"These three girls really don't know how to manage money. They give such expensive gifts. Aren't they afraid of being targeted?"
No, they just started cooking, they probably don't have any food left. We don't need any, we can send them more. They're all young girls, they've come all this way, they must be suffering.
In the afternoon, the ordered furniture was delivered. Gu Zuozuo touched it and knew it wasn't newly made.
“We arrived at a very opportune time. The family happened to have a set of furniture that someone else had made for their wedding. However, we heard that the wedding had fallen through, and no one wanted the finished furniture, so we bought it.”
A large wardrobe, three kang cabinets, three wooden chests, and a large table filled the small room to the brim.
Gu Zuozuo looked at the neat and tidy room, a satisfied smile appearing on her lips, even revealing her dimples.
"Zuo Zuo, Sister Fanghua said that the educated youth settlement held a welcome ceremony for us and invited us to attend."
Qi Meng poked her little head in from outside the door, said what she wanted to say in one breath, and then ran away.
Gu Zuozuo and Meng Tian exchanged a glance, and a thought flashed through their minds: Here they come.
Tonight, twelve veteran educated youth and five new educated youth filled two tables at the educated youth settlement.
"Let me start by saying that we welcome the new educated youth to our group!"
Kan Lei was the first to clap, and the others followed suit sporadically, without much enthusiasm.
“You’re new here and not very familiar with the place. Why don’t you join us old educated youth and cook together? We can take turns cooking, on a daily basis. The male educated youth who can’t cook will be responsible for gathering firewood and carrying water.”
Gu Zuozuo raised an eyebrow and glanced at the female educated youth beside her out of the corner of her eye. She noticed that although they all had their heads down, the smiles on their lips were very sarcastic.
The thin, bespectacled man in the corner glanced at Gu Zuozuo and the others before turning his gaze to Kan Lei.
“We can’t gather enough firewood by ourselves. Winter is coming soon, and we need to prepare firewood for the winter. They can’t just cook; they also need to gather firewood when they have free time.”
Kan Lei's face darkened for a moment, and he cursed the idiot in his heart. Did he need to tell him? Of course he knew. He was just trying to keep them calm for the time being! Who wants to cook and gather firewood at the same time?
Gu Zuozuo maintained her usual politeness on her face, but her words were anything but polite.
"No need, we've already decided to cook for ourselves. Everyone grew up in different environments, so your tastes might be different from ours, and we can't eat together."
"Hmph~ That sounds nice, but isn't it just an attempt to form cliques and sow discord among us educated youth?"
The man with a birthmark on his face crossed his arms and looked at the female educated youth opposite him with disdain, clearly including all female educated youth in his statement.
"Ye Hua! Explain yourself! Who exactly is trying to form a clique and lead the way in seeking special treatment?"
"Exactly! Didn't you guys start this first? What, you start spewing nonsense the moment things don't go your way!"
Ye Hua sneered, slammed his hand on the table, and stood up.
"Did I say something wrong? We're men, so what if we ate a little more and asked you for a little help? We men do more work, so what's wrong with eating a little more? How many work points do we get a day, and how many work points do you get a day? We got more work points, so what's wrong with asking you guys who got less work points to help with the laundry? Asking you to do the laundry is for your own good..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Zuozuo, finally understanding why men and women were incompatible in the educated youth settlement, burst out laughing. Her sudden laughter attracted everyone's attention, and everyone turned their gaze to the girl with the bright smile.
"why are you laughing!"
Ye Hua, who was getting into the conversation, was interrupted and looked at Gu Zuozuo with displeasure. The moment he saw her face, his eyes flickered.
Gu Zuozuo lazily propped her chin up with her hand, looking at everyone with a smile and a mocking gaze. She actually encountered a PUA in this era; indeed, scumbags don't discriminate by age.
"After listening to all you've said, I just want to know, what does your high work points have to do with us female educated youth? Will your work points be given to us?"
Ye Hua glanced at Gu Zuozuo, who was having wild ideas, and said sarcastically.
"What a pipe dream! Why should I give you my work points?"
Gu Zuozuo nodded, her tone also puzzled.
"Since you won't give us your high work points, why should we do your work for you? You're not the one earning work points for us."
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