Transmigrating into a Novel: My Cannon Fodder Husband is Almighty

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Chapter 35 – Old Educated Youths

With Su Man around, Lu Xia didn’t speak proactively. She only spoke after she left, asking, “Is there anything I can help with?”

Sun Shengnan thought for a moment and said, “Go to the vegetable garden and pick a few cucumbers. We’ll make a cucumber salad for dinner.”

“Okay!”

Lu Xia took a vegetable basket and went outside. In the courtyard, Gu Xiangnan was helping Su Man with water pressure, and they were chatting and laughing while washing vegetables.

Jiang Junmo sat outside the door, gazing at the distant mountains, while Li Yi went somewhere unknown.

Lu Xia didn’t disturb the couple and nodded at Jiang Junmo before heading to the vegetable garden. She found the cucumber vines, picked a few large ones, and then came back to wash them.

Once inside the house, seeing that both of them were busy, she directly took a kitchen knife and started cutting. After cutting them, she looked at the seasonings in the house and added some to make a simple dressing.

Sun Shengnan could tell from her actions that she knew how to cook, so she felt at ease letting her handle it.

The group of them quickly prepared dinner.

By the time everyone brought the prepared meal outside, most of the educated youth from the village had already returned.

Even Li Yi, who had been absent earlier, appeared at some point. Su Man and Gu Xiangnan were warmly chatting with everyone. It wasn’t until the whole group was ready to eat that they remembered Zhang Hongmei, who was still sleeping.

Su Man took the initiative to call her, and soon the two of them came out together.

Although Zhang Hongmei had a somewhat unpleasant personality, she knew that she needed to make a good impression on everyone for their first meeting.

So she awkwardly explained that she had been too tired from the car ride earlier and had unexpectedly slept for so long.

Everyone understood and didn’t mention why no one else had any issues.

After the food was ready, they had to arrange two tables because there were too many educated youths. Luckily, the old educated youth spot had two tables available.

Since the weather was nice outside, they set up the tables in the courtyard.

The old educated youth had worked hard all day and were tired and hungry. In order to welcome the new educated youth, they had pooled their money to buy four liang of meat and stewed it with potatoes. So, once the food was on the table, everyone was eager to start eating.

Lu Xia also tasted the food. Sun Shengnan and the others did a decent job of cooking. Although it lacked flavor, at least it was edible.

She didn’t get to eat any meat and even doubted if there was any meat flavor at all. However, seeing how deliciously the old educated youth were eating, she knew that it would be difficult to have a chance to eat meat here.

Her heart sank, and she worried about the future.

Dinner was eaten quickly.

After dinner, everyone helped wash the dishes, and then they finally had a chance to sit together in the courtyard and talk.

At this point, they also had time to introduce themselves to each other.

Currently, Sun Shengnan and Zhao Hua were the ones who had been in the village the longest at the educated youth spot. There was also a male educated youth named Liu Jun who had been there for four years. Those who had been in the countryside longer than them were either married or had returned to the city.