"I don't have anything to say to you, Du Jiaming. You and Qiao Wenwan are being so hesitant. You don't really want to shirk my responsibility, do you? Or did you not understand the account you calculated at the Youth League Point earlier? Do you want me to do it again?"
As she spoke, she took out a piece of paper and a pen from her pocket in a serious manner and really wanted to calculate it again.
Du Jiaming's face turned pale. Who would dare to blame her for the debt?
If he really let her tell him everything like she did last time at the educated youth camp, he would never be able to stay in the Hongde Brigade again. All the villagers knew that he, Du Jiaming, ate and drank with women, and he couldn't afford to lose face.
"How much money do I owe you? How much grain do I have to give you? If you've calculated it, just state the amount directly. There's no need to calculate it again."
Du Jiaming said this coldly, becoming more and more disappointed with Jiang Wanwan.
When Qiao Wennuan heard Du Jiaming's words, her eyes widened in disbelief, "Brother Jiaming," how could he give it to her?
Jiang Wanwan had already figured it out. The money and tickets owed were converted into the current price of corn. Du Jiaming had to pay him back 220 kilograms of corn, and Qiao Wenwan had to pay him back 280 kilograms.
"How is that possible?"
When Qiao Wenwan heard this number, she almost shouted out loud.
How much corn did she get in total? She didn't even eat a single bite herself, but she gave 280 kilograms to Jiang Wanwan. What would she eat after she gave it to her? Would she just starve?
Jiang Wanwan took out a piece of paper and pen again. "Why not? Come on, let me calculate it for you. You can watch it and you won't have to accuse me of cheating you."
Before Qiao Wenwan could step forward, Du Jiaming spoke up, "Give it to her."
"Brother Jiaming," Qiao Wenwan was a little anxious.
Du Jiaming repeated, "I said give her the food, and I will do as she said."
"Brother Jiaming..."
Qiao Wenwan wanted to say something, but when she met Du Jiaming's cold eyes, she swallowed the rest of her words.
In the past, if Du Jiaming had treated Jiang Wanwan like this, Qiao Wenwan would have been overjoyed.
She really couldn't laugh at this moment. This was their food ration, which was related to her food and clothing for the next year.
No matter what, Qiao Wenwan still gave the food to Jiang Wanwan. She didn't dare to disobey Du Jiaming.
She also knew that even if she really refused to pay the debt in front of all the villagers, she would be criticized and criticized by everyone in the future, and the image she had worked so hard to build up would be completely destroyed.
Lu Xiao just came back after delivering the food, but he didn't find Jiang Wanwan at the original place. When he saw her at the educated youth point, he immediately strode over.
Jiang Wanwan smiled and waved when she saw him. "You've come just in time. We still have a few hundred kilograms of food. Go ask the captain to borrow his scale."
Lu Xiao glanced at Du Jiaming and the others, and roughly understood what they meant. He borrowed a scale from the captain and called Li Ergou.
In front of all the educated youth, the two men weighed out 220 kilograms of grain from Du Jiaming's and 280 kilograms of grain from Qiao Wenwan's, and then loaded them onto a wheelbarrow.
Qiao Wenwan watched them weighing the food, biting her lips lightly, her watery eyes looking pitiful, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
I secretly looked at Du Jiaming and saw that his eyes were all on Jiang Wanwan, and he almost couldn't maintain the expression on his face.
He looked at Jiang Wanwan angrily: Bitch, you are still seducing Brother Jiaming at this time, you bitch.
Jiang Wanwan turned her head and saw Qiao Wenwan's vicious gaze. She exclaimed, "You don't really want to pay me back, do you? You're looking at me with such a fierce look, as if you want to eat me."
The people watching the excitement around immediately looked over. Qiao Wenwan didn't expect Jiang Wanwan to expose her directly. She really couldn't control her expression at this moment. She looked fierce and aggrieved, and at one point her face almost cramped.
Jiang Wanwan tutted her tongue twice. "You don't have to be so aggrieved. Think about it, when you lent me money and tickets before, I didn't complain at all. You said your father was sick and needed money for medical treatment, and that your brother got in a fight and hurt someone, and he would be taken to the police station if he didn't pay compensation. Every time I saved you, I was in urgent need. As the old saying goes, a drop of water is repaid with a spring of water. I didn't expect you to repay me with a spring of water. You should give me what I owe you, right?"
Seeing that more and more people were gathering around, Jiang Wanwan suddenly changed the topic.
"If you ask me, Qiao Zhiqing, you're just too kind. Take your father. If you hadn't gone to the countryside for him, he would have been assigned to the border area to build a railway. The war had just ended there, and there's your brother too. Don't you think about what would have happened if your father had gone to the border area, and he was the only boy in the family, would he have been able to wander around the streets all day? They sacrificed your happy family, and it's fine if they don't appreciate you and give you some good things, but how can they have the nerve to always ask you for money?"
Although the educated youth site was right on the edge of the village and several of them worked with the other members on a regular basis, the members had no access to information about these educated youth.
Although the educated youth said they would integrate with the local villagers, they also had a sense of boundaries, especially when it came to their personal matters.
At this moment, Jiang Wanwan was standing in the square of the brigade headquarters and speaking, it was like she was broadcasting with a loudspeaker. The members' eyes were flashing with gossip, and they didn't even have time to transport the food.
Someone else interrupted and asked, "Jiang Zhiqing, I heard that Qiao Zhiqing went to the countryside because of you. Aren't you classmates and good friends?"
"We were classmates, good friends... We were in the same class for a year, but we couldn't say ten words to each other. Also, regarding the rural work, Qiao Wenwan was originally assigned to the Duolan Brigade in Qing Province. It was my family who helped transfer her to the Red Star Brigade. If you insist she came to the Red Star Brigade because of me, I have nothing to say."
Jiang Wanwan spread her hands, looking helpless.
Now, both the educated youth who were still skeptical after hearing these words that day and the members of the Red Star Brigade present were shocked.
They didn't know where the Dolan Brigade in Qing Province was, but they had heard of Qing Province.
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