Quickly wear it and get rid of his virtuous character

After finishing his meal, Liu Qing still felt unsatisfied. He licked the corner of his mouth and smiled happily.

"I didn't expect that sweet potato leaves and vines can be eaten. We can hold on for a while longer."

After saying this, everyone's expressions became much brighter. Before it got dark, everyone quickly took out their books and read aloud. Some people even pinched their thighs after each sentence to force themselves to remember it.

Su Tong didn't get anxious when he saw everyone working so hard. Instead, he cleaned up the dishes first. However, he paused when washing the dishes because he had never washed dishes since he was a child and he had no idea where to start.

"What's wrong?" Liu Qing looked over and slapped his head, "Oh, I almost forgot that you cooked today. It's our turn to wash the dishes."

Liu Qing put down the book, quickly cleaned up the dishes, and prepared to go to the river with the bucket to wash the dishes. Su Tong, remembering that he knew nothing, followed him and prepared to learn well.

In fact, washing dishes is very simple. You just need to squat by the river and wash the dishes clean. But you have to be careful when putting them down, otherwise the dishes may be easily broken.

At that time, bowls and chopsticks were still very precious. Many families continued to use them even if they had a crack in them until they could no longer be broken. Some families even continued to use broken bowls by mending them.

Looking at the sparkling river surface, Su Tong's mind had already flown elsewhere. It would be a good thing if he could stay here forever.

There are green grass, blue sky and white clouds, and fresh air, but unfortunately the food here is not enough, and it is not the place of retirement that I dreamed of.

The dishes were washed quickly, but Liu Qing had no intention of leaving. She looked around, then untied her long hair and soaked it directly in the river water.

Su Tong touched his hair and found it was greasy as expected. In this weather, if he didn't wash his hair for three days, it would definitely smell and he might even get lice. But washing it in the river...

Su Tong just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart. Later, he felt itchy all over and couldn't stand it anymore, so he untied his hair and washed it with Liu Qing.

After washing their hair, the two of them just let their hair down and were not in a hurry to go back. Liu Qing watched the sunset slowly setting and couldn't help but sigh.

"Tongtong, my parents wrote back a while ago, saying that they couldn't get me a permit to return to the city, so they could only ask me to study hard and try to pass the exam to go back." Liu Qing started to cry as she spoke. She wiped her tears with her hands, her face full of despair and helplessness.

She looked at the slowly setting sun in front of her, her heart filled with helplessness and unwillingness.

"There will always be a way when you reach the top of the mountain. Even if you can't go back through the exam, maybe you can go back someday." Su Tong comforted.

Su Tong remembers that the educated youth could go back home after a few years, but because there were no work quotas, many of them became unemployed vagrants.

Liu Qing raised her head, tears glistening in her eyes: "Tongtong, thank you for comforting me, but before this, there were already hundreds of educated youth who wanted to leave this village, but now everyone has accepted their fate."

Su Tong looked at the original owner's best friend, gently held the other's hand, and said firmly: "No, you can definitely go back. There is still some time before the college entrance examination. At worst, I can help you with your homework."

Liu Qing burst into laughter and wiped the tears from her face, "Tongtong, you are really my good sister, but forget it, I know my own brain, it is not suitable for studying at all."

"Don't underestimate yourself. Don't give up until the last moment." Su Tong patted the other person's shoulder. "I've studied with you before. You're only bad at math and English, but your Chinese is pretty good. At worst, you can just pick up Chinese and English. Anyway, you need to rely on your memory for these two. It just depends on whether you are willing to put in the effort."

Liu Qing bit her lip and said, "I...Okay, I'll work hard with you. Even if I really can't pass the exam, I'll accept my fate anyway."

As they were talking, the hair of the two people was half dry. Su Tong took Liu Qing's hand and went back. The other educated youth were not idle either, taking their notebooks and reciting frantically, but this was just rote memorization at best.

If you are taking a Chinese test, you can still get a few points, but if it is English and math, you can't rely on rote memorization, it all requires understanding.

Su Tong knew that Liu Qing was not well educated, so he started by teaching her the simplest letters, and then the phonetic symbols...Originally, the other female educated youth were concentrating on memorizing their books, but later on, they all put down their books and listened to Su Tong's teachings.

"Tongtong, your English is very standard and your voice is very nice, even better than my high school teacher's." After listening to all the knowledge points, Liu Qing clapped and praised.

Su Tong's smile froze on his face. He lowered his head, his hair covering his eyes. "Well, I used to study very hard, but that didn't please my parents, so they sent me back to the countryside."

As soon as these words were spoken, several female classmates nearby all showed sad expressions. They all came to the countryside as educated youth for more or less reasons. Although they told outsiders that they were here to build a new countryside, in fact they were a group of people who were abandoned.

It was getting late and no one dared to waste lamp oil. After blowing out the lamps, everyone lay down on the kang. A sour odor could be faintly smelled.

Su Tong couldn't adapt to the current environment at all. She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, especially because of the quilt covering her. She felt very itchy, as if something was biting her.

After tossing and turning until midnight, Su Tong finally fell asleep, but when he woke up again, it was already daybreak outside. Several educated youths had gone out to work, but he was the only one who stayed in the room.

In fact, there is not much work to do now. At most, they just weed in the fields. The female educated youth will come back after a while. It's just a formality.

After Su Tong got up, she looked at the surroundings and touched the clothes she was wearing. She had sweated yesterday and wanted to take a shower, but there was no hot water in the kitchen. Fortunately, there was no one in the room today, so she planned to take a thorough shower.

It was really difficult to take a bath in that era. At least it took a lot of effort to boil water, not to mention going to the river to fetch water. It took two hours to finally take a hot bath.

But after changing clothes, Su Tong fell silent, because the original owner only had two sets of clothes in total, and they had to be changed and washed. If the weather was bad, he would only be able to wear dirty clothes.

Su Tong knew that the conditions in that era were extremely difficult, but he did not expect it to be so difficult. The two pieces of clothing of the original owner were torn and tattered, and were no different from the beggar's clothes of their time.

Su Tong was silent for a long time, and finally accepted the reality. Then his stomach started to growl. It had started to growl last night. The other girls' stomachs also grew one after another, like a music concert.

Sweet potato and corn porridge was not filling at all, but it was the only thing they could eat, and they even had to eat it sparingly, otherwise they would go hungry.

At noon, we had sweet potato and corn porridge again, but the difference from yesterday was that a piece of pickled vegetable was added. It was salty and astringent, just like stinky dried tofu, and difficult to swallow.

Liu Qing came back angrily, carrying a hoe. "There's obviously nothing to do in the fields, but the village chief still wants us to stay here. He's obviously bullying us because we have no help. Damn bastard, don't fall into my hands, or I won't let him go."