Fast-paced era: a warm and leisurely life

Chapter 251 The Weak Girl of the Age 58

Jiang Yiling waited for a few days, and saw that Pan Tao really didn't come to help.

I had no choice but to pick up the hoe and start working.

After working for a few days, she felt that her hands had become rough and her skin had become tanned...

Jiang Yiling wrote a letter to her family crying, and waited for more than half a month before receiving a reply.

The letter only contained one simple sentence: Work hard in the brigade...

Along with the letter came 5 yuan and 2 taels of sugar tickets.

There is no more...

After reading the letter, Jiang Yiling lay on the bed and cried sadly: "Wow, have my parents forgotten about me!!!"

After crying for a while, Jiang Yiling stood up and carefully put the 5 yuan away.

She had always spent money lavishly and had never experienced a life without money.

Unexpectedly, after going to the countryside, she realized what it meant to spend every penny carefully.

After the custom-made bed was completed, Hantuo moved out of the Youth House.

The rented yard is not far from the Youth House

All the educated youth enthusiastically helped to move things.

Zhai Shunmei looked like an older sister with a friendly smile: "Hantuo, you moved not far from the Youth Hostel, so you can go back to the Youth Hostel to eat in the future. This way you can have a hot meal when you come home from work."

Hantuo glanced at Zhai Shunmei and said, "No need. Every time you cook, the food I hand over to the kitchen is much less. I'd better cook by myself."

After hearing Hantuo's words, Zhai Shunmei's face changed drastically, and she looked at the others carefully.

Seeing that the others were lost in their memories, it seemed that it was just as Hantuo said. Whenever it was Zhai Shunmei's turn to cook, the food in her bowl would be less.

Everyone's face darkened immediately. Zhai Shunmei was one of the first batch of educated youth to go to the countryside. How much food must she have stolen today?

If Hantuo hadn't pointed this out, they would still be kept in the dark.

Jiang Yiling glared at Zhai Shunmei and said, "No wonder you always put so much water in the food you cook. It turns out you did it to cover up the fact that you stole our food."

Zhai Shunmei was panicked and said with her hands dancing: "No...I didn't take it..."

Jiang Yiling crossed his arms and looked at Zhai Shunmei with disdain: "You don't earn much more work points than us, but you can send such a big bag of food every year. It turns out that you stole all this from us..."

Zhai Shunmei thought she had done it perfectly and had not been discovered for so long, but she did not expect to be discovered by Hantuo who had just arrived a few days ago.

Others: "It's not easy for all of us to earn a few work points. We can only eat 7% full, but you stole our food to give to your family. If your family needs food, you can send your own rations back. Why steal ours..."

Zhai Shunmei lowered her head and said, "I didn't take much, just two mouthfuls..."

Su Lian looked at Zhai Shunmei with disgust and asked, "Two mouthfuls each time, that's a lot when added up, how are you going to pay us back?"

Zhai Shunmei was stunned. She had never thought about this...

Seeing her like this, Zhu K'er frowned and said, "You don't intend to return it, do you? Then we have to ask the captain to come over."

Zhai Shunmei blinked her eyes and said, "Then I'll return the two mouthfuls to you... You're really stingy for fussing over just two mouthfuls."

Hantuo: "Zhai Zhiqing really misinterpreted the meaning. He only mentioned the amount of those two mouthfuls, but didn't say how long he had been holding it..."

Zhu Keer ran out the door and said, "I'll ask the captain to judge the matter."

Tang Bei looked at Zhu Ke'er with a headache on his face: "You said that Zhai Zhiqing stole your food? And he has been stealing it for a long time? Then why didn't you come to me and tell me about it before?"

"Captain, Zhai Shunmei only stole two mouthfuls of water each time. We were all very hungry when we got home from work, so how could we have noticed? We were just wondering why there was so much water. If Hantuo hadn't told us about it, we wouldn't have known."

"Silly? How did he know?"

"We didn't ask him how he knew..."

Tang Bei sighed and hurried to the newly rented yard of Hantuo.

When Jiang Yiling saw Tang Bei coming, he quickly said, "Captain, please send this thief to the farm for rehabilitation!"

Tang Bei ignored Jiang Yiling and looked at Hantuo and asked, "Hantuo, how did you know that Zhai Zhiqing stole your rations?"

Hantuo said honestly: "I tasted it. Even though she added a lot of water, I just tasted that it was less."

"Can you tell that there are two bites missing?"

Hantuo touched his stomach and said: "I was hungry for a long time when I was a child, so I developed this habit."

Tang Bei turned to look at Zhai Shunmei: "Why did you steal the food of other educated youth?"

Zhai Shunmei cried and said, "My family wants me to send food back, but the food I get in exchange for work points is not enough for me to eat, so how can I have extra food to send back? I really only took a few mouthfuls. Please don't send me to the farm!!!"

"If you don't want to be sent to the farm, return the food you have stolen bit by bit over the years."

Zhai Shunmei stopped crying and said, "I...I can't afford it..."

Tang Bei looked at the other educated youths: "Zhai Zhiqing said he can't pay it back, so what are you going to do?"

Zhu Keer said loudly: "Of course it was sent to the farm!"

Zheng Hongchang whispered: "Not really! It won't hurt to eat a few bites less."

Zhai Shunmei looked at Zheng Hongchang with a touched face

Su Lian sneered: "Since Zheng Zhiqing thinks that eating less is not a big deal, if Zhai Zhiqing's family needs food again, just send your food to her family!"

“How can this be possible!!!”

"Why not? If you want to pretend to be a good person, then of course you have to provide the food yourself! How about Zheng Zhiqing return the food to us on her behalf?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other educated youths also looked at Zheng Hongchang: "Yes, yes, since Zheng Zhiqing is so generous, let's return the food for her!"

Zhai Shunmei was so excited that she went over and held Zheng Hongchang's hand: "Zheng Zhiqing, I didn't expect you to be so kind. I will wash your clothes for you from now on."

Zheng Hongchang jumped up, shook off Zhai Shunmei's hand, and ran away quickly: "Let Zhai Zhiqing pay it back himself. I don't even have enough food for myself."

Su Lian looked at Zheng Hongchang with disdain: "Then watch your mouth!"

Tang Bei interrupted Su Lian and said, "Zhai Zhiqing, either return the grain or convert it into money. I have already given you my solution. You can discuss it among yourselves. If you still can't solve it, I will have to take you to the commune to find the leader of your Zhiqing Office to solve it."

After saying that, Tang Bei hurried away. From his fleeing back, it can be seen that Tang Bei really does not want to get involved in the affairs of the Youth Academy.

After the final negotiation, Zhai Shunmei gave food supplements to the newly arrived rural youth who had not been exploited for too long, and gave 5 yuan to the old educated youth.

And Zhai Shunmei will cook on her own from now on