Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 441: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (1)

However, in this era, not having access to meat was the norm. Therefore, when everyone saw the food on the table that had not changed for more than half a month, although they all felt a surge of anger in their stomachs, except for the female educated youth who spoke up, no one said anything.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to eat meat? I have handed over the food, why shouldn't I eat it?" The female educated youth's face turned red immediately after being confronted by Chen Lan, and she fought back somewhat unconvinced.

"Then stop nagging me. If you want to eat meat, go buy it yourself." Chen Lan praised her without even raising her head. She swiftly filled a bowl of wild vegetable soup and took two whole grain cakes. She was about to go to the female educated youth's house. But when she turned around, she saw Lin Xi being led by Zhao Xiaoyun.

"Lin Xi, why did you come out? Didn't you say I would bring you in?" Chen Lan saw Lin Xi being pulled by Zhao Xiaoyun at a glance, and frowned with some disapproval.

"It's okay, Sister Chen Lan, I'm much better now. I've been stuck in the room for too long, so it's time to come out and get some fresh air." Lin Xi knew that she was doing this for her own good, so when she saw Chen Lan frowning and looking unhappy, she quickly raised her face and gave her a somewhat ingratiating smile.

Chen Lan pursed her lips and looked at Lin Xi's face for a moment. She saw a pair of big round eyes on her pale little face looking at her eagerly, and she looked so obedient and timid. She couldn't help but feel soft in her heart and gave in.

"Oh, forget it, then eat quickly and go in to rest." She sighed and handed the bowl and pancake in her hand to Lin Xi.

"Okay!" Lin Xi quickly reached out to take the thing, nodded obediently, and two small dimples squeezed out from the hollows of her cheeks.

"Stop talking so much. Are you going to eat or not?" While Lin Xi and the others were talking, the female educated youth who had just complained about the food losing her patience spoke again.

She put down her chopsticks with a thud, glanced at Lin Xi with a sidelong glance, and curled her lips in disdain. "You make a fuss every night, and you need someone to deliver your meal during the day. Do you think you're the daughter of a landlord?"

"Zhou Guixiang!"

Before Lin Xi could say anything, Chen Lan had already stood up and slammed her hand on the table, causing the soup in the bowl to slosh.

Zhou Guixiang was frightened by the sudden noise and shuddered. The coarse porcelain bowl in her hand almost slipped out of her hand, and the boiling hot wild vegetable soup spilled out, splashing on the back of her hand, immediately burning it and leaving a red mark.

"Ouch!" She gasped in pain, hurriedly threw the bowl on the table, and blew on the burn.

"You, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Guixiang glared at Chen Lan, her voice rising an octave. She pointed at Lin Xi with a hand still caked with black mud between her fingernails, saying, "Am I wrong? We educated youth came to the countryside to help build the countryside, and she's the only one who spends the whole day lying sick in the house doing nothing. She even needs someone to coax her to eat. Even the daughters of capitalist families wouldn't act like this."

"Shut your stinking mouth!" Chen Lan slapped her hand away, her eyes blazing with anger. "If you dare spew shit again, I'll sew your mouth shut."

She took a step forward, raised her hand across the table, and startled Zhou Guixiang. She shrank back awkwardly, then asked in a timid tone, "You! You! You still want to hit me?"

The educated youth in the courtyard did not expect that the two would become hostile after just a few words. They were suddenly frightened and did not know which side to help.

"Cough cough cough."

A few suppressed coughs broke the silent atmosphere. Everyone looked up and found that it was Lin Xi who was covering his mouth and coughing.

The little girl's face was pale, but her cheeks were abnormally flushed from suppressing a cough. Her thin body was wrapped in a loose blue cloth jacket that was washed white, looking empty.

His thin shoulders trembled with the intermittent coughs, and his wrist covering his mouth was so thin that it seemed as if it would break if bent, which made people feel heartbroken just by looking at it.

Lin Xi's little face was flushed red, and tears were flickering in the corners of her eyes, not sure if it was because of coughing or grievance. She spoke in a timid tone.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, Sister Guixiang, I'm really sick and disturbed everyone's rest. I want to apologize to everyone here, but..."

Having said this, she turned her head slightly and hid half of her face in the socket of her shoulder, as if she felt wronged but was afraid of being seen crying. She spoke again in a muffled voice.

"But my grandfather was a war hero who defended his country and personally killed the enemy on the battlefield. My parents were also model workers who were repeatedly commended by the factory. My brother, sister and I grew up under the red flag and read the quotations of great men."

"I've had poor health since I was a child, but after hearing the broadcast about mobilizing educated youth to go to the countryside, I threw myself into the ranks of those building up the vast rural areas without hesitation. Before I fell ill, I worked day and night with everyone during the harvest season, and I never complained."

"I accept that you call me a sickly child, but you shouldn't insult me by calling me a 'landlord's daughter' or a 'capitalist's daughter'. If I were a daughter, then what would become of all the brothers and sisters at the educated youth camp who took care of me?"

Having said that, Lin Xi seemed to be unable to bear the grievance in her heart any longer. Her shoulders shrugged and she sobbed softly.

Seeing this, Zhao Xiaoyun beside her quickly reached out to support Lin Xi. The little girl's face turned red with anger, and she looked at Zhou Guixiang hatefully.

"Zhou Guixiang, please be more polite. When you first came here last year, all the pickled vegetables and brown sugar Lin Xi brought from home were shared with everyone. I remember you even praised her as 'closer than your own sister'!"

As soon as she said this, several educated youths nearby nodded. The tall female educated youth who had been cooking in the kitchen with Chen Lan curled her lips and said.

"That's right. Forget about anything else, just remember that bag of rock sugar, right? Lin Xi specifically gave out a small portion, saying it was for everyone to make tea, but she ended up secretly adding it to her own teacup in the middle of the night, and the next day she said it was 'too humid.'"

"Tsk tsk tsk, they say people are always grateful for what they have done. I ate her candy, but she didn't say anything nice about it."

"You just found out today that everyone at this educated youth camp, regardless of gender, has been cursed behind the back by Zhou Guixiang, especially Song Zhiqing. It seems that just because he didn't help her carry her luggage on the first day he arrived, she's been muttering about his poor background behind his back every day..."

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Lin Xi's words seemed to turn on a switch, and the originally silent educated youth immediately began to point fingers at Zhou Guixiang.

After all, just like Lin Xi said, if Lin Xi was Miss Jiao, then wouldn't those of them who had helped her more or less because of her young age become slaves?

There is no place for slaves in the new era.

"You!" Zhou Guixiang didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, she would become the target of public criticism and was attacked by everyone. She couldn't help but get angry and her face flushed. She glared at Lin Xi fiercely, grabbed two mixed flour pancakes from the basket and ran out.

"Pfft!"

"Hey! Still a good guy."

Her behavior made the educated youth burst into laughter. Everyone shook their heads, then looked away and started eating.

Lin Xi was pulled by several female educated youth to sit at the table. They wiped her tears and comforted her while asking her to eat.

Lin Xi acted like a well-behaved and sensible person, lowered her eyelids, and unnoticeably avoided the two inquiring gazes that fell on her.