Two people from the Red Star Production Team came to receive this group of educated youth. One was the team's old secretary Niu Guozhu, and the other was Niu Guozhu's nephew Jiang Qingshan.
Niu Guozhu is over fifty years old, and because he has been exposed to the wind and sun in the countryside all year round, he looks to be in his sixties. Jiang Qingshan is just in his early twenties, tall and big, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a dark red face. He stands straight next to the ox cart and is particularly eye-catching.
Niu Guozhu bit his pipe and said, "Qingshan, what do you think the five educated youths will be like? I don't think so. Looking at the information of the five educated youths, two are from Beijing, one is from Suzhou, and one is from Shanghai. They are all young people from big cities. Can they adapt to life in our countryside?"
At first, the villagers regarded the educated youth from the city as foreigners. They were very curious about them for a while and took good care of them. After all, they were young men and women in their teens and under 20 years old. It was pitiful to see them leave their homes so far to work in the countryside. But after a while, they realized that these city people also had a lot of troubles. Instead of having the free time, they might as well do more work and earn work points.
This also led to Niu Guozhu not being so enthusiastic about the job of picking up the educated youth. He just had a headache. The arrival of five educated youth meant five more mouths to feed the village, and he didn't expect these educated youth to be able to do much work.
Jiang Qingshan lowered his eyes and looked at his uncle without saying anything. He was always taciturn. Niu Guozhu didn't want him to answer, so he just kept on nagging: "Qingshan, someone is coming over there. Is he from our team? You are tall, please keep an eye on him for your uncle. It will be hard to explain if others don't receive the call."
Jiang Qingshan looked up and saw three educated youths, two men and one woman, walking towards them. There were also two educated youths, one man and one woman, walking towards them from another direction. Jiang Qingshan wrote a big sign for his uncle. When the educated youths saw the sign, their eyes lit up, and Jiang Qingshan knew that they were assigned to their team.
"Uncle, they are here. All five educated youth are here. We can go back after we pick them up."
"Okay, okay, I'm glad we're here." Niu Guozhu quickly put away his pipe and looked at the crowd in front with a smile. He saw a young man pointing at them and said, "Look, the Red Star Production Team is right over there. It's easy to find. Uncle, we are educated youths who have been sent to the Red Star Production Team. All three of us are here. Thank you for coming to pick us up."
"No, no, you have a pretty good physique, young man. Put the luggage on the oxcart. We can set off now that the two educated youths have arrived. Look, they are coming over there too."
The other two educated youth, Jiang Huai from Suzhou, wore glasses, and Ma Lili from Shanghai, wore a green military uniform. They attracted a lot of attention along the way.
After they arrived, Niu Guozhu took out the list and checked the names. After confirming that they were correct, he drove the ox cart back to the production team.
The luggage was put on the ox cart, and the five educated youth followed the cart. After introducing each other's identities and hometowns, Chen Jianhua enthusiastically asked Niu Guozhu about the Red Star Production Team. In the meantime, he also tried to talk to Jiang Qingshan, but Jiang Qingshan was like a piece of wood and would not speak unless he could. Niu Guozhu also explained to Chen Jianhua that this was the nature of his nephew.
"Oh, it's a cripple." Wang Ling walked quietly on the side and silently watched a few people. Suddenly, she found that although Jiang Qingshan's back was straight, his legs were a little different when he walked. It was obvious that there was something wrong with one of his legs, so she screamed in surprise.
When she noticed that everyone turned to look at her, she blushed and waved her hands in panic, "I, I didn't mean to say that. I, I just didn't expect it. I was so surprised."
Ma Lili was a little annoyed by Wang Ling's loud shouting: "I think you did it on purpose. You are such an adult and you still don't know what to say and what not to say?"
"I..." Wang Ling pinched the corner of her clothes with both hands, her eyes red, as if someone had bullied her.
Niu Guozhu was also unhappy. She was just a teenage girl. Could he really argue with her for his nephew? If it got out, it would only say bad things about him.
Glancing at his nephew who didn't care at all, Niu Guozhu coughed and said, "Qingshan was discharged from the army after suffering a leg injury while on a mission. His injury has long since healed, and he works more efficiently than anyone else."
Wang Ling now knew that she had said the wrong thing, and her eyes became even redder. She really didn't mean it. She looked at Ji Yuanjing for help. Yuanjing knew that such an incident happened in the original owner's memory. Although the original owner had never had any contact with Jiang Qingshan, he admired Jiang Qingshan after learning about this incident.
In his memory, Ji Yuanjing felt a little embarrassed when he received Wang Ling's look for help, but he did not stand up to say anything for Wang Ling. Wang Ling seemed to be disappointed. This time, Yuanjing looked at the back of Jiang Qingshan who was still standing straight. He seemed unaffected at all, but Yuanjing did not think this was a reason for others to laugh at him unscrupulously.
Yuan Jing said calmly: "The great man taught us to have the courage to admit our mistakes. You should apologize to Comrade Jiang for your recklessness instead of running away."
Jiang Huai wanted to defend Wang Ling just as he remembered, but this time he didn't have the chance to speak, and what Yuan Jing said was so right that he couldn't refute it.
Chen Jianhua also felt that Wang Ling was rash. Seeing that Wang Ling was about to cry, he advised: "Although Yuan Jing's words were a bit harsh, they were not wrong. It's just a matter of apology."
