"That's right, everyone knows Xie Zhuo is a notorious scoundrel in your Qingshan Brigade. He was the one who came to cause trouble for us first!"
Zhou Jingjing immediately followed Wu Shi's voice.
Song Guangming's face was still ashen. He glanced at her before turning to Xie Zhuo on the ground.
Xie Zhuo immediately clutched his chest and coughed twice, as if he had been hit hard.
They've all suffered internal injuries.
Song Guangming: "..."
You're covering the wrong spot, weren't you just covering your stomach?
He knew that kid wasn't up to any good!
It's all an act.
After all, he had watched him grow up since he was a child. Not to mention these few educated youths, there were few people in the entire Qingshan Brigade who could make him suffer.
But it's not fair to say Xie Zhuo is a bad person.
After all, only he and his two nephews were left in the family. If he didn't have some skills, the two nephews and the one big brother wouldn't be alive now.
I just don't know what he's up to this time.
Wu Shi: "..."
damn it.
If Wu Shi hadn't been certain that his kick hadn't landed on Xie Zhuo, he probably would have thought he'd seriously injured the man. The young man was coughing so violently, as if he were about to die.
"Cough," Song Guangming's throat also felt itchy from Xie Zhuo's cough, so he coughed back.
The eyes of everyone around him immediately turned to him.
Song Guangming: "..."
"What are you all standing there for? Li Li, go to the commune clinic and fetch Dr. Qian," Song Guangming said, suppressing the urge to cough again. He directed the dark-skinned, thin young man closest to him, and then pointed to Zhao Jisheng and Liu Mancang, who were always following Xie Zhuo around. "Go and help him up."
Xie Zhuo coughed twice more.
"Third Brother, that's enough," Zhao Jisheng said in a low voice, "any more and it'll be too much, with your big build..."
Xie Zhuo glanced at him sideways and finally stopped.
Everyone else was worried he wouldn't be able to catch his breath and would die, but now that the coughing had stopped, they quickly found a bowl and poured him some of the water they had prepared to take with them to the fields.
"Thank you, Auntie," Xie Zhuo said, but did not take the bowl.
He pinched Liu Mancang's arm, and Liu Mancang immediately reached out and took the bowl that Aunt Wang handed him, saying, "Thank you, Auntie."
I couldn't help but mutter to myself, "Third Brother, a grown man, has so many trivial matters to worry about."
From a young age, he refused to touch the bowls and chopsticks that others had used, and he never shared a bowl of water with others. He took a bath every night, regardless of winter or summer, and he even washed his two sets of tattered clothes over and over again.
I heard from other educated youths who were sent to the countryside that this is called... it's called obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
I don't know if this problem can be cured.
Song Guangming didn't notice Xie Zhuo's little movements. Only after Xie Zhuo stood up did he speak again, "Xie Zhuo, Wu Zhiqing said that you came here to cause trouble for them. What are you doing here for no reason?"
Xie Zhuo wanted to cough, but seeing the bowl of water Liu Mancang was holding, he held back. He broke free from the arm Zhao Jisheng was supporting and took out a letter in a kraft paper envelope from his pocket.
“I came to the educated youth settlement to deliver a letter,” he said.
Everyone craned their necks to look at his hands.
"Deliver a letter?" Wu Shi frowned. "We all go to the commune to pick them up ourselves. What letter are you delivering?"
Others also found it strange.
"Let's not talk about whose letter I delivered, let's talk about why they suddenly attacked me," Xie Zhuo changed the subject, looking at Han Xiaoyu who had been silent all along.
"Why?"
Everyone was taken aback, their attention instantly diverted by his words.
“Because,” Xie Zhuo smirked, “I happened to catch them robbing Xiao Xu’s things, and I couldn’t help but say a few words, which made them angry and embarrassed…”
Before the villagers could even understand what he meant, the educated youth erupted in protest.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who stole anything?"
"Exactly! If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!"
“You may not know the situation,” Ye Wei said softly, her tone full of grievance that she had been misunderstood. “Xu Yan gave it to us himself, but you misunderstood.”
"Oh--"
Xie Zhuo gave a mocking laugh, "Are you sure it's for you?"
“It was given to us,” Wu Shi said immediately. “If you don’t believe me, you can ask Xu Yan.”
As soon as he said it, Wu Shi regretted it, fearing that Xu Yan might say something inappropriate.
But thinking about how Xu Yan remained silent as usual when Han Xiaoyu spoke to him, tacitly approving of Han Xiaoyu's actions, he felt much more at ease.
Xu Yan likes Han Xiaoyu and listens to him the most, so she definitely won't say anything carelessly.
At this moment, the villagers turned their attention to Xu Yan, who was still sitting in the kitchen.
The female educated youth was so thin that she looked like nothing but skin and bones. From a distance, her face was almost devoid of flesh, but her hair was thick and black. Because she had just been rescued from the water, it was messy and she hadn't had time to tidy it up, which made her face look even smaller and her eyes even bigger.
This young educated youth, Xu, is a bit too thin.
Song Guangming thought to himself.
“Look, look, this person is starving,” Zhao Jisheng suddenly broke the silence. “And you still say she gave you her food? Did you save her ancestors in your past lives?”
Zhao Jisheng's words were very impolite.
The expressions on the faces of the educated youth changed repeatedly.
"Moreover," Xie Zhuo continued, waving the letter in his hand, "you went to the commune to get things, but only brought back the food and threw away the letter from the parents. How could you be so shameless!"
As soon as he said that, Han Xiaoyu's eyes darkened slightly.
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