Song Wei Zheng withdrew his gaze from the book as if nothing had happened and looked at Jiang Sui Sui: "Did you find it? If not, forget it. If nothing else, I'll leave first."

Jiang Suisui said quickly: "Wait a minute, right away!"

She turned around and rummaged through the cabinet in the main room, and soon found the bottle of medicinal wine.

"Look! I found it!" Jiang Suisui said happily, "It is indeed placed here."

Song Weizheng took the bottle of medicinal wine and said calmly, "Then I'll leave."

Jiang Suisui looked at his departing back with eager eyes, pouted and said to herself, "This guy is really hard to communicate with."

·

"Shen Zhiqing? Is Shen Zhiqing here?" Zhang Wenfang stood outside the gate of the Zhiqing Institute and shouted inside.

After a while, a tall girl with shoulder-length hair opened the door from the inside, looked at her with a strange look and said, "Looking for Shen Zhiwen?"

Zhang Wenfang nodded quickly.

The tall girl: "Wait a moment."

After saying that, she turned around and walked to one of the houses in a row beside the yard, knocked on the door a few times, and shouted, "Shen Zhiwen, someone is looking for you!"

There was a muffled reply from inside the door, but the tall girl ignored it and turned around and left back to her room.

As soon as she entered the room, she couldn't help but complain to her companions in the room: "This Shen Zhiwen is really a philanderer. Before, it was that Miao Miao girl, but recently he has changed to someone else."

The girl sitting on the bed sewing was a round-faced girl named Wang Xiaoyan. She didn't even raise her head and smiled, "Why do you care about others? It's their ability to flirt with other women. It doesn't affect us anyway."

On the other side, a thin figure was sitting at the table, applying a bottle of vanishing cream. After listening to the conversation between the two, she chuckled with a bit of disdain: "That's right. Zheng Qing, are you jealous of Comrade Shen, or do you like Comrade Shen? Why do you always talk behind his back?"

"Li Wanyue!" The tall girl, Zheng Qing, immediately became anxious, "What are you talking about? Don't ruin my reputation! I just don't like Shen Zhiwen, is that okay? A grown man, weaker than a woman, can't carry anything, can only force girls to do things for him. This kind of person really disgraces the reputation of us educated youth!"

Li Wanyue couldn't help but turn her head and looked at her: "Come on? What reputation do we have? If you were still a city dweller, people might look up to you. Now, look at your big and strong appearance, working harder than a man, your hands are as rough as tree bark, your face is as rough as sandpaper, and you have already blended in with the people here. Becoming a villager, is this the reputation you want?"

Zheng Qing felt inexplicably humiliated and blushed with anger: "Li Wanyue, did I offend you? You said such harsh words!"

"I just want you to face the reality." Li Wanyue said quietly, "Zheng Qing, you came here earlier than us, about five or six years ago, right? Do you still want to go back?"

Zheng Qing paused when he heard this, and his expression gradually dimmed. Wang Xiaoyan, who was sewing, also stopped her work and sighed.

Seeing the atmosphere stagnant, Li Xianghong, who had been silent in the room, spoke up: "Think about it. Who wouldn't want to go back? But thinking about it is one thing, and being able to go back is another. Just take it one step at a time and live your life well. You have to live well no matter where you are."

Wang Xiaoyan agreed and tried to smooth things over: "Yes, Sister Xiang Hong is right. Besides, it is fate that brings us educated youth from all over the world together. It is so rare. Don't think of anything unhappy."

"Tsk." Li Wanyue didn't appreciate it. She sneered and said rudely, "Of course you are happy. As long as you have a partner, everything is fine."

Wang Xiaoyan blushed slightly. She went to the countryside with her boyfriend Zhou Qiang three years ago. She was the only daughter in her family and could have applied for exemption from joining the team, but Zhou Qiang had already been drafted. Wang Xiaoyan was reluctant to part with him, so she secretly signed up without telling her parents and went to the countryside with Zhou Qiang.

Wang Xiaoyan held the needle and thread and said embarrassedly: "I'm not..."

Seeing her like this, Li Wanyue shook her head silently and rolled her eyes. She had seen stupid people before, but she had never seen such a stupid person. She ran to the countryside for three years for a man and didn't know when she could go back. What was she trying to achieve? To become a country bumpkin with him?

Zheng Qing said to Li Wanyue unhappily, "Are you jealous of Xiaoyan for having a date? Why don't you find one yourself? There are so many young men in the village who are courting you. Just pick any one and someone will be willing."

"Hmph!" Li Wanyue snorted, "You want to find it yourself, why are you instigating me? I want to find it, and I must find the best one, I can't just pick one casually."

"Okay, okay." Wang Xiaoyan saw that they were about to quarrel again and hurriedly stopped them, "Don't you two quarrel all day long. Isn't it better to be peaceful?"

Li Wanyue said nothing more after hearing this. She turned her back again and picked up her box of vanishing cream to apply it.

Zheng Qing held his breath and sat on the edge of the bed, feeling very unhappy.

Li Xianghong walked over and patted her on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, it's not a big deal."

Zheng Qing sighed, with a hint of sadness in his voice: "Sister Xiang Hong, tell me, can we go back? I haven't realized it, and I've been here for almost six years..."

When she first arrived, she felt that life was so hard and days were so difficult to endure, but gradually she got used to it. She lived like this day after day for more than five years, from being full of hope to gradually becoming despair.

