I am studying and eating melons in Chronicle

Chapter 10 The Sorority

On the day of the weekend educated youth fellowship, all six of them brought rations and gifts, basically dried sweet potatoes, maltose, dried fruits and the like.

Chen Liang enthusiastically took the things and invited them to sit and chat in one of the households.

Everyone was crowded into one house, which was a little cramped, and this house belonged to a male educated youth named Yang Tu. The house wasn't messy, but it wasn't much better, and it still had a weird smell.

Even Chen Liang frowned when he entered, with a displeased expression on his face, "Didn't I tell you in advance to come here? Why didn't you even clean up the house in advance?"

Yang Tu sat crookedly, his whole body seemed limp, and he said indifferently, "It's already been cleaned up."

It's still the same after tidying up?
The new educated youths couldn't help showing surprise.

Seeing that he didn't show any face in front of the newcomers, Chen Liang was also a little angry. He gave him a blank look and said to everyone: "Let's go to Hu Jun's house, his place is clean."

Hu Jun seems to be a rare good guy here, Chen Liang rashly proposed to go to his house without saying hello, he was not angry, and greeted them with a smile: "Let's go, go to my house to cook."

Only Sun Qian looked reluctant, but she also paid attention to the occasion and followed slowly.

Yun Ling casually saw her rare black face, and remembered this Hu Jun in her heart.

A group of people moved their positions, but who knew that they had only sat at Hu Jun's house for a while, and two groups of educated youths at the stove started arguing.

Holding a spatula, Guo Jiyun pointed at the other party with an angry look on his face, "Cao Hui! Can you stop eating meat under the pretext of tasting vegetables!?"

Cao Hui clasped his hands in front of his body, showing embarrassment, and whispered a little wronged: "Comrade Jiyun, you misunderstood. I didn't eat meat just now, but just ate a piece of potato."

Hearing her words, Guo Jiyun felt as if a gunpowder barrel had exploded, and became even more angry, "You mean I framed you?!"

Pointing to the stove, she said solemnly: "I saw with my own eyes that you got a piece of chicken, can you still have a fake? I bought this pheasant from a fellow villager's house, and you can still frame you because of a piece of chicken? Could it be that I force you?" stuffed in your mouth?"

Cao Hui was left speechless by her words, and could only cry. The pear blossoms with rain were really pretty, which made the others really feel a little sorry.

The good old man Hu Jun came out to ease the situation, smiling flatteringly, "Comrade Guo, even if sister Cao Hui eats it, we won't quarrel because of this good day today. Let's calm down and get angry."

No matter how stupid Guo Jiyun was, he could tell that what he said was out of character, meaning that it was not certain whether he would eat or not, even if he did eat, he would eat it, it was no big deal, he was slightly stingy when he was angry.

Combined with the previous private evaluation of her by the educated youth point, Guo Jiyun now wants to explain this matter clearly.

She picked up the pot of chicken and stewed potatoes, stood in front of the two of them, and said with a sneer, "I bought this pheasant with my own money. You can make sarcastic remarks if you don't pay for it. I thought I would not miss this chicken." The money is all for the new educated youth comrades to add meat and vegetables, and now you are saying that I am not a human being."

"The gossip about me being stingy came from your mouth, Cao Hui, right?"

Guo Jiyun only felt that he was kind enough to feed the dog. When Cao Hui first came, she saw that she was thin and pitiful, so she often invited her to her home for dinner. Cao Hui would take some cornmeal every time, but she cooked and added meat.She wasn't short of the money at first, but later she gradually heard gossip from people in the educated youth shop, saying that she took the initiative to invite people to eat and let them bring food, but in the end she made wild vegetables and steamed buns, which was quite stingy.

Not many people went to her house for dinner, so Guo Jiyun figured out who it was with his fingers. Since then, she and Cao Hui have cut off contact, and the next day someone said that she was bullying the new educated youth.

She really jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash herself off.

Cao Hui looked terrified, and quickly waved his hands to explain: "How could it be me? Jiyun, you really misunderstood me. I know that my family is the worst in this place. You took the initiative to invite me to dinner. It is pity for me. I am now I am very grateful, how can I speak ill of you? How can you think of me so much?"

"..." Yunling was watching the play, and she had figured out the ins and outs. As soon as she heard her words, she knew that Comrade Guo would fall into the pit.

Sure enough, Guo Jiyun pointed at her nose and scolded: "Which time did I, Guo Jiyun, treat you to dinner without any meat, but people outside said I was a cheapskate, can you say a word for me? I will treat it as if I was bitten by a white-eyed wolf. The sky said that I bullied you, and I haven't seen you, the person involved, come out to clarify."

"Cao Hui, how can I be sorry for you? It's because I spam good intentions that I deserve it?!"

Guo Jiyun was furious, thinking that she was going to slap Cao Hui in the next second, and several male educated youths stopped her.On the contrary, the female educated youths stayed away from the battlefield, and went to the kang to eat melon seeds and watch the theater.

Sun Qian snorted coldly: "Cao Hui's face should have been taken off a long time ago, and those men are still protecting it. Who among us can't understand?"

