When Shen Xingchen and the others came back, they saw Song Hewei arguing with Li Qiming.

It turned out that Song Hewei wanted to cook on her own.

She was not at the educated youth center in the afternoon, but went to prepare for this matter. She bought some cooking supplies from the villagers, as well as some eggs and side dishes.

As the saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach.

Song Hewei naturally felt that Shen Xingchen was so cold towards her, so she came up with this idea.

According to her idea, it would be best for her and Shen Xingchen to cook alone.

But if you think about it, you will know that it is impossible, and Shen Xingchen will not agree to it in the first place.

So as a second best option, Song Hewei suggested that the new and old educated youth eat separately.

Yang Lin is the youngest of all the educated youth. He just turned 18 last month and is two months younger than Song Hewei.

He was scared by the boiled pumpkin at noon, so when Song Hewei mentioned cooking alone, he immediately agreed.

But Li Qiming felt that this would have a bad influence and might undermine internal unity, so he disagreed.

Song Hewei didn't take Li Qiming seriously at all, so his disagreement meant nothing.

So the two sides started arguing.

Chen Chien naturally supported Song Hewei. Besides the relationship of being in the same compound, the most important thing was that he didn't want to go hungry every day!

Whether the food is delicious when cooking separately is another matter, but at least we don’t have to compete with the old educated youth for food.

When Song Hewei saw Chen Chien's attitude, a satisfied smile appeared on her face. She knew that this method would work!

But Shen Xingchen had a different idea: "I support Li Zhiqing. If Song Zhiqing insists on cooking separately, then I will eat with Li Zhiqing and the others."

Compared with "not having enough to eat", Shen Xingchen is obviously more afraid of being too involved with Song Hewei.

In his opinion, innocence is more important!

Song Hewei obviously didn't expect Shen Xingchen to say that, so she advised: "Brother Xingchen, you..."

"Song Zhiqing, please call me Shen Zhiqing or Shen Xingchen. I'm not your brother, so please don't call me that."

Shen Xingchen interrupted Song Hewei mercilessly.

Song Hewei's eyes immediately turned red.

Chen Chien couldn't bear it, so he stepped forward to help and said, "Xingchen, Song Hewei is doing this for everyone's good. Aren't you afraid of starving to death?"

Shen Xingchen glared at his friend in anger: "Li Zhiqing and the others have been in Lianhua Village for five years, and no one has starved to death. Why would I definitely starve to death?"

Li Qiming immediately stepped forward and said, "That's right, Chen Zhiqing, don't exaggerate! Although we don't eat well, no one has ever starved to death."

Wang Hongxia couldn't stand Song Hewei's condescending attitude, so she said, "Since Song Zhiqing wants to separate, then let's separate.

But the firewood and other things were all picked up by us, you are not allowed to use them.

And the vegetables in the fields are also grown by us, so you are not allowed to eat them.

Since you have chosen to separate, don't think about taking advantage! "

Lin Ranran also stood up to support Wang Hongxia.

Zhang Guangyu didn't say anything. It didn't matter to him whether they broke up or not.

Zhao Xue didn't want to separate at first, but when she saw Shen Xingchen and Song Hewei breaking up because of this, she was happy and supported the separation.

In this way, she can get closer to Shen Xingchen better.

As for the other two, they are just backups anyway. Besides, they are still at the educated youth point. They will meet each other every day. They can't run away anyway.

Seeing this, Li Qiming had no choice but to agree to Song Hewei's proposal according to the principle of minority obeying the majority.

Therefore, Song Hewei, Yang Lin, and Chen Chien were separated.

Shen Xingchen is still with Li Qiming and the others.

Chen Chien later privately advised Shen Xingchen that there was no need to suffer from her stomach in order to avoid Song Hewei.

Shen Xingchen only replied with eight words: "If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences."

This not only answers Chen Chien's question, but also advises him to turn back as soon as possible.

Even though Chen Chien said that he no longer liked Song Hewei, his actual actions showed that he still had feelings for her.

As a bystander, Shen Xingchen saw it clearly.

But he also understood that he could never wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep. He would only let go when the person hit his head against the wall and felt the pain.

Song Hewei would not give up easily. She believed that after a long time, Shen Xingchen would not be able to bear the harsh conditions in the countryside. If she offered a helping hand at that time, wouldn't it show her true feelings?

But she forgot that no matter how poor Shen Xingchen's physical fitness was, he was still a gay man after all. It was still a question whether she could bear it.

......

Mai Sui fished for the whole afternoon and had a good harvest.

She also gave one to each kid.

Of course, it’s not free, one fish is exchanged for a bundle of firewood.

They can go to the back mountain to pick them up themselves, or they can go home and get ready-made ones. Anyway, all they need is a bundle of firewood and the wheat ears.

The children were so happy that they danced with joy, calling her "Sister Wheat Ear" all the time, calling her more affectionately than her own sister.

When Mai Sui returned home carrying a bucket of fish, Mai Liangcai and Song Xiaojuan had just finished cooking ten kilograms of lard.

Mai Hongcai spent the whole afternoon eating lard residue, his mouth full of oil.

Mai Sui sometimes admired him very much. It was amazing that he could eat such fried lard made of pure fat.

The sight of wheat ears is so tiring that I feel sick of them.

If it was fried pork belly, she might still eat a bite, but this one was pure fat, so forget it.

Ten pounds of fat meat will eventually result in a large can of lard and about one pound of lard residue.

Mai Hongcai ate less than half of it and asked Song Xiaojuan to help him make dumplings with the remaining wheat ears.

Eating the fatty residue alone is too greasy, but it tastes good when used with cabbage to make dumplings.

Song Xiaojuan had no choice but to agree, and immediately asked her husband Mai Liangcai to go home and pick cabbages, because Mai Sui's family didn't grow any cabbages in their private plot.

So, when Song Xiaojuan and Mai Liangcai finished all their work and went back, they not only took a bowl of fried dumplings, but also a fish.

The four-year-old Tiger Head smelled the smell and ran over: "Uncle, what did you get? It smells so good!"

Mai Liangcai casually grabbed a dumpling and handed it to his nephew: "It tastes good, isn't it? Your aunt Mai Sui gave it to me."

“My aunt’s dumplings are delicious!”

Hu Tou still remembers the meat-filled dumplings he ate last time, which were also made by Aunt Mai Sui's family.

Seeing this, Mai Juncai also stepped forward and ate two with his hands: "Mm, delicious!"

As he said this, he ate two more.

One pound of oil residue is not enough to make many dumplings, and Mai Sui disagreed with putting more cabbage in it, so only a small bowl was given to Mai Liangcai.

Mai Juncai was greedy and finished it all in two or three bites, while his son Hutou only ate one at the beginning.

Hu Tou burst into tears: "Bad dad!"

Mai Liangcai: ".....Brother, Dad and Mom haven't eaten yet."

Mai Juncai smacked his lips and said, "It's okay. There's still a fish."

After swallowing the dumplings in his mouth, Mai Juncai sighed again and again: "Third Uncle's family is really living a fairy-like life now!"

Upon hearing this, Mai Liangcai also nodded repeatedly: "That's right! I ate so much spare ribs at noon."

Mai Juncai: I didn’t get to eat the spareribs…

Mai Xiangdong: I haven’t eaten dumplings yet!

It was not until the moon was high in the sky and the stars were all over the sky that Mai Laosan returned happily from the next village.

It seems that we won a lot today.