Chi Fengshou choked up, swallowed his saliva, and swallowed his anger and dissatisfaction, "I will obey the arrangement." How could he not be happy? A village cadre like Han Yongfang was so overbearing and dictatorial in the village. If he didn't agree, he might torture him in some way.

Han Yongfang asked him to get some food and find a partner.

At this time, Han Yonglu ran over and said in a friendly manner: "Hey, late educated youth, let's go to my house for dinner."

Han Yongfang glanced at Han Yonglu and snorted, "This is the deputy captain of the second team, an officer."

Han Yonglu smiled and said, "Brother, you have no objection, right?"

Han Yongfang: "As long as you two are happy with it, I have no objection."

Han Yonglu happily invited Chi Fengshou to his house for dinner, "Chi, educated youth, do you want to come to my house to sleep? Although my house is not as good as Captain Lin's, it also has a kang." It's better than sleeping in an empty house in the brigade.

Chi Fengshou: "Captain Han, Captain Han, the brigade is going to build a place for educated youth. I can sleep there." He is also an educated youth, why shouldn't he sleep there? He wants to let Shen Yu see that he can live well even if they isolate themselves. Let them feel guilty for the mistakes they have made!

With the rigorous training in the morning as a foundation, the educated youth could persevere in the work during the day, regardless of whether it was good or not. After training and working at the same time, even the delicate Fan Xiao could wear a straw hat and stand under the sun to show off to the audience a few days later. She had never dared to think before, that she could stand under the sun for a whole morning?

Chi Fengshou, on the other hand, was busy going from household to household in the village to collect dung, carrying dung, and digging silt in the river. It was a dirty, tiring and smelly job, and it was usually done by people who had made mistakes in the village.

Not only did he have to do the most tiring and dirty work, he also had to eat poorly and was often hungry. Han Yonglu asked him to go not out of charity, but because of his status as an educated youth. Educated youths received a monthly accommodation subsidy of one yuan, and when rations were distributed, the educated youths had to stay at his house for their rations. When rations were not distributed, they received ration coupons and money subsidies, which was also a profit. Moreover, he took in the people who were driven out by Lin Lan's family. He thought that this could show his compassion and prove that he had a good heart.

Chi Fengshou offended the educated youth, and the team leader and Han Yongfang were unwilling to deal with him. He fell into Han Yonglu's scheme and could only suffer in silence.

Fortunately, Han Yonglu did not dare to go too far. He was given at least 700 grams of the one pound of food a day, otherwise he would not have the strength to work.

That day, Han Qingsong looked at the sweaty educated youth and said in a cold voice, "You have performed well in the past two days. Keep up the good work. We are disbanded."

When they returned home after training, Lin Lan had already prepared a meal and boiled water. She greeted them, "It's getting cold. Use some warm water to wipe yourself, don't use cold water to rinse yourself."

Han Qingsong carried half a bucket of hot water over and asked Mai Sui to wash first. Then he and the boys went in and washed and came out together.

At this time, Huo Hongzhen, Fan Xiao and others came over together, "Captain Lin, the Youth League base has been repaired. We will officially move in today."

I was reluctant to leave, but I had to move.

Especially Fan Xiao, it felt like every step he took was very heavy, wuwu.

Zhao Mingjie: "Captain Lin, thank you for your hospitality." After sleeping here for the past few days, he and Da Wang and the others have developed a close relationship, especially after Chi Fengshou moved out, they have become even more harmonious.

Lin Lan smiled and said, "I don't have anything to offer you. It will be more convenient for you to move in with the young people."

Sanwang: "Brother Mingjie, I'll come back to play with you guys."

"Welcome, welcome." Zhao Mingjie said as he repacked his luggage.

Liwu Fan smiled with tears in his eyes as he packed his things. He also gave Mai Sui a box of his favorite vanishing cream, "Sister Mai, please look at it often and remember me."

Wheat Ear: “…”

She refused, "Sister Fan, just move to the other side of the road. It's only a few minutes away from my house."

Fan Xiao, however, insisted on leaving a memory for her.

Da Wang led his younger brothers and sisters to help move the belongings of several educated youth to the educated youth site. In addition, Xu Dongxing, Wu Wenyi, Chi Min and Shen Yu had also moved there.

But Han's sister-in-law was a little reluctant and wanted to let Chi Min live in her own home and let Hao Tian move to the educated youth site. However, since this was against the rules, she had to give up.

There were fewer female educated youth, so they lived in the room with the stove, which had a smaller kang. The male educated youth lived on the big kang.

