Don't be a stepmother in the 1970s

by Usui Takumii

not mine, waatpad, by Stella Nan. Beware mtl. DROPPED.

1. 00 to 10

Author: Jingjing is a fairy

Genre: Other romance

Status: Completed

Work introduction:

Lin Yao found herself traveling through time after closing her eyes.

She traveled through time into the novel "Sweet Baby Raising in the 70s" that she had just complained about.

The name of the heroine in this novel is exactly the same as Lin Yao's. Lin Yao's best friend recommended it to her after seeing it.

Lin Yao couldn't read it after reading only a few chapters. She complained to her best friend that the heroine had such a big golden finger as the sign-in system, but she actually went to be a stepmother to help the poor.

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She didn't expect to travel through time like this!

Well, since she is here, she will make the best of it. Of course, she won't be a stepmother~

DISCLAIMER!

• NOT MINE

• NOT EDITED, PURELY MTL

When Lin Yao regained consciousness, she felt dizzy and her head was aching.

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What happened? She didn't stay up late last night! Lin Yao frowned, raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and slowly opened her eyes.

The ceiling in front of her was very strange and very old.

Lin Yao sat up suddenly. The dim room was very small, probably only seven or eight square meters. There were few things in the room, and the furniture and quilts were very old.

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There was only one small window in the whole room, and the noisy sound came from there.

"That little bastard wet my coal briquettes!"

"It wasn't me."

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Where is this?

Why am I here?

Before Lin Yao could recover, a bunch of strange memories flooded into her mind.

Her name is Lin Yao, she is sixteen years old this year, and she has a twin sister, Lin Tong. They are fraternal twins and don't look very similar.

After she sorted out the memories in her mind, Lin Yao wanted to bang her head against the wall.

Isn't this the novel "Raising a Baby in the 1970s" that she complained about last night? !

When the original owner Lin Yao was an educated youth in Geda Village, she passed by the river and accidentally slipped and fell into the water. She was rescued by the male protagonist Qin An who was on leave and went home for a blind date.

Therefore, the male and female protagonists began to have some exchanges. After knowing each other for just one month, the two got a marriage certificate.

After the hero's vacation ended, the heroine took the hero's three-year-old son born to his ex-wife to join the army. Along with them was Wang Xia, the daughter of the hero's comrade-in-arms.

The hero's comrade-in-arms Wang Jun sacrificed himself to save the hero, and Wang Jun's wife remarried. Wang Jun's relatives were not good to Wang Xia. After Qin An knew Wang Xia's situation, he adopted the child.

It was equivalent to the heroine being a mother of two children painlessly. When Lin Yao saw this, she gave up directly. She didn't understand the heroine's idea at all.

The heroine's name was exactly the same as hers. Lin Yao also complained about the heroine to her best friend who recommended this novel to her.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, she actually traveled through time!

If she had known, she would not have opened this novel out of curiosity, nor would she have complained about the heroine of the novel. Who knows what went wrong in that place, how she traveled through time! Can she still go home?

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yao sorted out the memories in his mind again.

It is now the spring of 1972, and tomorrow is the day when Lin Yao and Lin Tong take the train to the countryside.

"Yaoyao, Tongtong, come out quickly!" A middle-aged woman's voice came from outside the room.

"I'm coming." Lin Yao knew that it was Lin's mother's voice, so she quickly got up and answered while putting on her shoes.

"Where is Tongtong?" Lin's mother saw that only Lin Yao came out of the room, and asked directly.

"She went out to find her classmates." Lin Yao answered according to the memory in her mind.

"Okay." Mother Lin nodded, and then handed the big package in her right hand to Lin Yao, "I bought things for you two sisters, this is your share, put these things together with your packed luggage, don't forget to take them when you leave tomorrow."

"Okay." Although she had all the memories of the original owner, she didn't have emotions just because she had memories, so Lin Yao nodded stiffly and went back to the room with the things.

Mother Lin put the things in her other hand on the table, and then hurried out with the cooking tools. She came back a little late today because she bought things for the two sisters.

Father Lin and his family will be back soon, and she has to cook dinner.

There are five people in the Lin family, Father Lin, Mother Lin, Lin Hao, and two sisters Lin Yao and Lin Tong.

Lin Hao is two years older than Lin Yao. Although he is not married yet, he has a partner and the two families have decided to get married in July.

When Lin Hao graduated from high school, Lin's mother transferred the job of the textile factory to Lin Hao. Now Lin's mother takes care of various things at home.

This year, the two sisters Lin Yao and Lin Tong also graduated from high school, but there is no job for them to take over. After all, Lin Hao has only been working for two years, his salary is not high, and he is about to get married. Now the family depends on Lin's father's salary to live, and it is impossible to transfer it to Lin Yao and the others, not to mention that they are two girls.

Although the Lin family did not favor boys over girls like some families at that time, they were not fair. Lin's father had said that the family's savings, jobs, and houses would be left to Lin Hao in the future.

The Lin family was able to support the two sisters to finish high school. In the eyes of Lin's father and mother, they had done a good job. So after Lin Yao and Lin Tong graduated and did not find a job for two months, they could only sign up to go to the countryside.

However, after all, they were his own daughters, so Lin's father still gave Lin's mother a sum of money to buy things for Lin Yao and Lin Tong, and the subsidies for going to the countryside were also for the two sisters to keep.

When dinner was almost ready, Lin Tong came back. Not long after she came back, Lin's father and Lin Hao also returned home.

The five members of the Lin family lived in a tube building with two bedrooms and a living room, and one of the larger rooms was divided into two rooms. Lin Yao and Lin Tong lived on one side, while Lin Hao lived on the other side.

"What time is the train tomorrow?" Father Lin asked while holding a bowl at the dinner table.

"Seven twenty." Lin Tong answered first.

"Okay, tomorrow your brother and I will help you move your luggage to the train before going to work." Father Lin said.

"Okay!" Lin Tong agreed immediately, and Lin Yao nodded according to the original owner's gentle personality and responded softly.

"You two sisters are going to the countryside in P City together. Your father specially found people to be assigned there. You two sisters don't know how long it will take to come back in the future. You must take care of each other outside! Did you hear that?" Mother Lin said earnestly.

"Yeah." The two sisters nodded again.

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On the first night after crossing over, Lin Yao really couldn't sleep.

Not only was she not used to the unfamiliar environment, but she also felt helpless sleeping with unfamiliar people, which made her feel upset.

After lying down until the next morning, Lin Yao heard the sound coming from the living room. She didn't want to go out and face the familiar yet unfamiliar Lin's mother, so she had to get up and pack all the things again.

When Lin Yao got up, Lin Tong also sat up immediately. It seemed that she didn't sleep well last night.

The relationship between the two sisters was not good. It might be because they were twins. They liked most of the same things. Lin Tong is more domineering and noisy, so when the two sisters quarreled when they were young, Lin's mother always liked to say to Lin Yao, "You are the elder sister, give way to the younger sister..."

Lin Yao always likes to keep her grievances in her heart. For a long time, when Lin Yao and Lin Tong like the same thing, Lin Yao will give it to Lin Tong without Lin's mother telling her, and the two sisters rarely chat in private.

Today is the day to leave home. After breakfast, the family sent the two sisters to the train station together.

On the way, Lin Tong held Lin's mother's arm and listened to Lin's mother's instructions with Lin Yao.

"Yaoyao, you are the elder sister..."

After squeezing into the train and sitting in their seats, the two sisters waved goodbye to the family of three outside the window.

"Mom, Dad, brother, it's cold outside, go back!" Lin Tong shouted while waving her hands vigorously.

Watching Lin's mother and the others walk away, Lin Yao sat quietly in his seat, put away her luggage, and then closed her eyes to rest.

"Tsk!" Lin Tong looked at Lin Yao's actions beside her, and couldn't help rolling her eyes. She held her breath in her heart, thinking who would want to talk to her!

"Yingzi, Cheng Gang brother!" Lin Tong's joyful voice came into Lin Yao's ears.

Lin Yao knew who the two people Lin Tong was calling were, but she didn't want to communicate with them, so she still closed her eyes and didn't move.

"Tongtong!" Zhang Ying came to Lin Tong with a smile, "Hey, what's wrong with Yaoyao? Is she feeling unwell?"

"No, she just likes to act like this, leave her alone!" Lin Tong pouted, and then asked the two to sit opposite her.

Lin Yao closed her eyes, originally to avoid communication, but in the train, she actually fell asleep.

"Hey, wake up!"

Lin Yao was pushed awake in a daze, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Tong's impatient face.

"What are you doing?" Lin Yao frowned and slapped Lin Tong's hand away.

"Take out the eggs and biscuits that Mom put in your bag." Lin Tong said directly.

Today, Lin's mother got up early in the morning and baked more than ten pancakes for the two sisters. She also cooked eggs and put them in bags for the two sisters to take as dry food on the road. These things were all in Lin Yao's bag.

After hearing what Lin Tong said, Lin Yao took out the things in the bag one by one without saying a word. Before Lin Yao finished taking out the things, Lin Tong reached out and opened the bag of eggs, took out three eggs, and gave one to Zhang Ying and Li Chenggang. "Yingzi, Chenggang, you guys eat too, my mom prepared a lot."

"That's not good..." Although Zhang Ying said that, her eyes were fixed on the eggs. Zhang Ying's family was very patriarchal, so she usually couldn't eat eggs, which were precious things.

"It's okay, you eat it, we will live in the same place in the future." Lin Tong stuffed the eggs directly into Zhang Ying's hands. If Zhang Ying didn't accept it, how could she find a reason to make Li Chenggang accept it?

"Okay, I'll share my good things with you in the future." Zhang Ying didn't refuse since she had the eggs in her hands.

"Thank you, Comrade Lin Tong." Seeing that Zhang Ying had accepted it, Li Chenggang had no choice but to take it too. However, Li Chenggang put the egg on the table, took out the oil paper bag from his bag, opened it and put it in the middle, "I have some cakes here, let's eat them together."

Lin Yao watched the three of them interact silently, and then put the cakes that had been divided in half in the oil paper bag she had specially taken, put the oil paper bag on the table, and took out two eggs from the bag of eggs, and pushed them all in front of Lin Tong, "Mom prepared ten eggs, five for each of us. There are seventeen large cakes, eight and a half for each of us, you keep them for yourself. Don't wake me up when I sleep in the future."

"Lin Yao! What do you mean!" Lin Tong blushed, stood up suddenly and pointed at Lin Yao and said.

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"What, what do you mean, isn't it obvious?" Lin Yao took out half a big cake and ate it slowly, saying, "Now that my parents are not here, I think it's better for us to eat separately."

"Before you and I left, mom told us to take care of each other." Lin Tong said.

"I thought we should have a tacit understanding on this point, so we can just take care of our own things." Lin Yao didn't intend to be like the original body, holding back the grievances in her heart, and took this opportunity to talk things out.

"Since I was a child, mom likes to say that I am the elder sister and should give in to you, the younger sister, but I am only a few minutes older than you. At home, mom is on your side, so I can only put up with myself. You know I don't like you, and of course you don't like me either. So now that mom and dad are not around, let's just live our own lives and take care of our own things. But don't think about my things, I will never give them to you again!"

Looking at Lin Yao's cold face, Lin Tong felt a little scared and aggrieved in her heart, but on the surface she still snorted coldly and sat back in her seat, "Let's live our own lives, who wants to be with you!"

"Oh, it's okay as long as we agree." Lin Yao lowered her head and started to peel eggs and eat them.

No longer paying attention to the whispers of Lin Tong and the others, after lunch, Lin Yao leaned back on the seat with her bag in her arms and continued to rest. The train would take three days and three nights, so there was still a long time.

Accompanied by the sound of the train, a few hours later, the train stopped at K City. Lin Yao had almost rested, but she didn't want to talk to Lin Tong and the others, so she took out a book from her bag and started reading.

After a while, a group of people came again. They were carrying large and small bags, and they looked like educated youth.

"Hello, I'm calling Qian, are you guys together?" An enthusiastic person came over to greet everyone.

"Hello, Comrade Qianlai, my name is Li Chenggang." As the only boy among the four, Li Chenggang smiled and responded to Qianlai.

"Yes, the four of us are from W City." Zhang Ying echoed. "My name is Zhang Ying, this is my good friend Lin Tong, and that is Lin Tong's sister Lin Yao."

