Chapter 148 Daily Work of the Educated Youth Office The Educated Youth Office has been operating daily lately…
The office for educated youth has been receiving letters from the educated youth every day recently. The educated youth are very grateful to the steel mill. Even though they have already gone to the countryside, they can still receive New Year's gifts from the office for educated youth. This is unique among educated youth all over the country.
Before the twelfth lunar month, the highly profitable steel rolling mill gave the educated youth office a sum of money to buy New Year's goods for the educated youth. The educated youth office quickly purchased a batch of supplies and sent letters and New Year's goods to the educated youth who went to the countryside.
Each educated youth received half a pound of pork jerky, half a pound of dried mushrooms, half a pound of dried wood ear fungus, a pound of noodles, a jar of spicy meat sauce, and two jars of clam oil. There was also a letter inquiring about the educated youth's recent life. Each letter contained a stamp, and the educated youth were asked to reply.
When the educated youth went to the countryside, they were all assigned numbers and learned how to write letters.
They were afraid that the supplies wouldn't end up in the hands of the educated youth, and that the educated youth would be bullied by the villagers.
If a reply is not numbered, does not follow a template, or is not replied to at all, then there is definitely a problem, and the steel mill needs to intervene.
Fortunately, so far, none of the educated youth sent to the countryside have encountered any problems.
Everyone came to the countryside with their skills and received guidance from others, so life in the brigade was pretty good. Some became barefoot doctors in the brigade, some went to the commune to drive tractors, and others raised cattle, sheep, and pigs.
Everyone wrote back with a lot of words, talking about their recent lives, expressing gratitude to the steel mill, the educated youth office, and Comrade Yu Jiajia. Some of them wrote more than ten pages.
Some families with better conditions would even send mountain products to the educated youth, such as walnuts, dried goji berries, red dates, dried apricots, and maltose.
The educated youth office distributed the items, trying to give some to each office to try.
These are all the sentiments of the educated youth.
There was a stove in the office of the educated youth, where they brewed red date, goji berry, and dried apricot tea every day. Yu Jiajia added some longan, astragalus, and brown sugar to it, making it especially delicious.
People from other offices like to come over to get water.
Liu Weidong: "Don't you have them in your office too?"
Zhou Wenbin: "The taste is different; the ones in your office taste better."
Liu Weidong: "Nonsense, Jiajia also added brown sugar, longan, and astragalus, of course it's good to drink. Don't just drink it, you should also provide two packets of brown sugar."
"Wait, I'll bring two packets of brown sugar tomorrow." Zhou Wenbin filled his cup, took a sip, and felt even more energetic afterward. After finishing one cup, he poured himself another.
Yu Jiajia took out the letters that had just arrived that day and read them. One of the letters was bulging inside. When she opened it, she found several pieces of fruit candy inside. She learned from the letter that the young woman had gotten married to the eldest son of an accountant. Although life was a little tough, she was very happy. The fruit candy was wedding candy, and she was offering it to everyone.
The number is correct, the template is correct, and the whole thing is filled with happiness. It wasn't forced, so everyone can only offer their blessings.
There was one letter that seemed off; it was short, only one page long, unnumbered, and the template was wrong.
Yu Jiajia called Liu Weidong over to look at it. "I remember Zhou Ning wrote several letters before, and they were all correct. This one is wrong." She handed the letter to Liu Weidong and went to the bookshelf to look through the letters. Sure enough, she found five letters from Zhou Ning. After opening them, she compared the handwriting. The handwriting was somewhat similar, and it was obviously a deliberate imitation.
The previous five templates were all correct. The last letter was sent a month ago and included several beautiful bouquets of dried flowers. Everything seemed normal.
This letter, however, is problematic.
Zhou Ning has recently gotten into trouble!
Liu Weidong called Zhou Ning's family over. Zhou Ning's parents both worked at the factory and arrived shortly afterward. They didn't seem to think anything was wrong when talking about their daughter. They had even sent a letter to the Zhou family more than twenty days ago, and Zhou Ning's parents often gave her things.
