"You won't do anything to disgust us again, right?"

"Don't worry, this won't happen again."

"Can you tell us why you are so afraid of being beaten?"

"ah?"

The conflict ended in such an absurd way, and Li Xu and others were ultimately unable to obtain from Wang Dayou the specific reason why he was afraid of being beaten.

The impact of this incident is huge.

With the help of the onlookers outside the door, the matter quickly spread throughout the supply and marketing cooperative.

Wang Dayou, who had little prestige to begin with, became a complete laughing stock among people, and his words were barely better than his farts.

Wang Dayou was straightforward and just gave up. He stayed in the office every day and wrote letters to the Municipal Supply and Marketing Cooperative, saying that there was no problem with the Tang County Supply and Marketing Cooperative and that he wanted to go back. Then he promoted Director Wu Mao, who had a good relationship with the motor vehicle team, to deputy director and asked him to arrange and handle all matters, big and small.

The next day after the incident, Li Xu took his apprentice Du Sen to work.

He sold the job to Du Sen in order to allow the boy to save some money so that he could start a business in the future.

The position of driver is very popular. Even if Li Xu asked for a favor, it would be as much as 1,800 yuan.

This amount is indeed not small, but once Du Sen becomes a regular employee, he will be able to earn it back in less than three years.

Li Xu was worried about Du Sen's stupidity, so when he first started working, he asked others to take good care of him in the future. He also emphasized his characteristics and told everyone not to let him drive alone.

Everyone agreed and showed great interest in Du Sen.

Du Sen is an extrovert and quickly gets along with everyone.

The ninth day of the first lunar month.

Tang County received a notice allowing the educated youth to return to the city.

When the news came out, the whole county was shocked.

Because this notice was issued by the highest level, it means that people in Tang County can also come back.

It has been ten years since the first group of people went to the countryside. Although they have leave to visit their families, the leave is pitifully short. Some people spend most of their time traveling back and forth, and the number of leave to visit their families is very small, only once every two or three years.

In ten years, you only see your children three or four times, and the total time you spend together is only two months at most. What do you think it feels like to be a parent?

So now that they know their children can come back, many parents are so excited that they are crying.

As for the educated youth from the countryside, they also cried with joy.

Only those who have tried it know what it feels like to work in the fields. Even if they have been farming for several years, they still cannot accept it.

However, there is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently. Some educated youth have married and had children with local farmers, but they still want to return to the city.

Every educated youth who came to Tang County would write a confession. The county leaders felt embarrassed for framing them and strictly prohibited the locals from bullying them, especially the female educated youth.

Those who committed illegal acts against female educated youth and forced them with improper means would have only one fate: be dragged away for target practice.

Those who know about the incident but fail to report it will receive the same treatment if they are found out.

In Tang County, the authority of the county leaders was forged with blood, and few people dared to ignore their orders.

Therefore, there has never been any case of female educated youth being forced or illegally harmed in Tang County.

But the problem is, not being forced to marry doesn’t mean they won’t take the initiative to marry.

Some female educated youth felt that returning to the city was a distant prospect, and were worried that if time was delayed too long, they would be too old to get married, so they married local farmers.

Others can't stand the hard work of farm work, want to find someone to rely on, or have fallen in love with someone.

The reasons why male educated youth married local farmers were similar to the reasons why they married.

Now that they know they can return to the city, these people have started to think about it.

However, the notice clearly stated that if the other half of the educated youth was a farmer, the farmer's household registration could not be transferred to the city.

In other words, there were only two ways for these educated youth to return to the city: either go back alone, or bring their family and ensure they had food and drink.

The educated youth who are still in the countryside generally do not have very good family conditions. It is difficult for them to support one more person, let alone an entire family.

What's more, their hometown is not like Tang County where you can buy food with money.

So there was actually only one way left for them, to return to the city alone.

Because they had written confessions, they did not dare to abandon their wives and children, or their husbands and children. They could only resolve the issue through overt means, which was divorce.

It was difficult for people to get divorced more than ten years ago, and it is still difficult now.

These people can get divorced and leave. No one in their hometown knows about their situation here, no one will laugh at them, and no one will look at them strangely. They can also get married again and have children.

But what about the remaining people?

They are locals of Tang County and cannot go anywhere. When the time comes, the whole family will have to live under the strange eyes of others. Who can bear this?

Naturally, they firmly disagreed with the divorce.

So a contradiction arises.

At first, the two sides just had a quarrel, but later it evolved into a fight. The educated youth were outnumbered and were beaten until their faces were bruised and bleeding.

But even so, their determination to return to the city remained unchanged.

They knew that the problem would not be solved if they continued like this, so they ran to the county and asked the county government to solve the problem.

They can indeed do so.

Because freedom of marriage is still important now as it was before.

No matter what the situation is in private, it must be used as the criterion in official statements. This is called political correctness.

However, they overlooked one point: this was Tang County, and they wanted to divorce someone from Tang County.

The county leaders don’t favor the locals, so why would they favor you outsiders?

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