Now that the letter has been sent, based on Jiang Yue's understanding of that family, the rest of the family definitely doesn't know about this. This stepbrother also harbors a lot of malice towards Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue has searched through all of the original owner's memories but doesn't know where it came from. It seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and the original owner's memories have no idea what caused it.
Because memories are processed by one's own brain, things might appear differently depending on the perspective. But it doesn't matter. Jiang Yue plans to find a suitable time to sever ties with her family. She feels that the person her stepsister offended is not a good person. Jiang Yue took the blame for this trip to the countryside, and who knows what might happen next.
Although her household registration had been separated after she went to the countryside, Jiang Yue was still afraid of some unwarranted disaster. Although Jiang Yue was not afraid of trouble, who would be happy to be implicated for no reason?
After leaving the post office, we went to check out the restaurant. This state-run restaurant served braised pork, but Jiang Yue had no money and couldn't afford anything. In the end, she ate a meat bun from Yao Ling for free and then returned to the meeting point.
When the time came, Old Qiao counted the number of people, made sure there were no problems, told the old man driving the cart, and set off. The oxcart was full of luggage, and since Old Qiao had said that oxcarts didn't carry people, no one tried to squeeze onto the oxcart.
Old Qiao and the old man driving the cart had anticipated that the new educated youth would walk slowly, because the educated youth had come once before. After all, it was already 1968, and the movement of sending educated youth to the countryside had entered a large-scale stage. Before this, millions of people had gone to the countryside. Honghe Brigade was relatively close to the county town, so Jiang Yue and her group were considered lucky.
Jiang Yue walked from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. before finally arriving at Honghe Brigade. After observing the situation, she couldn't help but sigh. This brigade was the poorest she had ever been to. Given its geographical location, this shouldn't be the case. The road wasn't even that difficult to travel along. She wondered how it had developed into this state.
Upon arrival, the veteran educated youth held a simple welcome ceremony for the new educated youth. In reality, they had prepared a plate of peanuts with only a few kernels, intending for the new educated youth to pay for the rest. However, Yao Ling simply pulled Jiang Yue away, saying, "Let whoever wants to participate, participate. Who are you trying to fool?"
After finding the girl's place, Jiang Yue and Yao Ling couldn't help but frown. The room was even less clean than the outside, which really surprised Jiang Yue.
When the two entered, no one in the room seemed to greet them. Well, this situation would be normal in modern times, but it's not normal in this era. They were supposed to be revolutionary comrades, and even if they weren't close friends, they should at least be polite to each other. It seemed like the old educated youth didn't treat them, the new educated youth, as one of their own.
Yao Ling and Jiang Yue exchanged glances. They didn't bother cleaning the room, but simply tidied up the kang (a heated brick bed), put down their luggage, and went out. They planned to ask the boys what they thought and see if this was the case. Soon, the four new educated youths met up, but they were surprised to find that both sides were the same, ignoring them completely.
"This is supposed to be a show of force, huh? Damn it, they're all just educated youth pretending to be tough."
“This village and the educated youth are both quite strange. Before I went to the countryside, I asked my friends about the situation, and what they said was different from what I had heard.”
"In short, we're new here, so everyone should be careful and settle in first to see what's going on."
After the meeting, Jiang Yue and Yao Ling went back to their room. After making their beds, they had no intention of talking to the old educated youth. Who were they trying to impress with this act? Did they expect any help from them? They were really overthinking things and taking themselves too seriously.
There were four new educated youths in total. After making up their beds, they gathered outside the educated youth settlement. After chatting for a while, they realized that the most needed thing was a cabinet to store their things, and then they needed information about the village. Just as they were thinking about what to do, Jiang Yue asked everyone for some candy and then called them to follow her.
After wandering around the village for a while, they encountered a group of children. When the children saw Jiang Yue and her companions stop, Jiang Yue led them over and greeted one of the children: "Hello, what's your name?"
"My name is Xiaohu."
Jiang Yue handed Xiao Hu a piece of candy: "Xiao Hu, your older brother and sister are looking for a cabinet to store things. Do you know where we can buy one?"
Xiao Hu took the candy and said without hesitation, "My third uncle's family has some. All the previous educated youth bought them from my third uncle's family. If they bought too much, they would even deliver it to you and pack it up."
"Thank you, Xiaohu. Please accept these candies. We're new to the village and don't know anything. Could you introduce your village to us so we don't get scolded by your team leader because we're so clueless?"
"Our captain doesn't swear, but the scorekeeper swears every day, and he'll yell at the lazy ones."
"Yes, yes, and some educated youth even stole things."
As they chatted, they arrived at Uncle Xiaohu's house. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw an old man and a young man doing carpentry work. There were also some unfinished stools and cabinets in the yard. The old man turned his head and looked at them. Before he could ask what they were doing there, Xiaohu had already said, "Uncle, the new educated youth have come to buy cabinets."
"Really? Look over here, this is it. The previous batch of educated youth all bought this kind. You can take a look too."
“Your rooms as educated youth are relatively small, so you don’t need to buy anything too big. First, it’s expensive, and second, you won’t have enough space to put it in. These can be stacked up, and two stacked together won’t affect the use. They’re also not expensive.”
"The main thing is that these are readily available, all already painted and stored for a long time, so you can use them directly after buying them. If you want to buy something else, I can make it too, but the timeframe is uncertain."
"Then we'll need four, one for each of us. Is this enough for you?"
"That's enough. I still have seven or eight left, and I'm preparing them for the next batch of educated youth. I heard that the next batch of educated youth will arrive in a few months."
Since they had nothing else to do, the group chatted with Xiao Hu's uncle. It would be good to have more people to understand the situation. Wang Liang, a boy who came with Jiang Yue, took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one for Xiao Hu's uncle: "Uncle Xu, could you tell us about the situation in the village? We are newcomers and don't know anything."
"And what about more educated youth? Where will they sleep? I think the current educated youth settlements have nowhere to sleep after we few are added."
Grandpa Xu took the cigarette, glanced at it, and then took a few deep drags, finishing the cigarette in just a few puffs. Seeing this, Wang Liang lit another one for Grandpa Xu and handed him the remaining half pack of cigarettes. Grandpa Xu declined a few times but then accepted it.
"I won't smoke your cigarette for nothing. Come on, follow me."
Grandpa Xu led Jiang Yue and the other three out the door, saying to them as they walked, "Our brigade leader is quite easy to talk to. It's just that the previous batch of educated youth were so irresponsible that the villagers have a lot of complaints about you educated youth now."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
