Behind Chen Shuning, near the edge of the truck bed, sat Captain Shen. The old man was clearly a frequent tractor rider and knew which seats were the least bumpy. Although he hadn't managed to get a corner seat, he had found a place near the front of the truck.
Yang Xiaohong simply felt that she wouldn't be at a disadvantage by following Chen Shuning, which is why she grabbed the other corner.
Yang Wanqiu, having too much luggage, couldn't get a seat at the front, so she opted for a corner at the back of the bus and, like Chen Shuning, placed her luggage under her bottom.
But now the roads are all dirt roads, full of potholes and uneven surfaces. Tractors bounce around so much that even if the tractor driver is very steady, the bad roads can't help it.
The front of the car was still a bit rough, but the rear was like a roller coaster, making people bounce around violently. Sure enough, not long after the car started moving, Yang Wanqiu started vomiting again, clinging to the side of the car.
Seeing this, Captain Shen frowned again, thinking to himself, "This girl is no good. She can vomit like this just from riding in a car. She's obviously not in good health. How will she manage to work in the fields in the future?"
Especially since this one is the prettiest, and now it seems she can't work. There's bound to be trouble ahead of her.
The old man got agitated again, while Chen Shuning, who was sitting steadily and showed no signs of motion sickness, became more alert and her mind started to wander.
Reaching into her handbag—actually from her storage space—she pulled out a handful of fruit candies that Chen Ma had bought for her, and secretly slipped them to Captain Shen sitting next to her under the cover of her luggage. With a smile, she asked, "Uncle Shen, how far is our Qingshan Brigade from the commune?"
These days, candy is a precious commodity, and villagers only buy it during festivals. So, Captain Shen squeezed the candy in his hand again and again, but in the end, he couldn't bear to return it. His little grandson loved it the most.
The old man, who had been frowning the whole way, secretly stuffed the candy into his pocket. A rare smile appeared on his face as he said, "Our Qingshan Brigade is one of the brigades that is relatively close to the commune. It's only a two-hour journey by tractor."
Chen Shuning did some mental calculations. The tractor wasn't going very fast at this time, so the two-hour journey wasn't too far. It seemed that the location of Qingshan Brigade wasn't too remote, which was good.
I remember reading in novels that the conditions at the educated youth settlements were poor, especially the living conditions. I heard that many villages used old houses that had been uninhabited for many years as educated youth settlements, and some villages would even give educated youth houses where someone had died, which the villagers considered unlucky.
If the historical trajectory of this timeline is similar to that of her original world, she might have to live in the countryside for nearly ten years.
Thinking of this, Chen Shuning hurriedly asked, "By the way, Uncle Shen, what's the situation at the educated youth settlement in our village now? Can so many of us stay there?"
It's not that Chen Shuning is being fussy and insists on good food and lodging; it's because Chen Shuning is naturally afraid of the cold, and winters in Heilongjiang Province are exceptionally cold. If the place to stay isn't good, then the whole winter will be difficult.
She has space to live, but if she's living in a dormitory with more than a dozen people, it's not good for her to disappear without a trace all the time.
Besides, her current health condition is obviously too poor, and she is thinking of taking good care of herself. It wouldn't be good for her to eat and live with everyone.
For Chen Shuning, who had a secret, the first thing to do after going to the countryside was to find a way to move out and live on his own.
When asked about this, Captain Shen's face immediately fell, and he sighed and said, "Alas, the houses in the village's educated youth settlement were originally the courtyards of old landlords before the founding of the People's Republic of China."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the old landlord's family disappeared, and the house remained empty for several years. Later, when some educated youth went to the countryside, they renovated the house and used it as a youth settlement.
The house itself is quite nice; the main house has two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side, both made of blue bricks and tiles. The house is also large enough, with each room able to accommodate more than ten people. However, in the past two years, more educated youth have come and fewer have left, so the house may really be too small to accommodate everyone.
Speaking of this, Captain Shen was also troubled. There were already eleven educated youths in the village, four men and seven women. This time, six more female educated youths came. The male educated youths were fine, but how was he supposed to arrange so many female educated youths?
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