Chapter 63 The Plan Fails
Sun Xiaoyue didn't care about Yang Fengmei's cold face. She took out the mung bean cakes from the basket and showed them to Old Man Liang: "Secretary Liang, our educated youth settlement made some mung bean cakes and brought them over for everyone as snacks."
Old Liang was a shrewd man. Looking at the fairly well-made mung bean cakes, which filled more than half a basket, and recalling what Jiang Zhizhi had just said, he instantly understood that Sun Xiaoyue had secretly made these pastries to sell. Judging from the color of the mung bean cake skin and how dry they were, they must have been made for about two days.
This is because they can't sell them, so they say they're giving them to the production team to eat, and then they'll ask the production team for a reward later.
Thinking of this, Old Man Liang's face immediately turned serious: "You're simply being ridiculous. We can barely afford to eat a bowl of white flour every day, let alone have the mood to eat snacks. What was your original intention in making these snacks?"
Sun Xiaoyue looked embarrassed: "No, we really wanted to make something for you to eat."
Old Liang: "How could I not know how much grain your educated youth settlement was issued? How could you possibly have so much white flour and mung beans left over to make snacks? You're wasting food. Take it back and eat it when you're hungry. We're just rough people; we can't afford such precious things."
The villagers are reluctant to eat mung bean cakes during festivals. In their eyes, it is delicious, but if they could use wheat flour instead, the whole family could have a proper meal of noodles.
Sun Xiaoyue never expected that Old Man Liang would refuse so decisively. She looked at Jiang Donghua helplessly, not knowing what to do, especially with Jiang Zhizhi sitting to the side, looking on with amusement.
She didn't want Jiang Zhizhi to see her begging and pleading.
Jiang Donghua adjusted his glasses and looked politely at Old Man Liang: "Secretary Liang, since the goods have already been made, please accept them. We will learn from this experience in the future."
Old Liang wasn't buying it at all. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, hurry up and take your things away. We have to go to work after we eat. You should go too. Don't waste your time on shady dealings. Just work hard and get some exercise."
After speaking seriously, he glared at Liang Dazhuang and said, "Why aren't you going to ring the bell after you finish eating? Look at the time, it's getting hot and you'll be slacking off again."
He got up while cursing and swearing, picked up his shoes, grabbed a sickle, and went to work in the field, without even glancing at Sun Xiaoyue and Jiang Donghua.
Liang Dazhuang was inexplicably scolded and was also angry, so he took it out on Jiang Donghua and Sun Xiaoyue: "Hurry up and leave, you're always causing trouble."
Jiang Donghua's face also turned ugly. When had he ever been spoken to like that before? He picked up the basket and called out to Sun Xiaoyue to leave.
Sun Xiaoyue was so angry that her face turned pale and then red. She wasn't afraid of losing face, but she couldn't swallow her anger because Jiang Zhizhi had made a fool of herself in front of her!
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Yang Fengmei watched the two figures walk away and spat out a curse: "Does she really think she's a fairy? She's always putting on a show."
Sun Xiaoyue was so angry she felt like vomiting blood, but she didn't dare turn around and lash out at Yang Fengmei. She could only grit her teeth and endure it as she left the courtyard with Jiang Donghua.
Before even leaving the village, tears welled up in her eyes: "How could the Party Secretary be like this? I'm sorry, Donghua, I've made you suffer along with me."
Jiang Donghua wasn't in the mood to comfort Sun Xiaoyue at the moment, and his tone was a bit stiff: "It's okay, take these mung bean cakes back and let everyone eat them. We won't make them anymore. If we can't do business, we should study hard and take the college entrance exam together."
Sun Xiaoyue didn't get any comfort from Jiang Donghua, so she rolled her eyes and said, "I saw Jiang Zhizhi was here. Do you think she said something to the village secretary? Did she make the village secretary have a problem with me? I know she probably didn't do it on purpose, but since I'm here, she wants to compete with me and is afraid that I will surpass her."
After saying that, she sighed and said, "Forget it, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, my parents feel sorry for her. If they knew she wasn't doing well here, they would get sick from worry."
Jiang Donglai frowned. That Jiang Zhizhi is quite pretty, how could she be so wicked?
At this moment, it wasn't just disgust, but also a strange hatred. He was afraid that if Jiang Zhizhi continued to interfere, it would ruin his future: "Are you going to keep indulging her like this? You should write to your parents to tell them the truth. They are the ones who are most heartbroken to be deceived."
Sun Xiaoyue silently shed tears, her heart aching even more for her food ration coupons. Song Wanying said the family had no money, what an idiot!
They don't even have that little bit of money.
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As Yang Fengmei watched Sun Xiaoyue and Jiang Donghua leave the courtyard, she continued to curse and grumble. Then she said to Jiang Zhizhi, "These people are out of their minds. They even made us snacks. Who knows if they were poisoned?"
Then she thought of Jiang Zhizhi's hair: "You should have held her down and cut her hair off."
Jiang Zhizhi giggled: "Auntie, then we'd be in the wrong, especially since it's in your house. If she says you're an accomplice, it won't be good for Uncle either. Don't worry, her hair won't grow past winter."
Yang Fengmei was relieved: "You can eat at home slowly. I'll go herd the cattle first and see if I can pick some wild fruits."
After quickly tidying up, he grabbed a dark blue headscarf, put it on his head, and rushed out the door.
After eating breakfast, Jiang Zhizhi washed the dishes and swept the yard, neatly stacked the firewood in the corner, and estimated that it was about time before going to the river. However, Dong Xinguo had not yet arrived, and only a young man guarding the steel pipes remained by the river.
The young man's name was Liang Xiaowu. He was the fifth child in his family and was eighteen years old this year. When he saw Jiang Zhizhi coming over, he shyly called her "sister".
Jiang Zhizhi looked around and asked, "Are you the only one here? Secretary Dong didn't come?"
Liang Xiaowu shook his head: "No, it's already this late, they probably won't come."
Jiang Zhizhi couldn't say for sure either, so she sat down on the rock next to Liang Xiaowu: "Were you watching from here last night too?"
Liang Xiaowu shook his head: "No, it wasn't last night. My dad watched it here. Sister, the troops are training on the mountain today, and they'll be in the river here in a bit."
Jiang Zhizhi craned her neck and looked around: "Where is it? I can't see it."
Liang Xiaowu pointed to the other side of the river: "Over there, I just saw the leaders over there. They must be training. They used to train in the river all the time."
Jiang Zhizhi was somewhat interested: "Then I'll take a look in a bit."
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement on the other side of the river. Instead, a very loud splashing sound came from downstream, around a bend in the river where they could not see.
Upon hearing the commotion, Liang Xiaowu dashed over in a flash.
Jiang Zhizhi followed with great interest, standing on a higher beam to watch the training not far away.
A group of men, dressed only in military trousers and shirtless, with strong physiques and muscular arms, each carrying a beam, ran through waist-deep river water. Water splashed onto their bronze-colored, solid muscles, which seemed to be coated with a layer of gold when the sun shone on them.
Their morale was high, and they were bursting with youthful hormones!
Zhou Xiye glanced at his watch, then looked up and saw Jiang Zhizhi smiling brightly as she stared at the middle of the river on the opposite bank. He followed her gaze and saw a group of shirtless men...
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