Chen Qiangwei was surprised, "Are there more educated youth coming?"
Gu Linger nodded. "Yes, at the beginning of this year, no one came. We thought there were no more. We didn't expect that the time for the educated youth to go to the countryside has been changed this year."
Her father was so happy that he took out his treasured wine and had a few drinks with her brothers.
Huang Meixia frowned, "How many people are coming this time? Gay or lesbian?"
It would be fine if they were all men. Wei Sijue built his own house to live in. Han Qianshan had already joined the army, and Zhao Zhonghua used his connections to transfer to another brigade. The rooms for the male educated youth were very spacious.
The situation was different for the female educated youth. Over the past two years, their situation had been relatively stable. None of them had married locals, and none had moved out to live elsewhere. The tiny house was truly overwhelmed. If another person were squeezed in, there wouldn't even be enough space to move around.
Gu Linger shook her head. "I don't know yet. I'll find out tomorrow when my third brother brings the person back."
Chen Qiangwei smiled and said, "They are really lucky."
Thinking back to the time when they came here on foot, although they could take turns riding in ox carts during the journey, they were still very tired. Moreover, this group of new educated youth arrived at the beginning of the autumn semester of elementary school, and successfully avoided the hottest and busiest double harvest season.
Huang Meixia thought of the scene when they first arrived and nodded involuntarily. They came several years earlier than Chen Qiangwei and her group, and the conditions at that time were not as good as Chen Qiangwei and her group.
Huang Meixia will always remember the day they came. It was raining heavily and they crawled all the way to the brigade. When they arrived at the brigade, they were all soaked and covered in mud.
Gu Linger agreed, "You're really lucky."
She grew up in Huaihua Brigade, and if she didn't have an oxcart, she wouldn't easily go to the commune. Although she used to do farm work, she still felt that it wasn't for humans. After a double harvest, ten people would lose three to five pounds, and those who didn't lose weight were definitely slacking off.
The next afternoon, after school.
Huang Meixia looked at Chen Qiangwei and Wei Sijue, "The new educated youth should have arrived. Let's have a meal together at the educated youth camp later so that we can get to know each other."
After Jiang Feng went to college, Huang Meixia was the only person in charge of the educated youth site, and Gu Aiguo did not plan to choose another person in charge from the male educated youth. In other words, Huang Meixia would be fully responsible for the educated youth site in the future.
Although they did not live in the educated youth site, they still had to give Huang Meixia this face.
Chen Qiangwei and Wei Sijue nodded. "No problem. How about six o'clock in the evening? We'll bring the food with us then."
There are not many entertainment activities in the countryside. After a busy day, everyone wants to eat and rest early, so we usually start cooking at six o'clock. It is almost seven o'clock when we are done and full. Then we can take a shower and go to bed.
At six o'clock, Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai arrived at the educated youth site on time with food. The educated youth site was so quiet that it seemed a little unreal. There was not a single new educated youth to be seen.
Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai looked at each other. It didn't make sense. Could it be that their team wasn't recruiting new educated youth this year?
Huang Meixia noticed the confusion in Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai's eyes and said, "They're coming. Wait a little longer. They're going to the brigade headquarters to collect the grain they're returning to the market."
Wang Xiaomai became a little excited. "Sister Meixia, how many people are here in total?"
Huang Meixia curled her lips and said, "There are four people in total, three men and one woman."
Huang Meixia thought of the newcomer's pretentious, delicate appearance and glanced at Jia Zhenzhen. Well, even more so than Jia Zhenzhen...
The only consolation is that the newcomer is very thin and should not take up much space when sleeping.
Chen Qiangwei and Wang Xiaomai handed the food to Huang Meixia, "Sister Meixia, are you starting to cook now? Let's help."
After these words were spoken, Huang Meixia fell silent again.
Xu Hongli rolled her eyes. "Haha, they have a lot on their minds. Especially that 'Lin Daiyu', she's afraid of being at a disadvantage, so she told us to wait until they get the food back before we do it."
Chen Qiangwei was stunned. Seeing that the female educated youth all had some dissatisfaction on their faces, while the male educated youth did not show any abnormality, she could not help but sigh that this group of newcomers was really good. They offended all the female educated youth as soon as they arrived.
There will probably be a lot of conflicts if we live in the same house in the future.
Wang Xiaomai asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Ahem. Xu Hongli coughed twice, pinching her throat. "My dear sisters, I can't eat much. I'm new here, and the food in the south is different from that in Beijing. I don't know how much I should cook. I'll go get some food and learn from the aunts in the team. Don't worry, I'll be quick."
After saying this, he rolled his eyes again. "These are the exact words of that 'Lin Daiyu'. I guarantee not a word has been changed. Who among us didn't arrive earlier than her? How much does a meal cost? Ask the aunt on the team for advice. No matter how nice her words are, they can't hide her distrust of us."
Obviously, Xu Hongli's words touched everyone's heart, and the female educated youth's faces became even uglier.
The two young men were a little surprised. Was this really the case? They hadn't really thought about it deeply.
Xu Hongli curled her lips at the surprised expressions of the two male educated youth. If she were to ask her, she would be surprised that Sister Meixia would be interested in them even though they looked so silly.
We sat there for another half an hour, and it was getting dark.
Xu Hongli complained, "It takes so long to get food? I'll faint from hunger if I wait any longer. I've worked all day and still have to accommodate these newcomers. Sister Meixia, why don't we cook first?"
Jia Zhenzhen said slowly, "What should we do? Just do ours or do theirs as well? If we only do ours, they might go and complain to the team leader, saying that we don't welcome them.
If we do it for them as well, people will complain that we’re doing too much and we’ll be in trouble.”
Huang Meixia also had a headache. "Wait another ten minutes. If he hasn't come back yet, we'll cook first. Everyone should have about the same appetite. The men can cook according to Guo Kai and his friends' appetite, and the women can cook according to our appetite."
Everyone was waiting for someone with empty stomachs, and during this time they washed vegetables and other things. After almost ten minutes, they finally heard footsteps and voices outside.
A complaining voice rang out, "This brigade is so stingy! We responded to the country's call to go to the countryside to build the countryside, but they only gave us such a small amount of food. How can it be enough? It's gone in less than two months.
Are we going to starve after we finish eating? And we have to pay back this little bit of food. Isn't it said that there are plenty of land and food in the countryside, so we don't have to worry about food?"
Another gentle voice consoled him, "Alright, stop talking. It's good enough to have something to eat. We just need to work harder and earn more work points. As long as we're diligent, we won't have to worry about having no food to eat."
A soft and weak voice echoed, "Yes, we should work hard to earn work points. As long as we work hard, the team leader and others will definitely not let us starve."
Chen Qiangwei raised her eyebrows. What a coincidence! Two of the four newcomers were people she knew.
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