"Where are you going to the countryside? The people sitting in the group are all going to P City, but the specific location is not known yet." Qianlai continued with a smile.

"Really?" Lin Tong's eyes widened in surprise, "We are also going to P City."

"That's perfect, let's go over and get to know each other, maybe some of us can be grouped together then." Qianlai greeted.

"Okay!" Lin Tong agreed immediately and stood up to hold Zhang Ying's arm, "Yingzi, Chenggang, let's go and talk."

"Okay." Zhang Ying and Li Chenggang both agreed.

Seeing that the three of them stood up, only Lin Yao sat still, Qian Lai asked curiously, "Isn't this comrade Lin Yao going with us?"

Before Lin Yao could speak, Lin Tong spoke first, "She's not going!"

"I feel a little uncomfortable and don't want to move. Comrade Qian Lai, you go and get to know each other." Ignoring Lin Tong, Lin Yao looked at Qian Lai and said.

"Okay, Comrade Lin Yao, have a good rest." It was impossible to force others, so after hearing Lin Yao's refusal, Qian Lai took the three of them directly.

Lin Yao continued to lower her head to read. Although it was just a textbook, it was also a pastime to kill time.

At night, Lin Tong and the others fell asleep, while Lin Yao tilted her chin and looked at the beautiful starry sky outside the window.

Suddenly a bright light flashed, it was a meteor!

Watching the meteor fall into the distance, Lin Yao was very excited. It finally came! She remembered that the heroine's golden finger in the original book was triggered by seeing a meteor on the train!

But don't produce the butterfly effect!

[Ding! Hello, I am system number 893, may I ask if I am bound? ]

Hearing the voice coming from her head, a big stone in Lin Yao's heart finally fell.

Unlike the heroine in the book, Lin Yao did not ask questions like that. Instead, she answered directly in her mind that she was bound.

[Ding, binding is successful! Hello host, I am system No. 893, belonging to the Golden Finger Function Department, and its main function is to sign in. ]

[Starting from midnight, you can sign in once a day, you can draw a prize once a month, and you will be given a big gift package every year. ]

[You are my 352nd host, and I will accompany you for fifty years. ]

[How should I call you? Do you know what my situation is now? ] Facing the only unscientific existence, Lin Yao could only ask the system in her heart.

[Just call me 893. When the binding was successful, I found that I was bound to two hosts, and your souls were exchanged. I have reported your situation to the main system, and I will give you an answer soon. 】

【Both of us are bound? Then can we both use you normally? Can we communicate through you? 】After hearing 893's answer, Lin Yao hurriedly asked.

【Both can be used normally. You are bound to my main body, and there is a subsystem over there. Sorry, your space and time are not on the same frequency, so you can't communicate through me. 】

【Is that so...】Lin Yao felt a little disappointed, and then asked unwillingly, 【Can it be changed back? 】

【893: Sorry. 】

Lin Yao waited for two minutes, and the system sent a reply from the main system.

【893: You had a stroke in the 21st century, and time and space intersected, so your souls exchanged. This fact cannot be changed now, but the main system agreed to pass on a message for you. 】

How did she have a stroke? It's so unlucky!

【What happened to my body? 】

【893: Your body has been repaired by the system, and your heartbeat has recovered, but it will be a little weak for the time being. 】

Lin Yao sighed in her heart. She is the only daughter in the family. Lin Yao didn't know why she traveled through time before, and she didn't dare to think about it yesterday. Now she knows the current situation. She had a stroke because the original owner didn't die because of the system, but the two of them exchanged souls.

Although it is not the best situation, her parents will not lose their daughter in middle age, and Lin Yao can survive. From the memories of the original owner, it is known that the original owner actually lacks love.

Judging from the situation of their family, they should be able to provide the original owner with a good environment, and her parents will also have someone to accompany and take care of them...

Lin Yao was silent for a while, and then said to the system in her heart, [Please ask her to be filial to my parents and take care of them for me. ]

[893: Conveyed. ]

[893: Host 353 sent a message, she said she would fulfill your wish. But she didn't have any requirements, just said that her parents' old-age care problem should be dealt with by Lin Tong. ]

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[I understand. ] Lin Yao responded, and the system fell silent. Lin Yao looked out the window, lost in his own thoughts, and could only say that she was lucky to be alive...

After calming down for a while, Lin Yao called the system and started signing in.

[Ding, the host signed in for the first time on the train and received a gift package for educated youth going to the countryside. ]

[Congratulations on winning 150 yuan in cash, a t-quilt, a four-piece set, an alarm clock, a towel, a toothbrush, a toothpaste, an iron basin, a ceramic jar...]

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Basically, there is a copy of everything you need to go to the countryside. Looking at the pile of items in the sign-in space, Lin Yao was happy to have so many things, but also worried about how to use them.

After breakfast the next day, Lin Yao took out a book as usual to read and review her textbooks. She can still take the college entrance examination in a few years.

During the three days on the train, Lin Yao and Lin Tong did not say a word. Even when Lin Tong finished her pancake and preferred to buy expensive food on the train and eat hard steamed buns with Zhang Ying, Lin Tong did not even ask Lin Yao, and of course Lin Yao was happy to do so.

After three days and three nights on the train, it was about three or four o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in P City.

It was not too early or too late, but after getting off the train, everyone, who had not taken a shower for three days and was exhausted physically and mentally, discussed staying in a nearby guesthouse for one night.

There were more than 20 people in the group, and the guesthouse did not have so many rooms. Moreover, most people at this time were very frugal, so everyone discussed that four people would stay in one room.

Lin Yao only introduced herself to them on the second day, and was not very familiar with these people. It's just that it's really hard for a person to move around in this era, so I just listened to their arrangements.

Lin Yao and Lin Tong are from the same place no matter how poor they are. Although their relationship is a bit stiff now, at Zhang Ying's suggestion, they also tacitly agreed to live in the same room tonight.

There is also a girl living with them, who got on the train with Qian Lai and them, her name is Liu Mei.

After taking turns to take a shower, everyone didn't want to eat, but lay on the bed to rest. After sitting on the train for three days, Lin Yao's whole body was sore and her calves were a little swollen.

Ignoring the discomfort of sleeping with others, Lin Yao washed up and went to bed, and fell asleep soon, and the others were almost the same.

The next morning, after eating, a group of people gathered together and bought tickets to the county town with the introduction letter.

Among the group of people, there were twelve people who were traveling with Lin Yao and her friends. When they arrived at the bus station and got on the bus, it was a little late and there were not many seats.

Lin Yao and the other girls were carrying large and small bags in their hands. They couldn't get ahead of those who were quick and could only stand.

There was still some time before departure, and more and more people came. The large and small bags were squeezed together with the people.

Finally, the car started, and the smell of gasoline mixed with various smells in the car, which made people feel a little nauseous.

Fortunately, Lin Yao knew that she had to take a bus, so she only ate an egg in the morning to fill her stomach, and didn't even dare to drink more water. So when someone vomited, they held back the discomfort.

The car windows were open, and although it was cold, no one had any objections.

Finally, we reached our destination in the shaking car, and Lin Yao and the others got off the car with pale faces.

After a short pause, we set off again to take a bus to our next destination, Hongqi County.

Only seven of the last group were from Hongqi County, but on the way here, we met 18 more educated youth and went to the educated youth office together.

"Lin Yao, Lin Tong, Sun Xiangdong, Zhou Hongxia, Liu Chenggang, Hu Ziqiang, Wang Dagang are from Geda Village, Zhang Ying, Qian..." The addresses of the educated youths were drawn by lot by the team leader of their village, so after seeing the educated youths coming, the staff of the educated youth office took out the brochure for them to read.

"Ah!" Lin Tong was disappointed to see that Zhang Ying was not assigned to the same village as her. The two of them quickly surrounded the staff and asked, "Comrade, how is the list allocated? Can Zhang Ying be assigned to the same village as me?"

"This is all arranged by the village captains. I can't make the decision. But today, the captain of your Geda Village happens to be working inside. You can ask him if he is willing to accept one more person this time." The clerk pushed his glasses and pointed to a middle-aged man who came out and continued, "Look, that's the one."

"Okay, thank you." After Zhang Ying and the others thanked him, they quickly ran to find the captain of Geda Village.

"No, the division has been done, the household registration has been transferred, how can we take one more person?" The captain of Gedada Village is called Qin Dajun. The educated youth have been sent to the countryside for several years, and there is no sign of them returning.

These educated youth can't do anything. In the past, everyone picked the youngest and the strongest, and now they draw lots to distribute them when there is a quarrel. One more educated youth will be another burden for the village. Originally, seven educated youth were assigned to Gedada Village this year, and Qin Dajun was already very unhappy. Now they say they want another one? How is that possible!

Qin Dajun waved his hand and ignored Lin Tong and the others. He shouted loudly, "I am the captain of Gedada Village. Those who are assigned to Gedada Village should follow me."

Only six of the seven people arrived, and a female comrade named Zhou Hongxia did not arrive.

There was no way Lin Tong could reluctantly part with Zhang Ying. Zhang Ying and the others had to wait for the captain of Hegou Village to arrive.

Lin Yao and the others followed Qin Dajun for a while and came to a big tree. There was an ox cart there, and several aunts were talking about something.

"Oh, why are there so many educated youth this year?" An aunt said with a frown.

"There is no other way. The house of the educated youth in Yuhe Village collapsed. It just so happens that we have built a few more houses here, so the leaders directly let us take them over. However, our village will not need to accept any more educated youth next year." Qin Dajun explained.

There were three mothers on the ox cart. After hearing what Qin Dajun said, they ignored the presence of Lin Yao and the others and continued to talk directly, their tone full of disgust.

"Although there won't be any educated youth coming next year, our village can still support a few more this year!"

"That's right, these educated youth are all very spoiled, and they can't even keep up with the children in the village in terms of work."

"Every year, there are educated youth who want to borrow food, but at the end of the year, they can't pay back the work points and don't have enough money!"

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Listening to the aunties' disapproving words, the shy educated youth blushed.

"What do you mean?!" Wang Dagang couldn't help but said directly, "We went to the countryside to build the countryside!"

"You want to accept our rural education? If you want to accept it, you have to work to support yourself. You can't let us educate you and still have to pay for your food!" It has been more than a year or two since they went to the countryside. These ladies are very familiar with these things about the educated youth.

"You..." Wang Dagang was choked by the aunt's words, and he didn't know what else to say.

"Okay, Sister Zhao and her daughter-in-law are back, we should set off back to the village." Qin Dajun saw that the educated youth were honest, and he also spoke up to help.

At this time, cattle were very valuable in the village, so the educated youths were only allowed to put their luggage on the carts, and the women took turns to sit on them, while the others walked back to the village.

On the way, Lin Tong did complain about why she had to walk when there was a bullock cart, but the villagers were not used to her and scolded her directly. It was only after Liu Chenggang spoke to comfort Lin Tong that she stopped.

After walking for more than ten miles and almost three hours, everyone finally arrived at Gedada Village.

Everyone dispersed, and Qin Dajun took Lin Yao and the other six people to the educated youth site.

As they walked, Qin Dajun said to them, "You can still adapt for a few days. The fields will start to get busy in March. I will ask someone to deliver the subsidies for you to go to the countryside. It will probably be enough for you to eat for a month..."

The educated youth point was not far from the village entrance. It took only ten minutes for everyone to reach the destination. Qin Dajun handed the people over to Wu Yingxiong, the person in charge of the educated youth point, and left. He had other things to do.

Geda Village belongs to the north. It is cold in winter and only grows one crop a year. There are several continuous mountains behind them. The resources are rich. It is a rare good place.

The place where the educated youth lived was a mud house built by the team leader a few years ago. It looked very old, but in fact, it was already a very good house in that era.

In the countryside, every household has a large yard, and the educated youth site is of course no exception. The whole house is like a quadrangle, with a front yard and a back yard.

There are six houses in the front yard, three on each side, and the rooms are about the same size. There are more in the backyard, with a total of seven rooms. But the largest main hall is used as a living room, and everyone eats in this house.

The kitchen is on the right side of the main hall in the backyard, and the firewood room is in front of the kitchen. The other rooms can be lived in.

Wu Yingxiong continued to explain the situation of the educated youth camp to everyone, and the educated youth who had returned from work also gathered to see the new educated youth.

"Brother Wu, where is the toilet?" Hu Ziqiang asked a little embarrassedly.

