When Xia Zhiwei heard someone was doubting him, he immediately stood up, his eyes filled with anger, and said righteously, "Don't slander us. We were trying to help out of kindness, but you're blaming us instead."
Zhang Guangji: "You guys are not framing us just because we're new here, are you?"
The two of them looked like they had suffered a great injustice, and they didn't look like the kind of people who would steal things.
The others also looked calm.
"I'm exhausted after a busy day, and I still have to deal with this crap. Whoever did it should admit it. You have the courage to do it but not the courage to admit it. You're like a coward, making a fool of yourself." An educated youth was called over just as he was about to take a shower, and he felt unhappy.
"Sister Qu, whatever you say is fine. We'll listen to you."
"Yes, listen to Sister Qu."
After going around, Qu Hua actually already had a rough idea of what was going on. He exchanged glances with a few old educated youths, and everyone knew what was going on.
She glanced back and forth at Xia Zhiwei and Zhang Guangji, and said in a serious tone:
"Everyone who is cutting in line here should look after each other like family and not do anything that is detrimental to unity.
This is the first time something like this has happened at our educated youth camp, and I don't want to embarrass anyone just because of two cucumbers. If this happens again next time, I'll separate them out and let them grow their own food. How about that?
"That's right. I'm already tired from working, and I still feel uneasy when I come back."
"If you do this again next time, I won't let you off easily!"
The educated youth talked and walked away, each doing their own thing. Some cooked, some carried water, and some went to collect firewood.
"Come with me, both of you. I have something to ask you." Tang Shibin took Xia Zhiwei and Zhang Guangji in each hand and brought them to a deserted place at the foot of the wall.
"What are you doing?" The two men had ulterior motives and followed him half-heartedly.
"You two did it, right?" Tang Shibin narrowed his eyes and stared at the two of them, with a sly smile on his face.
Xia Zhiwei pretended not to understand: "What are you talking about? It's incomprehensible."
"You two are still pretending in front of me, little brats. Believe it or not, I will tell Sister Qu." Tang Shibin crossed his arms and spoke in a firm tone.
"Even though we've just arrived, you can't accuse us for no reason, right?"
Tang Shibin was starving and too lazy to deal with the two of them, so he directly exposed them: "Haha, both of you look at your tongues, they are green. I noticed it when you two started talking just now."
Xia Zhiwei and Zhang Guangji were startled and looked at each other. It was indeed green. They felt a little embarrassed for a moment and their tone was not as strong as before. They said timidly:
"Brother, we were just too hungry and couldn't help it. We'll all be living together from now on. Can you please let us go and not tell anyone else?"
"Okay!"
Tang Shibin agreed immediately, and in the midst of the two people's uncontrollable ecstasy, he cruelly stated his conditions:
"Give me five pounds of food each, and give it now. Otherwise, I'll tell the captain and have the other members of the team keep a close eye on you two."
"It's just a cucumber, not a big deal, right?" Zhang Guangji didn't think it was a big deal. Doesn't every family in the countryside grow vegetables?
"Not really? Did you know that last year two families got into a bloody fight over a few stalks of corn? Almost everyone was killed. If you don't believe me, just ask anyone. The villagers hate people with dirty hands the most."
Tang Shibin looked very serious, and Zhang Guangji and Xia Zhiwei were also unsure. At this moment, they both regretted that they should not have been greedy and stolen other people's cucumbers.
If they really told others about it, they would never be able to hold their heads up in the educated youth center or the brigade.
"Okay! Then you have to keep your word." Zhang Guangji lowered his head first, and Xia Zhiwei said nothing.
"Okay, then go get some food now. After you get it, use a toothbrush to brush your tongue coating and the color will disappear." After Tang Shibin got the food, he kindly taught them how to deal with the aftermath.
The two men walked in front like deflated balls and went into the house to get food for Tang Shibin.
Tang Shibin, who was walking behind, was almost laughing. He didn't expect that there were two idiots who would bring him food.
In fact, as soon as these two idiots opened their mouths just now, everyone guessed that they were the ones who did it, because people from Yuzhuang Brigade rarely came here, and the educated youth all ate, slept and worked together.
There is almost no chance of committing a crime alone.
The suspects must be the newcomers. The others were silent, but these two were jumping up and down with guilt.
The look in Qu Hua's eyes just now was clearly a warning to them, but these two fools didn't notice it at all. They didn't care just to give face to the new educated youth, which also happened to be a good thing for him.
"Brother, I heard that some people in our team almost had a fight last year because of a few corns. Is that true?" When Xia Zhiwei entered the room, a male educated youth came out. He pulled the man aside and asked.
"How could we even fight? My head is broken. How did you two know?" The male educated youth had actually seen Tang Shibin behind him a long time ago, so he naturally knew what he was planning.
It is true that they fought for corn, but what cannot be ignored is that the weather was not good last year and the crops were all flooded and died, so every bite of food was very precious.
If it were this year, it probably wouldn't have happened.
However, it would be better to let Tang Shibin teach these two guys a lesson, so that he doesn't have to stare at other people's food rations every day.
"Oh, nothing, I just heard it, just asking." Xia Zhiwei's face turned pale, knowing that Tang Shibin was not trying to scare them, and he went into the house to get food in a sullen manner.
Ning Xi didn't steam rice in the evening, and she had one pancake left. The weather in the south was hot, and if she didn't eat it now, it would become sour, so she asked the educated youth who cooked to help heat it up for dinner.
The educated youth in charge of cooking also made scrambled eggs with cucumbers, a stewed eggplant with tomatoes and peppers, and a pot of wild vegetable soup, which was considered a relatively sumptuous dinner.
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