"I understand, sister."
The Gu family members were all preoccupied with their own thoughts after Lu Huaijiao and the others returned from the city.
Meanwhile, the once bustling youth settlement finally quieted down.
Today, another twenty or thirty educated youths arrived, half of whom were women. The dormitories for the women educated youths in the Shangwan Village educated youth compound were packed to capacity.
Huang Tingxiu lay on her bed, exhausted from a long day. She listened to the newly arrived educated youth in the next bed whispering and chatting, and she felt a headache coming on.
"Stop talking, you have to go to work tomorrow."
After another burst of giggles from the next bed, Huang Tingxiu finally couldn't stay lying down any longer. She sat up and spoke to the two newcomers in the next bed.
Their bed, which was supposed to be the next bed, was actually two rows of large communal beds, with four or five people sleeping on each side, each with their own blanket.
It's a separate bed.
The woman next door to Huang Tingxiu was originally a sent-down youth who came to the countryside with her, but she got married a few days ago and moved out to live with her husband, so the place became empty.
The educated youth who came today have moved in.
Xu Ran and Zhang Fang were having a lively conversation when they heard Huang Tingxiu's voice, and they were somewhat displeased.
"You go to sleep, we talk, what's it to you?"
“That’s right. We’re speaking so softly that it won’t bother you at all. Don’t take advantage of being a veteran educated youth to bully us newcomers.”
Huang Tingxiu: ? ? ? ?
Is this very quiet?
Okay, she admitted that they were indeed speaking very softly, like whispering in each other's ears.
But this is a time for sleeping. Even if they speak very softly, in absolute silence, the sound will still be very loud and make it very difficult for people to fall asleep.
The other educated youth lived a little further away, and were exhausted from working in the fields all day, so they went to bed early.
Huang Tingxiu, who was nearby, was in trouble.
What's even more baffling is that when she spoke to them politely, they actually said it was their own problem.
Huang Tingxiu chuckled coldly.
As expected, some people just can't understand kind words.
"You need to think this through. You're going to work tomorrow. Can you even get up?"
"What's it to you? Are you the dorm head?"
Xu Ran and Zhang Fang really have to argue about everything.
Huang Tingxiu didn't want to argue with them, but they also didn't want to disturb her sleep.
"Anyway, it's bedtime now. I don't care whether you sleep or not, but you can't talk anymore, or I'll go find some time to sleep."
Huang Tingxiu wasn't afraid of them.
Even if there are two of them, Huang Tingxiu is not afraid.
Xu Ran and Zhang Fang were newcomers, and although they were spoiled and willful, they didn't dare to really go against Huang Tingxiu without knowing the situation.
He could only purse his lips and mutter a few dissatisfied words before reluctantly shutting his mouth.
They were very noisy when they were talking, and even when they fell asleep they were snoring, which made Huang Tingxiu, who was just about to fall asleep, feel extremely frustrated.
Does this even allow people to sleep?
Huang Tingxiu was extremely depressed.
In short, she slept very poorly that night.
The next day at work, she ran into her former roommate, who had just moved out after getting married a few days earlier. The roommate was startled when she saw the dark circles under Huang Tingxiu's eyes.
"Tingxiu, what's wrong? You look so haggard."
He Yun walked over and asked Huang Tingxiu with great concern.
They used to sleep in adjacent beds and had a pretty good relationship. Huang Tingxiu is a bit younger than He Yun, and He Yun takes good care of her younger sister.
"Are you feeling unwell? You look terrible. Are you on your period?"
Huang Tingxiu shook her head.
"No, it's nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night."
Although Huang Tingxiu disliked her two new roommates, she didn't complain about them to others.
He Yun exclaimed "Ah!"
"Okay, I thought you weren't feeling well. If you're not feeling well, please don't try to tough it out; you must see a doctor."
"Yes, I'm fine."
Huang Tingxiu smiled, He Yun patted her on the shoulder, and Gu Xiangdong's voice rang out from not far away.
"Xiaoyun".
Hearing her husband calling her, He Yun replied, "I'm coming right now."
As she spoke, she didn't forget to give Huang Tingxiu some instructions before turning around and running away with a smile on her face.
He ran towards Gu Xiangdong, who was waiting under the tree.
Gu Xiangdong is Gu Changzheng's cousin, but he used to be in the army and only recently retired, so their brotherly relationship isn't very close.
He Yun and Gu Xiangdong had known each other for quite some time. They started dating when Gu Xiangdong came back to visit his family. After Gu Xiangdong retired from the military and returned home, they got married.
Nowadays, wedding ceremonies are very simple. Each person holds a copy of Quotations from the Communist Party of China, swears an oath to become revolutionary partners in front of the portrait of the great leader, and that's it.
Some people are particular about marriage and get a marriage certificate, while others are less particular and just move into bed together and consider themselves husband and wife.
No one else went through all that trouble and took so many photos like Lu Huaijiao.
Of course, it's also rare to encounter a man like Gu Changzheng who unconditionally indulges his wife.
Back to the point, Huang Tingxiu watched as He Yun ran up to Gu Xiangdong, who put a straw hat on her head and then gave her the sickle he had received.
That sickle was different from the others; it had a strip of cloth wrapped around it. When it came out of the warehouse, the sickle handle was bare.
The fact that he could wrap the sickle with cloth only proves that Gu Xiangdong made it himself, just to make it more comfortable for his partner to hold the sickle while working.
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