Chi Fengshou naturally moved in too. He deliberately didn't take a shower and had a smell of feces on his body, just to show Shen Yu what he had done to make him look like a wolf!

As a result, Xu Dongxing couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him. He said that if he didn't wash himself thoroughly, he would not be allowed to sleep at the educated youth site, and he would be thrown out if he came in.

They shared the same hatred for the enemy. Although Chi Fengshou wanted to be shameless and cheat, he had no choice but to do so. In the end, he was forced to wash it every day.

…

In a blink of an eye, Shanzui Village started the autumn harvest, and everything had to make way for the grain harvest. The school was on holiday, so the teachers led the children to help with the autumn harvest. The propaganda team also changed to mobilization and summary every morning and evening. Han Qingsong took the opportunity to ask for leave to come back and earn work points.

In the case of land far from the village or difficult to harvest, people would slack off during collective labor, so the production team would set more work points for members to claim, and they would get work points after completing the work. Han Qingsong always claimed this, and other members had no objection. As they were far from home, he would take Dawang and Erwang to harvest the crops early in the morning, and Lin Lan would bring the children breakfast and lunch.

In the morning, she rode her bicycle to take the brothers Sanwang and Xiaowang over with their breakfast, came back to prepare lunch, and then took Mai Sui to the fields.

That day, Lin Lan packed up the food and put it in the basket behind the bicycle. Mai Sui held it to prevent it from spilling. Mai Sui took a straw hat and put it on Lin Lan and herself. Although they would not get tanned, they would get sunburned. It was the season of scorching hot autumn sun during the day and a slight breeze at night. The ultraviolet rays were particularly strong and needed to be paid attention to.

The two men talked as they rode to the fields. The sorghum, taller than a man, was spread out in fields, like a green gauze tent.

Lin Lan did not forget to remind her daughter: "No matter how good the security is, you can't put yourself in danger. You kids shouldn't come to places like this by yourself."

Mai Sui held the no longer boiling soup pot tightly and replied, "Don't worry, Mom. I'll be careful."

On the way, they also met educated youth working. Now, male educated youth such as Shen Yu helped to harvest sorghum, and female educated youth such as Fan Xiao led the children to pick cotton. Everyone could earn at least five work points a day, and some could earn seven, which was a great improvement.

This is naturally the result of Han Qingsong's training for them. Without endurance training, they would not be able to bear the scorching sun, let alone being nailed to the ground from morning to night. Now they can also work at the same time as the other members. Han Yongfang and the team leader are also very pleased and often praise them.

The mother and daughter chatted and laughed on the way, and before they knew it, they had reached the end of the field. The two took out the food, and Mai Sui shouted, "It's time to eat." Soon, Sanwang responded loudly, "It's time to eat!"

Lin Lan walked into the field to take a look. Han Qingsong had already cleared a passage with a small hoe, making it easy to get in and out without having to crawl around and get hurt by the sorghum leaves.

Da Wang led his younger brothers to pick sorghum ears. The tall sorghum stalks hung down when they were ripe. San Wang had to tiptoe to reach them, and then cut them off with a shovel. Xiao Wang was responsible for picking up the scattered sorghum ears on the ground.

Han Qingsong had dug out a path, so they just threw the sorghum into a pile instead of carrying it on their backs like others did. They also borrowed a wheelbarrow and pushed the sorghum ears directly to the edge of the field, where the production team's mule cart would circulate the field and pull the sorghum stacker away.

Lin Lan waved when she saw them, "Third brother, kids, wash your hands and eat."

Han Qingsong and the children emerged from the green gauze tent one by one.

Dawang and Sanwang wore vests, Erwang and Xiaowang wore long trousers and long sleeves. Han Qingsong wore a military vest, revealing his strong and beautiful arms, with even and powerful muscles, and he looked particularly fit after being washed by sweat. He carried a bucket to a nearby well and fetched a bucket of water, and let the children wash and wipe on the field.

Lin Lan washed and squeezed her towel in the water, and wiped Han Qingsong's back. She couldn't help laughing when she lifted up his vest. He worked in a vest. The ultraviolet rays in autumn were strong, and the exposed skin was tanned into a deep honey color. His skin was very white, and it seemed that he was wearing a white vest under his vest. She laughed every time she saw it.

When she laughed, her hands trembled, making his back itch, and her laughter made his heart itch. He turned around, touched her face while taking the towel from her hand, bent down and kissed her forehead, and then wiped the sweat from his chest.

