Chapter 37
The joy in Meng Jinyu's eyes was almost impossible to conceal.
However, she was kind-hearted and still worried that she would not be able to complete the task properly: "Old tailors all served as apprentices to their masters, and it took a long time before they could start working as apprentices. I'm afraid that the clothes won't be good enough, and your fabrics and money will be wasted. After all, no one's money comes from the wind."
Lin Li and Jiang Zhihong's parents are both intellectuals in the city. The whole family receives wages and various tickets. Now Lin Li herself does not have to go to the fields to earn work points anymore. Life is good, so of course she will not care about a few dollars.
This can be seen from the fact that she can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to stroll around and buy a rattle. Nowadays, farmers in the village are not willing to do that. Most children in their families do not have toys, and even if they do, they are made by the adults in the family themselves!
Lin Li is different. After get off work, she goes straight to the supply and marketing cooperative and spends money lavishly, just like people in later generations. Who wouldn't envy her?
"The old tailors have good skills, but they are old after all, and the clothes they make are not very fashionable. I just want you to make some for me, preferably some clothes that can be worn by both boys and girls." Lin Li smiled. At this moment, she saw Youyou and Shanshan coming hand in hand, so she said, "Like the clothes they are wearing, which are as fashionable as they are."
Although most people nowadays, whether in the city or in the countryside, tend to favor boys over girls, Lin Li has made up her mind that as long as the child she gives birth to is like Youyou and Shanshan, she will like it equally regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl.
It would be best if the baby in her belly was a little girl. In the future, she would buy a little skirt for the child, just like the one Youyou is wearing now!
Following Lin Li's gaze, Meng Jinyu also looked at her little daughter.
Normally this child would roll around in the mud without any regard and would always come back dirty. But today, she was wearing new clothes which were kept very neat and tidy. She looked clean, just like what they said, she was almost like a spoiled little girl from the city.
"Okay, I'll do my best." Meng Jinyu no longer refused, "Then when will I come to your house?"
"I'll select the fabric first, and then you can bring the children over after work every day. We'll provide meals, and the wage is one dollar and fifty cents a day," said Lin Li.
Now Meng Jinyu felt embarrassed again.
Families with better conditions in the village would indeed hire a tailor. She had inquired before and learned that the maximum she earned was RMB 1.5 to RMB 1.8 a day. But the problem was that she did not stay at the house all day and only came after work. So, how long did she work?
As for the meals, she brought Youyou and Shanshan with her. There were three people and three mouths to feed. This wasn't the future where more people had more pairs of chopsticks. No family's food could withstand eating like this.
"That's enough. You're not like me at all." Lin Li said with a smile, "I like Youyou and Shanshan. They came to my house to chat with the baby in my belly. Who knows, maybe the baby will be as well-behaved as them after it is born. Jinyu, don't be polite with me. If it weren't for your child, I might have divorced and returned to the city a long time ago."
Meng Jinyu only found out from Youyou and Shanshan a few days ago that Lin Li and her husband were planning to divorce.
It's not her fault. After all, although the memories of her previous life have been awakened, they are not clear. Therefore, she did not immediately think of the suffering that Lin Li and Jiang Zhihong experienced in the previous life.
Indeed, this time Youyou and her brothers and sisters helped the two educated youth a lot.
In this case, if Meng Jinyu continued to refuse, it would seem that she was too indecisive. She finally nodded and agreed: "Then I will go back and think about the style carefully."
The clothes worn by babies in later generations are very cute and do not require too much design, but the fabric must be soft.
She had to ask Lin Li to write a letter to her family in the city and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some good fabrics. As for the color -
She already remembered whether Lin Li's child in her previous life was a boy or a girl, so she just asked them to choose according to her requirements!
…
Jiang Huanming sat in the main room, feeling uncomfortable all over.
Every time he thought his life had reached its lowest point and couldn't get any more shameful, something even more humiliating would happen, like this time when his two children changed their surnames.
Although Youyou and Shanshan had been taken away by Meng Jinyu, they lived in the same village and saw each other every day. Whenever he saw the two children's happy smiles as they ran freely, his heart felt as if it was pricked by needles and his face hurt as if he had been slapped several times.
