Chapter 106 Confrontation

He had been all smiles when he faced Accountant Wang, but now his face had turned stern again: "Hello, I am Lin Guangyi, the production team leader of Xiaolin Village."

Despite their various grievances, the group of young people politely introduced themselves: "Hello, Captain, I am Li Wenzhan, from the capital."

"Hello Captain, I am Chu Wenyu, from the capital."

"Hello Captain, I am Zheng Fenghua, from Haishi."

"Hello Captain, I am Xiao Jiabing, from the capital."

"Hello Captain, I am Wu Xiuxiu, from Haishi."

"Hello Captain, I am Zhou Fengyu from Haishi."

“You guys are quite organized, three from the capital and three from Shanghai,” Lin Guangyi said, looking at them.

Li Wenzhan, Wu Xiuxiu, and Zhou Fengyu are all female comrades, while the other three are male comrades.

To be honest, Lin Guangyi also had a headache seeing these three women.

At this moment, Little Peach Blossom and her friends gathered around, their eyes sparkling as they looked at the six educated youths: "Wow, are they newcomers?" She hadn't seen any new faces in the production team for a long time, especially young and energetic ones, which Little Peach Blossom found quite intriguing.

When faced with Xiao Taohua's question, someone enthusiastically replied, "Yes, they are all newly arrived educated youth, but there are also three female comrades."

"What's wrong with women?" Little Peach Blossom asked, puzzled.

"It's nothing." How could the person who spoke possibly explain this to Little Peach Blossom?

Then Xiao Taohua nodded and continued to watch the group of educated youth and Lin Guangyi.

Lin Guangyi: ...

Lin Guangyi smiled at Xiao Taohua first, then turned to her with a stern face and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to the educated youth settlement first. After you've settled in, you can rest for a day tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow we'll arrange for you to do farm work. Don't take any chances. Since you're here, behave yourself. I don't like troublemakers or people who cause a ruckus. I hope you understand that."

It's better to be upfront about the unpleasant things; Lin Guangyi isn't in the mood to deal with this group of educated youth right now.

The six men looked very unhappy. The captain was so nice to a little kid, but when it came to them, he was completely different. The little kid was dressed nicely and clearly came from a good family. It was impossible for them not to have doubts about the captain's differential treatment!

Zheng Fenghua, who couldn't stand it any longer, said: "Captain, I have a problem!"

Lin Guangyi frowned: "Go on."

"I just want to know if the production team treats everyone equally!"

"certainly."

"In that case, I don't want the captain to treat us differently!"

"What do you mean!"

"What I mean is that I hope the captain will be fair and just in the future!"

Lin Guangyi almost laughed out of anger: "Who do you think you are, talking to me about fairness and justice? And besides, do your family members know how arrogant you are?"

Zheng Fenghua proudly raised her head: "I'm just upholding justice!"

"Fine, you uphold justice." Lin Guangyi pointed at him, nodded, and laughed, whether out of anger or joy, the other educated youths were united in their indignation, and the people in the production team were also united in their indignation.

This is provoking their production team as soon as they arrive.

Yes, in the eyes of the production team members, provoking the brigade leader was tantamount to provoking the production team.

As expected, this group of people were no pushovers.

Their initial guesses were correct.

I used to think the women weren't very nice, but now I'm not even looking at the men with friendly eyes anymore.

After calming down, Lin Guangyi said, "You mean you're going to start work tomorrow? Fine! I won't discriminate!" What rest? Get right to work! Take your time to adjust? No way!

"Captain, what I mean by fair treatment is treating everyone fairly in your attitude! Don't be two-faced!"

"I have two faces? How come I didn't know I had two faces!"

“You were smiling at the child just now, which shows your dissatisfaction with us! And the people in your production team can’t even see us women properly! That’s discrimination!” What Zheng Fenghua didn’t say was that you smiled at the child who was dressed the best, while ignoring the other children, which was also discrimination.

Good heavens, this has stirred up a hornet's nest.

Lin Guangyi was initially angry, but his anger gradually subsided. Anyone with eyes could tell who this 'kid' was referring to.

However, he was no longer angry, but the people around him were unhappy: "Who do you think you are, picking a fight with a child? What's it to you if we're nice to the child? You're so petty, comparing yourself to a child. And you call yourself a grown man? Bah!"

"Exactly! They should take a piss and see what kind of person they are!"

"Captain, don't worry about them. Just assign them the hardest work! Even if they complain to the commune, we have grounds to do so. They're the ones who asked for fair treatment!"

"Exactly! They assign us all sorts of hard and tiring work! What kind of people are they?!"

So, Zheng Fenghua's words hit a nerve with the production team. Of all people to drag into this, why did she have to bring up Xiao Taohua? Wasn't she just asking for trouble?

Zheng Fenghua, who never expected things to develop this way: ...

He was just expressing his dissatisfaction and wanting to be treated fairly, so why were these people so agitated?

Not only him, but the other educated youth didn't understand either.

The villagers were in high spirits, and the educated youth were not to be outdone; the two sides were completely at odds.

Little Peach Blossom, completely unaware that she was the catalyst: ...

What are these people doing?

quarrel?

Seeing that things were not going well, the little peach blossoms' friends who had surrounded and protected them: ...

They were wondering whether they should retreat first.

However, this situation soon changed.

Lin Guangyi couldn't let the argument continue. Feeling that it was enough, he yelled, "Shut up, all of you! Anyone who doesn't listen can go and shovel manure!"

This statement had a great impact. The villagers quickly shut up, and the educated youth, having lost their opponent, also reluctantly shut up. Both sides snorted coldly, neither looking up to the other!

The first group of educated youth who rushed to the scene after hearing the news: ...

Good heavens, they've only just arrived and they're already at odds with the production team?

How stupid is that?!

"Captain, I heard a new batch of comrades has arrived. What's going on? What happened?" The one who asked the question was Qian Sun. Over the years, he had gotten used to life in Xiaolin Village. Although he was estranged from the locals because of what happened back then, they kept to themselves and didn't interfere with each other.

When the people in the production team saw him coming, they couldn't help but say, "Qian Sun, you're here? You didn't expect this new batch of comrades to be so arrogant, daring to go against the brigade leader. I really don't know how they were raised at home."

"Exactly, you know who we are. It's not normal for us to be unhappy when these people come. They're trying to take our food, so why would we welcome them?"

"Only the three of you look decent; I don't think the others are up to par."

Qian Sun and Shi Ke: ...

Even the most irritable Yang Jianbing has developed the good habit of remaining silent.

They're not bad, are they?

This is the first time I've heard such a compliment in all these years. What should I do? I feel so flattered.

Does this mean that comparison is necessary to determine superiority or inferiority?

Despite thinking this, Qian Sun still coughed and looked at the six people: "Hello, the three of us are educated youth who came here in 1964, so we are your seniors. I am Qian Sun, this is Shi Ke, and this is Yang Jianbing."

Hearing that the three of them were former educated youth sent to the countryside, the six of them breathed a sigh of relief: "Hello." Then they introduced themselves again.

(End of this chapter)