Yu Jiajia then asked, "Have there been any unusual letters in the past month?"
Zhou Ning's parents were taken aback, but didn't notice anything unusual.
Zhou's mother: "What's wrong with Ningning?"
Yu Jiajia reassured the two that nothing was wrong, she was just checking on the situation of the educated youth.
After Zhou Ning's parents left, Yu Jiajia called the local educated youth office and asked someone to go to Zhou Ning's brigade so that Zhou Ning could answer the phone at the educated youth office.
This means we have to invite people to the educated youth office.
In the past two years, the steel rolling mill has maintained a close relationship with the educated youth offices where the educated youth went to the countryside. Qingshan County has cooperated with the other county and city, from preferential purchase of small and medium-sized machines to learning various industrial and agricultural knowledge. As long as you are willing to learn, Qingshan County will teach you.
Of course, the other party would help with such a small favor.
Several comrades from the Youth Affairs Office braved the snow to go to the commune first, explained the situation, and when the commune cadres asked what had happened, the comrades from the Youth Affairs Office did not know either.
But the matter in Qingshan County must be addressed.
After the group arrived at the brigade, they went to find Zhou Ning. The commune members warmly led them to the educated youth office. Soon after, the brigade leader and his wife rushed over and told the cadres to go to the brigade headquarters to warm their hands first.
The cadres were freezing and didn't want to exchange pleasantries with the brigade leader. They just wanted to get down to business and said they wanted to find Zhou Ning. The brigade leader's expression changed slightly, but he couldn't stop the cadres from going to the educated youth settlement.
Zhou Ning wasn't seen at the educated youth settlement. A round-faced female educated youth said, "Zhou Ning took leave. She went to the county. She said her friend is getting married, and she's taking a bus to visit her friend. She'll probably be back in two or three days."
Another male educated youth nodded, "Yes, I heard Zhou Ning mention it at lunch yesterday."
Two more educated youths chimed in, two of the girls seemed about to speak but hesitated, and after being glared at by the brigade leader, they ultimately remained silent.
The captain smiled and said, "Sir, what do you need Zhou Ning for? Why don't you tell me first, and I'll let her know when she gets back?"
The comrades in the educated youth office had already sensed that something was wrong. Had something happened to Zhou Ning?
One of the older women immediately turned cold and pressed for details about Zhou Ning's whereabouts, directly targeting the envious young girl, "Where exactly is Zhou Ning? Don't be afraid, we are from the educated youth office, we will help you with anything."
The little girl burst into tears. She tried to speak, but the round-faced girl covered her mouth. At this point, covering her mouth was no use.
The little girl bit the round-faced girl's hand and cried, "Ningning must be at the brigade leader's house. I haven't seen her for two days. She must have been locked up at the brigade leader's house."
The captain was furious: "What nonsense are you spouting?"
Fortunately, the commune cadres were also there. The people in the brigade were not afraid of the cadres from the educated youth office, but they were afraid of the commune cadres. If the commune cadres blocked the village's quotas, then life in the village would be difficult.
Moreover, the village head's family doesn't have absolute power. A middle-aged woman said, "Leader, I know where Zhou Ning is! Zhou Ning is probably being held captive by the village head's family. I think I heard some noises last night."
The commune cadres led a group of people straight into the brigade leader's house to search it. They found Zhou Ning in the dark woodshed. She was standing against the wall in a corner, her hands and feet tightly bound, her mouth sealed with duct tape, and a hemp rope around her neck hanging from the rafters. The rope was almost taut, and Zhou Ning could only stand. If she loosened her grip even slightly, her neck would be strangled.
In addition, she was beaten so badly that her face was swollen and one eye was so swollen that it was only a slit.
The staff at the educated youth office were furious. "Are you really going to treat the educated youth like this?"
