Chapter 333 Winning over allies
"Lianyi, we know you mean well, but sometimes a favor is followed by a grudge. Pan Nuannuan is used to getting something for nothing. If you reject her this time, she will definitely bear a grudge against you.
Besides, she said she was borrowing it, but I never saw her pay it back, and it was the same for both of us, and even more so for you. Later, we stopped lending her food, and when she was unhappy, I asked her to pay back the food she had borrowed before, because there were witnesses, she couldn't deny it, so she later distanced herself from us."
Wang Xiufen explained patiently.
"Sister Xiufen, Zheng Xin, thank you for telling me this. Otherwise, I would have always treated her as a good friend and would not have known when she was sold out."
Ripple rubbed his eyes and said.
“I can’t say thank you. I thought you were just being naive and generous, and you fed an ungrateful person to me. I wanted to remind you but didn’t know how to say it. If I did, I was afraid you wouldn’t believe me, so I just turned a blind eye.
It's just that this time she has set her sights on you. We understand the principle of the lips and teeth being cold. This time she succeeded and got the benefits. Just like what Sister Wang said, will she target us again next time? Telling you this is also helping ourselves."
Zheng Xin spoke very directly. She admitted her little thoughts and that she thought the previous ripples were silly. This time she was just discussing the matter at hand.
"I understand! I just think it's not easy for everyone to come to this strange place from all over the world, and we are all girls, so we should help each other. It's just that I was too naive and made the mistake of idealism, and I took it for granted."
Lianyi lowered her eyes and spoke in a low voice.
This time, Wang Xiufen and Zheng Xin did not refute. They had the same idea at the beginning, but after working on the farm for a year, they also learned to plan for themselves.
Lian Yi saw the expressions of the two people from the corner of her eye, and raised her head at the right time and said:
"Sister Xiufen, Zheng Xin, from now on, whether it's me or you, it's best not to be alone. We don't know what Pan Nuannuan is up to, so we'd better be careful."
Lianyi cleverly changed Pan Nuannuan's target from herself to the three of them, which meant she had allies.
The two nodded, agreeing to Lianyi's proposal.
At this time, hurried footsteps were heard in the yard. The three of them immediately stopped talking. There was a knock on the door, and a deep male voice was heard:
"I'm Chen Jiashu. I heard that classmate Wu was sick. Is he feeling better now?"
Lianyi didn't want to see this scumbag, so she waved to the two of them and lay back down.
Wang Xiufen got off the kang and opened the door a crack. She saw Chen Jiashu, who looked anxious, and said in a low voice:
"Student Chen, Lianyi has taken medicine and has gone to bed. Please don't disturb her."
"Oh, all right, I'll come back to see her tomorrow morning."
Chen Jiashu glanced through the crack in the door and saw Lianyi lying on the kang. He lowered his voice, nodded to Wang Xiufen, and went back to the next room.
After it was completely dark, Pan Nuannuan and the two male educated youth returned to the educated youth site.
Pan Nuannuan lowered her head and walked into the house, and found that the three people in the house were the same as when she left. Two of them were making cotton gloves, and Lianyi was still asleep, and it seemed that she had not even turned over.
"Is Ripple feeling better?"
Pan Nuannuan asked in a low voice.
"He got up halfway through and drank a glass of water, then went back to sleep. He said he felt much more relaxed."
This time it was Zheng Xin who answered.
Because there were patients, the three of them didn't talk much. They all quietly did their own things and went to bed early after dark.
The next day, Lianyi was the first to wake up. It was her turn to make breakfast for everyone. It was not the busy farming season, so in order to save food, everyone ate two meals a day.
She had the memories of her original body. After a simple wash, she lit the stove, cooked the multi-grain porridge, heated up the steamed buckwheat buns, blanched a few old eggplants, minced garlic and chopped green onions, mixed them into a cold dish, and added a few drops of sesame oil. Breakfast was ready.
At this time, the noise at the educated youth site became louder. People got up one after another to wash and then gathered at the wooden table in the yard to eat.
Because Hongqi Commune was close to the mountains and forests, it was still relatively cold in the morning. Everyone first drank a bowl of multi-grain porridge to warm themselves up, and then began to eat steamed buns and vegetables.
Lianyi was full after eating a buckwheat bun, then she quickly washed the dishes and winked at Zheng Xin. The other party was stunned for a moment, quickly drank the last mouthful of porridge, and left the table right after her.
"Zheng Xin, let's go collect firewood together today!"
"That's fine with me. What if Pan Nuannuan wants to join?"
"She won't leave the table early. She will definitely offer to help the boys wash the pot."
Lian Yi said firmly.
"Okay, I'll go change my clothes, wait for me."
"OK."
Lianyi put away the dishes and met Chen Jiashu at the door.
The other person was the same as in the original body's memory, only 1.75 meters tall, wearing a blue shirt and blue pants that were washed to a pale color. These were his father's work clothes, which he gave to him when he came to the countryside.
Because he was not well fed, Chen Jiashu had a rather thin build, and his fair skin had turned a little yellow from a year of hard work. His facial features were regular, except that his cheekbones were a little high and his lips were very thin, a typical appearance of an educated youth at the time.
"Lianyi, are you feeling better?"
"Student Chen, you should call me Student Wu at the Youth League Center!"
Ripple said lightly.
The other party obviously didn't expect Lian Yi to say this. After a slightly awkward cough, he said:
"Okay, Mr. Wu, I'll pay attention!"
Lian Yi nodded in satisfaction, and then said:
"I took the medicine and I'm fine now."
"That's good, then."
Chen Jiashu seemed to be hesitant to speak. If it were his original self, he would definitely ask him what was going on. Lianyi would not indulge him. She did not respond to his words and said directly:
"Zheng Xin and I have an appointment to collect branches for firewood, so I won't say more to you."
After saying that, he turned around and picked up the hatchet standing by the wall.
"I'll go with you!"
"No need. Brother Qian said yesterday that the male students have other arrangements. You should go and ask them!"
Lianyi refused straightforwardly. Zheng Xin had just changed her clothes, so the two of them took an axe and a roll of hemp rope and headed straight for the woods at the foot of the mountain.
Chen Jiashu stared at Lianyi's back for a while. He always felt that Lianyi was a little different today, but he couldn't tell what was different.
There were many people going into the forest to chop and collect firewood, so Lianyi and Zheng Xin followed the crowd into the mountains, calling out to their aunts and uncles along the way.
Someone asked about what happened yesterday. Lianyi directly pushed the responsibility onto Pan Nuannuan, saying that she had seen it wrong. She also specifically mentioned that Pan Nuannuan went to Captain Zhao's house to visit Zhao Shuanzi.
After satisfying the villagers' curiosity, the two of them turned into another fork in the road.
Lianyi stuffed a little rabbit candy into Zheng Xin's mouth and ate one herself. Then she found a dead tree and started chopping branches.
The two took turns working. When Zheng Xin got tired of chopping, Lianyi took over. Zheng Xin gathered the chopped branches together and tied them up with hemp rope so that they could be carried down later.
Suddenly, a gray shadow flashed before Lianyi's eyes, and she subconsciously threw the hatchet in her hand.
(End of this chapter)
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