"Look, there is a small door next to the firewood room. When you go out, you can see a shed in front. That's our toilet." Wu Yingxiong pointed to the firewood room and said.

"Okay." Hu Ziqiang nodded and ran to the toilet quickly.

The rest of the people began to get to know each other.

From 1966 to 1967 until now, including the seven people in Lin Yao's group, a total of 23 educated youth have come to Gedada Village.

Only two people have returned to the city for five years. Seeing that there is no hope for the others to return to the city, three educated youth have found young men and women in the village to marry and have children.

There are only 18 educated youth in the educated youth point now, including the female educated youth Zhou Hongxia who has not arrived yet. Among them, there are eight female educated youth and ten male educated youth.

The old educated youth vacated four rooms for the new educated youth, two for male educated youth and two for female educated youth. The two sisters Lin Yao and Lin Tong don't talk to each other much now, and they look like they hate each other. They just take a room each, and wait for Zhou Hongxia to come in two days, and see who she chooses to live with.

After the rooms were divided, three young men carried a few sacks and shouted at the door. It seemed that the food sent by Qin Dajun had arrived.

A ration includes three kilograms of rice, twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes, and two kilograms of corn residue. These are the subsidies for one person for one month in the countryside. Of course, this subsidy is only for this one time. Next month, you can only rely on this month's work points to exchange for food. However, if you have no work points but money, the village will also exchange some for the educated youth according to the situation.

As for those who have no work points and no money, the village will lend some to the educated youth and deduct it when they have work points, but it is unlikely that they will be full in this situation. They can only be hungry.

After watching the villagers' powerful performance, Sun Xiangdong asked, "There is only one kitchen, how do we eat?"

"Everyone eats from the same pot, and the work is divided and cooperated. The girls take turns to cook, and the boys take turns to fetch water and collect firewood." The old educated youth Zhao Hong replied with a smile.

"Then the food is mixed together, and everyone eats together?" Sun Xiangdong is happy to see this situation, after all, he has a big appetite and eats a lot.

"Of course not, everyone keeps their own food bag, and you take out as much as you eat every meal." Zhao Hong said that everyone's work points are different, so how can they eat together? No one likes to eat at a loss.

"Oh." Sun Xiangdong listened and had no opinion.

"By the way, there is a piece of land behind the Youth Farm, which belongs to our Youth Farm. The vegetables grown there can be eaten by everyone, but you will take care of it these days. We will take turns to take care of the next batch of vegetables." Another female Youth Farmer, Zhang Sufen, said.

Lin Yao and the others certainly had no objection to the reasonable request of the old Youth Farmers. At present, it seems that everyone gets along well.

"Today is your first day here. Go back to your room and pack your things. We will cook dinner. After dinner, let Lin Fugui take you to find Qin the carpenter in the village. We Youth Farmers exchange wooden basins and wardrobes there." Zhang Sufen said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Yao and the others nodded.

Lin Tong was the smartest. She opened the bag of rice and took out a handful of rice. "Sister Sufen, I only eat this much at night. Sorry to bother you."

"It's all a small matter." Zhang Sufen turned to the kitchen and took out a bowl, motioning Lin Tong to put the rice in the bowl. "It's almost half a bowl."

"Yeah." Lin Tong nodded with a smile. Most people at that time had this skill and would judge how much they could cook based on the raw food.

Lin Yao did not take out rice, but took out a medium-sized sweet potato. She didn't have a bowl now, so it was better to eat sweet potatoes at night.

The new educated youth took out their evening rations one after another, and then went back to their rooms to clean up.

There are no beds in the rural areas of Northeast China, and people sleep on kangs. The kang in the village is quite big, at least five or six people can sleep on it.

The room is very empty, except for the kang. Lin Yao borrowed a rag from the old educated youth and started to work.

Fortunately, the room was empty, and it was cleaned up soon. She took out the pillows, sheets, and quilts from the package and laid them out. The other luggage will be put in after buying a locker.

Lin Yao sometimes likes to sleep against the wall, and this room has a mud wall. It seems that when she takes time to go to the county town, she will go to get some old newspapers and stick them on the wall.

After walking for a day and cleaning up for a while, Lin Yao was so tired that she collapsed on the bed. She wanted to rest for a while, but she almost fell asleep. If Zhang Sufen and the others hadn't prepared the meal and called people, I'm afraid Lin Yao would have fallen asleep.

There were two tables in the main room, and everyone squeezed together to sit. Lin Yao had roasted sweet potatoes for dinner, but she was too lazy to squeeze with them, so she finished it standing for a few seconds.

The meal at this time was very simple, and it didn't take long to eat. It was done in a few minutes.

After dinner, Lin Fugui took Lin Yao and the other six people to Qin Carpenter's house. On the way, they met some curious villagers who looked at Lin Yao and whispered to each other.

Bang bang bang!

"Is Uncle Qin home? Several new educated youths want to exchange furniture with you." The door of Carpenter Qin's house was not closed, but Lin Fugui did not lead people in directly. Instead, he knocked on the door to remind them that someone was coming.

"Yes, yes, I guessed that you should come at this time." Aunt Qin ran out with a smile on her face, and Carpenter Qin followed her out. Her family is related to the team members, and she had long known from the team leader that seven educated youths were assigned to Geda Village this time. According to the number of people, their family had already prepared wardrobes.

"This is Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin. Their family's carpentry skills are inherited from their family. The cabinets and tables they make are very good." Lin Fugui introduced them to both parties with a smile. "These are our new educated youth. Only six of them arrived today. They said one more person will arrive two days later."

"Good, good, all of you are beautiful girls and handsome boys. Welcome to Geda Village." Aunt Qin's smile was very bright. These people brought money with them!

"Hello, Aunt Qin, Hello, Uncle Qin." Lin Yao and her friends greeted Carpenter Qin and his wife, and told them what furniture they wanted one by one.

Lin Yao asked for a large wardrobe, two wooden basins, and a shelf for the wooden basins. These things cost Lin Yao twelve yuan. Lin Yao also planned to go to the county town again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, to buy flashlights and thermos.

The furniture they wanted was basically the same, and the only thing missing was a wooden basin, so Auntie Qin's eyes were all smiling.

Lin Yao and the others didn't have to bother to bring the furniture back, Auntie Qin directly asked her eldest and second sons to push the cart and deliver the furniture to the Youth Home.

After a hard day's work, Lin Yao washed up, soaked her feet, and fell asleep on the bed.

The next day, the sound of the rooster crowing didn't wake her up. The old Youth also went through this period and knew that Lin Yao and the others must be tired. So they didn't come to call them in the morning. Wu Yingxiong and the others went out to work after breakfast.

Lin Yao was awakened by hunger. After waking up, she still stayed in bed with the quilt in her arms, and then signed in directly in her mind.

[Ding! Host signed in for the fifth time, congratulations on getting two cooked eggs. 】

Except for the gift pack for the educated youth who signed in for the first time, the things she got in the past few days were all small things, a total of six White Rabbit milk candies, two yuan, and two taels of pork. These things are all in the system space, and Lin Yao did not take them out.

Now she was hungry, so Lin Yao took out two cooked eggs from the space, peeled them and ate them, and then put the egg shells back into the space, intending to throw them away when she went to the toilet later.

After filling her stomach, Lin Yao slowly got up and washed up, and glanced at the alarm clock in the system space. It was almost eleven o'clock.

Only Hu Ziqiang, Wang Dagang, Liu Chenggang and Lin Tong were chatting in the yard. Seeing that Lin Yao had just gotten up at this time, Lin Tong couldn't help but say a few words to Lin Yao, "You are so lazy when your mother is not here. Don't you see what time it is now!

"I like it." Lin Yao replied lightly, and then walked to the toilet with toilet paper.

The toilet was very smelly at this time. Every time Lin Yao went to the toilet, she held her breath and came out quickly after going. She threw away the egg shell by the way.

Seeing that Lin Yao wanted to go into the room again after coming back, Lin Tong hurriedly called Lin Yao, "Sister Sufen and the others cooked yesterday. Let's cook at noon today."

"No problem, their food is given to you? "Lin Yao agreed and did not refuse.

"Yeah." Lin Tong nodded. She didn't want to say anything more to Lin Yao.

Although Lin's mother always said that Lin Yao gave in to Lin Tong, she was not used to Lin Tong. In this era, girls basically know how to cook.

Although there were many people, the work was simple. They fried some cabbage, cooked a pot of sweet potato rice with more sweet potatoes and less rice, and added some pickled vegetables pickled by the old educated youth. That was a meal.

After dinner, Lin Yao asked in front of everyone, "Sister Sufen, how often do the villagers go to the county? I want to buy a hot water kettle."

2

"Every two days, they will go there with a bullock cart. Tomorrow seems to be the day to go to the county. Tomorrow morning around six o'clock, you can just go to the tree at the entrance of the village and wait. "Zhang Sufen replied with a smile. They had only been together for a day, and the old and new educated youth got along well. She was also happy to answer these small questions.

"Okay, thank you Sister Sufen. "After Lin Yao thanked her, she made an appointment with the old educated youth Liu Zhenzhu to go to the county town together tomorrow.

Back in the room, Lin Yao had nothing to do so she could only take out a book to read to kill time.

When they set out the next day, it was not only Lin Yao and her friends who were going, but also Lin Tong and Liu Chenggang who were planning to go to the county town.

On the way to the village entrance, Liu Zhenzhu and Lin Tong mostly talked about things in the village. Lin Yao spoke little but listened carefully.

It was still many years before she could return to the city. She should only be able to wander around in the village in the next few years. Lin Yao did not plan to run away and become a stepmother.

Geda Village is a big village nearby, with thousands of families. The general idea at that time was that as long as the parents were alive, the family should not be separated. A family had three or four people at the least, and as many as twenty or thirty people.

So during the idle farming season, every three or four days or so, Uncle Chen Wei would drive a bullock cart to take everyone to Hongqi County. Of course, during the busy farming season, there would be no such treatment. Families who really had something to do could only walk to the county.

When the four of them arrived at the entrance of the village, only Uncle Chen and the two aunts were chatting leisurely under the big tree at the entrance of the village.

"Hello, Uncle Chen, Aunt Jiang, and Aunt Wang. "Liu Zhenzhu came over with a few people and greeted the aunties with a smile.

Liu Zhenzhu was one of the earliest educated youth in Geda Village. She was cheerful and generous. Although she couldn't work as hard as the villagers, she could get six or seven every day, so the villagers had a good impression of her.

"Okay, what are you going to do in the county town today, Zhenzhu?" Aunt Jiang nodded and asked with a smile.

"I ran out of toothpaste, so I went to the county town to buy a tube." Liu Zhenzhu replied.

"Oh, it's just a few things, why don't you just ask others to help carry it? Look at you, you're just wasting a day's work points." Wang Dasao looked at Liu Zhenzhu with a disapproving look.

"Oh, I'm going to be busy soon, and I want to be lazy today. "Liu Zhenzhu waved her hand and continued, "It's a good opportunity to take Lin Yao and the others for a walk."

...

The few people chatted for a while, and Uncle Chen looked up at the sky and interrupted the chat, "Let's chat on the way. It's almost time to leave. It seems that only a few of us will go to the county today."

"Everyone is thinking about earning work points. Since there are few people, we can all sit together." Aunt Jiang said with a smile, and asked everyone to sit on the ox cart.

Uncle Chen just started the car, and a male voice came, "Uncle Chen, you guys are too fast, fortunately I arrived in time. "

Lin Yao looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a young man spit out the grass hanging from his mouth and walked over.

"Hey, Shuisheng, why are you going to the county today?" Uncle Chen stopped and asked.

"It's my dad. He said that another educated youth arrived in the county today and asked me to pick her up. It's really troublesome. "Qin Shuisheng scratched his head in annoyance.

After hearing what Uncle Chen and the others were talking about, Lin Yao guessed who the man in front of him was. Qin Shuisheng was the youngest son of the captain Qin Dajun. The captain's wife was a little used to him. He was in his twenties and he would go fishing for three days and drying nets for two days.

But Qin Shuisheng was handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Many girls in the village wanted to date him. But the girls' elders would not agree. In their opinion, appearance could not make a living.

"You don't like to go to work anyway, so it's just right for you to help your father share some of the burden." Uncle Chen said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, you are right. "Qin Shuisheng didn't want to argue, and after a perfunctory remark, he sat down next to Liu Chenggang. After sitting down, he muttered, "There are too many people today, and it's hard to lie down and sleep."

