The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

"Teacher Luo." Zhu Xiaomin whispered in disagreement.

Luo Tingyuan smiled gently: "When they start working, they will know it. It would be better if you tell them so that they know how to avoid it."

Zhu Xiaomin thought about it and nodded: "I will tell them later that Mr. Luo should have dinner outside tomorrow. We will prepare for Xiaoya's visit in advance."

Luo Tingyuan was startled and said hesitantly: "This..."

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "They are new here, so they need to develop habits from the beginning."

Luo Tingyuan was silent for a moment, then he looked down and saw Luo Ye looking up at him, his dark eyes full of expectation. His heart softened, and he finally nodded: "Okay!"

Zhu Xiaomin rubbed Luo Ye's head and said, "You have to help me after school tomorrow."

"Okay!" Luo Ye nodded immediately, his eyes shining again.

He likes to eat with everyone, even if he doesn't talk, just listen to everyone talking and laughing, instead of hiding in the room with his son to eat, as if they are shameful to be seen by others.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and rubbed him twice more, complaining: "You're growing too fast. It won't be easy to rub in a few months."

Luo Ye puffed up his cheeks and shouted in dissatisfaction: "Sister Xiaomin!"

Zhu Xiaomin chuckled and instructed, "You guys eat, I'm going back." She left the father and son behind and went out.

The newly arrived educated youth were divided into four dormitories. Fang Qing and Wang Liwan lived in the main room, the other four female educated youth lived in the first room in the east room, and the last two rooms were dormitories for male educated youth.

Hearing the young man's greeting again, Fang Qing came out of the room and asked Zhu Xiaomin, "Zhu, where can I get some newspapers? Brown paper is even better."

Zhu Xiaomin asked, "Do you want to paste the wall?" Seeing her nod, he replied, "You have to go to the stationery store to buy kraft paper, and go to the newsstand to ask if there are any old newspapers. You can buy them by the kilogram."

"You're going to buy them all?" Fang Qing asked suspiciously, eyes wide open. "You're buying newspapers too?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head and said, "We saved this money every day." Then she left.

Fang Qing called out "Hey", and when she saw that she had gone far away, she muttered in a low voice, "Can't you give us the ones you have saved?" Seeing that she had gone to the backyard, she ran to the next door and asked, "Who of you is going to town tomorrow? Bring me some old newspapers."

While they were busy moving the chicken coop, the six new female educated youth had already had a round of quarrels over dormitory arrangements. Everyone advocated three people in one dormitory, but Fang Qing insisted that there could only be two people in her room. In the end, none of the other four people were willing to live with her.

When they heard her question at this time, the four of them were too lazy to talk to her.

Fang Qing called out a few times, but seeing no one responded, she snorted coldly and went to the other two dormitories to look for the male educated youth.

Zhu Xiaomin left the outer courtyard. Everyone had already served the meal. She sat down as usual and repeated what she had said to Luo Tingyuan while eating, explaining her thoughts to everyone: "Shi Meijun was concerned about our school before, and we argued about it in front of all the cadres in the brigade. Mr. Luo and his son did not earn work points, but they were partners with us. It is only natural to let them eat with us now."

Song Zhian nodded immediately: "We have been attending classes together for more than a year, so what's wrong with eating together? As long as we do it openly, others won't be able to say anything."

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "That's the truth."

Xie Chengzhi said to Miao Shiwen: "Although they don't live with us, they are also members of the educated youth camp. If they have any problems in life, we will help them solve them in time."

Miao Shiwen glanced at him and said, "I know."

Chen Xudong asked: "They can actually take the fruit delivery tractor when they go to town tomorrow, but I don't know how many people will go?"

There's not enough room for everyone to sit.

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "They have to catch up in time."

After the fruits were transported down the mountain, others went back to the brigade headquarters to eat, but Chen Xudong loaded the fruits directly onto the truck and set off. He found a place to eat breakfast in the county town.

As he was talking, he heard Fang Qing's voice at the inner courtyard door asking, "Are you already eating?"

Zhu Xiaomin turned around and saw four people coming out together, two men and two women. The men were Yin Jiandong, who looked honest, and Shi Zhiguo, who smiled whenever he spoke. The women were Fang Qing and Cao Liqing.

This is a representative from a dormitory.

Xie Chengzhi greeted, "We're almost done eating. You guys sit down and have a drink of water." He stood up, moved a few benches for the four people, and poured them bowls of water.

People of this era have to bring food when visiting relatives, and uninvited guests are usually not served food. Pouring a glass of water is the most common way of entertaining guests. For more important guests, adding sugar to the water is not considered rude.

Fang Qing glanced at the table and saw that everyone was drinking only bean green porridge, and no one knew what they were eating, it was grey and mixed with vegetables. There were only a few pots of cold dishes on the table, so she curled her lips and sat down on the stool.

Chen Xudong said, "We were just talking about you going to the town. Tomorrow morning, I will lead the team's tractor to deliver fruit to the county. The vehicle can take three or four people. You can discuss who will go and meet us at the threshing ground at 6:30."

"Six thirty?" Fang Qing opened her eyes wide, "Why so early?"

"We go up the mountain to pick fruits at five o'clock, and it's about the same time when we deliver things down the mountain," said Zhu Xiaomin.

Fang Qing asked: "Can't it wait?"

Chen Xudong shook his head: "The fruit we're delivering is for the county supply and marketing cooperative. It has to be delivered when the farmers' market opens. We can't wait."

Fang Qing looked unhappy: "It's just one day, there's nothing I can do about it."

Chen Xudong ignored her and continued to eat. Miao Shiwen asked, "Why did you come here?"

Cao Liqing said hurriedly: "Captain Xie, we just arrived. Although we brought food, we don't have anything else. I wonder if I can borrow it from you first and return it tomorrow after I buy it."

Xie Chengzhi nodded: "Of course, if you need anything, just tell me, we can discuss it."

Just say we will discuss it, don’t say we will give it to you directly.

Fang Qing said disdainfully: "It's already late, we can't go collect firewood or fetch water now. We don't have the tools, and we don't know where to get them. There's also no place to buy vegetables and seasonings. Can we borrow some?"

Miao Shiwen nodded: "You can use as much firewood as you need and replenish it later. The same goes for water. Also, the shoulder poles and water buckets at the educated youth site are shared. If you need to fetch water tomorrow, just let us know. Anyone can help lead the way. There is no need to borrow or return vegetables and seasonings. Just exchange them for food."

Fang Qing was asking about Xie Chengzhi. She felt uncomfortable hearing that it was her who was speaking, so she smiled and said, "Why is it Miao Zhiqing who has the final say?"

Xie Chengzhi said: "Miao Zhiqing is in charge of all our living expenses, including firewood, rice, oil and salt."

Fang Qing said "Oh", and then said: "We have discussed that we will not share meals with everyone for the time being, so we need some small stoves, but we don't know how to build them, so we need your help."