People who eat melon are in 70 - Chapter 6

The melon-eating system is a little guilty [Host, don’t blame me. How could I know that this plot package is so big? ]

What is the most uncomfortable thing in the world? There is a melon in front of you. When you are eager to eat it, you find that you can’t find the knife. The melon skin is extremely tough. You can’t smash the melon with your fist.

How cruel this is for a melon eater!

Jiang Youtao felt uncomfortable and she had no desire to live.

“I’m tired.”

With a rumbling sound in her stomach, Jiang Youtao immediately put the discomfort of eating melon behind her.

People who eat melons have the spirit of eating food. How can they be the superior people if they are not active in eating?

Jiang Youtao quickly blocked the melon-eating system, this little waste, and stuffed it back into the small dark room to avoid looking at it.

In just a short while, Gu Nianwei had put the cloth bag back on the kang in the room and came out to eat.

The chicken offal she brought had been placed in the center of the table.

Wang Shanxi, as the head of the collective household of the educated youth point, waited for Gu Nianwei to sit down before saying, “Today’s meal was put together by us old educated youths to welcome our new members. It’s not a fancy meal, so don’t be disgusted.”

The dishes on the table were quite rich, but they were all vegetarian. These things were grown in the vegetable garden outside, so they only added a little oil. However, there was a pot of corn and red kidney bean porridge on the table, and the staple food was three-grain steamed buns. There

were not many, and they were steamed according to the number of people, two per person, and each one was as big as Jiang Youtao’s fist.

The only meat dish was the chicken giblets that Gu Nianwei took out. This chicken giblet was different from the chicken giblets that Jiang Youtao knew. This chicken giblet was cut into pieces and fried with salty lumps from the north. Many spices were added during the frying process. It was salty and fragrant with freshness, and a little spicy, which was especially good with rice.

Grain is expensive these days, and young people are young and can eat. If you invite these newly arrived educated youth to dinner, one or two kilograms will definitely not be enough.

Jiang Youtao and her friends are not ungrateful. Jiang Youtao accepted Wang Shanxi’s kindness.

“Look at what you said. It’s good to have something to eat. How can I be dissatisfied?” Jiang Youtao said, and then immediately said, “Thank you.”

Jiang Youtao’s tone was particularly sincere. Zhang Huihui and the other two were not ungrateful either, and they also expressed their gratitude.

Everyone began to introduce themselves. Wang Shanxi was from Jiangcheng. He went to the countryside in 1968 and is now 27 years old.

The male educated youth next to him is Zhao Rongguang. He went to the countryside in 1972 and is from Guizhou Province. He is 20 this year. The one next to Zhao Rongguang is Zhou Zhenyuan, from Guangxi Province. He was an educated youth in 1969. He went to the countryside late and is already 25 years old.

Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi are both from Jiangcheng. They came to Liushugou to work in the production team in the same year. She is two years younger than Wang Shanxi and is 25 this year. The last one is Gu Nianwei, who was sent to work in the countryside last year and is from the capital.

They are all young people. After introducing each other, everyone became familiar with each other.

During the meal, Zhang Huihui asked about grain.

Wang Shanxi said: “In another month, it will be the autumn harvest. You can buy grain on credit or from the production team in these two months. After the autumn harvest, you can use your work points to offset it.”

This is what the educated youth have done over the years.

Zhao Yonglan glanced at the food on the table and the corn porridge that had already been finished, and asked, “Do we all mix our food together?”

Zhao Yonglan was a little reluctant. She had a small appetite since she was a child, and if the food was mixed together, she would definitely suffer.

When she came, her mother told her to take good care of her food and send some home if there was any left. Although her family was well-off, there were many children in the family, and the food was always not enough.

Wang Shanxi has answered this question countless times over the years: “When the food is distributed, the team will give you a food bag. You can write your name on the bag. Before going to work every day, just grab the amount you want to eat and put it in the lunch box and hand it to the person who cooks.”

Zhao Yonglan nodded, indicating that she understood. Jiang Youtao and the other two also understood. They asked some more questions and talked about the customs of their hometowns. The atmosphere was relaxed and harmonious.

After the meal, they were ready to wash the lunch boxes. Zhang Huihui, Zhao Yonglan and Liu Yingjun washed the bowls together. Zhang Huihui explained to Jiang Youtao: “When we were in school, we took turns to wash the lunch boxes. Everyone is used to it.”

“You have a great relationship.” Jiang Youtao was a little envious.

She has many friends, most of whom are nodding acquaintances. She has also had friends who are as good as if they are one person, but no matter how good friends are, if they don’t contact each other for a long time, the relationship will gradually fade.

Jiang Youtao envied the relationship between Zhang Huihui and the other three. Who doesn’t want to have childhood sweethearts?

Zhang Huihui went back to the room with Zhao Yonglan. Jiang Youtao went to the well alone to pump water. Just as she was about to touch the well handle, someone grabbed her well handle. Jiang Youtao looked over and saw that the person who grabbed her well handle was Zhou Zhenyuan.

He smiled at Jiang Youtao: “Comrade Jiang, I’ll help you.”

Jiang Youtao frowned: “No, I can do it myself.”

Zhou Zhenyuan’s smile froze on his face. Jiang Youtao seemed not to see it and said: “Comrade Zhou, please move aside.” Zhou Zhenyuan

stepped aside. Jiang Youtao washed the lunch box with a cold face and left.

She has been beautiful since she was a child. There are countless people who have been courting her since junior high school. Zhou Zhenyuan’s little thoughts can’t be hidden from her at all. Zhou Zhenyuan always looked at her when they were eating just now. Now he followed her right after she came out. Where in the world is there such a coincidence?

Don’t say that she doesn’t want to find a boyfriend now. Even if she does, she won’t find Zhou Zhenyuan. Zhou Zhenyuan was only 1.7 meters tall and had an ordinary look, which could only be considered handsome. His skin became dark and rough due to years of working in the fields.

After Jiang Youtao left, Zhou Zhenyuan took a deep breath, clenched and unclenched his fists, and finally returned to the dormitory without saying a word.

It was completely dark, and a kerosene lamp was lit in the dormitory. The kerosene lamp was placed on the windowsill next to the fire wall, and the light illuminated the entire room.

Zhang Huihui and Zhao Yonglan slept in the same bed, Zhao Yonglan asked Zhang Huihui to help her with various things from time to time.

Li Yunying and Gu Nianwei sat by the kang and washed their feet. A quilt had been made on the small kang where Jiang Youtao lived.

Jiang Youtao went to spread out her own bedding. Gu Nianwei pointed to the kettle on the table and said to her, “The kettle with the big red peony and no “happiness” character is mine. There is still some hot water in it. You can use it.”

Jiang Youtao thanked her, poured some water into the washbasin, added the well water at the door, washed her face, and then poured it into another footbath to wash her feet.

Then she loosened her hair and lay on the kang. She turned on the melon-eating system, which had been loaded to 99%, with only the last 1% missing.

The temperature difference between day and night in the northeast is quite large in winter, and it is particularly comfortable to lie in bed.

After driving for several days like a rotating axle, people are really too tired.

Jiang Youtao was drowsy, and just before she fell asleep, the melon-eating system was loaded.

Looking at the 100% progress bar, Jiang Youtao was no longer sleepy.

Even if the emperor came today, don’t think of stopping her from eating melons!