Chapter 1 The Unlucky Educated Youth
It was the end of early May, and the villagers of Qinghe Village were busy transplanting the last batch of seedlings. They were sweating profusely. The old men didn't care and just stretched their arms to work. The girls and aunts wore headscarves on their heads and kept wiping their faces with the towels hung around their necks that were soaked with sweat.
Qinghe Village is the first production team under the first brigade of Hongshan Commune, also known as Qinghe Production Team.
It was almost noon, and those who hadn't finished their assigned areas were working hard, trying to get home early for a hot lunch. Those who had finished their assigned areas could finally take a break, and a few aunties and grandmas gathered together to chat.
There have been many interesting things happening in Qinghe Village recently. First, Jiang Xiuxiu, the daughter of the team leader, originally liked He Yan, the educated youth at the educated youth site. Later, after she woke up from a fever, she actually changed her mind and fell in love with Pei Xingzhi, the educated youth.
Of course He Yan was unhappy. He thought Pei Xingzhi had seduced Jiang Xiuxiu while he was home for a few days, so he fought with Pei Xingzhi.
It caused such a big commotion that even the team leader and the village party secretary came over and talked to the two of them. No one knew what they talked about, but the two of them were at peace for the time being.
But the quarrel was over, and Jiang Xiuxiu started to pester Pei Xingzhi all day long, and He Yan pestered Jiang Xiuxiu. This drama almost became the topic of conversation at the dinner table of every household in Qinghe Village.
Until a few days ago, the village had a quota for workers, peasants and soldiers to become college students, and voting began. When the results came out, Pei Xingzhi had the most votes, and He Yan was not even in the top three.
"But guess what happened in the end?"
"What happened in the end? Don't be so careless, tell me quickly."
The person who was speaking was Aunt Liu, who was famous for being nosy in the village. Her husband was the deputy team leader of the production team. Although he had no real power, he would still be called to the meeting when the village recommended college students.
Just last night, the news came out and his wife, Aunt Liu, knew about it immediately.
"Hey, what happened? In the end, He Yan got the university student spot."
"What?"
"What's going on?"
"How did you become He Zhiqing?"
"You're not kidding again, are you? For something this important, even if it wasn't Pei Zhiqing who was first, then it would have been Pi Zhiqing who was second, or Zhang Zhiqing. There was no way He Zhiqing would have gotten the first place. He wasn't even in the top three."
Seeing so many people showing up, Aunt Liu happily spread her legs, sat down on the edge of the field, and clapped her hands excitedly: "You hit the point. How did the candidate change from Pei Zhiqing to He Zhiqing?" At the end of her speech, Aunt Liu's voice became softer.
"Oh, Aunt Liu, can you please tell me quickly?"
"Yeah, don't keep us in suspense. If you keep going like this, I'll go home. I've been hungry all morning. Don't delay us from going home for dinner."
"Yes, Liu Juhua, if you continue like this, we won't wait for you anymore."
We are all from the same village, and everyone knows Aunt Liu's personality, so they say these things deliberately to provoke her.
"Hey, what's the rush?" Aunt Liu glanced around mysteriously and continued, "I'm only telling you guys, don't tell anyone else."
"Don't worry, don't worry, we will definitely not tell anyone else."
After hearing the promise, Aunt Liu finally spoke out, "I heard that it was Jiang Xiuxiu from the team leader's family. She liked Pei Zhiqing, so she didn't want him to leave the village. So she went to beg her father, the team leader, to let him stay in the village."
"As for how the candidate became He Zhiqing, I don't know. I heard that he was on the list given by the commune later."
"Tsk, how could Jiang Xiuxiu do this? Isn't this harming people?"
"Yeah, yeah, how did Xiuxiu become like this? I heard from her second sister-in-law that ever since she recovered from the fever she caught in the water last time, she suddenly fell in love with Pei Zhiqing. She doesn't do anything at home anymore and just chases after men all day long."
"Alas, who would dare to marry her now, she's almost as stupid as the secretary's daughter."
"Hey, who's stupid? Xiaowan has been fine for so many years, how can she be stupid? Besides, Xiaowan was just slow in reaction when she was a child, and she didn't do anything stupid. Stop talking nonsense." It was Aunt Liu who spoke. She had always had a good relationship with Li Lanxiang, the wife of the village party secretary. When she heard someone say that Lanxiang's daughter was not good, of course she had to come forward to defend her.
