Chapter 3: Is this the little ancestor?
There were originally four educated youth in Lujiazui. Two houses were built next to the warehouse as a educated youth site. Two of them found partners and started families in Lujiazui, leaving only two male comrades in the educated youth site.
Knowing that new educated youth were coming to the team, the educated youth center had already cleaned up a house.
Lu Dongping sent the person to the destination, gave him a few instructions and then left.
Wen Wan took out a flashlight from her bag, turned it on, and used the light to carry her luggage into the house.
Of the four educated youth, she was the only female comrade for the time being, which was a bit refreshing. After all, she didn't have to squeeze so many people together to sleep in a large bunk bed; it was still quite manageable to have one person in one room.
Although the house is a thatched house, the walls are made of mud. Someone had lived there before, and the wall near the window was covered with old newspapers.
There were two wooden beds, one horizontally and one vertically placed against the wall, covered with a layer of wheat straw, which was moisture-proof.
Wen Wan spread the old sheet wrapped around the quilt on the straw, and then spread the quilt and mattress on top of it.
She didn't know where to find water in the middle of the night. There was still some hot water in the kettle from the train, which was already warm. She poured it out, washed herself briefly, and then got into bed.
The quilt and mattress were both newly made. No one could be more extravagant than her. After all, both cotton and cloth were in short supply.
But the woman pretended to be generous. In order to make Lao Wen think she was virtuous, she collected money from everywhere and bought her two brand new beds.
Wen Wan did not refuse and accepted it with a smile.
She will try her best to make herself as comfortable as possible no matter what the circumstances.
The newly fluffed cotton was so warm that even though I slept soundly all the way on the train, I still had a dreamless night.
There was movement outside just as the sky brightened. Wen Wan quickly got up from the bed, put on a cotton jacket, combed her hair, and no longer wrapped herself tightly with the scarf, revealing her little face with a little baby fat.
The person talking outside was Lu Minghai, the captain of the Lujiazui production team, Lu Dongping's uncle. He was fifty years old and a very serious man. Although he was not very tall, he did not look that thin.
Some educated youth came from above, and he was supposed to go to the commune to pick them up yesterday, but he remembered that his nephew was in the armed forces department and had to go to the county to pick them up, so he didn't go. He asked Lu Dongping to bring the people back, and he didn't know how much he would get.
I got up very early in the morning and asked Lu Dongping. Lu Dongping only said there were two, a boy and a girl, and then ran away.
No matter how many there are, since they have arrived at the production team, they have to be arranged.
There is not much work to do in the fields in winter, but the team has to reclaim land and does not want to keep idle people.
When Wen Wan went out, Zhu Feng and two other male educated youth who came with her were already talking to Lu Minghai in the yard.
When she came out, several grown men were stunned and looked at her.
After a while, Lu Minghai finally spoke: "Are you the female educated youth who just arrived yesterday?"
Wen Wan secretly rolled her eyes in her heart. She was the only woman in the educated youth center. Was there any need to ask about being a female comrade?
But she looked very well-behaved, grinned and said, "Yes, I came here yesterday at midnight. My name is Wen Wan, and I am seventeen." She introduced herself word for word to avoid others having to ask questions later. It would be so troublesome to answer them all!
Lu Minghai took a deep breath. Before he could speak, the male educated youth beside him introduced himself: "My name is Wang Jianmao, I'm 23 years old this year. This is my fellow educated youth, Liu Changqing. The one who came with you needs no introduction. This is our production team leader, Comrade Lu Minghai."
Zhu Feng: ...Why doesn’t he need an introduction? He didn’t talk to this female educated youth, oh, Wenwan, last night, and no one even knows his name!
Wen Wan looked at Lu Minghai and smiled sweetly: "Hello, Captain! What are we going to do today?" She didn't know if it was an illusion, but the voice sounded a bit milky to the ears of the grown men, and the listeners felt soft in their hearts.
Lu Minghai pursed his lips and sternly looked at her, thinking: What can such a fair and tender little girl do? What can she do? It's a headache. He felt that if he spoke loudly, he would scare people to tears, so what else could he do? Bullshit! Lu Dongping, that little bastard, said he would help select those who can work and won't be a drag first, but what happened? Is this a selection of educated youth who can work? Is this a beauty pageant? Are they choosing an ancestor to be worshipped by everyone in the team?
He cursed Lu Dongping in his heart, then coughed and said, "There's not much work to do in the fields in winter. Our team doesn't have enough land, so we have to reclaim wasteland when winter comes. Do you know what reclaiming wasteland means? It means digging up wasteland, cutting trees, mowing grass, turning the soil, raking grass, and picking up stones. This is what we mainly do before the New Year."
After saying that, he thought for a moment and said, "That's basically it. You've just arrived, so you won't get any rations for the twelfth month. You have to figure it out on your own. Whether you ask the team or the commune members for a loan, you have to write a note and no arguing is allowed. You can ask Liu Changqing and the others about how to share meals. Okay, I'm leaving now. Today is your first day here, so you can walk around the team. If you need anything, go to the commune and buy it. We'll go to work together early tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhu Feng: ...Why is no one paying attention to him? He's also a newly arrived educated youth. Shouldn't they show some concern and advice? Is he just air?
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