Sitting on the carriage, after just a few words, the young man driving the carriage was tricked out of all his old tricks by the Fourth Master.
His name is Wu Chunlai, and his father is the party secretary of the brigade. He is twenty this year and has not yet gotten married. He is usually in charge of the brigade's carriages and is also the company commander of the militia company.
Lin Yutong thought to himself that it must be an easy job to serve a carriage. You have to have connections wherever you go. What if he wasn't the son of the branch secretary and he wouldn't be able to get his turn.
When they arrived in the countryside, they even found out that the captain of the maternity brigade was called Li Zhong, that he was less than thirty years old, and that he had three children, all girls.
"I will take you to the Educated Youth Institute first. You can pack up and report to the brigade headquarters tomorrow." Wu Chunlai drove the carriage, "The brigade headquarters is opposite the Educated Youth Institute."
Lin Yutong thought that the so-called Educated Youth Courtyard was just a random empty courtyard for educated youths. Unexpectedly, this small courtyard was quite good. Although the courtyard walls were made of adobe, the several rooms inside were made of blue bricks. Apparently they were made of blue bricks.
It was specially built and is better than the house in the brigade headquarters.
"Red soldiers! Red soldiers!" The carriage stopped at the gate of the Educated Youth Institute, and Wu Chunlai shouted inside.
The log door opened from the inside, and a young man in his twenties came out, "Chun Lai, what are you..." When he saw Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, he immediately smiled enthusiastically, "It seems you have found us yourself.
I received the notice in advance, and I know that you are all from Beijing, our fellow villagers. My name is Ge Hongbing, captain of the educated youth team. Come in with me."
As he said that, he waved his hand towards Wu Chunlai and said, "You go back first. It's raining so hard, I won't let you stay."
Wu Chunlai smiled naively, "Sure! Tell Yang Liu that what she wants, I will bring it back to her when I go to the county town another day."
"I know." Ge Hongbing reached out and took the things in Lin Yutong's hand and led the two of them inside. "They are all soaked. There is hot water. Wash them well."
Entering the yard, more than ten meters ahead, is the main room. As soon as you enter the door, you can feel the heat coming from inside. In the main room is a stove and other items, which is used as a kitchen. The doors are open on the left and right, and I heard Ge Hongbing say: "On one side is the men's dormitory.
, one side is the women’s dormitory.”
Fourth Master and Lin Yutong looked at each other and realized that they couldn't live together.
A tall girl came out of the east room, "Hey! We're all here." She said, pulling Lin Yutong, "I'll get you hot water and change your wet clothes first."
Lin Yutong glanced at the fourth master, who nodded to her, and she went in with confidence.
There were three girls inside, all sitting on the kang.
A tall and strong girl quickly jumped down and helped Lin Yutong unload her luggage, "It's a heavy rain, but I've suffered a lot."
Later I learned that the tall girl just now was named Chen Ping, and this tall girl was named Zhou Junhong. They were both from Harbin.
Lin Yutong felt a little uncomfortable washing up in front of such other people. After a simple wipe, he washed his hair well. After putting on the damp clothes in his bag, he felt a little better.
As soon as they were finished, Chen Ping came in with ginger soup and said, "Drink it quickly to keep away the cold."
Lin Yutong glanced outside, "Is there one over there?"
"Yes! You drink it." Chen Ping said and helped Lin Yutong spread the quilt.
The two girls on the kang didn’t seem very happy, “How about squeezing people to death?”
"Yangliu, overcome, overcome, huddle together to keep warm." Chen Ping whispered with a smile.
Lin Yutong pursed his lips and went out holding the dirty clothes.
"Yin Zhen, take out the dirty clothes." Lin Yutong shouted to the west room in the main room.
The Fourth Master was stunned for a moment, and a smile appeared on his lips. He knew that her name was 'Yin Zhen' and not 'Yin Zhen'.
Several young men in the room winked at the fourth master. The fourth master ignored them and went out with his clothes.
When Lin Yutong saw that Fourth Master had changed his clothes, he whispered: "Take out your water bottle in a moment, and I'll fill you with some water." Don't be really sick. Sometimes ginger soup may not work.
Before the Fourth Master could say anything, he heard the willow tree in the east room shout loudly: "Newcomer, you have to do the laundry. Do you want to go fetch water and cut it yourself tomorrow?"
Lin Yutong responded, this is what living in a dormitory is like.
The fourth master's face turned cold, he glanced towards the east room, and then whispered: "I have been wronged for two nights, and I will think of a solution."
"It's okay." Lin Yutong asked in a low voice, "Are you still used to it?"
The Fourth Master smiled and helped Lin Yutong pour water into the basin. Their clothes were covered in mud, but everything else was not dirty.
It took half a tank of water to wash it clean. The fire was burning brightly under the stove in the main room. Lin Yutong hung the clothes to dry on the stove and baked them all night.
Chen Ping came out of the back room, smiled at the two of them, opened the lid of the pot, and placed a few hot steamed buns inside. She also took out a plate of pickles from the jar, "You guys eat quickly. You must be hungry."
I'm hungry. But this stuff is too hard to swallow.
Lin Yutong, who just now felt that there was no need to find another place to live, suddenly felt that it was really necessary. This kind of food can be eaten for one or two meals, but it will definitely not work for a long time.
