Chapter 9

Lin Xiuzhi nodded, thinking that what her eldest daughter-in-law said was right. It was useless for her to choose the one. The key was to get her youngest son’s consent.

Chu Sangning didn’t know that Lin Xiuzhi was going to give him a big surprise. He walked towards the educated youth institute with a smile on his face, holding the pot.

When he opened the door, a spatula hit him in the face. Fortunately, Chu Sangning dodged it quickly. Looking at the mess in the yard, Chu Sangning stopped hesitantly.

He asked in a low voice: “What are you doing?” Are you crazy? Are you going to tear down the Youth League Home?

When Wu Guangqian heard Chu Sangning’s voice, he walked out of the door in a sullen manner, hesitating for a long time without saying anything. The other educated youth also had different expressions on their faces, but none of them spoke.

Since they didn’t say anything, Chu Sangning didn’t want to bother with these trivial matters and walked towards his room with his pot and canned fruit.

Not long after, everyone saw Chu Sangning come out and pick up a few firewood sticks. After a while, the smell of rice wafted out, causing Wu Guangqian, who had not yet eaten, to swallow his saliva.

Thinking of the farce at noon, Wu Guangqian looked at the culprit with disgust – He Yueyang. It was her turn to cook today, and she not only embezzled everyone’s food, but also cooked half-cooked meals. The male educated youth only complained a few words, but she was so arrogant and started yelling.

The two sides quarreled so much that all the spatulas in the kitchen were thrown out. Wu Guangqian looked at Chu Sangning’s house with regret, thinking: If I had eaten with Chu Sangning in the beginning, would there have been less trouble?

But there is no such thing as a regret pill in the world. Even if Wu Guangqian had this idea, he didn’t have the face to discuss it with Chu Sangning.

He turned and left, saying, “I’ll eat alone from now on.”

After he left, the remaining two male educated youth were eager to follow him. None of the three female educated youth were easy to deal with. Chu Sangning had a stubborn temper and was not easy to mess with. He Yueyang was a troublemaker. As for Zhao Jiayun, she was a barking dog that would bite.

“In that case, I will follow Guangqian.”

“Yes, we male educated youth can eat together. We won’t bother you.”

After saying that, the three of them carried the food back to their own room, leaving He Yueyang and Zhao Jiayun staring at each other in bewilderment.

He Yueyang knew that what he did at noon was wrong. He pulled Zhao Jiayun’s sleeve guiltily and asked in a low voice: “Jiayun, what should we do?”

Zhao Jiayun was almost crying because of He Yueyang’s stupidity. It was her own fault, and now he had the nerve to talk about it with her?

Zhao Jiayun angrily shook off He Yueyang’s hand and walked coldly into the house without saying a word.

As she approached Chu Sangning’s house and smelled the fragrance inside, Zhao Jiayun became even angrier. Why could Chu Sangning live alone in that shabby house while she could live so well and eat things they had never eaten before?

He Yueyang behind him seemed to not understand Zhao Jiayun’s expression. He followed him eagerly like a lackey and continued to ask: “Jiayun, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhao Jiayun was still counting on the fool beside him to stand up for him, so he didn’t say much and replied coldly: “It’s okay, I’ll go back to the house first.”

At noon that day, except He Yueyang, everyone else ate some of the food they brought with them to fill their stomachs. Even Zhao Jiayun secretly stuffed some steamed bread into his mouth.

Only He Yueyang went to work on an empty stomach at noon. He fainted after working for only two hours. This frightened Jiang Zongzhen, who learned that the Youth League Institute was in a state of disarray.

He couldn’t help but lose his temper and called all the educated youth together, “You are here to build our country, not to fight for power and play tricks.”

“Okay, I won’t interfere, but there is one thing. If any of you harm our village, I will definitely not let you off easily.”

After Jiang Zongzheng finished his lecture, he snorted coldly and walked away with his hands behind his back. There were many women watching the excitement. After the captain left, a curious woman came up and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

As he spoke, he gently nudged Chu Sangning’s waist with his elbow. Chu Sangning took a step back awkwardly. Before he could say anything, he smelled the scent of the woman.

It’s very strange and not very pleasant to smell. If you think about it carefully, it smells a bit like pig manure.

Chu Sangning reluctantly turned his head and said perfunctorily with a fake smile: “I don’t know.”

“Hey, how can this educated youth’s words make people choke? He doesn’t even want to answer a question.” The woman hung her face.

When Zhao Jiayun saw the woman’s face, she suddenly thought of something. Isn’t this Luo Yiping’s mother? If she builds a good relationship with her, in the future…

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiayun pushed Chu Sangning aside, approached the woman intimately, and said sweetly: “Auntie, what do you want to know? I know it too. I am also an educated youth.”

In her previous life, the reason why Chu Sangning was able to marry Luo Yiping was because she listened to her mother and married a cultured educated youth. It was also because of this that Chu Sangning had the opportunity to marry into the Luo family.

This time, Zhao Jiayun secretly vowed to herself: she wanted to live a good life and she wanted to marry Luo Yiping.

Chu Sangning avoided others, took his things and walked into the house, and did not go out again.

Zhao Jiayun, on the other hand, followed behind Luo Yiping’s mother and let her command him. After leaving a good impression on her, she returned to the house and snorted with disdain when she saw He Yueyang who was unconscious from hunger.

He threw things around unhappily, muttering under his breath, “Damn you starving ghost, you are so short-sighted that you only know how to eat other people’s food, beggar.”

Zhao Jiayun spoke so happily that she didn’t notice that He Yueyang behind her moved his body and his eyelids seemed to be about to open.

Thinking of Wu Guangqian’s temper today, Zhao Jiayun hesitated for a long time, but finally gritted her teeth, took out a few sweet potatoes and walked out.

Wu Guangqian frowned as he looked at Zhao Jiayun, who was pretending to be shy, and asked impatiently: “Comrade Zhao, what can I do for you?”

“Comrade Wu, these are the sweet potatoes I saved. I’ll give them to you. I’m sorry about what happened to Comrade He. I didn’t know Comrade He had done so many wrong things behind my back.”

What Zhao Jiayun meant was that she was completely unaware of this matter, and it was not her who instigated He Yueyang to steal everyone’s food.

Wu Guangqian had seen all kinds of good things. Besides, when he went to the countryside, his family prepared a lot of good things for him, so these dried sweet potatoes were certainly not a big deal.

“Comrade Zhao, I don’t need them. You can keep them for yourself.” Wu Guangqian left after saying this. He had seen clearly that these female educated youth were not easy to deal with. None of them was worry-free. He decided not to get involved.

“Hey hey hey——Wu…….”

Zhao Jiayun didn’t expect Wu Guangqian to be so unkind. He walked away before she could even say a few words. She couldn’t help but stamp her feet in anger.

No one noticed that He Yueyang, who had just recovered, was pulling on the door and witnessing everything with her own eyes. She squinted her eyes and stared at Zhao Jiayun, then lay back down after a while.