The tractor soon arrived at the Hongqi Commune.

In the large square at the entrance of Hongqi Commune, many newly arrived educated youth were already waiting.

Most of them looked listless, possibly due to the long journey, or perhaps because the rural environment was so different from what they had imagined.

Except for the commune office which is a two-story red brick building, the surrounding areas are mud brick houses.

The walls are mottled, the tiles are broken, some even have thatched roofs, and the road is bumpy and dusty.

The environment is definitely not as good as that in the city.

In fact, this is already pretty good. At least the commune has a supply and marketing cooperative where you can buy things.

Although many things are not complete and it is not as convenient as the county town, it is better to have it than nothing.

Once we get to the village below, the environment may be even worse, and it’s hard to say whether we can have enough food to eat.

Not only that, but you also have to work in the fields every day.

If you give up, you may be complained by the village committee, and then you will be sent to a farm with more difficult conditions for reform.

Once you get there, if you still don't work, the farm manager will be much tougher than the village committee and you will be punished if you don't die.

Because there is a saying that "If one is not active in work, he has problems in his thinking", comrades with problems must naturally be reformed.

Fortunately, these only targeted the educated youth, and ignored the indigenous villagers such as Mai Laosan, Mai Hongcai, and Mai Sui.

Otherwise, Mai Sui wouldn’t have had the good life it has now.

As soon as the tractor stopped, Mai Hongcai immediately ran to the supply and marketing cooperative pulling the wheat ears.

"Sister, let's hurry up. There are many people buying things today. If we go too late, they will be gone."

When Mai Sui heard this, he ran faster than Mai Hongcai.

At the same time, many people in the team of educated youth noticed the wheat ears from a distance.

Because Mai Sui has fair skin, she doesn't look like a country girl, and her mental outlook is also different from the villagers around her. She has a sense of detachment that looks down on everyone.

The people in Lianhua Village were used to seeing this and thought it was just Mai Sui's brain disease, so they didn't take it seriously.

But when the educated youth from outside the city saw it for the first time, they naturally felt that it was different.

Chen Chien nudged his friend Shen Xingchen next to him with his elbow and said, "Look over there, they are probably the educated youth who just arrived."

Shen Xingchen raised his eyes and looked in the direction his friend pointed. A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes for a moment, and then he lowered his head and leaned on the luggage to rest.

Seeing him like this, Chen Chien said worriedly, "Xingchen, your health is too poor. You're like this after just sitting on the train for a few days.

If you have to work in the fields in the future, can you bear it? I am really afraid that you will die in the countryside."

Shen Xingchen took the time to recuperate and was too lazy to pay attention to Chen Chien.

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On the other side, Mai Sui not only grabbed mung beans, rock sugar, but also fried dough twists, peach cakes, and White Rabbit milk candy.

Even today, a batch of watermelons came to the supply and marketing cooperative temporarily, and Mai Sui also grabbed two.

The government did not issue special watermelon coupons, so other fruit coupons or food coupons could be used as collateral.

Wheat Ear didn’t have fruit tickets, so he used grain tickets to pay for them.

In addition, she had several soap and toothpaste coupons that were about to expire, so Mai Sui simply spent them all.

In addition, Mai Sui also bought ten kilograms of ribs and ten kilograms of fat.

It's the kind that's all fat, with no lean meat at all, and can only be used to make lard.

As for the others, they were all snatched away because the wheat ears arrived late and missed out.

The ten pounds of ribs were reserved by the salesperson for a relative in advance, but the relative didn’t want them later, so Mai Sui happened to pick up the bargain.

Mai Hongcai carried a bamboo basket and followed Mai Sui to carry things.

Because he was not as efficient as Wheat Ear in grabbing things, he could only do some simple physical work.

There was no need to scramble for rice, because the rice that villagers ate at home was distributed by the village last year, and few people spent money to buy rice from the supply and marketing cooperatives.

Because the rice from the supply and marketing cooperative requires not only money, but also food coupons.

If there is really no rice at home, people would rather borrow from relatives and friends than buy it.

Mai Sui didn't have such concerns. Since he was already there, he just bought 50 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of flour.

The weight was nothing to the wheat ears, but there was dust on them and she didn't want to dirty her clothes.

In the end, of course, it was all Mai Hongcai's work, otherwise why would Mai Sui bring him here.

This is what my little brother is used to do.

I saw Mai Hongcai carrying a bamboo basket with two watermelons weighing more than 20 kilograms, some snacks, soap and other things in it.

He carried a bag of rice on his shoulder, ribs and fat in his right hand, and flour in his left hand.

Just like that, I carried everything on my shoulders.

Mai Hongcai was walking a little shakily, but the smile on his face was extremely bright.

Especially when people around him were staring at him, Mai Hongcai felt full of strength and could carry another 100 kilograms of food.

Wheat Ear, with empty hands, walked ahead with a swagger as if he didn't recognize anyone.

Mai Juncai was standing next to a tractor and chatting with someone when he suddenly heard exclamations from people around him. He turned around and saw that his cousin was being watched by people.

Mai Juncai hurried forward to help.

"Hongcai, why did you buy so many things? How much will it cost?"

Mai Juncai looked at the ribs and fat tied up with straw, feeling both envious and distressed.

I envy my cousin's family for eating well and feel sad that all the money is spent.

With the help of Mai Juncai, Mai Hongcai was finally able to catch his breath.

Although he was a little tired, it was obvious that Mai Hongcai was in a very good mood at the moment.

I only heard him say proudly: "It's a rare trip on a tractor, so I bought more. Otherwise, I'll ride a bicycle to buy next time, which will be even more tiring."

That's true, but the problem is, I feel bad about spending the money!

To be honest, when Mai Sui counted out the money and gave it to others one by one, Mai Hongcai felt a little distressed.

But as long as he thought that these things would go into his stomach in the future and his sister could make money by hunting, he didn't feel sad anymore.

The two brothers worked together to move all the things onto the tractor and put them away.

Mai Sui had already gotten into the car and sat down, so Mai Hongcai quickly climbed in and sat next to Mai Sui.

Gradually, more villagers came back. As soon as they got on the car, they saw the large pork ribs at Mai Hongcai's feet and their eyes were wide open.

You could even hear someone swallowing their saliva.

Meng Guilan became even more determined and decided to let her grandson Jinbao recognize Mai Sui as his godmother!

If that doesn't work, then recognize Mai Hongcai as your godfather.

Even if Mai Sui wants to marry into the city in the future, Mai Hongcai's roots are in the village, so it's impossible for him to move to the city too.

However, what Meng Guilan didn't know was that Mai Hongcai had already made up his mind to follow his sister forever.

If his sister married into the city, he must move with her.

He is now a mama's boy, no, a sister's boy.

No one can separate him from his sister!

After half of the seats on the bus were occupied, Mai Juncai stopped people from getting on, saying that he wanted to leave the seats for the new educated youth.

Mai Xiangdong is still handling formalities at the commune, and Mai Juncai is in charge of guarding the tractor.

Every time new educated youth arrived, it was not just a simple matter of taking them away. The subsidies given to them by the authorities, including 20 kilograms of food per person, had also to be taken away.

Otherwise the village will have to subsidize it itself.

These 20 kilograms of food were for the educated youth individually, as we were afraid they would starve to death when they first arrived.

If you don’t take them all together this time, it won’t be easy to take them next time.

So, it will take some time to queue up to get food.