Chapter 39: The Feeling of Transmigrating into a Book is Pretty Good

During lunch, Iron Orchid got acquainted with several of the older educated youths.

After the meal, everyone wouldn’t immediately rest, they would chat casually in the main room.

Except for the six main characters, everyone else was present.

Upon learning that she was staying in the room with Yu Qingqiu and the others, everyone’s expressions became a little strange.

A concerned female educated youth reminded her:

“Comrade Iron Orchid, I suggest you put a wad of paper in your ears when you sleep at night.”

Iron Orchid knew what was going on, but she still looked surprised: “Why? What’s wrong?”

Someone blurted out: “It’s Yu Qingqiu and the others, I don’t know what they’re up to, they always argue late at night.”

“They even fight, the village chief had to be called over to stop them, it’s so noisy.”

“These newcomers are full of energy, after a while, you’ll see if they can still make a fuss, working is tiring enough.”

Hu Hao spoke up to persuade them: “I already talked to them this morning, don’t say anything, they’ll hear you.”

Hearing this, everyone stopped talking.

He Ailing, who was sitting nearby, had a look of schadenfreude in her eyes.

She was glad she hadn’t chosen that room, Iron Orchid was the unlucky one.

After the crowd dispersed, He Ailing deliberately went to Iron Orchid and said insincerely:

“Comrade Iron Orchid, I’m really worried about you, if you can’t sleep at night, why don’t you come to our room and sleep on the floor?”

Iron Orchid covered her mouth: “I’m not going, your butt is rotten and it stinks, it’s suffocating.”

“You… you’re like a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you don’t know a good heart when you see one, I’m not talking to you anymore!”

He Ailing scurried away.

She was afraid that if she stayed any longer, Iron Orchid would say something even more hurtful, so she decided to leave.

Just as He Ailing left, a figure emerged from the kitchen next door.

It was Wang Juanjuan, one of the six main characters, the female protagonist’s later lovesick puppy.

Wang Juanjuan looked at Iron Orchid awkwardly: “I didn’t hear anything, I’ll keep it a secret.”

Iron Orchid waved her hand: “It’s okay, even if you tell someone, it doesn’t matter to me.”

After all, it was He Ailing’s bad words that were being said.

Wang Juanjuan: …

He had just come out to get a drink of water, and he ran into this.

The key was that this woman looked so innocent, how could she be so venomous when she spoke?

He had been worried about her before.

“Cough… well… I have something to do, I’ll go first…”

He had originally planned to remind her, but seeing her attitude, it seemed she didn’t need it.

……

Iron Orchid left the educated youth compound and walked towards the river in front.

When she reached a secluded spot, she flashed into her space.

She had only eaten a bowl of porridge and some vegetables for lunch, she wasn’t full yet, she had to find something to eat in her space.

She had made a lot of meat buns before, and there were also braised beef bones.

She heated them up a little, and it was another feast.

Iron Orchid ate two big meat buns and chewed on two beef bones before stopping.

Worried that others would smell the meat in her mouth, she brushed her teeth before leaving her space.

The educated youth compound was quiet, everyone was taking a nap.

Iron Orchid entered the room, took off her shoes and socks, and prepared to sleep.

She had been on the train for days and nights, and she had been busy all morning, she was really tired.

As soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep instantly.

She slept until dusk.

It was the sound of everyone returning from work in the courtyard that woke her up.

Dinner that night was even more meager than lunch.

Just a basin of shredded potatoes and a pot of porridge, not even any sweet potatoes.

One bowl down, and my stomach felt only about 60% full.

He Ailing complained with a bitter face: “Can’t you cook more porridge? I’m not full.”

Hu Hao: “No, if you eat more, we’ll run out of grain by the end of the month, and we’ll have to go hungry then.”

Zhang San touched his stomach: “What if we get hungry at night?”

An old educated youth said: “Go to sleep early at night, you won’t feel hungry.”

Li Si: “We can drink more water at night, fill our stomachs, that should work, right?”

The old educated youth shook his head: “I wouldn’t recommend it, I once drank three bowls of water, and I ran to the toilet all night, I was even hungrier.”

The other old educated youths nodded in agreement.

Iron Orchid: … It seems everyone is battle-hardened.

He Ailing looked desperate.

She had heard that life in the countryside was hard, but she still had some hope.

She thought that she wouldn’t have to face her mother who favored sons over daughters every day, maybe a change of environment would be better.

But she didn’t expect the countryside to be even harder than she imagined.

An old educated youth saw her expression and patted her on the shoulder:

“Comrade He Ailing, actually, not having enough to eat isn’t the most painful thing, you’ll know tomorrow when you go to work.”

Hearing this, He Ailing almost cried.

Iron Orchid’s expression didn’t change.

She could sneak food from her space if she wasn’t full, and if the work was too tiring, she would just slack off.

After all, her space would be ready to harvest grain in about half a month, and then she wouldn’t have to worry about food.

The six main characters also looked calm.

Except for the scumbag Chen Huaijin and the white lotus Bai Yanran, the other four came from good families, and their families would send them money and coupons every month.

Usually, after eating the communal meal, they would also eat some pastries and other things they bought privately to fill their stomachs.

Chen Huaijin had only been here for two days, relying on his old fox nature, he had already befriended many educated youths, so he didn’t have to worry about these things.

Bai Yanran, with her sweet mouth, had a firm grip on Han Ke’er, the sucker, so she wouldn’t lack food either.

After dinner, Yu Qingqiu took out some peanuts and gave them to everyone.

She had seen how Bai Yanran was praised by everyone for the bacon at lunch.

She also wanted to win people over, and she wanted to take away everyone who liked Bai Yanran!

Thinking about this, Yu Qingqiu gave Chen Huaijin an extra handful of peanuts when she gave them to him, and she received a warm smile in return.

Yu Qingqiu bit her lip tightly, barely concealing the strange feeling in her heart.

She couldn’t fall for him again!

She had died so tragically in her previous life, it was all because of this scumbag.

She would make him pay!

Wen Lang looked at the few peanuts in his hand, then at the large handful in Chen Huaijin’s hand.

He pursed his lips slightly and lowered his head in disappointment.

Oh, the male protagonist is heartbroken.

Iron Orchid ate the peanuts and secretly watched the drama.

The male protagonist, Wen Lang, in the novel, had fallen in love with the reborn female protagonist, Yu Qingqiu, from the very beginning.

But he was a dumb and quiet guy, he wouldn’t confess his feelings, he just silently stayed by the female protagonist’s side.

It wasn’t until later that the female protagonist fell in love with him and confessed her feelings that they got together.

So in the early stages, the female protagonist deliberately approached the scumbag for revenge, and the male protagonist was very jealous.

This scene was a classic moment.

Everyone else was eating peanuts, but Iron Orchid was eating gossip with gusto.

Heh, this feeling of transmigrating into a book is pretty good (๑ᵔ⤙ᵔ๑)～