Chapter 14: Rumors
Everyone at the educated youth site was there, but they were all inside the house and no one came out.
Li Qinglin took her to a room and said, "You and Fang Xiaoli can live in this room. The others are in the big room in front. That's where the men live."
The boys lived in a large room with two kangs, housing eight people in total.
It’s not as good as a single room for girls, after all, there is no privacy.
Chen Yi and Fang Xiaoli moved the luggage in. Li Qinglin said something to the people at the educated youth site and left.
The two of them cleaned the room and wiped the kang mat clean.
"Chen Yi, it's great that we can live together!" Fang Xiaoli said while moving things.
Chen Yi turned around and asked, "Xiao Li, isn't this kang mat from the brigade?"
Fang Xiaoli nodded. "I went to the commune to buy it. How could they give us a kang mat? This kang mat costs two yuan."
It was already very good that the brigade could provide them with a place to live, and some educated youth even stayed in the homes of their fellow villagers.
Of course, a situation like Chen Yi will not happen, it is just equivalent to renting.
Of course, there were also those who wanted to keep the female educated youth at home, and there were all kinds of people.
Chen Yi took out a dollar bill from her pocket and said, "We'll both be living together, so we'll each pay half."
One dollar is not much, but it is not less either.
Pork is only 60 cents a pound now, and you can buy a bottle of cold cream with a dollar plus a little more.
Fang Xiaoli didn't want it, after all, her family gave her a lot of money.
Besides, Chen Yi usually didn't have much money, but seeing her expression, he could only take it reluctantly.
Chen Yi used to be weak, but now she seems to be particularly strong.
I dare not refuse her...
Fang Xiaoli thought about it and understood. If she was still weak and fragile here, she would be eaten and her blood would be drunk.
I have also witnessed what happens at the educated youth camp these past two days. Those who came later were all excluded.
and……
Those people also talked about Chen Yi behind her back and said bad things about her.
Chen Yi didn't know what she was thinking. She quickly packed up her things and took out the bedding.
This time she replaced the original mattress with the one in the space, which was five centimeters thick, so that she would not have back pain when sleeping.
She is still not used to the current kang, which is too hard to sleep on.
After checking the time, he said, "Let's take a rest first. I didn't sleep well last night."
She spent half the night tidying up the space last night, placing all the usable items separately.
Especially canned foods. If you want to eat meat with a legitimate reason, you have to eat canned meat.
Fang Xiaoli knew she was tired, so she went out.
The educated youth camps all cooked separately, and those who lived together ate together.
There were many boys, but the girls were only in groups of two or three, but they had already eaten together.
Chen Yi and Fang Xiaoli needed to be together, after all, no one came to talk to them.
At noon, Fang Xiaoli made a pot of steamed corn bread with cornmeal. This was something she learned after she came here.
Otherwise, she doesn't know anything now.
Chen Yi looked at the coarse grains and felt uncomfortable. She didn't want to eat them at all.
After all, even in the end times, she still ate and drank well, and never ate coarse grains for every meal.
Seeing that she didn't move her chopsticks, Fang Xiaoli understood what was going on because she wasn't used to the food either.
"Chen Yi, just eat something. I don't like eating, but I'll be hungry if I don't eat."
She served Chen Yi a bowl of cabbage soup and placed it there.
Chen Yi sighed, "I'll cook from now on."
Anyway, she had some food stored, so she could eat a little better.
Just a little bit, otherwise more would make people suspicious.
Fang Xiaoli didn't care, she just nodded and said nothing.
The two of them went to bed as soon as it got dark, and it was just past five o'clock.
Chen Yi felt that this was really meaningless and too boring.
Going to bed so early, tomorrow morning will be after seven o'clock, who can sleep?
She turned over when she heard the sound of even breathing next to her ear.
Even if Fang Xiaoli fell asleep, she had no intention of entering the space.
Because when a person is asleep he is not dead, and you can never tell when he will wake up.
In order not to cause panic, she did not enter the space during this period.
The next morning, when Chen Yi went out to get some water, she heard someone mention her name.
She walked over quietly and listened to the discussion.
"I think, maybe there are several hands."
"Don't say that."
"What? Look at her, living with a man, how shameful. If she says nothing happened, who would believe it? Do you believe it?"
"Don't say anything so harsh. We will work together from now on."
"Tsk, you might get married someday, there's no need to save face with them."
Chen Yi couldn't help but find it ridiculous when she heard the conversation between the two women.
She did not go out to argue. No matter how you look at it, she was at a disadvantage and could not win.
Rather than making yourself look bad, it's better to pretend you didn't hear it.
She turned around and went back into the house to do what she was supposed to do.
While Fang Xiaoli went out to get some water, she took out some bottles and jars to do her skin care.
She doesn't wear makeup now, but she still needs to do basic skin care.
When I lived alone, I needed to apply a facial mask, but now I can only hydrate my skin and use some lotion.
The winter in Northeast China is very dry. If you don’t take care of your skin with moisturizing products, the wind will damage your skin.
If you don't want to have two patches of high altitude red like others, you have to pay the price.
After Fang Xiaoli came back, Chen Yi cooked some noodles and seasoned them with soy sauce.
Don’t even think about making stewed vegetables in this environment. Maybe one day you’ll have to eat boiled vegetables.
"Chen Yi, I'll just eat the steamed bread. It's not easy to buy noodles here. It would be great if you could keep them."
Fang Xiaoli looked regretful. If Chen Yi had left the food alone, it would have been enough for two meals.
It’s hard to buy fine grains here, so everyone eats coarse grains.
Chen Yi didn't take it seriously, "Don't worry, I'll write a letter and have someone mail it to me when the time comes, just eat it."
After hearing her words, Fang Xiaoli felt that it was unlikely. Given her family's attitude, they would not mail anything.
After the two of them finished their meal, Fang Xiaoli was responsible for washing the dishes.
It had been agreed before that Chen Yi would be responsible for cooking and she would be responsible for washing the dishes.
At the end of the day, no one from the educated youth site came to talk to them.
Even if I met him when I went to the toilet, I pretended not to see him.
Chen Yi would not take the initiative to talk to people, because she already understood. None of these people looked up to her, so why would she bother herself?
I just wonder if Fang Xiaoli will be influenced by her and isolated?
Looking at the little girl sitting on the kang reading a book, Chen Yi knew that she must be isolated.
She felt a little guilty. She had to stay here for several more years. She couldn't keep going like this, right?
After all, it all has something to do with oneself.
But the current situation is not easy to explain, so we can only drag it on for now.
See if there is a chance in the future to let Fang Xiaoli come into contact with other people, at least she can't always be a maverick.
(End of this chapter)
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