She blushed, smiled sweetly at him, and whispered, "Okay, thank you."
Xu Xiuyu and Zhang Guoan should be the big brother and big sister of the educated youth point, responsible for female educated youth and male educated youth respectively. Xu Xiuyu led the female comrade into the room. The first thing she saw was a big bunk bed. Because the winter here is relatively cold, they use earthen kangs. People are already sleeping on the left side by the door, and the empty space is full of people. The debris and dust made it impossible to sleep for a while, so the earthen kang had to be tidied up before anyone could sleep.
Xu Xiuyu saw these new educated youths standing there one by one, and none of them wanted to do anything. She sighed helplessly and could only help them. In fact, she was not a bad person. She just came to take care of them. What will happen next? It's their own business.
Song Yingwan also grew up in poverty. She was not a person who kept her fingers crossed. She didn't move at first because she didn't want them to think that she was a hard-working person. In the future, she would be given the go-ahead in everything, but now she was watching others do it. I was feeling unsatisfied with my work, so I stepped forward to help.
Tang Xiaotang is now familiar with Song Yingwan, so she does whatever Song Yingwan does. Although Xia Jun doesn't want to do it, it's hard to stand still when they all go to help, followed by Qu Xiaoling.
As expected, there were more people and more strength. The earthen kang was cleaned in a short time, and a layer of newspapers was laid on the ground to keep out the dust. Then she spread her bedding. Song Yingwan chose a position inside against the wall. She was not used to it. Others slept together, so Tang Xiaotang naturally chose to sleep next to Song Yingwan.
The captain left early after delivering them. After everyone packed their things, they gathered in the main room. Because it was difficult to talk on the road today, everyone was not familiar with them yet, so they just took this opportunity to introduce themselves.
The one at the beginning is the white shirt. He is tall and has a gentle face with soft lines, which naturally attracts the attention of many people. "Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Zichuan. We come from all over the world. It’s fate that we get together. From now on, we will help each other and make progress together.”
After he finished speaking, everyone applauded. Song Yingwan secretly sighed, no matter what age, good looks are a must-have.
Then there was a boy who looked very cheerful at first glance. He smiled and showed white and neat teeth. His eyebrows were smooth and he had a natural youthful atmosphere. The boy stood up generously and said, "Hello, my name is Xu Lang. If you need help in the future, please Feel free to call me."
Then came Qu Xiaoling. She stood up coquettishly, and her voice was deliberately softer and slower. She didn't sound like she was shouting in the commune at all. "Hello everyone, my name is Qu Xiaoling. I'm glad to meet you all." .”
After speaking, she deliberately glanced at Zhou Zichuan, but the latter's eyes did not fall on her. Qu Xiaoling sat down a little disappointed.
Among the male educated youths, there is another one who has a sallow complexion and a skinny figure. He looks submissive and his name is Yue Cong. The other one looks tall and has a look of his nostrils pointing upward from time to time when he looks at people. Especially when looking at female educated youths, it is very disturbing. It's disgust.
As if passing flowers by beating drums, everyone introduced themselves one by one, and finally it was Song Yingwan's turn.
Song Yingwan was not interested in this part, so he stood up and simply said his name, "Hello, my name is Song Yingwan."
At the end, I felt a little dry, so I added, "Please take good care of me in the future!"
Song Yingwan has a gentle and gentle temperament, a fair face, and a pair of clear and calm eyes. Even if she is standing there and saying a simple word, it is difficult for people to not notice her.
After Song Yingwan finished speaking, he glanced casually and saw Zhou Zichuan smiling at the corner of his mouth and looking at her with gentle eyes. He saw her looking over and nodded slightly to her.
Song Yingwan was stunned for a moment, and then she frowned slightly. She felt that this man was not very simple for some reason. She didn't want to have too much contact and didn't respond.
When Xia Jun, who was paying attention to Zhou Zichuan, saw this scene, she clenched her palms and bit her lower lip. She turned her head to look at Song Yingwan and then at Zhou Zichuan.