"Mom, what are we going to cook today? We don't have many sweet potatoes at home." Wang Xiaofen pinched her voice and shouted in the kitchen.
Old Mrs. Jiang came out of the house and said, "Didn't you just buy more than ten kilograms of sweet potatoes last time?"
In Fenglin Village, there are rules for distributing sweet potatoes.
The team members went up the mountain to dig together, and put what they dug into piles. The team leader numbered them and then drew lots.
The quantities vary, and it all depends on luck as to how many kilograms of sweet potatoes you get.
In the past, Meng Jinyu always took Youyou to the family's lottery draw. The little girl was lucky and always drew the largest weight, which was more than twenty pounds after weighing. But this time, when the lot was drawn, Youyou had already been taken away.
Therefore, Wang Xiaofen could only take her own dog, Da Niu, to draw lots, but the sweet potatoes she drew only weighed a dozen kilograms.
At that time, Wang Xiaofen was muttering at home, wondering why the Jiang family's luck was getting worse and worse. Should she call a maid to come and help get rid of the bad luck? In the end, her husband scolded her severely and told her not to spread feudal superstitions, so as not to implicate the whole family.
"What's the use of more than ten pounds of sweet potatoes? Some are ground, some are dried, and how much is left for making porridge? There are more than a dozen people in the family, and only a few of them earn work points. Their stomachs rumble with hunger every day. I don't know how many times our Danniu has cried of hunger!" Wang Xiaofen muttered.
Old Mrs. Jiang knew that she said this on purpose for Jiang Huanming to hear, and she was a little unhappy for a moment, but when she thought about the fact that her grandchildren had even changed their surnames, she also disliked her youngest son for being useless from the bottom of her heart, so she simply let Wang Xiaofen nag.
It was Zhu Dali who pushed Wang Xiaofen and said, "Stop talking!"
"You lie at home like a useless person all day long, and you won't let me say anything?" Wang Xiaofen pouted, "Sister-in-law, you are just too kind!"
Hearing these words, Jiang Huanming's face turned ashen.
I'm clearly in my own home, so why do I feel like I'm living under someone else's roof?
He was very angry, but he couldn't argue with his sister-in-law. The house was already a mess, and if he continued to argue, it would only make people laugh at him.
He stood up with a sullen face and was about to go back to the house. At worst he would just skip dinner!
But unexpectedly, just as he was thinking this, Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo suddenly ran in.
"Dad, your unit's handling results are out! Teacher Lin brought it back!" Jiang Cheng excitedly handed over an envelope.
Jiang Huanming's eyes suddenly widened and his heart was beating fast. He took the envelope with trembling hands, and his facial expression was particularly rich.
Both nervous and expectant.
This is his only hope!
When Zhu Dali and Wang Xiaofen heard the noise, they quickly put down their work and rushed to the main room.
Everyone surrounded Jiang Huanming and stared at the letter in his hand.
Jiang Guo was the most anxious, and urged, "Dad, open it and see how the leader dealt with your affair?"
Old Mrs. Jiang glared at Jiang Guo fiercely.
Jiang Huanming didn't have the heart to teach his daughter a lesson now. He took a deep breath and slowly opened the envelope.
The whole family held their breath and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
Jiang Huanming stared at the letter with the processing result, and slowly his eyes moved downwards.
"I'm reinstated! I'm back in my position!" His face flushed with joy and he almost shouted, "I can go back to work tomorrow!"
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The Jiang family's laughter echoed throughout Fenglin Village.
Perhaps Wang Xiaofen felt too depressed recently and was laughed at by too many people, so she asked her children to run around the village and tell everyone the good news.
The villagers lived their own lives and were not interested in the Jiang family's troubles. They listened with a blank expression and then hurried home to eat.
Da Niu and Niu Niu ran in vain, and finally, you pushed me and I pushed you, and the two of us finally arrived at the thatched hut at the end of the village.
"Our mother said that we must tell our aunt about this." Niuniu said, "Brother, you go and tell her."
Daniu looked up at the sky and said, "Auntie is so fierce. If she hears this, will she be angry and beat us?"
As it turned out, Daniel was overthinking.
