After chatting about gossip, we washed up and went to bed.

The next morning, Yunling arrived at the brigade's courtyard full of energy, looking forward to any gossip that day.

And it actually happened.

Chen Rui is back.

Who is Chen Rui? He is Aunt Qian's biological son.

As soon as the news came out, Aunt Cai brought Yunling to the Qian family home.

The courtyard gate was open, and Qian Mingjuan and Qian Mingxiu were seen happily circling around a young man.

The young man's face was full of impatience, and his eyes occasionally flashed with disdain.

"Where do I live?" the young man, Chen Rui, asked.

How annoying, doesn't she feel ashamed?

Qian Mingjuan didn't notice her younger brother's disdain at all; she only thought he was wonderful in every way. She smiled and said, "This room is the biggest and has the best lighting. Your second sister and I will tidy it up for you right now."

Chen Rui went inside and took a look around. The walls were covered in mud, and bits of mud kept falling off.

The cabinets and tables inside also looked dirty.

He didn't want to live there; it was too dirty.

He looked around again and found one of the rooms to be cleaner. The walls were covered with newspapers, so there was no need to worry about them falling off. The room was also very clean.

Chen Rui didn't tell Qian Jiajie, who was about to clean the dirty room, "I live in this room."

"This..." The Qian sisters were a little embarrassed.

This is my younger brother's room.

"What? Is that not allowed? You promised to compensate me, but now I can't even choose a nicer room." Chen Rui pressed aggressively.

If Fan Chunjuan were more careful and treated Qian Mingda better.

No one will ever discover the truth.

He wouldn't have had his family break up, nor would he have gone from being a worker that everyone envied to farming in the countryside.

If you're going to do it, why not do it thoroughly?

He was filled with resentment.

Looking at her younger brother's cold face, Qian Mingjuan worried that he would get sick from anger, so she said to Qian Mingxiu, "Why don't we let the second brother have this room? Anyway, the younger brother is studying in the county town and is often not at home."

Qian Mingxiu sighed and said, "Alright, I'll talk to my little brother more about it later."

So Chen Rui, arrogant and overbearing, occupied Qian Mingli's room, acting as if everyone had wronged him.

Cai Shaoyun sighed and said, "You're already married, can't you just live your own life? Why are you still worrying about your family all the time?"

A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup; she is no longer there.

It's okay for the wife's family to get involved, but there must be limits.

At the very least, they cannot be in charge.

It's just that Qian Mingli is unlucky to have such an older brother.

Yunling felt that the two Qian sisters had a tendency to be overly protective of their younger brothers.

They treated Chen Rui too well, practically spoiling him like a child.

If you compromise on the house on the first day, you'll suffer even more in the future.

After watching for a while, I really couldn't bear to see Chen Rui's smirking face, as if he felt guilty towards everyone. He was really getting the benefits and still acting innocent.

She enjoyed over twenty years of good fortune in place of Qian Mingda, and now she still feels wronged.

It's obvious that he has character flaws.

Like mother, like son – that saying is quite true.

Back in the courtyard, Yunling continued her work.

There's nothing to do when we're at work in the afternoon. In fact, besides their regular job, most scorekeepers also go to the fields to earn work points.

Isn't she unwell?

It is generally accepted.

Why make yourself so tired for some empty praise?

She earned enough work points to feed herself.

After saying goodbye to Aunt Cai, she slipped away to the back mountain. The system told her there was a local temple there, which was quite secluded, and she could steal food there.

Yunling went without hesitation, went to the local temple, and took out the fragrant roast duck from her system backpack.

They ate heartily, finding the Qin family's food extremely bland, with little oil and salt, not to mention any other seasonings.

Every time I stir-fry a dish, it tastes like it's just boiled in plain water, completely bland.

After eating half a roast duck, she was finally full. She threw the bones into the ravine and then walked down the mountain along the path.

Once at the foot of the mountain, Song Chi could head towards the cowshed.

He was also carrying something in his hand.

But what does it have to do with her?

Although she knew that the person locked in the cowshed might be a big shot, Yunling was too lazy to curry favor with him. They were no relatives or friends of hers, and they might even think she had ulterior motives.

We'll talk about the future later; for now, it's more important to enjoy the gossip.

After descending the mountain, I chatted with Aunt Cai for a while longer, and it was almost time to finish work.

Yunling took the scorebook and went to wander around the fields to record everyone's work points.

From the nearest to the farthest.

The furthest place is the area where the educated youth lived.

According to my mother-in-law, all the educated youth were assigned to different production teams, but later they had too many responsibilities and were too delicate to work properly.

Everyone disliked it.

So the brigade leader simply formed the educated youth into a small team.

Do as much as you can, and if you really can't do it, pay to make up for it.

After recording his work points, he was about to leave when Fang Yuyan stopped him.

"What is it?" Yunling raised an eyebrow.

Fang Yuyan frowned and said, "I don't want to be in a group with them. Can I be assigned to another group?"

She really hated Chen Rong.

Every time Tian Gang helped her with chores, he would come and show off in front of her.

This is so annoying.

And every time they argued, Tian Gang, that shameless guy, would say that she wanted to pursue him.

She's not blind.

I really can't take it anymore.

Yunling said bluntly, "You should ask the brigade leader about this. I'm just someone who keeps track of work points; I don't have that kind of authority."

Fang Yuyan: "You're really useless. I'm too lazy to run, so just say that you're family and it's on the way."

She remembered the self-criticism that had been broadcast over the loudspeaker that morning.

They didn't have the guts to run towards the captain.

Yunling shook her head decisively: "I'm useless, I can't help you with this."

She figured Fang Yuyan wasn't the kind of person who would repay kindness; if she couldn't help, she would blame her instead.

Why do something so thankless and exhausting?

Zhang Lanhua, who was working right next to the educated youth, also vaguely heard it.

He immediately shouted, "Fang Zhiqing, why won't you admit the reality that everyone hates you and no one wants to be in the same group as you?"

Fang Yuyan, hands on her hips, said, "What's it to you? I'm talking to someone, why are you interrupting? Is it because your man won't talk to you and you have no one to talk to, that you keep interrupting?"

They're really incompetent.

The men are all having affairs with their own sisters-in-law, yet they don't dare say a word.

They only know how to bully the weak and fear the strong; they're truly spineless.

Zhang Lanhua had heard these words countless times, both openly and secretly, during this period of time.

At first, I was very angry and wanted to tear the other person apart.

Now, after listening for a while, I lost interest, so I said with a grin, "At least I have a man, unlike you, you're just a tomboy, and you don't even have a boyfriend."

Fang Yuyan glared angrily at Zhang Lanhua.

Other educated youth: ………

Here we go again, they're making noise all day long, and they don't seem tired at all.

Tian Gang also chimed in, saying, "I think Fang Yuyan really is like a tomboy. None of the female educated youth in our compound are like her; they're always getting into fights."