"Captain, what's wrong?" The scorekeeper was an old man in their village who was said to have a good relationship with the Zhou family. He was the third uncle of the brigade secretary.
He was also the former village chief.
But after it became a brigade, a new brigade leader was elected, so the former village chief was assigned to the job of scorekeeper.
He looked at Zhou Chuan, then at Xia Anyan and Gu Shen. He could roughly understand the relationship between the three of them, but it was inconvenient for him to say so.
Didn't you see everyone is watching and waiting? He's an outsider, so it's not appropriate for him to say anything irrelevant.
“Starting today, we will arrange a separate place for Xia Zhiqing, and he only needs to earn 5 work points a day.”
After saying that, he turned to look at Aunt Zhou.
Seeing the complicated expression on her face, Zhou Chuan didn't say much. Instead, he waved to the person over there and said, "Mother, come here for a moment. I have something I want to tell you."
When Aunt Zhou came over, the look in her eyes when she looked at Xia Anyan had some indescribable emotions.
Moreover, it carried a hint of blame and resentment.
Xia Anyan couldn't understand what she meant, but if she really wanted to, what had she done wrong?
Although she was staying at the Zhou family's place temporarily, she gave them the money and ration coupons she was entitled to, and even provided them with plenty of good food and other necessities.
She gave them everything she could, except for herself.
What's going on now?
The brigade leader, Zhou Chuan, wanted to force her to stay here and not let her leave, and Aunt Zhou had this same expression again.
"Captain, don't you think you've gone too far? What I said just now was reasonable and well-founded. We're getting married soon, and I want to go back and tell my family. Is there a problem?"
"Besides, even if you disagree, it seems you can't do it anyway, because the commune leaders have already given you a leave slip." As she spoke, Xia Anyan took out the leave slip from her pocket.
When Zhou Chuan saw the leave request, he could no longer keep a straight face.
He stared at Xia Anyan in disbelief: "Xia Zhiqing, you actually did so much to leave this place?"
Gu Shen shielded the person behind him and faced Zhou Chuan himself.
He had already figured it out; Zhou Chuan wasn't a good person either.
He appears to be an upright person, seemingly thinking of Yan Yan's best interests, but in reality, he is a selfish and self-serving individual.
He was a man, and he could see clearly that Zhou Chuan had feelings for Yan Yan.
When I like someone, isn't it because I want her to be happy?
If Yan Yan rejects him this time, he won't force her or do anything; instead, he will silently protect her.
Zhou Chuan is clearly not that kind of person.
Furthermore, to do such a thing knowing that Yan Yan already has a fiancé and is about to get married is even more shameless.
"Captain Zhou, I believe Yan Yan has already made herself very clear. Now that the leave slip is ready, we came here to inform you. Since the notification has been given, we'll be leaving now."
After Gu Shen finished speaking, he took Xia Anyan's hand, and the two walked together towards the location where the bicycles were parked.
However, the people surrounding them were unwilling to make way for them.
When Gu Shen's gaze fell on those people, they simply turned their heads away.
This is the power of the team uniting together.
If they dare to bully their brigade leader, then they'll bully them too in the future.
“Comrade, although you are a soldier, since you have come to our brigade, you must abide by our brigade's rules. This Xia educated youth has only just arrived at our brigade and is already thinking about leaving. Does he not respect us?”
"I still remember when she first came, she kept saying that she wanted to make a difference in our brigade and that she volunteered to go to the countryside. She's only been here for two days and she's already in a hurry to leave. Is she slapping herself in the face or slapping our brigade leader in the face?"
As more and more people blocked their way, Gu Shen was ready to take action.
However, Xia Anyan couldn't let him do that.
"Captain, I didn't know about my fiancé and me before. In fact, I only found out about his arrival yesterday. Does that count as hiding something?"
"Now that I've decided to marry him, we both want to go back and tell our families. Isn't that what I should do?"
"So what if you don't let me go home? He's a soldier, and he's eligible to accompany his family to the military. As long as we get married, I can still leave here."
Zhou Chuan's face immediately turned cold.
He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with coldness.
In the end, he agreed.
Xia Anyan and Gu Shen left, and Zhou Chuan's hands trembled as he watched their departing figures.
He suppressed his anger, glanced at the crowd, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
Aunt Zhou caught up with him, very worried: "Son, what's going on? What's the relationship between that educated youth Xia and that man?"
Zhou Chuan exuded a chilling aura, making people afraid to approach him.
But Aunt Zhou had finally gotten him to agree, so she wasn't about to let him go. She chased after him all the way home.
When the mother and daughter returned, they saw Xia Anyan packing her things, while Gu Shen stood at the door, the two chatting and laughing.
Zhou Chuan turned to leave, but was stopped by Aunt Zhou.
Aunt Zhou pulled him toward Xia Anyan: "Xia, are you planning to move out right away?"
Xia Anyan smiled and nodded: "Yes, Auntie, I want to spend two days with my grandfather when I go back this time. There's no use leaving my things here, so I thought I'd take them back first."
"But don't worry, Auntie, I won't make you give me your money back. I'll continue to rent this house."
Aunt Zhou's lips twitched, but she was furious inside.
“Xia Zhiqing, if you hadn’t said anything, I would have thought you weren’t planning on coming back.”
Aunt Zhou started speaking rudely; she had never seen anyone so infuriating.
Xia Anyan smiled, seemingly in a good mood: "I'll definitely come back, my household registration is still here, right?"
After speaking, he glanced at Zhou Chuan out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing his expression, Xia Anyan sneered inwardly.
After packing up, Gu Shen helped put the items on the bicycle, and the two of them left.
Aunt Zhou slapped Zhou Chuan on the arm: "You brat, what did I tell you before? You told me you could solve it, and this is how you solved it?"
"If I had known she was so easy to please, I would have sent someone to your house to arrange a marriage for you two."
If we call the matchmaker soon, the bride will be theirs!
Zhou Chuan could no longer control himself and glared at his aunt: "Mom, is that enough? Have you said that's enough? Things have come to this, what else do you want? What else do you want me to do?"
"Do you expect me to steal them? They're an engaged couple arranged by their parents, what am I to them?"
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