The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

The job that the educated youth were assigned to was to level the yard, because this was the job that required the least technical experience.

The production team sent Wang Zhongping's father, Old Man Wang, to lead everyone.

Old man Wang is tall and thin, taciturn, serious about his work, and an experienced farmer.

Old Man Wang directed everyone to clean up the old yard that had been left behind in previous years.

In the morning, the female educated youth were responsible for filling the basket with dirt and weeds, while the male educated youth were responsible for carrying them outside the yard.

Li Danni and Su Fangting have always been the delicate type and always need help from male educated youth. This year, there is one more person, Zhang Chunxiang.

They didn't do much work in the morning, but the three of them felt sore in their hands and legs.

Although it is a bit tiring to work in the cold weather after a whole summer of idleness, for farmers, this is probably the easiest job.

Li Danni and Su Fangting had both done farm work, and they were mostly pretentious, which made the male educated youth feel sorry for them.

Zhang Chunxiang was indeed in pain.

She had never worked before, had no strength, and had no gloves prepared.

My hands were covered with blisters, some of which had broken and it hurt so much that I was crying.

But there is nothing we can do about it. Everyone has experienced this and we can only give them verbal comfort.

At noon, everyone goes home after work to eat. Doing farm work means having three meals a day.

Accountant Li's son Li Dacheng also followed everyone back and happened to see Zhang Chunxiang's pink little face full of tears, looking very pitiful.

I had heard a long time ago that two female educated youth had arrived. One of them ran in the mountains every day without any hurry, while the other stayed in the house all day and seldom came out.

This should be the quiet girl who likes to stay at home!

A smile appeared on the young man's lips.

In the afternoon, Wang Zhongping and Li Dacheng drove the horse plows over and turned over the hard soil surface with the plow.

Li Dacheng was pulling the harness in front, and Wang Zhongping was holding the plow.

Old Man Wang directed the educated youth to fetch water from the river.

The male educated youth each carried one bucket, while the female educated youth worked in pairs to carry one bucket.

Pan Xiaowen was a thin boy who carried water with the female educated youth.

Qi Feifei is naturally in a group with Pan Xiaowen, Su Fangting and Li Danni are in a group, and Zhang Chunxiang and Liu Yumei are in a group.

Liu Yumei disliked Zhang Chunxiang very much. She carried the water with a grimace and staggered, it was worse than her carrying it herself!

But she didn't want to work for Zhang Chunxiang, so she had a bad face and spoke in a bad tone.

"This is really the life of a maidservant for the lady's body! When will you get there with all your trembling?

Captain, you can't deduct my work points. You have to make up for me, or find someone else to work with."

Zhang Chunxiang was just like a bullied young wife, weak, aggrieved, and with tears in her eyes.

She wanted to find Qi Feifei's group, but Pan Xiaowen and Qi Feifei were just chatting and laughing and didn't even look at them.

Thinking that Pan Xiaowen would never agree, he backed down again.

When Li Dacheng saw this, he went over and exchanged jobs with Liu Yumei.

Liu Yumei was happy and relaxed, because leading a horse was less tiring than carrying water.

Li Dacheng took out a new pair of knitted gloves from his pocket and gave them to Zhang Chunxiang.

"In the future, gloves won't be torn so easily when you work.

I'll fetch the water and you just follow me.

If the captain comes, you can lift it again."

Zhang Chunxiang was very grateful when she met the first person who helped her solve her problem.

Her tearful eyes sparkled with a smile.

Li Dacheng watched as his joy continued to grow.

This girl is so cute.

The two of them went back and forth, working and chatting, and gradually became familiar with each other.

Neither the production team leader nor the team leader came that afternoon, so Zhang Chunxiang just strolled around with them the whole afternoon.

Everyone fetched water and Old Man Wang was responsible for pouring it on the soil, which was also a technical job.

If you pour too much, the soil will be too sticky. If you pour too little, the soil will not be wet through and you will not be able to rake it open tomorrow.

After working for an entire afternoon, we finally watered the yard.

When I got back from work, Julie had already cooked.

Several female educated youth were very tired from working and were hungry.

But I get sick of eating spinach soup, steamed bread, and pickled cabbage every day.

Qi Feifei happened to cook noodles and also made a stew of leeks and eggs.

She also secretly put a small piece of pork fat in it, and stir-fried the eggs and leeks with the lard, making the aroma even more tempting.

People in both the east and west rooms were drooling with envy.

Qi Feifei's return to the collective household for meals was a test for all of them.

There is no harm without comparison. The more people smell the fragrance, the more they feel that their life is bitter, which is really hard to swallow.

Qi Feifei didn't care what they thought and just finished eating and cleaned up.

Before it gets completely dark, I bury the wood for the pigpen with Pan Xiaowen.

Pan Xiaowen had already dug the ditch, and with the wood, the grave was buried quickly. Wang Bin and Xu Zhiqiang also came to help.

The four men quickly closed the pigpen.

What's still missing is a roof and a pig tray, which is where the pigs sleep.

Wait a few days to set up a frame and plant the grass on the mountain.

That night, Pan Xiaowen's little pig moved into the new house.

After finishing the work, Qi Feifei was just about to wash his hands and go back to sleep.

Wang Bin called her, his face a little red, and hesitant to speak.

Qi Feifei said seriously, "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Wang Bin, "Qi Feifei, I, I want to partner with you."

He looked at her earnestly.

Qi Feifei was about to speak when he quickly added.

"I'm not trying to take advantage of you. In addition to giving you all the grain distributed by the production team, I'll also give you money and tickets. I can also go to the mountains with you to collect mountain products. I'll give it all to you."

Qi Feifei looked at him and asked, "Do you know how much mountain products you can pick at one time?"

"Are you really willing to do that? Mountain running is very hard and dangerous. What if something happens to you?"

Wang Bin quickly said, "It's okay. My dad is a soldier. He has seen a lot of dangers. I grew up with bumps and bruises, but my dad never even looked at me."

Qi Feifei raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "We agreed. All the pieces are mine. You can't go back on your word."

Wang Bin immediately took out all the money in his pocket, which amounted to more than 30 yuan and ten kilograms of food coupons.

"These are for you first. I know they are not enough. When the Chinese New Year comes, my family can send me more, and I will give you more."

Qi Feifei thought for a moment and said, "Give me the food coupons and keep the money for yourself. Can you help me get a bicycle ticket later?"

Wang Bin readily agreed, "Okay, okay, no problem."

Qi Feifei stopped him, "I haven't finished yet," If I'm at home cooking, I'll take care of you, if I'm not at home, you have to cook for yourself.

Wang Bin: "Okay, all is fine."

Pan Xiaowen and Xu Zhiqiang watched eagerly. They also wanted to join in, but they did not have the financial resources to get such expensive tickets.

Converted into cash, it would be at least 170 or 80 yuan, but they didn't have it either.

Qi Feifei looked at their pitiful and lonely expressions.

Think about it, it’s better to be with many people instead of being hated by others.

"You two want to team up too?"

Both of them were embarrassed and lowered their heads.

"No, no, I don't want to be with you."

Qi Feifei said "Oh~" meaningfully.

Pan Xiaowen was smart and quickly looked up, his eyes full of stars, "Sister, sister, I want to live with you, you set the conditions, I will do my best."

Qi Feifei smiled and said, "Oh, anything is fine?"

Pan Xiaowen, "Okay, sister, whatever you say is fine."

Qi Feifei, "I'll catch some pigs in a few days. Can you help me cut some vegetables to feed them and raise them? Is that okay?"