Chapter 275 Waiting
Xiahou Jie wore a fawning smile and chuckled, "Uncle, you're so good to me!"
Dai Xingyun turned his head away with a look of disgust; his brother's appearance was simply unbearable to look at.
Shen Xiaoxiao, standing to the side, rolled her eyes at Xiahou Jie without any attempt to hide it.
At this moment, the three people stood quietly in the main room, and the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.
For a moment, no one knew what to say. The entire room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Xiahou Jie inwardly groaned. He suddenly felt that he was completely superfluous here, as conspicuous as if a huge light bulb was placed on his forehead.
Fortunately, Ma Aning and his wife were very quick and efficient. In no time, they came out of the kitchen carrying plates of delicious-looking dishes.
Seeing these delicious dishes, everyone's appetite was immediately whetted.
They all picked up their chopsticks and began to eat heartily, quickly devouring the food on the table.
Everyone ate to their heart's content, and in the end, they all slumped on their stools, clutching their round bellies, unable to move.
Xiahou Jie gently rubbed his swollen belly and muttered, "Oh my god, I'm so full!"
Hearing this, Dai Xingyun couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said irritably, "Who told you to eat so much? You'd be stuffed to death!"
Dai Xingyun felt quite helpless about his gluttonous brother.
"Hehe, Auntie's cooking is so good, I just couldn't resist!" Xiahou Jie said with a silly grin, while touching his round belly.
"You silly child! Auntie will go and make you some hawthorn water to help you digest."
Ma Aning looked at Xiahou Jie with a smile on her face, her eyes full of love and helplessness, then turned and went into the kitchen to get busy.
"Thank you, Auntie! You're so kind!" Xiahou Jie quickly thanked her, his face beaming with smiles.
Dai Xingyun, who was standing nearby, took the initiative to help tidy up the table and took the used dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them.
In no time, he had tidied up the entire kitchen and made it spotless.
Meanwhile, Xiahou Jie had already gulped down a bowl of sweet and sour hawthorn juice.
"Uncle, Aunt, then we'll head back to the educated youth compound first!" Dai Xingyun said goodbye to the two with a smile.
"Okay, you must have had a tough few days of exams and your mind must be exhausted. Make sure you get some rest when you get back!" Ma Aning readily agreed, adding a few more words of advice.
Xiahou Jie followed Dai Xingyun quickly toward the door, but just as he reached the door, he seemed to suddenly remember something important and hurriedly turned back.
"Auntie, you don't need to prepare breakfast for us tomorrow morning."
"We just asked the captain for another day off, hoping to get some proper rest and completely relax. We've been so exhausted lately!"
Hearing Xiahou Jie's words, Ma Aning completely understood the young man's desire to take a break and relax.
At their age, it's perfectly normal for them to want to relax and sleep in occasionally.
After the two slowly walked out of the Shen family's house, Ma Aning quickly turned to Shen Xiaoxiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, go take a hot bath and go to bed early."
Meanwhile, Dai Xingyun and Xiahou Jie returned to the educated youth compound.
As soon as they stepped into the courtyard, they were surprised to find two female educated youths arguing and fighting fiercely, and the scene was quite chaotic.
Meanwhile, a large group of educated youths stood around, all watching the farce with great interest, and not a single one of them stepped forward to separate the two who were wrestling.
Seeing such a lively scene, Xiahou Jie's eyes lit up instantly.
He quickly grabbed a male educated youth next to him and asked impatiently, "Hey, brother! Tell me quickly, what's going on? Why are they fighting?"
"When Qin Xiuxiu came back after the exam, she found that her food supplies had decreased. In the educated youth compound, only Han Yu hadn't taken the college entrance exam. The two argued for a few words and then started fighting." Li Xiang explained it clearly in a few sentences.
"Then why didn't you go up and separate them?" Xiahou Jie asked, puzzled.
"I wouldn't dare. Han Yu is a tough nut to crack. Anyone who dares to run into her will either be extorted by her or have to pay her money," Li Xiang said in a fright, as if he had been extorted before.
The other educated youth retreated even further after hearing Li Xiang's words.
Almost instinctively, Xiahou Jie grabbed Dai Xingyun and pulled him backward. The two of them took two steps back together.
This retreat triggered a new situation. Right where they had just retreated, the two people who were fiercely tearing at each other suddenly crashed into them.
Because there were no obstacles around, and because both sides were using all their strength while pulling each other.
With a muffled thud, the two fell to the ground without warning, but even so, they refused to give up and continued to wrestle and struggle tightly together.
Dai Xingyun, seemingly oblivious to the chaotic scene before him, turned away expressionlessly, walked steadily past the two still wrestling on the ground, and headed straight for his room.
Xiahou Jie, on the other hand, stood there with great interest, watching the two men's performance intently.
They were seen gripping each other's hair tightly with both hands, neither willing to give in or let go first.
And so, time passed by, and the situation remained deadlocked.
Gradually, Xiahou Jie began to feel bored, and his originally focused expression gradually became dull.
Finally, he shook his head helplessly, sighed softly, and said, "Why did you stop playing? This is so boring." Then he turned around and slowly went back to his room.
After the captain arrived, he spent a great deal of effort and finally managed to forcibly separate the two people who were locked in a fierce battle.
Following the mediation of the brigade leader, Han Yu was ordered to pay a certain amount of grain as compensation, and the incident was finally brought to a complete end.
The next morning, as the roosters crowed, the educated youth compound gradually became lively.
As was customary, the educated youth who needed to work packed up their tools and prepared to go to the fields to work.
Unlike in the past, most of them, although they have taken up jobs, are not really thinking about it.
Everyone carried a heavy weight in their hearts—anxiety about whether they could get into university.
This anxiety made them absent-minded and distracted at work.
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