Qin Xue didn't expect Xie Yuan to scold her. She thought he had listened to Lin Qingqing's words and glared at him fiercely.
have a finger in the pie!
But she only got that one glance. At times like this, she could argue with others, but she couldn't disobey Xie Yuan, otherwise he would definitely get angry.
Having grown up together, Qin Xue knew Xie Yuan's temper all too well, but she secretly thought that Xie Yuan, with his temper, was incredibly cool.
"I won't say anything. I'm just worried about Sister Zhou Yue, that's all."
Zhou Yue rolled her eyes. She was her parents' only daughter; she didn't have a younger sister.
However, she didn't say anything more. Anyway, she wouldn't be staying for more than a few days, so why bother arguing with her?
All she wants now is to get the next room sorted out quickly so she can live her own little life with her An'an.
"Alright, your rations are all here. If you're going to share a meal, just bring your rations here beforehand."
Chen Jianguo pointed to the small basket next to him. People living in the educated youth compound usually share meals, but Gu An'an and the other person are going to move out, so it's really hard to say.
Gu An'an wanted to cook for herself, but Zhou Yue had been with her the whole way. Other things were easy to replace, but the cast iron pot...
That's not very realistic. Let's find an opportunity to take it out from the commune.
Let's eat together before we move out.
Chen Jianguo nodded, "Okay, one person can be on duty for one day. The ground is still frozen these days, and there's nothing else to do, so we can just cook. It's relatively easy."
This is why Gu An'an came here. She spends half the year in winter, but the land is plentiful and fertile, so she doesn't have to worry about starving.
What attracted her even more were the delicious mountain delicacies in the forest.
According to the rules of the educated youth compound, the first meal for new educated youth is always treated by the older educated youth. However, Gu An'an is not the kind of person who just talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk, so she took some snacks from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Since the eldest sister had already taken the things, her little follower Zhou Yue certainly wouldn't be left behind.
The others felt a little awkward.
Zhang Zhaodi's family was the poorest. They relied entirely on pickled vegetables mixed with steamed buns along the way, and finally took out the half-empty bottle of pickled vegetables they had left.
Compared to Gu and Zhou's belongings, they were certainly not impressive, but everyone could tell that her family was not well-off, so no one said anything unpleasant.
In the end, only Xie Yuan and Qin Xue were left in an awkward situation, since they had brought their own food and didn't need to buy any.
"My brother Yuan and I came in a hurry. We're sorry to those who didn't come, we've prepared food for them."
Although it sounds nice, everyone knows that going to the countryside is rarely announced at the last minute, and there is almost no such thing as not having time to prepare food.
Looking at their clothes, their family situation, while not necessarily good, shouldn't be so bad that they can't afford anything.
So you can't bear to part with it?
Qian Xiaojun curled his lip. When they first arrived, they seemed quite intimidating, and he thought he could get some benefits from them later. But they turned out to be two tightwads.
However, they could only think these thoughts to themselves. Since they had proposed to host a welcome dinner for the new educated youth, they had no reason to force others to bring things out.
Seeing this, Zhang Zhaodi was filled with regret. If she hadn't been in such a hurry, could she have saved those pickled vegetables?
You should know that in order to make the pickled vegetable dumplings a little bit of oil, she risked being beaten to death by her mother by scooping in a small spoonful of lard.
What a pity!
Determined to recoup her losses, Zhang Zhaodi focused intently on eating, causing the others to frown.
The next day.
Gu An'an had just woken up when she heard a knock at the door. She listened carefully and realized it was someone helping to repair the house. She immediately got dressed.
Zhou Yue was half asleep, mumbled a few words, turned over, and fell asleep again.
Seeing her like this, Gu An'an knew she was exhausted, so she didn't wake her up and opened the door and left the room herself.
"Gu Zhiqing, this is Wang Erniu. He's here to help you sweep the snow and fix the roof."
"By the way! If you need to change your firewood, you can also ask him. He brought back a lot before winter, so sharing some with you will be just right."
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Village Chief and Uncle Erniu."
"We're new here and don't know how much to pay us, or how to exchange firewood?"
Wang Erniu's family has many children, and the village chief intended to take care of him. However, because of the bag of brown sugar he had received earlier, the chief did not show favoritism towards Wang Erniu and quoted a very fair price.
"Okay. Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Erniu."
Wang Erniu was an honest and simple man. He waved his hand and said it was nothing, but he was actually overjoyed inside.
Villagers help each other out by sharing a meal, which is usually just a simple, home-cooked meal. If they can get some meat to treat the helper, everyone will say they are very kind.
But the educated youth had just arrived and didn't have much food, so it wasn't very convenient to provide him with a meal. He understood this and was prepared to help for nothing, since the village chief who had been kind to him was the one who had called him over.
But he didn't expect that the new female educated youth was quite generous. She quoted him whatever price he wanted without haggling or looking down on him. Feeling comforted, he worked even harder.
Gu An'an was unaware of his ulterior motives and turned to talk to the village chief about going to the commune to make purchases.
The village chief readily agreed. It wasn't time to start work yet, and as long as they didn't cause him trouble, he had no objections.
“Okay, I need to go to the commune tomorrow. Ask the others if they want to go too, so we can go together and avoid any trouble you might get into.”
Gu An'an certainly agreed. Although traveling through the snow was nothing to her, she would definitely not refuse if there was a more effortless way.
"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief."
Looking at the little girl's bright smile, the village chief managed a rare twitch of his lips. "Go back inside! Leave things here to Erniu. He's an honest man and won't fool you."
After everyone left, Gu An'an also went back to her room.
The village chief and his wife are both nice people. As long as she gets along well with them, she can stay peacefully until the day she returns to the city.
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