The other educated youth were also shocked, never expecting the brigade leader's family to go so far.
This is an attempt to kill Zhou Ning.
If you doze off, you'll be strangled.
The captain dropped the pretense and pointed at Zhou Ning, saying, "This slut climbed into my son's bed in the middle of the night. Instead of living a proper life, she bit off my son's manhood. This kind of rotten slut should be drowned or burned to death."
If it weren't for Zhou Ning's parents constantly sending her things, she would have died long ago.
The little girl was untying Zhou Ning's ropes, but they were tied too tightly. She cried and said, "Ningning wouldn't do this, you've gone too far."
They found some scissors, loosened the rope around Zhou Ning's neck, and tore off the tape from her mouth. Zhou Ning, who had been standing for two days, could no longer stand and fell to the ground. She said in a hoarse voice, "Liu Zhenchang drugged me and tried to rape me. The Liu family wants to strangle me. I'm calling the police."
Liu Zhenchang, the captain's son, had his eye on Zhou Ning from the very beginning. Zhou Ning wasn't the prettiest, but she had the best conditions and often received packages. However, no matter how much he tried to win her over, Zhou Ning refused to accept his advances.
A while ago, Zhou Ning's parents wrote to her, wanting to retire due to illness and asking her to return to the city to take over their job. Liu Zhenchang, of course, refused, so he started intercepting Zhou Ning's packages and letters, and then had someone imitate her handwriting to reply.
Unable to think of any good solutions, he decided to go all out and consummate the marriage by having a fellow educated youth drug Zhou Ning, bring her to his bed, and let the other villagers see it. This way, Zhou Ning would have no choice but to marry him, and once she became pregnant, she would submit to his wishes.
Everything went smoothly, and Zhou Ning was lying in her bed, but the problem arose that very night.
Before Liu Zhenchang could accomplish anything, Zhou Ning woke up in the middle of the night and bit off two ounces of Liu Zhenchang's flesh.
The Liu family rushed Liu Zhenchang to the hospital. In those days, there was no such thing as sutures; once something was bitten off, it was gone. Liu Zhenchang had become a eunuch, and the only thing they could do was stitch up the wound.
The Liu family only had this one son, and now he's crippled; that means their lineage will end.
The Liu family hated Zhou Ning to death. Liu's mother took a stick and beat Zhou Ning severely, almost killing her. Then she tied her up and hung her in the woodshed. If Zhou Ning really died, it was because she hanged herself.
Last night, Liu's father came to the woodshed, wanting Zhou Ning to have another child for him. But he happened to run into Liu's mother and Liu Zhenchang returning from the county, so the matter was dropped.
However, Liu's mother beat Zhou Ning again, and Liu Zhenchang also kicked Zhou Ning, but he tore open his wound and cried out in pain.
Only then was Zhou Ning temporarily released.
Now, when Liu's mother heard that Zhou Ning was going to call the police, she rushed up to beat Zhou Ning, saying, "You little bitch, you've ruined Zhenchang like this, and you still dare to call the police? It's our family that should call the police! We'll lock you up for life."
The commune cadres were all there; they couldn't let Zhou Ning get beaten up.
The comrades in the educated youth office paid for someone to cook for Zhou Ning as soon as possible, and the young girl said, "No need for money, I'll go cook right away."
She cooked a big bowl of egg noodles and told Zhou Ning to eat first.
After eating, Zhou Ning regained her strength and began to berate Liu Zhenchang's entire family. She called Liu Zhenchang a sleazy, despicable man, his mother a blind and stupid idiot, and the brigade leader a disrespectful elder who even wanted her to have a child. She had tolerated the Liu family for a long time, but it turned out that it was all in vain; she had almost lost her life.
Liu's mother was furious and couldn't hold back any longer. She rolled up her sleeves and rushed forward again.
Zhou Ning immediately started fighting with Liu's mother. Several old women nearby quickly tried to break up the fight, taking sides with the other woman. They even lifted up Liu's mother's clothes and made Zhou Ning bite her chest and waist.
