The three male educated youth who came later were named Fan Ruifeng, Cheng Liang and Jin Xiaoguang. They all came from several southern provinces. They were exhausted from the journey and had not eaten anything. Their faces were full of fatigue. By seven o'clock, the last girl had not shown up yet, and everyone was a little impatient.
Chen Zhifang counted on the people and thought something was wrong. Wang Qiang, who was the farthest away, had already arrived. The remaining girl was from Qicheng. Logically, she should have been the first to arrive. Why hadn't she shown up yet? Maybe something had happened.
"Youpeng, you stay here and watch. I'll go inside and ask." Chen Zhifang was a little worried and planned to look for her inside the station.
"Dad, there's no need to go. Look at that." Chen Youpeng happened to see a 17 or 18-year-old female comrade, followed by two middle-aged men and women, carrying large and small bags in their hands, talking and laughing as they came over here.
"No way, can we still pick him up and drop him off when he goes to the countryside?" Fu Baoer thought that this person was definitely not an educated youth.
However, she was slapped in the face the next second. The man behind the girl really came over and asked them if they were from Qingshan Village to pick someone up. Fu Baoer exclaimed "Oh", thinking that this was a bit outrageous. It didn't seem like they were here to cut in line, but rather like they were going home to visit relatives.
"I'm the secretary of Qingshan Village. This woman is an educated youth sent to work in our area?" Chen Zhifang asked the middle-aged man. "Why are you so late? I remember Lü Wei was from Qicheng, right?"
The man was a bit arrogant, not taking Chen Zhifang seriously, and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, "I'm Lv Wei's uncle, I work at the machinery factory, and this is my wife, she works at the flour mill. Xiaowei has been staying at our house since she arrived this morning, so she was delayed for a while."
"..." Chen Zhifang glanced at Lu Wei, "Don't you know that today is the day to gather? Everyone has been waiting for you since this morning. Even the educated youth who came from the farthest place have arrived earlier than you."
Lu Wei was stunned for a moment, then felt a little aggrieved. How could this man be so rude? She pouted and called him uncle, "It's not that late. I just had dinner."
"Okay, Xiaowei," the middle-aged woman knew the seriousness of the matter. If she offended the village secretary, how would she live in the future? "Secretary Chen is not blaming you. Just listen and control your temper when you get there. Okay?"
Lu Wei frowned, but did not refute her aunt in the end, and kept her mouth shut unwillingly. The other educated youth looked at each other and all agreed that among the seven of them, Lu Wei was probably the most difficult to get along with.
The ox cart was full of luggage, and Lu Wei's luggage alone took up half of it. Everyone could only squeeze on both sides. Lu Wei was reluctant to get on the cart, always feeling that it was smelly and unclean. Who knew if there would be cow dung or something like that? If it weren't for the heavy luggage, she wouldn't be willing to put her things on it.
"Uncle, this...how can anyone ride in this?" Lu Wei looked at his relatives for help, "I don't want to ride in this ox cart."
Without waiting for Uncle Lu Wei to say anything, Chen Zhifang swung the rope in his hand heavily, and the big yellow cow mooed to show its dissatisfaction. The people in the car also looked impatient. Since it was their first meeting, no one wanted to start a dispute.
Lu Wei's eyes turned red. She didn't want to go to the countryside to join the production team, but her parents tried many ways but couldn't change the fact. Fortunately, she was lucky and was not sent too far away, so her uncle could take care of her nearby. However, she didn't expect that the people in Qingshan Village were not easy to get along with.
Seeing his niece about to cry, the uncle felt really bad, "Good girl, bear with it, we will be there soon."
Amidst the consolation from her uncle and aunt, Lu Wei reluctantly climbed onto the ox cart and sat down next to Tian Tian. During this time, she kept covering her nose with her hands, as if there was a strong smell.
Fu Baoer tried to hold it back, but still couldn't help it: "What's the smell? We washed it before we came, just in case you wouldn't be used to it."
Looking at the ox cart from Hexi Village just now and the expressions of the educated youth when they got on it, you can guess how dirty their carts were.
Li Jiawei also echoed: "Why don't I smell anything?"
"Haha, the oxcart doesn't smell. It's probably because we grown men sweat." Wang Qiang didn't want to make things awkward, so he joked. "It'll be fine soon as the oxcart starts running. Now that the evening breeze is blowing, it will be cool soon."
Chen Youpeng shouted, urging the big yellow ox to go faster. The ox seemed unwilling to stay any longer and ran away with its hooves spread out. The people sitting on the car supported each other to avoid falling. Lu Wei saw that the only two female educated youth had become familiar with each other, talking and laughing, and ignored her. In addition, she was even more unhappy because of what Fu Baoer had just said to her.
Tears fell down. She hadn't felt it before at her uncle's house, but now she felt completely what it meant to be in an unfamiliar place. Lu Wei sobbed softly, worried about her future life. Would she be isolated? Would she always be criticized by that serious village cadre? And the little kid who just spoke, was it like this for everyone in Qingshan Village, from the old to the young?
Tian Tian was the first to notice that something was wrong with Lu Wei. "Comrade Lu Wei, why are you crying? You...you should stop crying..."
Lu Wei hadn't cried out loud at first, but after being persuaded, she couldn't hold it back anymore. "Wow! You all bullied me! What did I do wrong to be so targeted at me?"
"..." Not only Fu Baoer was speechless, but everyone else also didn't know what to say. Lu Wei was obviously the first to arrive, but he took so long to show up. Not only did he make everyone wait, but he didn't even apologize, which was too much. Now he is complaining about everything and turning the tables.
"Tell me what you did wrong," Fu Baoer said, relying on her young age, she didn't feel embarrassed. "First, according to the rules, you can't leave the team to visit your relatives without permission. We didn't make a fuss because we understand that you are new here and don't know much. Second, you wasted everyone's time. If it weren't for you, we would have settled down in the village now. Third, you didn't apologize for your mistakes, but instead you blamed us. Everyone here is born and raised by their parents, and no one is obligated to give in to you. You cry all the time, and even I, a child, am ashamed for you!"
Lu Wei was criticized mercilessly by Fu Baoer, and her heart was even more bitter. She had never experienced the feeling of being bullied in her life, and she cried and hiccuped.
Except for Chen Zhifang and Chen Youpeng who knew Fu Baoer's character, no one else expected that a child could point out the problem so sharply. Those who originally wanted to comfort Lu Wei found it even more difficult to speak. Speaking out would only make them seem less sensible than a child.
A few people looked at each other and finally decided not to say anything. However, those who were chatting and laughing just now were now embarrassed to continue chatting, and the atmosphere instantly became cold.
Lu Wei cried for a while, and when she found no one to comfort her, she stopped sobbing. But it didn't matter that she stopped. She immediately found that the ox cart was unexpectedly bumpy as it was driving on the bumpy dirt road.
Suddenly, with a "wow" sound, Lu Wei vomited out all the food he had eaten tonight.
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