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Chapter 351 New Year's Eve Dinner at the Educated Youth Settlement

The Jiang family is being investigated in Yancheng, and it will have a significant impact.

They've practically laid out a net; they're just waiting to pull it in.

Jian Jingchuan didn't want to go back and join in the fun. His identity was rather sensitive, and if he wasn't careful, he could get involved, be falsely accused, and have his more than ten years of hard work ruined in an instant. It would be a huge loss.

Previously, he wanted to reunite with his daughter, but his superiors disagreed. After the incident involving Japanese spies in the mountains, his superiors felt that the Japanese had found clues and posed a threat to Xu Qinghuan's safety. Since Xu Qinghuan had actually made a contribution, they agreed to let him reunite with his daughter.

But he doesn't want to acknowledge his daughter back for the time being, and he doesn't want to involve her or disrupt her peaceful life.

There will always be opportunities once things calm down.

He has caused Japan heavy losses over the years, and Japan will not let him off the hook anytime soon. He does not want to implicate his daughter.

She was just a gentle and obedient girl.

If anything were to happen, he wouldn't be able to forgive himself.

However, those within the system were given permission by their superiors to handle the matter at their discretion.

Li Shouzhi had actually guessed it long ago, but since they both knew it, they just didn't say it.

Jian Jingchuan shook his head. "No, she... she'll probably come to wish us a Happy New Year, right?"

"They should come."

"When paying New Year's visits, meeting once is enough."

Jian Jingchuan both longed to see her and feared it. He was afraid that Xu Qinghuan would recognize him, blame him for not acknowledging her, be angry with him, and hate him.

This year, just like every year, we ate together at the former educated youth settlement during the Spring Festival.

When they first arrived, there were twenty educated youths in total. Jiang Chengxu was still lying in the hospital, Qu Qiongfang had died, Xu Manman had run away, and Kong Lijuan had married Sun Laizi and was still living in dire straits.

Since the incident where Lu Nianying was murdered, she has never left the house. No matter how much Qian Datao scolds her and asks her to go out and do things, she ignores him and just stays in her room like a fool.

Dong Youfu actually felt sorry for her and protected her from being tormented by Qian Datao. Qian Datao was furious but couldn't do anything about Lu Nianying.

Rumors have recently circulated that Lu Nianying is pregnant. Whether it's true or not, Xu Qinghuan knows, because Dong Youfu went to Jiang Xingye to brag about it.

Jiang Xingye cursed Dong Youfu as an idiot at the time, but afterwards he was still very jealous and suppressed Xu Qinghuan and made a big mess of things. It's just a pity that all his thousands of descendants were wasted outside.

Of the eight female educated youth, four survived, a loss rate of half.

Among the male educated youth, Zhang Tieshan was sent to work in a barracks, and Xu Hongtu was also sent to a farm. Of the twelve, nine remained, so the survival rate was quite high.

But all things considered, with seven out of twenty educated youth gone, more than a third of them are no longer around, which is not a good thing.

No wonder there were rumors that the educated youth settlement in Shangjiang Brigade was cursed, and every one of them who came there was doomed.

There were fourteen people having the New Year's Eve dinner together today, plus Lin Yufei.

The New Year's Eve dinner that everyone prepared together was originally supposed to be a treat for Xu Qinghuan and the others from the educated youth settlement, but they felt embarrassed to do so, so when they came over, Xu Qinghuan and the others also brought their own ingredients.

Xu Qinghuan brought three catties of flour, Qiao Xinyu brought a piece of meat, and Yu Xiaomin, who had earned money in the past few months and was much better off financially, brought some mountain produce and more than ten sticky rice cakes, which she had made herself last night.

Chen Dewen and his group also took quite a lot of things.

A few days ago, the three of them invited Lin Yufei to go into the mountains together, where they caught a pheasant and a rabbit.

"This year's Spring Festival was truly a feast!" exclaimed Song Anping, who was young.

