She still gave a simple reminder, "If you can't eat, just eat a little. I'll get you something nice to eat when you get back."
Although I don't want my child to develop a spoiled attitude, the food I've been eating with me has always been pretty good. If I suddenly have a meal consisting entirely of wild vegetables, my child might not be able to eat it.
You love your own child.
"Don't worry, we'll be back in a bit."
Jian Xin's focus wasn't on that, but rather...
"When can we read books?"
She saw the basket with books as soon as she entered the house, and that's when she remembered the book she hadn't finished reading.
"I want to go to Sister Xiaohua's place to read a book."
Call the dog back, then close and lock the gate.
"Look, we're going to have dinner now, and after dinner it will be dark, and then we'll have to go home to sleep."
Tomorrow, after we finish eating tomorrow, let's go find Xiaohua, okay?
"Or, after we finish eating, let's see if we run into Xiaohua and Huzi. If we do, we'll tell them they can come over to our house tomorrow."
The little girl clutched her clothes pocket tightly.
"Okay, I'll eat quickly in a bit, and then I'll go play with Sister Xiaohua for a while, okay?"
Although she didn't know why she was so insistent on finding Xiaohua after the initiation ceremony, it wasn't a big deal. She was also worried that the child wouldn't feel comfortable in the educated youth compound.
He agreed immediately.
Sure enough, at the educated youth compound, several groups of educated youth were gathered together, and a few girls were busy in the kitchen.
Simply handed the basket to Li Yan and reached out to help tend the fire. Wang Hongmei glanced at the sweet potatoes in the basket and muttered something.
"You bought so much food, but only took a few sweet potatoes. How can you be so shameless?"
With a simple, casual glance, Wang Hongmei's face paled, and she immediately turned away. Du Xiuling and Chen Hongli beside her remained silent.
Lin Dongfang and Mingzhu came over and stood at the door for a long time. When they saw that it was quiet, they deliberately made a sound with their feet, handed over what they were holding, and then squeezed together with Jian Dan to start a fire.
Why didn't you call me on your way?
With a simple slap on the head,
"I was thinking, it seems like I've forgotten something."
I just heard the child say she wanted to go find Xiaohua, and I was so busy talking to her.
Bright pearls are scattered all around.
"What about Xin Xin?"
Simply lift your chin outwards.
"Outside, we happened to run into Ling Weidong and the others chopping wood and watching the commotion."
Mingzhu wanted to say something, but when she turned to look at the simple, indifferent expression on his face, completely oblivious, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Never mind, there's no rush, they're still young.
Besides, judging from the looks of it, it's unlikely to work out, so I don't want to have that intention.
As I turned around to grab the tripwire, I saw her looking conflicted. I was wondering why.
"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
Caught red-handed, Mingzhu quickly denied it.
"It's okay, it's okay,"
To avoid being questioned directly, quickly change the subject.
"Hey, do you know that new educated youth?"
Jian Dan also looked up and gazed into the courtyard.
"I saw him on the way here, but I haven't seen him since. I guess he's cleaning his room."
With so much stuff to carry, and being new here, it'll be a bit hectic for a while.
“That’s true,” Mingzhu nodded in agreement.
"How dare we come at this time? They're about to start work, and this sudden turn of events might be hard for them to handle."
By the way, were they men or women? How many people came?
"Three of them, all male educated youth,"
"All men? That's alright, if we run into them,"
The wink gesture indicated that the person speaking was Wang Hongmei and the others beside her. After all, it wasn't appropriate to speak ill of someone in front of them, so the words were somewhat ambiguous.
"It would be a real headache if someone came who was lazy and shirked their duties, or who simply couldn't do the job!"
A simple sigh.
"You're overthinking it. At first glance, all three of them look frail and weak. Who knows what their actual strength is?"
"ah?"
Upon hearing this, Mingzhu was surprised.
Soon, the table was set up, and the three newly arrived educated youths appeared. Mingzhu's first reaction was to look at Jian Dan, and she was quite right; he really was frail and weak.
This was, after all, to welcome the new educated youth. Wang Jiancheng gave a brief introduction.
"The three new male educated youths, Chen Jing, Gu Jianjun, and Li Guang, are all the educated youths in our educated youth compound,"
After going through the first, second, third, and fourth batches, I got a general idea of who they were. There were more veteran educated youth than new educated youth, so it was quite easy.
However, it was still a bit confusing for the three of them to recognize so many former educated youths at once.
However, it's surprising to realize that in the past two years, eighteen educated youths have been sent to Liujiatun. With today's fifth batch, the number has exceeded twenty. Excluding Jian Dan and Mingzhu, who don't live here, there are a total of eighteen people living in this courtyard.
There are enough rooms, but it's bound to get messier and messier; more people, more trouble.
After finishing their meal, Chen Jianguo and Li Yan exchanged a glance and announced some news.
"Li Yan and I, former educated youth, have decided to become revolutionary partners. We just got a letter of introduction from the village chief and will get our marriage certificate tomorrow."
We've discussed it, and since everyone's busy right now, we won't be holding the event. However, we plan to treat everyone to a meal the day after tomorrow, before we go back to work, as a way of thanking everyone for their help.
Li Yan's face was also flushed, clearly indicating that this was something the two of them had planned.
“We are not able to build a house on our own for the time being; it will probably have to wait until this fall.”
However, we've already spoken to the village chief, so we'll move to the room opposite Su Hong and the others, to the side, so it won't bother anyone.
When it's time to build the house, we'll need everyone's help.
Regardless of what others think, Jian Dan and her friends are naturally happy for them.
"Great! You guys kept this a secret for so long. We were wondering how long you were going to keep it up, and then you suddenly dropped this bombshell on us."
"Exactly, you guys really are something, keeping it from us too?"
Li Yan's face flushed red as she kept glancing at Chen Jianguo, but quickly looked away the moment their eyes met.
"Isn't this what I said? I told you right away once it was decided?"
"Okay, okay, whatever you say goes. The day after tomorrow, right? What kind of dishes do you need? I still have some at home."
Actually, it's not convenient to do things this season; it's almost like a time of transition.
Chen Jianguo and his partner didn't make the decision suddenly. After all, Chen Jianguo was two years older. Although he hadn't been in the countryside for long, he had noticed through his correspondence with his family that the trend of people going to the countryside was getting stronger and stronger, and he knew that it would be impossible for him to return to the city in the short term.
Today, Li Yan went to the commune and happened to pick up a letter from his family.
Having figured this out, he felt at ease, and couldn't say whether he was disappointed or not.
Having already left home, he understands that he has to make his own life work. Since that's the case, there's no difference between sooner or later. The most important thing is to live his life well.
So, after discussing it with Li Yan, they decided to get married.
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