She had met many female educated youth who, seeing no hope of returning to the city, silently accepted reality and eventually found a similar villager to marry, got married and had children there, completely severing all ties to the past.

She worked so hard on the farm that her back and waist ached and she couldn't get up. The work points she earned each year were not enough to pay for food. She was alone without any family and could only take care of herself when she was tired, hungry or sick. At this time, she often thought that she might as well find someone to marry. Having someone to rely on might make her life easier.

Zheng Qing felt that she could not hold on any longer, but Li Wanyue's words stung her again. Her hands were already used to holding the hoe. How long had it been since she last read a book?

Li Xianghong saw that she looked depressed, so she sat down and said, "What's the big deal? I've been here for ten years, and I'm still living like this, right?"

Zheng Qing asked, "Sister Xiang Hong, have you ever thought about settling down here?"

Li Xianghong smiled and said, "I haven't thought about it."

"Why?"

Li Xianghong: "No reason, because this is not my home. My home is in the north, all my relatives are there, I will go back one day."

Wang Xiaoyan came over and said weakly, "Sister Xiang Hong, you have been here for ten years. What if you can't go back in the future? Will you always be alone?"

Li Xianghong: "Why not? I can support myself, but if I get married I will have to take care of a large family. You can tell which one is better by comparing them."

"And..." She lowered her voice and said calmly, "I always believe that one day, I will go back."

Zheng Qing said nothing when he heard this, but he felt a little bit dissatisfied in his heart. Ten years had passed, and Li Xianghong was almost thirty years old. She couldn't imagine herself being wasted until she was thirty.

By that time, you may not be able to get married even if you want to.

Zheng Qing sighed and fell into his own thoughts again.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Li Xianghong said nothing more, got up and went out to prepare dinner.

Outside, the courtyard gate was open, and Zhang Wenfang's figure was no longer visible.

·

At this time, Zhang Wenfang was walking and chatting with Shen Zhiwen on the small path behind the Youth League Institute.

"Comrade Wenfang," Shen Zhiwen said with a hint of excitement in his tone, "thank you for bringing me this good news."

Zhang Wenfang lowered her head slightly, her tone so gentle that water could drip out of it: "Shen Zhiqing, we are already quite familiar with each other, so please don't call me comrade anymore."

Shen Zhiwen smiled gently: "Yes, although we met by chance, we get along very well. Fangfang, can I call you that?"

Ying! Zhang Wenfang blushed immediately and said with great joy: "Of course, then, Shen Zhiqing, can I call you Brother Zhiwen?"

Shen Zhiwen: "Of course, it's my honor."

"Brother Zhiwen." Zhang Wenfang called out sweetly, and then casually said, "Don't tell anyone else about the news I just told you. My second uncle said that he would discuss with the village chief to confirm a date before announcing it to the public."

Shen Zhiwen nodded quickly: "Of course, everything depends on the village's opinion. But as for me, I am really happy to help the villagers eliminate illiteracy. I think the faster the progress of eliminating illiteracy, the better. After all, isn't it advocated to improve the knowledge level of the general public? I also hope that our village can be ahead in this regard."

Zhang Wenfang looked at him admiringly: "Brother Zhiwen, what you said makes sense. I will go back and tell my second uncle to set up a blindness elimination class as soon as possible. I, I am also anxious to learn knowledge!"

"It won't be long before I have to change my words and call Brother Zhiwen teacher," Zhang Wenfang said shyly.

Shen Zhiwen waved his hands and smiled, "Nothing has been finalized yet. It won't happen that fast."

"Don't worry, Brother Zhiwen," Zhang Wenfang promised, "I have already talked to my second uncle and asked him to choose you as the teacher of the blindness-eliminating class. It's no problem."

"Then I would like to thank Fangfang again." Shen Zhiwen pretended to bow, which made Zhang Wenfang shy again.

After bidding farewell to Zhang Wenfang and returning to the Youth League Institute, Shen Zhiwen's face was filled with joy that he could hardly hide it.

Zhou Qiang, who was lying on the bed with nothing to do, saw him like this and immediately teased him: "Hey, you're so happy after seeing the girl? Tell me, what did you do?"

Shen Zhiwen waved his hands and said, "Don't overthink it. I didn't do anything. I just talked."

Zhou Qiang snorted, "Forget it. It's just a matter between a man and a woman. Who doesn't know who is who?"

"Hey, let me say, you are really good, with Miaomiao in front and Fangfang in the back. I admire you."

In front of his roommate, Shen Zhiwen seemed to take off his polite disguise. He smiled complacently: "It's nothing. Women just like to hear nice words and like to be coaxed by men. If you want, you can do it too."

"Ah..." Zhou Qiang crossed his hands behind his head and said in a melancholy tone, "I'm not like you, so free..."

"What?" It was Shen Zhiwen's turn to laugh at him, "Wang Xiaoyan is very strict with you?"

"You can't call her Yan. She's always staring at me. She wants to follow me no matter what I do!" Zhou Qiang said as he became irritated. "Women, once the freshness wears off, they start to become annoying."

He was lying on the bed, complaining to Shen Zhiwen about how clingy and boring his girlfriend was, while Wang Xiaoyan in the other room was still mending her girlfriend's torn clothes without even realizing it...