Upon hearing Wang Jiao's words, the faces of the two female educated youths were filled with fear.
Compared to other educated youths from their batch who were assigned to different places, their lives were indeed much better. Although the work was exhausting and buying things was inconvenient, they had machinery like tractors and threshers to help them, making farming and harvesting lighter than in other brigades. Moreover, they never went hungry throughout the year, and on average, they had more food than those in the city. Every year, they could eat chicken, duck, fish, meat, and eggs. Half of the educated youths, after living here for one or two years, got married and had children and didn't want to return to the city.