Lin Lan was a little embarrassed and hurried to prepare lunch. They put a mat on the ground and put lunch boxes, enamel bowls, teacups, bowls and chopsticks on it. She prepared a rich meal, including steamed buns with eggs, eggplant stewed with soybean paste, smacked cucumber, assorted pickled vegetables, beans with pork fat, and a pig's tail with soybean sauce. Finally, there was a can of tomato and egg soup. Because she was afraid of spilling it on the road, she didn't make much soup when she made it. Now she just added warm water to it and drank it. He and the children all did manual labor and were all big eaters. Lin Lan prepared as much food as possible every day.

Han Qingsong let the children eat egg rolls, and he ate mixed noodles. Seeing that he didn't like to pick up food, Lin Lan simply put a coarse porcelain bowl in front of him, and she would pick up some of the food for him first, so that he could eat it all.

After dinner, Mai Sui took out some cleanly washed tomatoes and each of them ate one for fun.

Lin Lan quietly asked Han Qingsong: "Third brother, why don't you eat foreign tomatoes? We grow our own tomatoes. They are very sweet."

Han Qingsong: "Is it sweet?"

Lin Lan: "It's sweet."

He took the one Lin Lan had taken a bite of and started eating it, nodding, "It's quite sweet."

Lin Lan took another one and started chewing it. She found that Han Qingsong didn't like to eat fruit. She thought that maybe there was no fruit at home when he was a child, and after joining the army, he was too rigid and didn't like eating fruit? She laughed at her own imagination.

Sanwang: "Mom, what are you laughing at?"

Xiao Wang: "Who's speaking?"

Sanwang: "Brother Xiaowang, please don't interrupt."

Xiaowang: "Oh, Third Brother, when did you come? I didn't see you." Third Brother is getting darker and darker, hahahaha.

Sanwang: "...Brother Xiaowang, why are you so naughty?"

Xiao Wang: "Because I'm your younger brother."

The whole family was amused by them again. Mai Sui almost sprayed the tomato in her mouth onto Erwang. She quickly caught it with her hand, and Erwang took out his handkerchief and gave it to her.

Lin Lan laughed too much and leaned on Han Qingsong, poking Sanwang with her foot: "How did you spoil your brother?"

Han Qingsong took advantage of the situation and put his arms around her waist, stroking her legs gently with his thumbs.

Sanwang: "Mom, you are wrong to say that. I am a good person, how could I lead my brother astray? Look how much I have sacrificed for my brother. I let the sun shine all over me." He pointed to the dark skin on his body except for his buttocks.

It’s not called black pudding for nothing, its bouncy and smooth black skin makes people want to poke it.

Erwang smiled and said, "So you let Xiaowang carry you on his back just to block the sun for him?"

Sanwang laughed loudly: "Second brother, you have revealed the truth."

Mai Sui immediately lay on his back and said, "Carry me on your back when we go home. I will block the sun for you."

They laughed so loudly that the flocks of birds flying overhead were startled and changed their flight paths.

Lin Lan laughed and rubbed her belly, "I'm so tired, let's take a nap." Half an hour will work, otherwise you will feel sleepy and tired in the afternoon.

Da Wang and Er Wang spread some sorghum stalks so they could lie down on them and take a nap.

It was a cool autumn day, and the ground was very cool because there was a passage that ventilated the north and south. There were tall green gauze tents on both sides, and only a strip of sky stretched overhead, where you could see big birds circling in the blue sky.

Sanwang would never take a nap, so he took Xiaowang to catch grasshoppers. There were no cicadas at that time, but the grasshoppers were very fat.

One is green in color, stupid and dumb, and you can catch it with ease; the other is a small flat-headed gray-brown one that is cunning, slippery, and can jump around, commonly known as the mountain-kicking fish, and is very difficult to catch.

But Sanwang was very good and always caught the fish accurately. He was in charge of catching them, while Xiaowang was in charge of stringing them with dogtail grass. They would string them together and by the time they got home, they would have several long strings. They would take them home and roast or fry them, and the children loved them.

Lin Lan lay down next to Han Qingsong. He put his coat over their heads to block out the light, and patted her twice with his big hands to let her sleep for a while. He was incredibly hot and had a compelling masculine aura, which was especially pleasant when mixed with the fragrance of sorghum. Lin Lan quietly looked at his long eyelashes, his tall nose, and his lips of moderate thickness. In her ears were the rustling of the wind, the chirping of insects, and his even and long breathing. All of this intertwined into a beautiful pastoral melody, and she fell asleep unknowingly.

After more than half an hour, they got up one after another, and Lin Lan and Mai Sui also went to help pick the sorghum ears.

