These days, nobody welcomes these educated youth. They can't do much work and they even have to take away their family's grain. Who would be happy about that?
Especially since this group of people came in the dead of winter, and there's no farm work available for them right now, so they're just here to steal grain.
In this silent atmosphere, the carriage finally crossed the mountain and traveled for about half an hour before disappearing into the dark, misty village of Green Water.
Guo Dayou drove his carriage toward a single-story house surrounded by a fence, with only an oil lamp lit and the gate open.
"Tie Shuan, come out and open the door." Captain Guo called out, and a small figure ran out of the house, speaking Mandarin with a strong Northeastern accent.
"Grandpa, you're finally back! Grandma's been talking about you, worried about your safety on the road..."
"Nonsense, what could possibly be wrong?" Captain Guo glared at Tieshuan, as if he felt he had lost face in front of the educated youth. He raised his voice, about to say something, when another figure came out of the room.
"What could possibly happen? The mountain roads are difficult to travel; how many accidents are there? You old man, you just don't take yourself seriously enough. You've dragged Brother Guo down with you. Oh, so these are the educated youth who were assigned here this year?" This must be the milk that Tieshuan was talking about.
"Auntie," Liu Yi called out sweetly.
"Young lady, get off the bus quickly. And you all, come inside and warm up." Aunt Guo smiled broadly, her gaze sweeping over Liu Yi and the other three, lingering especially on Lu Qingyan's face for a moment before she immediately beckoned them to go inside.
"In the Northeast, the weather is cold, and everyone uses heated brick beds. I don't know what your plans are for coming here, so please stay with me for the next few days. We'll see where you move to after we've discussed it. But the men can't stay here."
Zhao Guoan looked at Captain Guo, who lit a cigarette and took two puffs: "Let's eat first. We can talk about it after we finish eating."
Aunt Guo went to the kitchen and brought out a few cornbreads. I don't know what was mixed in them, but they looked hard and unappetizing.
However, the people around them were starving, so they grabbed the pancakes and stuffed them into their mouths, eating them with great relish.
"Girl, what's wrong? Is it not to your liking?" Aunt Guo asked, seeing that Lu Qingyan hadn't touched her food.
Everyone looked at her, and Liu Yi spoke up first, "Comrade Lu, why aren't you eating anything? Are you used to eating white rice and fine noodles at home and don't like this?"
If this statement had come true, it could now be considered a political mistake.
Lu Qingyan looked at Liu Yi with such care for the first time, and said with a smile, "Comrade Liu Yi, we've just arrived here, and I don't know what I've done to offend you that makes you target me like this. I was just thinking that I haven't done any work, so how can I enjoy the fruits of the laborers' labor for nothing? How come it's not the same thing in your mouth?"
Liu Yi was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Lu Qingyan to say something like this: "Comrade Lu Mian, there's not much work to be done in the dead of winter. Even if you want to show off here, you can't do something like not eating. This is clearly just a cover-up for your capitalist mentality."
"Alright, that's enough. You can't even have a peaceful meal. Eat what you want, and leave what you don't want. The team doesn't have much food for you," Captain Guo said with a dark face.
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