Jiang Cuihua glanced in the direction of Song Shishi and saw An Jinsheng walking towards her. She said sourly, "Humph, you only know how to pretend and seduce men. I wonder if you can still get up tomorrow."
Su Yu glared at her and said, "Don't be so jealous here. Song Zhiqing is much better than you."
"What are you talking about? You were all deceived by her."
After saying that, Jiang Cuihua turned around and ran away.
Song Shishi didn't hear anyone's discussion at all. Feeling a little tired, she straightened up, pounded her waist twice, and walked aside to drink some water.
After taking two sips, he saw An Jinsheng coming over.
"Comrade Song, these are the apples I brought. They are so sweet. I can't finish them all by myself. Let's share them."
As he spoke, An Jinsheng broke the apple in his hand into two halves and handed it to Song Shishi.
"No, thank you." Song Shishi didn't want to argue with him, so she put down the cup in her hand and prepared to continue working.
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There was nothing wrong with taking a proper rest, but she was afraid that if she rested for too long, she would not be able to work anymore.
An Jinsheng looked at Song Shishi, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Comrade An, you can't eat this apple, how about I help you eat it?"
On the other side, Zhong Jianmin, a new educated youth who came with Song Shishi and the others, came over and stared at the apple in An Jinsheng's hand.
An Jinsheng was so angry that his teeth itched and glared at him, "Who said I can't eat?"
After saying that, he deliberately took a bite from each of the two halves of the apple in front of Zhong Jianmin.
"You're so stingy. Just forget it if you don't want to give it to me."
Zhong Jianmin rolled his eyes at him in annoyance and continued to do his own thing.
The busy work lasted until noon, and everyone sat together, chatting and eating the food they brought.
Song Shishi didn't want to get involved in any trouble, so she found a shady place, leaned against a tree trunk, and took out the dry food her mother had prepared for her from her bag.
When I pick up something, I feel a tingling sensation in my palm.
When I spread it out, I saw that it was covered with blisters caused by grinding.
The blisters cannot be broken yet, otherwise she won’t be able to do her work in the afternoon.
"Shishi, Shishi..."
Song Shishi had only eaten half of her dry food when she heard someone calling her name.
Yang Huifang ran over carrying a cloth bag, "I guessed you would hide here."
"What's wrong?"
Song Shishi put the remaining half of the pancake in her hand into the cloth bag, stood up, and patted the grass debris stuck on her body.
"Deputy Captain Zhang asked me to ask you to go to the captain to get food. He said it was an advance payment given to us educated youth by the brigade, and we have to pay it back with work points later."
Yang Huifang was very excited when she said this.
"I didn't expect the brigade to be so nice to us. I was worried about our food problem in the first month."
Anyway, there was plenty of time for lunch break, so Song Shishi followed Yang Huifang to the brigade headquarters.
However, as soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the brigade office, they heard noisy sounds coming from inside.
"Why are all the food we get distributed coarse grains? How are we supposed to eat?"
"Everyone is eating this, why can't you new educated youth eat it?"
"But we come from the city and we really can't get used to these coarse grains. Can't you give us some fine grains instead?"
"If you want to eat fine grains, you have to pay for them. The team doesn't have any fine grains to advance to you."
"How much?"
"Eight cents."
“This is too expensive.”
"You are so picky even though you have no money. If you don't want this coarse grain, forget it, but I have to make it clear to you in advance. If you want to come and get it later, there will be none left."
“…”
Song Shishi and Yang Huifang looked at each other at the door. It was not a good thing that the new educated youth had a quarrel with the people in the brigade on their first day of work.
When the two walked into the brigade headquarters, they saw several educated youths, led by Wang Jingwen, arguing with Zhou Xingxue.
Song Shishi secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the captain was not there, and the matter had not yet gotten out of control.
However, Song Shishi was not prepared to meddle in other people's business.
Wang Jingwen is not a good person either.
She took Yang Huifang and walked directly to Zhou Xingxue, "Comrade Zhou, please help me and Comrade Yang Huifang register the advance grain."
Song Shishi didn't say anything extra. Zhou Xingxue was angry to begin with, so she said unhappily, "That's all!"
"Gone?" Yang Huifang was straightforward. She pointed at the sacks of food next to her and asked, "Aren't there still a lot over there? How come it's gone?"
Zhou Xingxue snorted coldly and sat behind the desk, with an even more arrogant look on her face. "If I say it's gone, it's gone. Hurry and leave."
Yang Huifang was about to speak again when she heard someone approaching. She turned around and saw An Jinsheng coming over.
When Zhou Xingxue saw An Jinsheng, she changed her arrogant expression, her cheeks flushed, and she stood up to greet him with a smile.
"Comrade An, are you here to collect food?"
An Jinsheng glanced at Song Shishi, then nodded to Zhou Xingxue and said, "Well, Comrade Zhou, please help me register."
"It's not a big deal. Here, just sign here and take a bag of cornmeal and a bag of sweet potatoes."
An Jinsheng signed the notebook on the desk according to Zhou Xingxue's instructions.
Yang Huifang became even angrier when she saw this.
"Didn't you just tell us that it was gone? Why did you take it for him when he came?"
Zhou Xingxue rolled her eyes at her and said unhappily, "Can you compete with Comrade An? Don't you know your own weight?"
Seeing Zhou Xingxue being so arrogant, several educated youth who had previously been dissatisfied with the fact that they only ate coarse grains began to help Yang Huifang blame Zhou Xingxue.
There was a lot of commotion here, and soon Song Shishi saw Chen Hui and Zhang Qingmei rushing over.
"Comrade Song, how about I go and get your share of food for you?"
Suddenly, she heard voices talking next to her and realized that An Jinsheng had walked up to her side without her noticing.
Song Shishi pretended not to hear and tugged at Yang Huifang, who was arguing so hard that her face turned red and her neck became thick.
When Yang Huifang looked at her, she raised her chin towards the door.
When Yang Huifang saw Chen Hui and Zhang Qingmei, her anger almost subsided instantly.
He decisively stopped arguing and took two steps back with Song Shishi.
Since Chen Hui and the others had come here, they naturally knew what had happened.
With Chen Hui and Zhang Qingmei stepping forward, Zhou Xingxue no longer made things difficult for these new educated youth.
Song Shishi successfully received the food and prepared to go back.
But soon after she and Yang Huifang walked out of the brigade headquarters, An Jinsheng caught up with them.
"Comrade Song, this food is not light. It weighs about 30 to 40 kilograms. How about I help you carry it back?"
Song Shishi didn't even bother to look at him, she just walked around him and continued walking forward.
Although the blisters on her hands from the sack were painful, she would rather endure the pain than face An Jinsheng's disgust.
An Jinsheng frowned, strode forward, and blocked Song Shishi's way again.
Seeing that Song Shishi finally looked him in the face, An Jinsheng asked doubtfully, "Comrade Song, do you have any misunderstandings about me? Why do I feel that you are somewhat hostile to me?"
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