Everyone knew it, so no one was tactless enough to refute Aunt Liu.
When it was time for dinner, everyone dispersed and carried their farm tools to rush home, but their pace was a little faster than usual. After all, they had just eaten a fresh and hot melon and had to go back and tell their families.
So, after one afternoon, the whole Qinghe Village knew that Jiang Xiuxiu had revoked Pei Zhiqing's university qualification in order to keep him.
In the evening, at Aunt Liu's house.
"You're such a big mouth! When will you be cured? You don't even know what's going on before you start talking about it."
Uncle Liu pointed at Aunt Liu and was so angry that he couldn't speak. The village quota had not been announced yet, but it had already become known to everyone, and it also involved the team leader, who said that he had helped his daughter to lose Pei Zhiqing's qualifications. What would the Liu family do if he was found guilty?
"You're not afraid, are you? The captain will remember you and make things difficult for you. I'll see what you'll do then."
Aunt Liu unceremoniously opened Uncle Liu's hand and said, "Why are you pointing at me? Others are afraid of him because he is the team leader, but I am not."
Aunt Liu was feeling aggrieved, as everyone had made promises to her one by one, but the whole village knew about it in just one afternoon.
Just wait, she will remember them and won’t tell them anything next time.
Moreover, Aunt Liu is really not afraid. Her husband is the deputy team leader, and she gets along well with Lanxiang, the wife of the village party secretary. Lanxiang herself is also the women's director of the village. If Jiang He wants to touch her, there is no way.
"Captain, you are not afraid, but his elder brother Jiang Hai is the leader of the commune, so you are not afraid of him either." Uncle Liu glanced at Aunt Liu and said quietly.
"Then you just watch them make things difficult for me." Aunt Liu rolled her eyes, lifted the curtain and walked out, deciding to go talk to Lanxiang later.
Uncle Liu sighed helplessly. He had married such a daughter-in-law and his grandson was already a few years old. What else could he do? He could only clean up the mess for her.
Qinghe Village, a youth sent-down area.
The news spread throughout Qinghe Village, and naturally the educated youth at the educated youth site were not left out. Several people, both men and women, gathered together and spoke up for Pei Xingzhi.
"This is simply too much. The voting results are already out, so why did it become He Yan? This is so unfair to Brother Xingzhi." The speaker was Pi Jingxuan, with a hint of childishness on his face. He had just been in Qinghe Village for less than a year and had always been taken care of by Pei Xingzhi, so he was the one who reacted the most among the educated youth after hearing the news.
"Yeah, how could this be? Xingzhi must be very sad. It was already a foregone conclusion, but who knew this would happen again in the end." The person who spoke this time was a gentle-looking girl with two ponytails hanging in front of her chest. Her name was Zhang Xiuqing. She came a year later than Pei Xingzhi, but was two years older than him. She was already 22 years old this year.
At the same time, Zhang Xiuqing was also a girl among the educated youth who had a crush on Pei Xingzhi, but because she was two years older than Pei Xingzhi, she never dared to express her feelings, but everyone in the educated youth site knew it well.
"It's all Jiang Xiuxiu's fault. What she said about country people being simple and honest is all nonsense. Each and every one of them has a worse heart than anyone else." Yang Xue has a bad temper and always says what she thinks. Although this statement is a bit absolute, it is true now.
"I think the most despicable person is He Yan. No wonder he was so happy yesterday. It seems he got the news in advance. When I asked him, he said his family sent him something and he had to go to the commune to do some work. So he was going to handle the procedures for becoming a worker, peasant, or soldier."
Ding Heng was very dissatisfied with He Yan. It was obvious that his ranking was higher than He Yan's, so why did it not come to him, He Yan, to have this qualification?
If it was Pei Xingzhi, he wouldn't mind, because Pei Xingzhi had high qualifications and was always admired for his behavior. When it was announced that Pei Xingzhi had the highest number of votes, no one came out to make trouble, which explained everything.
Damn He Yan, he is such a despicable villain. Ding Heng believed that the qualification for university student skipped over several people and went directly to He Yan, he must have done something behind the scenes, so that He Yan's name appeared on the list announced by the commune.
"Humph, no one would believe me if I said this had nothing to do with He Yan." Pi Jingxuan sneered.
Bang bang——
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Several people looked at each other, and then Pi Jingxuan got up and opened the door.
