Just one dish.
The key is that the portion is not large.
Moreover, judging from the appearance of the dish, it seems that not a drop of oil was added, as if it was boiled in water.
Didn’t Li Qiming say before that he would treat them to a good meal to welcome them?
That’s it?
The local villagers (wheat ears) can eat spare ribs, so they must have a plate of scrambled eggs.
As soon as Li Qiming saw the expressions of the four of them, he knew what they were thinking and immediately explained:
“Today’s dish is fried with oil, not simply boiled in water. All the oil in the oil tank is used just to welcome you.
Conditions in the countryside are like this, and you have to plan how to eat the vegetables in your private plots, otherwise if you eat them up this month, they will be gone next month.
You don’t understand the situation when you first arrive, but you will know after a while.”
After saying that, Li Qiming invited everyone to take a seat and asked everyone to introduce themselves.
"Let me start with an example. My name is Li Qiming, I am 23 years old, my hometown is Tongcheng, my parents are workers at the Tongcheng Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory, and I have been in Lianhua Village for five years.
I am currently the person in charge of our educated youth center. You can always come to me if you have any questions. "
"My name is Zhang Guangyu, I'm 22 years old, my hometown is Yecheng, and I came to Lianhua Village three years ago."
"My name is Wang Hongxia, I am 21 years old..."
Among the five old educated youth, there are three women and two men.
The men are Li Qiming and Zhang Guangyu.
The women are Zhao Xue, Lin Ranran, and Wang Hongxia.
Among them, Zhao Xue is 22 years old. She came to Lianhua Village with Li Qiming five years ago.
Wang Hongxia was in the same group as Zhang Guangyu and went to the countryside for three years.
Lin Ranran is 19 years old and came to Lianhua Village only last year.
All five of them are from small cities and their family conditions are very ordinary.
Now that Shen Xingchen and the others have arrived, there are five men and four women.
Shen Xingchen, Chen Chien, and Song Hewei are all from Beijing, and their families work in the Beijing Machinery Factory.
Yang Lin is from Shanghai, which is also a big city. His family works in a textile factory, and judging by the way he is dressed, his family doesn't seem to be well off.
Zhao Xue has now regained her spirits, especially after hearing Shen Xingchen and others’ self-introductions, she is full of confidence in the future.
The Beijing Machinery Factory is one of the largest factories in the country, and its welfare benefits are well-known.
The textile factories in Shanghai are also big ones, so I don’t think they will be too bad.
Anyway, it's much better than the small county town where she lives.
She finally got a chance to turn her life around.
And there were always three of them coming, and she could always catch one.
Of course, Shen Xingchen, who has the most outstanding appearance, is definitely Zhao Xue’s first choice, and the other two are backups.
After everyone got to know each other, Li Qiming announced that the meal was ready.
Then, before Shen Xingchen and the others could react, the plate of pumpkin in front of them was cleared in an instant.
The four newcomers only picked up one piece with their chopsticks, and when they tried to pick up more for the second time, it was gone.
Li Qiming smiled awkwardly and said to them, "Pumpkin soup with rice is also delicious. Share it among the four of you."
After saying that, he buried his head in his meal.
In order to leave a good impression on Shen Xingchen and the others, Zhao Xue deliberately slowed down her pace and didn't pick up many dishes.
But after all, he is much stronger than Shen Xingchen and the others.
Seeing that Shen Xingchen had no food to eat, she handed over her bowl and said, "How about you guys eat mine? I can't eat so much anyway."
In order to treat everyone equally, Zhao Xue said this to Shen Xingchen, Chen Chien and Yang Lin.
Shen Xingchen and the others refused. How could the three of them, as gay men, feel comfortable eating the food of lesbians?
This was exactly what Zhao Xue wanted. Just as she was about to take the bowl back, Song Hewei unceremoniously took away most of the dishes.
Then he said to Zhao Xue with a fake smile: "Thank you, Zhao Zhiqing."
What else could Zhao Xue do? She could only bite the bullet and say, "No need to thank me. We are all educated youth, and we should take care of each other."
In fact, I hated Song Hewei to death.
Lin Ranran looked at Zhao Xue deeply, and suddenly felt a little itchy on her head. It seemed that she needed to grow a brain.
A hint of sarcasm flashed across Wang Hongxia's eyes, but she said nothing and just concentrated on eating her meal.
Li Qiming and Zhang Guangyu were also concentrating on eating and not worrying about other things.
Shen Xingchen and his friends' first meal in Lotus Village ended in such a hasty manner, and none of the four of them were full.
Not only was there no vegetable to eat, but there was not much rice cooked, and it was half rice and half brown rice, which tasted a bit difficult to swallow.
After the meal, Li Qiming read out to them a series of rules of the educated youth site.
For example, boys are responsible for fetching water and chopping wood.
Girls are responsible for cooking and cleaning.
In addition, everyone took turns to take care of the private plot behind the educated youth site.
Seeing that Shen Xingchen looked sick, Li Qiming asked him, "Can you do it?"
How can a man say no!
He just has a fever and cold now, so he looks a little weak.
"Don't worry, I can do it! I work at home too."
In the afternoon, Shen Xingchen took some medicine and had a nap. He felt much better, so he went out for a walk with Chen Chien and got familiar with Lotus Village.
No one knew where Song Hewei went, but she didn't come with them, so Shen Xingchen was thankful.
The educated youth point was at the entrance of the village, very close to the river, so the two walked along the river.
Chen Chien suddenly asked, "Xingchen, do you really not like Song Hewei? She's clearly coming for you."
Shen Xingchen felt the refreshing river breeze and smiled: "Chi En, you don't have to test me. If you like me, go after me. Just don't involve me."
Chen Chien laughed at himself and said, "That's all in the past. I don't like it anymore.
But Song Hewei came to the countryside for you, do you really have no idea?"
Shen Xingchen suddenly became serious: "Chi En, I have to correct you, Song Hewei didn't go to the countryside for me, she was responding to the call of the country.
I didn't feel anything for her before, but now I'm a little annoyed. Please don't bring her up with me, or we won't even be brothers anymore!"
"Alright, alright, I won't say it next time. Why are you so serious?"
"If I'm not serious, I'm afraid you'll say something out loud, and I don't want to get into trouble."
"Not really?"
“As for!”
As they were walking, they suddenly saw a group of children in front of them, and the ones surrounded by them were the ears of wheat they had seen on the tractor in the morning.
The other party seems to be fishing.
The girl had a bright smile and was surrounded by a group of innocent children. From time to time, the children's excited cheers could be heard.
It is really hard to believe that this person is a psychopath in such a harmonious and beautiful picture.
Shen Xingchen's gaze involuntarily fell on Mai Sui, and he was slightly absent-minded.
He has never been a reckless person, but for some reason, whenever Wheat Ear appears, his attention is always inexplicably drawn to it.
When he realized that his behavior was inappropriate and wanted to look away, Mai Sui seemed to sense something and turned to look at him.
The two looked into each other's eyes again.
To be exact, Shen Xingchen was caught peeking again.
“Cough cough cough!”
Shen Xingchen suddenly started coughing violently. Chen Chien was worried about his health and suggested going back. Shen Xingchen readily agreed.
The back view when he turned and left looked like he was running away.