Chapter 4 – Memory Advantage
As long as conditions allowed, Lu Miao didn’t mind sharing some benefits with others. But if someone accepted her kindness and then schemed behind her back to harm her—sorry, they’d better roll as far away as possible, and the sooner the better.
Gu Ying nodded. “I thought you would also choose this side. Actually, there were two beds here, I only mentioned one earlier.”
Now Ren Bingxin had taken one, and the other naturally belonged to Lu Miao.
Lu Miao glanced at the bed in the corner against the right-hand wall, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.
The room already looked dirty, and that bed pressed up against the wall looked even filthier.
If she could, she really wouldn’t want to stay in this ghostly place for even a second. But obviously, there was no “if.”
After washing up and changing into clean clothes, Lu Miao pinched her dirty clothes between two fingers and tossed them into the basin. The originally clear water turned murky in the blink of an eye. She let out a disgusted “Ew!” and quickly backed away in fright.
Gu Ying walked over. “What’s wrong?”
Ren Bingxin, swinging her legs on the bed, saw the situation and asked hesitantly:
“Lu Miao, don’t tell me… you’ve never washed clothes before?”
Lu Miao’s rosy lips pressed together, ready to defend herself. But what came out instead was a firm and powerful:
“I can learn!”
Ren Bingxin burst into laughter. “It’s fine if you can’t. Honestly, I only just learned recently myself. Back home, my mom always washed my clothes for me.”
“These clothes are too dirty. A basin of water like this can’t possibly clean them.” Gu Ying smiled helplessly and suggested, “Once we finish talking business, I’ll take you to the pond to wash.”
Lu Miao nodded. The face that had been proud and arrogant now flushed red, looking a little silly and actually kind of cute.
Ren Bingxin naturally felt a kind of closeness toward pretty people. And regarding the laundry matter, Lu Miao had admitted openly she didn’t know how and expressed her willingness to learn—that in itself made Ren Bingxin’s impression of her shift just a little.
Perhaps Lu Miao was spoiled, or perhaps willful. But at the same time, she was genuine, straightforward, and proactive. From this perspective, her being pampered or arrogant might not necessarily be flaws.
Spoiled yet honest—wasn’t that contrast actually quite adorable?
Gu Ying went outside to call the educated youths together. In the meantime, Ren Bingxin helped Lu Miao spread out her bedding.
Thinking of what had just happened in the main hall, Ren Bingxin lowered her voice to warn:
“Lu Miao, did you offend Chen Miaomiao on the way here?”
Lu Miao tilted her head in confusion. “Hm?”
Ren Bingxin smoothed the wrinkle at one corner of the sheet. “It just feels off. I can’t say exactly what, but something about her seemed strange. Anyway, just be careful.”
Lu Miao nodded lightly. “Mm,” though inwardly she understood very well. “I know. Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.” Ren Bingxin shook her head. Hearing the noise growing in the hall, she stood up. “Come on, looks like only the two of us are missing.”
A few of the older educated youths hadn’t returned yet, but it didn’t matter. Seeing that the newly arrived ones were all gathered, Gu Ying cleared her throat and explained as simply as possible:
“Actually, there’s not much to say. Daily life is just working in the fields. The production team will record work points uniformly. Work points are tied to rations—the more you work, the more points you get, the more food you receive.”
Sitting at one corner of the table, Liang Shao raised his hand. After Gu Ying nodded, he asked:
“Aren’t we here for construction work? Why is it only farming?”
Yu Hao cut in: “What era do you think this is? And you still believe going to the countryside means construction work?”
It wasn’t the first batch of educated youths being sent down anymore. After all these years, how could he not have heard from returning ones that “going to the countryside” simply meant farming?
Liang Shao was dumbstruck.
Judging from his expression of disbelief, he really must never have heard about it before.
