The young educated youth is the king of melon eating

Xie Hu went to find him and told him about this in the morning. The weather was too cold and the ice on the reservoir was one meter thick. After the excitement of slaughtering the New Year pig, the adults in the village could no longer stop the naughty children and they all ran to the reservoir.

Xie Hu is a child at heart. A group of his younger brothers went to play with him, but their eldest brother said he wanted to go and play with his eldest brother...

Xie Yao didn't want to go at first. He used to go there every year when he was a child. But now he is old enough and no longer has any interest in sliding around.

But then he thought that Shen Lu had never been there and she should be interested, so he let Xie Hu go first and he hurried to find Shen Lu.

It's boring to stay in the house every day, so it's nice to go out and have some fun. The four of them set off for the reservoir fully equipped.

This reservoir belongs to the Heishan Brigade. They know that fishing is too difficult in winter, so they have already harvested the fish once after the autumn harvest. After the fish were handed over, each family in the village received two fish.

At that time, there were only a few people at the educated youth point, only four in total, and they were given two fish weighing about three pounds, which had been eaten long before Shen Lu and the others arrived.

So there was no winter fishing that Shen Lu was looking forward to...

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The snow on the ice has been pushed aside by the children, leaving a large slippery area in the middle, which is so much fun.

Xie Yao went to the side to find a new place, took out his stool and started to open up new territory. After two moves, he created an ice track half a meter wide.

Shen Lu had skated on ice before, but never on ice this thick. She used to skate on a small patch of ice on the road in winter.

She slid over with a "swish" to satisfy the child in her heart.

She had never seen it and always felt it was unsafe, but from the ice surface she could see that the bottom was frozen solid, so it looked like there was no problem in having a fight on top.

Shen Lu had never played on such a long slide before. At first, she was a little afraid and could only slide half a meter away. Later, she became more and more skilled, and Xie Yao's territory became longer and longer...

After playing for a while, Xie Yao and Xu Shiqing pulled her to play, with Shen Lu squatting in the middle. On both sides of the unkempt snow path, one person pulled her to play, excited and stimulated, and she kept screaming back and forth...

After Shen Lu left, everyone took a turn. They had a great time. Their laughter mixed with the children's laughter and could be heard far away...

On this day, Shen Lu seemed to have re-raised the Shen Lulu of her childhood. The girl who had never experienced warmth since childhood felt warmth in an era she had only heard of and in a place she had never been to.

Perhaps, some people spend their entire lives healing their childhood, and at some point, that long-lost string will really be touched...

On the way back, Shen Lu chattered like a little bird about the fun things that happened just now.

Before she transmigrated into the book, her experiences from childhood required her to be mature, steady, able to support herself, to work from nine to five, and to be a tool who responds to incoming calls every day.

She never lived for herself, never acted recklessly.

Now, she looks like a girl of her age, talking and laughing, and gesticulating when excited. Her beaming look really shows her youthful vigor.

Looking at Shen Lu's appearance, Xie Yao felt that this trip was worth it. Although he was wearing gloves, he was able to hold the hand of the young educated youth.

Just thinking about it makes him happy, and seeing the young educated youth laughing happily, Xie Yao is even happier.

Xu Shiqing also looked at Shen Lu tenderly. When Shen Lu first came here, she didn't want to associate with anyone. At that time, she looked like someone who was not easy to mess with. She wanted to live her life alone and seemed to be used to living alone.

She didn't know where this feeling came from. Although Shen Lu didn't say it, the people she received were also loved and pampered at home. That sense of distance didn't seem fake...

But Shen Lu is completely different now. The most important difference is that she is willing to trouble others and she is so clear about the differences with them.

Shen Lu, who had just arrived, wanted to draw a clear line with everyone. All her dealings were clearly marked with prices. If she received something worth one cent from someone, she would return something worth one cent in return.

The kind that doesn't take advantage of others, and doesn't let others take advantage of you.

Now it’s so nice…

Shen Lu smiled happily, and Xu Shiqing on the side looked satisfied, as if the little sister she had raised was growing up to be what she had always expected.

How could this make her unhappy...

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The 29th is here in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning, the villagers start to make dough and steamed buns. The steamed buns made today will have red dots on them.

Many families have started frying New Year's goods, fearing that if they make them too early, the children will steal and eat them all.

In previous years, some families would fry everything they needed on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, and prepare the New Year's Eve dinner on the 30th day. They searched the baskets but couldn't find anything fried, so they called a few children to come over.

When I asked them one by one, the children pointed at each other and all of them participated...

The family had no choice but to eat whatever was available at home on New Year’s Eve. The children were beaten so hard that they almost cried until New Year’s Day…

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Everyone at the educated youth training center is busy with their own work.

Shen Lu was stewing pig's trotters in her room. The trotters were shared by Su Chen and Xie Yao when they carried the pig. Neither of them wanted the internal organs, so they each got a trotter.

The pig's trotters were stewed with soybeans, and the aroma became stronger and stronger, and the smell of meat filled the entire youth camp.

Xie Yao was carrying a pot of chicken and some food. The chicken had not been cooked yet. Ever since his mother found out that Su Chen’s cooking was so delicious, she never cooked anything when she sent him one.

These young people have their own favorite cooking methods and flavors, and what she cooked was indeed not that delicious, so she just gave them the ingredients directly.

The food includes fried button cakes, which are a bit hard but very delicious. Not every shop has the ability to make fried food, and it is very troublesome and takes most of the day to make.

Next to it are fried shredded radish meatballs, pork and tofu meatballs and fried potato chips. These are must-haves for the Chinese New Year. When you cook the cabbage, just grab a handful and add some vermicelli and you'll have a big stew.

Shen Lu felt that the gift was a bit too heavy. It was too diverse with chicken and meat.

Since slaughtering the New Year pig, Shen Lu bought a batch of New Year goods from Pang Pang, who arranged for them to be shipped from other provinces on the same day.

Xie Yao happened to bring it back when he went there the day before yesterday. He came back and told Liu Lanjiang that there were some of his, as well as some that belonged to several other educated youth, and asked him to arrange someone to get them.

Shen Lu opened the box and took out some of the roasted melon seeds, peanuts and candies. She also added a salted mackerel and asked Xie Yao to take it back.

These days, Xie Yao often brings things here, saying that he is preparing some for the New Year. He refuses to accept the money Shen Lu gives him, saying that he can eat here only because Shen Lu takes him in, and if he doesn't take anything, he won't be ashamed to eat here...

The money Xie Yao brought in as his joining fee was a bit too much, and besides, she wasn't the one cooking...

Su Chen: ... Not only did he cook, he also paid for it...