Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

The others weren't much better off; after walking a few steps, they also started vomiting.

The journey here has been along mountain roads, and it has been incredibly bumpy.

"Hey, are you all alright?" Captain Li Tiansheng walked over and asked.

He spoke with a hint of impatience, thinking to himself, "These young educated youths have never experienced hardship; they can't even stand riding in a car."

However, they waited until they recovered before taking them to the educated youth settlement.

The former educated youth settlement here already has some older educated youth who came in previous years living here. Everyone is here now, as if they are waiting for their arrival.

The brigade leader introduced them to the person in charge of the educated youth settlement.

"This is Lin Dong, the person in charge of the educated youth settlement."

Lin Dong walked out with a smile and greeted everyone.

"Alright, if you have any questions, you can ask Lin Dong. If there's anything you can't solve, come find me."

After saying that, the captain left.

Lin Dong greeted them warmly and led the new educated youth on a tour of the educated youth settlement.

It was actually just a simple courtyard, divided in the middle. The left side was where the female educated youth lived, and the right side was where the male educated youth lived. There was a kitchen in the middle.

"On weekdays, the female educated youth were responsible for cooking, while the male educated youth were responsible for chopping firewood and carrying water."

After the introductions, the female educated youth visited the houses where they lived.

The remaining nine male educated youths, led by Lin Dong, went to the place where the male educated youths lived.

There were only two rooms for the male educated youth to sleep in. In one of the larger rooms, the kang (a heated brick bed) was already piled with quilts, which meant that the older educated youth were living there.

The smaller room was empty, while the large dormitory room had been cleaned up, presumably for the newcomers.

Akahoshi glanced at the large communal sleeping area, and her pale face looked even worse.

He didn't want to sleep in a room like that.

More importantly, he didn't want to live with Cheng Li.

"Comrade Chixing, what do you think?" Lin Dong suddenly spoke to him.

Akahoshi:? ?

He didn't hear what he was saying at all.

250: [He said we'd have dinner together tonight, but I'll take you to buy groceries first.]

Akahoshi nodded: "Okay."

Lin Dong saw that he looked young and subconsciously assumed he was a minor.

In fact, Akahoshi just turned eighteen this year.

After asking around, it turned out he was the youngest.

Cheng Li is nineteen this year, and the others are around twenty. These older educated youth are a few years older than the newer educated youth. Lin Dong is already twenty-seven.

When looking at the youngest Chixing, Lin Dong's eyes became even more loving, just like an old father looking at a child.

Akahoshi stood ramrod straight. He was the tallest person in the room, and no matter how young he looked, he shouldn't be a child.

Following Lin Dong, the new educated youth went to the village's general store and bought some rice and flour.

Chi Xing just pulled out some money and food coupons from his bag and praised 250 for being so thoughtful. He hadn't even known that he needed coupons to buy things.

Akahoshi didn't understand, but he bought what others bought, only replacing the coarse grains they bought with refined grains.

Looking at the money, it was all ten-yuan notes; he had plenty in his bag.

So the original owner's family was quite well-off. Although there are still some bugs, these money tickets prove that his family was wealthy.

Not wanting to flaunt his wealth, Chi Xing didn't stand out by buying more than his share; he simply followed the female educated youth and bought over twenty jin of grain.

As they were carrying the grain out the door, they heard 250 excitedly say:

It's Gu Yuzhi, living in Doctor Wang's house next door.

Chixing said he still had things to buy and told the educated youth to go ahead.

After buying something casually, Akahoshi strolled out and looked into the courtyard with the door half-open.

Soon, the people inside came out.

The young man had short hair, healthy white skin, strong facial features, thick eyebrows, and big eyes, making him look particularly energetic. In this era, he would be a very popular handsome man.

Chixing saw that he was holding medicine and knew that it was for Grandma Gu.

Gu Yuzhi had just come out of the village doctor's house when he saw a fair-skinned child looking at him.

Wait, how come this kid is taller than me?

It's only because Akahoshi didn't know what he was thinking, otherwise, the smile on his face wouldn't have disappeared.

"Hello, I'm a former educated youth who just arrived here."

Gu Yuzhi suddenly realized that he had heard about this the day before yesterday.

Looking at the person in front of me, I didn't expect that they would be sent to the countryside at such a young age. They look so young, are they even an adult yet?

"Hello, my name is Gu Yuzhi, and I am a villager here."

"Why are you all alone? Are you lost?"

Gu Yuzhi didn't know why, but he subconsciously stared at Chi Xing and couldn't help wanting to talk to him more.

Chi Xing nodded innocently, "Yeah, I forgot the way back to the educated youth settlement."

"Is this your first day here? I'll take you back; the roads in the village are actually quite easy to navigate."

Gu Yuzhi walked to Chi Xing's side and walked alongside him.

"Okay, by the way, my name is Akahoshi, the star of stars."

The two walked together along the stream, and Gu Yuzhi pointed to the path ahead:

“Walk along the stream and turn left at the second intersection. This road is not as winding as the one in the village. You can take this route from now on.”

Gu Yuzhi glanced at him and saw Chi Xing nod obediently, which made her feel inexplicably itchy.

Looking down, Akahoshi was holding a basin containing some daily necessities, and on top of it was a bag of grain.

The veins on the back of Gu Yuzhi's fair hand bulged as he reached out to take the basin.

"Let me carry it for you, it looks quite heavy."

Akahoshi neither let go nor dodged.

"It's not heavy, could you help me carry the grain?"

Gu Yuzhi picked up the bag of grain, weighed it in his hand, and found it wasn't heavy at all.

Is this much food enough? Look how thin this child is, I don't know how he survived before.

Gu Yuzhi recalled what the educated youth had said: families with many children would show favoritism, and the least favored child would be sent to the countryside to work.

It's not that labor is bad, but anyone with eyes can see that coming to the countryside is about suffering. Gu Yuzhi recalled the image of the child before he was sent there.

She looks so thin; she probably used to go hungry a lot at home.

He sighed inwardly but said nothing.

Akahoshi was unaware that he had become the pitiful figure, and was even happy that Ayu helped him carry things, which meant that he must be good-looking.

Akahoshi himself is a fan of Tama, but he knows that Tama is actually a fan of good looks.

Looking at His Highness's expression, 250 in his mind's eye had something he didn't know whether to say or not, but after thinking it over, he decided not to say it.

Never mind, let His Highness find out for himself.

When they arrived at the entrance of the educated youth settlement, Chixing became unhappy again, as she was about to be separated from Ayu so soon.

Gu Yuzhi put the grain back into his basin: "Alright, go back now. You'll probably be working in the fields tomorrow."

He leaned closer and spoke much softer: "Don't work too hard. Take a break when you see others resting."

Chi Xing looks harmless and is clearly an honest kid. Gu Yuzhi was worried that he wouldn't be able to swing a hoe properly, thinking about the work in the fields.