She had a wonderful dream all night yesterday, and she even figured out what to buy with the money Xia Wan gave her in return!

How could she possibly accept that she wouldn't get a single penny now!

"Why report it to the police! Our educated youth settlement's affairs must be resolved internally!" Yang Lijian's eyes swept coldly over her.

The brigade leader was most annoyed by the educated youth causing trouble. Huaihua Brigade was going to be evaluated as an advanced brigade, and if the educated youth reported to the police and affected the evaluation, he would definitely get another scolding! He might even assign them the dirtiest and most tiring work!

This concerns the collective interests of the educated youth, and we absolutely cannot let Zhang Wenwen cause trouble!

If Yang Lijian could think of this, the other educated youth certainly could too. After all, it concerned their own interests, so no one remained silent any longer!

"It's nothing serious, why call the police?" Zhou Mingkun said gruffly.

"Yeah, Zhang Wenwen, are you trying to make everyone miserable?" Li Zhaodi pouted, her tone sarcastic!

"Let's talk things out calmly. Life is already tough for us educated youth in the village. Let's not act impulsively and bring bad influence to the brigade. It would be bad if we offended the brigade leader and the villagers!"

Zhang Wenwen seemed to have anticipated their reaction. She raised her chin and looked directly at Xia Wan: "If she doesn't pay my medical expenses, I'll have no choice but to call the police! I can't let myself get beaten up for nothing!"

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Xia Wan, as if they had a lot to say but dared not speak easily.

After all, they had seen him go berserk and beat people up yesterday!

After a long silence, Yang Lijian finally broke the deadlock: "Alright, everyone, let's eat and get back to work. We'll talk about this at noon! Liu Zhiqing, you distribute the food to everyone first!"

The meals were prepared according to the amount of grain each person handed in, and the comrade who cooked each meal was responsible for distributing it to everyone! The person who cooked knew best the amount of grain each person had handed in!

"No, say it now! I'm in so much pain all over my body that I can't work!" Zhang Wenwen snatched the rice scoop from Liu Hongya's hand, acting like she wouldn't eat unless she got paid.

Xia Wan stared at her for a long time, then held out her hand with her palm up: "Give me the spoon, or I'll hit you!"

“Why should I listen to you…” Zhang Wenwen said, raising her chin and trying to hold on.

Before she could finish speaking, Xia Wan snatched the spoon from her hand and placed it in Liu Hongya's hand: "Go ahead, call the police, I'll wait for you!"

"Why call the police? You just don't want to pay compensation, and now you're dragging us into this mess!" Li Zhaodi muttered under her breath, pouting.

Yang Lijian's face turned cold: "Xia, you're new here. Don't ruin the harmony between us educated youth and the brigade! If you upset the brigade leader, he'll assign you the dirtiest and hardest work, and you'll be crying then!"

“That’s right, we’ve already had a hard time coming to this godforsaken place, Xia Wan, stop making a scene! Just pay some money and that’s it!” Cao Yuanchun’s tone was full of disapproval, as if Xia Wan had already jeopardized their interests!

Chen Wei's eyes darted around, and he gave Liu Lijian a fawning look, saying, "Xia Zhiqing isn't short of a few dollars, don't let this little bit of money ruin our relationship!"

Xia Wan raised an eyebrow and glanced at everyone, strongly agreeing with Li Zhaodi's words: "Of course I don't want to pay compensation. I acted in self-defense, why should I pay compensation?"

I'm putting this out there today: anyone who tries to persuade me to pay compensation, I'll go and pour cold water on them in the middle of the night! I'll let you experience how I'll feel then. I hope you won't be angry then, since you yourselves said you didn't want to cause trouble for the team!

The people who had just spoken felt that Xia Wan was threatening them, and they all glared at her fiercely!

They really thought that just because they knew a few kung fu skills, they could rule the educated youth compound!

A woman like Xia Wan, talking big without fear of making a fool of herself, they don't believe Xia Wan would actually dare to pour cold water on them!

“Xia, let me be fair, you’re new here, offending everyone won’t do you any good! The people in the brigade already look down on us educated youth, so we can’t go looking for trouble!”

Liu Hongya looked at her with a very serious expression, as if Xia Wan had done something to offend the brigade!

Actually, I just wanted to make her feel wronged and settle things peacefully. I don't know what's wrong with these people's brains. They always like to make others take a step back and give them a wide-open space!

"You think that you should keep giving in so as not to cause trouble for the brigade leader! In reality, that's just wishful thinking on your part! The only way to avoid causing trouble for the brigade is to do your job well and complete your own tasks!"

Xia Wan glanced at the figure that flashed past the doorway out of the corner of her eye, and continued her exaggerated speech.

"Although I didn't have much contact with the brigade leader, I could tell that he was a fair and just person. He would never make us, the educated youth who came to the countryside to provide support, suffer any injustice or make things difficult for us because of some unfounded title. We shouldn't be petty!"

“Xia Zhiqing…”

Liu Lijian was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged. Since he became the leader of the educated youth team, no one had ever dared to speak to him like that!

He hadn't expected Xia Wan to be so quick-witted. Just as he was about to say something in rebuttal, he was interrupted by a rough and cheerful voice from outside!

"Good! Good, good, good! Xia, the educated youth, has an excellent sense of awareness!"

Wu Guohua gave Xia Wan an approving look, but his expression wasn't so pleasant when he looked at others!

He was really disappointed in these people's behavior. He thought he had taken good care of them, but he never expected that they would talk about him, the captain, like this behind his back!

If the boss finds out, he'll definitely have a problem with it!

Wu Guohua sighed, his face showing disappointment!

"I believe I treat all of you educated youth equally. You do the same work as the villagers in the team, and we turn a blind eye to your minor mistakes while working!"

I never expected that I would be accused of such a serious crime! Liu Zhiqing, when did I assign you the dirtiest and most tiring work just because you offended me?

And to all the former educated youth here, if you feel wronged in our Huaihua Brigade, you can apply to return to the city. As long as the necessary documents are issued, I will not stop you at all, and I will definitely stamp and sign them without hesitation!

The people who had just spoken panicked. If they had the ability to return to the city, they would have done so long ago. Why would they have waited until now?

No one expected that what they said today would be overheard by the captain, and now they have completely offended him!

Liu Lijian, pale-faced, offered a forced explanation: "Captain, you've misunderstood. We didn't mean that. We were just worried that our affairs with the educated youth would delay the team's autumn harvest!"

"Yes, yes, we were too harsh in our words, but we meant well! We heard that there's going to be an award for advanced brigade, and we were afraid it would affect the selection of the Huaihua Brigade!" Cao Yuanchun smiled ingratiatingly, secretly cursing Xia Wan for being cunning.

He didn't believe Xia Wan hadn't deliberately provoked them just now!

That woman is really cunning. She must have seen the brigade leader coming before she deliberately said those things!