"You are the only one who has an opinion!" Uncle Chen glared at Qin Shuisheng, then sat next to him and started to hurry up.

Qin Shuisheng smiled and didn't talk back. He adjusted his position, hugged one leg, and leaned against Uncle Chen, "Uncle Chen, I'll lean on you and sleep for a while."

"You just want to torture my old arms and legs. "Uncle Chen muttered softly, but still moved a little to let Qin Shuisheng lean more comfortably.

In this way, Qin Shuisheng slept all the way, while Lin Yao and the others chatted all the way.

When they arrived at Hongqi County, Qin Shuisheng said something to Uncle Chen, patted his butt and left. The others also dispersed one after another, and Lin Yao and the other four went to the state-owned store together.

It's not that Lin Yao didn't want to act alone, but she couldn't find a reason, so she could only go shopping first and find a chance to bring it up later.

Hongqi County is quite large, and the atmosphere of the times is also very strong, with all kinds of slogans everywhere.

On the way to the state-owned store, we passed by state-owned hotels, post offices, grain stations and other places.

"Our county is very large, with three factories. The meat processing factory is in the south, the brick factory is in the west, and the textile factory is right here. There are so many jobs needed, but they don't even post them for recruitment." Liu Zhenzhu's tone was a little sour when she said the last part.

"Hey, it's the same everywhere. In my hometown, W City, most of the factory recruitments are internal notifications. By the time we know about it, the recruited people have already started working." Lin Tong sighed and said.

As they were talking, they finally arrived at the state-owned store, which can also be called a department store, covering an area of 400 to 500 square meters.

The four of them entered the store and saw all kinds of counters. Some of the things inside required tickets, while others didn't.

"There are so many goods. Where should we start? "Lin Tong said with a sigh after looking at the dazzling array of goods.

"There are too many things. Let's go buy what we need. If we miss the time, the state-owned hotel will not wait for anyone." Taking this opportunity, Lin Yao spoke up and suggested.

"Okay." Lin Tong and Liu Chenggang agreed of course, and only Liu Zhenzhu accompanied them.

Although Liu Zhenzhu had made an appointment with Lin Yao to come to the county yesterday, she and Lin Tong were more excited on the way, so Liu Zhenzhu accompanied Lin Tong to buy things.

Lin Yao was very happy about this situation.

After the four separated, Lin Yao randomly chose a direction different from them. She planned to take a quick look first, then pick out what you want to buy.

On the road, where there are places selling backpacks and baskets, Lin Yao thought of the basket that Lin's mother carried every time she went shopping. Cover the basket with a piece of cloth so that no one knows what is bought.

Do it as soon as you think of it. Lin Yao walked to the counter selling daily necessities and asked the salesperson who was sewing shoe soles inside, "Comrade, how much are the backpacks and baskets?"

"A backpack is 1.2 yuan, and a basket is 9.3 yuan. You don't need a ticket." The salesperson replied without looking up.

"Okay, help me get a backpack and a basket. "Lin Yao took out a handkerchief from her trouser pocket and held the money there, counted the money, and handed it to the salesperson.

The salesperson then stood up and casually took the goods and handed them to Lin Yao. After checking the money to make sure it was ok, she sat down on the stool again and continued to sew her insoles.

Before setting off, Lin's mother gave Lin Yao and Lin Tong some tickets. Lin Yao sorted them out last night and used all the tickets that were about to expire today.

Along the way, they bought a toothbrush, a tube of toothpaste, a few feet of dark blue coarse cloth, a piece of soap, a box of clam oil and a box of vanishing cream.

Lin Yao and Lin Tong each had half a pound of candy tickets, so the two of them happened to meet at the candy counter.

"Which counter did you buy your backpack at?" Lin Tong asked directly after seeing Lin Yao's backpack covered tightly.

"The daily necessities counter over there." Lin Yao certainly wouldn't embarrass Lin Tong for such a small matter, she pointed in the direction and said.

"Okay, I'll go buy one later." Lin Tong nodded and continued, "The counter over there sells labor protection gloves. Sister Zhenzhu reminded us that it's best to buy a few pairs, otherwise our hands won't be able to bear it when working."

"Okay." Lin Yao didn't expect Lin Tong to remind her of this, and looked at her in surprise.

Feeling Lin Yao's eyes, Lin Tong felt a little embarrassed, "Why are you looking at me? Sister Zhenzhu reminded us."

"Nothing, thank you Sister Zhenzhu." Lin Yao followed Lin Tong's words and retracted her eyes and said thank you.

After buying half a pound of fruit candy, the three dispersed again. Lin Yao continued to shop, bought gloves by the way, and walked towards the door according to the time.

After the four of them got together, Liu Chenggang looked up at the weather and suggested, "It's almost time, let's go to the state-owned hotel for a meal."

"Okay." Lin Yao and the other two had no objection, and the four of them walked towards the state-owned hotel together.

It was lunchtime, and many people came to the state-owned hotel. Lin Yao glanced at the small blackboard hanging by the window, and then said to Lin Tong and the other two, "Look, there are not many seats left. One person goes to queue up to order food, and the other three people take the seats."

"Okay, you go to queue up, I want a portion of braised pork and a bowl of rice." Lin Tong hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and she swallowed her saliva when she smelled the meaty aroma in the air. She looked at the dishes and prices on the small blackboard, counted the money in her hand and said.

"Okay, give me the money and tickets." Lin Yao didn't refuse this little thing, and agreed directly.

Lin Tong took out the bill from her bag and counted it, then handed it to Lin Yao. After Liu Zhenzhu and Liu Chenggang ordered, the three hurried to take their seats. Lin Yao stayed in line to order food.

It didn't take long, and it was her turn in a few minutes. Lin Yao ordered two portions of braised pork, one portion of braised carp, three portions of rice, and one portion of fresh meat dumplings.

Lin Yao and Lin Tong had the same food, but Liu Zhenzhu chose dumplings.

The four of them sat and chatted while waiting for their numbers to be called, smelling the fragrance in the air, and chatting in a trance.

Lin Yao had been here for so many days, but she had never really had a good meal. Not to mention the sweet potatoes she had eaten almost every day these days, the corn porridge made her throat sore.

"Number 16!" The voice of calling the number came from the window.

After hearing the number, Lin Yao hurriedly got up to serve the dishes. At this time, there was no habit of serving food to the table. Liu Chenggang also got up and moved with her.

The food was served, and everyone was eating hard.

At this time, the food was very generous. Lin Yao could hardly eat at the end. After all, no matter how delicious the braised pork was, it would be boring if you eat too much.

But she didn't bring a lunch box, and it was not a good idea to waste food at this time, so Lin Yao stuffed the last bite of meat into her mouth.

The other three people were the same. In the end, there was not a single grain of food left on the plate. The four of them were full, but Lin Tong only burped after drinking two sips of water.

"Those who have finished eating, hurry up and get out. You will delay others from eating." The hotel waiter yelled.

After hearing the words of shooing people away, Lin Tong stood up while holding the table with burps. The hotel waiters of that period were so awesome.

After going out, Liu Zhenzhu led the three people to a place with few people, and then sat down on a stone, "This is the resting place for us educated youth after lunch. Every time we eat in the county, we will sit here to digest the food."

"This is good, just in time my stomach is too full. I don't want to move at all." Lin Tong sat directly next to Liu Zhenzhu, and Lin Yao and Liu Chenggang also found an empty seat to sit down.

In the breeze, the four chatted for more than half an hour. After Lin Yao felt much better, she said to the three people, "I want to go to the waste recycling station to exchange some old newspapers. There is too much mud on the kang in my room."

"I want to go too, I want to go too." Lin Tong heard Lin Yao's words and hurriedly said.

"Okay, let's go together." Liu Zhenzhu stood up and rubbed her belly and said, "I can take you to the pigeon market later."

The scrap collection station was not far from where they were. The four of them only walked for about 20 minutes to get there. There was an old man lying on a rattan chair at the door, rocking.

Seeing the sign of the scrap collection station, Lin Yao saw Lin Tong and the others pushing each other up to ask, and she was too lazy to listen to their pushing. She squatted down and gently touched the old man on the rattan chair, "Old man, wake up, wake up."

"Huh? What's the matter!" The old man was not in a good tone after being woken up.

"Grandpa, can we go in and take a look?" Lin Yao said to the grandpa with a smile, pretending that she didn't see the grandpa's dark face.

"Why are you going in? There's nothing to see." The grandpa glanced at Lin Yao, closed his eyes and continued to rock his rattan chair.

Lin Yao took out four candies from her bag and stuffed them into the grandpa's hand, "Grandpa, we want to change some old newspapers to paste on the wall, please help us."

The gatekeeper felt the hardness of his palm, and his tone softened a little, "Okay, you go in and take a look." While speaking, he quietly put the candy into his pocket.

"Thank you, thank you, Grandpa!" Lin Yao stood up happily and nodded to Liu Zhenzhu and the others beside her. The four of them stepped into the scrap collection station together.

The yard of the scrap collection station is not big, which is not what Lin Yao imagined.

There is a pile of scrap iron in the yard. There are two sacks near the wall. Lin Yao walked closer and took a look. There are chicken feathers, duck feathers and so on. There is also a broken iron basin next to it, which is filled with toothpaste tubes that are squeezed very clean.

There is no good furniture written in the novel. In another corner, there are only furniture with serious missing parts, which can also be said to be wooden lumps.

There were some books next to it, together with old newspapers. When I walked in, I saw that most of the books were in tatters, and there were only two intact ones.

Lin Yao was a little disappointed and took a bundle of newspapers from Liu Chenggang and Lin Tong. Liu Zhenzhu didn't need them because she had already pasted them in her room.

After walking out of the gate of the scrap collection station with newspapers in hand, the gatekeeper saw the four people coming out, glanced at the newspapers in their hands and said, "Just give 10 cents each."

Lin Yao took out the money and asked unwillingly, "Grandpa, why are there only broken wood in there? Why are there no old furniture?"

"Did you see the words on the side?" The grandpa took the money and pointed to the sign at the door and said, "Do you know what the word scrap means? How can old furniture be here? If you want old furniture, go to the commission store or the cultural relic store to find it."

Lin Yao, who was scolded, sighed in her heart. She was fooled by the novels she read before! "Okay, okay, okay, thank you for reminding me, Master."

After watching the four people leave, the doorman looked at the three cents in his hand and said to himself, "Little girl, you still want to come here to pick up bargains, dream on!"

"What question did you just ask? You are so ignorant!" After leaving the waste recycling station, Lin Tong couldn't help but say a few words to Lin Yao.

"You have common sense and you are awesome, but why didn't you go up and talk just now? Don't you want to? Oh, you don't have the courage, you are so arrogant." Lin Yao asked and answered herself and said a few words to Lin Tong.

"You!" Lin Tong was about to say something but was interrupted by Liu Zhenzhu, "Okay, okay, I'll take you to the pigeon market."

"Okay, give Sister Zhenzhu a face, otherwise I will definitely have a good quarrel with her." Lin Tong stared at Lin Yao fiercely and said.

Listening to Lin Tong's timid words, Lin Yao snorted lightly and was too lazy to quarrel with her. Looking at Lin Tong's current appearance, I still felt a little sad in my heart, why didn't I see her being so "honest" at home. Sure enough, everyone knows the situation.

Along the way, I only heard Lin Tong and Liu Zhenzhu chatting, and Liu Chenggang would chat from time to time.

After walking for a while, Liu Zhenzhu reminded the three people, "We will arrive after this alley, everyone, cover your face a little."

After hearing Liu Zhenzhu's reminder, Lin Yao changed the direction of the backpack and held it forward, then adjusted the cloth on the backpack, stretched out some cloth, and covered her face with the cloth with her hands, leaving only the space for her eyes.

Lin Tong followed suit and prepared, and Liu Zhenzhu also took out the prepared handkerchief to cover her face. Liu Chenggang didn't have a handkerchief or cloth, so he simply stretched out his hand to cover his nose and mouth, "I'll cover it with one hand all the time."

After seeing that everything was ready, Liu Zhenzhu and the other four walked towards the pigeon market.

After entering the alley, there were people selling things. There were not too many people, and most of the people inside were just pretending, looking similar to Lin Tong and the others.

The egg seller, the chicken seller...

