The four educated youth responded dully.
Just thinking about the dark and gloomy life in the countryside, the other three educated youths, except Jiang Yunshu, wanted to find a crooked tree to hang themselves on the spot.
Just when they were halfway through the journey, everyone really couldn't walk anymore. Jiang Yunshu's soles were rubbed with blisters. She lied and said she was going to the bathroom and secretly put two sanitary napkins in her shoes. She walked softly and at least it wasn't as painful.
Wan Xinyu sat on the ground and refused to leave, Yang Chengyu kept crying at the top of her lungs, and Wang Zhenguo looked at Du Shouquan pitifully.
Du Shouquan looked at the miserable and pitiful appearance of the few people, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He gritted his teeth and said, "I really owe you. Hurry up and get in the car. If you don't leave now, I will leave you alone."
As soon as these words were spoken, the sky cleared up and everyone climbed onto the ox cart quickly.
Looking at the old cow that was bent by the pressure, Du Shouquan felt so distressed. On the way, he kept urging his son Du Jianguo to drive the car quickly.
When the car was still 500 meters away from the Red Flag Brigade, Du Shouquan drove all the people in the car out and repeatedly reminded them not to tell anyone else about the ox cart ride back.
The cows are the property of the brigade. The Red Flag Brigade has a clear rule that ox carts can only be used to load goods and work in the fields. Of course, it is another matter if the ox carts are needed for urgent matters.
In fact, it all comes down to poverty. This old cow is the only property of the Red Flag Brigade at present.
There was a famine two years ago. The team members were so hungry that they went to the reeds by the river to pick up goose droppings to eat. Du Shouquan did not give in and ordered people to kill the cattle.
Jiang Yunshu and the other three followed the ox cart very obediently. As soon as they entered the team, they attracted everyone's attention.
The fiery gaze made Wan Xinyu, a pure young man, blush. He muttered softly, "Jiang Zhiqing, is it because I'm too handsome that I've charmed them?"
Jiang Yunshu looked at Wan Xinyu with an indescribable expression, wondering who gave him the confidence to say such shameless words.
The team members looked at them with clear disdain.
Disdain, the kind of disdain that looks at something like trash.
This silly boy, how come he still hasn't faced the reality after arriving in the countryside? What's the point of being good-looking in this day and age when people can't even get enough to eat?
But later Wan Xinyu proved with his own actions that being good-looking really is useful, and the fascinated girls were so attracted to him that they rushed to work for him.
Seeing Jiang Yunshu remained silent, Wan Xinyu spoke even more excitedly: "Come to think of it, I was also a flower in the compound back then. Many girls followed me and begged me to date them, but I refused..."
After listening to it for a while, Jiang Yunshu felt that he didn't need to eat today, so he took two small steps back without leaving any trace.
"Captain, why are there more educated youth in our team? The whole team is starving. How can we have extra food to feed these people who eat for free?"
The person who was speaking was Wang Ximei. At this moment, she squinted her eyes and looked back and forth between the two female educated youth.
The pretty girl has a small butt, and it's obvious that she's not good at giving birth. The Wang family only has Tiezhu as their heir, and they can't let this woman ruin their family.
The other one looks okay and is barely worthy of their Tiezhu, but her vagina is too flat. When she gives birth, she will definitely not produce milk, which will starve her grandson.
But it’s okay to support her in the future. The female educated youth from the city must have money.
Thinking of this, Wang Ximei looked at Yang Chengyu with enthusiasm.
Du Shouquan said: "This is the decision of the commune. If you have any objections, go to the commune and make a scene. I won't stop you."
Wang Ximei lost her temper instantly. How could she dare to go to the commune to make trouble, unless she felt that her life was too long and she didn't want to live anymore.
The chatterbox Wan Xinyu also became silent. He had been popular everywhere since he was a child, but he was disliked as soon as he arrived in the countryside.
At this moment, his heart was extremely broken.
Du Shouquan led the people to the educated youth site and left in a hurry, leaving his son Du Jianguo to help them pack.
There are three adobe and thatched houses. The most dilapidated one is the kitchen used for cooking and eating. The other two are dormitories for male and female educated youth respectively, and there is also an open-air toilet.
There was a simple bed made of a few wooden sticks, a large bunk bed covered with wheat straw, and the only window was covered with a few newspapers. If it was windy and rainy, rain would come into the house.
Wan Xinyu and his friends were so upset by the terrible accommodation conditions that they couldn't even cry.
Only Jiang Yunshu was thinking about how to leave here.
She wants to move out.
It was a tiny place, and everyone could hear the sound of her turning over and farting clearly. She had too many secrets and was not suitable for this place.
Du Jianguo was a loyal and honest man. After helping them pack their things, he introduced them to the situation of Zhou County and the brigade.
There are three things that are abundant in Zhou County: a lot of wasteland, a lot of rabbits, and a lot of widowers. It is common for team members to go to work on an empty stomach. In addition, there have been either droughts or floods in the past two years, and the fields have almost no harvest. Compared with other brigades where people have starved to death, their brigades did not experience this phenomenon. However, they also owed a lot of famine, and they still owed the commune more than 800 kilograms of grain and have not yet repaid it.
In short, it’s just poverty.
Looking at their sad little faces, Du Jianguo knew that his words just now had scared them. He said, "I still have to go to work. I will deliver your rations later." Then he ran away.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally all eyes were focused on Jiang Yunshu who was squatting on the ground counting ants.
Wang Zhenguo's voice trembled a little: "Jiang Zhiqing, what are we going to do from now on?"
"Now that we are here, we should make the best of it."
All she can do now is take care of herself, and she doesn't care about others.
At noon, Du Jianguo came pushing a cart to deliver rations to the educated youth.
The state stipulated that educated youth sent to the countryside were to receive 45 kilograms of grain per month. The corn and dried sweet potatoes that Du Jianguo sent added up to exactly 45 kilograms, and they were specially weighed before coming.
When Yang Chengyu saw what was in the bag, he became furious: "We are here to support rural development, and you want us to eat sweet potatoes? You are abusing the educated youth."
Du Jianguo said aggrievedly: "Here we eat sweet potatoes for three meals a day."
"I don't care. I don't want to eat sweet potatoes."
Yang Chengyu was throwing a tantrum, and Du Jianguo stood there, looking at a loss.
Eating too much sweet potato can cause bloating and flatulence. Jiang Yunshu didn't like eating it very much. She thanked Du Jianguo and took her portion back to the house.
Wan Xinyu also followed suit and took away his own portion. Whether to eat it or not was one thing, but he had to pretend to eat it.
Wang Zhenguo, holding his own share of rations, gritted his teeth and advised, "Yang Zhiqing, stop making a fuss. Something is better than nothing. If this gets to the captain, you're going to end up in trouble."
Yang Chengyu glared at Wang Zhenguo angrily, and reluctantly carried his share of rations back to the house.
After all, she was still afraid of the captain.
Du Jianguo thanked Wang Zhenguo and left.
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