Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

"It's not far. If we walk fast, it'll only take a little over an hour," Di Heping said. "Is there anything else?"

"No, it's nothing," the educated youth said, stepping aside.

Yinyin and Di Heping continued walking forward when they heard a haughty male voice behind them complaining, "I told you we'd ask the village chief or secretary later, but you had to go through all this trouble."

The educated youth who had spoken earlier replied, "I was just thinking that the village chief and the others are busy. It's something we can find out by asking the villagers, so there's no need to ask them."

"Besides, I originally wanted to express my gratitude to Comrade Feng Mingyue privately for taking care of me on the way..."

Yinyin and Diheping slowly walked away, but Yinyin noticed that Diheping's reaction was a little strange.

Thinking of the female lead Feng Mingyue that the two people had just mentioned, Yin Yin's eyes flickered. Something about the timing was off.

How old is her brother Di Heping? Shouldn't Feng Mingyue wait two years before coming?

Yinyin's mind raced, but she first drew Di Heping's attention back: "Brother, look at the sky, doesn't that cloud look like a big fish?"

Di Heping looked up: "It really does look alike."

“Right?” Yinyin said smugly, then picked out a few more flowers.

They hadn't seen many clouds before they reached the edge of the field.

Today, it was Jiang Xianjun, who was busy registering people with her notebook, who first noticed them and told them to stand under the shade of a tree.

After putting his things away, Di Heping said, "Aunt, I'm going to call my mom and the others."

“No need,” Jiang Xianjun stopped him. “When my older sister came over for a drink of water earlier, she said that they would come over once they finished the first row of work. She told you to just wait here when you arrived.”

“I’m just killing time anyway,” Di Heping said as he walked out. “I’m going to help Grandpa and Grandma.”

Since changing his surname, Di Heping has been calling his father and mother "Grandpa" and "Grandma" directly. He hasn't changed his way of addressing his uncle and aunt yet. The whole family calls them that, and it doesn't feel chaotic. Over time, the villagers have gotten used to it.

Seeing that Di Heping had left, Yinyin hesitated and asked, "Mom, what about me...?"

"You help me register," Jiang Xianjun knew Yin Yin all too well; she didn't want to do any work if she could avoid it.

However, since this was her own daughter, and she was capable of doing these chores, Jiang Xianjun turned a blind eye and was happy to spoil her.

“Okay,” Yinyin walked eagerly to her mother’s side and continued the registration according to her teachings.

With Yin Yin's help, Jiang Xianjun took out another notebook to calculate. By the time everyone finished their work, she was almost done too, so they could have a meal together.

The Di family's meals were ordinary, with little meat, but these days everyone was pretty much the same, and that's why eating out wouldn't stand out.

Mealtime was the liveliest time, when someone would mention the educated youth who had just arrived in the village.

"The village chief said that these are the first batch of educated youth in our village, and we don't know what their personalities are like."

"If we can get along with him, we should speak to him nicely. If we can't get along with him, don't rush to deal with anything that happens. Go find him and the Party Secretary to handle it."

“The village chief doesn’t trust us at all,” a relative said. “Our village is so nice. Everyone helps each other and we’ve never even argued.”

“Villages like Qinghe and Xiahe have even fought over water; we should tell them that.”

As soon as he said it, a crowd of people around him echoed his sentiments.

When Yinyin heard them mention it, she also remembered the fight between the two villages.

Qinghe Village and Xiahe Village share a tributary and have direct interests in the same area.

If you use too much water for irrigation, there won't be enough water downstream.

Therefore, the two villages fought many times before finally reaching an agreement, which improved the situation.

But this year there has been a drought, and the river was already shallow. Qinghe Village secretly used a lot more water than intended, and even wanted to build a dam to block the water. Xiahe Village couldn't stand for that.

Fortunately, the authorities discovered the situation early and sent people to help mediate. Both sides compromised and focused on farming.

If you ask Yinyin, the two villages will have a fight sooner or later, not for any other reason than that when she was in school, she heard from her close classmates that Qinghe Village had secretly built a dam again.

However, this time they were smart enough not to block it completely, but only blocked it halfway, making it convenient for themselves.

As long as Xiahe Village doesn't send anyone to check, nothing will happen.

But secrets don't stay hidden forever. The classmate who told Yinyin this news was from Xiahe Village, and was the daughter of the village chief.

This shows that Xiahe Village already knew about this, but because they still had water, they didn't act immediately. Once Qinghe Village dared to cross the line even slightly, it would be a reason for Xiahe Village to give it away for free.

At that point, even if there's mediation from higher authorities, it won't make a difference.

Once or twice, but how can it happen a third time?

Yinyin heard about it once, but kept it to herself and advised her classmate not to tell anyone.

After the girl heard this, at least until now, no one outside has been talking about it.

“Yinyin,” Jiang Xianjun gently nudged her, “your aunt is talking to you.”

Yinyin stuck out her tongue a little shyly: "Sixth Aunt, I was daydreaming just now. What did you ask me again?"

Aunt Liu didn't take her distraction to heart: "When you and Heping came out of the village, did you meet any of the educated youth who came?"

Yinyin glanced to the side and realized that Di Heping wasn't there, then she understood why she had suddenly been asked this question.

Yinyin nodded readily: "Yes, we met."

When she nodded, all the aunts, sisters-in-law, and even the gossipy grandmothers gathered around.

How many are there?

"Male and female?"

"Do you look good?"

They bombarded her with questions, and Yin Yin could only answer them one by one.

"There were only four people, two men and two women. They were alright looking. I didn't pay much attention."

Upon hearing Yin Yin's answer, they knew they probably wouldn't get any more information out of her.

"It's alright. Didn't they say they'd be called to work tomorrow? We'll definitely see them then."

"I've heard that people in the city are all fair-skinned. I wonder how they compare to Yinyin."

"I don't think she's as fair-skinned as Yinyin. In all the villages combined, there isn't a girl fairer than Yinyin."

As they talked, they steered the conversation back to Yin Yin.

Yinyin quickly ate a few bites of food, pretended to be shy, told Jiang Xianjun, and then ran off to find her friends.

But when they got to their friends' side, their conversation also turned to the newly arrived educated youth.

Unlike the adults who were always working in the fields, they all went back to cook and bring food to Yin Yin and her brother. Many of them met those educated youths on the way.

My third cousin said, "I think those educated youths don't seem to get along very well; the men and women are standing quite far apart."

“I know, I know,” my tenth cousin said excitedly. “When I passed by, I heard those two male educated youths talking about Comrade Feng Mingyue, and those two female educated youths moved even further away.”

"When the village chief went there, the two female educated youths asked them if they could stay alone in the villager's house instead of living in the newly built educated youth compound with the two male educated youths."

“So you’re saying their relationship is really bad,” the fourth cousin said. “Otherwise, why would they live together and not help each other, instead of each going their own way?”