"that is"

That's right.

"I also reported that the new educated youth were stealing chickens; I saw it with my own eyes."

"Damn it, one of my chickens went missing not long ago. Turns out, you guys secretly ate it."

Look at me…

"stop

If you have any questions today, please ask one by one.

Once we find out the truth, we'll do what needs to be done!

"good"

In no time, everyone started telling everyone about the educated youth in the educated youth compound, Bu Man'en.

Although it's not a big deal, there's a lot going on!

Although it wasn't feasible to transfer them to other places, Comrade Wang said after learning about the situation.

"Since that's the case, then it's simple. From now on, all the educated youth on this list will go and clean the cowshed, one month each, until the last person is gone."

Fellow villagers, please supervise.

"good"

I don't know what happened, but this group of newly arrived educated youths were even more unruly than the previous ones, and the brigade leader couldn't control them no matter what he did.

When it came to distributing grain, everyone wanted to get involved, not only about the food supply for the villagers, but also about managing the grain for the local people.

Moreover, since they arrived, some of them have wanted to take over the work of the brigade. Putting aside everything else, these newly arrived educated youth are generally fifteen or sixteen years old. If they can't do heavy work, they have their eyes on the job of scorekeeper.

Those who were making a fuss wanted to take over, but putting everything else aside, the older educated youth didn't agree! So they split into several groups, and they hardly went to work anymore, just making a ruckus.

When it came time to distribute the grain, they found they had received less than they should have, and then they started causing trouble.

I don't know what they were thinking. Since they've chosen to be the first, then nobody else will have a good outcome. I'd like to see how these educated youth will handle this.

They had thought they were incredibly capable, but after the "Revolutionary Committee" comrades announced the punishment results, they all turned into cowards, and not one of them dared to utter a sound.

"I thought it would be something really impressive."

"that is"

"They've finally behaved themselves. I was really afraid that if things continued like this, the kids in our brigade would be led astray."

"Who says it isn't!"

"You know what, Li, the educated youth, is really daring, reporting these educated youths in front of everyone."

"Don't forget, Li Zhiqing has a special relationship with the military region next door. Not to mention, she is not only the daughter of a martyr, but also a military wife. If something really happens to her, do you think the military region next door will ignore her?"

"You're right!"

"Tell me, this educated youth going to the countryside has been going on for so many years, how come it never ends?"

Putting everything else aside, they haven't done much work, but we've certainly given them plenty of food and rations!

"that is"

"Alright, let's go to the brigade headquarters for a meeting and think about how to manage these educated youth!"

"Sigh! This is even harder than raising your own children!"

"Who says otherwise? This is our own child, a good beating is enough, what do you mean by this..."

"I'm so worried!"

"Auntie, I'm sorry."

"If you're safe and sound, why are you saying sorry?"

"If it weren't for us, would those bad guys have come back?"

"This has nothing to do with you. Even without you, they would definitely cause trouble elsewhere!"

"Why"

"Because of them..."

"Then why don't they just work honestly?"

"One is that I can't accept the reality, and the other is that going to work is really tiring!"

"How can I avoid getting tired?"

"If you don't want to be tired, you have to study hard."

"There's no such thing as not getting tired if you just study hard. Grandma Jiu is just being honest, Uncle Hao is tired from studying, so he needs to eat an egg every day to make up for it, right?"

"Then let me ask you, is working in the fields more tiring, or studying more tiring?"

"Of course, working in the fields is tiring! We went to the fields to harvest crops this year, it was exhausting, but also a lot of fun!"

"Since you're tired, then study hard. As for playing, that just means you're not tired yet."

Okay then! Starting tomorrow, you'll all have to do some of the housework too.

"Oh, Mom, we're still so young, what can we do?"

"You're capable of so many things. For example, can't you wash your own clothes? You can wash your own socks too!"

"But can we get it clean?"

"It's alright, it doesn't matter if it's not completely clean after washing, since you've already worn it anyway. If you don't want other kids to have to wear it, just wash it properly yourselves."

"All right!"

"Later, Mom will find you a basin so you can wash your own clothes and use them."

"Let me tell you, you only have a few clothes, so if you don't hurry up and wash them, you'll have nothing to wear."

"ah"

"Don't just say 'yes,' you need to know how to do it."

"All right!"

I never expected that I would take advantage of this incident to arrange for some children to start learning to wash their own clothes. I originally planned to say it now after the fact, but I never expected the plan to be brought forward.

In any case, the results were good. Although among the children, except for Doubao who is still too young, the others did quite well, only at the beginning when they couldn't get the clothes clean.

I didn't make them wash their own clothes right away, but instead let them learn to wash socks and small clothes first.

"Who are you talking about? Gu Cuicui!"

"Yes! If she hadn't told me she was Gu Cuicui, I wouldn't have known who she was."

"No, what's going on?"

"When I came back, I specifically asked the instructor. Didn't Zhang Shugen just get promoted to deputy battalion commander not long ago and bring his family to the military region's family compound?"

I truly never expected to meet his family at the military region!

"No, weren't other people going into your camp?"

"It's such a coincidence. I happened to be in the family quarters yesterday looking for the battalion commander, and we just happened to run into each other."

"So she just talked to you like that in public?"

"How could that be? I think she should have recognized me a long time ago. Yesterday, when I was walking back after seeing the battalion commander, she was waiting for me in a certain place."

"Comrade Shen, what a coincidence, we meet again."

"Comrade, who are you?!"

"I'm Gu Cuicui! Fusong County... the same brigade where your sister Li Mianmian used to be sent to the countryside."

"Oh! Comrade, is there something you need?"

"I heard Comrade Shen got married, and he's a former educated youth. I wonder if that's true?"

"I'm sorry, comrade, I am indeed married, and I love my wife very much."

Oh, I have something to do, so I'll be going now.

"Is your spouse Li Mianmian, the educated youth?"

"Yes, but whoever it is, it has nothing to do with you!"

"Third Brother, from what you're saying, it seems she found out everything about you before she ran into you!"

"Yes! I still don't understand what she's trying to do."

"Who cares? Just stay away from her in the future. By the way, I remember Gu Cuicui was already 20 when she got married. I heard that her husband was about ten years older than her. This Zhang Shugen must be in his late thirties or almost forty this year. Why hasn't he retired yet?"