Female comrades all cherish their hair, but because of the lice infestation this time, almost everyone cut their hair short.

Because they didn't know the specific source of the lice, everyone blamed each other and saw everyone as the source of infection. On weekends, some girls went home and brought lice back with them, so the commune's lice medicine was in short supply during this period.

Tian Cai was also confused. Why was there nothing wrong when she first moved in, but the lice broke out after more than a month? She even suspected that she had contracted it when she went to the countryside, and it had affected other girls in the classroom. She was relieved until she found out that she was not the first person to get lice.

It is indeed easy for lice to spread when so many people live together. Tian Cai didn't take it seriously at first, but Wan Xiuli was not satisfied and asked a few more people before realizing that something was wrong.

Wan Xiuli is from Qingshan Village. She has a small face and small facial features, which makes her quite delicate. Although she looks quiet and gentle, she has a stubborn streak and likes to get to the bottom of everything.

This time, she was the first one among the people in the Beishan Brigade to discover that she had lice, but she didn't shout it out at the time. Later, Qu Ting, Tian Cai, and Luo Xiuyan discovered it one after another, and she thought that she had infected it. But how did the lice on her head come from?

Wan Xiuli was not embarrassed at all and questioned almost all the female classmates. Although some of them did not tell the truth, she had some suspects after several days of investigation.

She discovered that several people in the Beishan Brigade were among the first group to get lice, but they definitely didn't get them for no reason. This reminded Wan Xiuli of an incident that happened about ten days ago.

One day at noon, when she came back after washing her lunch box, she happened to see someone rummaging through the quilt at the edge of her bedding roll. There were several people chatting in the front seats in the classroom, and it was strange that she was the only one appearing in the back of the classroom.

When Wan Xiuli walked over, the woman just turned around with a handkerchief in her hand. She said that she accidentally threw it over here.

After the people left, she went over and looked around. She made sure she didn't lose anything, so she didn't take it seriously. Now thinking about it, it was quite suspicious.

The bedding rolls of the girls from the four teams were kept separately. Usually, they would roll up their bedding in the morning and put it back into the bamboo baskets and stack them in a row against the wall. Everyone's bamboo baskets looked similar, but the colors of the bedding were different, making it easier to distinguish them.

Assuming that the lice were really released by this person, then she must have a reason. Wan Xiuli thought about it over and over again but couldn't remember when she had become enemies with that person. Until that night when she was making the bed, she found that Tian Cai had a bed sheet with a similar pattern to hers.

It was a light blue striped bed sheet. Because Luo Xiuyan and Qu Ting were between them, she hadn't noticed it before, but now that she saw it, she couldn't help but think more about it.

"Tian Cai, do you want to go to the toilet?" Wan Xiuli planned to ask Tian Cai out to ask.

"I just finished going." Tian Cai refused and continued to lower his head to make the bed. They had to go to the toilet together almost every day and take turns to watch outside.

Wan Xiuli: "...then will you accompany me?"

Tian Cai felt a little strange because Wan Xiuli had never asked her to go to the bathroom with her. She looked up and saw the girl winking at her.

Tian Cai: “…Okay.”

The two of them left the classroom together. Wan Xiuli was afraid someone in the corridor would eavesdrop, so she simply led Tian Cai to the playground. She chose an empty and deserted spot and told her in detail what she had discovered over the past two days. "...That woman, she's the one who bumped into you by the water pump when we first arrived."

When she said that, Tian Cai also remembered, "The one with the round face?"

Wan Xiuli nodded, "It's her."

Tian Cai thought for a while. The girl was from the high-yield team. Her name seemed to be... Chen Yuanyuan?

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"Chen Yuanyuan! There's a man looking for you!"

"Chen Yuanyuan, is that guy outside your boyfriend? He's here to bring you some food again. He's so nice to you!"

Chen Yuanyuan blushed and went to get some dry food shyly. She said a few words to the young man while she was there. She came back after the young man left, looking back every few steps. Her face turned even redder when she heard everyone's teasing.

"Oh no, don't talk nonsense."

Although she said this, any discerning person could tell at a glance that Chen Yuanyuan was acknowledging what everyone was saying. The relationship between the two was definitely not ordinary. Perhaps they were a couple or a suitor.

Tian Cai's seat was at the back, where there was a row of empty tables and chairs. Dr. Hong didn't care where she sat. Coincidentally, she was sitting by the window at that moment and saw the man's appearance clearly.

Tian Cai just felt that the face looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered that this person was Niu Qingcai from the Fengchan Brigade.

Speaking of Niu Qingcai, I guess everyone except the people in the Fengchan Brigade would feel unfamiliar with him. However, many people have heard of this man's other identity - the ex-fiancé of the girl who hanged herself due to schistosomiasis.

Tian Cai had to devote some of her attention to observing Chen Yuanyuan while studying these days. She discovered something wrong. This girl seemed to have a deep hostility towards her. She felt malicious gazes falling on her several times, and when she turned her head suddenly, she met Chen Yuanyuan's gaze, which she had no time to look away.

Now seeing Niu Qingcai, Tian Cai can deduce the cause and effect and general course of events by simply putting together a list of known conditions.

The source of Chen Yuanyuan's hostility towards her was clear, but Tian Cai still had to think carefully about how to send her back. She was not in a hurry as there was still a long way to go.

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