Chapter 38 You Have to Be Careful

After the rice is harvested, women and children will be responsible for threshing, drying and wind-blowing the rice in the threshing ground.

The men began to plow, harrow, and tidy up the paddy fields in preparation for transplanting rice seedlings.

After the rice is dried, they will send it to the public rations.

After working so hard for nearly a month, Yu Wanqing still felt that she was tanned even though she applied sunscreen before going out every day.

But compared with Guo Hongying, Zhang Hongqi and others, her situation is much better.

After the double robbery ended, they began to distribute food to the members. Yu Wanqing and other new educated youth had only been in the Five-Star Brigade for a short time, so they did not earn many work points and did not receive much food either.

In the end, the new educated youth bought 20 kilograms of fine grain and 100 kilograms of coarse grain from the brigade.

Guo Hongying looked at her hands, which were peeling from the sun. She looked at Yu Wanqing and Zhang Hongqi pitifully and said, "What sin have I committed? I came to find someone without knowing anything, and finally dug a hole and buried myself in it."

Yu Wanqing and Zhang Hongqi both understood that what she meant was that she had not figured out whether Li Wenzhou liked her, but she was willing to sign up to go to the countryside to find him, only to find out that he already had a partner.

Zhang Hongqi glanced at her and said, "You are indeed a little confused, but is it useful to say such things now? You should accept the reality."

"If you really don't want to stay here, let your family find a way to get you back to the city." Yu Wanqing reminded: "I'm afraid there will be more educated youth coming in the future."

"I can't go back." Guo Hongying looked at the food she had just bought and smiled bitterly: "My parents didn't allow me to sign up to go to the countryside at that time, saying that I couldn't bear the hardship. I cried and shouted that I wanted to come. In the end, it was my grandfather who decided to let me sign up, but I have to bear the consequences after signing up."

Guo Hongying looked in the direction of Li Wenzhou and Ye Shulan. She didn't know what they were talking about. Li Wenzhou had a relaxed and happy smile on his face. She felt bitter in her heart: "I can't go back to the city within two years."

Guo Hongying hadn't spoken to Li Wenzhou for a long time, and she had never thought that one day she would become a stranger to him.

Talk?

It will cause misunderstandings and make you have inappropriate thoughts.

So staying away is the best option.

Zhang Hongqi patted her shoulder to comfort her.

"It's okay. You will only be 20 years old in two years. You are still very young." Yu Wanqing saw Huo Lanci pushing the wooden cart over. She and Huo Lanci moved the food for the three of them onto the wooden cart. She looked at Guo Hongying and said, "Instead of spending time here thinking about some unchangeable facts, why not think about what we should buy when we go to the commune tomorrow."

Since the established facts cannot be changed, all you can do is accept them.

Huo Lanci pushed the food cart towards the educated youth camp, and Yu Wanqing followed him: "Okay, Huo Zhiqing, you pushed the wooden cart very well, it won't tilt, and it won't hit the tree."

"Yu Zhiqing has won the award. Practice makes perfect." Huo Lanci looked at Yu Wanqing with a smile.

Zhang Hongqi was helpless: "Yu Zhiqing, you can just say that I hit a tree while pushing a wooden cart last time. There's no need to go around in circles and praise your target."

Yu Wanqing turned around and smiled: "How can you admit it so frankly?"

"There's nothing I can do. I've seen too many things. I was laughed at privately for two days." Zhang Hongqi also felt helpless. It was her first time pushing a wooden cart. She had no experience and didn't know how to control the direction. While pushing the cart, she crashed directly into a big tree on the side of the road.

Fortunately, the car was full of mulberry branches cleaned out from the silkworm house, not food, otherwise it would have been a disaster.

Zhang Hongqi looked at Yu Wanqing and said, "What secret do you have? Tell me when you have time."

It was also their first time pushing a wooden cart, but Yu Wanqing could handle it easily, while she stumbled, which formed a very sharp contrast.

Guo Hongying nodded: "I want to learn too."

"Okay, I'll find time to teach you how to control the wooden cart." Yu Wanqing felt that they still had to learn it, otherwise when they needed to use the wooden cart to pull the mulberry branches back in the winter, they couldn't always ask others for help.

She already knew clearly that the Five-Star Brigade would prune mulberry branches in winter, and someone from every household had to participate, and the pruned mulberry branches could be transported back home to be used as firewood.

Some people who are quick can bring home all the firewood needed for half a year in just a short while. Although this job is a bit laborious, they can earn work points and add firewood to the family, so everyone is happy to do it.

Since the two of them started dating, Huo Lanci's family no longer cooked, and Yu Wanqing kept all the food at his house.

After moving all the food into the house, Huo Lanci delivered food for Zhang Hongqi and Guo Hongying to their doors.

Zhang Hongqi did not need Huo Lanci's help in carrying the food. He quickly carried down his own and Guo Hongying's food and thanked him again and again.

When others help you, you should not take it for granted, and no one owes anyone anything.

The next day, there was no need to go to work, so many people in the team went to the commune to buy things.

As soon as Yu Wanqing and Huo Lanci walked out of the door, they saw the people from the educated youth site waiting not far away.

He Xiaoyuan smiled and said, "Let's go together. We'll have company."

Yu Wanqing had no objection. This was a possible scenario she had thought of last night.

Everyone walked to the commune, so the two of them did not ride bicycles. Walking also allowed them to talk to the people at the educated youth site and build relationships with them. They set out at around seven o'clock and arrived at the commune at around nine o'clock.

On the way, Wang Yuping walked up to Yu Wanqing and whispered, "I saw Gu Xiaoru and Niu Erzhuang meeting privately last night, and Niu Erzhuang even hugged Gu Xiaoru."

Wang Yuping got up last night and found Gu Xiaoru quietly went out. She remembered that Zhang Hongqi had asked her to keep an eye on Gu Xiaoru, so she followed her carefully.

Fortunately, neither of them had a flashlight and she was also very careful, otherwise they would have been discovered.

Yu Wanqing looked at the educated youth who were talking and laughing in front of them. She reminded them in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "If you find something like this in the future, don't follow them out. The most fearful thing is that they will find you."

Given Gu Xiaoru's gloomy personality, if she finds something is wrong, she will most likely ask Niu Erzhuang to destroy Wang Yuping.

Wang Yuping also realized the seriousness of the matter. She nodded and said, "I heard her ask Niu Erzhuang why he hadn't taken action yet."

"You'd better be careful, for fear that Niu Erzhuang might do something."

Yu Wanqing hummed and said, "Remember, don't worry about her after you leave the educated youth center."

"Okay, I understand." Wang Yuping walked to the front with a smile, not interrupting Huo Zhiqing and Yu Zhiqing from talking.

Huo Lanci asked Yu Wanqing: "What happened?"

Yu Wanqing recounted the incident: "Now she is the only one who is jumping around. She has become smarter and wants to kill someone with someone else's knife."

Huo Lanci glanced at Gu Xiaoru who was walking in front. His eyes were calm and no one could guess what he was thinking.

When we arrived at the commune, we agreed on a time to go back and then went our separate ways.

During this time, Yu Wanqing and Huo Lanci both received letters from their families, so they went to the post office to mail letters to their families. Then they went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. It was already past ten o'clock when they came out of the supply and marketing cooperative. Huo Lanci looked at Yu Wanqing while carrying things and said, "Let's go to the state-owned hotel to eat first."

Yu Wanqing nodded: "Okay."

Huo Lanci suddenly said, "I told my family about your relationship."