Qu Ting came over early the next morning. Tian Cai had just finished his meal, so she quickly cleaned the pots and pans, ran back to the pharmacy to get the herbs, and the two of them sat in the main room to grind the medicine.
The crunching sound continued for a while, and Qu Ting's legs felt sore. She continued to grind for a while before stopping to rest. She pouted and accused Tian Cai, "You liar! You told me you wanted to make medicine pills."
Tian Cai said confidently, "It's just to make pills. If there's no powder, you can just use air to make them!"
Qu Ting choked and snorted softly, suddenly remembering something else. She asked with gossipy eyes, "Do you know if He Zhiqing and Xu Zhiqing are dating?"
Tian Cai: "...didn't they talk about it a long time ago?"
Qu Ting's eyes widened. "Is this true? How could I not know? Didn't we just start talking?"
Seeing her expression, Tian Cai also doubted herself. Could she have remembered it wrongly? But she remembered that when He Zhiqing first arrived, it was the autumn harvest and he injured his leg while cutting rice. It was Xu Bingshuai who brought him over and bandaged him!
After hearing Tian Cai's explanation, Qu Ting tutted her tongue twice, "So it started from that time!"
Tian Cai was puzzled. "Start what?"
Qu Ting continued, "During the autumn harvest, He Zhiqing was also in my dad's group. I could hear her gossiping with Li Zhiqing several times. I heard them say that Xu Zhiqing had been pursuing He Zhiqing, but He Zhiqing, um, was doing it on purpose, sometimes giving him a friendly face, sometimes the cold shoulder, just to keep him hanging. I don't know why he agreed recently."
Tian Cai suddenly understood. No wonder. She was wondering why Xu Bingshuai always bought a single portion of meat when she sold it to the Youth League Home. She didn't think much of it at the time, but now she knows that he was sending it to He Yuzhen.
No wonder that even though she had done all the business in the Youth League for such a long time, He Yuzhen had never bought a piece of meat from her.
Qu Ting smacked her lips, a bit curious. "You said you've been pursuing her for so long but she remained unmoved. How come she suddenly succeeded now? Could it be that she's after a spot back in the city?"
Tian Cai picked out some herbs that were not easy to crush, and cut them into pieces with a knife. Qu Ting became gossipy and continued talking to herself without anyone's response.
Sure enough, before Tian Cai could say anything, she became excited again, "Of course it is. Didn't Liu Yanqing say before that they all wanted to go back to the city? This time the commune gave four quotas, which is almost equivalent to one quota for each brigade. Not to mention the other brigades, there are more than 20 educated youth in our team. They must be fighting for this one quota."
Qu Ting felt like she had been given a shot of chicken blood. Her legs no longer felt sore. She quickened her pace for a few strokes, then slowed down again as if something had occurred to her. "Do you think the team will give the spot to Yan Zhiqing?"
"No," Tian Cai said confidently without even looking up. "Taking all factors into consideration, Yan Zhiqing can still contribute a lot to the team if he stays here. The two captains are already familiar with him and won't let him leave easily."
And Yan Xudong himself may not be willing to leave.
Although it was never said explicitly, Tian Cai went in and out of the Youth League Home several times and occasionally heard them whispering. Combined with his own guess, Yan Xudong's family background should be quite good. Under such circumstances, he still went to the countryside. That can only mean that he had a reason to go there. Tian Cai guessed it was for safety.
At this time, in order to reduce their presence and seek refuge, most families chose to disperse their outstanding children and assign them to various places. Avoiding temporary disputes was also a way to preserve their strength.
This way, when you start again one day, you will be able to quickly gain a firm foothold.
Yan Xudong is one of the outstanding students in terms of both ability and skills. His family should let him grow up in a safe enough place.
Tian Cai guessed that it would definitely be safer for him to stay in the village than in the city, so he would not return to the city easily. In the short term, it might take a few years to see the situation at home, and in the long term, it would be even more uncertain.
Even if he was really given the opportunity to return to the city, Yan Xudong would probably give it up. Besides, there were so many educated youth in Qingshan Village, and it was hard to say who would get the opportunity.
However, Tian Cai guessed wrong. Li Tiegang did not give this quota to the educated youth from Qingshan Village, but gave it to Yan Xudong.
There were two TWs in the Youth League Home in Qingshan Village before. Although the higher-ups didn't punish the two team leaders explicitly, they did chop off a lot of things in their team.
He couldn't help but feel a little angry.
The educated youth who lived with them day and night did not find anything unusual. They would not be eligible for the reward of returning to the city this time, so Li Tiegang directly gave the spot to Yan Xudong, whom he had always had high hopes for.
Yan Xudong did intend to give up this opportunity to return to the city. The situations of several people who were close to him were similar. They could go back to visit their families, but their families would definitely not agree if they wanted to return to the city.
Yan Xudong thought about it and decided to borrow Zhang Defa's bicycle to go to Qingshan Village late at night.
Li Tie just heard his purpose and couldn't help but look up at the sky, scratching his ears, and then looked up at him, "Did I hear correctly? You want to give up your spot back in the city?"
Yan Xudong nodded and raised a banner. "I went to the countryside to build up the rural areas. Now that I haven't made any progress, I'm unwilling to go back. So, please, Captain, give the quota to the educated youth who need it. I must stay here."
Li Tiegang looked at him thoughtfully after hearing this. He understood that it wasn't about not returning to the city, but not returning now. So he simply asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"
He had also considered this issue. Yu Mingjiang and Li Sheng were in similar situations to him and would definitely not go back. Liu Yanlin had his sister here and would not go back either. The only candidate left among the male educated youth was Xu Bingshuai.
But after such a long time, he finally understood that Xu Bingshuai put love above everything else. He was sure that within half a day after he got the quota, the name on it would be changed to He Yuzhen.
Otherwise, why would I keep him in suspense for more than a year without him agreeing, and suddenly he is talking about dating these days?
So for the sake of their love, he decided to give up his spot.
"I'm not too familiar with the female educated youth, but most of the male educated youth have the same idea as me. They want to realize their ambitions in the countryside. Here they will also find like-minded people and work together to build the countryside."
Yan Xudong left for a while, and Li Tiegang, who had been lost in thought, suddenly laughed out loud, "Good boy, I almost didn't understand."
Aunt Li gave him a strange look, then went to the kitchen to bring him some water for washing his feet before saying, "Everyone's been gone for a while, what have you come up with? Have you decided yet?"
Li Tiegang smiled and shook his head. "It hasn't been decided yet, but Yan Xudong is quite interesting."
"Um?"
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