Ugh, is she out of her mind? What she's saying is practically a blatant betrayal of the team leader, someone tipping off her family! She shouldn't drag others down with her own stupidity!
Everyone was practically screaming in their hearts, "Don't come any closer!"
As expected, after listening, Xu Zi immediately glanced at the group of educated youth at the educated youth settlement with a half-smile, and a slight, angry curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Who tipped her off? Step forward and let me see.”
"You think you're so capable? Then step forward and show me what you're capable of. What are you hiding?"
"Stop threatening me! I'd rather die than tell you who that person is! You'd never guess! Xu Zijiang, just wait for my parents to come and deal with you! Also, I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to go home! Give me a certificate to transfer my household registration back to the city!"
Perhaps because her parents were backing her up, Li Nannan straightened her back again. Although she looked disheveled, her expression became proud again, showing a bit of the indomitable spirit of a little white flower.
Xu Zi rubbed his chin and chuckled twice. He wondered how this person had grown up. Had he never been beaten before? Or hadn't he been hurt enough yesterday? Couldn't he learn his lesson?
"You're not leaving now, Miss. Try to control your temper. Since you want your parents to come and deal with me, fine, you can stay in the woodshed for two more days. You can come out whenever your parents arrive, and then we'll talk."
Xu Zi waved his hand, and Li Nannan was locked up again. She was furious and wanted to bite the person holding her hand.
"Why! Why are you locking me up! This is illegal! I want to see the police! I want to go to the police station! I want to..."
She was roughly dragged into the woodshed with her mouth covered, and the door was slammed shut behind her.
It was called a woodshed, but it was actually just a small storage room for miscellaneous items used by the educated youth. It was only about three or four square meters, and there was no toilet inside. She could only use the toilet in a corner when she needed to. After a day and a night, she smelled like the toilet all over. In addition, she hadn't showered, so she was sticky and smelly, and her clothes were tattered. Her parents probably wouldn't even recognize their precious daughter if they came.
However, it's her fault for not being able to see the situation clearly and always wanting to do some messy things.
“Who tipped her off? Step forward. I’m saying it one last time, step forward.”
As soon as Li Nannan was locked up, Xu Zijiang's face turned cold. His dark eyes swept over everyone, and he asked again, this time with a sharp and imposing aura.
Everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to admit it. Yu Caihong, relying on her good relationship with Yu Jiu and possibly some connection with the captain, mustered up her courage to defend herself.
"Captain, could it be that it wasn't someone from our youth settlement who did it? Everyone seems to be here, and no one has been missing for that long. Could it be that someone else came to the youth settlement when we went to work?"
That's not impossible.
"This will not be repeated."
Xu Zijiang was too lazy to investigate who did it. He would be happy if Li Nannan's parents could really take her away. So he just glanced at everyone lazily, gave a warning, and left.
Before leaving, he glanced into the female educated youth's room, but couldn't see Yu Jiu sleeping there; the door was closed.
"Phew, that scared me to death! Who helped her?! Doesn't she deserve it now? She was disobedient, provoked the team leader, and even maliciously hired people to bully Yu Zhiqing. Who would sympathize with someone like that and tip her off?"
As soon as the team leader left, the people at the educated youth settlement started making a fuss, unable to understand why.
Is it possible that it wasn't out of kindness, but rather the power of money? After all, Li Nannan seems pampered, so she must have brought a lot of money with her.
On the other side, Captain Lin clutched his hard-earned thirty yuan and painfully handed it over to Xu Zijiang. When he returned, he was still not satisfied and beat up the fat man Chen Yuan.
"You made me lose both money and face! I should beat you to death! Go! Go and carry manure for me. You'll only get a new job when you've earned back those thirty yuan!"
Captain Lin pointed at his nose and cursed angrily.
Chen Yuan had hidden the money somewhere; the team leader couldn't find a single penny. He refused to hand over the money no matter what. Helpless, the team leader had to use the team's money to cover the shortfall—thirty yuan! Not three yuan, not three mao! If murder weren't illegal, Team Leader Lin would have chopped this eyesore to pieces.
You might not even make that much money in a whole year, but he just threw it all away!
Chen Yuan, his face bruised and swollen, limped to the latrine with a bucket of excrement, head bowed and not daring to utter a word. He had no money, but he was willing to give up his life; he'd already been beaten, and he wouldn't give a single penny! He wanted to keep the money for himself and for Li Zhiqing.
I wonder how she's doing in the Beitang team. She must be living a life worse than death. How disgusting are these people, always bullying them? If only they were both dead! If he were the captain, he'd teach them a lesson! Carrying manure? Ha! He'd make them eat everything in the latrine!
Just wait and see, don't let him find an opportunity!
Chen Yuan kept his head down, hiding the gloomy light in his eyes. If he was discovered to be defiant, he would definitely be beaten again, and he couldn't afford to be beaten again.
All of this had nothing to do with Yu Jiu. She slept soundly at the educated youth settlement. After waking up, she went to pick mugwort. She and Xu Zijiang almost pulled all the mugwort off the entire team. Fortunately, she still remembered to leave some for everyone. Since everyone could pick some mugwort, they didn't think too much about it. Only a few people would grumble: "Why is there so little mugwort this year?"
At one o'clock in the morning, Xu Zi went to the black market alone to sell the mugwort. This time he sold it for twenty-eight yuan, more than yesterday. After calculating, the two of them split the money and got twenty yuan each. Yu Jiu happily hid the money in his wrist and began to plan what to do next.
Once she has money, perhaps she can move out of the educated youth settlement and won't have to be so timid anymore. That would be wonderful!
As for Li Nannan's parents, they arrived even faster than Xu Zijiang had imagined. He had originally planned to have a nice dinner with the young educated youth after work this afternoon, but they had already come looking for him. Xu Zijiang had no choice but to regretfully postpone his (one-sided) dinner date and go to meet Li Nannan's parents with a dark face.
"My God! Nan Nan, how did you become like this! My precious daughter! How could these rude and uncultured country folk be so despicable as to bully you like this! Was it that team leader who did it! I told you not to go to the countryside, not to go to the countryside, I would have found you a job in the city, could you have just been a good worker instead of making such a fuss!"
"Look at all these injuries on your body, doesn't it hurt, Nan Nan? Waaah, Mommy's heart aches for you."
Li Nannan's mother hugged her and cried her heart out, and Li Nannan also wailed loudly. Her parents and her older brother had all come! This time, Xu Zijiang and Yu Jiu couldn't escape! Her parents and older brother were all cadres!
Because he was a cadre, one of his two children had to go to the countryside to set an example, otherwise it would have a negative impact on their work. So after much consideration, the Li family agreed to let their precious daughter go to the countryside. But that didn't mean they could accept their precious daughter being bullied like this!
"I'm the person you're looking for. What do you want to say to me?"
Xu Zi strode over, his ruggedly handsome face suddenly serious, his thin lips pressed into a straight line. He exuded the authority of a brigade leader, and even his patched clothes did not diminish his strong aura, putting immense psychological pressure on the Li family of four.
Yu Jiu came with Xu Zijiang. At this moment, she was still wearing her disguise. Her skin was slightly dark and yellowish, and there were small spots on her face. However, she never expected that her disguise would be exposed so suddenly.
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