She politely declined.
"Okay, then I'll borrow your rag for a bit."
Li Nannan suddenly realized that since she had money, buying a mat was a simple matter.
"Um."
"Can I borrow your laundry detergent?"
"Can I borrow your clip?"
"Can I borrow your soap..."
She kept asking Yu Jiu to borrow things, and Yu Jiu's head was throbbing from all the nagging. She decided that once was enough, twice was too much.
"I don't lend out the soap; it's for my own bath. I'm not used to sharing it with others."
Yu Jiu refused outright with a straight face.
Li Nannan was surprised that she would refuse, and asked back confidently.
"I don't need it for showering, I just want to wash my hands. What's wrong with lending it to me? We're all women, there's no need to avoid suspicion. It's not that I don't have soap, I'll have everything once my luggage arrives."
"Oh, I still won't lend it."
Yu Jiu is known for being completely unyielding; she calmly came out of the house to look for the dog.
Does anyone in the team know how to make wooden basins or buckets? I'd like to buy one.
"Yes, my family makes these. I'll go home and get you one. They're all brand new, just made these past few days, and nobody wants them yet. Wooden basins are one cent each, and wooden buckets are three cents each. Do you want one?"
“I also wove bamboo baskets, which cost one cent each. They’re huge and can hold a lot of things. You see, everyone uses these; otherwise, it would be dirty to put things directly on the ground.”
He enthusiastically promoted it.
"Okay, then I'll take one of each."
Yu Jiu readily agreed, not caring about the appearance, as long as it worked.
"Then do you want them? Qiao Zhiqing, Li Zhiqing?"
The dog barked loudly in the yard, casually asking the two men if they wanted it, and then he would take it with him.
"I'll take a wooden bucket and a bamboo basket, but I don't need the basin."
Qiao Cheng brought his own basin; that's why he has so much luggage.
"Okay, what about Li Zhiqing? Li Zhiqing?"
Gouzi stood at the door of the female educated youth's dormitory and asked, thinking that Li Nannan hadn't heard her. But she was sitting on the bed silently shedding tears and didn't want to talk.
"Hey, why are you crying? Are you homesick already?"
The dog was surprised and put its hands down from its hips.
"no."
She shook her head, looked at the dog with tears in her eyes, her voice choked with sobs, and she was crying uncontrollably.
"What happened?"
Hearing that she had cried, Qiao Cheng, who was tidying up, also ran out. The two of them were too embarrassed to go into the female educated youth's dormitory, so they could only stand anxiously at the door. They looked at Yu Jiu and spoke tentatively.
"Why don't you go and comfort her, Yu Zhiqing?"
"No need, I don't need anyone to comfort me. I'm fine, I can handle it myself. You don't need to worry about me. I'll be fine after I finish crying, and no one is bullying me."
"I just... I just feel like, Comrade Yu, do you have a grudge against me? Just because you and Comrade Chen Yuan had a conflict on the train, and I stepped in to mediate instead of siding with you, are you holding a grudge?"
“We are all educated youth sent to the countryside. We should get along better and help each other in this unfamiliar place. If you have any misunderstandings about me, you can speak up. Don’t keep it to yourself. If it’s my fault, I can apologize to you.”
She wiped away her tears and looked at Yu Jiu with a pitiful and sad expression. It was such a pity for that heroic face.
Yu Jiu was so angry she laughed. She crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame, watching her idly.
"So you think I'm holding a grudge and that's why I'm getting revenge on you? I just didn't want to lend you my personal soap, which I use for showering, and that's why I have a problem with you?"
"Fine, I'll just tell you straight now, I do have a problem with you, so don't borrow anything from me anymore, it's really annoying, apologize to me."
Li Nannan was completely stunned. She hadn't expected that Yu Jiu would actually find her annoying! Her hand, which was wiping away tears, froze in mid-air, unsure whether to move or not.
"What are you all doing gathered at the door? Have you packed your luggage? This is coarse grain provided by the team. It probably isn't as good as what you eat in the city. Just make do with it for now, you'll get used to it."