They're really hard to hit; all they have left are their teeth.
Of course, these old women didn't help for nothing. They all didn't get along with Liu's mother, so Zhou Ning gave them money, fifty cents each.
Liu's mother was forced to endure the beating without any recourse.
Zhou Ning was filled with rage, wishing he could tear off Liu's mother's flesh.
Once the police arrived, they easily clarified the matter.
The round-faced female educated youth had drugged Zhou Ning and, together with another male educated youth, sent Zhou Ning to the Liu family. Liu Zhenchang promised to make the two of them elementary school teachers in the future.
As for Zhou Ning biting off Liu Zhenchang's manhood, that was also for self-preservation.
If Liu Zhenchang hadn't done anything wrong, how could he have gotten Zhou Ning to bite that thing?
Liu's father, who was the brigade leader, was also removed from his post. All three members of the family were arrested. Liu's father and mother were charged with attempted murder, and Liu Zhenchang was charged with attempted drugging.
The two educated youths involved were also arrested and will definitely not be allowed to remain educated youths; they will be sent to a farm for reform.
The other educated youth who tried to stop them were also severely criticized.
The comrades from the educated youth office praised the girl from before, worried that she might be bullied in this brigade, and asked her to pack her things and come with her to the educated youth office later to be reassigned.
The accountant quickly calculated her and Zhou Ning's work points and converted them directly into grain for them to take away.
Zhou Ning was very curious as to why the cadres from the educated youth office had come, and why they had come at such a convenient time. If they had come two days later, she would have either starved to death, frozen to death, been beaten to death, or been strangled to death.
The cadre from the educated youth office said, "The educated youth office of the steel rolling mill called you and asked us to make sure you answer the phone."
The colleagues at the educated youth office planned to take Zhou Ning to the health center to see a doctor for her injuries, but Zhou Ning was worried that something might have happened at home, so she went to the educated youth office to return the call first.
Yu Jiajia waited for Zhou Ning to call back. Everyone was already worried, and the lack of a call only made them more anxious. Just before the end of the workday, the office phone finally rang.
Yu Jiajia answered the phone, and everyone else in the office gathered around.
"Is this Comrade Zhou Ning? How are you? This is Yu Jiajia."
Hearing Yu Jiajia's concerned words, Zhou Ning felt her eyes well up with tears. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Jiajia, has something happened to my family?"
Yu Jiajia: "Don't worry, everything is fine at home. We were worried about you, that's why we asked you to answer the phone. Your voice doesn't sound right, is something wrong?"
Zhou Ning burst into tears. She didn't understand how Yu Jiajia knew she was in trouble, but she knew that Yu Jiajia had saved her. She sobbed, "Thank you for saving me."
Yu Jiajia's heart sank, and she immediately asked, "How are you now?"
Zhou Ning: "Don't worry, it's just superficial injuries. I'm safe now." She trusted Yu Jiajia completely, so she told her what had happened. Yu Jiajia quickly covered the receiver and gestured for Liu Weidong and the others to leave.
Zhou Ning was actually in pretty good shape at the moment. She hadn't suffered any major losses. Liu Zhenchang had malicious intentions, but she woke up in time and fought back promptly. It's just that her mouth was dirty, she was beaten, and she had to stand up for two days to endure it.
Yu Jiajia's face instantly turned cold.
Although Zhou Ning was awake, she was weak. Her clothes had been almost completely removed, and she was no match for Liu Zhenchang. So she gave in and took the opportunity to bite off Liu Zhenchang's penis. If she had any strength left, she would have stopped biting and kicked it to pieces.
Yu Jiajia:! ! !
She praised Zhou Ning highly, saying she was very brave and amazing! She protected herself well in a critical moment.
Zhou Ning is really brave and capable; she'd be perfect for the security department!
