The Red Era: Starting from Being an Educated Youth in the Countryside

Chapter 22: Ability to Shock
Chen Huaiyang's eyes lit up. This was exactly the car he needed!

"Auntie, do you want to ask the captain? This thing is very rare!"

The captain's wife waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's hard to say if it's someone else, but I see you're good-looking, and city folks don't mind bicycles, so if you can use it, take it for a ride."

Chen Huaiyang nodded, "I won't refuse. I'll bring you a bag of candy when I come back."

Bicycles were expensive at that time and could be easily seen on the streets of the city. But it was different here. There were only a few people in the team who could afford one, so bicycles were very precious!
On this side, Chen Huaiyang rode away on his bicycle majestically.

On the other side, the captain woke up and was shocked when he didn’t see his car.

"Where is my car?"

His wife looked at him calmly and said, "I asked Comrade Chen Huaiyang, the educated youth, to ride there. He said he wanted to buy a pot in the town."

The captain slapped his thigh and wailed, "Did you steal someone's things? Why are you so short-sighted?"

"What if he finds the conditions here too harsh and wants to escape? He takes our bicycles with him, and we won't even have anywhere to cry."

The captain's wife rolled her eyes and said, "Come on, you're just afraid that someone will destroy your car, right?"

"His household registration has been transferred here, where can he go? If he goes to other places, there will be no food for him, and he will be starving!"

"Look at how many people wanted to escape, but in the end they all came back in disgrace. I think that colleague is holding his ground!"

"Bring me a box of vanishing cream, and also said you'd bring me a bag of candy to sweeten my mouth. I've been with you for most of my life, and I've never seen anything like this for face!"

"You are not as open-minded as the educated youth. Stop wasting time here and go and watch the team members go to work."

The captain here looked depressed, and on the other side, Chen Huaiyang rode his bike to the town. It was indeed much faster with a bike.

After arriving in the town, he picked someone who looked like he had some background and exchanged him for some local food coupons.

The value of national food coupons is different from the value of local food coupons.

The local food coupons were only used locally, but the national food coupons were used throughout the country, so if he wanted to exchange them, I was happy to do so.

With the local food coupons he had exchanged for, he went to the state-owned restaurant with a clear purpose and took out four aluminum lunch boxes and a clean cloth bag.

He planned to add some food to the space. After all, it could be stored anywhere and would not go bad. This was the result of his experiments.

There is indeed a difference between small places and big cities.

They needed 5 cents for two taels of food coupons to buy buns, and cents for four taels of food coupons to buy rice.

As a result, a bun here only costs one or two grain coupons, and a meal costs three or two grain coupons, but the price has not changed.

I filled the entire aluminum lunch box in one go, but left the dishes out as I was afraid the flavors would mix.

Baozi took 15.

I spent five 5-jin and two 2-jin local food coupons, which cost me 1.23 yuan. It was worth it.

After buying the food, he met the other party's gaze and explained, "The educated youth came to the countryside and haven't tasted meat for a long time. He asked me to bring some back."

"Otherwise, I can't afford to eat all this by myself."

Sure enough, the other party acted as if that was what happened.

In order to avoid running into someone familiar, Chen Huaiyang left decisively, found a secret place, and threw the food he had just bought into the space.

Then he pushed the cart to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pot and also brought a bag of one pound of sugar. When he was almost at the educated youth site, he took out ten pounds of rice. There was plenty of space, so he had to put it to good use.

The sun was shining brightly. Chen Huaiyang wiped the sweat from his forehead and took two sips of water from a military water bottle.

Gurgle, gurgle, throat rolled, and soon half the bottle of water was gone. He put the lid on and rode back on his bike.

When they arrived at the educated youth point, the three of them saw him riding a bicycle and their eyes almost popped out. In terms of ability, it was impossible not to admire him.

This was only the second day after they arrived, and they were able to borrow bicycles from the villagers.

How much trust does it take to accomplish this?

If they ask themselves honestly, they really can't do it.

This ability is something he can display.

The man with glasses wiped his sweat, pushed up his glasses, and looked at him with an indescribable expression, "Where did you get the bicycle?"

Chen Huaiyang replied: "I borrowed it from the captain. I will push it back into the house first and then I will open up the wasteland with you guys."

The three of them looked at each other and spread their hands. "I can't help but admire his ability to make friends. Anyway, I can't do it."

"I can't do that either. If I see the captain, I'm afraid I'll stumble over my words."

The man with glasses was speechless. He would never flatter others.

Although he looked down on it before, he now feels that it is not bad at all. At least he can get things done smoothly.

"Hurry up, don't delay." It took such a short time to open two ridges. Compared with the neatly done ones next to them, there is still some work to be done!

This speed is just fine.

The two female comrades had never done farm work before, so thanks to the efforts of the man with glasses, they were lucky enough to be able to grow some flowers.

Chen Huaiyang came over and looked at it, and he was speechless. "The soil has to be broken up. How can we plant it in such a large area? Some places are too shallow. How can we get food?"

He shook his head and had to do it himself with a hoe.

"You two should go and boil some water. The dry cough is severe in this weather."

A grown man can't rest, he can only keep working.

The female comrades were responsible for breaking up the large pieces.

With the addition of Chen Huaiyang, the speed really increased. As he held the hoe up and down, the lines of his strong arms could be seen clearly.

A very strong masculine aura that cannot be concealed at all.

Chen Huaiyang didn't want to work hard either. The thin sweet potato and millet porridge he drank at noon was gone after he urinated.

But we have to work hard. This is related to whether we can stock up vegetables in the cold winter. If we can't stock up vegetables, we will have nothing to eat. If we don't want to starve, we have to work hard.

There are vegetables at the farm of the old educated youth, but no one will give them to you. If you eat two more meals, you will probably get angry.

Moreover, Liu Jun seemed sarcastic and stingy, so he didn't want to take advantage of him.

With everyone working together, they finally dug the ridges. But that's not the end yet, they still have to dig the ridges into rows, plant the seedlings, and then water them to help them take root.

"You guys go ahead! I'll go get the rice seedlings."

I went back to the room, changed my wet clothes, pushed the cart to the captain's house, saw the old lady looking out from afar, and quickened my pace.

"Auntie, I came back early this morning. I thought you guys hadn't finished work yet, so I cleaned up the vegetable garden and came to ask you for the seedlings!"

"I'll bring you a bag of candy, don't refuse, or I won't be able to ask you for it again in the future."

The captain's wife laughed with a funny tone, "Look at you, an informed comrade. I won't be polite with you. Let's go. I'll take you to pull the rice seedlings."

"You came at the right time. The rice seedlings are growing well!"

(End of this chapter)