Han Qingsong: "It's boring in the fields. You two can go home. No need to bring dinner to us. Come home and eat." They ate a lot at noon and were feeling hungry.

Lin Lan disagreed: "We have nothing to do at home, let's go back together in the evening." She had already sewed the cotton jacket. Her family didn't farm or raise pigs, so there was basically not much work to do at home.

In the afternoon, the whole family worked together. Xiaowang even choreographed a tune and asked everyone to sing together.

"Dad, brother, why don't you two sing?" Sanwang sang out of tune at the top of his voice, not forgetting to remind them.

Xiao Wang: "Little Third Brother, you have taken my tune too far, hahahaha."

Sanwang: "Really? I think I sing very well, as well as my mother."

Mai Sui: "Even my elder brother can tell that you have changed your tune to Nanniwan."

Da Wang: ...I didn’t hear it.

Sanwang asked Erwang, "Second brother, is it the same?"

Erwang laughed, "What do you think?"

"I said the same thing. Haha."

In the evening, the production team came over with a cart carrying grain. Han Qingsong helped load the grain onto the cart, and then the family went home together.

When entering the village, Liu Guifa arranged for the youth militia to check the pockets of the villagers as usual to see if anyone had hidden food to take home. This was also a common practice during the busy farming season.

Most of the members of Shanzui Village had been trained by Han Yongfang to be very obedient. If they didn't have enough food, they could borrow food from the brigade, but they couldn't steal. If they were caught stealing food, the whole brigade would hold a meeting to criticize them, and their work points would be deducted. During the busy farming season, members would be arranged to keep an eye on them. It was as humiliating as it could be.

Other brigades were not so disciplined. During the busy farming season, they would arrange many militiamen to watch over the crops to prevent anyone from stealing from the fields or from stealing from their homes during the autumn harvest. They would criticize and denounce anyone who was caught.

It was just getting dark when I got home, and I didn't expect Lin Mei to be waiting at the door.

"Third Auntie!" The children were very happy to see Lin Mei and ran over.

Lin Mei picked up Xiaowang and touched Sanwang's head. "Hey, Sanwang, what happened to you? Did you apply black oil? How come you are so dark after not seeing you for a whole summer? If it gets any darker, Sanwang won't be able to see you."

Xiao Wang laughed, "Aunt, little brother San did this to protect me from the sun."

The children all came forward to greet their third aunt, exchanged pleasantries, and asked if everything was okay at home, then crowded around to invite Lin Mei in.

Lin Mei: "It's the autumn harvest season, I sent Yanyan back and got you some inferior wool. You can try knitting a sweater with it."

She told Lin Lan that there was an educated youth in their brigade who knew the director of the wool textile factory in the area, so she wanted to add another weaving group. No matter how much, she could make some money by spinning wool to make sweaters and trousers to sell.

She took out a blue sweater and a hat of the same color that she had tried to knit, and said with a smile, "I'll try to learn to knit. If Xiaowang can wear it, I'll give the hat to Sanwang. Don't let the little bald head get frozen." She also had a few pounds of wool, so she pushed it to Lin Lan, "You can knit something."

"You want to do business, why are you giving me so much?" Lin Lan refused. At that time, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the countryside had no yarn to sell, and only people in the city would buy it.

Lin Mei's face was stern. "If you don't want it, just throw it away. I brought it over and you want me to carry it back? It's so heavy. You really don't care about me. Why don't you knit a sweater or a waistcoat for your brother-in-law? It's perfect for spring and autumn, right?"

Lin Lan: “…I can’t.”

"Why don't you know how to do it yet? It's very simple. I'll teach you. I'll teach you in a moment." Lin Mei has an impatient temper.

Lin Lan was not in a hurry. "It's dark now. You can stay overnight."

Lin Mei: "That's right, I'll go down a dark road and fall into a ditch and get a chipped tooth."

Lin Lan hurriedly prepared to cook, Mai Sui helped her, and Han Qingsong took the boys to the brigade yard to help stack grain.

Lin Mei: "I'll cook with you, and let the girls go play."

Mai Sui also went to the brigade to help.

The two sisters were kneading dough and making pancakes while the other was cooking, while they chatted about family matters.

Lin Lan asked Yanyan how she was doing there, and about their brigade's weaving business, etc. Lin Mei said it was all good, "The county textile factory asked us to help with some work, and the supply and marketing cooperative also ordered natural cloth from our brigade. Yanyan is a very capable girl. Don't underestimate her, she is a good weaver, and she gets along well with Qiaoqiao."

Lin Lan felt relieved.