At this moment, Xu Zijiang came over. He quickly put the three bags of grain on the ground, carrying the ninety-pound load with ease.
"Um, Captain, Li Zhiqing and Yu Zhiqing are having a conflict."
The dog scratched its head, hopped over, and whispered the reason to Xu Zijiang.
He shouldn't have asked in the first place. Now look what's happened, the two of them are at odds, and the captain is sure to give him a beating!
"What? You're already having a fight right after arriving? Li what? Li Xixi, right? This is a youth settlement, not your home. Can you please stop being so willful! I should have chosen that fat guy!"
Xu Zijiang shouted in dissatisfaction, his handsome face brimming with anger. He knew that the newly arrived educated youth would definitely cause him trouble!
"My name is Li Nannan, not Li Xixi, sob sob sob!"
Inside the room, Li Nannan, already feeling wronged and then called by the wrong name, felt even more aggrieved. She screamed to remind him, and couldn't help but cry even louder. But not wanting to leave a bad impression on Xu Zijiang and let Yu Jiu benefit from it, she stormed out.
"How am I being willful? She bullied me, ostracized me, and held a grudge against me! Captain, you have no idea how ugly some people are and how dirty their hearts are!"
"Don't be fooled by her! She beat up another male educated youth on the train and threw dirty toilet water on his head! She's the one who's willful and unreasonable!"
Xu Zijiang listened with a frown, and replied without hesitation.
"You're the ugly one, and your heart is the dirty one!"
The dog's lips twitched, and he couldn't help but think to himself, "This is really unnecessary, Captain! Regardless of who's right or wrong, we should at least know who's good-looking and who's not! Are you blind?!"
Before Xu, the blind man, could finish speaking, he criticized him with righteous indignation.
"I knew you were a troublemaker a long time ago. You didn't pack your luggage, and you were always so hesitant. Now look at you, targeting Yu Zhiqing for no reason. If you don't want to stay here, then leave now. Go to whichever team wants you, and don't cause me any more trouble!"
"There's no need for that, Captain. It's just a small conflict. Maybe Li Zhiqing is just getting used to things. It'll be fine soon."
Qiao Cheng still had some compassion for women and couldn't bear to see Xu Zijiang scold her like that, so he bravely stepped in to smooth things over.
"You, you actually!"
Li Nannan was furious. Her beautiful, spirited face was contorted with rage, and her fingertip trembled as she pointed at him. No one had ever called her ugly! Especially not compared her to someone like Yu Jiu, whose face was covered in pockmarks! In what way was she inferior to her?!
"Let me give you a piece of advice: don't point your finger at me unless you don't want your finger anymore. Here, I'm the captain, I'm the boss. No matter what your status was before, once you're here, you have to listen to me obediently, or I have plenty of ways to deal with you."
"I don't think you're the type to endure hardship. Instead of arguing with people here, you should think about how you're going to get up at four o'clock tomorrow. Also, you must finish the work assigned to you, or you won't get any work points."
Xu Zijiang sneered; he didn't believe she'd still be in the mood to cause trouble once she started working.
“It’s not that the captain is targeting you guys. He’s like this with everyone. It’s the rule of our team. Li Zhiqing, come here. You didn’t bring any luggage, right? Let me help you think of a solution.”
Fearing that Li Nannan would be scolded to death by Xu Zijiang, Gouzi dragged and pulled her away. Qiao Cheng also followed to persuade her. Soon, only Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu were left in the courtyard.
Yu Jiu never expected the conflict to end so easily. She was prepared to fight Li Nannan to the death, but she didn't even have a chance to speak.
Xu Zijiang caught a glimpse of the fleeting disappointment in her eyes and assumed that she had lost confidence after being scolded by Li Nannan. He cleared his throat twice and said in a low voice.
"You don't need to listen to other people's nonsense, you are very beautiful."
Just listen to me.
Yu Jiu suddenly felt a little hot.
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