In the southern Jiangcheng, a certain army unit.

Qin Feiyang has been in a daze these two days.

There was no other reason, it was just because I received a letter from my sister Qin Hanshu, and learned that she had gone to the countryside to join the production team.

Of course he knew about the "Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside" movement, but he didn't think that his sister would become a part of it. Didn't she have a job left by her uncle?

Qin Feiyang didn't have the energy to think about this for the time being. His mind was full of worry about Qin Hanshu.

Qin Hanshu was raised by her uncle like a treasure since she was a child. Even after her uncle passed away, her aunt still took care of her meticulously.

How could she endure the hardship of farm work?

Several images kept switching in Qin Feiyang's mind.

One moment, Qin Hanshu was working under the scorching sun, facing the loess with his back to the sky. His sweat beads hit the loess and broke into two pieces, but he couldn't even stop to rest.

After a while, there was another scene of Qin Hanshu chewing steamed bread and pickled cabbage under the oil lamp. She suddenly raised her head and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I am so miserable..."

Qin Feiyang came back to his senses with a start, his heart aching.

He unfolded the letter again and read it over and over again.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped at the address written in Qin Hanshu's letter.

This address looks familiar...

Half an hour later, Qin Feiyang invited his old comrade Zhou Weiguang to the training ground.

The two of them squatted, preparing to smoke one while talking.

Qin Feiyang diligently lit a cigarette for Zhou Weiguang.

Zhou Weiguang glanced at him, leaned closer, and after blowing out a puff of smoke, he said indifferently, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Qin Feiyang said with a playful smile: "As expected of you, you are the old squad leader. You can tell at a glance that I have something to ask for."

Zhou Weiguang joined the army two years earlier than Qin Feiyang. It was Zhou Weiguang who led Qin Feiyang when he was a new recruit. This is the origin of the title "old squad leader".

Later, Zhou Weiguang was promoted before Qin Feiyang. Now Zhou Weiguang is the chief executive while Qin Feiyang is the deputy. According to the development momentum of the two, Qin Feiyang estimated that Zhou Weiguang would further distance himself from him in the future.

However, their personal relationship has always been good, and they do not have a strong sense of superior-subordinate relationship in private.

Zhou Weiguang frowned, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Qin Feiyang coughed lightly, straightened his expression, and told him about Qin Hanshu cutting in line.

"......I took a closer look at the place where she cut in line. Hey! Isn't this exactly where your home is, old squad leader?"

"My sister has never done housework since she was little. I'm afraid she won't be used to going to such a far place."

"So, I would like to ask you, old squad leader, for a favor and ask someone at home to take care of my sister."

Zhou Weiguang's eyebrows were serious.

"From what you said, your sister is very spoiled. I think it's a good idea to let her go to the countryside to receive re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants. You don't have to interfere."

Qin Feiyang said hurriedly: "It's a good thing to get an education, but we have to do it within our ability, right? Her body has been like Lin Daiyu since she was a child, she would fall down if the wind blew! Otherwise, my uncle and aunt would not spoil her so much."

Zhou Weiguang looked at him quietly, obviously seeing through his exaggeration.

Qin Feiyang grinned, "Agreed? I have one small request, can you please not write letters? It's such a long distance, by the time the letter arrives, my sister might be half dead. You might as well just send a telegram back tomorrow!"

Zhou Weiguang glared at Qin Feiyang for a long while, his righteous face full of contempt, "I've never seen someone who spoils his sister as much as you do."

He also has a younger sister. He has been running all over the mountains and fields since he was a child, chasing chickens and dogs, and doing everything. He is very strong.

In his opinion, Qin Feiyang's sister should be beaten up in the countryside, and maybe she could even turn Lin Daiyu into Lu Zhishen.

Qin Feiyang emphasized again: "My sister's name is Qin Hanshu! Han means cold, Shu means comfortable!"

Zhou Weiguang couldn't stand Qin Feiyang's behavior.

But the next day, he still sent a telegram home.

