Before Yi Zhiheng could react, Niu Kuncheng said, "Why are you always asking others to do things that you should be doing yourself? You just bully honest people. If you're so capable, then don't use so much firewood and water." He was afraid that Lin Guanghui would act like a rogue, so he deliberately rolled up his sleeves, as if he would fight Lin Guanghui if he didn't do it.
Lin Guanghui saw that Niu Kuncheng was big and burly, and he knew he would be no match for him.
He gritted his teeth: "I'll make up for the missing firewood before I make breakfast tomorrow."
Xu Dazhi came over again with a fierce look on his face: "Where's the water?"
This guy was quite big and not someone to mess with, so Lin Guanghui could only agree: "I'll make up for it."
"Don't just make empty promises; you won't be able to make up for them later," Xu Dazhi said.
No, that won't happen.
The two were still worried. Xu Dazhi said, "Lin Zhiqing, what if you can't make it up by tomorrow? What should we do then?"
"I...I..." He himself wasn't sure either.
Wang Qiang said, "Lin Zhiqing, you need to fetch water and gather firewood. If you do both tomorrow morning, you might not have enough time. Why don't you fetch the water now and gather firewood before dawn tomorrow?"
"Go now?"
"Of course, there's a carrying pole in the kitchen. I'll tell you how to get there. There's moonlight outside right now, so you can see clearly."
...
After wiping herself off, Lin Sisi originally wanted to ask Lin Qingyan to go out and get some water, but when she thought of the scene where she was scolded earlier, she immediately changed her mind.
He then turned to Shen Man and said, "Shen Zhiqing, I'm not wearing any clothes right now, could you help me pour out the water?"
Shen Man had lost interest in her.
"Lin Zhiqing, why are you putting on airs like a capitalist's daughter again? I'm not your servant, I have no obligation to serve you. I'm taking off my clothes too, I'm going to sleep soon, pour out the water you used yourself."
Chen Lu came over and lectured her: "Comrade Lin Sisi, I hope you can clearly understand why you came here. You are here to build the motherland and the countryside, not to promote hedonism. Please learn from and carry forward the spirit of hard work of the older generation, be independent and self-reliant, and stop ordering others around. If you continue like this and ruin the revolutionary atmosphere of our educated youth settlement, I will report you to the county educated youth office."
Lin Sisi listened to her long explanation, which made things seem quite serious.
She didn't dare do anything in front of Chen Lu: "I won't do that again."
She got dressed, took the basin of water outside, and poured it out.
As I stepped outside, I heard arguing coming from the male educated youth dormitory.
A short while later, Lin Guanghui walked out of the male educated youth dormitory looking dejected. He came up to Lin Sisi and said, "You used so much water too. Now come with me to fetch some water."
"Huh? Carry water?" Lin Sisi had never done any hard work since she was a child. She was already fed up after working at her maternal grandmother's house in Jinshi for two or three days. Now she had to carry water.
"I'm not going. Carrying water is a man's job. You go."
"But you used so much water too."
"I can't carry water."
Lin Guanghui refused to give up. Why should this older sister take advantage of him just because she is weak?
"Come with me. You can't pick too many at once, so pick a little less. Hurry up."
"Alright then."
Lin Sisi had no choice but to go with him.
On the way, Lin Sisi thought for a moment. Lin Qingyan, that sickly girl, now had a younger brother. If she wanted to deal with Lin Qingyan, she had to unite with Lin Guanghui.
"Guanghui, you'd better keep your distance from Lin Qingyan in the future."
"Why? Aren't we here to get revenge on her? She brought us here."
“We must avenge our grievances, but didn’t you see how many people are on her side today? Even the brigade commander is standing up for her. If we insist on going head-to-head with her, we probably won’t get the better of us.”
"So what do we do?"
"Of course, we should make up with her on the surface, wait until she lowers her guard, and then secretly swindle her. That way, no one will know, and she won't even know how she died. Besides, I suspect that the money she got in Jinshi before was probably not all stolen, or maybe it wasn't stolen at all. So she still has a lot of money. We should get along well with her and find an opportunity to ask her for some money."
"She has so much money, she definitely won't carry it all with her. I'll just secretly smash her suitcase and take the money inside." Lin Guanghui's idea was simple and crude.
“This is indeed a good idea, but it’s also very risky. If we get caught, you’ll go to jail.” She didn’t want to lose Lin Guanghui, her right-hand man, for the time being. “So, we can’t do this unless absolutely necessary. Once we gain Lin Qingyan’s trust, we might be able to get that money easily.”
“You’re right.” Lin Guanghui thought for a moment and agreed with Lin Sisi: “Alright, then I’ll just have to put up with this for now and be a little more polite to that brat when I see her.”
Lin Sisi suddenly thought of Yi Zhiheng and asked Lin Guanghui, "Is the younger brother that Lin Qingyan has now recognized the same as that disgusting little beggar under the clock tower?"
Back then, when Lin Guanghui led a group to bully the little beggar, she joined in because she found it interesting.
"It's him."
Lin Sisi curled her lips: "I was wondering what kind of powerful person she could find to back her up. Turns out, it's just a dirty and lowly little beggar. I saw how scared that little beggar was when he saw you at noon."
"Hmph, that little beggar used to be nothing but an ant in my eyes. Now that he's here, he thinks he has someone backing him up. He doesn't even know what kind of situation Lin Qingyan is in. She's sickly. I don't think she'll survive this winter. If that little beggar gets sick and dies one day, those two unfortunate sisters and brothers will be buried with her."
"Hahaha, you're right. Then let's just stay here and see when they'll die."
The two discussed the tragic situation that Lin Qingyan and Yi Zhiheng would face in the future, as if they had found a source of joy, and talked incessantly as they walked.
However, no matter how readily they talk, they still have to carry water when it's time to do it.
By the time they replenished the wasted water, both of them were exhausted, and their shoulders were swollen.
The next day before dawn, Niu Kuncheng woke Lin Guanghui up: "Hurry up and go chop firewood, don't delay people from making breakfast."
Lin Guanghui could only stare with sleepy eyes, drag his tired body out of bed. Before leaving, he went to the female educated youth dormitory to call Lin Sisi, but Lin Sisi didn't want to go and deliberately acted like she couldn't hear him. He couldn't go into the female educated youth dormitory, so he could only go to collect firewood by himself.
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