The team leader here sent the educated youth back and stopped caring about him. The sun was already going down. He was about to go back to eat. When he walked on the road, he met Liu Shengli, the deputy captain of Liujiacun. He seemed to have just returned from the fields. Come back.
Liu Shengli: "Hey, brother, are you coming here from the educated youth point?"
The educated youth spot is located at the end of Liujia Village. The boundaries between villagers and educated youth are usually very clear, and there is not much interaction. The road that the captain had just come from was mostly used by educated youths, and the villagers didn't go that way if they had nothing to do, so Liu Shengli guessed that the captain had just come from the educated youth point.
"Yes, I just picked up the educated youth. I have been busy all day. Why don't I go home for dinner?"
"How many educated youths have been brought back to our village this year?" Liu Shengli knew that the team leader was going to the commune to pick up educated youths today, but he had no idea how many.
"Eight!"
"What? Why did you receive so much? I don't know what the harvest will be like this year. There won't be enough food." Liu Shengli said in shock.
The captain was also annoyed. He held a pipe in his hand and took a puff. "Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. In the past few years, our village didn't accept anyone. We can't push it back this year. The leaders above have spoken, so we have to." listen."
"I heard from the leaders of the commune today that another group of educated youths will come down in two days. This is the last group of this year. There will still be places in our village by then. I will tell the leaders that if there are two less, we will have more. The village is indeed in difficulty.”
Liu Shengli became even more worried when he heard that there were still educated youths coming here in a few days. He said in a muffled voice, "Brother, we really can't have more. No matter how many more educated youths there are, they won't be able to accommodate them. If they can't accommodate them, we can't let them sleep there." You can’t afford to build a house for them on the road, right? There’s no spare money!”
The captain hummed, didn't say much, lowered his head and pondered.
After a long time, he said: "Okay, let's go back first, and we'll talk about this now."
In the educated youth spot here, the old educated youths have come back from the fields one after another after work. After greeting and getting to know these new educated youths, it’s time to do whatever they want.
The female educated youths in the educated youth spot are usually responsible for cooking, while the male educated youths are responsible for the hard work of fetching water and chopping firewood. Today it happened to be Xu Xiuyu and another female educated youth Linzhi's turn to cook.
Since they, the new educated youths, had no work points, they naturally had no food. Xu Xiuyu reminded them: "You can pick up some from the old educated youths first, and talk to the team leader tomorrow about borrowing some from the team. Then we will have it." The work points will be returned.”
Lin Zhi also smiled kindly and said, "Yes, if you don't have food, I can also provide you with a meal. This is how we all get here."
Song Yingwan didn't know about the others, but when she came, she still had some unfinished white flour pancakes given by Zhang Ru. If she was thirsty, she could just drink some hot water. The meal tonight and tomorrow morning could fool her. Tomorrow I will go to the brigade to borrow food, but I won’t be able to borrow any more food.
Tang Xiaotang also had some dry food left, and imitated Song Yingwan to get some hot water. She also brought some pickled mustard made at home, and did not join in the fun with the old educated youth. She and Song Yingwan had a meal together in the room. He also gave some of his pickled mustard to Song Yingwan, and Song Yingwan didn't refuse, but he also gave her half of his white flour pancakes. With this experience of sharing food, the relationship between the two of them seemed to be closer. With this step, the two of them get along more naturally.
The two of them were chatting and laughing when they saw Lin Zhi coming in from outside with half a bowl of cornmeal batter in her hand. She said with a smile: "I saw you two didn't go to eat just now, so I thought you must not have used food to make it." I brought you a bowl of paste, but you can’t just eat dry food!”
Originally, they were both almost finished eating, and both of them still had a bite of pancake left in their hands. When Lin Zhi came in, they stopped eating.
