Chapter 19 I Want to Be Your Sister-in-Law

By the time Zhou Weihong had gone through so much trouble to help Jiang Guoqing deliver the sacks of grain to the educated youth site, she was almost dying of exhaustion.

To be honest, from childhood to adulthood, Zhou Weihong has never exerted such great effort as he did today.

I happened to see Gu Wan also at the educated youth site, and it seemed that he had become close friends with the old educated youth.

Seeing that he was drinking tea leisurely, Zhou Weihong's anger suddenly erupted.

"Comrade Gu, we are all new educated youth, and we came here together by bus. Our friendship should be the same. How can you treat us differently?"

Gu Wan was stunned when he was suddenly criticized by name.

In fact, it was when they met the old educated youth on the way that Gu Wan and his friends realized that all the food had to be delivered to the educated youth’s point.

Although these new arrivals were staying at the team members' homes, they actually still had to live and cook at the educated youth site.

Of course, in special circumstances, for example, if Gu Wan wants to live with Gu Zhiqiang, that is no problem.

This kind of situation has happened before. As long as the educated youth and the team members discuss it privately, it will be fine.

Unlike the new educated youth, the old educated youth had witnessed the farce that happened in the Gu family some time ago, so they knew the true relationship between Gu Wan and the Gu family.

In particular, the newly arrived educated youth did not integrate into the community because they had a high opinion of themselves, but the old educated youth were different.

They have been working in the countryside for several years but have no hope of returning to the city. One by one, they have begun to give up and prepare to face reality.

Human nature is inherently good, and not every educated youth is chaotic and unpopular in the village.

Although they were reluctant to go to the countryside, some of them worked diligently and conscientiously.

For example, Ye Meihua has been in the Red Flag Brigade for more than three years, but now she is only 21 or 22 years old.

She did not have a good life at home. In fact, she was less than sixteen years old when she went to the countryside, and the regulations allowed each family to only keep one child.

Of course her brother is more important in her family, so her mother retired early and gave her job to her brother, and even cruelly sent her youngest daughter who had just graduated from junior high school to the countryside to prevent future troubles.

In the beginning, Ye Meihua suffered a lot as she was not used to doing these farm work.

Although she also has to do housework every day at home, it is different from working in the fields.

After a tiring day, she had to cook for herself and was bullied by other people in the educated youth center. More than once, Ye Meihua hid in the woods outside and cried out of grievance.

It was at that time that Ye Meihua's hero appeared out of nowhere and not only gave her steamed corn bread to eat, but also asked for bird eggs so that she could secretly roast and eat them.

Many times when the team leader assigned tasks, that person would find opportunities to help her.

The man did all this quietly, mainly because he didn't want to ruin her reputation in front of others.

It’s not that Ye Meihua is not tempted, but she is also afraid. If she gets married in the countryside, won’t she be unable to return to the city for the rest of her life?

Another thing was that his eldest brother's wife became pregnant not long after getting married, and the family could not afford to arrange the marriage of the second son.

Ye Meihua knew that if she were to get married, her parents would definitely ask for a dowry.

Gu Hai definitely can't afford this amount of money.

That’s right, it’s Gu Hai, the youngest son of Uncle Gu Wan.

Neither of them broke the window paper. Gu Hai still took care of Ye Meihua frequently, but he did it very cleverly and they both thought no one else knew.

Because of this relationship, Ye Meihua loves Gu Wan and has a very good impression of her.

Ye Meihua knew that since Gu Wan was going home, he would definitely live and eat at the Gu family's place in the future, but she was also willing to help other educated youth carry food over.

It is enough to show that she is a kind and good girl.

Uh, that’s right, Ye Meihua was also surprised.

Gu Wan was so strong that he could carry the food back with one hand?

But she must be very tired, so Ye Meihua poured water for her and carefully added the sugar that Gu Hai secretly gave her during the Chinese New Year. She was also a new educated youth who carried food here, so why wasn't she warmly received?

Once again, Zhou Weihong felt unbalanced, thinking that Gu Wan had tricked her and said bad things about her in front of others.

Gu Wan looked at Zhou Weihong. She really didn’t understand why this female educated youth was targeting her intentionally or unintentionally after they introduced themselves to each other in the county?
But Gu Wan was too lazy to argue with the idiot, so he just asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Please help us move back the two bags of grain that are left at the brigade headquarters." Perhaps because Gu Wan was easy to talk to, Zhou Weihong spoke directly.

Gu Wan chuckled and put down the cup in his hand, "Just wait."

She first fetched some water to wash the cup and returned it to Ye Meihua, then walked out of the educated youth site.

Zhou Weihong showed a smug smile on his face and looked at Luo Yutong provocatively.

It seems to be saying: Look, I’m going to snatch everyone around you.

Luo Yutong's expression also looked a little strange. She couldn't stand it any longer, so she chased after him.

"You, do you really want to help them get food?" Luo Yutong asked in a low voice as he quickly took a few steps to catch up with Gu Wan.

She felt a little embarrassed and thought that she was a little selfish. Why did she allow Gu Wan to help her but not others?

But then she thought, why? She and Gu Wan were friends and she had just treated her friend to the cookies she brought from home.

Why is Zhou Weihong so bad and vicious that she wants to snatch everything from her?

If Gu Wan knew Zhou Weihong's thoughts, she would tell her that this was not really a bad thing at all.

Like Qin Shiman, who specializes in plundering other people's luck to fulfill herself, this is the real heroine!

What Luo Yutong didn't know was that Zhou Weihong was still waiting there smugly.

It was not until noon that the new and old educated youth at the educated youth site discussed cooking together, dividing the work to wash rice, vegetables, dishes, and act as chefs, etc. Anyway, everyone took turns.

They are all educated youth who went to the countryside, and there is no question of who is superior to the others.

Of course, if he gave some benefits like Wang Zhijie did, then Yu Kai would be willing to help him.

No one else can interfere in this matter which is something that both of us are willing to do.

Everyone works together, and of course food and vegetables are distributed among everyone.

However, considering that the new educated youth had never worked on their private plots, the old educated youth generously said that they would pay for the vegetables and a few potatoes for lunch.

But everyone’s rations must be taken out of their own food bags. It was then that Zhou Weihong realized, where was her food?
Zhou Wei's face turned pale, and Ye Meihua couldn't bear to see him, so she asked, "Didn't you go to get it? After distributing the food, the team leader and his men went to work. If the food was taken away by others, you would have nothing to eat for the next three months."

"Gu Wan she--" Zhou Weihong stopped talking halfway.

Because she suddenly remembered that Gu Wan did not explicitly agree to help her move the food back.

Besides, it was everyone's own task, and she had no way of pushing the responsibility onto Gu Wan.

Thinking of what Sister Ye said, Zhou Weihong was so scared that she ran out quickly.

Of course, this is a later story. Luo Yutong asked the question directly after catching up with Gu Wan.

Gu Wan responded with a shocked look: "Why should I help her move food?"

"You just—"

"What happened to me just now?"

Luo Yutong thought about it and it seemed that Gu Wan didn’t agree just now?
I couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Then why are you in such a hurry to come out?"

"We have to go to work quickly. If we don't earn work points, we won't get any share of the food when it's distributed in the future."

(End of this chapter)