Lin Mei also talked about Old Lady Tang. "She was still weaving cloth, pretending to cry all day long, and no one paid any attention to her. Let me tell you, when she was young, she didn't do anything. When the eldest son of the Tang family was only fourteen, the old lady made her son sleep with an old woman in her thirties for a dollar. Don't you think she is a psychopath?"

Lin Lan: "...How do you know?"

"Humph, she is in our team, how could I not know her?"

After the meal was ready, Lin Mei asked Lin Lan to light the fire and said, "I'll make you some needles." She looked around the yard and asked Lin Lan for a few long teeth of a grass rake. They were made of bamboo, more than a foot long, with a curved hook at one end, which could be used to mow the grass.

She brought some discarded rake teeth from the house, split them with a knife, and then began to sharpen them quickly. Soon, she had six knitting needles. She then used a whetstone to sharpen the burrs, making the needles, especially the tips, round and smooth.

"Okay."

Lin Lan looked at her and said admiringly, "Third sister, you are really amazing."

"You just found out." Lin Mei smiled and took out a ball of wool she had rolled herself. "These wools are defective and uneven in thickness. Anyway, just mix them together for your own use." She taught Lin Lan how to cast on the stitches, how to count the stitches and so on.

Lin Lan: "Let's wait until after dinner tonight and ask Mai Sui to help me. Children are smart and can learn it quickly."

Lin Mei glanced at her and said with a smile, "No one will worry about this kid wherever he goes. Girls tend to hang around when they go out, fearing that someone will take advantage of them. Don't worry, Mai Sui is sensible, and she has Da Wang and Er Wang with her, so there's nothing to worry about."

Lin Lan: "I'm not worried."

Lin Mei laughed and said, "Oh, your eyes wandered out for a while, and then you asked about Mai Sui, but she hasn't come back yet. How come I didn't know that you were so fond of your daughter-in-law?"

Lin Lan laughed, "I'm really not worried. You said you wanted to knit a sweater, and I can't remember hoping she would help me."

After the meal was ready, Lin Lan went to the brigade to call Han Qingsong and the children back for dinner. She saw Mai Sui, Erwang, Yanyan, Fan Xiao and Shen Yu talking. She didn't know what Shen Yu said, but they were all laughing happily.

Seeing Lin Lan coming, Sanwang and Xiaowang immediately ran to call Han Qingsong and his elder brother to eat.

Han Qingsong said goodbye to Brother Han. He walked to Lin Lan and saw her staring at Shen Yu. "What's the matter?"

Lin Lan: "No, I asked my daughter and Erwang to have dinner."

Sanwang ran over and shouted, "Brother, sister, it's time to eat." He also teased Fan and said, "Sister Fan, are you cooking today?"

Fan Xiao said: "I will make it tomorrow. Do you want to come and eat it? I am enjoying cooking now. It smells especially good."

Sanwang chuckled, "They said the cakes you made are the same color as mine." He pointed to his sunburned face, his big eyes with distinct black and white looked particularly energetic.

This is a joke. Last time, Fan Xiao cooked the rice and it got burnt. He added less water and used more fire, and the pancakes were all smoked black. Fortunately, Erwang went to find Shen Yu and smelled the burnt smell and saved the iron pot for them. If the rice is burnt, you can't pour cold water into the big iron pot of a farmer's house, or the pot will explode. You have to use boiling water.

Fan Xiao was not annoyed, but laughed even louder, "I tell you, the biscuits are more fragrant, just like baked goods."

A few people laughed, and Erwang and Mai Sui said goodbye to them.

Shen Yu and Fan Xiao invited them to have dinner before coming back to play.

As soon as Erwang and Maisui left, Yanyan also said goodbye. She was not very familiar with the educated youth and came to play with Maisui.

When they got home, Lin Lan asked, "Second brother, what were you talking about? You looked so happy."

Erwang smiled and said, "Mom, Shen Zhiqing knows a lot of knowledge, including physics, chemistry and biology. He told us about his experiments in the past."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "Shen Zhiqing is indeed very good, but in my eyes, you are also very good."

The children were very happy.

After returning home and having dinner, the production team would call on the members to go to the yard to collect the grain. They had to pack it and stack it, and when the weather was good, they would turn the grain over and thresh it. Then they would turn in the public grain and share the remaining grain. They were busy all day and all night.

Lin Lan: "My dear, my third aunt is teaching me how to knit a sweater. Please remember it for me and we will knit a sweater for your father."

Mai Sui readily agreed and went to learn from Lin Mei. With Mai Sui's help, Lin Lan learned very easily. She took notes and would study them later. It was autumn harvest time and she didn't have much time to weave.

