The director's last words instantly sobered up a few people who had some ulterior motives.
Yes, there are too many dangers in the mountains, they'd better be honest!
Looking at the educated youth who were bowing their heads and obeying obediently, the director sneered in his heart: "This time he has told me the consequences first, I don't believe that there will be people who knowingly commit crimes."
"Okay, each team, take the names on the list in your hands and take them away!"
The commune secretary who rushed in from outside just happened to hear what he said. He coughed twice and raised his hand to signal under everyone's gaze:
"Everyone, be quiet for a moment. I have to stress a few things. First, after you go to the countryside, you should correct the bad habits you had at home. Otherwise, you will go back to where you came from.
Second, there are several farms in our county that are short of people. If you want to go there, we are welcome to send you there.
If you don't want to, just put away those inappropriate thoughts of yours, otherwise several farms and lumberyards welcome you to experience it.
Finally, I want to emphasize that you should not be a deserter, otherwise we will not be able to catch you and your family, and they will go to the farm for reform on your behalf.
Okay, follow your captain quickly. Remember, find your captain if you have any problems, and listen to your captain.
If you want to cause trouble, we welcome you, but we have the final say on where you go." After saying the last sentence, he and the director of the Youth Office left the yard one after the other.
The educated youth who were threatened by the two men were all confused. Before they could figure out the reason, several team leaders repeated what they had just said several times.
Now all the educated youth, including Gu Chengshi, turned pale. If their eyes had not been moving, the team leader and others would have thought that these educated youth had fallen ill before they even arrived at the village.
"Okay, don't scare them. Your team is busy, why don't you go back quickly and take roll call."
He Shubai, who was in a good mood, shook his head at Captain Wangjiawan, and then took the list and started to call out names.
"Xu Jun, Zhou Lianyi, Qin He, Jiang Sui, Jiang Ming, Jiang Shi, Gu Chengshi, Gu Ya, Wu Shuling, all come and follow us."
Seeing that nine educated youth were assigned to the group, four of them were female, He Shubai's face suddenly turned dark.
When they came closer, they took another look and saw that except for a few who were in good health, the others looked listless, and their faces became even darker.
Even though He Wanqing's in-laws were among them, he still lost his good face.
"Let's go, Baosheng."
"Okay!" He took a look at the educated youth who followed him and felt a headache when he thought about the number of people.
He never expected that they would be given nine educated youths at once this time. He looked up and was about to say a few words of comfort when he saw the team leader of Wangjiawan coming over with the same gloomy face.
"Wang Hu, there are quite a few educated youth in your team this time!"
The corners of his mouth rose. It was good that there were two more of them than them, and those troublemakers were on their team yesterday.
The more he thought about it, the more his mouth corners turned up. Fortunately, there were no troublemakers in their team, otherwise it would be even more lively when they returned to the team.
"Well, are you leaving now? If so, let's go together?" She rolled her eyes at him, looked up at the nine educated youths beside him, and felt relieved.
Although their number was smaller than his, it was clear at first glance that those well-dressed ones were not law-abiding people, and they were probably no less powerful than the troublemakers here.
"Let's go." Ignoring the roll of eyes in his eyes, He Baosheng waved to the educated youth behind him and took them to find the team leader.
Just at this moment, the captain of the Yujia Brigade also came over. Looking at his face which was even darker than Captain Wang's, the unkind He Baosheng smiled.
"Stop laughing. If you laugh again, I'll throw two more to your team." Yu He got a headache when he thought about the thirteen educated youths assigned to their team.
When he saw the educated youth from Wangjia Brigade again, he felt much better.
Fortunately, although there are many people, there are not many troublemakers, and there are more men, so he should be thankful.
The Hejia Brigade and Wangjiawan Brigade, which have many female educated youth, said: "Thank you for your reminder."
"No, you should take it back yourself!" After saying that, he left the yard while chatting with Captain Wang.
When He Shubai arrived at the door, he had already harnessed the ox cart. When he looked behind his neighbors on both sides, his depressed mood suddenly improved a lot.
Fortunately, there were only nine educated youth in their team, otherwise he would be so angry if there were more than ten.
"Put your luggage on the bullock cart and let's hurry back to the team."
The educated youth in Hejia Brigade were still dreaming that they could go to Wangjiawan without having to walk. Before the educated youth in Hejia Brigade could protest, their brigade leader said the same thing.
Now some people are not happy with this.
"What? Captain, you want us to walk back? Why?"
"Captain, how can we put luggage in this dirty bullock cart?"
"Captain, your ox cart is so small, how can we fit all our luggage?"
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Listening to the noisy voices of the female educated youth, Captain Wang frowned and said, "It's up to you to let us go or not. If you don't want to let us go, you can carry the luggage yourself.
If you find walking tiring, just turn around and find the director of your Youth League Office and ask them to take you to the farm.
I just don’t want to take you freeloaders back to the team to fight with the other team members for food.”
He said this in a flat tone without even looking at them. After greeting He Shubai who was also standing next to the ox cart, he drove the cart away.
The educated youth who were left standing there looked at each other in confusion. Finally, the male educated youth reacted first. He carried his luggage and followed the ox cart. He put the luggage on the ox cart and followed along.
After watching the excitement for a while, He Shubai said to the educated youth around him: "You too, if you don't want to walk, or if you think the ox carts are dirty and you're afraid of soiling your luggage, then just carry it on your own.
If you don’t want either, go back and find the director of the Youth League Office and ask them to find you a new place.”
After saying this with a cold face, he said to He Baosheng beside him: "Let's go. We wasted a day yesterday. We are very busy in the fields today."
"Okay!" He Baosheng nodded.
Gu Chengshi and others around him watched the excitement for a while, and when they saw that they were about to leave, they immediately followed with their few luggage.
Seeing this, the remaining three people followed with their luggage in order not to be targeted and put their luggage on the platform:
"Captain, we don't mind the dirt, really."
"Captain, is our brigade far from the commune?"
"Captain, we'll be at the entrance of the state-owned restaurant soon. Can we go in and buy some steamed buns to take with us?"
"Captain, we sent some luggage to the post office when we got here. Can we go take a look at it later?"
"Captain~"
Compared with the atmosphere in Wangjiawan, the educated youth in Hejia Brigade, under the leadership of Gu Chengshi and others, were much better. At least they did not stand still like them, waiting to be invited.
Instead, they placed their luggage on the ox cart one by one, and then imitated Gu Chengshi and his companions to talk to the team leader He Baosheng.
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