"Slow down! Look how sweaty you are!"
Lin Jiaojiao handed him the handkerchief in her hand, her eyes filled with genuine heartache: "Why can't I come to see you? You said you ran away without saying a word, leaving just a note. How can I not be worried?"
"Sister!" Lin Jinbao's eyes were red with emotion. Thinking about the hard days he had endured in the past few days and looking at his sister in front of him, he felt so happy. "I'm fine. I have plenty of strength. I have adapted to life here. Don't worry!"
"I just saw it, you did very well."
Hearing Lin Jiaojiao's praise, Lin Jinbao was even happier and quickly reached out to take her things: "Let me take you to the educated youth center to have a look? This place is too hot, and there is dirt everywhere!"
"OK."
"Hey? Sister, why are you taking so many things? I left them for you!"
"How could I possibly want your things? I'm the one who takes care of the house, so even if I have to endure some hardships, it's no big deal. But you do such heavy physical work every day, so you need to get enough nutrition. I even brought you a lot of things."
"Sister, you are so nice to me!"
Lin Jiaojiao saw that Lin Jinbao was about to cry.
It's a bit surprising. Could it be that she overacted?
"Jinbao! What a blessing!"
As the two were about to leave, a group of seven or eight young men suddenly surrounded them.
Several people were holding hoes in their hands, and their clothes were exactly the same as Lin Jinbao's.
He should be an educated youth like Lin Jinbao.
The boy who was talking was a bit tall, and being exposed to the sun as well, he looked particularly fair.
At this moment, he was looking Lin Jiaojiao up and down with interest in his eyes.
"Where did such a beautiful girl come from? When did you meet her? Why don't you introduce her to us?"
“Get out, get out, get out!”
Lin Jinbao stood in front of Lin Jiaojiao and warned her rudely: "This is my sister, don't talk nonsense!"
When everyone heard this, they became even more interested.
"So it's my sister? Your sister is also on this nearby island? Why haven't I heard you mention it before? Hello, sister, we live in the same educated youth dormitory as Jinbao!"
Lin Jiaojiao smiled faintly and nodded distantly.
When the boy saw her smile, he couldn't help but feel his heart beating fast.
The others are not much different.
There were quite a few girls among this group of educated youth.
They are all good-looking, but compared to the one in front of me, there is a world of difference!
Even in their hometown, they have never seen anything like this.
How can one not be excited to see such a person in such a poor and desolate place?
"Jinbao, you're being a little stingy. We just want to say hello to our sister."
Lin Jinbao looked at him with disdain: "My sister is on the island, but she lives in the military compound at the base. My brother-in-law is the regiment commander! Don't talk nonsense here, or I'll tell him!"
When they heard that they were family members of soldiers, their eyes were no longer as presumptuous as before.
Those who were more timid left in shame.
The boy who had been talking just now had a look of pity in his eyes and could only let the two siblings leave.
On the way back, Lin Jinbao excitedly introduced the situation on the island.
There are only about a hundred households on the entire island.
Most of them are fishermen.
In addition to the first group of educated youth who landed on the island, some more came later.
I met a lot of people on the way.
However, Lin Jinbao's attitude towards them is somewhat intriguing.
"Sister, the educated youth center is right up ahead! That's the house!"
Lin Jiaojiao looked in the direction of Lin Jinbao's finger. The yard was very large, but it was built with thatch and wood. There were two rooms in total, one for boys and one for girls.
"We usually hang out in this courtyard, and that's where we eat."
"Does everyone live here?"
"Not necessarily. There are more and more educated youth now, and this place can't accommodate them all. The team leader said we can stay with the villagers nearby, but we have to pay for food!"
Lin Jiaojiao looked around.
I have to admit that the conditions are really difficult!
"Why are you back so early?"
"It's over."
"This is my sister, she came to see me specially!"
Lin Jiaojiao looked at the girl in front of her in surprise.
He has a thin body, his facial features are not delicate, his complexion is very pale and a bit sallow, and it is obvious that he has been malnourished for a long time.
Hearing Lin Jinbao's words, he just nodded at her lightly.
It’s no wonder she was surprised, it was just because of this journey.
I also met quite a few female educated youth.
Some of them are very good-looking.
But Lin Jinbao's attitude towards them was lukewarm. Even if they greeted him proactively, he would just ignore them!
He would also complain in a low voice about how they had cheated him before.
It seems like he really hates it!
Unexpectedly, he was very friendly and enthusiastic towards this person.
However, the girl was very cold and went straight into the girls' dormitory without waiting for Lin Jinbao to say anything.
"That's rare! From just now until now, you have been treating her well."
Lin Jinbao smiled and scratched his head. "Yang Yan is different from those female educated youth. She has never cheated anyone and is always the first to rush in for everything. A while ago, she fainted from hypoglycemia. I gave her a piece of candy, and she insisted on doing two work points for me in return."
"Yang Yan?"
"Yeah! What's wrong?"
Lin Jiaojiao shook her head and said nothing.
When she heard the name, she finally understood why she had felt a sense of familiarity just now.
This person is the original owner's classmate.
The reason why it is so memorable.
It was because she always kept to herself and had a dull personality when she was in school. Whether she was attending class or eating, she was always the first to arrive and the last to leave.
Later I heard that her family conditions were very poor.
In the morning, everyone brought their own lunch to school, but she was alone on the playground, eating a black steamed bun.
Lin Jinbao didn't think much about it and sighed with emotion: "He's a nice person, but he's too frugal."
"Sister, I'll take you to see where I live!"
Yang Yan, who was hiding in the distance, watched the brother and sister leave and clenched her fists.
My thoughts were brought back to the day when I came to the island from home.
Seeing that everyone had their parents to see them off, and even some of the aunts and uncles rushed over, the family was having a great time.
Her nose felt sore.
I couldn't help but take out the small red blessing bag hanging around my neck.
This was what her father asked for her when he was still alive.
My father was still alive at that time.
Although he seems cowardly and honest to outsiders, he has always been the greatest person in her heart.
It’s a pity that everything is over.
Mom is right, it's all her fault!
If it weren't for her, my father wouldn't have insisted on digging coal in that broken coal mine factory, and he wouldn't have been crushed to death in it.
Before leaving in the morning, her mother slapped her twice.
"This is all your fault! You're the one who killed your father!"
“…”
"If your father were still alive, how could your family be in such trouble? And your brother, if your father hadn't had the accident, would I have been born prematurely? If not, how could he have been malnourished and contracted meningitis?"
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