The educated youth center in Manka Village does not belong to the Construction Corps and is located behind the village.
When he got close to the educated youth point, Zhang Hongcheng was wet all over again.
Along the way, several old Mitao (Dai women) smiled and sprinkled water on him, and stuffed his mouth with glutinous rice and brown sugar.
Zhang Hongcheng had to put his hands together and thank him with a smile.
The educated youth center in Manka Village is not big.
There are four or five stilt houses with Han characteristics.
The so-called Han characteristics refer to the fact that the foundation of the stilt house is made of red bricks.
The other stilt houses were quiet, with only the newly built small stilt house at the back having lights on.
There was a lot of noise there, and it seemed like they were also celebrating a festival.
Zhang Hongcheng strolled to a place not far from the stilt house and saw several red wedding characters pasted on the windows and doors of the small stilt house.
There is a red ribbon on the way upstairs.
There were some firecracker fragments scattered under the stilt house.
Is this someone getting married?
The banquet was held in the open space behind the stilt house.
Zhang Hongcheng walked around curiously.
There were three tables set up on the open space, and all the people sitting there were educated youth from the village.
The tables were probably borrowed from different families and had different styles.
More than 20 educated youth, both men and women, were laughing loudly and congratulating the newlyweds.
The newlyweds wore red flowers on their chests and stood together smiling at each other.
Although the man and woman looked darker and thinner than before, Zhang Hongcheng still recognized them at a glance.
Zhang Hongcheng's footsteps froze in place.
Before coming, Zhang Hongcheng considered many situations.
For example, maybe something happened to Shi Qianjin, so the two of them put on a show to deceive Chen Beilei; or maybe the two of them were framed by someone...
But when Zhang Hongcheng saw the look in Shi Qianjin and Ma Hongying's eyes, all the fantasies in his heart were immediately shattered.
The wedding was presided over by a middle-aged man, probably the leader of the village.
"It's almost time, and the guests are all here. Xiao Shi, Xiao Ma, come, let's raise our glasses together..."
At this moment, an indifferent voice sounded at the corner of the stilt house.
"Wait, there's an uninvited guest here."
Zhang Hongcheng looked coldly at Shi Qianjin and Ma Hongying who turned around in surprise.
"Do you welcome the two newcomers?"
The moment she saw Zhang Hongcheng, Ma Hongying panicked and dropped the cup in her hand, breaking it into pieces.
Shi Qianjin's face turned pale.
He never expected that his old classmate who was thousands of miles away would arrive at this time.
......
A glass of wine poured by the newlyweds was quietly placed in front of Zhang Hongcheng.
But he made no move to pick it up.
The educated youth around were whispering about Zhang Hongcheng's purpose.
Shi Qianjin sat with Zhang Hongcheng, staring blankly and saying nothing.
It was also at this time that Zhang Hongcheng saw the true appearance of this guy.
Dark and thin!
In some places, you can even see bones.
Zhang Hongcheng remembered that when Shi Qianjin left Taoling, he was the second fairest boy among his classmates (the fairest was Zhang Hongcheng).
Because of his wealthy family, Shi Qianjin even has a little baby fat.
It is precisely because they both have a rare bit of baby fat that people usually happily associate him and Chen Beilei as a couple.
Shi Qianjin has changed a lot.
According to the memories left by his original body and Zhang Hongcheng's observations, he should have been a person who liked to express his emotions.
But now it has become a stagnant pool.
Numb and sluggish.
Ma Hongying ran into the new house and never appeared again.
Only after the educated youth hurriedly finished their wedding banquet and left did Shi Qianjin light a cigarette for himself with trembling hands.
"Is she... okay?"
Zhang Hongcheng remained silent.
Shi Qianjin put out the cigarette, covered his face and cried silently.
Without any explanation, Shi Qianjin walked back to the small stilt house he and Ma Hongying had just built.
The middle-aged man who presided over the wedding then sat next to Zhang Hongcheng.
The middle-aged man’s surname is Zhao, and he is the liaison officer stationed in the village.
The two chatted for a few minutes and learned that Zhang Hongcheng, their old classmate, was just here on a business trip. Only then did Officer Zhao breathe a sigh of relief.
"I know everything about Xiao Shi and Xiao Ma. They even told me about their past relationship..."
From Lao Zhao, Zhang Hongcheng learned about the experiences of these two people in the past two years.
The task of the educated youth in Manka Village was not to plant rubber, but to plant rice.
Mainly to supply food to the plantations.
The first batch of educated youth who had just arrived at the village were fine, because the people in the village would help them to some extent.
But by the second and third batches, the situation had changed.
There are many kinds of people, and there are naturally good people and bad people.
Among the later batches of educated youth, there were a few who were lazy and unwilling to work, which made the relationship between the educated youth center and the people in the village out of control.
Although these guys were arrested, the educated youth who came later did not receive any care and help from the people in the village.
The educated youth could not survive in this rainforest without the locals, and the support provided by the educated youth who came earlier was also quite limited.
So when Shi Qianjin and Ma Hongying's group of educated youth arrived, the difficulties they faced were far greater than those of the educated youth who arrived earlier.
Although the village is also called a brigade, people are still divided into groups when working.
The villagers were in one group, and the educated youth were in another group.
However, because of the troublemakers, the educated youth had not yet resolved their internal discord.
The old educated youth were divided into several groups, looking at the newcomers with the attitude of learning from their mistakes, so the new educated youth could only huddle together for warmth.
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