The alley was not wide, so Lin Yao took this opportunity to whisper to the three people, "It would be too conspicuous if the four of us walked together, so let's split up and look around. This alley is not big, so we can meet up in front after we finish shopping."

"Okay." The three of them agreed, and each had their own little thoughts.

Finding a reason to separate from Lin Tong and the others was just to give her a chance to take out the things in the system space and make a living. Of course, Lin Yao now has to find someone who can sell these things.

But it's still early now. After leaving Lin Tong and the others, Lin Yao slowly began to look at the things in the pigeon market.

He exchanged 32 eggs for 1.5 yuan and a piece of fragrant soap for 80 cents. There is really a thermos here. Lin Yao asked the price. It costs 6.2 yuan without an industrial ticket. The price is so high.

Lin Yao also saw hens for sale, but now the educated youths cook and eat together, and it's not easy to buy chickens. Although they eat their own food, forget it, it's better not to be too conspicuous. So Lin Yao gave up the idea of buying chicken.

When she was almost at the innermost part, Lin Yao stopped and turned back. She had almost finished shopping. Then a man with a backpack pulled her and said to Lin Yao in a low voice, "Comrade, do you want tickets?"

"What tickets do you have?" Lin Yao had used up all the meat tickets, cloth tickets, and sugar tickets she brought. If the price was right, she could just change some.

"We have everything you want." The man said with some pride.

"And TV tickets?" Seeing the man bragging like that, Lin Yao asked curiously. These tickets were only for leaders.

"There are no TV tickets..." The man was choked up, and changed the subject awkwardly, "I have sugar tickets, industrial tickets, soap tickets..."

"How do I exchange meat tickets, grain tickets, sugar tickets, and cake tickets?" Lin Yao calculated what he needed before asking.

"How much do you want?" the man asked.

"Two catties of meat tickets, preferably half a catty, ten catties of grain tickets, one catty of sugar tickets, and more cake tickets." Lin Yao said.

"Meat tickets are 70 cents, grain tickets are 1.8 yuan, sugar tickets and cake tickets are both 50 cents per catty, I only have six catties of cake tickets, I'll give them all to you, you give me a total of six yuan." The ticket seller took out the tickets in his bag, counted them, and took out the tickets that Lin Yao needed.

"Okay." Lin Yao agreed, took out the money and handed it to the ticket seller.

The ticket seller glanced at the little money left on Lin Yao's handkerchief, and handed the ticket to Lin Yao directly, and continued, "Would you like cotton tickets? I have three kilograms of cotton tickets here."

"Winter is over, why do I need cotton tickets?" Lin Yao counted the tickets and said as he collected them.

"You can only get tickets after winter, and cotton tickets are hard to get in winter. Anyway, you will need cotton next year, and now is the right time to buy them." The ticket seller said with a smile.

"That's right." Lin Yao thought that she only had one set of winter clothes, so it would be okay to make an extra set now to avoid being annoyed when she didn't have them. Her golden finger couldn't specify what to sign in, so she was tempted, "How much do you think cotton tickets are?"

"Cotton tickets are 1.3 yuan per kilogram." The ticket seller replied.

"How much?" Lin Yao almost couldn't control her voice. Last year, Lin's mother went to the store to buy cotton for only 1.5 yuan per catty. How come the tickets are almost as expensive as cotton now! "The tickets are the same price as cotton, why are they so expensive!"

"Sister, you don't understand the situation. The price has dropped now. In the coldest time of winter in the first two months, the tickets were more expensive than cotton." The ticket seller told the truth.

Lin Yao frowned and said, "I didn't bring so much money. It seems that I can only buy it next time."

"If you miss it, you may not have it. Otherwise, you can buy one or two catties first." The ticket seller said.

"I..." Lin Yao suddenly saw Lin Tong and Liu Zhenzhu at this time, and her eyes lit up immediately, "Wait a minute, I saw my friends, I'll ask them how much money they brought, see if we can help."

"Okay, sister, you go ask." The ticket seller said happily.

Lin Yao nodded and strode towards Lin Tong and the others, "Sister Liu, I'm glad to see you."

"Lin... What's wrong with Xiao Lin?" Liu Zhenzhu was stopped by Lin Yao and almost called out Lin Yao's name.

"Sister, do you have extra money?" Lin Yao pulled Liu Zhenzhu to a less crowded side, and then whispered in Liu Zhenzhu's ear, "I want to buy a few bills, and I don't have enough money. Can you lend me some first, and I'll pay you back when I go back."

"How much do you need? I didn't bring much either." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"I still need two yuan and eight cents." Lin Yao had money in her system space, but she didn't show off her wealth. She just noticed that the ticket seller was peeking at the money in her handkerchief. Regardless of whether he had bad intentions or not, Lin Yao must be careful.

"So much? I only have one yuan and six cents." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"That's enough, I'll go back and choose, and buy less." Lin Yao said gratefully.

"Yes." Liu Zhenzhu nodded, took out some money from her bag, counted it, and handed it to Lin Yao, "You count it."

"Okay." After all, it was to be given to the ticket seller, so Lin Yao would definitely count it, "It's exactly 1.6 yuan, Sister Liu, thank you. Don't worry, I will return it to you when I go back."

"It's okay, I believe you." Liu Zhenzhu smiled. She learned from Lin Tong that the subsidies for the two sisters to go to the countryside were all on her, so she didn't worry that Lin Yao couldn't pay it back.

"Yes, I'll buy the tickets and come to find you." Lin Yao said with a smile.

"Go, go, we'll wait for you." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded and turned to leave. At this time, Lin Tong next to Liu Zhenzhu called her, "Hey, why don't you ask me for money?"

Originally, watching Lin Yao borrow money from Liu Zhenzhu, Lin Tong thought that if Lin Yao asked her for money, she would definitely say that she had no money. As a result, Lin Yao didn't even ask her, and Lin Tong felt unhappy again.

"No, I just buy fewer tickets." Lin Yao was too lazy to pay attention to Lin Tong's little thoughts, so she said directly.

"Oh, no, you must borrow it!" Lin Tong was unhappy now, and wanted to lend the money to Lin Yao even more.

"Okay, okay, then lend me one yuan and two yuan." Lin Yao stretched out her hand to Lin Tong. She didn't look like she was borrowing money, but like she was asking for money.

"Here you go!" Lin Tong was impressed by this and took out her money and handed it to Lin Yao. However, she didn't have enough change, so she borrowed a big black ten.

"This one is enough, so there's no need to borrow from two people." Lin Yao returned Liu Zhenzhu's money directly, "Thank you, Sister Liu, the money Lin Tong lent me is enough."

"That's fine." Liu Zhenzhu took the money and put it away with a smile.

Lin Yao turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Lin Tong again, "Wait a minute."

"What's wrong with you?" Lin Yao frowned and looked at Lin Tong.

"I've used up a lot of my tickets. Take me there, I want to buy tickets too." Lin Tong said to Lin Yao righteously.

The tickets in the hands of the two sisters were all prepared by Lin's mother, so they should be similar, so Lin Yao thought about it, nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll take you there, but you can only buy it with the money I have left, and you can't pay any more."

"On what?" Lin Tong said unconvinced.

"Nothing, do you agree or not?" Lin Yao looked at Lin Tong and said.

"Okay, okay, your sister is afraid that you will take out too much money and be targeted by others. Your sister is for your own good." Liu Zhenzhu hurriedly spoke to smooth things over.

"She is not my sister." Lin Tong curled her lips, muttered softly, and then nodded her head lightly, "Okay, okay, I know."

1

"Let's go." Seeing that Lin Tong agreed, Lin Yao took the two of them to the ticket seller.

Although they chatted so much, only a few minutes had passed, and the ticket seller was still waiting there.

"Sister, you are back, are you sure you want to buy?" The ticket seller knew that the deal was done when he saw someone coming back.

"Well, my sister also wants to buy, you introduce the remaining tickets to her." Lin Yao said to the ticket seller.

"Okay, okay, this sister, I still have..." The ticket seller introduced it to Lin Tong, Liu Zhenzhu and others again.

The cake tickets were gone, so Lin Tong simply bought two more kilograms of milk candy tickets, which cost 1.8 yuan per kilogram, which was expensive.

After Lin Tong chose the tickets, she spent 10.6 yuan with Lin Yao, and Lin Yao only had 50 cents left in her hand.

"There's still 50 cents left. Give me another one-pound candy ticket." Lin Tong looked at the little money left in Lin Yao's hand and said to the ticket seller.

"Okay, okay." The ticket seller happily took out the candy ticket and handed it to Lin Tong, then looked at Lin Yao.

Lin Yao looked at Lin Tong speechlessly, and handed all the money she had just counted to the ticket seller, "Okay, okay, all gone, all empty, go home directly."

"Welcome to come again next time." The ticket seller happily took the money.

After leaving the pigeon market, Lin Tong saw that there were no outsiders around, and said happily to Lin Yao and the others, "Wait for Cheng Gang to come out, let's go to the store to have a look, I bought some milk candy for you to eat."

"No, I don't have money." Lin Yao said.

"It's okay, I'll lend it to you, just return it to me when you go back." Lin Tong said generously.

"How much money did you bring out?" Lin Yao couldn't help asking. There were thieves in this era, and Lin Tong had no protection, so why did she bring so much money out?

"I brought all the change out." Lin Tong said happily, thinking that she was indeed foresighted, otherwise there would not be enough money to buy tickets!

"You should know that your parents probably won't send us money, and we will use this little money for many years." Seeing that Lin Tong lent her money, Lin Yao kindly reminded Lin Tong.

"Oh, I know, I know." Lin Tong rolled her eyes at Lin Yao unhappily. She was happy, why did she say such a depressing thing?

"I'm glad you know." There's no need to say nice things twice. Lin Yao is not an old mother. Just remind her once. Whether she listens or not is her own business.

The three of them didn't wait long at the intersection before Liu Chenggang came out.

"Let's go." Liu Chenggang finally let go of his hand that was covering his mouth and shook it. His hand was almost stiff.

"Brother Chenggang, we plan to go to the state-owned store again, and then go to Uncle Chen's place to wait." Lin Tong looked at Liu Chenggang and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Liu Chenggang's family conditions were average, and the luggage he brought was bought with his subsidies for going to the countryside, so he didn't have much money left.

"Yeah." Lin Tong nodded obediently, turned around and took Liu Zhenzhu's hand and walked towards the state-owned store.

This time after arriving at the store, the four of them did not separate and went shopping together. Lin Tong bought milk candy, but Lin Yao bought more. She bought half a pound of brown sugar, a pound of cakes, three pounds of cotton and a box of needles and thread.

When the four of them walked under the big tree, only Uncle Chen, Qin Shuisheng and an unfamiliar girl were there. Lin Yao guessed that the girl should be Zhou Hongxia, the last female educated youth in their village.

Qin Shuisheng was lying on the cart with a straw hat covering his head and sleeping, while the girl was smiling and asking Uncle Chen about the situation in Geda Village.

Seeing Lin Yao and the other three approaching, the girl realized that they were the educated youth that Uncle Chen had mentioned. So when she saw Lin Yao and the others coming over, she took the initiative to extend her hand and greet them, "Hello, my name is Zhou Hongxia, and I am an educated youth like you."

"Hello, my name is Liu Zhenzhu." Liu Zhenzhu first shook Zhou Hongxia's hand and introduced herself.

"My name is Lin Yao."

"My name is Lin Tong, you can call me Tongtong or Xiaotong."

"Hello, my name is Liu Chenggang."

After greeting everyone one by one, Zhou Hongxia asked about the current situation of the educated youth center, "How many educated youth are there in our educated youth center now?"

Listening to the voices of Liu Zhenzhu and Lin Tong introducing Zhou Hongxia enthusiastically, Lin Yao did not disturb them and went directly to the cart and unloaded the backpack on the cart.

After walking all the way, her calves were sore. Lin Yao didn't know how they had so much energy to chat, so she sat next to the backpack and leaned on it to rest.

A breeze blew, and Lin Yao accidentally fell asleep, and it was Liu Zhenzhu who woke her up.

"Well, how long have I slept?" After Lin Yao woke up, he saw that the other three ladies from Geda Village had all returned, and knew that it was time to set off.

"Not long, about half an hour." Liu Zhenzhu said with a smile.

