Shen Qing glanced at Xu Manman, and replied with a promise: "This is in the kitchen, not made by me, that's all." As soon as the words fell, everyone's movements stopped, and Cheng Yuan was the first to jump out: "How can you take other people's things casually, this must be old money, now, what now?"

When Shen Qing heard this, his face was full of grievances: "I don't know! I saw this, I thought it was put in the kitchen by our people, so I brought it to everyone to eat." ”

Wei Qiang came out to play a round: "That's it, let's apologize to Lao Qian later, and those who don't know are not guilty." ”

Cheng Yuan looked at Wei Qiang and asked, "Then what if Lao Qian is unwilling?" Wei Qiang smiled: "Everyone is a comrade, it's okay to explain." He never mentioned the matter of compensation, Xu Manman and Shen Qing both lowered their heads and did not speak. Cheng Yuan was about to speak, but Fang Qianqian on the side kicked him, and Cheng Yuan shut up.

There was silence at the dinner table, everyone finished eating silently, Fang Qianqian asked Xu Manman to clean up the table, Xu Manman turned his face: "Why let me go?" Fang Qianqian glanced at Xu Manman coldly: "The fire I burned just now, the water that Cheng Yuan picked, and the food cooked by Shen Qing, who do you say should clean up." Xu Manman's face froze, and Wei Qiang stood up: "I'll go clean up with Xu Manman!" After speaking, he began to tidy up the table, and Xu Manman reluctantly followed Wei Qiang to wash the dishes.

Fang Qianqian pulled Cheng Yuan out, the two discussed for a while, and came back again, without talking to others, they boiled hot water and prepared to wash themselves.

Lao Qian returned to the temporary residence after eating, looked at the somewhat messy kitchen, didn't say anything, and frowned when he saw that there was a lot less firewood. As soon as they entered the house, Fang Qianqian and Cheng Yuan came, and the two apologized to Lao Qian, explained what happened in the kitchen today to Lao Qian, and took out some hometown specialties as an apology. Old Qian was not angry, but his impression of Shen Qing was extremely bad. He rejected their apologies and said nothing more than an example. The two felt Lao Qian's coldness, and knew that Lao Qian was unwilling to deal with them, so they didn't say anything more.

After that, Wei Qiang also came to find Lao Qian and said hello to Lao Qian, Lao Qian's expression was faint, he only said that he would pay attention in the future, and specially reminded that firewood is used by everyone together, and then the firewood needs to be prepared by everyone together, and the door was closed after speaking.

Wei Qiang didn't expect Lao Qian to be so difficult to get along with, and he felt a little unhappy. Wei Qiang and Xu Manman's family conditions are good, which can be seen from the clothes of the two. He is a little disdainful of people in small counties. What's more, it's old money, a patched clothes, and a pig farmer, so it's good to give a smile, and put up a shelf. Wei Qiang returned to his room with resentment, and the other two had already fallen asleep after washing.

Early the next morning, the educated youths were busy, and according to the assigned tasks, Wei Qiang and Cheng Yuan were responsible for making breakfast today, and they were still boiling porridge, but there were no vegetables. Fortunately, when the educated youth came, the family brought some food more or less, and everyone relied on their own inventory to solve the breakfast.

During the meal, Fang Qianqian asked Lao Qian if he wanted to eat with them, Lao Qian directly refused, and said bluntly: "I don't know how to cook, plus my situation is different from yours, remember that there are few centimeters, if I mix with you, I am taking advantage of you." ”

When Lao Qian said this, the educated youths gave up the idea of partnering with Lao Qian. I don't have enough to eat, so it's hard to make up for others.

Lao Qian carried the tools and went to Tong Yan's house. Tong Yan had already prepared breakfast, and Lao Qian told Lu Jinzhi about the educated youth, and Lu Jinzhi didn't have a good impression of those educated youth, so he was a little more vigilant.

People who know the youth are also curious, where does Lao Qian go to eat? Watching Lao Qian go to Tong Yan's side, he understands. It is estimated that the people living in that yard have some ability, and they can let Lao Qian go to the house to partner up, which means that they have a good relationship with each other.

The educated youths spent a day settling down their affairs, and the next day they went to work with everyone, and they also met Lu Jinzhi.

Lu Jinzhi, who is 1.8 meters tall, stands out in a group of villagers, although he wears ordinary cotton clothes, he can hardly hide his extraordinary temperament, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance. Xu Manman looked at Lu Jinzhi blankly, he didn't expect to meet such a man in this poor and remote place, better than the men he knew before, Xu Manman's heart beat a little faster. Lu Jinzhi felt that someone was staring at him, and turned his head to meet Xu Manman's admiring eyes, Lu Jinzhi's face was expressionless, and he felt a burst of disgust in his heart.

Shen Qing watched Lu Jinzhi turn her head, and after seeing Lu Jinzhi's face, she blushed inexplicably, her eyes swept over Xu Manman, and she felt a little disdain in her heart, she just lowered her head silently, and her hands unconsciously pinched the corners of her clothes.

After assigning the tasks of the villagers, Zhou Yonghai asked everyone to go to work first. Summoned the new educated youths and led them to the foot of the mountain.

