Chapter 16 New and Old Educated Youth

“Ye Zhiqing, are you home? I’ve brought people to open the back door for you.” Ye Nanyi heard the captain’s voice and quickly went out. “Uncle, thank you, and here, two candies for each of you.” The people who came to work were all embarrassed by Ye Nanyi. They hadn’t even started working yet, and they already got two candies. Ye Nanyi didn’t care, she always believed in “the more people you treat, the less likely you are to be blamed.” “Ye Zhiqing, take a look at the line I drew for you. I’m going to open a door for you here, and I’ve brought the door.” Ye Nanyi took a look. Although she didn’t understand, she could understand the general location.

“Uncle, that’s fine, go ahead.” With Ye Nanyi’s confirmation, the workers started working. “Ye Zhiqing, this is your ration. You came at a bad time, we only have coarse grain. Thankfully, it’s almost harvest time, and you can buy some from the brigade then.” Ye Nanyi was initially confused, why was the captain pushing such a big cart? It turned out that besides the things she needed, there was also their five people’s ration. “Okay, I’ll have them come out and get it themselves.” Ye Nanyi turned around and knocked on everyone’s doors. “Zeng Zhiqing, the captain brought our ration, go get it.” Zeng Bailing nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll go now.

Zheng Zhiqing, I’ll go call him.” Ye Nanyi was very happy to hear this, it saved her a trip. Captain Qi Shengguo, who was waiting there, was very satisfied with Ye Nanyi’s actions. After all, it involved food, it was better to get it themselves. After all five were present, the captain told each person to take their share. Ye Nanyi knew it was coarse grain, so she didn’t have any objections. She directly took it and put it in the rice bucket she had smuggled out of her space. “Captain, why is it all coarse grain? I want to eat rice. This is so rough on my throat!” Zeng Bailing’s voice wasn’t loud, but it wasn’t too quiet either. It was just right for the old educated youths who were returning from work to hear it. But they were tired from work and didn’t want to say anything.

They would talk about it later anyway when they entertained the new educated youths in the evening. The captain’s face turned black. What was she yelling about? “Zeng Zhiqing, the brigade only has coarse grain. If you want to eat rice, wait for the harvest. Work harder, if you have enough work points, you can eat rice every day.” After saying that, the captain greeted Ye Nanyi and left with his cart. Even if Zeng Bailing was naive, she knew she had offended someone again. “Wang Fang, did I offend someone again?” Wang Fang thought the word “again” was particularly well-used. It was obvious. “Bailing, put the things back in the house first.

 The captain shouldn’t be angry.” Ye Nanyi thought Wang Fang was quite smart. The captain wouldn’t really be angry. There had been so many educated youths here for so many years, if he was going to be angry, he would have been angry to death already.

“Ye Zhiqing, your door is installed, and the shed is also started. We’ll leave now, and come back tomorrow to finish the rest of the work.” Ye Nanyi looked at it, and sure enough, it was done, perfectly fitted, the craftsmanship was great. “Thank you very much, uncles. I boiled some water, you can have some before you leave.” Everyone had just finished work and came here, they were indeed thirsty, having some water was fine. As soon as they took the first sip, everyone tasted it, but they all tacitly kept quiet. They all secretly decided to do a good job tomorrow. After everyone left, Zheng Changhua came to find Ye Nanyi again. Ye Nanyi glanced at Zheng Changhua, then at the three people behind him. Good heavens, they were pushing a spokesperson out! “Zheng Zhiqing, what else do you want to ask?” Ye Nanyi deliberately spoke in a sarcastic tone.

As expected, Zheng Changhua stammered. “That, I…, I want to know, this, why did you open a back door, and what are you doing nailing wooden planks on the wall behind?” Zheng Changhua was afraid that he would stammer and not be able to speak, so he asked the question in one breath. Ye Nanyi didn’t make things difficult for him. “I opened the back door for convenience, because I’m going to fence off a piece of land behind and plant vegetables. I’m building the shed to store firewood, it gets very cold here in winter.” Before Zheng Changhua could speak, Liu Sheng spoke. “Ye Zhiqing is right, you should prepare more firewood for yourself, not only for cooking, but also for heating the kang when it’s cold in winter.” “Everyone, we old educated youths are preparing a welcome dinner for the new educated youths tonight, I’m here to invite you to join us.”

 Ye Nanyi and the other four all agreed. Although Ye Nanyi didn’t plan to get close to anyone, it was not good to be a loner, it was a good chance to observe the old educated youths. “Liu Zhiqing, wait a moment, I’ll get something, consider it a bonus.” Ye Nanyi went into the house and took out a large piece of cured meat from her space. Hmm! Just right. “Liu Zhiqing, here you go.” Liu Sheng didn’t stand on ceremony and took the cured meat Ye Nanyi handed him. The other four also took something, but it wasn’t as eye-catching as the cured meat. In the evening, Ye Nanyi and the others arrived at the educated youth point kitchen on time. The table was already full of dishes, and Ye Nanyi’s cured meat was the most prominent. “Okay, before dinner, let’s introduce ourselves. My name is Liu Sheng, I’m 25 years old, and I’ve been here for six years.

” The other old educated youths introduced themselves in order. “Wang Guojun, 22 years old, been here for three years.” “My name is Li Jianguo, 24 years old, been here for five years.” “Wang Chao, 21 years old, been here for half a year.” “My name is Cao Wei, 22 years old, been here for one year.” After the male educated youths, the female educated youths started introducing themselves. “My name is Liu Lili, 23 years old, been here for three years.” “Li Yao, 18 years old, been here for half a year.” “Li Yulan, 19 years old, been here for one year.” “Wang Shanshan, 20 years old, been here for one year.” “Yu Chunxiang, 19 years old, been here for half a year.” As soon as Ye Nanyi heard that name, her body stiffened, but before long, Wang Fang pulled her. “Ye Zhiqing, it’s your turn.” Ye Nanyi finally reacted. “My name is Ye Nanyi, I’m 16 years old.

” After everyone finished introducing themselves, Liu Sheng told everyone to start eating. Everyone ate with gusto, except for Ye Nanyi, who had something on her mind. After washing the dishes together, Ye Nanyi excused herself, saying she wasn’t feeling well and wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest. No one insisted, and with Ye Nanyi’s lead, everyone went back to their dormitories to rest. Ye Nanyi didn’t go into her space, she lay in bed thinking about the name she had just heard, Yu Chunxiang. This name was also in her memory, and she was a tragic figure.

 Ye Nanyi sorted out the timeline, it seemed that it was after this harvest. Yu Chunxiang, for some unknown reason, fell into the river. She was rescued by Qi Da’wa, a second-rate rascal in the village. As soon as Qi Da’wa’s mother, Wang Xiulian, saw this, she started spreading rumors everywhere. She said that Yu Chunxiang was already held by her son, who would want her now? Yu Chunxiang explained everywhere that Wang Xiulian was lying, but no one believed her. Thus, all kinds of rumors spread like wildfire in the village.