Just five words - take care of Qin Hanshu.

***

Zhou Changan was smoking a pipe while frowning as he looked at the telegram in his hand.

His wife Zhao Chunmiao carried a basket of white flour buns and placed them on the table on the kang. She glanced at Zhou Changan and asked in confusion, "Isn't it just to take care of an educated youth? You keep reading those words. Could there be another meaning behind them?"

Zhou Ruilan walked in and heard it, and asked, "Mom, is the Qin Hanshu that Third Brother mentioned in the telegram the best-looking little Qin Zhiqing?"

Zhao Chunmiao said: "How would I know who is the best looking? I haven't seen those educated youths."

Except for those who lived in the homes of local members, other educated youth had very little contact with the people in the team. Only some young people were curious and would secretly watch.

Zhou Ruilan said, "I didn't see it either. Erdan and the others said there was a young educated youth named Qin who was good-looking. They said she was much prettier than Liao Yujie."

Zhao Chunmiao handed a white facial mask to Zhou Ruilan, "Eat it quickly. Xiao Liao went to the county today, so I made a white facial mask for her."

Zhou Changan heard this and raised his head in displeasure, "You are so capable of doing this. If people find out, they will think we are deliberately mistreating the educated youth."

Zhao Chunmiao glared, "Others may not know, but you don't? Xiao Liao has lived in our house for a year. How did I treat her at the beginning? She ate whatever we ate. I even gave her some good things first, thinking that she was a guest and it was not easy for her to leave her hometown. Orchids were put at the back of the list!"

Zhao Chunmiao bit his white facial mask angrily and continued:

"But she works for three days and rests for two days. She often sleeps until the sun is shining on her butt! The little food she earns is barely enough to feed herself! That's fine, but she doesn't even want to live in the same room with Lanhua. She wants to live in our San'er's room!"

"It's no wonder that he was kicked out of Qi Laoliu's house because he is lazy and has no sense of propriety."

Zhou Ruilan added: "She is really too lazy. She doesn't even do her own work. Even her underwear has to be washed by her mother!"

Zhou Changan shouted, "As a woman, please speak politely."

Zhou Ruilan murmured in confusion, "It's just a pair of pants, how can I be so polite..."

Zhou Changan sighed and said, "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, the educated youth's cave house has been built and she will move out."

Zhao Chunmiao snorted coldly and said, "I haven't told you yet. Xiao Liao told me that he wants to continue living in our house and doesn't want to move to the educated youth camp."

Zhou Changan's expression became serious, "We can't let her do that."

Zhou Ruilan said excitedly: "Let me chase her away - I don't want to live with her anymore!"

Zhou Ruilan had thought it through. She would catch a snake today and put it under the reed mat where she slept. It would definitely scare Liao Yujie to the point of peeing! How could she not run away?

But Zhou Changan disagreed and warned her not to do anything rash.

"I'll talk to Xiao Liao."

There were only three people in the Zhou family having dinner. After Liao Yujie finished her topic, there was a brief silence.

After a while, Zhao Chunmiao mentioned the telegram Zhou Weiguang sent back and asked Zhou Changan: "You haven't said it yet, what else does San'er's telegram mean?"

"Nothing..." Zhou Changan paused for a moment, then said, "I was just wondering, why did you send a telegram in such a hurry when you just asked me to take care of someone?"

Generally, we write letters for everything, and only send telegrams when there are urgent matters.

Zhao Chunmiao thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he said, "San'er just wanted to send a telegram, what else could it be? You old man are just too cunning, you think simple things are so complicated."

Zhou Changan ignored her and continued to think, "How could he know Xiao Qin, an educated youth? What is their relationship?"

Zhao Chunmiao sighed, "We're just eating. Don't think too much, or your stomach will get tangled! How else could he know him? He has never been out of that unit, so he must have known him through his comrades or someone else."

Zhou Ruilan suddenly asked, "Could this young educated youth Qin be the third brother's girlfriend?"