Chapter 71 Herd Mentality

"???"

Everyone looked at each other, this was the captain's voice.

"Why is the captain here at this time?"

Zhou Qiuyu looked at the weather outside. The falling snow made people feel bad.

There are actually people going out in this kind of horrible weather.

"There must be something wrong!"

Yi Chichi urged, "Old Bai, go and take a look."

"Leave."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Chen had already put on his shoes and ran to open the door.

The wind was strong, and the howling cold wind carried snowflakes in through the wide-open door, bringing a biting chill.

Fortunately, Bai Chen closed the door quickly, but even so, Yi Chichi and the others were still shivered by the wind.

“This weather is so cold!”

Wang Nan tightened her cotton jacket and pulled up the thin jacket on her legs, and only then did she feel better.

"It is estimated that the temperature will drop to more than 20 degrees today."

Yi Chichi rubbed his slightly stiff hands, took the thermos and poured himself a cup of water, and asked, "Do you want any?"

"want!"

Wu Yongfei, who was scratching his itch enthusiastically, was the first to respond, followed by Qi Yang and the others.

Enamel cups were handed over one by one, and Yi Chichi picked up the thermos and poured some water for each of them.

At this time, Bai Chen, before he could speak when he saw the captain, heard him say hurriedly, "Bai Zhiqing, call Qi Zhiqing and Yi Yatou to go to the commune with me."

"ah?"

Bai Chen was caught off guard by this and didn't react. He asked stupidly, "What are you going to do?"

"Pick up a few people."

Bai Chen wanted to ask someone, but seeing that the captain had a serious expression as if to say, "I'm annoyed, please stop nagging me," he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, nodded, and said okay.

"Captain, why don't you come in and sit for a while? We need to change clothes."

The road from Kaoshantun to the commune is more than ten kilometers long. It may seem not far, but don’t forget what the weather is like today.

If I don’t wrap myself tightly, my body will be stiff before I even reach the commune.

"Need not."

The captain waved his hand and turned to walk eastward. "I'm going to the barn to harness the wagon first. You guys hurry up and come find me."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, by the way, remember to ask Yi to bring the medicine box and prepare all the medicines."

"……good!"

The wind and snow were blinding, and soon the captain's figure disappeared from sight, leaving only a trail of footprints, which were soon covered by the snow.

Bai Chen turned around and went back to the house. Without waiting for Yi Chichi and the others to ask, he said concisely, "Old Yi, take the medical kit and go to the commune with Old Qi to accompany the team leader. I will go too."

"What are you going to do?"

Yi didn't want to go for a long time. The wind was too strong and the temperature was too low. She just wanted to lie on the warm kang and look charming.

This kind of horrible weather is not suitable for going out.

"have no idea."

Bai Chen shook his head, "But I think something happened."

It was unclear what exactly happened, "Anyway, I think the captain is in a bad mood."

Liu Chengqi couldn't be wonderful, and he couldn't be wonderful.

He would never have thought that someone would be sent down to their village at this time.

The notice came so suddenly that he didn't know what to do.

So, when Yi Chichi arrived at the barn fully armed, the team leader was instructing the branch secretary and others to hurry up and finish building the house.

The kang and other things also need to be prepared, as well as firewood and so on.

The team leaders all looked uglier than each other, and the scorer was even more complaining.

The atmosphere was a bit solemn, causing Yi Chichi and the other three to stand aside like quails, not daring to move.

I was afraid of being angered by the branch secretary who was in a bad mood.

Finally, the captain finished his instructions.

He turned around, got on the carriage, and called Yi Chichi and the others to get in.

A shed was built on the frame of the car. It was quite simple, but it could provide some shelter from the wind and snow.

The car floor was covered with thick straw and a leather mattress. I didn't know what kind of leather it was, but it was furry and quite warm.

Yi Chichi and the others climbed onto the frame. When the team leader saw that they were seated, he reminded the branch secretary again, "Hurry up, heat up the kang in advance, and prepare more hot water. We will be back after picking up the people."

"I know. You can rest assured that I am on the team."

The secretary took a puff of his pipe, and his weather-beaten eyebrows and eyes were vaguely visible in the mist.

Yi Chichi saw sadness in his eyes.

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She had an idea in her mind that the person she met might be of a prominent identity, and might even have some connection with some people in Kaoshantun.

I asked around on the way to the commune, and found out it was true.

"There are five of us in total. When you get to the commune, don't speak. I'll go negotiate."

"good!"

Yi Chichi and the others nodded obediently. It was indeed not appropriate for them to get involved in such matters.

Anyway, their task today is to be followers and do their own job well.

but--

"Uncle Captain, there are so many young and strong guys in the team, why did you call us?!"

Yi Chichi really couldn't understand this. Logically speaking, this kind of thing was not the turn of them, the educated youth.

Bai Chen and the others also wanted to know the answer. Seeing this, the captain sighed and said, "The young people in the team who are receiving education are too young to handle the situation. We are afraid of scaring them. The older ones have a low level of education and have only attended literacy classes for a few days. They don't understand the big principles as much as you do. I am worried that if we call them, there will be some trouble."

Yi Chichi and the others suddenly realized what was going on.

Influenced by the general environment, people are easily carried forward by the trend.

Right or wrong is not important. What is important is that many people cannot resist the influence of herd mentality.

No one wants to be the one who doesn't fit in.

Especially those who have no education, no knowledge, no thoughts and thinking ability of their own, actually live in a muddle-headed way, not knowing what they want or what they should do.

The main idea is to just follow the crowd and I don’t need to think and I can’t think of any problems.

Okay?

It depends on one's opinion.

The general environment is like this, and from Yi Chichi's perspective from the future, she cannot make any comment.

I won’t comment either.

After all, she is just an ordinary person among the vast majority of people. She cannot make rules and cannot change anything.

What you can do is hide yourself, don't follow the crowd, and don't try to change anything.

She is willing to lend a hand as long as it does not affect herself.

Forget about the rest.

She had no intention of currying favor with anyone.

So, for the rest of the journey, she chose to hold Uncle Yaozi's medicine box in silence and listen to Bai Chen and the others chatting.

The snow on the road was thick and the horses were afraid of the cold. Even though the captain and his men stuffed linings into the horses' hooves to prevent damage from the accumulated snow and dressed the horses in straw raincoats, the horses still did not move fast.

It took four people and one horse more than an hour to walk the more than ten kilometers to reach the destination.

Then, Yi Chichi saw five people huddled in a corner of the eaves shivering in the cold wind.

The face of one of them was so familiar that she almost exclaimed.

(End of this chapter)