Scumbag Handbook

The Educated Youth Center is about 10 minutes away from the place where the water is carried. This is for carrying empty wooden barrels. If it is carrying water back, of course it will take longer.

When we arrived at the small river, the sky was already getting brighter, and the sky in spring is getting brighter quickly. Luo Mingxiu put wooden buckets into the water while teaching Xiao Le how to fetch water quickly and cleanly.

"This is the upstream water. Most of the water in the village comes here, and the downstream water is mostly used for washing clothes, etc..."

Xiao Le listened to Luo Mingxiu's words, and imitated the other person to fetch water. His movements were a bit clumsy, but the result was very good. Luo Mingxiu looked at him with bright eyes, which was also a kind of praise for not being good at words.

"I'm a fast learner!"

Xiao Le proudly said while picking up the bucket.

"Well, take it easy."

Naturally, the way back was not as easy as it was when we came here. Xiao Le was not familiar with the way, and not long after he was on the way, a little water spilled out, which made him feel bad.

At this time, Luo Mingxiu would stop and wait for Xiao Le to catch up before moving on.

Mo Cheng met them on the way, and just reached out to take the pole from Xiao Le's shoulder, Xiao Le panted and turned sideways, "I'll do it myself, don't you always say that I'm not strong enough? I'll practice."

"Okay," Mo Cheng raised his brows, accepted Xiao Le's words, and followed behind him unhurriedly.

When we arrived at the educated youth office, there was a gust of hot air from the stove roof. After pouring water into the water tank, Xiao Le followed Luo Mingxiu to wash his hands before going to the stove to eat.

Liu Zhiqing was in charge of cooking today, but everyone had nothing to do in the morning, so they did everything they could to help.

I ate multigrain steamed buns and pickled vegetable soup.

Mo Cheng brought Xiao Le a steamed bun, and then served him a bowl of soup, because Xiao Le was taken care of like this during dinner yesterday, so everyone was not so surprised.

Besides, Mo Zhiqing said that he and Xiao Zhiqing were neighbors who grew up door-to-door, so the relationship is naturally extraordinary.

After dinner, Xiao Le and the others followed Luo Mingxiu to the scorekeeper to register their names and receive farm tools, a sickle, a basket, and a hoe.

On the way to the field, Luo Mingxiu walked in the front, Xiao Le peeled off the remaining candy, and handed it to Mo Cheng's mouth, Mo Cheng lowered his head and ate it, and lightly bit Xiao Le's fingertip.

When Xiao Le put down his hand, he directly pinched someone's waist.

Not long after the beginning of spring, the fields were busy, Xiao Le, Mo Cheng and Luo Mingxiu were assigned to plow the fields together.

"Be careful when you put down the hoe," Luo Mingxiu told the two of them, "It's unfamiliar at first, and it's easy to hurt your feet."

"Ok."

Xiao Le and Mo Cheng nodded.

One person chose a piece of land and started working.

On the way, Luo Mingxiu deliberately stopped to look at the two of them, and found that Mo Cheng didn't have to worry at all, and his progress was even faster than his own, while Xiao Le was a bit slower, but the ground turned out was beautiful and solid.

He smiled, bowed his head and continued to work.

On another mountain, the villagers and Liu Zhiqing, who had known each other for several years, asked how the new educated youth was doing.

Liu Zhiqing praised the two of them fiercely, and finally said that again, "I have to learn more from them."

And when they were off work at noon, Xiao Le and Mo Cheng were also watched by many villagers, and Xiao Le's face was the most talked about among them.

"You look so handsome!"

"Yeah, it looks white and good-looking, how does it look like a worker?"

"That's what I said, but when you passed by that ridge, you also saw that the land they dug is better than those educated youths who just came here in previous years."

"So handsome, why is he so handsome, and that Mo Zhiqing, what did he eat to grow up, why is he so tall and strong?"

For a while, the two became the topic of discussion in the village.

And the two who had worked for a whole day, packed up after dinner, and went into the small side room to lie down.

"This man, he can't be lazy. If he is lazy, if he does some work, it will kill him."

Xiao Le was paralyzed on the bed like a pancake, while Mo Cheng was rubbing medicinal wine on him, he was feeling emotional.

When he was doing novice missions with Mo Cheng, he basically didn’t do any work, and it was Mo Cheng who suffered and suffered. Now that the two-person mission is completed, Xiao Le has to move. No, after a day, he can’t bear it anymore .

Just now, his hands were trembling while holding the chopsticks, which made Mo Cheng feel bad.

"Don't work so hard tomorrow, I'll help you."

Mo Cheng couldn't say what to ask him to ask for leave. Firstly, he knew Xiao Le well, and secondly, he was afraid that he would be beaten if he opened his mouth.

"Then don't be so obvious."

Xiao Le crawled into his arms with a smile and said.

Mo Cheng hugged him in his arms, "Okay."

When eating the next morning, Xiao Le was trembling while holding the steamed buns, and everyone at the table looked at him with smiles.

Xiao Le twitched the corners of his mouth, "I'm too disappointed."

A big hand took the steamed buns in his hand, then tore them into small strips one by one, and put them in his pickled vegetable soup, "Eat it."