His former aunt didn't take it seriously at all, but his little cousin came out of the house and made a gesture to drive him away with her little hand: "Go away, go away - don't bother me here anymore!"
Daniu looked at Youyou, pouted his lips, and said unhappily: "I'm your brother, why are you like this?"
"If you don't leave, I'll call my mom to come out and beat you up!" The little girl put her hands on her hips, glared at him with her bright eyes, and said fiercely, "Are you afraid?"
Daniu and Niu Niu looked at each other, turned around and ran away.
"Why has Youyou become so fierce? As fierce as your aunt!" said Da Niu angrily.
"Run quickly, have you forgotten how painful it was when your aunt spanked you?" Niu Niu was still frightened and hurried home, pulling her brother.
This time, the brother and sister intended to show off, but ended up embarrassing themselves.
After driving her cousins away, Youyou slammed the door and went back into the house.
She dislikes her cousin Danniu the most.
Da Niu is a person who bullies the weak and fears the strong. When Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo were at home, he followed them obediently as their younger brother. But when they went out to study in the town, the younger brother immediately turned the tables and became the master.
In the past, Youyou was bullied many times. She was still young at that time and didn’t know how to protect herself. She often cried and ran to find her mother.
It was also because of this that Meng Jinyu beat Daniu several times and had many grudges with Wang Xiaofen.
But that's all in the past.
The Jiang family’s affairs now have nothing to do with them.
Meng Jinyu guessed that Jiang Huanming had made many mistakes in his life, no matter how much he talked or how much he did. His mentality had long been broken, and even if he really returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, he would not be able to stay there for long.
You never know when you might lose this job again.
Now she only hoped that before he lost his job, he could earn more money and save up tuition for Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo in the next few years.
As for the rest, it has nothing to do with her.
…
Meng Jinyu and her children's lives were on track from the day she decided to divorce.
Now that the divorce is finalized and the surname has been changed, she no longer has any worries. She can make good money and live a good life with Youyou and Shanshan!
Lin Li's family found a lot of good fabrics in the town and sent them to Fenglin Village, along with some snacks like biscuits and candies.
The snacks were expensive and rare, so Meng Jinyu told Youyou and Shanshan not to eat them. But every day when they arrived at Lin Li's house, Jiang Zhihong would tear open the packaging and feed the children these delicious treats.
According to the couple, they themselves did not like to eat these snacks, and they sent letters home with candies and biscuits just for the two little ones to eat.
Meng Jinyu was deeply moved. She felt that she had met a pair of kind people.
On the other hand, she also truly realized that although the rural economy developed well in later generations, in this era, there was a huge difference between the development of cities and rural areas.
For the villagers of Fenglin Village, being able to eat meat once a year is enough to make the whole family happy, and buying candies and biscuits is almost impossible. But for Lin Li's family and her husband's family, although snacks are expensive, they can afford them if they grit their teeth.
Because of this, she had to make her own way out and move to the city with her children.
"This dress is really pretty, but why is it so long? Is it connected together?" Lin Li asked curiously as she sat next to Meng Jinyu and watched her operate the sewing machine.
"The child is still young and needs to be held all the time. If he wears separate clothes, his belly will be exposed and he will catch a cold. Adults have to help pull it up frequently, which is not very convenient." Meng Jinyu pointed to the small buttons on the one-piece suit and said, "In this way, the top and pants are connected together, and the child can wear it as one piece, which makes him look fresh and convenient to change diapers."
This is the one-piece crawling suit that babies wear in later generations. There were no diapers at that time, but even cloth diapers had to be changed frequently. Once the small buttons were unfastened, it saved Lin Li and Jiang Zhihong a lot of trouble.
Lin Li was stunned when she heard what Meng Jinyu said.
Although she had never given birth to a child and didn't know the difference between one-piece and two-piece clothes, she liked the style of the small clothes from the bottom of her heart.
so cute.
"It will look even better if you sew a small flower or grass on it," said Meng Jinyu with a smile.
Lin Li held her chin up and said, "I feel more and more that it is a wise decision to invite you to come to my house to make clothes. When my baby wears the clothes you make in the future, many villagers will definitely come to you. Do you believe it?"
