Chapter 1264: Going to the Countryside 3
The oldest of the seven youths was a young man named Mo Bai, twenty-four years old; the youngest was Zhou Zhou, only sixteen. When Zhou Zhou listened to Wang Zhengguo’s words, he nodded desperately and raised his hand, saying, "I’ll be obedient, I’m very obedient!"
Wang Zhengguo turned his head and glanced at him, grunted affirmatively, "Good, you’ll get food if you’re obedient!"
Fair and clever girls always easily won the favor of the elderly.
Among the group of sent-down youths, Wang Zhengguo favored this girl named Zhou Zhou the most. When it was time to load luggage, while everyone else would just toss theirs on top without a second thought, she would first ask where to put it, how to place it so it wouldn’t slip off, and in the end helped tidy up the scattered bags. When boarding the cart, she made sure everyone else was seated before she got on and ended up squished in the corner of the mule cart, pitifully prone to falling off.
The short-haired young woman who first made a declaration on the train was named Jie Hong, eighteen years old this year. She couldn’t hide her irritation after hearing Wang Zhengguo’s words, "We all came with enthusiasm to learn, how can you ask us to work?"
Wang Zhengguo spoke in a stern voice, "You said it yourself, you came here to learn. If you don’t learn to work in our countryside, are you going to learn how to eat?"
Zheng Huihui chuckled out loud unexpectedly.
Zhou Zhou pursed her lips, neither laughing nor speaking.
Another female sent-down youth named Wang Huan had a round, apple-shaped face and also wore her hair in two braided pigtails. She smiled sweetly, saying, "Brigade leader, my surname is Wang too. We must definitely be from the same family five hundred years ago, sharing meals from the same pot. Look at us, new to this place—there must be some time to rest, right? When we arrive at Wanglou Brigade, where will we be staying?"