Chapter 13 New Educated Youth and Old Educated Youth

There is no farm work in the village right now. Everyone is busy preparing for winter, so there are not many people here.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the carriage stopped. Liu Laosan hurried the educated youth and their luggage off the carriage, very impatiently.

Mingdai carried her bag and looked at the village where she would live for the next five years.

The village is big, and most of the houses are made of mud. The distance between them is not very close, and the yard surrounded by fences is very large. There is already smoke coming out of the chimney.

It's time for dinner.

The captain was much more satisfied with this group of quails, which were now obviously much more well-behaved. As expected, they needed to be punished.

He took two puffs of his cigarette bag and tapped his shoe straps: "Let's go. I'll take you to the educated youth center first."

The educated youth training center was not in the village but outside the village, close to the main road with mountains behind it.

This location is not very good, and generally no one chooses to build a house here. Later, when the educated youth came, they chose to build a youth settlement here.

At this time, smoke was coming out of the educated youth's room, and it was obvious that they had started cooking.

The educated youth camps also had mud houses, but they had more rooms and larger yards than ordinary homes.

There was a knock on the door, and the person inside opened it in response. When he saw the team leader and the unfamiliar face behind him, he immediately realized that new educated youth had arrived.

But she was obviously unhappy. She took a quick look and saw four female educated youth, frowning.

However, because the captain was there, he quickly calmed down and welcomed the captain in.

"Song Zhiqing, are Fang Mingyang and Chen Erhong here?"

Song Lanlan nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, they are all in the kitchen to keep warm, I'll call them out."

After saying that, he quickly walked across the yard and ran into the house where smoke was coming out. Soon, a man and a woman followed him out.

"Captain, you're here!"

The male educated youth looked to be about 30 years old, very dark and thin. The female educated youth was similar, with frostbite all over her face and wearing thin clothes. She was shaking as she spoke to the team leader.

The captain touched his pipe and said with a smile: "Fang Zhiqing and Chen Zhiqing, the new educated youth have arrived. I hand them over to you. You are the elder brothers and sisters. Take good care of them."

The two men nodded quickly, said some nice words to the captain, and sent him out.

Mingdai looked at the situation and it seemed that the educated youth were not welcome here.

Fang Rou lowered her eyes in disgust.

If it weren't for Luo Cheng, she really wouldn't want to come here.

Liujiawan was relatively friendly to the educated youth at the beginning, after all, they were children from the city.

However, the earliest educated youth did not care about other people's business. The male educated youth secretly got someone else's daughter pregnant and did not want to take responsibility. The female educated youth was dissatisfied with the tasks assigned by the team and went to the commune to report that the team leader had accepted bribes. In the end, both of them were sent to the farm for reform, which completely ruined the reputation of the educated youth.

The lives of the educated youth became difficult after that. It was not that they had not made some trouble, but unfortunately the more they made trouble, the worse their situation became, and in the end they could only keep a low profile.

But there was one exception.

But the educated youth centers did not want this exception, because this exception was also an exception for them!

After sending the captain away, Fang Mingyang and Chen Erhong's faces darkened.

Looking at the eight people who were still confused, Fang Mingyang sighed: "Let's go back to the house first, it's too cold."

After saying this, he left first, and Chen Erhong followed him, trembling.

The rest of the people looked at each other and followed.

When they arrived at the kitchen and were smelling the smoke, they felt alive.

A large group of people came in, and the people inside quickly stood up.

The first meeting between the new and old educated youth began.

There were too many people and there was no way for them to sit down, so Fang Zhiqing just stood up and started talking.

"First of all, on behalf of the old educated youth of Liujiawan, I welcome the new blood to join us. Let's applaud."

The old educated youth gave Fang Mingyang a lot of face and applauded enthusiastically.

