As soon as Gu Sinian left, the two carried their luggage and headed towards the educated youth dormitory. Everyone rushed forward to help, warmly welcoming their friends who had come from afar and leading them to their rooms.
"Put your luggage down first, let's go out for dinner. Everyone's hungry. We've already delayed our meal by an hour for our friends who've come all this way, isn't that kind of us?"
Su Ying chimed in, giving a thumbs-up, "That's great!"
Qiao Xiyan pursed her lips and rolled her eyes, looking speechless and helpless. It was as if they were making them wait. She wasn't going to take the blame for this.
Having learned from her previous life, Qiao Xiyan had a general idea of the food standards in the countryside, and this meal wasn't absolutely necessary.
She wasn't willing to exchange the snacks she'd carried all the way from Beijing for them. They were all poor bastards, not worth her time trying to please. She might as well just eat the snacks in her room.
"I'm not hungry. You guys go and eat first."
Tang Ling glanced at Qiao Xiyan in shock, and roughly understood what she meant. Judging from her clothes and appearance, she was no ordinary person, and she was not the kind of person who liked to flatter others.
It's important for people to get along; there's no point in forcing yourself into a circle where you don't get along.
After going to the countryside, she experienced a lot and matured. She stopped bothering with people who didn't like her.
Their food allowance will arrive tomorrow, so it doesn't matter whether they eat this meal or not; they won't starve anyway.
The food is in your own hands; whether you cook together or each person cooks alone is entirely up to you.
We were all sent-down youth, and we lived in the same sent-down youth settlement. We saw each other all the time, so it was always good to get to know each other during meal breaks to avoid offending any troublemakers.
Since Qiao Xiyan had already said so, she didn't say anything more. It would be fine to get to know her in the future.
Tang Ling didn't like Qiao Xiyan at all, and preferred to be close to Su Ying. Su Ying gave people a generous and poised feeling, and was not coy or made any strange noises.
They had kindly led them into the girls' dormitory, but Qiao Xiyan made a lot of sarcastic and offensive remarks. In contrast, Su Ying remained poised and composed, never showing any dissatisfaction.
I kept thanking her.
Her sixth sense was always accurate; Qiao Xiyan didn't seem like the kind of person who was easy to get along with, so it was best to avoid contact with her in the future.
"Since you're not going to eat, just stay in your room and rest. Su Ying and I will go out to eat."
Qiao Xiyan waved her hand impatiently, "I know, I know, you're so long-winded. Hurry up and go. Remember, I won't be eating at the educated youth station all day, so don't count my share of food, otherwise it'll be hard to explain and you'll cause me trouble."
Tang Ling nodded. "Of course, since you didn't eat any, your portion won't be counted."
"That's good. Go on out now. I'm sleepy and want to rest."
Su Ying felt a bit suffocated the moment she entered the room. She longed to escape that cramped space. With more than twenty people living in one room, there probably wasn't enough air to go around at night.
Oh my god.
The thought of having to endure the hardships of living in the makeshift dormitory room for educated youth before the house was even built made her feel terrible.
She had never lived in a house with so many people before. In her previous life, when she worked on a farm, there were at most six people in one room.
She couldn't even handle a room with six people, experiencing insomnia; imagine how much more difficult it would be in a room with over twenty people...
Just thinking about that scene at night made Su Ying's scalp tingle. Although they were all girls, they came from all over the country and had different lifestyles.
In some places, the custom is not to wash once a day, but once a week, or even every other day. Thinking about the different smells of more than twenty people in the room, Su Ying had a strong urge to run away.
Adding to the fact that there were more than twenty mouths breathing in unison while sleeping at night, with some breathing a little louder and others even louder, Su Ying had a feeling of being worse than dead when she recalled the scene of insects sleeping in summer.
She's a light sleeper to begin with, and with all that noise and all those different scents, I hope she won't die young like she did in her previous life.
The only option is to wait until everyone is asleep, then sneak into a secluded spot to sleep in the space; otherwise, it's really over.
It's still her mother who loves her and has given her such a precious space...
She didn't know how long it would take to build a big brick house, and she wanted to pay more money to finish it quickly so she could move into the room she wanted and have a better life in the future.
"Let's go eat first. Comrade Qiao must be tired, let her rest well. Let's go eat."
"good."
On the way out, Su Ying took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from her crossbody bag and gave them to Tang Ling, saying, "Have a candy to tide you over."
Tang Ling's eyes lit up the moment she saw the White Rabbit milk candy.
"Wow! White Rabbit milk candy! How did you get this? This candy is so expensive, I usually can't even afford to buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative. You grabbed such a big handful for me, is it enough for you?"
“I have enough, I have enough. I’m just passing on what I’ve already bought. My childhood friend knew I was going to the countryside, so she bought me several kilograms of it. I still have a lot left in my suitcase. This little bit isn’t much for me.”
Tang Ling took only one and pushed the rest back, saying, "I'll just take one. After all, it's a parting gift from your friend. How can I take more? Work points in Willow Village are hard to earn. You can keep them to supplement your nutrition later."
Su Ying heard unbelievable words from Tang Ling: White Rabbit milk candy provides nutrition, how difficult must life be for Willow Tree Village?
Good heavens, thank goodness she has a spatial dimension, otherwise she would have been tortured to death.
This time, Su Ying directly put the White Rabbit milk candy into Tang Ling's pocket and said something meaningful.
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