There were more things on the cart, two backpacks for Lin Tong and Lin Yao, and two bags of luggage for Zhou Hongxia. Although there were not as many things as Lin Yao and the others last time, there was still not enough space on the cart, so they had to take turns to sit on the cart.

This time Lin Tong did not complain out loud, and several people listened to Uncle Chen's arrangements obediently.

There are still advantages to having fewer people, and the time to sit on the cart is longer. Each person probably took turns to walk for more than half an hour, and the rest of the time was spent sitting on the ox cart.

It was then that Lin Yao noticed that Lin Tong and Zhou Hongxia were holding hands again. Lin Tong held Zhou Hongxia with one hand and Liu Zhenzhu with the other. She looked very comfortable.

This time, the group of people returned to Gedada Village in less than two hours. Qin Shuisheng looked at Zhou Hongxia who was chatting and laughing and said, "I won't lead the way. You just follow these educated youths. Someone will deliver your subsidy to the educated youths' home later."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Qin." Zhou Hongxia smiled and replied.

"Tsk, yeah." The younger villagers usually called him Brother Qin or Third Brother. He felt something was wrong with the addition of this word. He responded casually, turned around and walked two steps, then suddenly remembered and turned to Zhou Hongxia and said, "Call me Brother Qin or Third Brother. You called me Brother Qin, and I thought you were calling me Brother."

"Uh...Okay, I got it..." Zhou Hongxia's smile froze for a moment, but recovered the next second.

"That's fine." After seeing Zhou Hongxia respond, Qin Shuisheng felt that his strange feeling disappeared directly, and then he walked home briskly.

1

When they returned to the Youth Courtyard, it was almost six o'clock, and the other Youths in the courtyard had already had dinner.

"You are back." Zhang Sufen was sharp-eyed and found them as soon as they came back.

"Is this our last Youth this year?" Looking at Zhou Hongxia's big and small bags, Wu Yingxiong said affirmative words in a questioning tone.

"Yes." Liu Zhenzhu said to Zhou Hongxia with a smile, "This is the person in charge of our Youth Home, Brother Wu Yingxiong."

"Hello, Brother Wu, my name is Zhou Hongxia, please take care of me in the future." Zhou Hongxia put down the small package she was carrying and said with a smile to the many educated youths coming out of the room.

"Hello, hello, hello, it is also a kind of fate that we can gather together from all corners of the world." Guo Qiang said to Zhou Hongxia, who was pretty.

The eight girls in the educated youth center are not ugly, most of them have pretty faces. Liu Zhenzhu and her friends have been doing farm work for a long time, and their skin has been tanned a little yellow. They are definitely not as conspicuous as Lin Yao and others when standing together.

The three of Lin Yao have their own unique looks. Lin Tong looks like Lin's mother and has a more cheerful personality. She is the type of petite and cute girl.

Lin Yao is more like Lin's father, with bright and generous features. She has a pair of red eyes. When she looks at you without smiling, it makes people feel oppressive. But after two days of getting along, everyone in the Youth House knows that Lin Yao is very self-opinionated and speaks little, so male educated youths like Guo Qiang find it difficult to talk to Lin Yao.

Zhou Hongxia, who came this time, looks gentle and virtuous, and speaks nicely. Guo Qiang and others are very happy.

After going to the countryside for several years, it seems that there is no hope of returning to the city. Guo Qiang and others also want to find a suitable life partner, of course, at least there must be common topics to talk about.

There are few girls in Geda Village who have attended junior high school or high school. Even if there are, most of them are loved by their families. Families of such girls will not agree to let male educated youth be with their babies.

So Guo Qiang and his friends knew that it was the most suitable for educated youth to be with each other.

"Yeah." Zhou Hongxia didn't know Guo Qiang, who was talking, so she could only smile at his words.

"Okay, okay, it's still early for us to get along in the future. Let's talk when we have time. Our comrade Hongxia still has to pack up." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"By the way, comrade Hongxia, the rooms were divided before you came. Hongxia, you can choose to live with Xiaotong or Xiaoyao." Zhang Sufen said to Zhou Hongxia.

"Well..." Zhou Hongxia turned her head and looked at Lin Tong and said, "Then I will live with Xiaotong."

"Okay." Lin Tong agreed immediately. Lin Tong had a good time with Zhou Hongxia in the afternoon, so she didn't object to this matter. "Our room is in the front yard. I'll take you there."

Lin Yao was very happy about Zhou Hongxia's choice. How comfortable it is to live alone, not to mention that she has a secret. It seems that she can have a room to herself for at least two years, which is great!

Lin Yao only remembered that the original book was that the two sisters Lin Yao and Lin Tong slept together, and she forgot the rest. After all, she only read about twenty chapters and gave up the book. She didn't have the talent of photographic memory, so she almost forgot the content of these twenty chapters, and only vaguely remembered a little bit.

This is the real world, and the plot has changed. Lin Yao can only be herself and live her life well.

"By the way, have you eaten?" Guo Qiang suddenly thought of this and continued, "I can't cook, but the kitchen is boiling water, you can roast two sweet potatoes. Comrade Hongxia's subsidy has not been brought yet, I'll take two and you can roast them!"

"No need." Without waiting for Guo Qiang to act, Zhou Hongxia waved her hands, "I'm not hungry, and there are still many things to clean up, so I won't eat tonight."

"Hey, how can I not eat? I can't sleep well at night. Just two sweet potatoes, Hongxia, don't be polite to me." Guo Qiang said as he walked towards his room.

Before Zhou Hongxia could open her mouth to refuse again, a voice came from the door of the Youth House, "The subsidy for the new educated youth has arrived, come to the door to get it!"

Zhou Hongxia finally breathed a sigh of relief. This person was too familiar and didn't know how to behave. If you want to give something, you have to give it privately! What Zhou Hongxia was thinking was different from what she couldn't say. "No, really no, everyone's food is earned through hard work, you can't just ask for it casually! My food is here, thank you comrade."

"Okay, I won't force you." Guo Qiang stopped and turned to the door, "Then I'll help you bring the food in! By the way, my name is Guo Qiang, you can just call me Brother Guo."

Seeing that Guo Qiang was almost at the door, Zhou Hongxia couldn't refuse him anymore, so she had to say, "Then please trouble Comrade Guo."

"No trouble, no trouble." Guo Qiang was not angry when he didn't hear Zhou Hongxia call him Brother Guo, but he felt a little sorry. But as a comrade, it's okay to be more reserved.

Other people in the yard watched Guo Qiang's actions and of course understood his thoughts.

Feeling the gazes of other educated youth, Zhou Hongxia felt a little annoyed in her heart, but she had a faint smile on her face and looked forward gratefully, as if she knew nothing.

After watching a play, Lin Yao also followed Lin Tong and the others to the front yard. She had eaten too much at noon and didn't want to eat now. She could eat some cakes when she was hungry at night.

Entering the room and closing the door, Lin Yao put the backpack directly at the end of the kang, and then took out all the things and put them in the cabinet.

After packing up, she took out part of the educated youth gift bag in the system space and arranged them in order.

Then she took out nine yuan and thirty-four cents, which was the money to be returned to Lin Tong. Then she divided half a pound of brown sugar into two portions, intending to give one portion to Lin Tong as a thank-you gift. Lin Yao remembered that Lin Tong had the same menstrual cramps as she did, and when she had her period, drinking some brown sugar water could also relieve it.

After sorting out all the items, Lin Yao took the things and left the room and walked towards Lin Tong's room.

When she arrived, Lin Tong and Zhou Hongxia were still packing things. Lin Yao knocked on the door and said, "Can I come in?"

"Come in." Lin Tong's voice rang out. Lin Yao pushed the door open and entered, and the two people in the room turned their heads to look at her.

"This is the money to pay you back, you can count it." Lin Yao handed a stack of money to Lin Tong.

"Oh, I got it." Lin Tong took it and stuffed it into her pocket without counting it. "Anything else?"

After watching Lin Tong's actions, Lin Yao paused for a moment, and the next second he took out the wrapped brown sugar, "This is brown sugar, when you have your period, make some and drink it."

"Okay." Lin Tong took the brown sugar and put it aside, and continued to pack up.

"Then you guys continue to pack up, I'll go back to pack up too." Lin Yao said, and after watching Lin Tong nod, she turned around and walked out the door.

When closing the door, I heard the sound of chatting coming from the room.

"Your sister is so nice to you!"

"It's okay, she used to be better to me..."

The door was closed, and the voices inside could no longer be heard. Lin Yao stood at the door with a complicated feeling in her heart.

If Lin's mother had not been partial to her when she was young, would the original body still think that she was not familiar with her sister?

In Lin Yao's eyes, Lin Tong was the one who specifically snatched things from her. In Lin Tong's eyes, it might be that her sister liked the same things as her, but her sister always gave in to her. People always like to filter out their own unbearable images.

In fact, it is better for children to solve conflicts by themselves, and adults should not interfere.

However, the grievances that the original body has suffered for so many years cannot be resolved by the two words "misunderstanding", not to mention that she is not the original body...

It's good for the two of them to be like this now, not targeting or making friends.

1

After resting for two days, Lin Yao was ready to go to work. This matter could not be avoided. It is better to take the initiative now than for the team leader to come and arrest people to work in two days.

After breakfast, Lin Yao followed the old educated youths and wore a straw hat and gloves, a towel on her shoulders, and a military water bottle on her back.

Among the new educated youths, Hu Ziqiang and others had already gone to work. Today, there were only three newcomers: Lin Yao, Lin Tong, and Zhou Hongxia.

Originally, Lin Tong wanted to delay for as many days as possible, but seeing that Zhou Hongxia and others were going to work, she had to go with them.

The educated youths arrived at the wheat field in Gedda Village and waited for the work to be divided.

It was mainly Lin Yao and the other three. The others had been divided into various teams. It was the first time for Lin Yao and the others to go to work, and they still needed to be assigned by the team leader.

"You three finally came voluntarily." Qin Dajun said to Lin Yao and the other two with a stern face, then he turned around and shouted, "Zhang Chengxiang, Qin Mei, Zhao Hongyan, come here."

The three people who were called were very unhappy, and walked to Qin Dajun with frowns.

"Captain, Liu Dong's eldest daughter just came two days ago, and another newcomer will delay our work!" Qin Mei had a hot temper, and she said directly to Qin Dajun as soon as she came over.

"Stop talking nonsense, just let them pull the weeds. If one person can't do it, two people can do it!" Qin Dajun ignored Qin Mei's complaints and directly pointed at people to assign them.

"You follow Zhao Hongyan." Qin Dajun pointed at Lin Tong and then at Zhou Hongxia, "Zhang Chengxiang, she follows you."

"The last one follows Qin Mei." Qin Dajun's assignment was still a little thoughtful. Qin Mei was his cousin's daughter, so Qin Dajun assigned Lin Yao, who seemed to have the most strength, to her.

"Okay, take them to work." After assigning the people, Qin Dajun waved his hand and turned away.

"What a bad luck!" Zhang Chengxiang complained and took Zhou Hongxia to the field.

Qin Mei took Lin Yao to the field and said, "On the first day of work, you should follow Daya to pull weeds. Follow the person loosening the soil and pull out the weeds on the ground and throw them away."

"Okay." Lin Yao looked at the endless land and nodded with difficulty. There was a girl next to him who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. She should be the Liu Daya they mentioned.

"Da Ya, you take care of her." Qin Mei said to Liu Daya, and after seeing her nod, she left.

Seeing Qin Mei leave, Liu Daya talked more and seemed more lively. "I heard them say that your name is Lin Yao, right?"

"Well, is your name Liu Daya?" Lin Yao asked.

"Yes, I am the first girl born in my family. My name is Daya. I have younger sisters, Erya, Sanya... Liuya. But only Sanya is my biological sister. The others are my cousins." Lin Yao only asked this question, and Liu Daya told her family's situation all at once.

"You have so many children..." Lin Yao couldn't help but say.

"That's right, I have a big family." Liu Daya seemed very proud. She looked at the people in front of her and saw that they had walked away. She quickly called Lin Yao to work, "Let's talk while we are weeding. Otherwise, when the accountant comes to check, our work points will be deducted!"

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded and bent over to weed like Liu Daya. Although the two of them were working on the same piece of land, they divided it into left and right, and each worked on one side, so that it would be easier to record the work points.

"Yaoyao, why are you still wearing gloves? It's inconvenient to work like this."

"No, I think it's okay."

