After walking a distance, Qin Hanshu subtly increased the distance between herself and Zhao Ru.
Zhang Kangmei asked her, "Is that person your half-sister?"
Qin Hanshu nodded.
Zhang Kangmei pursed her lips and said, "She doesn't seem very friendly to you. You should be careful of her."
Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "I know."
Zhang Kangmei then looked at Lin Zhiheng and asked, "Lin Zhiheng, what's with that expression? Did you eat a fly?"
Lin Zhiheng frowned and slowly shook his head.
Qin Hanshu chuckled inwardly.
Hu Wenwen's gaze was so intense when she saw Lin Zhiheng that she almost stared a hole through him.
In her past life, Hu Wenwen met Lin Zhiheng when she first entered university and fell in love with him at first sight.
At that time, Lin Zhiheng was a well-known unattainable beauty in the school, which further strengthened Hu Wenwen's determination to win him over.
However, Hu Wenwen, who was already a great beauty, did not let Lin Zhiheng give her a second glance.
Lin Zhiheng's only focus is on learning, research, and experimentation.
After three years of persistent pursuit, Hu Wenwen finally gave up and began to turn her attention to other men.
Years later, even after she was married, Hu Wenwen still couldn't help but feel regret when she saw Lin Zhiheng being interviewed on television again.
What you don't get, you always feel resentful about.
Qin Hanshu looked at Lin Zhiheng with a slightly teasing expression.
Lin Zhiheng noticed this and turned his head away in embarrassment and annoyance.
Hongxing Farm is a state-run farm at the regimental level, with complete facilities such as a canteen and a clinic.
In terms of living convenience and material abundance, the educated youth in the Production and Construction Corps were better off than those who were sent to the countryside.
There is no freedom. No matter how rich you are and how much you can support yourself, you still have to work.
The group had brought steamed buns to eat on the road at noon, and they were starving by now.
Niu Quangen's eyes widened when he saw the food displayed at the cafeteria window. "My goodness, so much food?! Can we just eat whatever we want?"
"Of course we can't just eat anywhere." Qin Hanshu bought meal tickets and distributed them to everyone.
Niu Quangen grabbed his meal tickets and rushed to the window.
“He’s such a disgrace! Everyone on the farm is staring at us.” Zhao Ru glanced at Niu Quangen with disgust.
It was past lunchtime, and there weren't many people in the canteen. However, the farm's people were all wearing green military uniforms, while these few were in civilian clothes, so they were obviously not from the farm.
Especially Niu Quangen, wearing pants made of urea bags, stood out even more.
Someone pointed at Niu Quangen and secretly mocked his pants.
Qin Hanshu said, "He may be poor, but he doesn't steal or rob. He earns his living through his own labor. What's shameful about that?"
"Exactly!" Zhang Kangmei frowned at Zhao Ru. "Your thinking is dangerous! You actually think poor people are shameful?!"
Zhao Ru kept her mouth tightly shut and stopped talking, but her body still kept a safe distance from Niu Quangen.
Niu Quangen was eating a steamed bun, so moved he almost cried.
"This is the first time I've eaten a white flour bun this year..."
Niu Quangen's family was one of the few in the team that relied on potatoes and sorghum flour to fill their stomachs.
It's not that he's lazy; he's actually quite hardworking. It's just that he has a lot of children, all of whom are boys who are still growing.
One bite from each person could bankrupt the whole family.
Although Niu Quangen really wanted to swallow the steamed bun whole, he only broke off half for himself and put the remaining one and a half into his pocket.
Zhang Kangmei asked him, "Why are you packing it up? Can half of it fill you up?"
Niu Quangen smiled and said, "Why bother eating this tonight? I'll pack it up and take it back for the kids tomorrow."
Qin Hanshu looked at her steamed bun, which she felt was too big to finish anyway, so she broke off half and gave it to Niu Quangen, saying, "I have a small appetite, half is enough for me."
Seeing this, Zhang Kangmei followed suit, saying, "Me too!"
Niu Quangen was instantly moved. "I thought you educated youth looked down on us... Qin, Zhang, you eat yourselves. This is enough for me. Kids, just take a bite each and taste the flavor of wheat flour."
After declining a few times, Niu Quangen finally accepted the gift when Qin Hanshu and Zhang Kangmei insisted.
He said rather awkwardly, "I don't have any other skills, but I'm strong. Qin and Zhang, if you two need any work to do in the future, just call me, like carrying water..."
Zhao Ru suddenly looked up, frowned, and interrupted him, saying, "What are you saying? We female educated youth can't ask you to do the work. You're an old bachelor, it's not a good influence."
Niu Quangen was taken aback. He hadn't said anything, so why was Zhao Zhiqing suddenly angry?
Niu Quangen scratched his head and thought for a while before suddenly realizing that Zhao Zhiqing might be afraid of people finding out that he had helped her carry water.
That's going too far. He didn't think anything of it when he helped her, so why is he so ashamed of it?
Neither Qin nor Zhang, the educated youth, said anything.
Niu Quangen suddenly felt a surge of resentment, buried his head in his food, and stopped talking.
***
Since Zhou Chang'an had already provided an extra letter of introduction, Qin Hanshu decided not to waste it and paid for an extra room herself.
The others were Lin Zhiheng and Niu Quangen in one room, and Zhang Kangmei and Zhao Ru in another.
While washing up in the communal washroom, Qin Hanshu asked Zhang Kangmei, "Where's Zhao Ru? Didn't she come to wash with you?"
Zhang Kangmei replied, "Someone just came looking for her; it seems she knows someone on this farm."
Qin Hanshu said "Oh," her eyes flickering. That person she recognized was most likely Hu Wenwen.
She only brought Zhao Ru to the farm to meet Hu Wenwen on a whim, but the two of them really intended to cause her some trouble.
But upon closer reflection, it is also inevitable.
Hu Wenwen's biggest desire right now is to get the prayer beads. The two are not in the same place, and Hu Wenwen is almost trapped on the farm, so she has no chance to make a move.
Since Qin Hanshu had practically delivered herself to her doorstep, she naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.
If outright robbery is impossible, then stealth will suffice.
Since it was a clandestine seizure, it could only be carried out by someone close to Qin Hanshu.
The only two women who could easily get close to Qin Han were Zhang Kangmei and Zhao Ru, so Hu Wenwen naturally chose Zhao Ru, whom she already knew.
What will Zhao Ru do? Steal? Rob? Or cheat?
As Qin Hanshu stepped out of the washroom, she saw Lin Zhiheng walking towards her, also heading into the washroom to wash up, and called out to him.
"Lin Zhiheng, is it too cramped for you to share a room with Brother Quangen?"
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