Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Lin Qingyan had been busy in the space and had forgotten the time until she heard voices coming from inside the yard.

He quickly slipped out of the space, tidied the bed a little, and just opened the locked door, facing Ye Yi who was about to enter.

"Qingyan, you're up. How are you? Are you feeling better?" Ye Yi dragged his tired body and couldn't help but care about the weak girl in front of him.

"I'm much better now. I took the medicine you gave me and felt much better this afternoon." Lin Qingyan stepped aside to let Ye Yi enter the house.

"Let's ask the village doctor to come and check it out tomorrow, so we can feel more at ease." Ye Yi said with concern.

"it is good!"

"You've worked all day, drink some water quickly." Lin Qingyan poured the water mixed with space that had just been put into the thermos into the teacup and handed it to Ye Yi.

"I'll do it myself, you go lie down and have a rest." Ye Yi quickly took the cup of water, gulped down the whole cup, and felt refreshed all over.

"The water Qingyan pours is sweeter than usual!"

As they were talking, they heard noisy voices coming from the door. They looked at each other, Ye Yi walked out, and Lin Qingyan stood by the door listening.

"Is everyone here? Let me introduce you. These are the new educated youths, Gu Yizhou and Fang Yunxing." Li Genshu, the team leader of Xishui Village, was followed by two men.

The two men were about the same height, about 1.80 meters, dressed casually. One had a baby face and was looking at everyone with a smile, while the other stood there with a blank expression.

"Xu Jianshan arranged a house for us to live in." Li Genshu said to Xu Jianshan, an old educated youth at the educated youth point and the tacit person in charge of the point.

He turned around and said to the two educated youth who had just arrived behind him, "The army can lend you the rations for the new educated youths first, and return them after the autumn harvest. Go to the brigade headquarters to collect the rations tomorrow. If you have any questions, you can ask Xu Jianshan."

After Li Genshu finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving a large group of people looking at each other in bewilderment.

After Xu Jianshan reacted, he walked forward and led the two people towards the room where the boys lived.

"You two came at a very good time. The autumn harvest has just begun, and you can earn some work points to exchange for food. If you came in winter, there would be little food in the village granary."

"Then the food is mixed together. Do we eat it together?" The baby-faced Fang Yunxing asked about the rules of the educated youth site with a smile.

"Everyone's food bag has its own mark. You can cook together the amount of food according to how much you eat in one meal. The vegetables are grown in our own private plots at the educated youth camp."

Xu Jianshan led the two into a room and said:

"You two are really lucky. Two educated youth returned to the city a while ago, and one of the houses became vacant. The others wanted to move in, but they were busy preparing for the autumn harvest and didn't have time to move in. You two are lucky."

"That's great. It happens that we two brothers can live together."

"This is a sesame seed bun made by my mother. It's her specialty and it tastes really good. Brother, please give it a try." Fang Yunxing stuffed a wrapped bun from the package to Xu Jianshan.

"No, no." Xu Jianshan declined.

"Don't be polite, brother. We two brothers don't know anything. We responded to the call and went to the countryside to support rural construction. If there is anything you need to pay attention to, please let me know."

Fang Yunxing's words made Xu Jianshan dizzy.

It wasn't until he walked into the kitchen that he realized what was going on. He shook his head and said to the two people who were cooking in the kitchen:

"Take two servings from my rations and use them as dinner for the two new educated youths. Use my rations for dinner tomorrow morning as well."

Gu Yizhou and Fang Yunxing, who had already entered the house, were staring at the empty earthen kang in the house, not knowing where to start.

Xu Jianshan walked over with a basin in one hand and a broom in the other.

"Yunxing, here!" Xu Kaishan handed the basin and rag to Fang Yunxing.

Then he said to Gu Yizhou, who looked more particular, "Just clean it up a bit and make it habitable. You're not a grown-up girl."

Gu Yizhou rarely smiled and said "Thank you!"

"Hurry up and pack up before it gets dark, and you can have dinner later." Xu Kaishan gave the two of them some space and turned away.

The few female educated youth still standing in the yard showed great interest in the two newcomers.

