Chapter 10

Mingshu slept soundly until dawn. She squinted her eyes because of the glare of the sunlight outside. She was still a little uncomfortable. It had been ten years since the apocalypse and five years since the eternal night. It had been seven or eight years since she traveled here. This was the second time she was woken up by the sunlight.

Mingshu narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at the sunlight, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and her heart suddenly felt a little relaxed.

Wang Danli, who was sleeping next to her, stared at Mingshu’s face, which was even more beautiful because of her smile, and muttered softly, “Fox spirit.”

Mingshu’s ears twitched, and her black eyes stared straight at Wang Danli for a long time. A cold breath approached Wang Danli, causing her to shrink into the quilt.

“I don’t want to hear this kind of thing again.” A low voice came into Wang Danli’s ears, and she subconsciously covered her ears.

After Mingshu warned Wang Danli, she got up from the bed and just put on her shoes when she heard someone knocking on the door outside.

“It’s dawn, get up quickly”

Ming Shu opened the door and looked outside, only to see the village chief from yesterday standing at the door and knocking on it.

“Village Chief” Ming Shu nodded and said good morning.

With a creak, a male educated youth walked out of the boys’ dormitory on the right.

“Village Chief, good morning,” Chen Li said with a smile. Turning to Ming Shu, he said, “Good morning, Ming Shu.”

Mingshu nodded at him.

The village chief nodded to the two people and said, “Please help the two educated youths to wake them up. If you have something to say, please tell me.”

Ming Shu and Chen Li both nodded and turned back to the room, knocked on the door and shouted “Get up!”

Chen Li was also shouting over there.

Suddenly everyone in the room woke up.

“Who is it? It’s so loud, it’s so noisy,” Wang Meiying complained with her eyes closed.

Wang Danli had already gotten up when she heard Mingshu’s call.

He Yun heard the sound and sat up. Seeing that it was daybreak outside, he pushed Wang Meiying and said, “Hurry up and get up.”

When Mingshu saw them get up, she went back outside and saw the village chief still waiting for the people in the middle of the yard.

She took the opportunity to find some toilets, which were in the northeastern part of the backyard.

After Mingshu went to the toilet, she looked around the backyard again. There was only a few acres of land for their own use. This should be for growing vegetables.

Mingshu took a casual glance and returned to the front yard.

There were only the village chief, Yi Lu and Chen Li in the front yard, and the others had not come out yet.

Mingshu stood quietly aside, looking at the mud house they would live in for the next few years, which didn’t look very solid.

Mingshu looked towards the yard again. The yard was quite spacious.

After a while, the six people slowly emerged. They had already changed their clothes, and a thin girl followed behind them.

Several people were in a bad mood.

The village chief didn’t care about the expressions on their faces. He cleared his throat when he saw everyone gathered and said, “Since you didn’t arrive until midnight last night, I came here this morning to explain something to you.”

“You educated youth have just arrived here, and our village has decided to lend you 50 kilograms of grain each. You can return it to us next year. Of course, you can also buy it.”

“Besides, you are the first group of educated youth to come here. This room has not been occupied for a long time. It is empty. The kang in the room has just been made. You have to go to the mountains to collect firewood and fetch water by yourselves.”

“One more thing: I’ll give you a day off today, so go buy whatever you want.

You’ll start working tomorrow, and your work points will be calculated the same way as the villagers. That’s it, you guys come over at noon to get your food, there’s no one in the granary right now.” With that, he walked towards the fields, his hands behind his back.

The ten educated youth were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Silence for a moment

At this time, Zhou Wenfu also coughed to attract everyone’s attention, “We all come from all corners of the world, and it is fate that brings us together.

Let me introduce myself first. My name is Zhou Wenfu. I am eighteen years old. I am from the capital.

He Yun, who was standing next to Zhou Wenfu, quickly echoed, “My name is He Yun, I’m eighteen years old, and I’m also from the capital.”

“My name is Wang Meiying, I’m eighteen years old, and I’m also from the capital.”

“My name is Wang Danli, I’m eighteen years old, and I’m from the same place as them.” After Wang Danli said this, she looked at Mingshu deliberately.

Next up: “Chen Guojun, 19 years old, from the capital”

“Li Xiaoming, 18 years old, from the capital”

“My name is Miao Dandan, I’m also eighteen years old, and I’m from Wucheng.”

“Yi Lu, 20 years old, from Lucheng”

“Chen Li, 21 years old, Lucheng.”

“Mingshu, eighteen, Ancheng”

Zhou Wenfu said again, “I have a suggestion.”

He paused and saw that everyone was looking at him, except Ming Shu who lowered her head.

Zhou Wenfu’s eyes flashed with displeasure, but he continued with a smile, “I think with so many of us, we should elect a team leader to lead the educated youth and better contribute to rural development. I recommend myself as the leader of the educated youth.”

“I agree,” He Yun responded immediately.

The five people behind him all responded in unison. Seeing that they all agreed, Miao Dandan also raised her hand in agreement.

Zhou Wenfu and the other seven all looked at Mingshu, Yi, Lu and Chenli.

“With only a few of us, we still need a team leader. How can we lead the team to work in the fields?” Chen Li sneered and walked back to the house.

“Let’s discuss how to settle down!” Yi Lu said with a smile.

“Same here,” Mingshu said.

“You are destroying the unity of the people.” Wang Meiying snorted and pouted.

“Such a big hat. We’re not qualified,” Chen Li scoffed as he walked out. “Let’s figure out how to settle down quickly!”

“My idea is to choose a person in charge to handle it. But you don’t agree,” Zhou Wenfu said.

“You mean the person in charge will be responsible for this matter, and he won’t have to go to work, and we will support him?” Chen Li tilted his head and looked at him with a smile.

“Of course not, he just wants to do his best,” He Yun said softly.

“We feel bad about his behavior,” Chen Li said with a gloomy face.

“Okay, we have to start work tomorrow, so let’s work out the rules today,” Yi Lu said quickly.

“But…” He Yun wanted to say something, but Zhou Wenfu pulled him back and said, “Let’s discuss it now while it’s still early. If you want to buy something, go buy it now.”

“There are no pots or bowls in the kitchen, so eating is a big problem. Now you need industrial tickets and money to buy iron pots, bowls, chopsticks, plates, and all kinds of miscellaneous items. We also need two large buckets and a large vat for water. These are the things that everyone needs.” Chen Li just returned to the room and took a look at the kitchen, but there was nothing there.

“Then we will divide into several groups to buy things and go up the mountain to collect firewood. At noon, we will also help to bring back the food for those who have not returned.” Zhou Wenfu hurriedly followed.

“Each person pays two yuan first, and we will go buy it first. Those who don’t have enough can add it at that time and come back to reconcile the account.” After Chen Li finished speaking, he took out two yuan from his pocket.

Mingshu took out two pieces from her pocket and put them in Chen Li’s hand. Yilu also took out two pieces and handed them to Chen Li.

In this way, Chen Li followed Zhou Wenfu, He Yun, Miao Dandan and Chen Guojun to the town to buy things.

The rest of the people went to the mountains to collect firewood.

Mingshu was the only one left. She turned around and looked at the mountains in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief. Now she could finally eat meat to her heart’s content.

“Mingshu, let’s go,” Yilu called Mingshu

“Yeah,” Mingshu responded, and followed Shi Zhou up. Li Xiaoming, Wang Danli, and Wang Meiying closed the door of their rooms and followed her up.

They walked past the villagers’ houses and headed up the mountain. They didn’t meet many villagers along the way. They were probably all working in the fields.