"Haven't you ever eaten watermelon in the Northeast? This watermelon shouldn't be a rare delicacy, right?"
"No, I've only eaten melon, but Shitou said that watermelon is tastier than melon." Lin Zheng and Shitou have been arguing over which one is tastier, watermelon or melon, for several days.
"Since you want to eat watermelons, I'll plant some for you!"
"Thank you, second sister."
Lin Qingmei and her brother were busy working in the vegetable garden when they suddenly heard a noise outside.
When they came out, they saw that it was the educated youth who had arrived. They saw the team leader leading a group of young men and women walking towards them.
"Captain, why did the higher-ups assign so many educated youth to our village?"
"Alas! There are too many people going to the countryside this time. The Qianjin Brigade next door has been allocated eight people, and the six of us are already considered too few." The brigade leader is now very worried about these educated youth. There are only a few kilograms of reserve grain left in the village, and he doesn't know if it is enough for them to eat until the grain distribution in July.
"Captain, is this new house our educated youth site?" A girl with short hair dragged her luggage and wanted to go in.
"Stop right there, who are you? This house is my home, and the educated youth center is next door." Lin Qingmei winked at Lin Zheng, asking him to block the door and not let outsiders in.
"Shu Rou, you are so funny. Didn't you hear what the team leader said just now? He said that our educated youth site has not been built yet, so he let us live in the villagers' old house first. Do you think this is an old house?" The girl in the green military uniform was obviously not on good terms with the girl with short hair. She was gloating when she saw the other girl making a fool of herself.
"Sister, your house is so big, can I stay there? Don't worry, I'll pay the rent, how about one dollar a month?" The short-haired girl named Shu Rou walked up to Lin Qingmei. Even though she looked down on Lin Qingmei in her heart, in order to live in her house, she had to put aside her pride and ask this peasant whom she looked down upon for money.
"No, I'm already very good to lend you my old house, and you still want to buy my new house." Lin Qingmei had a very bad impression of these educated youths. Don't think she didn't notice just now that except for the silent female educated youth and the tallest male educated youth, the other four of the six educated youths had ideas about her new house, and some of them didn't say anything but just waited and watched.
"How can you do this? I've given you one dollar a month and you still don't want to pay. You're too greedy!" Humph! These peasants are just like what my mother said, poor and greedy.
"I said, I won't rent it." Lin Qingmei glanced at Shu Rou coldly. Why did this person seem to have a problem with her brain? She said it so clearly, but she still didn't understand.
"Shu Rou, hurry up and take your luggage with you. The house you want to live in is a little further ahead." The team leader was a little angry now. These educated youths had to struggle to walk a few steps. They saw other people's new houses and still wanted to force them to rent them. How could they be so capable!
"Captain, we just want to live in this house. Can you ask this sister to rent the house to us?" Shu Rou didn't want to live in that shabby old house at all. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep at night.
"Shut up, this is the condition of our village. You can stay here or not. If not, just give me a ride on the way." The team leader was too lazy to care about this troublemaker. She was the one who caused the most trouble on the way back to the village.
"Captain, I'll find someone first. Who among you is He Fenglan? Come with me!" Lin Qingmei looked back and forth among the three female educated youth, but still couldn't recognize which one was He Fenglan.
"Yes, you are the Lin Qingmei my brother is talking about!" He Fenglan was the girl who had been silent. When she heard Lin Qingmei calling her name, she hurriedly picked up her suitcase and walked to Lin Qingmei.
"Well, let me take you to your house first!" Lin Qingmei took He Fenglan to the door of the small house.
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