Ye Beiping's lips twitched as he glanced at the empty bowl: "Aren't you guys just being ridiculous? Drinking so much ice water right after work, how can you not get an upset stomach?"
Judging from Ye Xiaoxin's expression just now, there was another reason he hadn't mentioned.
Don't you know you shouldn't drink cold drinks during your period?
Just thinking about this day and age, it's still rather embarrassing to talk about this kind of thing.
In the end, Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin both had stomach aches and didn't cook dinner, so Ye Beiping made some roasted meat and braised pork instead.
Wu Di then told Hou Baolin about the plans for tonight.
Hearing about such an interesting thing, Hou Baolin got excited. He originally said he wanted to settle accounts with Luo Yonghao, but after hearing about the plan, he found it fun and immediately agreed.
After dinner, Ye Beiping thought about sending some barbecue to Su Xinyi.
Unexpectedly, Deng Huiling treated Ye Beiping with a cold shoulder and chased him away, saying that he couldn't eat while studying.
Ye Beiping was quite angry. He knew perfectly well that Qiu Mingyue was up to her tricks again.
"Hmph, we'll see tonight."
In the dormitory of the male educated youth at the educated youth settlement.
Usually, a group of people would gather around books to study some ideological and educational materials.
But today, at Peng Tian's suggestion, the vote began.
"Since Ye Beiping has been bringing food to Su Xinyi and helping with chores these past few days, we will hold a democratic vote on this issue."
"Why should we vote?" Deng Huiling was the first to stand up, pointing at Qiu Mingyue and saying, "Just because Qiu Mingyue said a few words, we have to hold a vote? When did our educated youth settlement have this rule? Did we ever say that we can't eat the things the villagers bring us?"
"There wasn't enough food at the educated youth settlement to begin with, were they trying to kill us?"
Su Xinyi didn't think it was a big deal. She tugged at Deng Huiling's collar and said, "Huiling, let them vote. It's just that they can't eat the food that's delivered. The return-to-city quotas will be issued soon, and we'll go back then. We don't care about these two days."
"But......"
"Huiling." Seeing that Deng Huiling was about to say something, Su Xinyi immediately stopped her.
Qiu Mingyue, sitting opposite Su Xinyi, kept rolling her eyes when she heard what Su Xinyi said.
Nobody knows what she's thinking.
The voting results were exactly as Qiu Mingyue had predicted.
Holding the voting results, Peng Tian said, "We respect democracy. Although there's no rule against sending food to the educated youth settlement, it has affected others. Now that others have objections, we have to deal with this matter. Deng Huiling, you shouldn't be upset."
"Xinyi, why don't you step forward and make a statement?" Peng Tian said this in a very gentle tone.
Although he appeared calm on the surface, he actually leaned towards the general consensus, since he had contributed to the dissenting votes.
Su Xinyi nodded, closed her notebook, stood up, and said, "Since everyone is quite opposed to this behavior, I swear here to the Party and to everyone that I will no longer accept food from Ye Beiping, nor will I let Ye Beiping do any work for me."
After making the promise, she sat down calmly.
Deng Huiling looked anxious. She had finally managed to maintain her weight, but now she was going to lose it all again. Who could stand that?
Grilled meat, fish, and meat soup are her favorites.
At this moment, Peng Tian praised Su Xinyi, saying, "A good comrade is one who can admit his mistakes and correct them. Su Xinyi has already made a promise, so Qiu Mingyue should stop holding onto this matter."
"We, the educated youth, are here to receive re-education from the poor and lower-middle peasants. We hope you will not have conflicts with the villagers. We are knowledgeable and civilized people. Using violence is a sign of incompetence. We hope you will all remember this."
"Alright, that concludes our voting session. Everyone must be tired after a long day, so we'll cancel the study session. We all need to get up early to work tomorrow."
The dozen or so people scattered in a panic.
As soon as Su Xinyi and Deng Huiling returned to the female educated youth dormitory, they were met with Qiu Mingyue's sarcastic remarks.
"Hmph, we are still different from those country bumpkins. Don't think that you can give up your knowledge and quality for a piece of meat. That is very immoral."
"Qiu Mingyue, who are you cursing here?" Deng Huiling couldn't take it anymore and went up to fight with her.
Su Xinyi pulled Deng Huiling back and advised, "Stop talking, let's go wash up."
After taking the toiletries, Su Xinyi pulled Deng Huiling out.
Deng Huiling angrily threw down the washbasin: "Xinyi, why are you afraid of her?"
"It's not that I'm afraid." Su Xinyi poured a basin of water into Deng Huiling's washbasin and comforted her, "There's no need to compete with her. We're all undergoing re-education, we're all classmates. It's normal for her to feel unbalanced when she sees us eating meat. Just bear with it and it will pass."
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