The next morning, when Han Qingsong got up and went to the fields, Lin Mei also said goodbye. She came over when it was time to get off work so as not to interfere with her farm work.

…

In a blink of an eye, I was busy for some days.

The brigade had a large courtyard and many houses, including warehouses, barns, pig farms, etc. The educated youth site was in a small courtyard next to it. It was originally for cadres who went to the countryside to live. Next door was the brigade office and an empty room for meetings. Outside the courtyard of the educated youth site was a spacious yard, where crops were dried and threshed and all-member meetings were held.

On the evening of the autumn harvest, each team leader would lead the male members to work overtime to process the grain. They would then continue to carry it home the next day. If there was too much grain piled up, they would simply divide it into batches and the rest would be handed over as public rations.

By this time the captain and his companions had finished their work and were gathering in the yard to chat, gossip and smoke. The young people in the village were also chatting loudly and gossiping about random things.

There was also a group of young people sitting under the Chinese linden tree at the entrance of the educated youth center, chatting, with lanterns hanging directly on the branches.

Fan Xiao and Shen Yu taught Erwang and Mai Sui to play the guitar, Huo Hongzhen told Xiaowang and the other children stories about some music masters, Gao Lu, Chimin and Xu Dongxing chatted, Zhao Mingjie and Wu Wenyi played with Dawang and Sanwang, talking about using slingshots to shoot sparrows, feed mice, catch rabbits on the slope, etc.

It looks like a group of people, but each has its own small circle.

Every time the captain saw Erwang and Mai Sui learning guitar with Shen Yu and Fan Xiao, he would whisper to Han Yongfang: "What is that hooligan thing?"

Han Yongfang: "If you don't have any education, just learn something. What kind of hooligan thing is this called guitar? Nonsense."

In the countryside, if city dwellers bring something they haven't seen before, they like to call it a hooligan's stuff. For example, if a countryman plays the suona or the erhu, they think it's serious, but if someone plays the guitar, they think it's very romantic.

However, the political atmosphere in Shanzui Village was not that intense. Han Yongfang had no interest in criticizing others and only wanted to grow crops to earn food. Even if other self-proclaimed activists wanted to make some noise, they could not. After all, if you cannot afford to feed all the villagers, what is the point of making some noise? If the villagers don't buy in, then forget it.

Yanyan originally went to Dong Huaihua's house, and came over to see what was going on when she heard the noise. She was very curious, "Mai Sui, what are you doing?" She thought they were playing with cotton balls, with the sound of bang bang bang.

Mai Sui waved at her, "Here, this is the guitar, Sister Fan brought it."

Caihua also ran over, "Yanyan, I'm looking for you, why are you here?"

Yanyan: "I came to play with Maisui." She came over and sat next to Maisui, and did not sit with Caihua.

Since Lin Lan started the girls' propaganda class, Yanyan has learned a lot and likes to be close to Lin Lan and Mai Sui. Later, she went to Lin Mei's house to weave cloth and got along well with Qiaoqiao. Naturally, she got along better with Mai Sui when she came back and deliberately distanced herself from Caihua.

Especially this time when Caihua came back, she disliked it even more because she said some weird things which she didn't quite understand.

Caihua sat next to Shen Yu and Erwang and said with a smile, "Brother, are you used to living in the Youth Camp now?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Very good."

"What about cooking? Are you used to it now?"

"Everyone takes turns doing it, and everyone is making rapid progress." Shen Yu said as he turned around and pointed out that Mai Sui had a wrong finger technique.

Fan Xiao was annoyed that Caihua came over and muttered to herself, so she asked Mai Sui and herself to move aside so that the two of them could talk about making clothes.

Mai Sui gave the guitar to Yan Yan and asked her to take a look.

Yanyan was holding the guitar, feeling a little helpless. This was not a loom or a spinning machine. She didn't know what to do with it in her hands.

Shen Yu saw her embarrassment and said, "Don't be nervous, it won't be bad."

Yanyan tried to play it, and heard a "dong" sound. She thought it was magical. "Ah, how about this?" She quickly handed it to Shen Yu, "Shen Zhiqing, you should play it. I can't do it."

Shen Yu took it but did not shoot. Instead, he talked to Erwang about some chemical reaction problems that had been mentioned before.

Erwang: "Brother Shen Yu, I told you how to make soap before, can you make it?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "This is not difficult. My teacher led us to do it in school. It's just that the raw materials are not easy to obtain now."

Cauliflower: "Wow, you can actually make soap! Then make some soap so you can wash your face."

