn't dare to refute, after all, Yu Cheng had nothing to say to him.
Then he thought that he had run out of food, so he decided to give in.
I don't have the resources right now; I'll challenge this woman when I'm more capable.
They slunk back to the educated youth settlement. Everyone had finished work and was heading home.
When everyone saw the clothes scattered all over the yard, they pretended not to see them, and Bai Haoyu quickly gathered up his clothes.
Seeing that no one was helping him, he could only hurry up and get ready to fetch water.
Hao Yujie and the others went to Song Yining's place first, got some water, and quickly made dinner.
Everyone was eating dinner when Bai Haoyu noticed the place was empty. He angrily came out and questioned Hao Yujie.
"Why didn't Hao Yujie have dinner for me? You can't take revenge like this!"
"Hmph! Think about it yourself, how much food have you received after all these days? Don't you know?"
Looking at everyone, she said, "These past few days you've been lying in bed, eating all our food. I never expected you to treat me like this. Forget it, you'll have to figure things out yourself from now on."
Everyone remained silent, no one spoke, but Hao Yujie still said what everyone wanted to say.
"After all, no one's food comes from thin air. We work very hard every day. I don't want to waste my food on trouble. Whoever wants to go can go. Don't come to me."
Everyone fell silent, secretly enjoying the delicious steamed buns in their hands.
Bai Haoyu was at a loss. He hadn't realized that the food was already gone, and now he was wondering what to do.
A person took their clothes to the riverbank and washed them alone.
Li Zeyan gave Zhang Datao the canned food and grain coupons he had brought with him at the Yang family's house.
"Auntie, I might need your help cooking for me these days. Here's some canned food I got to share with everyone."
"Li Zhiqing, this is so precious, you can eat it yourself! Just don't mind our farm-style food."
"No problem, no problem, Auntie, please don't refuse my offer."
"Alright, let's add a dish for everyone."
The Yang family courtyard was filled with harmony and joy, while Bai Haoyu was now utterly dejected and at a loss.
My stomach was growling with hunger, and I sat blankly by the river, gazing into the distance.
Grab your clothes and blankets and hurry back, otherwise you won't have anything to use before going to bed tonight.
Despite feeling terribly hungry, she carried her clothes home alone, having received no word from home for so long.
Disappointed, he was dejected and distressed. When he returned to the courtyard, no one paid any attention to him.
Everyone pretended nothing was wrong and went about their business as usual.
I feel resentful, but there's nothing I can do because I don't even have the most basic security right now.
He could only slink away to the brigade leader's house, where Yang Chunlin gave Bai Haoyu a cold look.
"Captain, could you lend me some food? I'm desperate. I haven't eaten all night, and my family isn't taking care of me. Please!"
Yang Chunlin looked at Bai Zhiqing with disappointment and said, "Then write a guarantee that you will not be lazy in the future, otherwise the village will not lend you grain again."
Upon hearing the captain's words, Bai Haoyu quickly wrote a guarantee.
He called his eldest son and asked him to go with Bai Zhiqing to the village committee to collect grain.
Bai Haoyu quickly took back a month's worth of food rations, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the food he was carrying.
That evening, the brigade leader called over the people who had built the house for Song Yining last time and told them that Li Zeyan also needed to build a house, and asked them to stay for a few days to help with the work.
Since things weren't too busy in the fields lately, everyone came over, but Song Yining completely ignored them.
He did what he was supposed to do, and during the off-season, he would go up the mountain to hunt.
I took some time in the evening to visit the few people who had been sent down to the countryside at the foot of the mountain. They had recently taken the medicine that Song Yining had prescribed, and their health was noticeably better than before.
When everyone saw Song Yining arrive, they quickly gathered around and talked about the changes in their bodies recently.
None of them dared to eat too much, after all, they were sent down to the countryside, and if they were too well taken care of, it would be a different story if they were discovered.
The places they went to before were not places fit for human habitation; they would be searched every so often. The atmosphere here is much better.
Being far from the political center, those people can't exert as much influence.
Things have calmed down a lot in the commune, and they've been having the most relaxed time in years lately.
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