Jiang Zhihong was reading with Youyou and Shanshan. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and said, "It's not just the villagers. When the time comes, let our mothers go to the workplace and tell them that Jinyu's business is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it?"
Lin Li smiled and said, "It's only natural that the business is getting bigger and bigger. Who can blame Jin Yu for his skillful hands and good vision?"
Meng Jinyu felt indescribable emotion in her heart.
In fact, it’s not that her vision is so good, but she has experienced too many changes in later generations. People who have lived two lives must have accumulated something.
After these days, she believes more and more that as long as she dares to think, dares to do, and uses her hard-working hands to get rich, one day she will make a name for herself.
…
Gradually, Youyou fell in love with the feeling of going to school.
It’s not because she likes classes so much, but mainly because she made so many friends.
Little Tuanzi is enthusiastic and lively. Even though he is younger than his classmates, he can still play with them.
Sometimes, Shanshan looks at Youyou running around the classroom during breaks and playing games with everyone, and can't help but wonder why Youyou is like a little leader, able to motivate everyone to play together?
Shanshan didn’t understand, and Nie Xiaojia didn’t understand either. The only difference between her and Shanshan was that she was very sad and felt extremely bitter in her heart.
She wanted to perform well in class, but every time Teacher Lin called on someone to answer a question, she couldn't answer it the first time, and instead let Shanshan get there first.
She wanted to listen to her mother and be good friends with her classmates, but her classmates ignored her and only wanted to play with Youyou.
What went wrong?
Nie Xiaojia didn't understand, but she didn't give up.
Both she and her mother are pitiful people. Her mother has worked very hard to stay teaching, and she has to solve her own problems independently.
So, Nie Xiaojia learned from Youyou and tried to make friends.
"Kicking shuttlecock seems to be fun. Can I join you?" After class, Nie Xiaojia stood in the playground and whispered to his classmates.
The classmates did not refuse and kicked the shuttlecock to Nie Xiaojia and played with her.
Nie Xiaojia is an expert at shuttlecock kicking. He lifts his calves, jumps up and down, and every kick is beautiful.
In order to make everyone feel how great she was, she even spun around and tried to perform some difficult skills.
But she danced for too long.
The students had been waiting for a long time and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"How can you rush to let me play alone?"
"We agreed to play together, but she's already kicked over a hundred times!"
"My mom said that after school, we can only play in the school for fifteen minutes at most. We are in a hurry to prepare dinner at home. If she lets her play alone, what else can we play?"
"Look over there, Youyou is playing eagle and chicken! Let's go over there!"
Nie Xiaojia performed a wonderful roundhouse kick, trying to land the shuttlecock steadily on her shoulder, but before her most brilliant highlight moment came, all her classmates had already run in another direction.
They went to look for Youyou.
Nie Xiaojia stood there in a daze, looking at Youyou who was the center of attention, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
With a "bang", the shuttlecock hit her head.
Now when the classmates heard the sound, they couldn't help laughing.
Everyone's laughter was well-intentioned, but Nie Xiaojia didn't think so. She gritted her teeth, retreated to the corner of the playground, sat down, her eyes full of sadness.
She thought, everyone is ostracizing her, she is so pitiful.
On the other side, Youyou was sweating profusely from playing, and her little face was almost smiling like a sunflower.
Playing Eagle Catches Chicken was extremely tiring. She was so tired that she was gasping for breath and ran to the side to rest.
At this time, from a distance, she saw the little brother who had fought with others last time walking towards the second grade classroom.
When Youyou saw this, she immediately followed his footsteps with little jumpy steps.
Nie Xiaojia didn’t know what Youyou was going to do, so he frowned and followed behind.
Her movements were furtive, her eyes fixed on Youyou's figure, and she didn't notice that she accidentally bumped into Jin Minmin who was coming out of the office.
"Mom." Nie Xiaojia was stunned.
Jin Minmin glanced at Nie Xiaojia, then looked in the direction of Youyou: "Why did she go to the second grade classroom?"
"Youyou seems to have made a new friend in the second grade." Nie Xiaojia puffed out her cheeks, tears still welling up in her eyes.
