"Jingqiu, you're back!" Chu Jingqiu was awakened by a sharp female voice.
She opened her eyes and saw two girls standing by the kang, one was Qin Yilan and the other was Shi Aihong. They were classmates and both came from Beijing.
Qin Yilan is petite, with fair skin, almond-shaped eyes, and a bright red cinnabar mole between her eyebrows. She is a pretty and charming type; Shi Aihong is just the opposite. She is 170 cm tall and looks to weigh 180 catties. She is white and plump, a fat beauty.
"Where did you go yesterday? We were so scared that we couldn't find you." "You know, we didn't sleep all night. We were worried to death." The two chattered beside each other, and Qin Yilan's eyes were red.
"I'm fine. I just had something urgent to do. I went to the commune to help out, but it was too late and I didn't come back. I'm sorry for making you worry." Chu Jingqiu wiped Qin Yilan's tears.
"What are you doing at the commune? Why didn't you even say goodbye when you left?" Qin Yilan asked resentfully.
"It's nothing serious, just a small favor. It was dark after I finished, so I didn't come back. But I called the team leader, but it was a little late. I think the team leader didn't tell you!" Chu Jingqiu opened the small iron box on the kang table and grabbed a handful of candy for each of them. He smiled and said, "I'm sorry for worrying you. Have some candy as compensation."
"Wow, I love candy the most!" Shi Aihong's eyes lit up when she saw the White Rabbit milk candy and she grabbed it.
"You're so fat, yet you're still so greedy!" Qin Yilan scolded with a smile.
The first group of people who came to this educated youth site were five people; the second group were three people; they were the third group, and this group had six people.
Two of the educated youth got married and moved out of the educated youth site to live on their own; another one is a local, his hometown is in this village, and he usually lives at home instead of living in the educated youth site. So there are eleven people in the educated youth site now, six girls and five boys.
The six girls are: Hu Mingyue, Lin Zishan, Zhang Pingping, Qin Yilan, Chu Jingqiu, and Shi Aihong; the boys are: Jiang Qingzhou, Li Ziqiang, Zhao Xuemin, Zhou Weidong, and Zhang Yuanchao.
Hu Mingyue and Lin Zishan are from Hai City; Jiang Qingzhou, Zhang Pingping and Li Ziqiang are from Hunan Province; Zhou Weidong, Zhao Xuemin, Zhang Yuanchao and Chu Jingqiu are all from Jing City. Jiang Qingzhou and Hu Mingyue are the leaders of the educated youth group, managing boys and girls respectively.
Everyone heard that Chu Jingqiu was back, so they all came over to greet her and express their concern. After all, Chu Jingqiu had only been there for a month, and they were not very familiar with each other, so he took out candy to treat everyone as a token of gratitude.
Since the six new educated youth do not know how to cook, mainly because they do not know how to use this kind of wood stove, the old educated youth will temporarily teach the new ones how to cook for this month. Today it is Hu Mingyue and Shi Aihong's turn to cook, and she invited everyone to eat.
Today's dinner consisted of steamed buns made with two kinds of flour, a few roasted sweet potatoes, some multi-grain porridge, some stir-fried shredded potatoes, and a plate of bitter vegetable salad. Perhaps everyone was tired from work, so no one minding the simple meal, enjoying it with gusto.
Everyone's meals were rationed. Chu Jingqiu really couldn't swallow the steamed buns with two layers of flour. She felt her throat was sore, so she gave the steamed bun to Shi Aihong, who had a big appetite. She only took a piece of sweet potato to eat. The shredded potatoes didn't have much oil or water, and the fried ones were barely edible. Chu Jingqiu only drank a bowl of multi-grain porridge and couldn't eat anymore.
"Jingqiu, are you full? Why do I feel like you didn't eat much today?" Shi Aihong said as she ate with her mouth full.
"You eat it. I didn't work today, so I'm not very hungry." Chu Jingqiu wiped his mouth with a handkerchief. Seeing that Qin Yilan next to him was absent-minded and didn't eat much, he gave half of the steamed bun to Shi Aihong.
\"You are really my good sisters and good classmates. You help me in times of need, alleviate poverty and rescue people from danger!" Shi Aihong's words of praise kept coming out of her mouth.
"Tsk... You eat like a fat pig, and you're not worried about not getting married." Lin Zishan glanced at Chu Jingqiu, "You can learn from your fellow villagers and stay out all night. If you pay a little attention to yourself, there will be men who want you."
"You live by the sea, so why do you care so much? I didn't eat anything yours, and I didn't wear anything yours. You only know how to talk about me, your aunt. I don't think you're much better. You're dark and thin. If you were so thin that you were covered with hair, you'd climb a tree. If you were so dark that you couldn't be found standing in a pile of coal without baring your teeth! You're better than me, your aunt. Aren't you single too? You think you're so great, but you only know how to talk about others." Shi Aihong started to criticize directly.
"Did you steal the production team's manure while working today? Why is your mouth full of manure?" Chu Jingqiu said bluntly.
"I'm being realistic. One of them eats so much and the other one doesn't come home at night. It's really a disgrace to the educated youth!" Lin Zishan stood up, rolled her eyes, raised her chin, and pointed at Chu Jingqiu and Shi Aihong.
The others looked at Chu Jingqiu with ambiguous eyes. Qin Yilan saw this and quickly stood up: "Lin Zishan, Jingqiu went to the commune to help with work yesterday. If you spread rumors again, I will go to the team leader to seek justice."
"Comrade Lin Zishan, please watch your words. Such groundless and speculative language will only hurt revolutionary comrades and destroy our unity." Gu Qingzhou couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Lin Zishan at the right time.
Lin Zishan already liked Gu Qingzhou, and hearing this was like adding fuel to the fire. She glared at Qin Yilan with even more disdain and said angrily, "It's nice to say, but who knows what kind of work she has done. You believe any excuse she makes. She's just a newcomer, what can she do? She relies on her pretty face to flirt with this guy and that guy, and even the chief is doing it for you...ah...what are you doing!"
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