After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 37, Episode 0037, and was greatly shocked.
Lin Yuexi rolled her eyes and turned her wheelchair to go back to her room. These people were all too slow and indecisive, and she found it frustrating to listen to them.

If she were Xu Zhichuan, Liu Bingyan wouldn't even have a chance to yell before she was slapped to the ground. How could she possibly have had the chance to come along and steal her money and food rations?!

Hearing the sound, Leng Xingran turned around and saw this scene. She quickly got up, patted her pants, and went to push the wheelchair: "Sis, if you want to go back to your room, just say so and I'll come. What if you get tired?"

"Uh-huh."

Lin Yuexi was indeed a little tired and didn't hear what he said clearly. She nodded perfunctorily, let go of his hand, and leaned against Leng Xingran.

Seeing this, everyone quieted down.

After Leng Xingran settled Lin Yuexi in, Zhang Ze and Xu Zhichuan got up and prepared to go back.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Zhang Ze rubbed his hands together and spoke in a flattering tone: "Brother Ran, Brother Chuan and I just discussed whether we could store our grain and mountain products in your cellar from now on. We won't store them for free; we'll pay rent. Money or goods are fine, or we can give you 10% of the mountain products as rent."

Leng Xingran: "Okay, as for the rent, I'll ask my sister about it when she wakes up."

We've been brothers for years, what's this little thing?!

Besides, when he built the cellar, he originally intended to make it as big as possible. There were too many people in the educated youth settlement, and it was difficult to hide anything. When he was building the house, he originally planned to lend the space to them to store winter supplies.

However, he wouldn't refuse the payment; even close brothers need to keep clear accounts, otherwise their relationship would only grow weaker.

Moreover, both of his brothers are people with strong self-esteem, and if you don't accept anything from them, they will feel even more pressure.

"Don't go back. Have dinner here tonight. Uncle Liu bought pork, and Ren Yan will make you some steamed buns. We'll have a good meal."

With such good food, they had no right to stay and try to take advantage of it.

Before the two could refuse, Liu Huai poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "You'd better stay away from the educated youth for now. There was a fight over there this afternoon, it was pretty fierce. A female educated youth surnamed Xu was even going to hit someone with a brick. If I hadn't stopped her, there might have been bloodshed today."

Is your surname Xu?

There were two educated youths with the surname Xu in the educated youth settlement, one male and one female. The male was Xu Zhichuan, and the female was the newly arrived Xu Quanmei.

The three looked at each other, completely bewildered, and shook their heads to indicate that they were not familiar with each other.

This has nothing to do with them.

Liu Huai: "Before Xu, the educated youth, picked up a brick to hit someone, a female educated youth surnamed Liu next to her kept saying some very suggestive things to her."

Those words were too... well, they were not only overly suggestive but also vulgar. Liu Huai had no interest in replaying them.

The three of them had a bad feeling and exchanged glances again: Could it be the Liu they knew?

Liu Huai then added quietly, "That female educated youth surnamed Liu is named Liu Bingyan, and the person that Xiao Xu, the educated youth, wanted to smash was Li Laidi."

Leng Xingran and Zhang Ze both looked at Xu Zhichuan at the same time: Brother, you're in big trouble!
Xu Zhichuan was so frightened that his eyes widened in terror, and his face turned deathly pale. He turned and ran wildly toward the educated youth settlement.

Liu Huai responded to his reaction: "...I've been listening to you guys chattering for a while, and I thought he really disliked that girl. I didn't expect him to care so much about her."

Since you care so much, why bother with all this trouble? Just go along with your mother's wishes and marry her.
Do young people these days really like this kind of restless, tinkering lifestyle? That's ridiculous!
He didn't understand and was shocked.

Leng Xingran and Zhang Ze: Xu Zhichuan isn't interested in Liu Bingyan, but in the other girl you mentioned!
Xu Zhichuan himself was unaware of this, and Li Laidi didn't seem to have any interest in him, so they couldn't say anything.

During their two years in the countryside, they may not have had many other profound experiences, but they certainly felt the importance of a woman's reputation.

Many girls are forced to marry bad men because of their reputations. In the next brigade, two female educated youths even jumped into the river because of rumors.

So neither of them refuted Liu Huai's words, since Liu Huai wouldn't spread rumors even if he misunderstood.

The two quickly went out to catch up with Xu Zhichuan.

Brother, you're not good with words, so don't let yourself get taken advantage of.

More than an hour later, Xu Zhichuan walked in with a silly grin on his face, his face scratched raw.

Following behind were Leng Xingran and Zhang Ze, who came in unscathed, each carrying two grain sacks.

Ren Yan heard the noise and walked to the kitchen doorway, an apron around her waist, a large cleaver in her right hand and a large cabbage in her left: "What's going on with you all?"

It looks like he was kicked out and then suffered a shock that made him lose his mind.

Leng Xingran and Zhang Ze ignored Xu Zhichuan, who was standing in the yard, and carried the grain bags into the kitchen.

Leng Xingran: "They broke up. They were kicked out and have nowhere to go. They'll have to join us from now on."

"Ha~?"

They really were kicked out!
As Zhang Ze passed by Ren Yan, he shrugged at her and said, "Over there, the three of us are doing alright. Their main target used to be Ran Ge. Ran Ge's family would often send him things and money. He was generous and would occasionally cut some meat to have a treat."

“After Ran moved out, they naturally took advantage of us less. Whenever Chuan and I went to the company or the county, regardless of whether our family sent us anything or not, if we came back without bringing anything for everyone to eat, they would all make sarcastic remarks about us, as if we were guilty.”

"The two months that Ran Ge moved out felt like two years to us in the educated youth settlement."

Xu Zhichuan, who had lost his mind, had regained his senses and walked over to Zhang Ze, giving him a flick on the forehead. "What you're saying isn't the point. They're after the meat."

Three grown men, one after the other, talked for ages, but the listener could only understand half of what they were saying. I'm speechless.

It wasn't until after dinner, when everyone was sitting in the courtyard drinking tea and enjoying the cool air, that they finally understood what was going on. They had crumpled up the numbers one, two, three, and four and spread them out, chatting for a long time.

Leng Xingran: "When the three of us came, there were only two small rooms left in the educated youth settlement. There were still spaces available for the large communal sleeping area, but if there was a small private room, we would definitely choose to stay in the small private room."

Xu Zhichuan: "Just as we were discussing where to stay, Sun Zhifa said he would give up his room and go to live in the dormitory. He told us that his family was not well and he could not afford to live in the small room because he had to pay rent. Since we needed it, he gave it up."

“At first we thought he was a good person and thanked him profusely. We even brought him gifts to express our gratitude. I brought half a pound of cured meat, Lao Xu brought half a pound of steamed egg cake, and Xiao Ze also brought half a pound of white sugar. He would also often bring us pickled cabbage and pickled radishes.”

Leng Xingran took a bite of apple, chewed and swallowed it, and said, "Gradually, he became one of the three of us who were closer to the educated youth in the settlement. When our families sent us things, we knew the principle of reciprocity, so we would give some to the other educated youth to eat, and we would usually ask him to take them over."

Because the food was good, and after considering various factors, the three of them did not eat with other people.