After Bai Rongjun finished speaking, she saw everyone's expressions and began to regret it. She tried to make amends, but Bai Jiamei interrupted her.
"You yourself said that the outcome is uncontrollable. Why would I use something like this to show off if I want to?"
Besides, what's the point of showing off in something that's a matter of life and death? At that moment, why should we consider other personal factors?
All I know is that I have to step up in time during dangerous moments. If I delay even a moment, she might be in more danger.
The villagers' improved attitude towards us wasn't just because of me personally, but also because they saw everyone's dedication to helping the woman in labor; it was through everyone's concerted efforts that the woman was saved.
Although Bai Jiamei is not from this era, she still has the ability to make up some nonsense. Isn't the competition now about who has the higher moral character?
She used to get high scores in moral education exams.
Suddenly someone started clapping, and everyone joined in.
"That's right. At times like these, we must set aside personal hesitation. The longer we think about ourselves, the more danger others face."
"I never expected that Comrade Bai Jiamei was not only capable, but also had such outstanding personal ideas."
Bai Jiamei is right. The villagers' support is not only due to her, but also to everyone's contributions in this matter. Everyone deserves credit.
The educated youth were still praising each other, but Bai Rongjun felt as if these words were slapping her in the face.
Zhou Han felt that Bai Rongjun was right. Bai Jiamei's actions were indeed ill-considered, and it was only by chance that she achieved a good result. It was even surprising that these educated youths supported her.
How should we divide the cooking duties?
Only then did the excited educated youth stop and start considering their future plans.
"Are we going to cook for ourselves?"
"Comrade Lin Haiping said that we should take responsibility ourselves and eat from the same pot as them."
Lin Haiping didn't want to take on the new educated youth. The group of older people had worked hard to get to where they were now, and there was no need to add new risks. He just wanted to tell them the model.
"I don't participate in the communal meals; I cook for myself."
Everyone turned to look at Lu Ronghui, who had spoken up. She was originally the most eye-catching person among this group of educated youth, but after Bai Jiamei's incident, everyone forgot about her.
"Why?" Liu Ruo asked, puzzled. Wouldn't it save more time if everyone cooked together?
"Personal habit." Lu Ronghui was speaking based on her experience from her previous life. Eating from the same pot did save time, but there were many other things to consider, such as how to allocate cooking, washing dishes, and chopping firewood.
When there are many people, it is easy to quarrel because of different contributions.
“People come from all over the country and have different tastes. Some people are not used to eating from the same pot.”
Seeing that the atmosphere had suddenly become dull, Liu Ruo quickly spoke up.
Bai Jiamei didn't want to eat with them either, but she couldn't cook.
"Let's all do it together then. Does anyone else have any objections? If not, let's prepare the food."
Soon everyone started drawing lots to arrange who would cook for the next day. When it was time to get off work, the older educated youth also returned. Everyone looked exhausted and had no mood to greet the new educated youth. They quickly washed up and lay down on the bed.
Liu Ruo and the others had originally planned to get to know each other when they returned, but it seemed that the other party was not interested at all.
"They don't seem to welcome us very much?"
Lu Ronghui had already tidied up her bedding and was about to lie down when she heard Liu Ruo's words and gave her a strange look.
"I won't want to talk to you when you come back from work tomorrow."
"All right."
The older educated youth didn't take the initiative to break the ice with the new educated youth, and the new educated youth were also hesitant.
The five new educated youths in the women's dormitory have subtly divided into three factions. Liu Ruo spends the most time with Lu Ronghui and simply sticks around talking to her. Zhao Hui sees that the two of them have formed a small group, so she gets close to Bai Jiamei.
So Bai Rongjun was left alone.
She finished tidying up her things and was about to talk to someone when she realized there were people on both sides, and she couldn't fit in at all.
"I……"
Zhao Hui was sleeping next to her. The girl was nice. Although Bai Rongjun was acting a bit strange today, she still moved closer to her.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Bai Rongjun felt wronged, she felt so wronged, why was everyone starting to ostracize her? Holding back her tears, she walked out of the house.
Zhao Hui, who was left behind, was completely bewildered. Why would she have come over to ask if you hadn't just looked like you were in pain? And now she's giving you this look.
"Your younger sister seems a bit sensitive."
Although Bai Jiamei and Bai Rongjun didn't seem to have a good relationship, she still didn't dare to speak ill of Bai Rongjun's younger sister directly.
"I think so too."
It's more than just being sensitive. Bai Jiamei remembers that when she first transmigrated, Bai Rongjun was clearly not like this. Later, she suddenly turned into Lin Daiyu, with her eyes red every day.
Bai Jiamei has been in a good mood ever since she learned that Zhou Lian was safe and sound. In addition, Zhao Hui is quite to her liking, so the two of them get along very well.
The work in the fields was quite tiring. After returning, the educated youth hurriedly ate their meals, washed up, and went to bed. There was no one in the courtyard.
Bai Rongjun looked at the closed doors of the boys' dormitory and felt a pang of longing to go find Zhou Han.
She wanted to tell him that the female educated youths were ostracizing her, that the misunderstanding between Rong Hui and her could not be resolved, and that even Bai Jiamei suddenly disliked her. The two of them formed small groups with the educated youths, leaving her all alone.
Perhaps because her appeals were too strong, Zhou Han also went into the courtyard.
"Rong Jun, what are you doing outside?"
Leaving home and coming here was already sad enough, but being ostracized made Bai Rongjun feel that she had nowhere to vent her grievances, and she started to cry when she looked at Zhou Han.
"What's wrong? Did Bai Jiamei make you angry?"
When Zhou Han saw her crying, he didn't know what to do, so he could only tenderly wipe away her tears.
Bai Rongjun slowly shook her head.
"It's Lu Ronghui again?"
"No, it's that they don't like me, and by extension, the other two educated youth don't like me either."
The two embraced and poured out their hearts to each other, with Zhou Han constantly trying to comfort and reassure her.
The two women sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the dormitory of the educated youth felt somewhat helpless. Bai Rongjun hadn't closed the door properly when she left, and since they were standing not far apart, her words drifted into their ears.
My body, exhausted from a long day, was screaming for a rest, but my mind was still struggling to listen to the gossip outside.
Finally, the two finished speaking. Bai Rongjun really didn't like this place; the environment was terrible.
Even the toilet was an old-fashioned outhouse, which she preferred to hold in rather than go to.
"I want to take a shower, but here..."
"It's okay, I'll go boil some water for you."
Having been on the train for several days without being able to shower, Bai Rongjun was on the verge of a breakdown. After venting her emotions, she couldn't ignore the stickiness on her body.
Zhou Han had never used this old-fashioned stove before. After trying for a long time, he finally got the fire going. By the time the water was boiled, it was already midnight.
The next day, when the rooster crowed, the new educated youth who were supposed to cook quickly got up, only to find that the firewood the older educated youth had given them the day before was gone.
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