The next morning, the educated youth at the settlement got up early to prepare for work.
Seeing that everyone in the dormitory had left, Deng Huiling quietly approached Su Xinyi and asked with a grin, "Xinyi, what about you and Ye Beiping...?"
"It's alright, neither of us is hurt." Su Xinyi interrupted Deng Huiling and turned to leave the dormitory.
Deng Huiling was left alone. She pouted and shrugged, saying, "If it's nothing, then it's nothing."
As the head of the educated youth settlement, Luo Yonghao started arranging work in the morning.
"Today, Peng Tian, Su Xinyi, He Nini, Zhou Ying, and Mei Hao are going to plow the fields."
"Qiu Mingyue, Kong Zhijie, Wang Kai, come with me to remove the weeds."
"Why?" Qiu Mingyue glanced at Peng Tian and pouted, "Chief, I want to go and plow the fields. I'm not afraid of hardship."
Everyone else could see that Luo Yonghao liked Qiu Mingyue, but Qiu Mingyue was completely devoted to Peng Tian.
This scene plays out every day.
Luo Yonghao coughed twice and came up with the excuse he had prepared long ago: "Ahem, obey the organization's arrangements. Qiu Mingyue, as a member of the educated youth league, you must first learn to obey the organization."
With a hat pinned on her head, Qiu Mingyue could only pout and reluctantly go to the cafeteria for breakfast with everyone.
When it was time for breakfast, Peng Tian went to sit at Su Xinyi's table.
No sooner had Qiu Mingyue sat down than she plopped down between Peng Tian and Su Xinyi, separating the two of them.
She even gestured with her chin towards Su Xinyi.
Seeing this, Su Xinyi pursed her lips, moved her hips to the side, and separated herself from Qiu Mingyue by some distance.
Upon seeing this, Peng Tian simply pursed his lips and began eating breakfast without saying a word.
"What is this? Deng Huiling, can you please pay a little more attention when you cook?"
Suddenly, a male educated youth threw his steamed bun into the porridge with a look of disgust.
Deng Huiling wasn't going to tolerate it and yelled, "Mei Hao, if you're so capable, cook it yourself. You're already being generous by giving it to us, why are you being so picky?"
Mei Hao wanted to retort, but Luo Yonghao stopped him: "Mei Hao, this is a youth settlement. Be gentle with the women."
"I......"
Before Mei Hao could speak, Peng Tian chimed in, "The conditions are indeed a bit harsh, but isn't the point of going to the countryside to experience difficult environments? Mei Hao, your attitude is problematic. I need to teach you a lesson tonight."
Upon hearing this, Mei Hao immediately wilted and buried his head in the steamed bun in the porridge, frantically biting into it again.
While eating, he kept exclaiming, "So delicious! It's really so delicious!"
"Deng Huiling, your cooking is getting better and better."
"This is amazing, I love it so much."
This action amused the other educated youth around them.
After breakfast, everyone took their farm tools and set off in different groups.
Before they could even start working, a figure suddenly sprang out of the bushes and snatched the hoe from Su Xinyi.
"Ye Beiping? What... what are you doing?" Su Xinyi recognized the person who came in, glanced around and saw that everyone was looking at them. She felt a mix of embarrassment and annoyance.
But Ye Beiping ignored all that and pointed to the plot of land, asking, "Are you going to turn over this whole plot?"
"Give me back the hoe! Everyone's watching!" Su Xinyi almost cried, but she couldn't just grab it.
Now, she resists any physical contact with Ye Beiping.
Ye Beiping ignored Su Xinyi's expression and shouted to the educated youth around him, "I'll take care of Su Xinyi's work today. None of you should cause her any trouble, or I'll beat you up."
After saying that, he started working seriously.
The educated youth exchanged glances and then all looked at Peng Tian.
Su Xinyi bit her lip, unsure whether she should take the hoe back.
This scene was witnessed by villagers who were out working in the fields nearby, and they all pointed and whispered about Ye Beiping.
The most furious person was Ye Xiaoxin. When she saw Ye Beiping come out with her early in the morning, she thought he had come to help her with chores.
Unexpectedly, he was sent to work for the female educated youth.
"You brat, I knew you were up to something with that female educated youth, and sure enough!" Ye Xiaoxin cursed through gritted teeth as she tilled the land.
Aunt Pang, a villager from Pingba Village, looked at Ye Xiaoxin and asked with a smile, "Hey, Xiaoxin, what's wrong with your brother? Why is he helping the female educated youth with chores?"
His tone carried a hint of sarcasm.
You should know that Ye Beiping is a notorious hooligan in Pingba Village. His own mother and sister wouldn't help him, but now he's been bewitched by a female educated youth and is doing work for her.
In those days, everyone worked on a work-point system, working themselves to the bone for a single grain of rice.
If one person in a household is missing from the workforce, it's equivalent to losing a portion of their food supply.
Apart from the children, almost all the adults were assigned to farm work.
Ye Xiaoxin knew that both Aunt Pang and her mother were widows. Aunt Pang was jealous that her mother was prettier than her and would take any opportunity to mock her, so Ye Xiaoxin responded without any politeness.
"Auntie Pang, I can't control what my brother does, but wouldn't it be a blessing for our family if he could marry a female educated youth?"
"You..." The fat aunt was speechless for a moment.
If someone could actually marry a female educated youth, it would be big news in the surrounding villages.
In the countryside, female educated youth were knowledgeable and beautiful; which family wouldn't want to marry one?
The villagers immediately started to jeer.
“Beiping, if your mother saw you like this, wouldn’t she cry?”
"Yeah, I never see you working normally, why did you suddenly decide to help out today?"
"You brat, your old man Wang's back hurts, come over and plow two acres of land for me, hahaha."
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