Aunt Zhang also wanted to go up and avenge her son, but Zhang Tao stopped her, saying, "Mother, there's no need."
"Quickly pull them apart!"
Several strong older women went up and separated the two.
“Tian Zhiqing, now that things are clear, I hope you can return all the things you took from them. As for the fact that you kissed them and whether you should marry one of them, that’s none of my business. I will report your situation to the educated youth office truthfully, and how to handle it afterward is up to the educated youth office.”
"There's nothing left; I've already eaten everything they offered."
Things have already come to this point, and Tian Tian has given up entirely. It's impossible for her to take back what she's already got.
"I'm telling you, you have to return my things. I don't care if you ate them or threw them away, you either give me the things or you give me money, or I'll sue you."
The group felt as uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a fly.
"I have no money."
Seeing that the older women weren't going to let her off so easily, she could only keep complaining.
Finally, having exhausted all other options, the team leader took it upon himself to tally the value of the items donated by each household and then deducted the amount directly from her work points.
"They've all been deducted from my diet, what am I supposed to eat?"
Seeing the captain's decision, Tian Tian panicked completely and was about to reach out to pull him away.
The old woman standing next to her simply reached out and pulled her away.
"Alright, that's settled then. It's getting late, everyone can go home and do what they need to do. Tomorrow morning, Tian, the educated youth, will come with me to the educated youth office."
I reminded them many times, especially the men in the brigade, not to get too close to the female educated youth in private. Now look what happened, something still went wrong. The brigade leader and the secretary both had very long faces.
Seeing that the brigade leader and the others had left, Aunt He and Aunt Zhang each pulled their sons away, reminding them as they went, "Stay away from these educated youths from now on. If I see you associating with any of them again, I'll break your legs."
The others also warned their children that few of these educated youths were well-behaved, and it was best to stay away from them if possible.
After everyone else had left, several female educated youths from the educated youth compound stormed into the room and threw all of Tian Tian's belongings out.
What are you doing?
"What? You have the nerve to ask? Didn't you hear what they were saying just now? They're all staying away from us, treating us like a plague! All because of you, you scourge, calling you a bastard is absolutely right!"
"Exactly! Why should we bear the consequences of what you've done? We work ourselves to the bone every day just to be able to live a decent life here. We've worked so hard for so long, and now you've ruined it all. You're a menace, a troublemaker!"
"Get out, you're not welcome here."
The more they talked, the more aggrieved they felt, especially Zhang Mei and Wang Xueying, who were old educated youths. They had been here for more than two years. When they first arrived, the people in the brigade never contacted them. Occasionally, when they were assigned to work together, they were from all over the country. It only gradually improved over time. Now, because of Tian Tian's matter, their years of hard work have been ruined in one fell swoop, and they have gone back to square one. How could they not be angry?
"Are you all out of your minds? Our city folks are highly educated, while they're just country bumpkins, illiterate and can't read a single word. What good is it to us?"
Even at this point, Tian Tian was still saying such outrageous things. They had nothing to say to her. Because of Tian Tian, they hadn't finished their work in the fields and didn't want to waste any more time on her. They threw her things into the yard, locked the door, and rushed back to the fields.
They were already slower at work than others, and now this delay meant that by the time they finished, went back, cooked, and washed up, it was almost ten o'clock. Exhausted both mentally and physically, they didn't want to talk and fell asleep in silence.
After Tian Tian's things were thrown out, she went crying to the brigade leader to argue, saying they were ostracizing her. But at this point, no one was willing to pay attention to her; they just told her to handle it herself and went home.
So that night, Tian Tian slept in the kitchen, wrapped in her blanket.
Early in the morning, the brigade leader brought Tao Wenbo, the captain of the educated youth institute, and Tian Tian to the educated youth office. They found the director and told him everything about Tian Tian. Tao Wenbo also said that the educated youth institute did not want to live with Tian Tian anymore.
Upon hearing this, the director flew into a rage: "You came here to help the country with construction, where's your sense of responsibility? Since you look down on this place, then get out! You think the work here is too tiring? Fine, I'll find you something less tiring!"
After that, Tian Tian was assigned to a farm in the west, where it was said to be windy and sandy all year round. Anyway, the youth were gone, and the educated youth compound became quiet, but at the same time, it once again drew a chasm between the educated youth and the locals.
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