The only thing the educated youth needed to prepare was their own meals, and there were two people living in one room.

Du Shanshan first looked for Lin Weiwan to be his partner, and Zhou Weinan naturally looked for Shen Shili to be his partner.

Wang Ping walked up to Zhou Rongrong carrying her luggage, her round face slightly fatter than a baby, "Zhou Zhiqing, let's be partners."

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Lin Weiwan got up early, tidied herself up, took out a thin corn cake made of two grains of flour from her backpack, and ate it with cucumber and pickled vegetables for breakfast.

Du Shanshan used two pieces of candy to exchange for six cucumbers and pickles. The two of them ate breakfast with hot water.

"Lin Zhiqing, there are so many people here, can we get a seat?" It was the first time for Du Shanshan to see so many people crowding a bus. She felt it was difficult for her to squeeze in with her small body.

Lin Weiwan looked at the crowd standing nearby. There were at least 40 to 50 educated youths carrying luggage, and they all looked like they were going to Mi County.

He turned around and handed the two bags to Du Shanshan, "You follow behind, I'll go grab a seat."

The two of them hit it off immediately. Lin Weiwan was carrying the luggage roll, so it was naturally easier for him to squeeze in with just one bag.

Du Shanshan had little luggage when she arrived, just a small luggage roll and a slightly skinny luggage bag. She didn't feel it was heavy when she carried the two luggage bags that Lin Weiwan handed to her.

Seeing the two bus doors open, Lin Weiwan rushed in first. Since he was strong, he rushed in faster. After getting on the bus, he found an empty seat in the middle and sat down. He also kindly saved a seat for Du Shanshan.

When Zhou Rongrong and Shen Shili came up, the seats were already full. Shen Shili saw the empty seat next to Lin Weiwan and pushed Zhou Rongrong over there.

"Lin Weiwan, put some string inside and let Rongrong sit down."

“This position is empty.” Lin Weiwan looked at Du Shanshan behind the two of them and waved to her.

"Lin Weiwan, how can you take up two seats? You must give up this seat."

Shen Shili started to scold him directly, saying that if the bus left in the morning, it would take most of the day to get to the county, and it would arrive after 3:00 in the afternoon, which meant that those who didn't have a seat would have to stand for more than an hour.

"Are you deaf or blind? This seat is for Du Shanshan. Get out of here." Lin Weiwan pushed the two of them away and pulled Du Shanshan, who had squeezed behind Shen Shili, over.

Everyone moved in and made way for Du Shanshan to sit down.

Everyone is used to this kind of seat hogging. Who cares about the few buses and long distances? Even if you don't have a seat, you will still squeeze into the bus.

When the car door was closed, the smell inside the car suddenly became complicated, a mixture of chicken feces, stinky feet, and sweat.

Lin Weiwan wore the mask and felt like she didn't want to eat anything that day.

Fortunately, when I packed my luggage in the morning, I secretly moved all the food in the luggage bag into the space. Otherwise, the food would definitely smell bad after being squeezed in the car for a day.

They stopped for a 15-minute break on the way. The driver ate his lunch box, and Lin Weiwan and Du Shanshan took turns getting off to relieve themselves and came back, reluctantly grabbing two corn tortillas to eat.

At Lin Weiwan's suggestion, Du Shanshan pulled out a towel from her luggage bag and wrapped it around her nose. That was better.

Zhou Rongrong's face turned green at this time. The two roosters that the mother next to her brought up had diarrhea, and unfortunately they both defecated on her shoes.

Shen Shili felt disgusted, and only when Zhou Rongrong burst into tears did he bite the bullet and take out some paper to wipe her clean.

However, the more frustrating thing was that there were too many people and they couldn't even bend down, so the two of them had to give up.

As soon as the bus stopped at Damei County, the doors were opened and the people on the bus squeezed down with baskets on their backs and luggage in their hands.

Lin Weiwan and Du Shanshan got off the car and ran a few steps forward to breathe fresh air. You asked why they didn't open the window while driving.

When you open the window, dust will blow all over your face. You can't even open your eyes.

There were already a lot of ox carts waiting to pick up people in front of the station.

Lin Weiwan followed everyone and walked towards the Youth League Office with a sign holding up it.

"Let me call out the names to see if everyone is here." The middle-aged man took out a list from his jacket pocket.

There were more than 50 educated youth who came to Mi County to work in the countryside on a list.

"Everyone is here. Bring your luggage and follow me to the Youth Office. The vehicles from the various communes and brigades are parked there waiting for you."

"It's such a far walk! I really can't walk anymore." Zhou Rongrong had been standing all the way and her waist and legs were sore. Most of the luggage was carried on Shen Shili's back.

The man turned around and looked at Zhou Rongrong, with an ambiguous smile, "It will be there in about ten minutes."

As he said this, he led the troops forward without looking back.

At the gate of the Youth League Office, five ox carts were parked in a row.

Each driver carried a sign with the name of his or her team written on it. Some were squatting or standing, chatting idly.

"Okay, we're here. If you have any problems in the future, you can tell your team leader or village chief. If you really have difficulties, you can come to the Youth Educated Office to solve them. We, the Youth Educated..." The man stood at the door and said a lot of polite words before ending.

Lin Weiwan carried his luggage as assigned and walked towards the third ox cart with the words "Dongsheng Brigade" written on it.

The uncle who was rushing the bus was about 40 years old, with several patches on his gray cloth shirt. His face was dark with deep wrinkles and a face full of tiny black spots from years of hard work.

Chen Dasheng counted the number of educated youth standing in front of his car, and there were exactly ten people.

"My name is Chen Dasheng. The village asked me to pick you up. Please put your luggage on the oxcart. We have to get to the village before it gets dark."

Lin Weiwan quickly put the luggage in the middle of the ox cart. Zhou Rongrong and Cui Hongying had already jumped on the ox cart and sat on one side.

Chen Dasheng looked back and frowned, "What are you doing? Put the luggage in the car and get off."

Zhou Rongrong's face turned pale when she heard this. "Uncle, I've been standing all day since I got here by car. Now I really can't walk anymore."

"Uncle, let's go. Let the female comrades take the bus back. They really can't walk anymore." Shen Shili took out a handful of candies from his bag and gave them to Zhou Dasheng.

"What are you doing? Bullock carts cannot carry people. The luggage is already heavy for ten of you. What if the bullock gets sick? Get off quickly."

Chen Dasheng directly pushed back Shen Shili's hand that was holding the candy. What annoyed him most were these educated youth, who were all so arrogant and came to the countryside to snatch food from them.

"Uncle, I...I really can't walk anymore." Zhou Rongrong blushed and started crying softly.

"If you can't walk, figure it out yourself. Why are you so timid to come to the countryside? If you can't do anything, hurry back. If you get on the cart, then other people's luggage can't be put on. If you all agree to carry yourselves back, I won't say anything. There is only so much space on the oxcart, so you can do whatever you want."

Chen Dasheng felt annoyed when he saw the crying female educated youth. If it wasn't for Old Li, who was rushing to catch the bus, spraining his ankle, he wouldn't have come to take on all these troubles.