Jin Minmin walked forward a few steps and saw that there was only one little boy in the second grade classroom.
She raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Look how smart Youyou is. She knows who is from the city and goes to play with them."
"Is that brother from the city?" Nie Xiaojia asked softly.
"Yes, his background is extraordinary. His father was a martyr, and his mother held a high position in the army. Even the school principal and other leaders of the commune had to give her some face when they met her. Recently, he just lived with his grandfather in the village because of a change in his family. I guess when his mother comes back, she will take him away immediately." As she spoke, she suddenly felt that her daughter might not understand, so she added, "Although I don't like Youyou, I have to admit that she is a smart child. She even knows to make friends who are useful and can help her. You have to learn this from her."
Nie Xiaojia looked at her mother in surprise.
Her mother has always praised her as the best and smartest child. Why is she now praising Youyou like everyone else?
Why does she want to learn from Youyou?
"It's just making friends. How can I help Youyou?" Nie Xiaojia bit her lip and said unconvinced.
"Why can't I help? Look, Meng Jinyu has curried favor with Lin Zhiqing and Jiang Zhiqing, and now her daughter goes to their house every day to eat and drink delicious food. The living conditions of city people are different from those of us in the countryside. Lin Zhiqing and Jiang Zhiqing's parents are just ordinary employees in the city, but they already live such a comfortable life. Tell me, how good will this boy's life be after his mother takes him away in the future? Not to mention anything else, even if he just leaves a lot of textbooks for Youyou when he leaves, it can save Meng Jinyu a lot of textbook fees."
Whenever Meng Jinyu was mentioned, Jin Minmin's eyes revealed a hint of unwillingness.
"I understand." Nie Xiaojia said, "Mom, I want to make friends with that brother too."
Jin Minmin lowered her eyes, looked at her well-behaved and sensible daughter, and sighed softly: "It's good to lean on a big tree for shade. Mom is not capable, so we have to ask others for help. Even if making this friend may not necessarily help us, it will at least give us more hope, don't you think?"
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Youyou followed the little boy into the classroom.
He was the only one in the classroom. As soon as he sat down, he took out his textbook and started reading.
Hearing the sound of heroic footsteps, he was a little confused, but when he raised his eyes, his expression was still calm.
"Okay, it's been several days, why didn't you come to me to protect you?" The little dumpling made a big noise and rushed to him angrily.
The little boy recognized Youyou: "I don't need protection."
Because he had just moved to the village with his grandfather and had only been attending the commune primary school for a short time, he was not aware of the situation a few days ago and was bullied.
But the next day, he immediately got his revenge. The fight between little boys was fought with fists. He and the group of naughty kids agreed on a one-on-one fight. They took turns and were all beaten down in the end. They were all convinced.
"Don't you need protection?" Youyou tilted her head, and after a long silence, she nodded thoughtfully, "Even if you don't need protection, you can still come and play with me."
"I don't play with children," he said.
Youyou frowned and raised five fingers: "I'm not a child anymore, I'm already five years old."
She asked again, "What about you?"
"I'm eight years old."
Youyou hung her head, looking frustrated: "An eight-year-old doesn't want to make friends with a five-year-old?"
The little girl was very disappointed. When she lowered her head, the chubby cheeks were squeezed and looked even rounder.
She pinched the corner of her clothes with her little hands and took a step back sadly.
"Wait a minute—" The little boy's tone became more anxious. It seemed that she really wanted to make friends with him...
"I didn't say no."
"That's fine!" Youyou's eyes suddenly became bright, "What's your name then?"
The little guy took a step forward and sat next to him.
As soon as his little butt sat firmly, he suddenly saw his name on the exercise book.
"Gu——" Youyou doesn't know so many characters yet. She learned the character "Gu" from the ancient poems that the teacher taught in class today.
"Gu Qi." said the little boy.
"Ah - Gu Qi!" Youyou rested her elbows on the desk, held her cheeks with both hands, and said seriously, "Is this word pronounced Qi? The strokes are long, and it looks like you are very tall!"
Gu Qi was amused by the little sister's wild ideas.
He raised the corners of his mouth and smiled unconsciously.
