Chapter 2: Roommates in the Educated Youth Dormitory

"Thank you, auntie."

"fine."

Zhang Yunxi felt quite embarrassed. She only had more than 30 yuan left in her hand and could not give Zhao Mo anything at all.

Zhao Mo was afraid that his stepmother would beat him, so he hurried back to work. Before going back, he found a leaf, spit out the sugar, wrapped it up, hid it, and went to the river to rinse his mouth.

But I felt so sorry for her. The sweetness in her mouth was gone. It was her first time eating candy.

When I got home, Yuan Guixiang was breaking peanuts in the yard and called Zhao Mo over.

Zhao Mo took small steps over.

When he was very close to Yuan Guixiang, she pulled him over and asked, "Did your aunt give you anything?"

Zhao Mo shook his head.

Yuan Guixiang patted her clothes and pried her mouth open again, "It's useless, you loser, even your aunt doesn't like you. Your aunt doesn't look like a good girl, she's a bitch, she'll definitely hook up with other men, just like your mother who died a long time ago, she's just as cheap!"

"I have to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables." Zhao Mo reminded her.

Yuan Guixiang snorted coldly and squinted at her, "You're smart. You don't have a mother, and I raised you. Who is the best person to you? It's me!"

Zhao Mo said nothing.

"I knew you were such a stubborn person. You won't be able to say anything even if you are hit with a stick. Hurry up and get to work." Yuan Guixiang cracked the peanuts and threw the peanut kernels into a winnowing basket, preparing to squeeze oil from them later.

The Zhaojia Brigade is the best brigade in the surrounding area. It has threshers, oil presses, tractors , and even primary schools.

Yuan Guixiang didn't plan to let Zhao Mo study. It was a waste of money for a girl to go to school.

But the child she had with her previous husband is now nine years old and it's time for him to go to school! She has to think of a way to convince Zhao Mo's father.

After Zhao Mo went out, he walked around again and came to the stone pier by the river to find her leaves. After breaking them open, he continued to eat the candy.

So sweet.

Zhao Mo had never been so happy as he carried the basket up the mountain.

My aunt is so nice.

Zhao Mo thought about it, turned and walked in another direction.

* Zhang Yunxi in the educated youth dormitory put on the quilt and sorted out other things.

There are five beds in the educated youth dormitory.

But there were only two cabinets, both of which were placed by the two educated youth next to the bed, and it seemed that they belonged to them.

The most valuable things of the original owner were the kettle and the flashlight.

This is something that requires industrial coupons to buy.

In addition, there is a winter coat, a sweater, two long-sleeved shirts, and two pairs of cotton trousers. There are three sets of summer clothes, a floral shirt, and a military shoulder bag.

The military satchel was a reward from her original teacher, who hoped that after graduation, she would be able to pass the exam and work in a large factory.

But the teacher probably didn't expect that the child she had been looking forward to would be forced into a desperate situation by relatives.

Looking back at the original owner's eighteen years, she was despised by her cowardly parents for not being a boy. For this reason, she had been helping her uncle's family with housework. Even after she went to high school, she was still criticized. Zhang Yunxi felt sorry for this little girl and hoped that she and her sister would go to a beautiful world together and become happy and carefree children.

Why.

Zhang Yunxi sighed.

Life is so difficult for these two sisters.

"Oh, you must be the new educated youth."

A crisp sound was heard.

Zhang Yunxi turned her head and saw a little girl with two thick braids, wearing homespun clothes and with her trouser legs rolled up, smiling at her.

"Yes, hello comrade."

"Hello, my name is Deng Damei. We'll be in the same dormitory from now on, so just call me Damei." When Deng Damei smiled, she had two cute dimples on the sides of her cheeks. She had her hair combed, and her forehead seemed a little big, but she looked very sunny.

"Okay, my name is Zhang Yunxi, just call me Xiaoxi."

"Okay, since you're new here, I'll show you our kitchen." Deng Damei asked her to come out.

Zhang Yunxi followed closely behind.

Deng Damei got close to her, looked at her face, and exclaimed, "You are so beautiful."

"What's the big deal? It's not a way to make a living." Zhang Yunxi thinks that with this face, it would be easy to become an internet celebrity if she were to package it in a modern way.

But nowadays, people are more concerned about having enough food and clothing.

It doesn't play a big role.

"How can you say that? We look so happy." Deng Damei said.

Zhang Yunxi was amused by her.

Deng Damei continued to ask: "What is your academic background?"

"high school."

"Oh my god, why don't you join the art troupe? Your face and figure are most suitable for the art troupe."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

“I can’t sing or dance.”

"That's a shame." Deng Damei shook her head and came to the kitchen. "You should have brought bowls and chopsticks with you when you went to the countryside, right?"

"Yes."

What about food?

How can I not bring it?

"There's a cupboard here. You can put your bowls and chopsticks here, together with mine and He Xiaoxiao's bowls and chopsticks. The upper layer is soup bowls and plates. They were left to us by the educated youth before. They are all good comrades." Deng Damei closed the wooden cupboard and introduced the stove to her. "We have an iron pot here. It was given to us by the educated youth office when the village built a dormitory for educated youth. We cook and boil water in this pot. As for firewood, we have one load a week. After cooking, the three of us take turns. There are also fixed quantities of food. We will treat you to lunch today. In the afternoon, you have to talk to the accountant uncle and ask him to give you some food."

As an educated youth, she dared not be generous because she was under a lot of pressure.

"Okay, thank you."

"Nothing, you don't have to be polite. We educated youth are not welcome in the village, so we have to stick together." Deng Damei scooped water from the jar and put it into the pot, and asked Zhang Yunxi: "Do you know how to light a fire?"

"……Won't."

She is an orphan, for sure.

But after being sponsored by Zhao Mo from her previous life, she actually lived a pretty good life.

"Come, I'll teach you." Deng Damei sat in front of the small stool, took a match and lit it, reached back and grabbed a handful of branches, "First, you have to make the fire burn, and then slowly add branches or small firewood. After the fire is strong, you can add some wood. Don't add too much at once, it will easily go out and cause smoke. If you want to boil water, we add some hard-burning wood, so you don't have to add firewood often, understand?"

"Understand."

This is still easy to operate.

Zhang Yunxi directly added firewood and scattered the branches at the same time.

"Sure, sure." Deng Damei scooped up some rice, added water and put it in the pot to steam. "As for vegetables, we have a private plot behind the dormitory for educated youths. I will teach you how to grow vegetables later. The vegetables you eat in advance must be exchanged for grain and given to me and He Xiaoxiao in cash. In the future, you can buy whatever you like to eat yourself."

"Okay." Zhang Yunxi fiddled with the firewood and asked curiously, "Where's He Xiaoxiao?"

"Her."

Deng Damei curled her lips and said, "I have money, so I went to exchange it for eggs with the villagers."

"Oh, I see."

Zhang Yunxi could tell they were unfriendly just by looking at their beds, and now hearing Deng Damei's tone it was even more so.

"Let me boil some eggs." He Xiaoxiao came in and put two eggs into the pot.

Zhang Yunxi's eyes widened.

Isn't her name He Xiaoxiao? This short hair, superior profile, and long legs are so handsome!

The name doesn't really fit me.

He Xiaoxiao looked at her, her eyes cold and emotionless, "Hello comrade, my name is He Xiaoxiao, you can just call me Sister He."

(End of this chapter)