Tang Xiaotang felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lin Zhi coming over to deliver food to them, because food is expensive these days and everyone is very self-conscious, "No need, Sister Lin Zhi, we have almost finished eating. Is this what you made from today's dinner?" You'd better eat it yourself, we're both full."
Lin Zhi waved her hands and said with a smile: "You can't digest anything while lying in bed at night. You must be starving after traveling all day."
He paused for a moment, then seemed embarrassed and said, "It's just not a good thing. We're all used to drinking this mush, so don't dislike it."
After hearing this, Tang Xiaotang said sincerely: "Sister Lin Zhi, how can we dislike you! We should thank you. We are not familiar with each other here. In the future, Sister Lin Zhi, please don't dislike us because we don't understand anything." Woolen cloth!"
Then he patted Song Yingwan and said sheepishly: "It's just that we have really eaten. Sister Lin Zhi, just eat it yourself and don't waste the food."
Lin Zhi glanced at the white flour pancakes they were holding, her eyes flickered, and then she looked at Tang Xiaotang and said angrily, "Look, I should have brought it over as soon as it was ready. I just said a few words to Sister Xiuyu outside. Just slow down for a while and you’ll finish eating.”
"Okay, then I'll take this back and eat it first, and then I'll leave first."
Tang Xiaotang saw that Lin Zhi had good intentions, but now she didn't know if there would be any vegetables when she went back, so she was embarrassed, "Hey, Sister Lin Zhi, I have some pickled mustard from home, but it's time for dinner. Even Song Zhiqing said it was okay." It’s delicious, isn’t it? Why don’t you put a little bit in it and eat it like a paste?”
After saying that, he turned to look at Song Yingwan with a simple question on his face.
Song Yingwan said, "...hmm"
Lin Zhi turned to look at the pickled mustard that Tang Xiaotang placed on the stool. After hesitating for a while, the corners of her lips curved, "Okay, sister, I won't be polite to you. I haven't eaten the pickled mustard at home for a long time."
Tang Xiaotang quickly picked up some chopsticks for her, and the smile on his face was like tasting candied haws in winter, which was so sweet, "I have a lot more here. Sister Linzhi, if you want to eat, come to me again."
"Okay, sister got it." After Lin Zhi said that, she took the bowl of paste and left.
Song Yingwan's aunt laughed the whole time and just watched them talk.
"Oh, Sister Lin Zhi is so kind. She still misses us for not eating." Tang Xiaotang still sighed after everyone left.
"Huh? Why aren't you talking?" Tang Xiaotang asked confused when Song Yingwan remained silent.
Song Yingwan continued to smile and said in a longer voice, "Xiaotang..."
"Ah?" Tang Xiaotang raised his eyes and looked at Song Yingwan. His eyes were big and round, and there were light dimples on his face when he smiled.
"...You're so cute"
Song Yingwan held her chin with her hand and looked at Tang Xiaotang with a smile on her face.
People in this era tend to be more reserved in their speech. There are very few people who speak first like Song Yingwan. Therefore, Tang Xiaotang has never heard anyone praise her so much. Her face turned red and she did not dare to look at Song Yingwan. Although she didn't know why the topic suddenly turned to this place.
Although Tang Xiaotang was very shy, he still responded hesitantly, "Thank you... thank you. I think you are also very... beautiful."
After saying that, his face turned even redder, like a red apple.
When Song Yingwan heard this, she burst into laughter and felt that she was even cuter.
Tang Xiaotang raised his head and saw Song Yingwan with curved eyebrows and a flowery smile. The dim light shone on the side of her face, her skin was still as creamy as before, and her features were as picturesque as ever.
She just felt that Song Yingwan was so beautiful at this moment, and couldn't help but said: "Wanwan, I...can I call you Wanwan from now on?"
Song Yingwan glanced sideways at her, and seeing her dumbfounded look, her clear and bright peach blossom eyes suddenly revealed a lively light. She smiled and said in a soft voice, "Okay...Tangtang"
