When the crowd caught up, they saw the two people lying on the ground.

The villagers then realized that they were not the excrement monsters the children had described, but living, breathing people.

The two of them were surrounded by the crowd. Although Chen Gang and He Hua smelled bad, the villagers were more interested in identifying who they were.

“Why are you all covered in pig manure? You look like people from an educated youth settlement.” one of the women said.

“It does look very similar, why aren’t you saying anything?” an older man asked curiously.

Chen Gang and He Hua felt incredibly embarrassed; how could they dare to speak? If they opened their mouths, wouldn't they be recognized?

Big Mouth Ma also arrived at the scene in the end. "Hahaha... How unlucky are these two? Ugh, they stink."

Why are you lying on the ground so still? If you keep lying there, your poop will dry in the sun, hahaha...

Let me see who's so funny.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard Ma Dazui's words, and then the whole room burst into laughter.

Ma Dazui carefully examined the objects, while He Hua reluctantly covered her face with her hands, which reeked of excrement. Chen Gang, on the other hand, preferred to keep his face pressed to the ground rather than lift his head.

She complained that Ma Dazui was a busybody and had no business with them lying on the ground.

"Hey, stop covering it up, I already know who you are."

“Hey, don’t cover up, I’ve already recognized you. This must be Chen, the educated youth next to you,” Ma Dazui said, undeterred by the stench, as he approached the two of them.

Hearing Ma Dazui's words, everyone became curious. Why didn't these two sleep at the educated youth settlement, and instead got themselves covered in pig manure? Were they really going to steal manure?

"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you trying to do by going to the pigsty and getting covered in pig poop?" Ma Dazui teased.

"How should I know? We woke up in the pigsty and had no idea who was trying to harm us."

After He Hua finished speaking, she finally couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears.

"Oh my, really? How did they end up in the pigsty without anyone knowing? That's so strange," Wang Laidi chimed in.

Chen Gang was becoming increasingly irritable; he was now being watched like a monkey by the villagers.

"Stop crying, get up quickly, let's go to the river to wash up."

After resting enough, Chen Gang didn't care what others were watching, and quickly got up, calling He Hua to go to the river together.

Upon hearing this, He Hua quickly got up. She tried to wipe away her tears, but didn't know where to begin.

Thinking of this, tears kept falling again.

"Oh dear, these two are really pitiful. Their clothes are all torn to shreds and covered in poop," Ma Dazui said sympathetically.

Those nearby overheard this and chimed in, "Exactly! What kind of deity did they offend to deserve such a terrible fate?"

"Shh, keep your voice down, are you out of your mind, spouting this superstitious nonsense?" Ma Dazui hurriedly said.

As everyone watched Chen Gang and He Hua walk towards the river, they followed them.

It was already 7:30 a.m., half an hour before work started.

The river water was still a bit cool in the morning, and Chen Gang and He Hua felt a chill as they soaked in it.

They vigorously rubbed the pig excrement off their bodies and soaked their hair in the river, trying to wash it off.

In an instant, layers of greasy pig excrement floated on the river surface, drifting downstream with the current.

After washing for a while, they felt they were done and quickly came out of the river.

Looking at the soaking wet He Hua, Ma Dazui sighed and said, "This educated youth He is really something."

Fearing that the men in the village would see He Hua like this, she quickly told her to squat down.

She turned around and shooed the people back to work: "It's time to get back to work, hurry up and go, there's nothing to see here."

She spoke as she hurried along, and in no time, there were only a few people left at the scene.

"You should hurry back to the educated youth settlement; all the men in the village have gone to work," Ma Dazui said to He Hua.

Upon hearing this, He Hua disregarded Chen Gang's feelings and quickly ran towards the educated youth settlement.

Being soaked was really uncomfortable, not to mention she felt cold.

Upon seeing this, Chen Gang also hurriedly ran away.

When He Hua returned to the educated youth settlement, she ran into Su Tian and Ma Chunling, who were just leaving.

The two immediately covered their noses, while Ma Chunling stared at her with wide, curious eyes.

Upon seeing the two of them, He Hua glared at Su Tian and the others before rushing towards her room.

Su Tian was overjoyed. Look at her, she looked like she had been soaked in feces, and even after washing, she still smelled terrible.

At this moment, Chen Gang also returned. Su Tian glanced at him with a deadpan expression, then took Ma Chunling's arm and left.

Seeing her attitude, Chen Gang went into the room without saying a word, intending to get his clothes and take a shower.

At this time, only Chen Gang and He Hua were at the educated youth settlement; the other educated youth had already gone to the threshing ground to wait for work.

The two of them carried water to the shower room to wash again, washing their hair and bodies with soap several times.

"Brother Chen Gang, smell me, do I still stink?"

Chen Gang took a closer sniff. He couldn't quite describe the smell; it was a mixture of soap and pig manure.

He sniffed himself; he smelled the same thing.

"It should be clean now, it doesn't smell anymore," Chen Gang said dismissively.

"That's good. Brother Chen Gang, who do you think harmed us? They threw us both into the pigsty without us even knowing. Could it be that bitch Su Tian?"

"It shouldn't be her; she doesn't have that kind of ability," Chen Gang said confidently.

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