Yu Xiaomin was the head chef, and the others helped out. Xu Qinghuan sat to the side picking vegetables. After a while, Jiang Xingye came and shooed her to sit down, saying, "The food is cold, I'll do it!"

Although Zhou Chang'an is still the head of the educated youth settlement, after so many incidents, he basically doesn't speak anymore. He just shows his face and lets others do whatever they want, without offering any opinions. He's almost like a walking corpse. Huang Dahai is now the only person in the educated youth settlement who can rival Zhou Chang'an in seniority. He asked Jiang Xingye, "Brother Ye, why don't you stay and have the New Year's Eve dinner with us later?"

Jiang Xingye came over and brought them a bottle of Quanxing Daqu liquor. The supply and marketing cooperative sells it for three yuan a bottle, and you need a ration coupon to buy it.

Xu Qinghuan had searched both the Jiang and Lu families and found a considerable amount of money and banknotes. The banknotes she kept as treasures were all nationally valid.

Jiang Xingye was still reluctant to spend the money, but Xu Qinghuan told him that the tickets would be canceled in a few years, and these tickets, which were so hard to come by now, would have no value for collection in the future. So he stopped being stingy.

"No, the Jiang family will start eating soon, I'll go eat there."

He originally wanted to bring Xu Qinghuan over for the New Year's Eve dinner, but his wife refused, saying that since they weren't officially married yet, they should just eat here.

That night, they stayed up together to welcome the New Year and had a late-night snack together.

After helping Xu Qinghuan with her work, Jiang Xingye left.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Dahai set off a string of firecrackers with fewer than a hundred shots at the door, and the New Year's Eve dinner began.

Everyone sat around an eight-immortal table. It was a bit crowded with so many people. The male educated youth sat on one side, each pouring themselves a little wine to savor the taste, while the female educated youth sat on the other side eating dishes.

Today's meal was plentiful, but the fighting over it was still fierce.

However, after grabbing some food for a while, I felt much better once I had some oil in my stomach.

Duan Qingmei asked Xu Qinghuan, "When do you plan to get married?"

Everyone stopped eating, feeling that Duan Qingmei's question was a bit abrupt.

"What's up?" Xu Qinghuan raised an eyebrow.

Being able to sit at a table to eat doesn't mean you can ask such personal questions.

"Can't I ask if there's nothing wrong?" Duan Qingmei still acted like she didn't understand anything. "If you get married, then Comrade Jiang will have to move in. Where will Yu and Qiao, the educated youth, live? Are you two going to move back to the educated youth settlement?"

The following question was directed at Yu Xiaomin and Qiao Xinyu.

"What's wrong? You want us to move back in? When we lived in the educated youth settlement before, didn't you despise us to death, not letting us sleep on the north kang and squeezing us to sleep on the south kang?" Qiao Xinyu sneered.

Duan Qingmei was a little angry. That was so long ago. "The past is the past, and the present is the present."

The main problem is that she's the only female educated youth at the settlement right now. Not only is it unsafe, but some gossipy people in the production team will spread rumors, and the things that reach her ears are really unpleasant.

Because she lived alone, she never went into any of the production team's factories, and her sources of information were very limited. As a result, she didn't know that Qiao Xinyu and Yu Xiaomin both had boyfriends.

"I won't be coming back to live here. It's much more spacious for you to live alone," Qiao Xinyu said sarcastically.

"What, you're still planning to live under the same roof as him and his wife?" Duan Qingmei's personality means she'll never learn to back down.

As she spoke, her chopsticks danced, leaving afterimages.

Xu Qinghuan lost her appetite and put down her chopsticks, refusing to eat.

"What nonsense are you spouting?" Chen Dewen retorted angrily. "Can't people live in my house? Yu Fei is also going to build a house soon at the beginning of the year, and they'll be getting married then. Can't they live together?"

Duan Qingmei was extremely shocked, looking at this and that, not understanding what was being said.

Liu Zhijian asked, "Oh, you're getting married? When are you getting married? Luckily I'm getting a salary now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford the wedding gift."

He made a joke, which livened up the atmosphere a little.

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