Youyou also smiled: "Brother Gu Qi, we will be good friends from now on!"
Gu Qi stared at the little sister in front of him with his clear black and white eyes.
When he was a child, he followed his parents to join the army. The place was remote and the environment was harsh, so there were no children of his age in the compound.
From childhood to adulthood, Gu Qi has had no friends, and no one has been as enthusiastic as Youyou in wanting to be friends with him.
The ice in his heart seemed to slowly melt away, and he nodded: "Okay."
In the classroom, Youyou and Gu Qi both had smiles on their faces.
Outside the classroom, Nie Xiaojia watched quietly, his heart beating very fast.
She also wants to be friends with this brother.
This brother looks very quiet and not naughty at all. He should not embarrass himself like the classmates who were playing shuttlecock just now.
Nie Xiaojia hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up the courage to walk into the classroom.
When she saw Nie Xiaojia, Youyou looked confused.
She is friends with most of the classmates, except Nie Xiaojia. Nie Xiaojia is too shy and always doing things secretly. Youyou doesn't like her at all.
Why did she come to find me?
"Brother Gu Qi, I also want to be friends with you."
As soon as Nie Xiaojia said this, Youyou knew - Oh, it turns out he was not here to see her!
"No." Gu Qi lowered his head, opened the textbook and began to study.
Nie Xiaojia widened her eyes and looked at him in disbelief, and then her eyes turned red.
Why can't she make friends?
Nie Xiaojia felt very aggrieved and turned around and ran out.
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On the way out of the commune primary school, Jin Minmin tried to comfort Nie Xiaojia again and again, but she just kept crying and wouldn't stop no matter how she coaxed her.
She thought that the child was deeply hurt.
"If you can't make friends, then don't make any. You're not as good at dealing with things as Youyou, and of course you're not as likable as her." Jin Minmin said, "Either learn from her or relax. What's the point of just crying?"
From a distance, Jiang Huanming saw a woman holding a child, comforting the child in a soft voice along the way, and looking very patient.
Could it be that you have encountered some difficulties?
We all come from the same commune, so we must help each other!
He parked his bike next to them and asked, "Comrades, what's wrong with you?"
Jin Minmin looked up and recognized Jiang Huanming.
With so many things happening in the village recently, even a three-year-old could tell how embarrassing it was for him, so how could she not know?
"It's okay." Jin Minmin didn't want to deal with such a person at all, and said coldly, "The child is throwing a tantrum, just coax him."
Jiang Huanming looked at her and suddenly said, "You and I are from the same village, right?"
Not long after he returned to the village, he felt that the man looked familiar.
Jin Minmin nodded: "I teach at the commune primary school over there."
"Teaching." Jiang Huanming looked up to intellectuals and nodded with a smile, "Teaching is good."
After saying that, he pedaled away on his bike.
The road from the commune to Fenglin Village is very long, so we have to go back early to avoid missing dinner.
But now, even if he comes home late, the whole family will still wait for him, because he has resumed his position and no one dares to ridicule him anymore!
Yes, he has been reinstated.
But after returning to the unit, everyone always looked at him with something a little strange, as if they were mocking him, but also as if they sympathized with him.
Jiang Huanming felt very suffocated, but he had to endure it.
The day comes when he rises with his own strength, no one will be able to laugh at him anymore.
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Just like a few days ago, Shanshan was studying in the classroom while Youyou was playing around.
But today, the older brothers and sisters found Youyou in the second grade classroom.
As soon as Xiaotuanzi saw them, he immediately started introducing his new friend: "This is my good friend, his name is Gu Qi!"
Jiang Guoyi is happy: "Our Youyou can now make good friends with older kids."
Youyou curled her lips, ran to her sister with a smile, turned around and said to Gu Qi: "I'm going home! Come to my house when you have time!"
The children walked towards Fenglin Village, chatting about the interesting things that happened in school along the way, and their laughter never stopped.
As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, the brothers and sisters heard the villagers talking and stopped out of curiosity.
"Why are there another group of educated youth coming? It's not like our village doesn't have educated youth. There are already so many of them in the educated youth center. Now they are sending them to our village. Aren't they afraid of being crowded?"
