After settling He Chaoyang in, Chen Shuning prepared to return and cook. Looking at the multigrain pancakes on the stove, Chen Shuning was somewhat troubled.
She was thinking about what kind of return gift to give Zhou Jihong. After all, she wasn't as familiar with Zhou Jihong as she was with Gu Xinyi, and it wouldn't be appropriate to accept gifts from her.
However, since they had already packed everything up, they naturally wouldn't throw away or waste food. So, for breakfast, the two of them ate the mixed grain pancakes and made some millet porridge. Chen Shuning then went to the woodshed and got a large cabbage that Gu Xinyi had helped him buy. He made a simple cold dish and ate a bite.
After dinner, Chen Shuning told He Chaoyang to rest at home, while she went to find Gu Xinyi with her small satchel, wanting her to accompany her to the families in the village who had left her some mountain produce so she could buy her snacks for the winter.
Gu Xinyi really cared about her affairs, finding kind-hearted families who left her with the best things.
Thinking that she would also need to send some things back to her relatives in the He family this year, Chen Shuning bought quite a lot of things.
After they agreed and gave her the money, several families said they would send it back to her, otherwise she and Gu Xinyi, two young girls, really wouldn't be able to take it back.
So Chen Shuning didn't stand on ceremony and discussed with his fellow villager about delivering the cabbage and radish to her in the afternoon. Then the two of them went to Wan Guihua's house and paid for the cabbage and radish.
Accompanied by Gu Xinyi, they delivered the money for buying other autumn vegetables to each household before returning to the educated youth compound together.
Gu Xinyi originally wanted to pay for Chen Shuning's autumn vegetables in advance, but Chen Shuning was well-liked, and when everyone heard that it was her who was buying them, they all said that they could pay her when she came back, so Gu Xinyi didn't insist.
Upon learning that Gu Xinyi and her family had not bought coal this year either, Chen Shuning invited everyone to go to town to buy coal the next day.
After all, the weather turned cold quite suddenly, and if it gets any later, it might snow and make the roads difficult to travel.
Before the two returned to the courtyard, they heard a commotion coming from the educated youth compound.
When she got closer, Gu Xinyi recognized whose voice it was.
He leaned close to Chen Shuning's ear with a look of nonchalance and said, "You haven't been back for a while, so you don't know, but the new girls Cai Xiaoyu and Cao Qing are arguing every other day."
By the way, Fang Qing is getting married to Wang Changjiu, the third son of Liu Guihua's family in the village. The wedding is set for a month from now. I heard that Fang Qing's parents will be coming soon, and Fang Qing moved into the single room in the front yard early this morning.
Gu Xinyi changed the subject a bit too quickly. Chen Shuning hadn't even figured out who Cai Xiaoyu and Cao Qing were when Gu Xinyi dropped the bombshell that Fang Qing was getting married, leaving Chen Shuning a little caught off guard.
If the relationship between Wang Chunni and Shen Dayang was foreshadowed, then the relationship between Fang Qing and Wang Changjiu was quite unexpected for Chen Shuning.
You should know that Liu Guihua is notoriously unreasonable in the village. Logically speaking, Fang Qing, an old educated youth who has been sent to the countryside for several years, should not have chosen her as a husband.
There must be a story behind this, so Chen Shuning, who had something to gossip about, looked at Gu Xinyi with sparkling eyes.
Gu Xinyi naturally understood that look in his eyes. She gave Chen Shuning a knowing look and said, "I'll tell you what happened later. Let's go see what those two are up to today."
Cai Xiaoyu and Cao Qing's families were not well-off, so they both lived in a dormitory-style room. Since there were only four female comrades in this batch of educated youth this year, Meng Xiaohui chose to stay in a single room from the beginning.
So the huge room was only occupied by Zhou Jihong, Cai Xiaoyu, and Cao Qing, which made it quite spacious.
However, all three of them are troublesome. When the three of them live together, there are often various frictions, such as one doing more housework and the other doing less, or one day her food is less and the next day her toothpaste is less.
Zhou Jihong later moved out even though it cost her money, because she simply couldn't get along with those two who loved to take advantage of others.
Besides Zhou Jihong moving out to live on her own, the male educated youth who originally ate with the new female educated youth also turned to the older educated youth to eat together because they couldn't stand the situation where they brought out a lot of food but still couldn't get enough to eat every meal.
Now only Cai Xiaoyu and Cao Qing remain, and they are both prone to causing trouble. They both love to take advantage of others, so naturally, there are many conflicts when they live together.
I don't know what they were arguing about again today. As they were talking, they went into the courtyard, and the old educated youth pulled them apart.
Liu Shumei was clearly used to the two arguing, and looked at them impatiently, saying, "If it really doesn't work, you two should see who moves to the old house. Otherwise, arguing like this all the time is not going to work. Who has the time to mediate between you two all the time?"
This time, Liu Shumei didn't even bother to ask the reason. It was nothing more than some trivial matter, so she simply asked the two of them to bring one of them up.
However, Liu Shumei's suggestion was met with strong opposition from the female educated youth on the old house side.
Dong Weiwei, who always loved watching the drama unfold, said, "Sister Shumei, you're wrong about that. Now that you've moved out and are living on your own, why are you letting those two, who are so fond of petty theft, move into our house? Do you think we're living too peacefully?"
Actually, Liu Shumei made this suggestion simply to separate the two of them, who were constantly arguing, so as not to affect their lives.
She didn't think too much about it, nor did she consider Dong Weiwei's concerns.
After listening to Dong Weiwei's words, he realized that they made some sense.
Both of them are greedy and have a habit of taking other people's things without permission. So, whichever of them goes to the old house, there will probably be a lot of trouble there.
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