The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

Sun Shaoping carefully placed his grandmother on a sunny meadow, then picked up a few soft red dates and handed them to his grandmother.

Grandma was eating happily. At this time, Jin Junbin and his wife Wang Cai'e were walking slowly towards them, carefully supporting an old woman on each side. They settled the two old ladies together to bask in the sun, just like in the past.

The two old ladies sat next to each other, eating and chatting, enjoying the rare festive moment. After making arrangements for Old Mrs. Jin, the couple Jin Junbin and Wang Cai'e also joined the army of picking dates.

Shao Ping, Jin Bo and Run Sheng, three classmates, were picking dates happily while discussing when to return to school.

"Brother Zhao, how long will you stay in the village?" Shao Ping asked Zhao Dongchuan.

"Maybe I have to stay for a while, probably until the end of the month." Zhao Dongchuan replied, moving his hands non-stop.

"That's great. I have a lot of questions I can't answer. I can come to you for tutoring in the evening!" Sun Shaoping smiled happily.

Just as everyone was chatting animatedly, Shaoan's mother and He Fengying led Xiu Lian into the jujube forest.

Their appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention. Everyone gathered around, looked at the "new bride" curiously, and asked questions non-stop.

At this moment, Shaoan's mother was like a host of a "Q&A" program, answering everyone's questions in an orderly manner.

"Shaoan is a lucky man to have married such a good wife!" Old Mrs. Jin was basking in the sun leisurely, chewing dates, looking at the lively scene in the distance, and said to Shaoan's grandmother with a smile.

"That's great!!" Although Grandma Shaoan's hearing is not very sharp, the tacit understanding over the years allows her to roughly understand what Grandma Jin means.

Seeing that her eldest grandson was about to get married and start a family, the old woman who was born in the 23rd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty was also greatly comforted. She had experienced countless hardships in her life and saw many people die in turmoil. Although the family situation was bad now, everyone was fine. For her, this was the greatest happiness. As for Runye, it could only be that they were not destined to be together.

Xiulian was a generous girl, but she could not stand being watched by so many people. She immediately felt her face turn red and her heart beat fast. She wanted to leave but was surrounded and could not escape. She had to hold Lanxiang tightly with one hand, for fear that she would accidentally fall down, which would be so embarrassing.

Perhaps noticing Xiulian's embarrassment, Sun Yuting shouted, "What are you all doing over there? Hurry up and pick up the hawthorns! Don't delay!"

The crowd then dispersed after discussing everything.

After playing for a while, Zhao Dongchuan's interest gradually faded, so he stopped, put down the bamboo pole, picked a big red date from the pile of hawthorns, threw it into his mouth, and ate it happily.

You know what, this jujube is really sweet.

At this time, Tian Haimin, Secretary Tian Futang, Deputy Secretary Jin Junshan and others were at the Tianjiagulao threshing ground across the river. The ground was already full of dates picked by the villagers, like small hills.

The two production team leaders, Sun Shaoan and Jin Junwu, were also there. Several village cadres were busy weighing things together. The brigade accountant Tian Haimin was standing nearby, recording things from time to time.

After these dates are registered, they will be distributed here to each household based on the number of people.

Logically, Zhao Dongchuan was no longer considered a member of Shuangshui Village, but everyone unanimously decided to give him a share. The dates were not worth much money, and Zhao Dongchuan was a good person, so everyone hoped to return the favor.

Let’s not talk about the drought relief team some time ago. The village had to owe them a favor. He usually gave Shao Ping extra lessons and spent money to buy their fruits, vegetables and leftover food, so that the farmers had more money in their hands, so they could buy some needles and thread and so on, and he also had to give them some dates to eat.

Business was not allowed at that time. In addition to earning some work points by farming, farmers could only walk half a day to the market in Mijia Town to sell eggs to earn some money. After a whole year of eating, drinking, and defecating, they could not save much money.

Zhao Dongchuan had a big appetite, and the rice in the system was not enough, so he basically bought grain and vegetables from the farmers in Shuangshui Village. Anyway, he had the space and was not afraid of them going bad. Of course, he did not dare to purchase in large quantities, for fear of being discovered by someone with ulterior motives.

With the complete success of the "Date Picking Festival", the red agate-like jujube nuts can no longer be seen on the trees, only some sparse leaves remain.

All the villagers were now in the threshing yard holding their own big bags, listening to Tian Haimin calling out their names, then reporting the weight and weighing the dates, and distributing the piles of red dates according to the number of people.

Zhao Dongchuan also got 20 kilograms of dates.

Picking dates and dividing the dates was a busy job from early morning until evening. Only after all the dates were divided did everyone go home contentedly, carrying their heavy bags.

Human satisfaction is so simple. It is an ordinary thing. When everyone picks dates and divides chestnuts together, participates in collective labor, and reaps the harvest, they feel fulfilled. This is also a kind of ordinary happiness.

After the Date Picking Festival, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

All in all, Zhao Dongchuan has been in Shuangshui Village for a month.

"I don't know. Did my parents receive the letter I sent home?"

"I miss my family more during every festive season!" He suddenly became melancholy.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Dongchuan declined the invitations from Sun Shaoan and Secretary Tian and prepared a sumptuous dinner for himself at home.

Let the delicious food soothe his sorrow!

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhao Dongchuan returned to Huangyuan City. It was time to collect his salary again!

He arrived at the Finance Department with ease, and signed for his salary under the warm care of the finance lady.

Afterwards, Zhao Dongchuan came to the office, said hello to Jia Bing and his familiar colleagues, and then sat in the office to make up for the afternoon's work.

"By the way, Xiao Zhao, there were a few letters for you yesterday. Since you were not here, I left them here for you!" Before leaving get off work, Jia Bing suddenly remembered and took out a few envelopes from the drawer and handed them to Zhao Dongchuan.

"Thanks, Teacher Jia. Come to my dormitory in the evening. I'll cook some dishes and we can have a drink." Zhao Dongchuan asked with a smile after taking the letter.

"No, no, Shufen is pregnant. I have to get off work and take care of her. Maybe next time!"

"Oh, congratulations! Congratulations!" Zhao Dongchuan hurriedly congratulated.

"Hahaha, thank you, I'm going to get off work first!" With that, Jia Bing hurried away with his bag.

Zhao Dongchuan looked at Jia Bing's departing back and felt emotional. It's really different now that he's going to be a father.

After getting off work and returning to the dormitory, Zhao Dongchuan cleaned up, took out the system rice and vegetables bought from Shuangshui Village from the space and started cooking.

By the time he finished cooking, it was already dark.

Zhao Dongchuan pulled the light cord to turn on the light, then started eating. He had stewed pork with potatoes, stir-fried cabbage, and a plate of spicy tofu for dinner.

Zhao Dongchuan poured a little soup on the rice and started to eat slowly.

"In this hot summer, it would be so refreshing if I could have a bottle of ice-cold beer and some barbecue!"