Chapter 8 The Laziest Man in the Countryside 70 (8)
"I know, Dad. You two take good care of yourselves. I'll stay in the village." Li Zhenzhu was quite stubborn; otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly signed up to go to the countryside.
She also understands that she needs to protect herself now, otherwise who will send things to her parents in the future?
Then she gave her mother the small bundle she had prepared, and her father the things the man had just given her: "Mom and Dad, please take these. You must take good care of yourselves."
"Otherwise..." Li Zhenzhu's voice trembled with tears, "Otherwise, I don't want to live either."
After saying that, she turned and ran away. If she didn't run away, her parents would definitely scold her.
The couple were deeply moved as they looked at their daughter.
Li Decheng gritted his teeth: "Who says daughters aren't good enough? My daughter is the most filial of all."
“What will happen to my daughter after she goes to the countryside? She’s so beautiful. If she gets bullied, we won’t be able to support her.” He Xianglan cried, clutching her chest.
"My pearl."
Li Decheng watched his daughter's retreating figure, his lips pressed tightly together: "Don't worry, I will protect my daughter."
He Xianglan: "How can you protect him! We can't even protect ourselves right now!"
Li Decheng looked down at his legs. He was originally a famous doctor at the provincial capital's Central Hospital, but he couldn't escape the turmoil. At that time, he had two apprentices at the hospital.
The young apprentice was very talented in medicine, so when he had mastered the skills, Li Decheng gave him a letter of introduction and sent him to the provincial hospital.
His eldest apprentice was a bit lacking in talent, so he planned to keep him for two years before making any plans for him.
He'll never be any worse than his junior apprentice.
Although he admired his youngest apprentice's intelligence, he dared to say that he had done enough for his eldest apprentice as well.
But unexpectedly, his eldest apprentice held a grudge against him because of this incident.
They reported Li Decheng for making inappropriate remarks and also tried to smear him.
Just because he gave his junior apprentice a letter of introduction!
He was later sent down to this small village. Before that, he suffered some hardships, and that's when he became lame. He was able to come to this village because of his young apprentice's intervention with his older brother.
Otherwise, he and He Xianglan would only be sent to even more remote places.
His eldest disciple seems to have taken his place.
This incident became a thorn in his side.
He no longer wanted to practice medicine and save lives; he could save others, but not himself and his family.
Now, he realized that there was no barefoot doctor in the village yet. If he could gain a foothold in the village, he could also protect Pearl.
When Li Zhenzhu went back, Xuanfeng followed behind her. Only after watching her enter the educated youth settlement did Xuanfeng fly back to the village secretary's house.
"Was it sent back?" Ji Huaizhi had left a window open for it.
"Let's go back! Let's go back!"
When Li Zhenzhu returned, everyone at the educated youth settlement was taking a lunch break. Her roommates stood up after seeing her enter the room and said, "Where have you been? We haven't seen you since lunch."
"I just wandered around and wanted to get familiar with the surroundings." Li Zhenzhu had already prepared her excuse: "I've never seen a village like this before when I was in the city. The scenery is quite nice."
The others didn't find it strange either.
They came with high hopes, but now their mindset is completely different.
I finally ate until I was half full. If I went out for a walk, the food in my stomach would probably have been digested long ago.
“Don’t go out alone in the future. If you want to go out, call someone. There are all kinds of people in the village. Although the folk customs of Huoshaofangzi Village are not bad, it is really not safe for a young girl like you.”
The speaker was Zhang Miao, the leader of the female educated youth: "I'm not joking with you. Girls should still be a little vigilant."
Li Zhenzhu nodded, as if she had taken it to heart.
She realized that if the man she met today was a bad guy, she definitely wouldn't be able to escape.
"Sister Miao, I've got it?"
He Yingying, who came with Li Zhenzhu, suddenly spoke up: "Are you asleep? Can you tell us about your years in the countryside?"
The stuffy room made it impossible for anyone to fall asleep.
Occasionally, a cool breeze would blow in through the window, bringing comfort to my heart.
The female educated youth's eyes were filled with reminiscence: "How was it? It was bitter, absolutely bitter."
"Yes, digging is hard, working is hard, and not having enough to eat is hard too. I really dream of going back to the city." The girl's voice choked with emotion; she hadn't been home in a long time.
Seeing everyone's somber mood, Zhang Miao coughed and said, "Although life is tough, we educated youth are much better off than those in other villages."
Li Zhenzhu and He Yingying looked at Zhang Miao.
"Is this considered good?" He Yingying frowned, not understanding how bad it could be.
Zhang Miao sat up and immediately understood what she meant: "We were sent-down youths who came by train in the same year, and we were assigned to many different villages."
“Once, I met them when I went to the city. Some of them got married and had children locally, a very few were able to return to the city, and some... had accidents.”
Li Zhenzhu: "What kind of accident could happen?"
Seeing their naivety, Zhang Miao continued, "There are many bachelors in the village, and we, the helpless female educated youth, are treated as wives sent down to us."
He Yingying stared wide-eyed: "Really?"
When she was sent to the countryside, her mother warned her and talked about these things.
“Many other villages have this, but our village doesn’t.” Zhang Miao sighed as she mentioned this: “Our village’s Party Secretary is a good person, and so are the other villagers. Although they sometimes say some harsh things, they will all lend a hand when something really happens.”
Li Zhenzhu was grateful that her parents had been sent to this place.
“Once, a female educated youth in our area was almost bullied.” Zhang Miao looked at them seriously and said, “The village secretary sent her directly to the farm, saying she was going to be executed, but they framed her for another crime and she escaped death.”
Zhang Miao said all this to warn them to be careful: "Because of this incident, no one dares to have any other thoughts. Although the villagers are xenophobic, thankfully this situation has not happened again."
He Yingying looked at the other people in the dormitory.
One of the daughters said, "Don't look anymore, that person isn't here anymore. They sent her back to the educated youth office and moved her to a different place."
“Yes.” Zhang Miao nodded: “People can say whatever they want. Even though she is a victim, she will be driven to her death here.”
He Yingying smiled and said, "Hearing you say that, we're quite lucky to have been assigned to this village."
Zhang Miao: "You'll understand in time."
"Although this house fire is better than those in other villages, we can't gamble with human nature, right?"
She said the last sentence while looking at Li Zhenzhu.
When they went to work in the afternoon, the female educated youths were all exhausted, but they got carried away chatting at noon.
When Li Zhenzhu was picking up farm tools at the warehouse, she looked at the crowd and wondered why she couldn't see the man who had given her wild eggs at noon.
"Who are you looking for?" He Yingying asked her.
"I wasn't looking for anyone, I was just curious to see these people. I'll be in contact with them often in the future, so thinking about a few different types won't hurt." Li Zhenzhu withdrew her gaze and stopped looking around.
The newly arrived educated youth weren't very good at their work, especially He Yingying. At first, she seemed alright, but as the work progressed, the team leader frowned at her.
He Yingying was not happy when she was told that her work was not good enough and needed to be redone.
His face was so oily it could hang from a bottle.
Li Zhenzhu wasn't very good either, and she worked slowly.
However, their attitude towards learning is good.
The other female educated youth who taught her was quite willing to mentor her.
One male educated youth worked for a while and then went straight back to the educated youth settlement, saying that he couldn't do it anymore and was quitting.
The villagers, upon hearing the commotion, simply got up to look, as if they were already used to the antics of these educated youth.
Village Party Secretary Ji Hong didn't care; if he didn't want to do it, he didn't want to persuade him.
He only knew how to cry when it came to distributing the grain.
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