Chapter 97 caused a commotion.
After eating and drinking their fill, the group of friends lay comfortably against the big tree.
"Let's not go back for lunch, we've already eaten so much."
"Hmm, let's not go back. We'll go see if any wild fruits are ripe later, and then we'll climb the trees and pick some."
"Little Peach Blossom, is there anything unusual happening in town?"
Little Peach Blossom thought for a moment and said, "No, I don't think so." Her life was always the same: her master's house, her own house, and that was it.
Someone whispered, "I know, I know."
"Huh?" Everyone crowded around.
Human children are just as curious as adults, and they often express it more directly and gossip-wise.
"Tell me quickly."
The kid who was speaking just now looked around warily, then up and down. He didn't really know why he was doing that, but it seems like adults sometimes talk like that.
"Nothing's wrong in our town, but something's happened in the county."
Everyone's eyes widened even more, and Little Peach Blossom perked up her ears.
"I heard it's a huge mess. A lot of people have been arrested, some have been beaten up on the street, and bad guys have broken into people's homes, taking a lot of things! And schools, I heard many schools have suspended classes, and teachers have been dragged out and beaten!"
The children's mouths dropped open: "No, really?"
Even Little Peach Blossom couldn't believe it. She was supposed to go to school next year, but how could she go to school without a teacher? Well, even though it seemed like she wasn't going to school in the county.
"I'm telling the truth. Haven't you seen a lot more outsiders coming to the production team these past few days? I heard they're all fleeing from disaster." I only heard the word 'fleeing from disaster' from the adults.
"My goodness, the county is terrifying."
"Yes, I don't want to go to the county anymore."
"Me too."
"But we don't have a chance to go, hehe."
What nonsense are you talking about!
Everyone stared at the person who said, "There's no chance to go to the county."
The other person probably realized they had said something wrong and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Little Peach Blossom, you can't go to the county during this time."
If you asked which of their friends was most likely to go to the county, Little Peach Blossom would be the only one. Everyone immediately chimed in with their advice: "Yes, whatever you do, don't go to the county."
They were really afraid that Little Peach Blossom would never come back.
"So dangerous?" Little Peach Blossom frowned slightly.
"Extremely dangerous!" they exclaimed in unison.
"Well, but I stay in town, I don't go to the county."
"That's good, that's good."
"Are there many strangers coming to the production team now?" Some people were concerned about this.
"Of course, there are many, they are all relatives of each other."
"There are so many. We need to be careful, lest there are bad people among them."
Thinking of bad people reminded them of the kidnapping incident from a few years ago, and they shuddered. Then they couldn't help but tell Little Peach Blossom, "Little Peach Blossom, don't talk to strangers. We don't know who's good or bad yet. We'll tell you who you can talk to and who you can't once we figure it out."
"Okay, I'll listen to everyone."
"Yes, yes." Everyone trusted Little Peach Blossom completely.
"Let's go pick some fruit!"
"Time to pick fruit..."
A large group of people set off into the mountains, which were a little deeper into the mountains.
Outside Xiaolin Village, a mule cart carrying a group of ragged people entered the production team.
Just then, everyone finished work and looked over. No one was in a hurry to go back for dinner.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know, does anyone know?"
"I don't know, and I don't recognize this person."
"I don't think I've ever seen a rickshaw puller before."
"I've seen it; the cart puller seems to be from the county."
"Hiss, what happened? What's wrong with the people in that car?"
Upon hearing the commotion, Captain Lin Guangyi and Brigade Secretary Lin Aisheng rushed over immediately.
"Hello comrade, I am Lin Guangyi, the production team leader of Xiaolin Village."
"Hello comrade, I am Lin Aisheng, the brigade secretary of Xiaolin Village Production Team."
"Hello, comrades." The man pulling the mule cart got off to greet them.
"What's this?" Lin Guangyi was confused about what had happened.
"Oh, it's like this, comrade. This truckload of people has made a mistake. The higher-ups have ordered them to work in your production team's cowshed, and they won't be given any good care. They'll have to endure a hard life. Here's the document, take a look."
Lin Guangyi and Lin Aisheng quickly opened it and read it.
"This..." Lin Guangyi didn't know what to say.
"Now that you two have seen my work, I consider my task complete. I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now. These people can stay with you. Oh, by the way, there will be frequent inspections from above, so you can't just pay lip service to them."
The other party then rudely forced the people off the mule cart. The reason they had been allowed to sit there was because some of them were sick or had difficulty walking. Now that they had been taken to their destination, they couldn't be taken any further. The rest of them had to walk on their own!
"They're not comrades, but these people don't seem like good people?" Lin Guangyi said.
"It's alright, as long as I survive for a week or two, it's none of your business."
What if they die in a week or two?
Lin Guangyi didn't dare ask that question.
Although the other person was just a mule cart puller, the way he treated them made Lin Guangyi and his companion realize that there must be someone behind him.
"Comrade, would you like to come in and have a glass of water? It's getting a bit hot now, and you've been traveling for quite a while."
"No need, I have other things to do, you guys go ahead with your work. Remember, don't be too nice to these people, or your production team will be the ones who suffer!" The other person warned before leaving, then drove the mules away without looking back.
After the man left, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"This, Captain, Brigade Secretary, what exactly is going on?" Someone glanced at the group of ragged people. They had heard what the man had said, but they still didn't understand what was happening.
"Go back, everyone. Whoever goes and calls Uncle Niu over to take the man to the cowshed."
"This cowshed is uninhabitable, isn't it?"
"Why can't people live here!" Lin Guangyi glared at the other person: "Didn't you just hear that this person made a mistake and needs to be reformed? They can't live in a good place. They specifically designated them to live in the cowshed, and they'll be inspected frequently!"
"Won't something happen to this group of people when the production team comes?" someone asked fearfully.
"Whether something has happened or not, it's already like this. Everyone, disperse and go home for dinner. Stop crowding around!" Lin Guangyi was a little unhappy. He might not have understood what was going on at first, but they had explained it so clearly. If he still didn't understand, he would be a fool. Only the farmers who were busy in the fields every day were still a little confused.
He hadn't expected the commotion in the county to be so severe that people had even gone to the countryside. It was easy to imagine that the unrest would escalate further, and the countryside would likely become even more unstable.
Why can't we just live peacefully and steadily?
Lin Guangyi scratched his head, but there was nothing he could do; he had to carry out the orders from above.
(End of this chapter)
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