"This is the policy. These educated youths can't do anything about it, and neither can our village chief."
"They came up with a new policy right away. They sent the educated youth here and told them to wield hoes, saying that they were receiving some kind of re-education. But the question is, did they do it? They were all spoiled. After working in the fields for a few days, they said they couldn't handle it. They had a headache or a fever from time to time. Even if they didn't ask for leave, how much work could they do in a day?"
"There is only so much food in a year. If they take it all, what will we do? By the end of the year, we will all be eating tree bark!"
What some villagers said was a bit exaggerated because they were very unwelcome to the arrival of these educated youth.
But is there any way?
No matter how much people complain about them, they can't be driven out.
Now, there are many young people in the educated youth sites.
Youyou counted them and found there were seven in total, both men and women. All of them were dressed neatly, but many of them were pinching their noses and had sour looks on their faces.
"Brother, these educated youth are so good-looking." Jiang Guo stood on tiptoe to take a look.
Following her sister's gaze, Youyou saw one of the male educated youth.
This male educated youth looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, with his hair combed neatly and a very gentle appearance.
However, he looked at the team members coming and going, feeling a little impatient and curled his lips.
"What's the use of having good looks? Can it make a living?" Jiang Cheng raised his chin and looked at the young man. "Your chin is quite long, but it can't be used to plow the fields!"
Jiang Guo stomped her feet immediately after hearing this: "Brother, how could you say that? It's so unpleasant!"
Youyou also looked curiously at the male educated youth whose chin was unable to plow the land.
At this moment, he also looked at them.
When looking at Jiang Guo, the male educated youth's brows frowned slightly, and then relaxed.
He came out from the educated youth point and walked towards his brothers and sisters.
"This little one is so cute. Do you want some candy?" He stopped in front of Youyou and took out a White Rabbit candy from his pocket.
When his eyes fell on Youyou's face, the corners of his mouth raised up, and because of this relaxed smile, he couldn't help but exude a warm temperament.
This is a handsome male educated youth, but what is he laughing at?
Youyou doesn’t know him!
"I don't want to eat." Youyou said seriously.
"Why?" The young man looked surprised and shook the candy in his hand. "This is White Rabbit Milk Candy."
Youyou didn’t know what was wrong with her, but she just didn’t like this person from the bottom of her heart.
So, she raised her chin and said seriously, "White Rabbit candy is nothing special. I often eat it at Lin Zhiqing's house!"
The male educated youth felt so cold-hearted that he withdrew his hand awkwardly, wanting to put the White Rabbit back into his pocket.
Jiang Guo, however, smoothed over the awkward atmosphere: "I'll eat it."
The male educated youth's smile became even warmer: "Okay."
"Youyou, don't be so rude next time!" Jiang Cheng tapped Youyou's little head awkwardly. Thinking about how he had just gossiped and laughed at the educated youth's chin that was so long that it could plow the ground, he now felt a little guilty.
"I'm a new educated youth here. We are about the same age, so we should become friends in the future." The male educated youth said to Jiang Cheng.
"How old are you?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"I'm eighteen." The male educated youth still had a smile on his face.
"Oh, we are only twelve." Jiang Cheng pointed at himself and Jiang Guo.
"We are only six years apart." The male educated youth smiled and stretched out his hand. "My name is Zhou Siru. We will be in the same village from now on, so we can help each other."
"Okay, let's help each other." Jiang Cheng had never shaken hands with anyone before, so he immediately wiped his palms and backs on his clothes and stretched out his hand, "My name is Jiang Cheng!"
Zhou Siru nodded: "You guys go back to eat, I also have to go back to the educated youth point to report."
Having said that, he turned and left.
Jiang Guo chewed the White Rabbit candy and laughed: "Zhou Siru? This really sounds like a little girl's name."
After she finished speaking, she didn't take it to heart and went home to eat.
It’s great to have a piece of candy!
However, Youyou, who remained where she was, blinked with a look of shock on her face.
ah--
A male educated youth, his name sounds like a little girl's name.
She had seen this scene in her dream.
Little Dumpling looked serious, recalled everything carefully, and then slapped his forehead.
She remembered who this Zhou Siru was!
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