When it was almost noon, the person sent by Lianchigou to pick them up arrived, a man in his twenties and thirties, with thick lips and small eyes, but he looked very honest.

After he came in, he first went to Director Lan and said a few words, and then walked towards them and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, comrades, something went wrong on the road, and you have been waiting for a long time." ”

"It's fine, it didn't take long."

"It's okay"

"Just that's it"

Even Erleng saw that the educated youth this time were very reasonable and polite, so he was relieved a lot, he was most worried about encountering the kind of educated youth who had a lot of things and couldn't work, and now they don't know if they will work, but at least they are good.

"Then let's go." Lian Erleng said.

"Okay, let's go."

After seeing that everyone agreed, Lian Erleng helped them lift their luggage and put it in the car and drove the ox cart to set off.

"This is the first time I've ridden in an ox cart." Bai Weilie said excitedly.

"Hahaha, I'll let you sit down later." Lian Erleng said boldly, "By the way, what else do you need, there is a supply and marketing cooperative." ”

"Then it's troublesome Brother Erleng, there are a lot of things that I didn't have time to prepare when I came." Mingyang said.

Lian Erleng parked the ox cart at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and the three male intellectuals jumped out of the car and went in, only Hua Xiao'e was still in the car, Lian Erleng parked the ox cart and said: "Girl, you can go too, I look at things, I can't lose them." ”

"No, I'm not afraid of losing things, I have them all." Hua Xiao'e hurriedly waved her hand to show that she didn't mean that, and Lian Erleng didn't say anything more when she saw that she really didn't want to go.

Bai Weilie and Mingyang thought that there were people waiting outside, so they made a quick decision, basins, pots, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and when they came out, one person hugged a big push of things, and when they came out, they found that Jia Shengqiang had come out, and he only bought a pot.

Lianchigou is still two or three hours' drive from the county seat, but I didn't expect snowflakes to float in the sky halfway through, even Erleng stopped the ox cart and took out a wool coat to put it on, and everyone also took out thick clothes to put them on, only Hua Xiao'e sat there with her hands tightly hugged her knees and her head down.

Bai Weilie wanted to say something when he saw it, Mingyang pulled his sleeve and signaled him not to say it, Mingyang looked at Hua Xiao'e's luggage, took off the military coat on his body and handed it over and said, "Give it to you Hua Xiao'e, you put it on first." ”

Hua Xiao'e raised her head and looked at Mingyang and the military coat he handed over, she didn't speak or take it, Mingyang continued: "I'm afraid of trouble and don't bring thick clothes, I didn't expect it to snow so soon." ”

Hua Xiao'e looked at Mingyang's smile, shook her head and said, "I'm fine, you can wear it." ”

"You'll wear it for you, I'll have one more." Mingyang stuffed the clothes to her and then took out a padded jacket from the duffel bag, which was the down jacket that had been processed, Hua Xiao'e saw that he really had another one, so she put the military coat on her body and whispered "Thank you"

It wasn't until more than three o'clock in the afternoon that they arrived at Lianchigou, and Lian Erleng took them to the village chief's house first.

The village chief's house is in the east of the village, a small courtyard, blue brick houses, in this small village is very good, along the way, Mingyang saw a lot of adobe houses, and some of the better conditions will use bricks on the front wall of the house, and the other walls are still adobe.

When he entered the courtyard, Lian Erleng shouted loudly: "Uncle Village Chief, I brought someone over." ”

Then an old man smoking a dry cigarette came out of the house and said, "Come in, it's a cold day." ”

After entering the house, they felt a whole heat wave hit them, and their limbs and ears that had been frozen on the road felt a little.

The furnishings in the house are very traditional northern houses, and there is a big kang in the house, and in winter, everyone generally stays on the kang without going out.

The village chief shouted loudly to the kitchen: "Old woman, the children are here, pour a bowl of hot water." ”

Then he said to Mingyang and the others: "It's frozen along the way, hurry up and put your slippers on the kang, warm and warm." ”

A few people were really frozen, and they took off their shoes and sat on the kang unceremoniously, and suddenly felt a hot breath coming up from their buttocks, drinking hot water, and it eased up after a while.

In the exchange with the village chief, they probably understood the situation of Lianchigou, they were not the first batch of educated youths to come, there were already two educated youths here, a man and a woman, because there were only two educated youths before, so there was no special educated youth point, they all lived in the villagers' homes, but now that a few of them came, the village chief decided to give them three empty houses on the side of the production team headquarters to live, two people in one room, the original educated youth Wang Lei and Luo Wenwen have moved over.

Mingyang naturally chose to live with Bai Weilie, Jia Shengqiang lived with the original educated youth Wang Lei, and Hua Xiao'e lived with the female educated youth Luo Wenwen.

After roughly understanding the situation in Lianchigou, they warmed up their bodies at the village chief's house for a while, and they proposed to leave, but the village chief kept them to finish eating, but they refused.

Under the leadership of Lian Erleng, they arrived at Zhiqing Point, Mingyang is quite satisfied with the location here, in the west of the village, there are not many people nearby, and it is relatively quiet.

All three rooms were adobe houses, but they were well repaired and sturdy.

After allocating the house, I heard a sound outside, Wang Lei and Luo Wenwen walked out, Wang Lei saw everyone with a big bag and hurriedly came over to help them get their luggage, Luo Wenwen glanced at the thin Hua Xiao'e, and wanted to turn her head back, but when she saw that the military coat on her body was bright, her eyes lit up, so she came over and helped her pick up the duffel bag.

After the house was cleaned up and it was dark, Wang Lei came to ask them to come over and eat together, they thought that it must be very troublesome to cook so late, so they took the remaining chicken legs, looked at the remaining seven, Bai Weilie took out one, and then went to Wang Lei's house.

After coming, I found that Luo Wenwen and Hua Xiao'e had arrived, and when I saw the two of them coming in, Wang Lei greeted warmly: "Hurry up and slip on the kang, I'm hungry." ”

Mingyang and Bai Weilie slipped their slippers on the kang and found that Wang Lei not only cooked a pot of hot soup, but also copied two dishes.

Mingyang opened the bag containing the chicken thighs, and immediately exuded a fragrance.

"I brought it from home, let's try it." Mingyang said as he put the chicken leg in the middle of the table.

"Eat quickly, everyone, Mingyang's mother made the lo-mei is delicious, you're welcome." Bai Weilie took the lead in picking up a chicken leg and taking a bite, and everyone also took one and ate it when they saw this.

Bai Weilie saw it and said, "That's right, there are just six left, let's one each." ”

Hua Xiao'e worked for a long time before she had the courage to speak: "Huo Mingyang, thank you." ”

"Thank you, everyone is a young person." Mingyang said with a smile.

"Xiaohua, what's wrong, what else did Xiao Huo help you?" Wang Lei asked.

"It was snowing when I came today, and Huo Mingyang lent me his military coat." Hua Xiao'e said.

"It's all trivial, it's not worth mentioning."

However, after Luo Wenwen heard this, she looked at Bai Weilie and Huo Mingyang carefully, she remembered that Bai Weilie was also wearing a military coat when they came, and they still had a lot of luggage.

At this time, it is different from later generations, if you go out with a lot of luggage in the later life, people who don't know will think that you are a migrant worker returning to your hometown, but now with more luggage, it means that the family conditions are good.

The village chief said that they had just arrived and there was not much work in the fields in winter, so they were asked to rest for two days and wait a few days before starting to work, so Mingyang began his life as a young man.