Shen Yu: "You can also assemble semiconductors by yourself." Speaking of assembling semiconductors, other boys also became interested, and Da Wang, San Wang and others came to listen.

Mai Sui was not interested in this. Seeing Yan Yan sitting there with a confused look on her face, she pulled her over to talk to Fan Xiao about weaving cloth. "Next time, take Sister Fan to Aunt San's team to see if there is any cloth you like. You can buy it without a cloth coupon."

Fan Xiao was very excited when she heard this, "I want to buy some cloth to make sheets and quilt covers, so I don't have to take apart and wash the quilt all the time." She didn't know how to take apart and wash it, and if she spent money to hire someone to help her, she would easily be criticized, so she thought of a way.

Yanyan: "It's a pity that the cloth we weave is all homespun and very thick." She knew the material was different when she saw the clothes Fan Xiao was wearing. It was cold at night, and everyone either wore a padded jacket or a single layer of clothes to get cold, or put on a cotton jacket, but Fan Xiao was wearing a knitted sweater.

If Yanyan hadn't seen it at Lin Mei's place, she wouldn't have known what it was.

Yanyan's face lit up when she talked about weaving cloth and knitting sweaters. She was originally pretty, but compared with Fan Xiao and Mai Sui, she looked a little ordinary. However, she had beautiful eyes and a pleasant voice, and her temperament when she talked about familiar things was also very moving.

The female educated youth were all attracted by her and came over to hear her talk about weaving cloth and sweaters. They all said they wanted to buy some.

"It's just that... we can't dye it now. There are too few colors and it fades."

Dyeing is a big problem. The popular fabrics nowadays are basically gray-blue, khaki, black, green, and white. There are few other good-looking colors. Only the machine-woven fabrics sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives or imported fabrics have rich colors. Moreover, the dyeing technology of the local fabrics is not up to standard, and the fading is also serious.

Shen Yu listened for a while and said, "There are ways to solve the problem of fading. I lived in a dyeing and weaving factory when I was a child, so I know something about it."

Yanyan immediately asked him for advice, but she didn't understand what Shen Yu said, "Shen Zhiqing, can you please go to our weaving point to give us some guidance?" She was doing very well in Zhengjiazhuang and could make money. Lin Mei and Qiaoqiao were good to her, and she had already regarded that place as her second home.

Shen Yu: "How about this, after the autumn harvest is over, I'll take a day off and go over to take a look."

Fan Xiao and several other female educated youth said, "Let's go too." Fan Xiao wanted to get some cloth to make bed sheets, but Chi Min had no pillows, so they all wanted to buy some cloth without tickets.

Yanyan was very happy: "Then it's settled."

Shen Yu smiled.

Cauliflower: "Yanyan, let's go back. It's getting late."

Yanyan saw Fan Xiao wearing a watch, so she leaned over to take a look. There was a wall clock in Zhengjiazhuang Brigade, and she had already learned to tell time.

Fan Xiao raised his hand to show her.

"It's nine o'clock. Let's go back first." Yanyan said goodbye to Mai Sui.

Cauliflower tried to pull Yanyan's hand, but Yanyan pulled it back as if she was burned by something and ran away quickly.

Caihua chased after her, a little angry: "Yanyan, have you forgotten what I said? You are just a working girl, a hired farmer, do you really think you are the master?"

Yanyan: "No, they treat me very well. They don't treat me like a girl. I am one of them. If there are difficulties, they will naturally find a way to solve them."

"Oh, how old are you and you can see through people's hearts? It's only been a few days since you've been so open-hearted to others, but we've become strangers instead." Cauliflower mocked her.

"The two of us." Yanyan bit her lip. When she was a child, Caihua helped her avoid the harassment from her uncle's bad brother and Xingfu. She felt that Caihua was good to her and was willing to listen to her.

After growing up, Caihua gradually felt that what she said and did was not entirely right. For example, when Lin Lan was nice to her, Caihua said that Lin Lan had ulterior motives. When Mai Sui helped her with her homework, Caihua said that Mai Sui was stepping on her to feel superior. When Lin Mei was nice to her, she said that Lin Mei wanted to use her to make money. Now she was relying on Lin Mei for help, so how could she help others to make money?

Yanyan: "Forget it, let's go home."

Cauliflower pulled her hand again and coaxed her softly, "Can I go to your house to sleep? I miss you a lot after not seeing you for a long time. Don't you miss me?" After Yanyan came back, she had been deliberately distancing herself from her, and Cauliflower could sense it.

Yanyan decisively refused: "No." Having reached the entrance of her alley, Yanyan wanted to go home.

