Fan Yunyan didn't say anything, but simply packed his things, which was a firm statement of his stance.
Fan Yunli pouted, while Zhou Xuehua clutched her chest, looking heartbroken.
Fan Yunrong and Fan Yunlang couldn't help but worry about themselves. Their elder brother had already gone down, how far were they from now?
As Fan Yunyan boarded the train and left, Zhou Xuehua, her face pale, clutched her clothes and asked, "Is your older brother blaming me?"
Fan Yunli didn't care about all that. As long as she stayed, that was enough. She immediately coaxed him, "No, my brother is the most filial. Even if he's strange, it's my fault."
As she spoke, she seemed a little sad and lowered her head, which immediately pulled Zhou Xuehua's motherly heart back to its normal state. Zhou Xuehua said matter-of-factly, "Why is he blaming you? As your older brother, shouldn't he give in to you?"
Zhou Xuehua never considered that Fan Yunli, as the older sister, didn't think about taking better care of Fan Xiaofan, Fan Yunlang, and Fan Yunrong.
Fan Yunyan endured two difficult days and two nights on the train. It was during the time when educated youth were going to the countryside, and the train was bustling with people and luggage.
Even though he was a nimble man, he almost couldn't get to the restroom because he was stuck in the crowd when he needed to urinate.
However, at least there was still a place available. Fan Yunyan noticed that many people had been standing all the way.
He has always been a considerate person, and he was about to get up to give his seat to an elderly woman when he was stopped by his classmate Niu Qian...
The boy said in a low voice, "Look at this bus, how many people need help? How many seats can you give up? If you give up your seat, it's a problem who gets to give it to. Do you think the others don't need help compared to this old lady? Besides, if you give up your seat, wouldn't it be bad for us educated youth to not give up ours? You don't want to offend people before we even get to Qingcheng, do you?"
Train journeys are already uncomfortable enough, and with two days and two nights on the line, not everyone is willing to selflessly give up their seat.
Fan Yunyan wasn't stupid; he knew his classmate Niu Qian was doing it for his own good. He didn't know when he'd be able to return from this rural assignment, or even if he would ever come back...
Offending fellow educated youth will inevitably lead to some unpleasant situations in the future.
Niu Qian lowered his voice and said, "When you're poor, you should cultivate your own virtue."
We don't know what's going on in Qingcheng yet. The train ride wasn't very comfortable to begin with, so we need to conserve our energy to deal with what's to come.
Fan Yunyan smiled bitterly. If even a grown man like him had such a hard time, he wondered how his second sister was doing.
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Fan Xiaofan?
She said she was living a wonderful life, able to do what she liked every day, with plenty of money and cash. All she thought about was upgrading the system shop so she could buy more food and parts.
We won't engage in your usual gossipy family chatter.
She leaned against the waiting area, feeling a strange unease about meeting the man listed in the documents, since she wasn't actually his sister.
Seeing the car stop, she leaned on the railing and looked at the people. Beside her were people sent by the commune to pick up the educated youth. Knowing that Fan Xiaofan had a relationship with their commune leader Xu, they were also taking care of her to prevent the young girl from being bumped into.
The older women at the commune were experienced in receiving people; at a glance, they recognized the group as educated youth sent to the countryside. Pointing at them, they said, "They've arrived..."
Then he enthusiastically waved the sign in his hand, and sure enough, the group of confused educated youth who got off the bus saw it and came over here.
Fan Xiaofan also looked towards that group of people...
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