Her friends, who had been gossiping with her, all grimaced. This wasn't a room built for each of them according to their preferences.

They heard from the captain that more people would be coming later.

After those educated youths arrived, the number of young men near the educated youth compound increased. Those who previously didn't need to pass by the compound now preferred to take a detour to the compound's entrance rather than go home for dinner earlier.

When they came to change shifts that day, Chunxing, who was wearing pickled cowpeas, showed some shyness on her face. The next classmate sensed something was terribly wrong. After secretly observing her for two days, they discovered that two of the male educated youths were actually secretly contacting Chunxing.

But those two men's intentions were very obvious, and one was a domestic abuser, the other a man from a poor background—they both seemed so sinister. Could it be that Sister Chunxing has some kind of constitution that attracts scumbags?

Chunxing was very beautiful. Among the surrounding villages, she and her sisters were the most beautiful, except for little kids Song Fubao and Xia Yutang, of course.

Chunxing is 20 years old this year. She originally wanted to find a matchmaker last year, but for some reason, she was not satisfied with any of the matchmakers she was looking for. Later, because her grandfather passed away and she needed to observe mourning, she was able to wait until she was 20 years old.

Judging from Chunxing's appearance, she must have taken a fancy to one of the educated youths. Xia Yutang carefully recalled the contents of the original book, but after so many years, she didn't know if it was because she came into this world or because of the long time that had passed, she couldn't remember some of the plot of the book very clearly.

Xia Yutang hurriedly returned from outside and went back to her space to think carefully. She remembered that she seemed to have written it down. At that time, she was still young and was afraid that she would not remember it or that her memory would become blurred over time, so she specially wrote down everything she remembered.

Xia Yutang remembered that she kept the notebook in her bedside table. She had only changed the furniture in her room once in all these years, last year. She wondered if the notebook had been picked up then.

As soon as she entered the space, she ran back to her room, found her bedside table with a clear goal, opened the bottom drawer of the table, and found a black leather notebook lying quietly inside.

She opened the notebook and found the handwriting inside was clear. She finally breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the notebook, sat down on the edge of the bed, and began to carefully read through the plot she had written.

The names of these educated youths were all written down. Zhou Haiqing, a male from the first batch of educated youths, is 19 years old this year from Haicheng. After graduating from high school, he went to a vocational school. After leaving school, every time he got a job, his family would morally blackmail him into giving up the job to his younger siblings. His family of 10 lived in a small, roughly 40-square-meter tenement building.

Zhou Haiqing is the second child in his family. He has an older sister who is already married. Since he is the second child and is a boy, people generally think that the eldest son will definitely be favored.

But for some reason, his family was different from others. His older sister was the eldest, and although she wasn't spoiled as much, she still granted his every wish at home. The first job he got after graduating from vocational school was taken by his already married older sister.

The older sister even shamelessly said that this would be perfect as her dowry. Actually, Zhou Haiqing was originally going to marry his classmate after getting this job, but his family had too many siblings, and they couldn't find him a room. He was the second oldest, with a pair of twins and a pair of twin brothers.

His grandparents also live with them, and the two elders have been helping to take care of the twins and their son and daughter. This has made their already cramped house even more cramped.

The factory had to be moved to the balcony, where he simply built a makeshift room on a wooden plank. When he was in school, he never brought his homework home to do.

His classmate didn't want to live in such a cramped situation with her family, and after her suggestion to rent a place outside was rejected, she turned around and married someone else. That classmate was in a hurry to get married so as not to be sent to the countryside.

However, according to the book, Zhou Haiqing was quite self-aware. After arriving in the countryside, he knew he wouldn't be going back anytime soon, and he didn't resign himself to getting married immediately. He worked very hard, and the work points he earned were enough to support himself.

Zhang Zhihe, who comes from the same place as Zhou Haiqing and is also a classmate of his, is the opposite of him. Zhang Zhihe is also 19 years old this year. He is an only child, but his parents have passed away. He took over his parents' jobs and went to work in a factory right after graduating from high school.

Just as he started working at the factory, his uncle and aunt moved into his house under the pretext of taking care of him. However, he was clever and knew how to hide the family's property well, so even though his uncle and aunt had lived in his house for three years, they still couldn't find the house deed or the family's savings.

This time, it was because he was getting old enough that someone wanted to arrange a marriage for him. His uncle and aunt were afraid that he would take over the house after getting married and kick them out, so they directly refused and secretly signed him up to work in the countryside. Their goal was to make him give up his job for his cousins.

Zhang Zhihe hates trouble, so when he realized there was no way to change his rural household registration, he simply sold the house. Since his household registration would have to go with him after he went to the countryside, he was afraid the house wouldn't be his anymore when he returned, so he sold it to save himself the trouble.

There were also his parents' two jobs, and his uncle and aunt moved into the house. After that, he kept pestering Zhang Zhihe to give up his mother's job, but Zhang Zhihe kept making excuses, saying that he only had this one job, since his mother had died of illness at that time, and the job was sold to pay for his mother's medical treatment.

Actually, that wasn't the case. He knew the importance of his work, so he had always held onto those two jobs, though others didn't know it. After confirming that he needed to go to the countryside, he sold both jobs.

Zhang Zhihe believed that money could only be used as he pleased if it was in his own hands, so after realizing he couldn't go back, he immediately sold the house. He also sold his job and put the money into his savings account.

Before leaving, he packed up everything he could use in his home and put it in the post office to mail.

When he went to check the availability of rural assignments, the address had already been determined. After learning the exact address, he considered sending his quilt and large pieces of clothing there first.

Although mailing things is still quite expensive, he packed all his belongings before sending them to make his journey easier. The five packages cost him about 90 yuan in total. If he hadn't had the money from selling his job and house, he would have been heartbroken.

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