Wei Qiang followed Zhou Yonghai closely and accosted Zhou Yonghai: "Captain Zhou, you see that we have just come, and we are not very good at farm work, so we will have to trouble you in the future." After saying that, he took a cigarette out of his pocket and handed it over. Zhou Yonghai took it, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and put the cigarette on his ear: "This cigarette is good, it still has a filter." ”

Wei Qiang was a little proud: "That is, in order to get some cigarette tickets, it took a lot of effort." However, I have relatives who work in department stores, and I am also a little bit of a light. Seeing that Zhou Yonghai was in a good mood, Wei Qiang continued to ask: "Captain Zhou, what work have you arranged for us?"

Zhou Yonghai stopped, pointed to a wasteland and said: "This land, you have to take care of it, this job will be handed over to a few of you, if you move quickly, you can catch up." ”

Several educated youths looked at the weedy land in front of them, and their hearts were half cold. There was still a person sitting on the edge of the wasteland, and when he saw the captain coming, he stood up, patted his pants and asked Zhou Yonghai: "Captain, I'll take these people with me?"

Zhou Yonghai introduced to the educated youth: "This is Uncle Wugen, a veteran in the village, and he is a good farmer." You study hard with Uncle Wugen, finish your work at noon, and go to the village office to receive subsidized food. Then he handed the person over to Uncle Wugen, and when he saw a few young people crying and mourning, he was secretly proud in his heart, and turned to leave.

The idea of opening up the wasteland is still a trick that Lu Jinzhi thought of for him. Shiwan Village has little arable land, and there are so many educated youths here, and the grain is even more insufficient, if the scattered wasteland in the village can be opened, it can also be harvested, which can not only solve the problem of food rations for the educated youth, but also increase the land area in the village, which is the best of both worlds. The only ones who work hard are the educated youth, but there is no way to do it now.

At this time, it is August, and the sun is shining its enthusiasm on the world, and the people in the field are sweating like rain in the field under the scorching sun. Before Tong Yan went to the countryside, she had expected the pastoral life of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and leisurely seeing Nanshan", but after she came, she saw the hard work of the farmers who "steam the summer soil and burn the scorching sky on their backs". Especially in the labor army, there is a man named Lu Jinzhi, Tong Yan despises himself for his previous naivety.

In order to prevent Tong Yan from fainting again, Lu Jinzhi asked Tong Yan for leave, Tong Yan was responsible for three meals a day at home, and with leisure, Tong Yan took out her best cooking skills and changed her tricks to cook for Lu Jinzhi, in addition to cooking a pot of mung bean soup early every morning, adding rock sugar and mint water, and putting it in the well water to cool, and when she came back from work, a bowl of stomach to quench the heat and quench her thirst.

Lao Qian likes to eat this the most, the taste in the pigsty is heavy in summer, and he can't work for long, Lao Qian is dizzy and nauseous, and a bowl of mung bean soup can make him wash down the disgusting feeling. Zhou Yuanqi came to work every day, Tong Yan also prepared a lunch box for him, the little boy drank a few sips to satisfy his hunger, and took the rest back to his grandfather. In addition, Tong Yan gave him a small snack from time to time, and he worked harder, sweeping the floor and carrying water.

One day, seeing Tong Yan boredly fiddling with the small vegetable seedlings that had just grown, she ran over and asked, "Sister Tong Yan, do you want to go to the river with me to catch fish?" Tong Yan's eyes lit up and asked, "Where are the fish?"

"It's in the river in our village, I'll go to work first, and when the sun goes down, I'll come to you. The little boy wiped the sweat from his head, turned around to leave, and then turned back and said, "You have to go with me, otherwise you will go early, and someone will see you catching fish, which will not affect you well." If it's late, there will be children there to take a bath, and it's not good for you to see it. With that, he ran away.

There are fish in Tong Yan's space, so she is either greedy for fish, or she thinks it is interesting, and she is waiting for Zhou Yuanqi to come to her with anticipation.

The little boy is very trustworthy, and when the time comes, it will come. Tong Yan took a small bamboo basket and followed him to the river.

The two gossiped as they walked. Tong Yan suddenly thought of something and asked him: "Why don't you go to school?" Zhou Yuanqi was stunned for a moment when asked, and then said in a low voice: "I used to go to school, and I went to the second grade, but then the family ran out of money, so I didn't go to school." Besides, we don't have a school in our village, so we have to go to school in the next village, and we have to walk back and forth for nearly two hours every day, and many children in the village don't go to school. ”

Tong Yan thought for a while and asked him: "Is there a lot of work for you in the village?" Zhou Yuanqi shook his head: "Originally, we were only half of the adults and didn't have much work, so we could finish it in a while, and when we were done, we could go home to cook for the family and do some chores." Tong Yan asked him: "If you are not busy, come to me every day, and I will teach you to read and write." ”

"Really?" the little boy looked delighted. Tong Yan smiled and nodded, and asked him if he had any textbooks at home. Zhou Yuanqi restrained his smile and shook his head.

Tong Yan agreed with him that she would learn to read and write first in the next few days, and when she was free, she would go to the town to buy some textbooks. When the little boy heard this, he immediately regained his smile, showed his white teeth, and nodded at Tong Yanzhi.