"Wow," Wang Ling burst into tears, "Comrade Jiang, I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me, wow..." She cried so sadly.
Chen Jianhua was so embarrassed that he kept scratching his head. Jiang Huai looked at Yuan Jing and Ma Lili with accusatory eyes. Niu Guozhu wanted to take out his pipe again. Should he take it out or not? The delicate little girl gave him the most headache.
Jiang Qingshan turned his head, not to look at Wang Ling, but to look at Yuan Jing. He nodded slightly at him and said, "It's okay. I'm used to it."
The word "got used to it" made Chen Jianhua's sympathy for Wang Ling shrink again. Perhaps it was because a cripple was often laughed at that he would say such words as "got used to it". If he spoke up for Wang Ling at this time, it would hurt Comrade Jiang's heart. Although Comrade Jiang looked cold, it didn't mean he wouldn't be hurt.
Yuan Jing also nodded to Jiang Qingshan, and the two continued walking.
Yuan Jing paid a little attention to Jiang Qingshan and found that he was worthy of being a soldier. He could see the rise and fall of his muscles when he walked, and he looked very powerful. Then he looked at himself, a scholar like a boiled chicken, similar to himself in the apocalypse.
But at that time he had the poison-related ability to protect himself, but now he is really weak. It seems that he has to practice his skills when he gets to the place. He is not used to such a weak body. Besides, his original body was killed by a wild boar. There is no guarantee that he will not encounter a wild boar coming down the mountain or other crises after avoiding that disaster.
Ma Lili curled her lips at Wang Ling, looking down on her behavior. Only Jiang Huai was left, who took out a clean handkerchief and tried to persuade her gently. The two of them gradually fell behind, and the crying stopped. Not long after, laughter was heard. I don't know what Jiang Huai said, but Wang Ling laughed.
Chen Jianhua scratched his head and continued talking to Niu Guozhu. He was very realistic. When he arrived at the Red Star Production Team, he must build good relationships with the locals and integrate into them in order to live a better life.
After leaving the county town, there was a rugged mountain road. Wang Ling could not hold on for half an hour and complained of foot pain. Jiang Huai saw that the ox cart was almost 500 meters away from them. Of course, this was because Niu Guozhu and his men deliberately slowed down to take care of these educated youth. Jiang Huai helped her sit on a stone by the roadside: "Comrade Wang, please sit down first. I will stop the ox cart in front and let you sit on the ox cart."
Wang Ling smiled weakly: "Thank you, Comrade Jiang. I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."
Jiang Huai smiled and said it was okay, and then he strode after the ox cart and stopped it. When Niu Guozhu looked back, he put forward his own ideas and pointed at Wang Ling behind him and said, "We can't go on like this. Comrade Wang is walking on such a mountain road for the first time, so he is not used to it. He will be fine after he gets used to it."
"So delicate." Ma Lili muttered, but her voice was loud enough for Jiang Huai to hear, but he pretended not to hear.
Originally, there was a female educated youth traveling with her, and Ma Lili was very happy, but she soon realized that she and Wang Ling were not the same kind of people, and she just disliked her.
Niu Guozhu sighed and said, "Okay, come quickly, we have to get back to the village before dark, otherwise it will be unsafe on this mountain road."
Ma Lili was immediately frightened and looked around: "Are there any fierce beasts like wolves or bears in this mountain?"
"Haha, there are no wolves. At most you can hear the howling of wolves, but I can't guarantee there will be wild boars or the like." Niu Guozhu said with a smile.
Ma Lili was even more scared. Although she looked much stronger than Wang Ling, how many girls were not afraid of wolves? She felt her scalp tingling and told Wang Ling behind her to hurry up and stop holding them back.
Wang Ling arrived and climbed onto the ox cart with a look of grievance, but how clean could the ox cart be? Niu Guozhu shook his head at her disgusted look, shouted and continued to drive the ox cart. The ox cart started moving before Wang Ling could sit firmly, and she almost fell into the luggage. She screamed and grabbed the luggage to steady herself.
Niu Guozhu looked back and said, "Young comrade, you have to adapt to our rural life as soon as possible. From now on, the main means of transportation in the village will be this ox cart. Not to mention that people are already sitting on it, even if they don't sit on it, they can still jump on it."
Wang Ling almost cried after hearing this. Jiang Huai was a little annoyed with Niu Guozhu's attitude, but there was nothing he could do because he was the branch secretary. They would have to work under Niu Guozhu in the future, so they could only smile and say, "Uncle Niu, we will adapt. Just give us some time."
Niu Guozhu smiled and said nothing more. Yuan Jing looked up. The original self in his memory didn't pay any attention to this scene. But now Yuan Jing felt that the old branch secretary did this on purpose to avenge his nephew. Who made Wang Ling say in such a fuss-like tone that his nephew was crippled?
It was my first time riding a bullock cart on a bumpy mountain road, and it was definitely not a pleasant experience.
Another half an hour passed, and Wang Ling's complexion did not improve at all, still as pale as before. She did not care that the ox cart was dirty, and she lay down on the luggage.
Li also wanted to take a rest on the ox cart, but seeing Wang Ling's appearance, she gave up and decided to continue. She was mentally prepared to suffer in the countryside.
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