Chapter Ninety-Two: New Educated Youth

The leopard ran away, and Gu Zuozuo didn't linger any longer. She turned around and left, remembering that the rice should be ready for harvest soon.

With a wave of her hand, a basket filled with precious medicinal herbs appeared in her hand. She glanced at the sky; the sun was already high in the sky. She had been away for more than a week, and she had to go back. Otherwise, the brigade leader might have to carry a bundle of thorns to the director to apologize again.

In the dense forest, a slender and graceful figure moved along the way, noticing that there seemed to be more wild animals in the outer mountains.

On her way back, she had caught no less than fifteen rabbits, ten pheasants, and even bumped into a flying dragon and a silly roe deer several times.

The hazel grouse (also known as the hazel grouse) is a bird with very delicious meat.

She tied the fertilizer bag, which she had tied to her leg with a rope and placed around her waist, then tied it up and carried it by hand, because she simply couldn't fit a single hair in her space.

As soon as she came down the mountain, she heard a commotion in the village. Her ears twitched, and she heard words like "Down with... enjoy... capitalism." She frowned and had a bad feeling.

What's going on in the village again? Could it be another conflict between the commune members and the educated youth settlement?

Down the mountain, at the wheat field.

Duan Jianhua's newly sprouted stubble was almost rubbed bald by him.

Ma Siwen pushed up his old glasses, showing no signs of exhaustion from the noise of the new educated youth.

"Old Duan, you really made a mistake in choosing this educated youth. You picked such a troublemaker. The dogs in the whole village can't sleep well, and the rats almost moved away overnight."

Duan Jianhua snorted, coughing as he inhaled the paper-rolled cigarette.

"Do you think I chose this willingly? Besides, who's the shit and who's the stick?"

Damn it, just because their Ma Liutun was the advanced brigade this time, and because of the great hero Gu Zuozuo, they were given priority to buy a tractor.

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

Every time there was a meeting in the county, those old guys would roll their eyes at him and make sarcastic remarks. On several occasions, they almost managed to outmaneuver him. Luckily, he remained calm, otherwise he would have been tricked long ago.

In this selection of new educated youth, he should have been the one to make the first choice, but those people were all crying and making a pitiful scene in front of the director, complaining about the hardships of their village and how miserable their lives were as team leaders.

There was nothing he could do; having just received a benefit, he could only step back and wait for those shameless old men to finish their selections and leave before it was his turn.

But at this point, there's no one left who can satisfy everyone.

They were either as thin as sticks or as short as winter melons. The only one who looked normal hadn't even given him a chance to feel relieved when, just because he drove a tractor to pick them up, this woman pointed her finger at him and accused him of abusing his public office for personal gain and indulging in hedonistic behavior.

He recalled how much effort it took for him to suppress the urge to yell back when someone pointed a finger at him and insulted him.

Sigh... Today is another day I don't want to do anything.

Upon hearing the woman's arrogant remarks, he silently repeated to himself countless times that it was okay to act impulsively, but being punished with a 5,000-word self-criticism would be a death sentence before he could suppress his anger.

"What are we going to do with this woman? She's been here for five days and caused a dozen or so disturbances. You're not tired, but I am!"

Being stared at like this every day is driving him crazy!

Duan Jianhua was as bitter as a resentful seed just pulled out of bitter melon juice, his resentment impossible to hide.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up as if he had seen something, and he immediately became excited and rushed over.

"Gu, you educated youth! When did you get back?"

The woman on the platform continued her incessant rant, berating the elderly men kneeling on the ground with blank, lifeless expressions. She seemed to relish the moment when the crowd looked at her with such fear and apprehension.