"Why not?" Caihua suddenly became tough, grabbed Yanyan and pressed her on the haystack beside him.

Yanyan was startled and pushed her away subconsciously, scolding her in a low voice: "Don't do this again!"

Cauliflower gritted her teeth and said, "You and Qiaoqiao are together now, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yanyan's face flushed. "When I was a child, it was wrong to do that. I can't do that again." She turned around and ran home.

In the moonlight, Caihua's eyes were cold and venomous, "Don't regret it!"

Yanyan ran home as soon as she could. I didn't regret it. I was just afraid that I would do something wrong and have no chance to make amends.

Since Lin Lan started teaching the girls' propaganda class, Yanyan has learned a lot, thought a lot, and realized that what Caihua did to her when she was a child was wrong. She didn't think so when she was young, but when she grew up and felt ashamed, she wished it had never happened.

She just wanted to stay away from the cauliflower.

…

It is said that after dinner a while ago, Lin Lan was called to a meeting by Dong Huaihua and Liu Chuncai. The commune had a task, and they would select people to go to the commune and the county for exchanges in a few days.

When Lin Lan heard this, she asked Dong Huaihua to go, but Dong Huaihua asked Lin Lan to go.

"If it had been put off, I would have gone. Now I think you should go." Dong Huaihua knew her own limitations. It was fine for her to be the village women's director, but she was afraid to go to the commune. For example, what would she say in front of such people? She couldn't even speak clearly. But Lin Lan was fine. She had a plan for everything she said and asked.

Originally, Lin Lan and Dong Huaihua were partners. Lin Lan received work points and food, while all fame and promotion were given to Dong Huaihua. Unexpectedly, Dong Huaihua backed out.

Liu Chuncai was even more afraid to go. His calves were shaking when he went to the commune.

Lin Lan had no choice but to go on top.

She didn't have much experience in this area, so she had to go to the brigade yard after the meeting to find Han Qingsong and take him home to talk.

As a result, many people murmured quietly, "Look, Captain Lin is so worried about Director Han playing outside that he dragged him home after just a few words."

It was not yet seven o'clock, but it was already dark. Lin Lan looked back at the children and wanted to ask them to go home together.

Han Qingsong put his arm around her waist and said, "Don't worry about them."

On the way, Lin Lan told him about the meeting she was going to. After returning home, she pulled him to sit on the bench and said, "Third brother, I will show you how to do it. Please give me some suggestions."

She simulated for two minutes, and seeing Han Qingsong staring at her without saying anything, she patted his arm and said, "Third brother, did you listen?"

Han Qingsong looked at her and said, "I'm listening."

He was annoyed when other people were in meetings. They would spend two hours talking about something that should be finished in two sentences, but he couldn't get enough of her. How could she finish it in just a few sentences? She was laughing and cheerful when she was talking, which was not good. She seemed to be glowing and could easily cause unnecessary trouble. He advised, "You have to be... more serious."

Lin Lan looked at him suspiciously, "Serious?"

Han Qingsong nodded: "Be serious and don't laugh." He held her face and pressed down the corners of her naturally smiling mouth with his two thumbs. "Like this."

Lin Lan was amused by him and started to laugh. She used her thumbs to push up the corners of his mouth and said, "Third brother, you should smile more."

Han Qingsong opened his mouth and held her fingertips, causing Lin Lan to scream and quickly take her hand back.

"Be serious, we are talking about work." She scolded him.

"I don't want to talk about work." He held her on his lap and started kissing her.

After a while, Lin Lan looked at the watch, "It's already half past eight, why hasn't the lady come back yet?"

Han Qingsong: "Erwang is with her."

Lin Lan: “I’ll go take a look.” Mai Sui matures early, Shen Yu is too outstanding, and now the original male and female protagonists also know each other... Lin Lan is a little anxious.

Han Qingsong took her back and said, "They are not children."

Lin Lan had a secret that she couldn't tell him.

Han Qingsong saw that she looked worried, "What are you worried about?"

Lin Lan smiled and said, "No."

"Well," Han Qingsong thought for a moment, "that Shen Yu..."

Lin Lan was nervous: "What's the matter?"

Han Qingsong looked at her with a serious look, "Nothing."

She was very special to Shen Yu. Whenever Shen Yu was around or came, she would secretly observe him. Even when she mentioned Shen Yu, she would immediately show a nervous look. She herself was not aware of it, but he could see it clearly.

He felt unhappy because she would only look at him quietly before.

He held the back of her head and kissed her until she forgot everything. Finally, he picked her up and said, "Let's take a bath together."

Lin Lan:...No.