Seeing Xu Kaishan coming out, Sun Qiushui came over and asked

"Don't you really need our help? Can two grown men clean the house?"

"The door is over there, if you want to help, just go."

Xu Kaishan could understand the thoughts of these female educated youth very well. They had just stayed in the countryside year after year, and as they grew older, they had no hope of returning to the city and no confidence. They did not want to just marry a peasant, so marriage between educated youth was the best choice.

In fact, he also wanted to find someone to live a stable life with, but at the moment, it seemed that the female educated youth were not very suitable for him.

At this time, Lin Qingyan was standing in front of the door with her thoughts a little scattered. It seemed that there were two new educated youth arriving in her previous life, but at that time she was so sick that she couldn't get up from the bed, and later she went straight back to the city.

I have never had any direct dealings with the new educated youth, but I have heard Ye Yi mention them.

But now no matter who comes, it can't affect her. She can only try her best to live in this life, and try to live a better life.

"Qingyan, there are new educated youth going to the countryside this year. I don't know if I will have the chance to return to the city." Seeing the arrival of the new educated youth, Ye Yi felt even more confused about her future.

"There will be a chance, maybe soon." Lin Qingyan held Ye Yi's hand and comforted her. In fact, she really wanted to tell Ye Yi that there would be a chance to take the college entrance examination in more than a year.

But she also knew that her opportunity was too incredible, and she needed to find a chance to slowly reveal things about the college entrance examination.

As the two were talking in the room, similar anxiety and discussions were heard in every room.

The educated youth of those days were all quite young, and those who were honest really thought they were building the countryside and were proud of enduring hardships and hard work. But when they arrived in the countryside, they found themselves defeated by reality, year after year, with no end or hope in sight.

When Xu Kaishan came to call the two of them to eat, he found that the previously messy room had been completely refurbished, and the straw mats had been washed clean and hung in the yard.

I don't know where the two of them got the newspapers from, but they spread them on the kang, overlapping each other at both ends.

Even the edge of the kang against the wall was covered with newspaper to reduce the amount of dust from the wall falling onto the kang.

The table where the sundries were previously placed has now been wiped clean, and the luggage has been placed in the corner.

"I didn't realize, brothers, you are so good at housework!" Xu Kaishan shouted deliberately.

"Thank you, thank you!" Fang Yunxing also acted like a funny guy.

Dinner was corn porridge, not the kind that comes in individual grains, but the kind that is ground into the size of rice grains. This kind of porridge can fill you up, but it’s a bit of a waste of time as it needs to be cooked for a longer time. After it’s cooked for a long time, it tastes fragrant and glutinous.

But in the hot summer, people are too tired to move after work, and they still have to cook, so they don’t have time to cook for a long time. Therefore, the food tastes a bit sore to the throat and difficult to swallow.

There were about ten people. They steamed sweet potatoes and corn steamed buns, fried beans, and stir-fried green peppers and leeks. Each person finished them with just a few chopsticks.

Lin Qingyan still didn't go out to eat. She had recovered from her illness, but she couldn't let anyone know that she recovered so quickly.

There was no need for Wang Cheng to bring in food at this time. Before everyone started eating, Ye Yi had already brought her half a bowl of corn porridge, a sweet potato and a steamed bun with two pieces of turnips underneath.

When the noise outside died down, Ye Yi returned to the house.

"Didn't you see the look on Sun Qiu Shui's face? She was almost gnashing her eyes on the new educated youth!" Ye Yi gossiped to Lin Qingyan.

"Are the new educated youth looking good?" Lin Qingyan asked.

"It's very handsome, much better looking than Wang Cheng." Ye Yi said while secretly glancing at Lin Qingyan, and continued when she found that she had no expression on her face.

"Not only was Sun Qiushui staring at them, but even Wang Xiangyu, who usually stayed back and didn't talk much, would occasionally peek at the educated youth named Gu Yizhou. Didn't you see how shy he looked?"

"Don't say these things outside. Be careful about what you say." Lin Qingyan reminded Ye Yi that this is an era where spreading rumors could result in a conviction.