Away from the big book, the educated youth became the village favorite by running errands

Chapter 532: Come to Pay Back the Money

Li Qinglai rushed to the village entrance and waited for about ten minutes before he saw Grandpa Wu driving the donkey cart back.

When they were still some distance away from the village entrance, the captain had already seen someone standing at the entrance. At first he couldn't tell who it was, but when he got closer he realized it was Li Qinglai.

"Why is he here?"

Just now on the road, they met Captain Guan who was with Liu Zhang. They stopped to talk for a few words. They said Liu Zhang had a good attitude in admitting his guilt and Li Qinglai did not cause any trouble. But why was he coming to the village entrance instead of going back to the Youth Hostel to eat?

Is he still waiting for them?

The donkey cart stopped, and Li Qinglai walked directly to the village chief and the team leader, saying that he needed their help with something.

You don't have to think about it to know that it is related to Liu Zhang's matter.

So Li Qinglai followed the two to the village committee office. After such a big incident and being busy all morning, they were not in the mood to eat. They might as well solve Li Qinglai's problem quickly to prevent him from causing trouble like Liu Zhang.

When he arrived at the village committee, Li Qing stated his request.

"Village head, team leader. It's only right that Liu Zhang was arrested for his mistakes, but I still have something I want to trouble you with.

I know that the village paid for Bai Lingling's hospitalization after being beaten, and Liu Zhang gave me all his things before he was taken away. I don't know how much money the village has already paid. These are all the savings we have. I will pay it back to the village first. If it's not enough, can I owe it to you first?

We will use our work points to compensate you after the autumn harvest."

The village chief and the team leader thought that Li Qinglai wanted to speak for Liu Zhang and wanted them to help plead with the police or something.

I never expected that he was here to pay back the money.

For a moment, neither of them knew how to answer.

Then Li Qing said that he wanted to store his and Liu Zhang's grain at the village committee.

"I also know that this will cause trouble to you, the village chief and the team leader, but you, the village chief, also know the situation of the Youth Farm. I am worried that I can't protect our food by myself."

Li Qinglai felt embarrassed when he thought about how he had once tried to take the food left by Wan Xue.

How could he have the nerve to think like that in the first place?

Now that it was his turn, he finally understood how painful it was.

The village chief and the team leader fell silent again.

Indeed, they knew very well what kind of people the educated youth in the Youth League Institute were like.

Liu Zhang's request was not difficult. It was just a matter of helping to store food. If he wanted to bring food, he just had to let him know.

"Okay, bring the food when you go to work this afternoon. As for the money, talk to Accountant Qi this afternoon. We have no objection."

The village chief thought that since they were all educated youth, he would help them whenever possible. Besides, Li Qinglai was a bit unlucky.

A young man went to the countryside with his classmates but was accused of having that kind of relationship. Now his good friend got into trouble and was taken away. He will probably have to stay in prison for a few years, and if things get worse, he will have to eat peanuts. He is now all alone.

The people from the Youth League Institute...just help them.

"Thank you, village chief, thank you, captain. I will deliver the food this afternoon."

Li Qinglai had made up his mind that if the savings he and Liu Zhang had were not enough to pay for the hospitalization fees provided by the village, he would use all the work points he earned this year to pay off the debt.

If he works harder and eats more sparingly, the food he and Liu Zhang have left will be enough for him to last until next year.

As for Liu Zhang's request for him to help write a letter to his family, he had no plans to do so for the time being and would wait until after the verdict.

Maybe Liu Zhang would be released after being imprisoned for a year or two.

Having made up his mind, Li Qinglai returned to the Youth League Institute.

He had to go back quickly to look after their food.

Fortunately, there were no signs that their food and the things in the boxes had been rummaged through, so Li Qinglai felt relieved.

He didn't feel hungry at all. He just wanted to get some sleep to recuperate, deliver food to the village committee office in the afternoon, and then go to work in the fields.

He must have wanted to keep more money and give it to Liu Zhang later, so that he could suffer less in prison.

As a result, Li Qinglai had just laid down when he was called up by Cao Qi.

"Li Qinglai, you cook for lunch."

As soon as he saw Li Qing coming back, Cao Qi threw down the basin of cornmeal in his hand that he had dried up to the point where it could kill people and went into the house.

The truth is that their craftsmanship is worse than each other, with only Feng Aiguo's being better.

But Feng Aiguo stopped eating with them after the autumn harvest last year. He cooked his own meals in a small aluminum basin in the yard.

They usually don't talk to Feng Aiguo, but now they ask him to help with cooking, but he can't open his mouth.

"I'm not hungry, so I won't eat lunch. You guys can make it yourselves."

He was not a fool. If he cooked this meal, he would be in charge of all the cooking work in the Youth Farm in the future. He had not forgotten how these people talked about him before.

"Why are you like this? It doesn't take you much effort to cook, and we are here to help you. Besides, can you bear to see us go to work hungry in the afternoon?"

Li Qinglai was really disgusted by Cao Qi's expression.

What is a meal? It doesn't take him much effort. He is sleepy and tired and doesn't want to cook at all. Not to mention that Cao Qi didn't even say a polite word and asked him to cook right away.

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well and don't want to cook. You guys figure out what to do."

"You! Okay! You're great, Li Qinglai! You don't care, right? Then don't eat with us anymore in the future!" Cao Qi glared at him viciously, then slammed the door and walked out.

Li Qinglai didn't care.

I've known for a long time that Cao Qi is this kind of person, right?

However, Cao Qi's words did remind him that Liu Zhang was gone, and these male educated youth were not easy to get along with, so he would really have to cook and eat for himself in the future.

Normally, it’s okay. He can get up a little earlier in the morning or cook two more meals in the evening.

But what to do in summer? Food can't be kept for that long, especially during the autumn harvest. Time is so tight, and there is only one pot in the Youth League. How long will it take for the male and female educated youth to finish cooking? Not to mention that he has to do everything himself.

He suddenly felt a little envious of Song Shuangshuang and the others. It wasn't that he envied their good conditions, but that he felt that the four of them had a good relationship. They did everything together and helped each other. This could be seen when they were collecting firewood in the fall.

When Tan Anjing was going to class, the others would bring out her portion. Also, when they were at work, Tan Anjing would cook the meal in advance during her break.

It doesn't matter if everyone works more or less, and they get along so well with the villagers.

It's nothing like the Youth League Home, where everyone is so selfish and will complain for a long time if you do more work.

If he and Liu Zhang had not been at odds with Song Shuangshuang and the others before, could he have followed the example of the female educated youth and asked Song Shuangshuang and the others for help this time?

Unfortunately, no if.

Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the male educated youth dormitory opened again.

"I made some extra food, do you want some?"