But no matter what, I was finally able to have a peaceful sleep today. The kang was warm and the moisture on the quilt was not so obvious. I didn't even dream all night.
Early the next morning, Lin Yutong got up quickly when she heard the sound of pouring water outside. She put on her clothes and went out, and sure enough she saw that Fourth Master had already filled the water tank.
"This body is used to it." Fourth Master pointed at himself. He didn't know how to do it, but the subconscious mind of this body did. Moreover, he was indeed young and strong and could carry two loads of water without any effort at all.
Lin Yutong quickly stuffed braised eggs into his mouth while no one was there, "Let's go to the brigade headquarters first." The food had to be borrowed from the brigade headquarters.
There is no one at the brigade headquarters at the moment. Through the low flower wall, you can see a walking tractor in the shed inside. It is very old and covered with dust.
Seeing Fourth Master staring at it, Lin Yutong asked him what was wrong.
"This Yin Zhen has been working in a machinery factory since he was eleven or twelve years old. He is familiar with this stuff." Fourth Master said lightly, as if he was planning something again.
In this era, not many people can drive, and even fewer can repair cars. If this thing is placed here, it is obviously out of use, otherwise it would not be gathering dust like this.
When Party Secretary Wu arrived, the two of them had been waiting for more than half an hour.
"I was thinking that you guys were tired yesterday, so you must get more sleep today. I didn't expect to wake up so early." He smiled and was very kind, opened the door, and invited the two of them inside.
The Fourth Master responded with a few words, and then changed the topic to the walking tractor, "...it can be repaired and repaired, but it would be a pity to leave the Ashfall Monster alone."
Secretary Wu laughed and said, "I've had someone look at it and the parts are broken. What can I do?"
Nowadays, supplies of materials are limited. Without approval procedures, you can’t buy anything.
"It would be great if we could find another one that was scrapped. Even if it's considered scrapped, all the parts can't be broken." The fourth master said casually and didn't mention it again.
Follow Secretary Wu and go inside.
But I saw Party Secretary Wu paused, "What you said reminds me that there are several scrapped vehicles in the Corps. Why didn't I think of them?" He then asked, "You young man knows a lot."
"My family works in a machinery factory, and I have been playing with these parts since I was a child. I am very familiar with them." She said, pointing to Lin Yutong, "Her family works in a pharmaceutical factory, and she is not the most familiar with medicine. Whether it is people or animals, ordinary people
You can see all the faults. It's not like you have a lot of skills." What he said was modest, with a bit of casual nonchalance.
Lin Yutong's heart moved, and his words were definitely not without purpose. People who understand machinery and medical skills are rare talents everywhere nowadays.
With these two things, they probably wouldn't be willing to treat such people like livestock.
Secretary Wu raised his head and looked at Lin Yutong and Fourth Master.
Who are these two people? Why don't they know when and how to behave? So the two of them became more and more careless.
He smiled and said: "Can't you see that you are still capable of this at such a young age?"
Lin Yutong pouted and said unhappily: "It seems that the branch secretary doesn't believe it. I looked at you, the branch secretary, and your left arm is not flexible. Did you accidentally stretch your tendon?" As he said that, he took out an acupuncture device from his pocket.
The bag was actually just taken out of the space. A silver needle was drawn out and quickly pierced the back of his hand.
"Ouch!" Secretary Wu was not hurt, but frightened.
Lin Yutong smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, it will be fine in a while." She spent the rest of her life reading medical books. When she was old, her medical skills were still recognized by the fourth master. Therefore, the fourth master was not surprised. It was precisely because
Knowing Lin Yutong's level, he dared to take it out and guarantee it.
In less than five minutes, Lin Yutong pulled out the needle and asked, "Try it, does it still hurt?"
Secretary Wu moved his arms, "Huh? It's really..."
"You believe it now." Lin Yutong smiled, looking careless.
"I believe it, I believe it!" Secretary Wu pointed at the stools and told them to sit down.
But the fourth master sent Lin Yutong, "You go back first, I will handle the formalities. You go back and help others. I'm sorry for bothering them last night."
Lin Yutong didn't know what Fourth Master was going to do, so he just nodded out of habit and came out.
When we arrived at the Educated Youth Home, everyone was up. A few girls were cooking, and the young men were sorting out farm tools. It seemed that as soon as the rain stopped, it would be time to go to the fields.
In addition to Ge Hongbing, whom I met last night, there were four other men. Each of them introduced themselves and greeted them politely.
The Beijing girl who had been silent last night, a petite girl named Tang Tang, was squatting next to Ge Hongbing peeling a green onion without knowing what she was talking about. Seeing Lin Yutong look over, she smiled and stopped talking.
She felt that it was okay for the men to do it, as two of the four girls were less welcoming to her.
Of course, I don't blame anyone for this. The room in this educated youth home is really not big. There is only such a big spot on the kang, so it is really crowded.
Breakfast was ready, and everyone politely asked Lin Yutong to serve it, but their own food was not in place yet, so why did they have the nerve to eat other people's food? If you eat it yourself, others will not be full. This is not a question of who is stingy or not, but really.
The food is not rich.
Just when he was in a dilemma, the fourth master came back and smiled politely: "No, we won't eat. There is an empty house on the farm, and we will move there."