The older brother tilted his head to look at her and said bluntly, "Who is your older brother? Why should I give you the seat I'm occupying? If you can't stand anymore, there's a place on the ground. Just sit down."
Suddenly, the carriage was filled with laughter. Zhang Qingwan had never expected such an outcome. Her face flushed red and she cried aggrievedly, "You're a man. What's wrong with letting a girl like me go? How can you be so heartless?"
Meng Zhiyu couldn't bear to look at it and turned her eyes away. She didn't know where this weird idea came from. She was neither a pregnant woman nor a child, nor was she the eldest brother of the family. Just because you were a girl, people gave up their seats to you, and then all the men in the car didn't have to sit.
Zhang Qingwan's words immediately aroused the anger of the people on the bus. One older woman was even more furious than the men. "You little girl, your thinking is not good. What era is this? Men and women are equal, and women can hold up half the sky. Why are you still holding us female compatriots back? I feel ashamed for you even if you are not blushing."
"That's right, that's right. If you say so, it will be difficult for us men to do our job."
"They are all from the same place, right? They must be educated youth who went to the countryside."
Li Lian'er felt very embarrassed as she was being looked at by everyone. "She and I have nothing to do with each other. We are not together."
Li Tingman still looked like she didn't care about anything, with a cold expression on her face, and ignored the reactions of the people around her.
Meng Zhiyu didn't say much, just hugged his package in a daze. Seeing that no one said anything, Li Qingqing thought for a moment and closed her open mouth again.
Zhang Qingwan waited and waited, but no one spoke up for her. Suddenly, she felt ashamed and wronged, and her fake crying turned into real crying. She cried and shouted, "You all bullied me, wuwuwu."
When she started crying, everyone fell silent. The eldest brother scratched his ear, stood up with an impatient look on his face, and sighed, "Alright, little girl, stop crying. Here, I'll give you my seat. It was just a joke. Come on, sit down."
After saying that, he didn't want to hear anything else she said, so he just took a few steps forward and disappeared from sight.
Zhang Qingwan wiped her tears with her sleeve, glared at Meng Zhiyu and the others, and sat in her seat with a smug look on her face. Li Qingqing pouted, not knowing what she was so proud of.
After arriving at the county town, Meng Zhiyu went straight to the gathering point for educated youth. He found the brigade he was going to and saw a middle-aged man and a young boy, with an ox cart and a donkey cart behind them.
"Dad." Before she got close, Li Lian'er shouted happily to a middle-aged man who was smoking.
The middle-aged man also stood up with a smile and responded happily, "Hey, you're back. Did you have a smooth journey?"
Li Lian'er nodded. "It went pretty smoothly, Dad. I was hijacked by bad guys on the train, and these educated youth ganged up on me to bully me. You have to help me get revenge."
As he said this, he looked at Meng Zhiyu and the others with a provocative look on his face.
Meng Zhiyu was also a little surprised. She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that she was the daughter of the captain of the brigade she was going to.
But she didn't say anything. If she guessed correctly, this man should be the team leader or the village chief. She wanted to see what this man would say.
Li Tingman didn't say anything. Things were already a mess. There had been no hijacking in her previous life, and naturally there had been no Li Lian'er complaining. Now she could only let things take their course.
The team leader looked at the newly arrived educated youth, smiled gently, patted Li Lian'er on the head, and scolded her, "What nonsense! These are all educated youth who went to the countryside. They have never met you before. Why would they bully you for no reason? You must have done something wrong."
Li Lian'er looked dissatisfied. "That's because I was kidnapped and frightened. They even stole twenty yuan from me."
Meng Zhiyu looked at the finger that was about to poke her face and slapped it, "I don't like people pointing their fingers at me."
Then he looked at the man and said, "You are the captain, right? If I hadn't been prepared for what happened on the train, I would have been killed by your daughter. She and I want ten dollars in compensation for mental damages. I believe that as the captain, you will understand."
According to the description in the book, this team leader was highly respected by all the villagers because he not only did not have the airs of a team leader, but also always considered the villagers' interests and was even commended by the county.
Regardless of whether these were true or not, she couldn't swallow her anger and apologize to his daughter just because he was the captain.
The captain's expression remained unchanged as he said gently, "Of course not. I've spoiled this child. I'll teach her a lesson later."
Li Tingman, who was standing by, didn't know why and remained silent. Meng Zhiyu was full of questions. Where was the capable heroine? How did she become an autistic and worried girl?
"This is Zhou Songbai from our village." The team leader introduced the man who had been standing next to the donkey cart without saying a word.
Meng Zhiyu looked at the man in front of him who was wearing patched clothes, with dirt on his trouser legs. His skin was a healthy dark wheat color, his face was stern, his eyes were deep, and his exposed arms had strong but not exaggerated muscle lines. He looked to be more than 1.8 meters tall.
In the book, he is also a minor male supporting role, who disappears with just a few strokes of the pen.
Zhou Songbai just nodded at the few people without saying anything. Meng Zhiyu put the luggage on the donkey cart and was about to climb up when he felt someone hit his back hard. His foot slipped and he was about to fall when a big hand grabbed the back of his collar.
"Thank you." Meng Zhiyu thanked Zhou Songbai who let go of his hand and took two steps back.
He walked towards the oxcart next to him, looked at Li Lian'er who looked provocative, sneered at her, grabbed her hair and pulled her towards him, "Ah."
If she thought that she would not dare to take action because his biological father was here, she would be wrong.
"This educated youth." The team leader hurried over and tried to stop him.
"My last name is Meng, Captain. You saw it too. If Comrade Zhou hadn't helped me up, I would have fallen headfirst to the ground. This is intentional injury and an attempt to kill me. I'm going to report this to the police.
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