The words "Gobi Desert Farm" struck Ma Chunmei's heart like a heavy hammer!
I heard that place can exhaust people to death!
Those educated youth who made mistakes were sent there, and when they came back, they were all less severely injured!
She trembled violently, her face turned completely pale, and her voice was barely a whisper: "I...I heard you clearly..."
"Go back to your dinner! If you cause any more trouble, you're going to the farm headquarters tonight to write a self-criticism!" Chen Jianshan waved his hand impatiently.
Ma Chunmei dared not stay any longer. Covering her face, she slunk away amidst the scornful gazes of the crowd, not even daring to eat.
The cafeteria fell silent for a moment.
"What are you all looking at? Eat!" Chen Jianshan shouted.
Everyone quickly lowered their heads and started eating.
Chen Jianshan then looked at Du Jianshan and Ayiguli, his expression softening somewhat: "Alright, let's eat. If anything happens in the future, just come to me directly, don't resort to violence."
Du Jianshan nodded: "I understand, Company Commander. I'm sorry to have troubled you."
Chen Jianshan waved his hand, said nothing more, and turned to leave.
The buzzing of discussion in the cafeteria started again.
"Serves her right! Ma Chunmei deserves it!"
"Comrade Du is a real man!"
"The company commander is tough too!"
Ignoring all that, Du Jianshan walked up to Ayiguli and felt a pang of unease seeing her still red-rimmed eyes.
"It's alright, ignore her." He picked up the bowl of rice with meat, grinned, and said, "Thanks, this meat is precious!"
Aygul lowered her head a little shyly: "Comrade Du, I should be thanking you..."
"Hey, it's nothing!" Du Jianshan waved his hand, then suddenly remembered something. He pretended to rummage through his old bundle, but actually pulled out a brand new square headscarf with red flowers printed on it from his spatial storage.
These days, this kind of thing is a rare treat for girls.
"Here, take this." He stuffed it into Ayiguli's hand: "It's from the Northeast. Girls there all wear these to keep out the wind and sand."
Aygul touched the soft, brand-new headscarf. The bright red flowers on it caught her eye, and a genuine smile finally appeared on her face: "This...this is too precious..."
"Take it! I traded it for your meat!" Du Jianshan chuckled.
Aygul blushed again and carefully put away her headscarf: "Thank you, Comrade Du!"
"Don't be shy! Let's eat!" Du Jianshan invited her.
Aygul nodded and took her bowl back to where she was sitting.
Wang Tieniu had already crowded around, his eyes fixed longingly on the bowl of meat: "Brother Shanzi..."
"What are you looking at? You'll get your share!" Du Jianshan sat down and shoved most of the meat at Wang Tieniu. "Eat! This will shut you up!"
"Oh! Thank you, Brother Shanzi! Thank you, Comrade Ayiguli!" Wang Tieniu was so happy he couldn't stop smiling. He picked up a big piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, humming with delight at the aroma.
As he chewed, he sneakily leaned closer to Du Jianshan and whispered, "Brother Shan, Comrade Ayiguli...hehe...is really good!"
Du Jianshan glared at him: "Eat your meat! Stop talking nonsense!"
Wang Tieniu shrank his neck, chuckled twice, and buried his head in his food.
After we finished eating, it was completely dark.
Du Jianshan and Wang Tieniu returned to the row of dilapidated mud-brick houses at the educated youth settlement. Ma Jinbao's room was dark; he was probably too ashamed to show his face and was hiding there.
However, Du Jianshan had not forgotten the rules he set yesterday.
He walked up to Ma Jinbao's bed and knocked on the edge of the bed: "Ma Jinbao, get up quickly."
This bastard is lying in bed now, his eyelashes flutter, and he's pretending to be dead.
"Playing dead, huh?" Du Jianshan sneered, raising his foot to kick him.
Ma Jinbao quickly opened his eyes, his face scrunched up in a grimace: "W-what are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" Du Jianshan asked with a smile. "What? Forgot what we talked about yesterday? Washing feet for a month! Today is the first day!"
Ma Jinbao's face turned green: "Du Jianshan! Don't go too far!"
Washing feet?
He's the scorekeeper! People used to wash his feet for him!
When did he start washing other people's feet?
Does Du Jianshan really dare to make me wash his feet?
"Too much?" Du Jianshan took a step forward, his eyes glaring at him like knives. "I keep my word! Either go fetch water now, or I'll loosen your skin a bit more! Choose one!"
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