"Yaoyao, where are you from? Where is..."

At first, it seemed easy. Lin Yao still had the strength to chat with Daya while working. However, after only ten or twenty minutes, Lin Yao felt that her waist couldn't bear it.

Standing up and looking at the endless land, Lin Yao felt that her eyes were black. It seemed that she was going to die of exhaustion in this village.

"Yaoyao, I won't wait for you. If I don't do three centimeters of work in the morning, I will be scolded when I go home at noon." The figure of the loosener in front of her walked away, and Liu Daya didn't care to chat with Lin Yao anymore.

"Okay, okay, go ahead. I'll take a break for a drink." Lin Yao waved her hands, signaling Daya not to bother with her.

"Yeah." Liu Daya nodded. She hesitated for a second and said to Lin Yao, "I'll come to help you after I finish pulling the weeds here."

"No, no." Lin Yao waved her hands repeatedly. It doesn't matter if the work points are less. She shouldn't starve to death.

Liu Daya didn't reply to Lin Yao. She bent over and worked hard. After a while, she ran to the front. Lin Yao drank a sip of water, bent over and continued to pull weeds.

She squatted and pulled, bent over and pulled, took a break, drank a sip of water, and saw Liu Daya coming back while she was working.

"Yaoyao, I've caught up with Uncle Zhang who was loosening the soil, so I can help you pull the weeds." Liu Daya's hair was wet with sweat, and she was seen pulling the weeds on Lin Yao's side while talking.

"Oh, Daya, don't help pull the weeds, take a rest." Lin Yao immediately helped Liu Daya up. How could this person be so honest! She came back as soon as she said she would.

"It's okay, I've finished my work there anyway." Liu Daya looked up and smiled at Lin Yao.

"Take a break after you finish the work. You are not allowed to help me, understand!" Lin Yao continued, "You can tell me about the village and I can listen while working."

"Okay then." Seeing Lin Yao's refusal, Liu Daya had to agree, and then squatted down to chat with Lin Yao, but her hands were not idle, and she pulled up the grass around her.

After accompanying Lin Yao for about 20 minutes, Liu Daya got up again to catch up with her progress, and ran back to continue chatting with Lin Yao after catching up.

Finally, it was noon when the work was over. At this time, Lin Yao's waist was so sore that she felt that she was completely useless.

When the scorekeeper passed by Lin Yao's land after work, he stopped, frowned, looked at the land, then looked at Lin Yao, and finally couldn't help saying to Lin Yao, "Comrade Lin Yao, the work you did this morning can only be counted as one and a half work points at most. You have to work hard in the afternoon, otherwise you will be hungry if you work like this now."

"..." Lin Yao was speechless, Lin Yao didn't say anything.

My God, she worked all morning and only got one and a half work points. I heard Liu Zhenzhu and others talk about it. One work point in Geda Village is worth three cents! That is to say, she worked hard all morning and only earned four and a half cents, which can't even buy an egg!

Seeing that Lin Yao didn't say anything, the scorer shook his head, turned around and walked away. He couldn't say anything more to a girl.

Looking at the scorer's back, Lin Yao sighed, numbly took Liu Daya's hand, and crawled out of the ground.

"Da Ya, you should go home soon." Lin Yao said to Liu Daya.

"Okay, Yaoyao, see you in the afternoon." Liu Daya let go of Lin Yao's hand and ran home quickly. She had to go home quickly, because the family wouldn't wait for her for dinner. If she went back late, there would be no food to eat.

Numbly gathered with other educated youths, and when they saw Lin Tong and Zhou Hongxia, the three of them looked like they had nothing to live for.

Liu Zhenzhu looked at the state of the three people and couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Okay, okay, it's okay, everyone has been here like this, just get used to it."

"I don't want to get used to it!" Lin Tong continued with a sad face, "I only got two work points after working all morning, which is only six cents! I can't even buy a piece of candy!"

...

Lin Tong also got two work points, what about Zhou Hongxia? Lin Yao looked at Zhou Hongxia and got the answer in the next second.

"Hey, I only got two work points. My waist is already not working, and I may earn even fewer work points in the afternoon." The smile on Zhou Hongxia's face disappeared.

"Hold on." Zhang Sufen comforted them, "Otherwise, when the food is distributed, there won't be enough food at home in winter. You will be cold and hungry, and it will be a living hell."

"Ah!" The three looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh at the same time.

Back at the Youth Farm, everyone went to get water to wash their faces and wipe their sweat. After tidying themselves up, they sat down to eat.

Today's lunch was cooked by Zhao Hong and Liu Li. They came back from work half an hour earlier to cook. Tomorrow it will be Lin Yao and Zhang Sufen's turn.

After lunch, Lin Yao didn't want to chat with them. After saying hello, she went back to her room to lie down and rest. She fell asleep in a few minutes.

It felt like not long before Lin Yao heard a knock on the door and Zhang Sufen's call, "Yaoyao is up and getting ready to go to work."

"Okay, I'm coming!" Lin Yao responded, buried her head in the quilt and rubbed it, then got up with her strong willpower.

It was another afternoon of suffering. After a busy day, Lin Yao was happy to get two and a half work points, which was not as good as the children in the village who were working for the first time.

Lin Tong got three and a half work points, and Zhou Hongxia got three work points. The three of them suffered a serious blow at the end of the day.

After eating and washing up, it was only about seven o'clock in the evening, and the three of them had already nestled on the kang in the room.

The next day, Lin Yao's door was kicked open by Lin Tong.

"Oh my God, Lin Yao's forehead is so hot! She has a fever!"

Lin Yao was in a coma when she heard a voice suddenly coming out of her mind.

【893: Ding, warm reminder that the host can sign in today. 】

Lin Yao subconsciously signed in in her mind while she was in a daze.

【893: Congratulations to the host for getting three antipyretic pills. 】

The mechanical sound of the system sounded in Lin Yao's mind again, and Lin Yao woke up for a while and forced himself to open her eyes. In the room, Lin Tong sat next to Lin Yao and rested.

Lin Tong was awakened instantly when she heard a little noise, and looked at Lin Yao fiercely, "You finally woke up, but we were scared to death!"

When eating in the morning, Lin Yao didn't come out, and Zhang Sufen knocked on the door but no one answered. After hearing the noise, all the educated youth in the courtyard went to the door of Lin Yao's room to see the situation.

Finally, seeing that there was no movement, Lin Tong kicked the door open directly, and everyone found that Lin Yao was sick and had a fever.

Li Fei, who ran the fastest, went to ask the village doctor, and Liu Zhenzhu went to boil water.

After the village doctor Xu examined her, he brought a set of herbal medicine and told them that someone should stay to cool Lin Yao physically and put some water on her mouth from time to time.

Finally, Lin Tong stayed to take care of Lin Yao. She also boiled the medicine for Lin Yao, and it should be almost done now.

"I'll bring you the medicine." Lin Tong stood up quickly and walked towards the door.

"No..." Before Lin Yao could say anything, Lin Tong disappeared.

Lin Yao could only look at Lin Tong's back helplessly. Taking this opportunity, Lin Yao directly took out the antipyretic medicine that had just signed in from the system space.

"The medicine is here, drink it while it's hot." Lin Tong brought the medicine in carefully, fearing that a drop would be spilled.

"I didn't call you just now. I have antipyretic medicine here. Just bring me a bowl of boiled water." Lin Yao weakly raised her hand so that Lin Tong could see the small medicine bag in her hand.

"You actually brought antipyretic medicine?!" Lin Tong was surprised, "If I had known, I would have given it to you when I found you had a fever!"

While Lin Tong was talking, she had already walked to the kitchen to get a new bowl. Not long after, Lin Tong came back with warm water.

"I'll help you up first." Lin Tong put the water on the kang, and helped Lin Yao lean against the wall, then opened the small medicine bag in Lin Yao's hand, took out a fever-reducing medicine and handed it to Lin Yao, "Take it quickly, I just touched it, your forehead is still a little hot."

3

"Okay." Lin Yao took the medicine, drank two sips of water from Lin Tong's hand, and was pressed into the quilt by Lin Tong again.

"You are still running a fever, you must be uncomfortable, lie down and sleep." Lin Tong said as she pulled the quilt for Lin Yao.

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, hesitated for two seconds and said, "Tongtong, thank you."

Lin Yao didn't look at Lin Tong's reaction, and closed her eyes directly after saying this, and heard her mumbling in his ears.

"Thank you for what..."

The reason why Lin Yao woke up again was that she was hungry.

Looking at the time, it was 9:30 in the evening. Lin Yao only drank a bowl of water when she took medicine in the morning, no wonder her stomach was growling.

She raised her hand and touched her forehead. It didn't feel hot anymore. It should be that the fever had subsided. Now she had no other symptoms except that her body was a little soft.

Lin Yao propped herself up and woke up Lin Tong, who was lying on the kang on the right.

"Are you awake?" Lin Tong sat up suddenly, rubbed her eyes and continued, "There is white porridge cooked for you in the pot. It's warm. I'll bring it to you."

Lin Tong stood up while talking. Before she went out, she also got a cup of hot water for Lin Yao.

Maybe when people are sick, their hearts will be softer. When Lin Yao looked at Lin Tong's back, she felt warm in her heart.

"Eat quickly." Lin Tong returned to the room with a bowl of white porridge and an egg in her right hand. After she handed the bowl to Lin Yao, she also planned to help peel the egg shell.

Although Lin Tong's behavior was so heartwarming, she complained about Lin Yao, "You only earn two centimeters in a day's work, and you made yourself sick..."

Listening to the muttering, Lin Yao quickly finished the porridge and ate the egg in three bites, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. I have to go to work tomorrow. It's time to rest now."

"Humph, I asked for another day off for you." Lin Tong took the bowl and said unhappily, "You will rest for another day tomorrow, but the captain I didn't agree to my leave, so you are the only one in the Youth Academy."

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, she looked at Lin Tong, her tone softened a little, "I'm sorry to bother you today."

"No, no, I'm just taking another day off thanks to you..." Lin Tong felt a little embarrassed, she quickly got up and pushed Lin Yao back into the quilt, "You should take a rest, I'll go wash the dishes."

After that, Lin Tong hurriedly grabbed the dishes and walked out, disappearing in the room in a blink of an eye.

It was too late, Lin Yao was not sleepy at this time, but still curled up in the quilt.

Soon Lin Tong returned to the room, looking at the ball on the kang, she asked softly, "Lin Yao, are you asleep?"

No reply, Lin Yao didn't know what she could talk to Lin Tong if she was awake.

Seeing no movement, Lin Tong muttered softly, "How come you fall asleep so quickly after sleeping for so long, like a pig..."

After muttering, Lin Tong carefully took off her shoes and returned to the kang, trying not to make any noise to avoid disturbing Lin Yao. She was indeed a little sleepy, so Lin Tong fell asleep not long after lying down.

Lin Yao was in the quilt, but her consciousness was in the space. She was thinking about what to use as a thank-you gift.

These were the only things she could take out. Lin Yao planned to make a set of clothes for Lin Tong. Tomorrow she would ask the old educated youth to see which lady in the village had good craftsmanship.

Maybe she was still a little uncomfortable. Lin Yao fell asleep while thinking about it. The next day, the sound of Lin Tong getting up woke her up.

"Go on sleeping. I'll call you when the meal is ready." Lin Tong folded her quilt and said to Lin Yao while holding something.

"I can't sleep. I must have been lying down for too long." Although the quilt was very comfortable, Lin Yao had slept for too long, so she got up after rubbing the quilt.

"Oh." Lin Tong responded casually and got up slowly while holding the quilt. At this time, she was thinking, if Lin Yao asked her to stay with him in the future, would she agree directly? Or refuse twice before agreeing?

As a result, Lin Tong held the quilt to the door and didn't hear Lin Yao's voice to keep her. She turned her head and looked at Lin Yao unhappily, which scared Lin Yao who was following behind her.

"Why did you turn around suddenly?" Lin Yao almost slapped her reflexively.

"I'm happy to!" Lin Tong rolled her eyes, "Huh!"

Lin Yao was a little confused, and she didn't want to think about it. She shook her head and walked out of the room with the tooth mug and toothbrush.

"Lin Yao, how are you?" Seeing Lin Yao walk out of the room, the sharp-eyed Zhao Hong immediately asked.

"Everyone was scared yesterday." Liu Zhenzhu added.

