There is also spring for passers-by

When Wen Wan pretended to nap and woke up, Zhang Cuihua came back from the bathroom with the aroma of instant noodles. Their eyes met, and Wen Wan nodded and asked, "Eating dinner so early?"

"Eat if you're hungry. It's still early for dinner." Zhang Cuihua knew about Lu Wenwan's affairs and looked down on such confused people. No matter how good a marriage is, they can ruin it because of their own actions.

Wen Wan saw that her tone was bad, and she really wanted to use her and then throw her away. She had wanted to move to the countryside and tried to please her in every way, but now that her goal was achieved, she didn't bother to care about her anymore.

I don't know what Zhang Cuihua's mentality was, but she exchanged tickets with someone in another carriage. At four o'clock in the afternoon, a thin, dark female educated youth sat next to Wen Wan.

"Hello, comrade. My name is Luo Hongying. I'm an educated youth who went to the Shanghe Village Brigade in Shibaozi Commune. I heard that you were also going to Shibaozi Commune."

"I went to the countryside in the Xingguang Brigade of Shibaozi Commune."

"I heard that it's very close to the forest. In the past, it was just outside the forest. A few years ago, militiamen even killed a tiger there. It was reported in the newspapers. Just imagine how scary it would be if a tiger showed up."

"With tiger-hunting heroes here, you don't have to be afraid. If a tiger comes, the tiger-hunting heroes will kill it. Besides, there are many people living together in the educated youth camp, and everyone can take care of each other."

Because they both went to the same commune, the two gradually became familiar with each other.

Wen Wan was not the original owner, and she did not hide the bad things in her family. When Luo Hongying said that her family had a hard life, her eldest sister was married, and she had an older brother. Originally, her brother was the most suitable candidate, but in order to prevent her brother from going to the countryside, her mother chose to give the job to her brother. Her brother took over smoothly, and he had a younger brother.

But the authorities required that every family must have a child send to the countryside, so her parents signed her up.

Luo Hongying was only 16 years old, her brother was 18, and her younger brother was 14. Just because her brother was a boy, her family let her go to the countryside to take care of their own sons.

Wen Wan talked about her family's situation: "It's not easy for everyone. I originally passed the exam and got a job as a salesperson at the county supply and marketing cooperative. I got the application form and filled it out. I got home and was drinking water when my stepmother hit me with a rolling pin and I fainted. When I woke up, they had put me on the train.

The Youth League Office gave each sent-down youth a 100-yuan subsidy, but I didn't receive a cent. They stuffed 10 yuan into my trouser pocket and stuffed all my usual clothes and a torn quilt into a sack.

Luo Hongying thought she was pitiful, but there were people who were even more miserable than her.

Wen Wan stared out the window, the clanking of the green train in her ears. "When my mother was alive, she lied to my brother. After she died of illness, even though I was hardworking and a good student, my father and brother still couldn't see me. My father would spend money to find a job for my brother, but he lost the job I had worked so hard to get, and he even secretly signed up to go to the countryside without telling me.

When I got there, I didn't know the truth.

It was only after I woke up from my coma that I came to my senses and realized what had happened.

That home... I don't want to go back. Earlier, that educated youth named Zhang Cuihua wanted to swap places with me, and I agreed immediately. I didn't want them to know where I was in the countryside. I just wanted to stay away from them..."

Luo Hongying swallowed. She had heard from others in that carriage that Zhang Cuihua had swapped places with Lu Wenwan and that Zhang Cuihua had given Lu Wenwan 70 yuan. "My brother took over my mother's job and promised to send me 5 yuan every month. There was a 100 yuan subsidy for going to the countryside, and my mother gave it all to me. My sister also bought me a new set of clothes and a pair of yellow rubber shoes."

Wen Wan decided to cut off contact with the original owner's family. She was not the original owner, so if they wanted her to send them bacon, dried vegetables, mushrooms and red dates, it would be better for them to take a shower, go to bed and have a sweet dream.

The next day, Wen Wan found the leader of the educated youth team who was going to Yongxing Commune to work in the countryside, and told him about her difficulties and hardships. She was betrayed by her stepmother and stepsister, and hurt by her father and brother. She didn't want to contact her family anymore. If there was a letter from her in the future, she would ask the postman to return it the same way, no matter who it was from.

Zhang Cuihua, who was biting a bun, froze when she heard this.

"Tongzi, what's going on? Lu Wenwan actually wants to cut off contact with her family and even asks the educated youth who went to the countryside to hide the fact that she has moved to a new place."

“Lu Wenwan is likely to be reborn.”

"Reborn? Then shouldn't she hold on to Huo Zejun even tighter? Why is her reaction so distant?"

"Maybe she wants to change her way of life."

People are different, how can we understand each other's thoughts?

Wen Wan greeted the educated youth who went there, and everyone promised that they would not accept her letters. If there were any letters from her, they would tell the postman that there was no such person at the educated youth site.

After taking a train for three days and three nights, we finally arrived at Linxi Railway Station in Heilongjiang Province at 5:30 in the morning of the fourth day. Everyone came out of the train station and took buses to different counties. From the city to the county, you have to take a public bus. At this time, the bus has a very low hourly speed. A distance of 100 kilometers can be traveled in three hours.

When they arrived at the county town, people from various communes came to greet them. They then took ox carts to the commune, and were then taken back to their respective brigades by the team leaders from the commune.

Wen Wan was the only one from the Starlight Team who came from Yue City. Even though they were all in Yue City, they were dispersed. The five people in the team came from Shanghai, Jiangnan, and Beijing. Among them, there were two women and three men.

The team leader was a tall northern man who was an expert donkey cart driver. "Put the luggage on the donkey cart. If the female educated youth are tired, they can sit on it."

"Uncle, how far is it from the commune to the Xingguang Brigade?"

"It's not far, only four miles. After passing three brigades, we'll reach the Xingguang Brigade. There are six educated youths there now, three men and three women. Originally there were eight, but two of them have returned to the city."

Wen Wan did various construction work, and when she arrived at the Xingguang Brigade Youth League site, it was better than she had expected. The Youth League site had a public kitchen and firewood room, as well as four living rooms, two for male youth and two for female youth. The two rooms for male youth also had special entrance doors, which were divided into east and west spans. The kang between the two spans passed through the wall, which meant that if they burned the kang in winter, they could save firewood, and one fire could burn the kangs in both rooms.

There were seven male educated youth, living together in two rooms; there were only four female educated youth, two in a room.

The female educated youth who had come earlier lived in the inner room, and the outer room was given to Wen Wan and the new arrival Luo Hongying. Since they met on the train, they got along well and didn't feel unfamiliar with each other.

After a day's rest, the new educated youth followed the team members. The new female educated youth were assigned to cut Artemisia annua, while the new male educated youth were assigned to hoe the fields. After adapting for a week, they gradually followed the team members to do other work.

Wen Wan had experienced the end of the world and could handle it no matter how hard or tiring it was. The original owner was a good worker, and with the original owner's memories, she got the hang of it in no time.

Luo Hongying also became proficient very quickly.