Other female educated youths agreed while eating melon seeds: "Indeed, she looks like someone is bullying her all day long, which makes us lesbians afraid to stand beside her."

However, Guo Jiyun calmed down after scolding, without looking at Cao Hui and a group of male educated youths standing beside her, he slammed the door and left with chicken.

Qian Li was stunned, and whispered: "Chicken—"

Yun Ling hurriedly covered her mouth, for fear that the child would utter a word or two that would offend others inappropriately.

"The chicken was bought by others, so it's normal to take it away." Yunling whispered to her.

Qian Li looked out of the window with pity on her face, pouted, the big meat dishes on the dinner table were gone, and she became even more indifferent to Cao Hui.It's not that she can't afford it, but this meat can only be bought if it is sold. How rare is such a pheasant!

Everyone finished their meal in a calm and somewhat embarrassing manner, few of them were happy.

Chen Liang opened his mouth to liven up the atmosphere, and suggested that everyone perform a show in the evening symposium.

As the initiator, he was the first to bear the brunt. He recited a Russian poem with a gentle voice. On a calm night, he brought everyone into the scene where men and women were separated for the revolution. Cao Hui also wiped his tears and praised vigorously.

Immediately afterwards, Cao Hui sang a lingering folk song, soft and sweet, which caused Chu Silan's goose bumps all over the ground.

When she arrived at Yunling, she ran back to her home and took a freshly cut wooden flute here, and played a song "Autumn Moon in Pinghu Lake".

The quiet West Lake under the bright and clear autumn moon is beautiful and moving, the evening breeze caresses, the plain moon is quiet, a pool of lake water reflects a full moon, the blue sky is sparkling, and the green hills, green trees, pavilions, and pavilions seem to be in the moonlight. Covered under the light veil, the hole flute played a poetic mood, which rekindled the hope for a better life for these educated youths who went to the countryside.

They all want to visit the north and south of the motherland, trek the towering snow-capped mountains and lush dense forests in the frontier, set foot in the solemn Great Hall of the People and Tiananmen, relax in the quiet and elegant Jiangnan water town, listen to the call of the island's water waves, and the music is still in the air. Pinghu Qiuyue...

After a song is finished, people are not scattered.

No one applauds or praises, everyone quietly enjoys the night under the lingering rhyme, the cicadas chirp, the autumn wind blows, the dead leaves fall, and the crescent moon hangs.

Even Guo Jiyun, who was in the room, came out, gave her a bag of tea with an awkward expression, and said softly: "I have never had such a peaceful mood since I came here. I spend my daily time in the farmland. In the land, exhausted."

She laughed heartily, as if all the quarrels had disappeared like a breeze.

"Next time I go to your house to make tea, you have to play another song for me."

Yunling held her chin and smiled, "I will definitely accompany you."

The quarrel during the day finally got a little better. Although Guo Jiyun still didn't talk to Cao Hui, it was much better than being hostile to Cao Hui.

The night talk came to an end, and everyone went back to their homes, preparing for the second day of work.

When Yun Ling was about to lock the door, she saw Shao Hua standing outside the door with a troubled expression on her face.

"What's the matter?" She had lost her temper by this educated youth Shao, and said in a friendly voice.

Shao Hua's wrinkled face suddenly relaxed, sighed, and said resignedly, "Yunling, don't you remember who I am?"

Just as Yun Ling wanted to ask back, "Do I know you?", she suddenly saw his reddish eye sockets, as if he was about to cry in the next second, this expression was inexplicably familiar.

After contemplating for a moment, just when Shao Hua thought she would never remember to reveal her own identity, Yun Ling's eyes widened suddenly, and she even questioned in disbelief.

"Little...little chubby??"

When Shao Hua heard her mention that familiar name, her eyes lit up instantly, as if a hot flame was burning.

"You finally remembered!"

After he was excited, he still felt a little wronged and complained: "I was going to visit relatives in He Province, but when I heard that you were going to the countryside, I quickly arranged for my family to come here as well. I will remind you when I meet you when I get on the train, As a result, you haven’t recognized me for more than two months here.”

He stood in front of her like a puppy, both sad and happy, staring at you with obedient eyes, suddenly made Yunling feel guilty.

But she still said, "You shouldn't have come."

When Shao Hua heard this, he was about to cry with his mouth curled. He seldom cried. This time he was exhausted after coming here. When he was young, his sister who clearly said that he would recognize him again said that he shouldn't come.

"You're so annoying." He choked out the words.

Yunling sighed slightly: "I went to the countryside as a last resort, but your family can definitely arrange a job for you in the city so that you don't have to go to the countryside to work. You shouldn't run out on impulse and let down your bright future. What's more, When I have a chance to return to Beijing, we will meet each other, there is no rush."

Shao Hua understood all the truths, but he hid his small thoughts so deeply that no one said anything about them.

He touched his nose a little arrogantly, and also a little rascal, "Anyway, I'm here, and you haven't recognized me yet, at least you owe me a big favor!"

The person came here on his own initiative, and Yunling didn't owe him that. Although it was because of her, the reasoning was clear, but it was a mistake for him not to recognize it.

So she had no choice but to nod her head helplessly, as she acknowledged the matter.

(End of this chapter)