"Something unpleasant did happen yesterday, but it's nothing serious! The main problem is that the food at the educated youth compound was terrible!" Xia Wan whispered in Aunt Cuihua's ear.

She wasn't lying; it really did taste awful! How delicious can anything boiled in plain water be?

Aunt Cuihua laughed heartily, showing no displeasure at Xia Wan's words: "Hey, what's so difficult about that? We can just go to Grandma Wu's house in our brigade. She only has him and her little grandson at home!"

"I used to share meals with other educated youth, but he got married and stopped eating at Third Grandma's house. If you'd like to share a meal with him, I can talk to Third Grandma about it!"

Xia Wan's eyes lit up: "Thank you so much, Auntie! Please put in a good word for me! Or, after work, I can go with you. My godmother brought me some snacks, and I can't finish them all by myself. You can bring some for your kids!"

"Okay, I'll take you to see it after work!" Aunt Cuihua laughed heartily and didn't refuse Xia Wan's offer.

Xia Wan's reason was something she couldn't refuse: her grandson had never eaten a snack in his life, and it was all because they were poor!

Xia, a young woman who was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, was generous and sensible. She was hardworking and never slacked off. She thought this girl was a good person. If her son hadn't already gotten married, she would have wanted this girl to be her daughter-in-law!

We could return to the educated youth settlement early at noon, but not in the evening, since we still had to go to the scorekeeper to register our work points.

Xia Wan followed behind Aunt Cuihua in line, while the other educated youth lined up not far away from them!

This time, Huang Qiujie was smarter. He didn't come up to her to seek attention, but instead whispered among himself and the other educated youths in the back.

"I'm exhausted. I only earned three centimeters today. Sister Ya, you're amazing! You earned five points!"

Liu Hongya had the highest number of points among the female educated youth, but this was just Huang Qiujie's wishful thinking.

After all, when they were discussing their work points, they didn't ask Xia Wan at all!

"Alright, keep your voice down, save your energy!" Liu Hongya frowned slightly. She was rather low-key and didn't like being talked about so loudly, especially about something that wasn't worth bragging about.

After all, even a child in Huaihua Brigade could earn three work points, so her five centimeters was nothing!

Huang Qiujie seemed not to notice at all, or perhaps she did notice but didn't care; she was just trying to achieve her own goals!

"Sister Ya, you're just too modest. What's wrong with that? You're just better than us!" She seemed to get more and more excited as she spoke, and her voice involuntarily grew louder: "Xia, the educated youth, went home before lunchtime. I wonder how many points she earned today! I hope she doesn't drag the people down!"

Liu Hongya glanced at her and subtly moved two steps to the side.

Xia Wan was standing not far from them, so she naturally heard the conversation clearly.

She scoffed inwardly, wondering if Huang Qiujie had suddenly become less intelligent, or if the author had simply made the female protagonist in the book too clever!

How could such a thing have managed to use so many people to kill Li Zhenzhen?

When Aunt Cuihua heard Huang Qiujie's words, she turned around and wanted to explain something to Xia Wan, but before she could say anything, Xia Wan stopped her.

"Auntie, you don't need to say so much to her, she won't understand! It'll be our turn soon!"

She quickly registered her work points and headed to Grandma Wu's house. Eating was the most important thing, and she didn't want to waste her time arguing with this kind of person!

If you don't like someone, just go back and beat them up. You can even earn points that way. It's a win-win situation!

"You're such a pushover, no wonder they bullied you so much that you had no food to eat at the educated youth settlement!" Aunt Cuihua gave her a disapproving look.

In their rural area, they believe that arguing is the only way to avoid being wronged; if they just endure it, they'll only become the target of bullying!

Xia Wan chuckled twice without saying anything. She felt that Aunt Cuihua seemed to have misunderstood something.

Huang Qiujie had been keeping an eye on things. Seeing that Xia Wan and Aunt Cuihua seemed to have a good relationship, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Xia Wan is so shameless to be so close to a country bumpkin!"

However, she was also very resentful. Why did the old woman in her group have to make sarcastic remarks to her? It was just that Xia Wan was lucky to have such a good teammate!

Soon it was time for Xia Wan to register her work points, and Aunt Cuihua immediately shouted, "Xia Zhiqing and I will each get eight work points!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Huang Qiujie and the others, as if he were speaking specifically to the other educated youth!

But when she said this, not only were the educated youth surprised, but the villagers were also shocked.

"Liu Cuihua, you're mistaken, aren't you? How many work points are there for your plot of land?"

"What, Liu Cuihua? Is this girl a relative of yours?"

"This girl is quite pretty, but she's so skinny! She doesn't look like someone who can earn eight work points at all!"

Hearing the surrounding chatter, Huang Qiujie's eyes darted around, and he looked disapproving, tugging at Xia Wan.

"Wanwan, even if you're related to this aunt, you can't let her help you get more work points. You're well-off, so don't try to take advantage of the brigade's small amount of work points!"

Xia Wan's eyes turned cold, and she raised her hand to dislocate her arm: "We're not that close, don't touch me!"

Huang Qiujie's face turned pale instantly from the pain, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead: "Ah! Xia Wan, how dare you hit me!"

"Xia Zhiqing, stop right now!"

No one expected Xia Wan to make a move directly. By the time they reacted, Huang Qiujie's hand was already broken!

Her actions caused the expressions of the people who had just been speaking to change! How could this educated youth, Xia, resort to violence so easily? A new educated youth like her is far too arrogant!

"Oh dear, how can a young girl like you resort to violence so easily? All I did was say a few words to you. Besides, what Huang, the educated youth, said wasn't wrong! If everyone lied about their work points like you, how would we distribute the grain at the end of the year?"

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