"Much better, much better, thank you for your concern." Lin Yao smiled.

"That's good, you continue to rest well today, and you must take good care of your body." Zhang Sufen said with a smile.

There was no sour talk. The atmosphere in the educated youth point was very harmonious at this time. After chatting for a while, the meal was cooked.

The other educated youths all ate barley porridge, but Lin Yao's portion was a bowl of white rice porridge cooked by Liu Li in a clay pot.

"Your sister brought the food. You are so lucky. The two sisters can take care of each other when they are together." Liu Li said with some envy. She also has a sister and they have a good relationship. They also went to the countryside, but her sister went to the countryside far away from her.

Lin Yao smiled at Liu Li and said nothing. But Lin Tong whispered, "Bad luck..."

Although Lin Tong's voice was low, Lin Yao and the others were close and heard her words.

Liu Li and Zhao Hong were stunned for a moment, and they looked at each other. They thought the two sisters had reconciled, but it seemed that they had not.

After drinking the porridge silently, Lin Yao went back to the room to take out the food. Food was expensive during this period, and she couldn't take advantage of Lin Tong, so Lin Yao returned the rice to Lin Tong.

"Huh!" Lin Tong was unhappy when she saw the food, "Is it necessary to divide it so clearly?! Are you afraid that I will ask you for something later?"

"There are only three pounds of rice per person, and we don't know if there will be more when we need to exchange food later." Lin Yao explained, and didn't want to argue with her because of this, so he stuffed the food to Lin Tong directly, "Put it away quickly, they are going out to work."

After that, Lin Yao turned around and asked Liu Zhenzhu about the candidates who could make clothes.

"The captain has a sewing machine at home, and it must be suitable to find Qin's sister-in-law." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, thought for a moment and then asked, "How much should I give in this situation in the village?"

"After all, it's the captain's house, it's not appropriate to give money, just give two taels of fruit candy." Liu Zhenzhu said.

"Okay, thank you, sister Zhenzhu." Lin Yao also stuffed a few fruit candies into Liu Zhenzhu's pocket.

"Oh, what are you thanking for? I just moved my mouth." Although she said so, Liu Zhenzhu's actions to receive things were still quite fast.

After they all left the Youth House, Lin Yao went back to the room and found a piece of green cloth. This was in the gift bag of the Youth, and it was a hot commodity in the shops in the county.

She took out a pair of big scissors and cut off a few feet of cloth. Then she put the remaining fabric back into the cabinet, and then took out the dark blue fabric.

She planned to ask Mrs. Qin to help her make two sets of clothes, a turquoise top with dark blue pants.

After sorting out these things, Lin Yao stacked the fabrics and put them in the basket. Under the fabrics was the half-pound of fruit candy that Lin Yao was going to give her. After all, it would take a lot of time to make two sets of clothes.

She walked out of the Youth House with the basket on her shoulder, and slowly strolled in the direction Liu Zhenzhu pointed. Anyway, there was no rush.

There is only one river in the village, and the water flows not far from the Youth House.

Looking at the river, Lin Yao remembered the content of the original book. She made up her mind to stay away from the river. Even if she was washing clothes, she had to follow other female youth.

There were not many villagers on the road, only a few scattered people. Although Lin Yao didn't like to talk, she couldn't stand others asking.

Most of the villagers worked in the fields. Only the young children and the old people who were really tired rested. Of course, there were also people who were favored at home and didn't earn work points. The family was happy, and outsiders had no right to say anything.

This is the case in Zhao Dong'er's family. She is the youngest and the only girl in the Zhao family. She has four older brothers. She is only fifteen years old this year and has basically never worked in the fields.

Just now when Lin Yao passed by Zhao's house, Zhao Dong'er, who was doing nothing in the yard, happened to see her. Zhao Dong'er guessed that this girl she didn't know might be an educated youth. Anyway, she was bored, so Zhao Dong'er came out excitedly to greet Lin Yao. "Are you a new educated youth? Where are you going? My name is Zhao Dong'er, and you?"

Zhao Dong'er was so enthusiastic that before Lin Yao could say anything, she was bombarded with a bunch of words.

Lin Yao saw Zhao Dong'er running out of the house. Knowing that she was from Geda Village, she stopped and answered, "My name is Lin Yao, I'm a new educated youth. I'm going to the captain's house for something."

"Are you Lin Yao?" Zhao Dong'er widened her eyes and circled around Lin Yao, "So you are Lin Yao! Why don't you look like what they said?"

"What they said?" Lin Yao had a bad feeling in her heart.

"They said you were a person who looked like a bamboo pole." Zhao Dong'er said directly, "You look no different from us, but why are you so weak! You couldn't get up the next day after earning two work points. You're worse than a child. My eldest nephew earned three centimeters on his first day of work."

Lin Yao's heart was stabbed. They? It's over, her reputation is gone...

"How many people know about this?" Lin Yao asked with a sense of luck.

"You should ask how many people don't know." Zhao Dong'er complained and then answered, "Men, women, young and old, including the dogs and chickens in the village should all know about it. This matter has spread in our village. You are the first person who got sick after earning such a small amount of work points."

Feeling like a thunderbolt, Lin Yao looked at Zhao Dong'er with no regrets. Will she hit her head against the wall?

Looking at Lin Yao's expression, Zhao Dong'er quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, when there is other gossip, everyone will not discuss your matter!"

Thank you, I was not comforted at all. Lin Yao said silently in her heart.

Zhao Dong'er sensed Lin Yao's emotions and quickly said again, "Well... even if there is no new gossip, everyone will forget about this matter in half a year at most."

Thank you, the more I comfort you, the more I want to bang my head against the wall!

"Okay, okay, you are going to the captain's house, I'll take you there!" Zhao Dong'er changed the subject abruptly.

"Ah~" Lin Yao sighed, it was already spread everywhere, what else could she do? Following Zhao Dong'er's words, she replied, "This is too much trouble for you, I'd better go by myself."

"Oh, no, it's not a trouble, no trouble." Zhao Dong'er smiled and took Lin Yao's empty arm, "Anyway, I have nothing to do now, so it's just right for me to go with you. Let me tell you, the captain's wife is my cousin..."

Zhao Dong'er was quite gossipy, talking all the way, Lin Yao had to listen carefully and agree from time to time.

Hearing the old lady of the Wang family scolding her daughter-in-law, the youngest son of the Liu family being unfilial, the daughter of the second son of the Qiao family starving to death, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family quarreling with neighbors every day...

Or who is the best, who is beautiful, etc., Lin Yao listened to a lot of gossip, which was quite interesting. However, she had only been in the village for a few days. She remembered the gossip, but she couldn't match it with the person.

The Qin family split up before Mrs. Qin died. Old Man Qin lived with the eldest brother, Qin Dajun. Now he was sick and stayed at home all day long.

"Grandpa, where is my aunt?" The door of the Qin family was open, so Zhao Dong'er took Lin Yao in directly and saw Old Man Qin in the yard.

"She went to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables." Old Man Qin said slowly while sitting on a chair. The Qin family had many people, so of course they had a lot of work points. The team leader also had a subsidy every month, so Zhao Dong'er's cousin didn't have to go to work. "Who is the girl next to you?"

"She is a new educated youth in our village. Grandpa, I won't talk to you for now. I'll take Lin Yao to find my cousin." Zhao Dong'er pulled Lin Yao out.

Lin Yao said hello and was dragged away by Zhao Dong'er.

"Wild boars have appeared in the back mountain of our village. You must not go there in the future. It's best not to go there alone. When you go to pick wild vegetables and firewood, remember to call me to go with you." Zhao Dong'er reminded her. It was not easy to find someone who was patient and willing to listen to her all the time. Zhao Dong'er cherished it.

"Okay." Lin Yao nodded, "But I still have to go to work in the future, so I probably won't have much time to go to the back mountain to pick wild vegetables."

"Oh..." Zhao Dong'er pouted, but she also knew that going to work was an important matter, so she didn't talk about this topic. Zhao Dong'er was very talkative, and she talked to Lin Yao about the wild vegetables in the back mountain, which ones were more abundant in the east, which ones were delicious, and the wild apricot tree in the west...

When they reached the foot of the mountain and walked along the path around the foot of the mountain, Zhao Dong'er saw Zhao Yuehong. She quickly pulled Lin Yao to Zhao Yuehong's side, "Auntie!"

"Hey, Dong'er, why are you here? Don't you usually dislike coming to the back mountain?" Zhao Yuehong straightened up and looked at Zhao Dong'er with a smile, "What is this..."

"I came to see you with my friend." Zhao Dong'er replied with a smile, and turned to Zhao Yuehong. The woman next to Hong greeted, "Hello, Aunt Liu."

"Hey." Liu Tao is Zhao Yuehong's neighbor and the wife of the village party secretary. Today, she and Zhao Yuehong made an appointment to come to the back mountain together. Liu Tao smiled and asked, "I haven't seen you before. Dong'er, is your friend a new educated youth? What are you doing looking for Yuehong?"

"Hehe, Aunt Liu is really smart." Zhao Dong'er smiled, "New educated youth Lin Yao."

"Yaoyao, this is my aunt. Aunt Liu next to her lives next door to my aunt."

"Hello, Aunt Zhao and Aunt Liu." Lin Yao greeted the two politely.

"Lin Yao? This name is so familiar..." Aunt Liu frowned in confusion, thought for two seconds, and suddenly slapped her thigh, "You are the one who earned two work points but still got sick, right? It turns out that you are Lin Yao!"

Good news is not famous, but bad news spreads far and wide...

"Haha... If nothing unexpected happens, it should be me..." Lin Yao was a little embarrassed.

"You are too weak." Liu Tao sighed, "Oh, by the way, why did you come to see Yuehong?"

"I heard from the old educated youth that Aunt Zhao's family has a sewing machine. I don't bring many clothes, so I want to trouble Aunt Zhao to help." Lin Yao said.

"Okay, you can come home with me later to measure the size." Zhao Yuehong said straightforwardly. The educated youth in their village are not good at work, but they are quite sensible when they need help, so she is also happy.

"Don't wait, your basket is already filled with so many wild vegetables, just go home now." There are many mosquitoes and insects in the mountains, and Zhao Dong'er doesn't like to stay in the mountains for too long.

Zhao Yuehong stretched out her hand and poked Zhao Dong'er's forehead, "Where are your eyes? The wild vegetables have only filled the bottom, it's too early to fill it up."

"Oh, aunt~" Zhao Dong'er walked up and pulled Zhao Yuehong's arm and acted coquettishly.

"Okay, okay, let's go back after we clear this patch, okay?" Zhao Yuehong had a good relationship with her cousin, so she doted on her cousin's only daughter.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Dong'er nodded repeatedly, "We'll help you pick them together."

Although Lin Yao had the memory of her original body, she still couldn't tell the wild vegetables apart, so she could only pick a bunch of them by imitating others.

This patch of wild vegetables was not big, and the four of them worked together and it only took a few minutes to clear them.

"Puchi!" Zhao Dong'er laughed out loud when he saw the wild vegetables Lin Yao picked, "Yaoyao, half of what you picked are weeds~"

"Really." Lin Yao was a little embarrassed, "I think they all look the same."

"This is mustard, this is fennel, ground soft vegetable..." After laughing, Zhao Dong'er squatted down and explained to Lin Yao seriously, and threw away the weeds.

After Zhao Yuehong and Liu Tao picked the wild vegetables and waited for a while, they saw the two little girls squatting there and whispering, so Zhao Yuehong shouted directly, "Let's go down the mountain and talk slowly when we get home."

"I'm coming~" Zhao Dong'er responded.

Originally, Liu Tao and the others planned to spend the whole morning picking, but Zhao Yuehong was dragged away. Liu Tao was bored on the mountain alone, so she followed them down the mountain.

After chatting, they saw the gate of Qin's house soon. Liu Tao said with some lingering feelings, "Yuehong, I'll come to chat with you after I put my things down."

"Okay." Zhao Yuehong nodded, and then took Lin Yao and the others into Qin's house. "Dong'er, take Xiaolin to my room first, I'll go wash my hands and come back."

"Okay." Zhao Dong'er responded and took Lin Yao forward.

Qin's house has only one entrance, but it looks like there are seven or eight houses. The three houses on the right are built with bricks, and Zhao Yuehong and the others' room is in the middle.

All the furniture in the room looked old, but the room was clean.