The five men and Li Guangping pulled the cart carrying the 100 jin of grain, and in the process, they also learned how to pull the cart.
When they went to work in the future, they would need to know how to use these common farm tools. After arriving at the educated youth settlement, Zhou Jianjun and Wang Mingyu went to return the cart.
After finishing their work, the remaining educated youth returned to the educated youth settlement one by one, and they introduced themselves to each other before the meal.
The man, Yu Cheng, is 22 years old and comes from Sichuan Province. He has been working in the countryside for four years and has been waiting for a job opportunity to come to his hometown.
Tan Zhiyang is 21 years old and comes from Hubei Province. He has been working in the countryside for 3 years. His family is not well, so he has always worked very hard.
Zhang Aimin is 19 years old and comes from Hebei Province. He came here in the second half of last year and has been working in the countryside for less than a year.
The remaining one, Li Guangping, is 23 years old and comes from Jiangsu Province. He spent 5 years in the countryside and is the most senior among the educated youth sent to the countryside. Over the years, he has returned to the city to some extent and settled down locally.
Li Guangping has always insisted on not getting married locally, and everyone knows that he is waiting for the day he can return to the city.
Lian Aihong, a 21-year-old female educated youth from Sichuan Province, spent three years in the countryside. She is known as a "spicy girl" because she is warm-hearted and cooks very well; everyone loves her cooking.
Every time it's her turn to cook, everyone feels very satisfied with the meal. The grains and ingredients are the same, but everyone just inexplicably likes it.
Yi Honghong is an 18-year-old from Jiangxi Province. She spent a year in the countryside. True to her name, she is lively and cheerful, and is the life of the party among the female educated youth.
Li Ru came from Beijing and was sent to the countryside at the age of 18. She only came here in the second half of last year and is usually quiet.
At the educated youth settlement, everyone seemed to be getting along fairly well, with no major disagreements.
The rooms for the female educated youth were relatively large, and five people were packed in tightly, with no extra space left.
The new educated youth lived on one side of the male educated youth's side, and the old educated youth lived on the other side.
Yang Shu and his son helped pull the educated youth and the furniture they had ordered that afternoon over.
They tidied up and arranged everything together, with everyone first organizing their own belongings.
In the evening, the educated youth at the settlement made their local corn dumplings, a cold salad of wild vegetables and shepherd's purse with minced garlic and chili powder, a little bit of lard, and finally a little vinegar.
The aroma of the dish immediately filled the air, bringing out the fragrance of chili and garlic, and it smelled very delicious.
Lian Aihong and her colleagues also made local yellow steamed buns made from wheat flour and corn flour, with a little saccharin added, giving them a subtle sweetness mixed with the aroma of cornmeal.
I stir-fried some shredded potatoes, and that's how a simple dinner was made.
Everyone was very hungry after several days of train and bus travel, and hadn't had a hot meal. They were in a hurry to get back today, so they didn't go to the commune's state-run restaurant.
Now, everyone smelled the aroma of the food and eagerly grabbed the dishes in front of them and ate the steamed buns that had been distributed to them.
Sipping golden corn liquor, even though it was their first time eating it this way, they tried to imitate it.
I slurped a mouthful from the left, then a mouthful from the right, and the warm bowl of porridge went down my throat, making me feel much better.
Although the meal was simple, everyone was very satisfied, and even Shen Shiyu and Zhang Hongjun didn't dare to complain anymore.
Even though Lian Aihong's cold dishes tasted great, everyone buried their heads in eating the fragrant food.
After the educated youth finished their meal and discussed how the new educated youth would eat in the future, everyone unanimously decided to cook together with the older educated youth.
Since the female educated youth Shen Shiyu couldn't cook, she and Hao Yujie took care of it themselves, and they didn't hold it against her.
Because there were fewer female educated youth and more male educated youth, the male educated youth had to share more responsibilities, such as carrying water, collecting firewood, and watering vegetable gardens, which the female educated youth were not responsible for.
Everyone washed up and went to sleep. Hao Yujie and Shen Shiyu were exhausted from traveling these past few days, and they fell asleep instantly as soon as they lay down on the bed.
The next morning, the newly arrived educated youth didn't have to go to work. They agreed to go pick up their packages and buy some daily necessities.
Old Yang waited for the group under a big tree at the village entrance to go to town together. The group got up quickly and headed towards the village entrance.
The group boarded an oxcart and headed towards the town. Upon arriving at the post office, they wrote letters and mailed them to let everyone know they had arrived safely; their packages had already reached them.
They took out their packages one after another, and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy what they needed. Old Man Yang was waiting at the agreed meeting place with his oxcart.
The investigation into Song Yining's situation is almost complete. The next step is to coordinate between the local authorities and the military.
Song Yining was about to take his leave, and headed northwest alone once more.
After dealing with the human traffickers, the two soldiers went to handle other matters.
Fortunately, there was a train to Qin'an City today, and the local police thoughtfully arranged sleeper berths for Song Yining, who took a nap on the train.
The night was safe and uneventful; we arrived safely in Qin Province.
After passing through Huashan Station in Qin Province, Song Yining thought that she should come here again in the future and take advantage of her youth to appreciate the unique beauty of Huashan.
She used to only watch bloggers go hiking online, but she had never been to one herself.
Everyone who came back said that it was a real mountain climb, requiring both hands and feet to climb up.
Not knowing if she would have the perseverance to climb it in the future, Song Yining still felt a little timid looking at the steep Mount Hua.
Upon arriving in Anshi, Song Yining did not take a car but instead took a short-distance train, choosing to get off at Puji Town in Wu County, the closest county to Zhou County.
This way, he was very close to the county town. There were donkey carts from the surrounding area that took him all the way to the county town. When Song Yining arrived at his long-lost hometown, he saw that the county town was all gray and dusty.
I didn't feel like going to look anymore, so I asked someone to inquire about how to get to Yangjia Village in Majia Town.
Fortunately, people in Yangjia Village heard that Song Yining had gone to help the police with a case and would be back a day later, so the brigade sent someone to wait for her in the county town.
After Song Yining arrived at the county's educated youth office to inquire, she learned that the people from Yangjia Village had already greeted the staff there.
The county's educated youth office also knew that the newly arrived educated youth, Song Yining, was working for the police.
So he didn't come here on time, and they've been waiting for him to report for duty for the past two days.
Old Yang from the village comes to check on things every two days; the village chief instructed him to do so.
No sooner had Old Man Yang left than Song Yining went to the educated youth office, and the comrades there quickly ran out to stop Old Man Yang.
Fortunately, Old Man Yang walked slowly and knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived, so he was glad that he had made several trips in vain.
"Girl, where's your luggage? The old man's oxcart is right up ahead. Do you have any other luggage you need? We'll go get it together. We're only taking you today; the team leader told us to."
"Hello Uncle Yang, I am Song Yining, a sent-down youth. You can just call me Xiao Song."
"Then please take me to the commune post office. My package should have arrived by now. I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Yang." After saying that, the two of them took their luggage and walked towards the oxcart.
After putting down her luggage, Song Yining followed Old Man Yang onto the oxcart and headed towards the commune post office.
When Song Yining arrived at the post office, she saw that her package had arrived and went to pick it up.
With three large packages in total, Song Yining came out and called Uncle Yang, asking him to drive the oxcart to the post office entrance.
The two of them worked together to put the three large packages on the oxcart. Song Yining looked at the two packages she had brought, and then at the three packages, it was quite a sight!
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