Yu Jiajia asked with concern, "Can you come back by yourself? Never mind, you can stay at the health center for now, and I'll have your dad pick you up to come back and recuperate."
Zhou Ning was shocked: "I can go back?"
Yu Jiajia: "I'll come back and recuperate first."
Zhou Ning said she could take the train back; she would take the train tomorrow. She asked Yu Jiajia how she knew there was a problem here.
Yu Jiajia: "Before the twelfth lunar month, the factory sent New Year's goods and stamps to the educated youth. Your reply did not include a code, and the template was incorrect."
Zhou Ning choked up, "I didn't receive it. Thank you, thank you all."
She thought the factory wouldn't send anything this year, but she was surprised to find they still were.
When we were sent to the countryside, everyone had a code and a reply template. When replying, you had to use the code and the template, and you had to not tell anyone, not even your best friend.
The educated youth didn't think much of it, but now, these small details have saved her life.
The Liu family really will take her life.
Yu Jiajia: "It's okay, the factory will make you another one when you come back." She then asked Zhou Ning if she wanted to talk to her parents, but Zhou Ning shook her head while crying: "I'll be back in a few days, don't let them worry."
Yu Jiajia asked her if she had money to buy a train ticket.
Zhou Ning cried uncontrollably, "I have it, I can buy a train ticket."
Yu Jiajia gave her a few more instructions, telling her to be careful on the road, not to talk to strangers, not to eat anything given by strangers, and not to let her water cup out of her sight. In fact, the educated youth office had already given her these instructions repeatedly when the educated youth left.
Yu Jiajia couldn't help but give him another warning, afraid that Zhou Ning might have escaped the Liu family but not the human traffickers.
Zhou Ning nodded while crying.
Finally, Yu Jiajia asked Zhou Ning to hand the phone to the cadre in the educated youth office.
Yu Jiajia chatted with the people for a while and learned that Zhou Ning was in good spirits. After thanking them repeatedly, Yu Jiajia asked them to help take Zhou Ning to the train station before hanging up the phone.
Liu Weidong and the others stood at the door: "What happened to Zhou Ning?"
Yu Jiajia said, "Something unexpected happened. I told her to come back tomorrow to buy a ticket and recuperate."
No one asked any further questions. If Yu Jiajia was willing to talk, then she certainly would.
However, the unexpected event that allowed the educated youth to return to the city must have been extraordinary.
It was already time to leave after get off work. Everyone was packing up and getting ready to go. Yu Jiajia wasn't in a good mood. It was already a miracle that Zhou Ning was able to protect himself and was rescued in time. But what about the others?
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were waiting downstairs with their hands in their pockets. When they saw Yu Jiajia coming over, they quickly went up to her. Mrs. Zhou asked, "Director Yu, is there any news about Ningning?"
Yu Jiajia: "We've already made contact. She'll be back by train tomorrow."
Zhou's mother was initially overjoyed, but then filled with worry. Had something happened to Ningning? Otherwise, why would she come back at this time? "Has something happened to Ningning?"
Yu Jiajia was unaware of the Zhou family's situation, so she naturally wouldn't tell them about Zhou Ning. She said, "Zhou Ning is doing well now, so don't worry. Let's wait for Zhou Ning to come back."
Things are good now, but what about before?
Zhou's mother knew nothing, but her daughter's safety was the most important thing right now, and her daughter's return was the most important thing. She choked up and said, "Director Yu, thank you."
She, as a mother, didn't notice anything wrong with her daughter, but Yu Jiajia did. After just one afternoon, she told her daughter to take the bus back the next day.
Yu Jiajia offered a few more words of comfort before running towards Cheng Xiuying.
[Serving the people. A special reward is hereby granted: (Strength +1)*1 + Solar Generator*1 + 100 Yuan + High-Quality Wheat Seeds*1 (1/10)]
Yu Jiajia glanced at the high-quality wheat seeds. Excellent!
We need to save enough money quickly!
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