"Okay, let's not talk about the bedding for now. What about my injury? Look at my arm, it's still bleeding."

“If you hadn’t attacked us, would I have chopped you? This is self-defense. I can’t just stand by and watch you kill both of us.”

"Who started it?" the captain asked.

“It was me,” Yi Zhiheng said. “He not only stole my sister’s bedding, but also threw it on the ground and cursed us with really nasty language. I couldn’t stand it, so I hit him. Then he grabbed my neck and almost strangled me to death. My sister had no choice but to kill him.”

"What? Someone's going to die!" The captain looked at Lin Guanghui in surprise: "You're going to kill someone as soon as you arrive?"

"No, I didn't use much force."

"But you almost strangled me to death. If it weren't for my sister, I'd probably be a skeleton by now. I almost died, and I want Lin Guanghui to compensate me." Yi Zhiheng said, wiping his eyes.

Lin Guanghui gritted his teeth. This little beggar used to listen to him the most. He would never dare to say a word against him. But now he dares to go against him and even dares to ask him for compensation.

Wait, he'll teach him a lesson in private.

He glared at Yi Zhiheng hard. Yi Zhiheng had seen this kind of look many times before. Back then, whenever he saw Lin Guanghui's vicious eyes, he would tremble all over and his teeth would chatter.

But now he's not afraid anymore. He doesn't want to be a beggar that everyone bullies anymore; he wants to be an upright person.

“You’re perfectly fine now, so I’m not going to compensate you,” Lin Guanghui said.

“Then I shouldn’t compensate you. You even dirtied my bedding, so you should compensate me. Besides, you started this whole thing, so you’re responsible,” Lin Qingyan said.

Lin Guanghui: "..."

After going around in circles, he ended up getting stabbed for nothing, and his request to ask the captain for help was also in vain.

No, he didn't invite them for nothing.

The brigade leader said, "Both of you have suffered losses in this matter, so neither of you should compensate the other." He looked at Lin Guanghui and said, "Although you two have settled the compensation issue, you were the one who started this whole thing. It has not only caused trouble for both of you, but also created a lot of chaos in the educated youth settlement. So, this matter cannot be left like this."

Lin Guanghui opened his mouth, but he sensed something was off about what the captain was saying.

Sure enough, the next second the brigade leader said, "Every time a young educated youth comes to our brigade, they are well-behaved. No one has ever caused trouble like you. If I don't punish you, not only will I not be able to convince everyone, but other young educated youths will also cause trouble at the educated youth settlement like you, and the settlement will be in chaos."

Here's the arrangement: when you start work, you don't need to go to the fields. Go directly to the pigsty and shovel and carry pig manure with the new educated youth, Tong. You'll do this for three months for now. After that, it depends on your performance. If you behave well and don't make any mistakes, you can go work in the fields after three months. But if you cause trouble again, who knows how many more days you'll have to work? If you go too far, you'll need to be sent elsewhere.”

Lin Guanghui was terrified when he heard this. Although he was a local bigwig in Jinshi, he was nothing in this unfamiliar countryside.

"Uncle Captain, Uncle, I, I didn't mean to today. I only took my sister's blanket because I didn't have any."

"Shut your stinking mouth. I'm not your sister. If you yell again, I'll make you eat shit," Lin Qingyan warned him.

Lin Guanghui glanced at Lin Qingyan, then continued to plead with the brigade leader: "Uncle, please consider that I'm a new educated youth who just arrived here and doesn't know many things. Please don't punish me this time. I promise I will never make the same mistake again. Uncle, please let me off this time."

The brigade leader shook his head: "This punishment is to teach you a lesson. Carrying pig manure is a team job, and someone has to do it. Besides, it's just that you're being asked to carry pig manure, not that you're being asked to die. The female educated youth can do it, so what's wrong with you? Are you even worse than the female educated youth?"

"You're so incapable of doing manual labor. I think you'd be better off going to a farm to get some experience; it's much more tiring than carrying pig manure there."

"No, no, Uncle, I'll carry the pig manure, I'll carry it."

Captain: "..."

Couldn't you have just listened to me sooner?

The brigade leader looked at Lin Qingyan: "Lin Qingyan, do you think this is acceptable?"

Lin Qingyan knew that this kind of thing was hard to explain. She and Yi Zhiheng needed to conserve their energy and wait until they were both stronger before they could beat Lin Guanghui to a pulp.

She nodded.

The captain said to Lin Guanghui, "Remember this lesson. Do a good job when you get to the pigsty."

Lin Guanghui, as honest as a quail, nodded to the captain.

The captain was still hungry and hurried home to eat. If it weren't for Lin Qingyan, he would have waited until he finished eating at home before coming over.

After the brigade leader left, the educated youth settlement became lively again.

Most of the educated youth came to care about Lin Qingyan, so Lin Guanghui could only stay with Lin Sisi.

Lin Guanghui, however, still had the mind to flirt with girls. He ran up to Chen Lu and asked, "Chen, you're in charge of the educated youth settlement. I don't even have bedding. What am I going to sleep on tonight?"

As soon as he did this, two coughs were heard from the side.

One was sent by Wang Qiang, and the other by Chen Wenbin.

Chen Wenbin stared at him so intently that he almost bore a hole through his back.

Chen Lu also sensed that he seemed to be doing it on purpose, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Lin Zhiqing, I'm only in charge of the female educated youth, so please don't ask me your questions."

Chen Lu turned around and went back to her dormitory to rest.

Wang Qiang said, "Lin Zhiqing, whether you have bedding or not is your own business. You have to figure it out yourself. Everyone brings their own bedding. If you don't have bedding, there's nothing we can do."

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