Han Xiaoyu pursed his lips and remained silent.
"You're treating my words like they're nothing, aren't you?" Song Guangming suddenly raised his voice.
The female educated youth were startled, especially Qin Li, who was timid to begin with and burst into tears.
But when he met the captain's gaze, he quickly shut his mouth.
All that remained was the sound of cicadas chirping.
It wasn't until the crowd that followed Song Guangming from a distance quickly walked up that the "lively" atmosphere returned.
"Oh dear!" Granny Zhang suddenly cried out in a drawn-out voice, "Isn't that Xie Laosan lying on the ground? Was he beaten to death by these educated youths? I knew the Xie family was strange. If Xie Laosan is gone, how will his two children survive!"
"What? Xie Laosan was beaten to death by the educated youth!"
Those who followed only heard the second half of the sentence and rushed over to see what was happening.
"I told you, today is a really bad day," said another aunt, Li Aihua. "First, a young intellectual fell into the river and almost drowned, and then Xie Laosan..."
"Don't talk nonsense."
Before she could finish speaking, her husband glared at her and said, "I think the person is still alive."
"Really?" Li Aihua squeezed forward, peering through the gaps in the crowd at Xie Zhuo lying on the ground.
He is definitely not dead.
However, this kid has always been a tough nut to crack, and also a slippery one, with a whole bunch of tricks up his sleeve. How come he got beaten up by a few educated youths today?
She wanted to squeeze in; after all, the villagers had been beaten by outsiders, and there had to be an explanation.
It was obvious that the other members of the Qingshan Brigade thought the same way.
"Captain, you can't ignore this! Outsiders are bullying us!"
"That's right. In the past, these educated youths looked down on us country folk, but it was just talk. I never expected them to actually fight now. This is outrageous!"
"I think they're just too idle. If they were busy, they wouldn't be fighting."
"Captain, it was Xie Zhuo who came to cause trouble for us first," Wu Shi finally realized that they had been tricked by Xie Zhuo!
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