Fang Mingyang smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Fang Mingyang. I am one of the earliest educated youth to come to Liujiawan. I have been here for 8 years. I am currently the person in charge of the educated youth site and the leader of the male educated youth team. If you have any questions, you can come to me for consultation. We will make progress together in the future!"

Now the new educated youth also applauded. Mingdai admired him very much. He had persisted in living in the educated youth site for eight years. He was probably 30 years old now, and had not started a family in the country. He was probably thinking of returning to the city.

Fang Mingyang was very satisfied with everyone's attitude, gestured, and continued: "There are now 11 old educated youths, 8 male educated youths, and 3 female educated youths in the educated youth site.

We have other educated youth who have started families and moved out. They are not here and I will introduce them to you later.

Now let the old educated youth introduce themselves first, and then the new educated youth will come."

After saying this, he gestured to Chen Erhong.

Chen Erhong cleared her throat and said, "My name is Chen Erhong, I'm the leader of the female educated youth team. If you have any questions, you can come to me."

His words were brief and he didn't seem to be a nosy person.

Then the remaining old educated youth were introduced.

They are also generally brief. Most of them are silent, expressionless and numb.

The three female educated youth were easy to recognize. Except for Chen Erhong, the one who just opened the door for them was Song Lanlan. Her eyes kept jumping between the new male educated youth, and finally locked on Qi Zhijun with a determined look.

The other one was Zhou Guiping who was cooking. Mingdai was impressed by the lice that fell off when she pulled her headscarf!

Mingdai's alarm bells immediately rang, she didn't want to live in the same room with her!

There were seven other male educated youth, except Fang Mingyang, and they were all bachelors.

Bai Yang, Liu Hongbing, Qu Gang, Zhang Xiang, Hou Wei, Zhou Weiguo, Kan Jie.

Bai Yang and Zhang Xiang looked weak, Liu Hongbing was very active, had relatives in his family who were members of the Revolutionary Committee, and shouted slogans very loudly, Qu Gang and Zhou Weiguo were relatively honest, and were the friendliest to everyone, and Hou Wei, like Song Lanlan, looked at several female educated youth, and finally was very attentive to Fang Rou.

Finally, Kan Jie was rather aloof and unsociable, but he wore the best clothes and was also the whitest one among them.

After the old educated youth finished their introduction, it was the turn of the new educated youth.

Everyone also spoke according to the old educated youth's ideas, and the ones who spoke the most were Zhang Xiaojun and Liu Yan.

Zhang Xiaojun talked more with Fang Mingyang, while Liu Yan wanted to highlight that she, Fang Rou and Qi Zhijun were all from the East City of Beijing, and also to criticize Mingdai from the West City.

Mingdai still had that dull look on her face, as if the person being talked about was not her.

All in all the meeting was OK.

The meal for the old educated youth was ready. Fang Mingyang looked at the stove and said, "Originally, I should have treated you to a meal on your first day, but it's different here from the city. All the food is earned with work points. We educated youth don't have a high status in the team, and we earn few work points, so we have only enough to eat for ourselves, so we can't treat you.

But don't worry, your rations are at the brigade headquarters. After you choose your beds, you can go to the brigade headquarters to get your rations. We have just finished our meal, so you can use the stove."

After saying this, he patted his head and said honestly: "This time, the firewood and water will be free for you to use. We are all educated youth, so we should take care of each other."

What this actually means is that they should not use their firewood and water in the future.

The other old educated youth obviously had the same idea.

Mingdai didn't care about this now. She was relieved that she was not allowed to eat the food cooked by Zhou Guiping.

She really couldn't eat the rice with added ingredients.

As for the bed, she definitely doesn't want to share a room with Zhou Guiping!

Fang Rou also had the same idea as her.

She didn't even check the bed and took Qi Zhijun directly to the brigade headquarters.

Liu Yan wanted to follow, but then she thought about the matter of fighting for the bed, so she gritted her teeth and didn't follow.

There will be plenty of time in the future, so there is no need to rush.