"Thank you Cheng."

Xiao Le showed a bright smile, and Liu Zhiqing also talked about what happened when he was just released.

"At that time, the big pot meal hadn't been disbanded. It rained heavily not long ago, and the stone wall was washed away. The task I was assigned was to carry the stone..."

Liu Zhiqing thought that she had to behave well when she first came here, so she worked hard, her shoulders were red and swollen that night, and she couldn't lift her arms the next day.

"It's still Luo Zhiqing who couldn't stand it anymore and asked me to leave, which made me feel ashamed."

Luo Mingxiu smiled shyly when he heard this, and Liu Zhiqing scratched his head when he saw this, "Thinking about it now, I'm still young and energetic, but in fact, I just started to exert myself, so I should take my time."

"Yes, yes, we also had a lot of oolongs, Xiao Zhiqing, don't worry, take your time."

"Yeah yeah."

Xiao Le accepted everyone's concern and good intentions. As expected, he slowed down a bit when working, but he didn't put down his hoe much.

The scorekeeper saw both his and Mo Cheng's performance, and talked to the captain during the break, and when it came to the two of them, "The new educated youths are all good."

"I can tell from the road that they are all good boys."

The captain is in his early fifties, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are children.

"But Tang Lihua from our village hasn't come to work for three months. This..."

The scorekeeper turned to the person's name and frowned.

"It's a bit outrageous. I'll go and have a look in the afternoon."

The captain's face was not very good-looking either.

While resting here, Xiao Le also mentioned this name, "I haven't seen anyone. According to the information, he belongs to this village."

"I have learned about the situation in the village, and I have also specifically asked Liu Zhiqing about every household in the village. Among them is Tang Lihua. He was not selected to go to college because of the town's recommendation. He is staying at home and has not worked for three months."

There is only general information about this person, especially after he and Luo Mingxiu got together. As for the previous ones, it was rarely mentioned, and they had to find out by themselves.

"Oh," Xiao Le sneered, "No wonder, I wanted to go to university, but I was not recommended, and then I had the opportunity to cheat Luo Zhiqing's admission letter!"

Later, he went to college, got a good job, married a girl from the city, and lived a splendid life, but what about Luo Mingxiu?

Betrayed by her lover, with no hope of returning to the city, she went straight up the mountain with a long cloth, and died alone.

Mo Cheng held his hand, Xiao Le took a deep breath, and held him back.

As soon as Luo Mingxiu went to return the things and came back, he saw the two holding hands, he hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to take another look.

He knew that he was different since he was a child, and he liked boys, but he also knew that in this day and age, liking boys is a kind of "disease." After this "disease" is discovered, he will be sent to a mental hospital, so he is very careful and also very sensitive.

Never expected that the two new educated youths would be so bold.

Luo Mingxiu could tell at a glance that the relationship between the two was unusual, and he didn't think as foolishly as Liu Zhiqing and the others that the two were iron-like brothers.

"He found out."

Mo Cheng raised his hand and rubbed Xiao Le's ears.

Xiao Le swayed his feet left and right, "I know."

When returning to the Educated Youth Office after work in the evening, Xiao Le and Luo Mingxiu went to wash clothes by the river together. During this time, Luo Mingxiu hesitated to speak, which made Xiao Le chuckle.

Luo Mingxiu, who was laughed at, blushed.

"Don't worry, we know how to measure," Luo Mingxiu was taken aback by Xiao Le's words.

He looked up, and saw that handsome young man looked at him seriously, "Our parents know about us, you are the first person I met in this village, and you are also my friend. Of course I don't want to hide it from you."

friend?

Luo Mingxiu's heart beat violently.

He has always been afraid to make friends, because he is afraid that the other party will find out that he is "ill" and feel disgusted.

It is impossible for Luo Mingxiu not to be touched by someone who suddenly grabbed him and made friends with him.

But right now, the only thing he said in a stuttering manner was, "You, pay attention."

"Got it," Xiao Le nodded with a smile, picked up the mallet and continued to knock on the clothes. Come to work, is he sick?"

The topic changed naturally, and Luo Mingxiu was stunned for a moment before he remembered who Xiao Le was talking about.

Speaking of which, he didn't have a big impression of Tang Lihua, but he probably knew a little bit. After all, the educated youths in every village fought for the recommendation quota.

"...That's it. It may be that I have suffered a big blow and I haven't recovered yet."

"If you're not good enough, just keep working hard. There are so many people who didn't get selected, and I don't see others giving up on themselves. This person has a bad temper, and that's what happens when something happens. Brother Luo, don't make friends with such a person."

Roger?

It was the first time Luo Mingxiu was called that by someone, but he quickly replied, "I, I don't really have any friends. Really, you are the first person who wants to make friends with me."

"Then I'm really lucky," Xiao Le chuckled, amusing Luo Mingxiu.

Xiao Zhiqing is really a very interesting person.

Luo Mingxiu thought so when he lay down on the bunk at night.

Liu Zhiqing was still talking non-stop in his shop, and Luo Mingxiu answered a few words from time to time. The night sky outside the house was full of stars, and the night wind was passing by, causing the vegetation to sway.