I asked you to save the villain, not to take him as your wife!

"Why did you go to collect firewood?" the old educated youth who came back to cook asked with a smile.

Ye Lan remembered that this old educated youth's surname was Xu, and he seemed to have been in the countryside for four or five years.

"We can't always use your firewood." Ye Lan said, and then asked: "Do you need help?"

"Yes!" Xu Zhiqing was not polite at all: "Help me take care of the fire!"

"Okay." Ye Lan agreed immediately and sat in front of the stove with firewood in his arms.

Ye Lan helped to watch the fire and add firewood, and the others also asked if there was anything they needed help with.

Xu Zhiqing’s principle was to accept everyone who came to him, and he divided the work at hand among several people.

There is strength in numbers. A cooking process that might have taken longer can be shortened a lot with the help of a few people.

Xu Zhiqing added some salt to the soup in the pot and wiped his hands: "Once the soup boils, there's no need to add more firewood. I'll go call them back for dinner now."

"I'll go with you." Ye Lan stood up and said.

After saying that, he raised his hand and called Ye Jing over, asking her to be in charge of watching the fire.

Seeing this, Xu Zhiqing naturally nodded and agreed.

In fact, there was no need to call the educated youth to come back for dinner on weekdays.

At about the same time, they will come back on their own.

But didn’t we prepare dinner early today?

By the time they come back on their own, the food will be cold.

On the way to call other educated youth to eat, Ye Lan and Xu Zhiqing were chatting all the way.

It was mainly Ye Lan who asked the questions and Xu Zhiqing who answered them.

The questions Ye Lan asked at the beginning were quite serious.

For example, will there be family visit leave during the Chinese New Year?

Whether the allocated rations are enough to eat or not.

Xu Zhiqing is also a good person who always answers questions.

"There is home visit leave, but not many people choose to go back, mainly because they can't buy tickets or they don't have the money." Xu Zhiqing spread his hands.

The educated youth came from all over the world.

If there are close distances, there are naturally far distances as well.

Take Ye Lan and Ye Jing for example, they are not close, but not too far away either.

But for some educated youth, it might take two or three days to go home.

In addition to that, there is what Xu Zhiqing said about having no money.

The educated youth came to the countryside to work in the fields, and the work points they earned were eventually exchanged for food rations.

It’s good enough to be full.

As for making money?

It's so funny. If anyone dares to go out and sell things now, they will be considered profiteers if they are caught.

You're going to jail!

Therefore, most of the money for the educated youth’s train tickets to go home to visit their families was sent by their families.

Of course, not every educated youth’s home is like this.

Even those who were able to become educated youth in the countryside either had families that could not find any connections and could not leave their children in the city.

Or they are like Ye Jing, a child abandoned by his parents.

After all, people like Ye Lan who insist on going to the countryside are a minority.

Therefore, it is very reasonable that although there is home visit leave, not many educated youth go back to visit their families.

"As for food rations, our village distributes food according to work points. The rations allocated to the educated youth in our educated youth compound are enough to eat, and there may be some left over. However, some of them do not work, so they have to rely on others for support." said Xu Zhiqing.

"Are there still people who don't go to work?" Ye Lan asked with pretended curiosity.

"Of course." Xu Zhiqing affirmed.

"You just arrived and don't know, there is a woman in our village named Wei Qiaoqun, who has never worked a day in her life and is entirely supported by her parents and brothers." Xu Zhiqing said in a tone of sharing a big piece of news.

Ye Lan also pretended not to know: "Does her family agree to this?"

"Of course I am willing. Of course I am willing. Not only am I willing, I also protect her very much," said Xu Zhiqing.

"You don't seem to like her very much." Ye Lan asked sharply.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiqing generously admitted: "I don't like her. Not only me, but all the educated youths in our educated youth compound don't like her."

Ye Lan showed a curious expression at the right time.

Although he knew the whole story clearly.

However, isn't this an attempt to bring him closer to the old educated youth?

It is somewhat immoral to talk about people behind their backs.

But if the person who said it was Wei Qiaoqun, then Ye Lan would have no sense of guilt.

For the rest of the journey, Ye Lan quietly listened to Xu Zhiqing complaining about Wei Qiaoqun.

Wei Qiaoqun is a very unpleasant person indeed.

Whether before or after rebirth.

"Chi Zhiqing was unlucky. As soon as he arrived at Zhaojiawan, Wei Qiaoqin took a fancy to him."

"You don't know how relentlessly Wei Qiaoqin pursued Chi Zhiqing at that time."

"I remember one time she insisted on helping Chi Zhiqing weed, and ended up pulling out two rows of wheat seedlings."

"Fortunately, our team leader was sensible and did not blame Chi Zhiqing, otherwise he would have had his work points deducted for a few days."

"Sometimes I really don't know who is the city person, us educated youth or her."

"..."

While Xu Zhiqing was speaking, he took Ye Lan and turned a corner at the end of the road.

The vision suddenly became clear, and a large golden rice field appeared in front of Ye Lan.

Before he could watch for long, Xu Zhiqing beside him had already shouted at the top of his voice: "It's time to eat!"

Ye Lan retracted her gaze from the distance and turned her head left and right in confusion: "Where are they?"

"What about that!" Xu Zhiqing raised his hand and pointed to the lower left.

Ye Lan looked in the direction of Xu Zhiqing's finger and indeed saw a figure.

From a not-too-close distance, the old educated youth who heard the shouting also looked over here.

Soon, the voices of "I know" and "Here it comes" were heard alternately.

"Okay, let's go." Xu Zhiqing said as he turned and was about to leave.

"No, wait for them?" Ye Lan pointed in the direction of the old educated youth and asked puzzledly.

"No need to wait, just wait until the notification arrives." Xu Zhiqing waved his hand.

Ye Lan thought about the unanticipated meal and said, "Then you go first. I'll wait for them."

Xu Zhiqing didn't say much, just nodded and left.

As soon as Xu Zhiqing left, Ye Lan turned her attention back to the old educated youth.

As well as looking around.

The main food in Zhaojiawan is corn, and rice is not grown much.

This is not to say that people in Zhaojiawan don’t like growing rice.

It is really effective in paddy fields.

There were no mobile phones to play with in this era, so Ye Lan and others were very bored.

Bored Ye Lan began to look around.

The cornfield nearby should have been harvested.

The corn stalks are still there, but the cobs are gone.

Although Ye Lan had never farmed before he traveled through time, he still knew how to harvest corn.

After all, the Internet is well developed and has everything.

As I looked around and thought about this and that, I heard footsteps, conversations and the rubbing of clothes not far away.

Ye Lan looked up subconsciously and saw Chi Jingfan walking out of the cornfield with a backpack on his back.

Behind him, other educated youth also came out one after another.

Chi Jingfan's clothes were no longer as neat as they were in the morning.

There were also burnt yellow corn leaf fragments in the hair.

But even so, it still does not diminish his beauty.

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Long-awaited update!

God knows how long it took me to write this chapter (?' '?)