In the end, village officials intervened and disciplined the two individuals.
Song Zhiya went to work today, but she hid in her dormitory to slack off and got into an argument with her roommate, so she was punished by having to give her ten extra work points.
Li Yan caused an argument, so she was punished by having to do five more work points.
Li Yan was furious. She felt she had done nothing wrong, so why was she being punished?
Each educated youth had a standard work point requirement each month, which they had to complete to qualify.
The thought of having to earn five more work points a month, which is equivalent to working extra hours during the day, is hard for Li Yan to accept.
Not only Li Yan found it hard to accept, but Song Zhiya found it even harder.
She simply ran out to call home.
Song Zhiya called back to the Song family home, and after her mother answered, she cried out in great distress.
"Mom! These country folk are bullying me! Can you ask my cousin to take me back home?"
Upon hearing her daughter's words, Song's mother glanced awkwardly at Mrs. Lin, Du Guizhi, who was sitting in the living room.
"Zhiya, what happened? Were you bullied?"
Song Zhiya told her mother about being scolded by her cousin's wife's sister.
After hearing this, Song's mother frowned deeply.
"Mom understands. You stay in the countryside for now. When the time comes, Mom will naturally find a way to bring you home."
Song Zhiya has only been gone a few days, we can't just bring her back already, can we?
The higher-ups had been keeping an eye on the Lin and Song families all along.
But Mrs. Song truly felt sorry for her daughter.
She glanced at Song Zhiyan sitting to the side.
"Zhiyan, prepare some things and go see your sister."
Song Zhiyan nodded. "Okay."
Song's mother then looked at Du Guizhi sitting on the sofa and quickly smiled.
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