"Brother Sun, why are you here?"
Brother Sun is the oldest in the educated youth team. He is now 28 years old. He is also the first and only educated youth in Qinghe Village to marry a local.
However, Brother Sun's father-in-law had some influence in the local area, and since he married an only child, his father-in-law moved Brother Sun to the commune in the second year after the couple's marriage.
At this moment, Brother Sun was lying on the door, panting, his chest heaving violently. Pi Jingxuan quickly helped him to sit in the yard, and Zhang Xiuqing considerately handed him some water.
After taking a sip of water, Brother Sun glanced around and asked, "Where is the person walking?"
"Brother Xingzhi just came back and went to wash up. He should be out soon." Pi Jingxuan replied.
Speak of the devil and he will appear. A thin, fair-skinned man wearing a white shirt and black trousers walked out from the side and back of the educated youth's yard. His cold temperament was even more prominent under the moonlight.
Because he had just taken a shower, his hair was still dripping with water. The hair on his forehead was a little longer, covering his deep eyes and casting a shadow, making his facial features look more delicate and three-dimensional.
Pei Xingzhi was surprised to see so many people gathered in the courtyard. He was slightly startled, and then he saw Brother Sun, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He quickly called out, "Brother Sun."
Pei Xingzhi's voice was as clear and cold as he was.
Brother Sun: "Xingzhi, come here and I want to tell you something."
Pei Xingzhi nodded, and without asking any more questions, he took Brother Sun to his room and then asked calmly, "Brother Sun, what happened? Why are you here?"
"Xingzhi, do you know that your university student qualification is gone?"
Pei Xingzhi's expression remained calm as he said, "I know."
Seeing this, Brother Sun was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "You are so calm that it seems that I, the emperor, am not anxious, but the eunuch is."
Pei Xingzhi smiled calmly: "I'm not that calm, but I knew the result a few days ago. The sadness is over, and now I can accept it calmly."
"Then do you know why the candidate changed from you to He Yan?" Brother Sun said.
Pei Xingzhi took a dry towel from the wall, covered his head with it and wiped his hair. "I'm not sure about that. Maybe he used some connections behind the scenes?"
"He's not leaving," Brother Sun couldn't help but curse, then said angrily, "I found out from my father-in-law that this guy is using some kind of connections. He's going to the commune to report you, saying that your background is questionable."
As he finished speaking, Brother Sun's voice suddenly became very low, as if he was afraid of being heard.
Pei Xingzhi's hand that was wiping his hair paused, and a dark light flashed in his eyes that were blocked by the towel. At that moment, the air pressure in his body dropped and the air began to solidify.
In the entire Hongshan Commune, probably only Brother Sun knew about his life story, because Brother Sun's father was once his father's subordinate, but Brother Sun could not tell He Yan, so how did He Yan know it?
"Xingzhi, although your father's affairs have nothing to do with you, those people will use your background to make a fuss. Your life in the future may not be as peaceful as it is now, so you must be mentally prepared."
"Or, you can consider my method. Even though it's a little crude, it's very effective. Look how cool I am now!"
Is there a way to find a powerful Yue family?
Brother Sun’s words before he left kept echoing in Pei Xingzhi’s mind, and he couldn’t fall asleep until midnight.
After four years of peace, are we going back to the old days?
There were endless searches of homes, endless things smashed, and endless criticisms...
For a moment, Pei Xingzhi couldn't help but recall the scene of his childhood. A group of people with red armbands broke into his home, rummaging through drawers, smashing things, and burning things. He was protected behind him by his elderly grandparents, watching all this in horror.
Why did these people destroy his home? The young Pei Xingzhi wondered in confusion.
Later, the group of people wearing red armbands dragged my grandfather out, punched and kicked him, and shaved half of his head. He heard others say that this was called a "yin-yang head" and that only bad elements would be treated like this.
Then, grandpa was driven to the street by those people and paraded through the streets with a large paper sign hanging around his neck. There was something written on the sign, but Pei Xingzhi didn't see it because his grandmother covered her eyes with her hands.
Many people threw things at Grandpa, and Pei Xingzhi saw that among those people, there were some of Grandpa's former students.
In the dark night, Pei Xingzhi was no longer as gentle as he was during the day. His whole body exuded a piercing invisible black aura. Anyone who saw Pei Xingzhi like this would definitely think that he was a different person from his usual self.
What to do next, face it or escape it.
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