Chapter 10 Dispute
Zhou Ziwen returned to the village early. Uncle Wu and Aunt Chen were still at work and had not returned yet.
After putting everything away, Zhou Ziwen took out a bag of brown sugar from his bag.
This was what he was going to give to Uncle Wu.
He would have to stay at their house for the next few days. They didn't ask him for rent or money for food, but only asked for a symbolic amount of food.
Even if you are exchanging gifts, you should give something to express your gratitude.
He originally planned to buy a piece of meat for everyone to eat together, but the meat was sold out and he couldn't buy any. He had to settle for the next best thing and give some brown sugar to sweeten the mouths.
The Chen sisters are also very kind. They didn't send anything, but started to get busy as soon as they came back.
Chen Shiying was busy cooking, and Chen Qiaoyi helped and cleaned the house at the same time.
Zhou Ziwen wanted to help but was rejected.
With nothing to do, he had no choice but to bring a stool and sit at the door waiting for Uncle Wu and the others to finish work and go home.
When Uncle Wu and Aunt Chen came back, the Chen sisters had already prepared the meal.
Chen Shiying doesn't cook casually. Before eating in the morning, she will find out what to eat in the evening.
When Aunt Chen returned home and saw that the meal was already prepared, she immediately smiled and praised the Chen sisters for being sensible.
"Hey, what is this?"
At this time, Aunt Chen found the brown sugar on the table.
Wu Dagang's face changed. He stared at Zhou Ziwen and the Chen sisters and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
"Uncle Wu, I'm going to stay at your house for a few days. I went to the county town today and bought some brown sugar. Don't worry, this little bit of sugar will definitely not violate any discipline." Zhou Ziwen said hurriedly.
"We are all fellow villagers from now on. What's the big deal about staying here for a few days? You'd better take your things back!" Wu Dagang waved his hand and refused to accept.
"No, Uncle Wu, if you don't accept it, how can we have the nerve to stay at your house? Besides, we have to trouble you with the construction of the house!" Zhou Ziwen stuffed the brown sugar into Aunt Chen's hand without saying a word.
"Uncle Wu, let's stop pushing each other and eat first. If we don't wait any longer, the food will get cold."
Under Zhou Ziwen's insistence, Wu Dagang and Aunt Chen had no choice but to accept it.
These days, brown sugar is quite difficult to get.
Not only is it expensive, but you also need sugar coupons. The sugar coupons in Zhou Ziwen's hand are welfare benefits issued by the factory during the holidays by Zhou's father.
Here, Zhou Ziwen and his friends were having dinner when a child suddenly ran in from outside.
"Uncle Wu, please go and take a look. There is a quarrel over at the Youth League Home." The child shouted hurriedly.
"I'll go and take a look." Wu Dagang put down his bowl and chopsticks, stood up and walked out.
Before leaving, he took a special look at Zhou Ziwen.
Zhou Ziwen felt somewhat innocent. What did the quarrel in the Youth League Institute have to do with him?
However, he was still very interested in this kind of excitement.
I had almost finished my meal, so I decided to take a walk.
"I'll go and see if you want to come with me." Zhou Ziwen invited the Chen sisters.
"Okay, okay, I'll go with you." When it comes to watching the fun, how can Chen Qiaoyi be absent?
After hearing this, she didn't even bother to eat.
Seeing that her younger sister was going to join in the fun, the older sister had no choice but to follow. In fact, she was also very curious about why there was a quarrel in the Youth League Institute again.
We had a fight yesterday and we’re fighting again today. There’s no stopping it!
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We are from the same village, and the Youth League Home is not far away, and it only takes a few minutes to get there.
As they reached the door, they heard a quarrel coming from inside.
There was a group of villagers outside watching the fun.
After all, there aren't many entertainment activities these days, and it's rare to see something exciting, so there's no reason to miss it.
Zhou Ziwen did not enter the yard, but squeezed together with the villagers and just wanted to be a spectator.
From the quarreling sounds inside, he soon understood the cause of the incident.
The cause was very simple. The newly arrived educated youth did not go to work today, and one of them was kind enough to help the old educated youth who went to work cook.
Everyone in the Youth League Home cooks together, and everyone contributes as much food as they eat, so there's no problem with that.
The mistake was that in order to cook for everyone, she went to the vegetable garden to pick a few eggplants.
There wasn't really a problem with this; after all, the educated youth couldn't afford to eat without vegetables! She did this out of kindness.
But when the old educated youth came back, they refused to accept it, saying that the girl had touched their food without their permission.
There's actually nothing wrong with this statement. Although the girl was kind-hearted, she certainly didn't say hello to them.
Everyone ate from the same pot, but the vegetables were grown by the old educated youth. After the vegetables were cooked, the new educated youth would also eat with them.
The old educated youth felt that they were at a disadvantage. After all, these vegetables were grown by them with great effort. They didn’t even have enough to eat themselves, so how could they let the new educated youth eat them!
"I was wondering why you guys are so kind! Turns out you want to eat the vegetables we grow!"
"We worked so hard to grow these vegetables, who told you to touch them?"
The old educated youths asked questions aggressively.
"Why are we picking vegetables? We are cooking them for you. What gives you the right to say that to us?"
The new educated youth also have their own reasons.
"Bah, who said we're going to eat it? We planted these vegetables to eat later. Now you've picked them. What are we going to eat later?"
Listening to the quarrel between the two sides, the Chen sisters who were following Zhou Ziwen felt a little scared.
"Luckily we moved out yesterday. If I had lived with these people, I would have shortened my life by several years."
"Haha, why else do you think I would come out and build the house by myself?" Zhou Ziwen laughed happily.
In his opinion, this was a very common thing. After all, there were so many people in the Youth League Institute, and conflicts were likely to arise when there were so many people, and all kinds of trivial things could happen.
On this side, Wu Dagang outside also understood what had happened.
He frowned and started yelling before he even entered the house.
"What are you doing? What are you doing? Don't you want to do it anymore? If you don't want to do it, I will send you back to the Youth Home tomorrow and let the Youth Home deal with you. Our village can't afford to support big shots like you."
Wu Dagang's words were a bit serious. You know, once the educated youth who went to the countryside were sent back to the educated youth home, what awaited them was not a return trip, but being arranged to a more difficult place, such as some farms.
Those farms are much harder than living in the countryside.
As soon as these words were spoken, all the new and old educated youth stopped arguing and dared not continue.
But that was not the end. Next, Wu Dagang called the male educated youth team leader Chen Yang and the female educated youth team leader Liu Lingling to his side and scolded them harshly. After all, the two team leaders were also largely responsible for the quarrel that occurred in the educated youth compound.
Then they asked who were causing the trouble. The leaders were all deducted 40 work points, and the others who participated were each deducted 20 work points.
Afterwards, the team leader Zhou Weiguo also rushed over angrily and started scolding these educated youth.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwen hurriedly took the Chen sisters to hide behind the crowd to avoid being implicated.
(End of this chapter)
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