Since the Great Cultural Revolution, Luo Juan has been ambitious, thinking about leading everyone to carry out a vigorous revolution.
However, the gap between reality and her ideals dealt her a blow for the first time, somewhat dampening her high spirits.
She had expected to be met with overwhelming support, but reality presented her with coldness, desolation, and misery.
She was initially full of confidence, thinking everyone should be in high spirits, but reality showed her that all people wanted was a peaceful life.
Those who used to follow her closely, insisting she would never go west, now all look at her with indifference.
The people she used to look down on now have more influence and more support than she does.
This made her feel like she had fallen from heaven, and she couldn't accept such a huge contrast, leaving her feeling resentful.
The rejection from Song Jianguo and Qin Hongxia caused her pent-up anger to erupt.
After leaving the Fifth Brigade, Luo Juan went home feeling depressed. She didn't hear what Luo Weijia said to her, nor did she hear Luo Yuejin standing up for her.
What she was thinking about was how to get back to how she used to be, or even better.
Finally, the only solution she could think of was to gain the support of the town. As long as the town's revolutionary committee supported her, she would be invincible.
Therefore, Luo Juan decided to go to town to seek help.
However, Luo Weijia stopped her in the end, saying, "Juanjuan, let's wait until all the potatoes are harvested before we go, otherwise we really won't have enough to eat at home."
In the past, when Luo Weijia was the village head, he was able to line his own pockets. Even if the siblings didn't work in the fields to earn work points, they could still make a comfortable living for the family.
But that's not possible now. Now they're like everyone else, each person earns work points. If they don't work in the fields, they don't earn any, and therefore they don't get any food.
"Okay, I'll go again in a while." After searching for a long time, Luo Juan finally agreed through gritted teeth.
She had heard about the autumn harvest and knew that if she didn't work in the fields, there would be no food.
She knew very well that things were different at home now than before, and she could only earn work points like everyone else.
She didn't want to sacrifice her life for the sake of revolution; Luo Juan clearly understood what was more important.
So she suppressed her temper and calmly spent the next few days harvesting potatoes. Once the potatoes were all harvested, she went to town without stopping for a moment.
Unfortunately, the members of the Revolutionary Committee have been very busy lately, busy putting up big-character posters in the streets and alleys of the town, and not many people have stayed behind.
Luo Juan didn't know any of the people who stayed behind. She talked to them for a long time, but in the end, she didn't get what she wanted.
Seeing that it was getting late, Luo Juan had no choice but to leave and return, thinking she would come back again tomorrow. She didn't believe it would always be like this.
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As for Song Lili, after the potato harvest, she finally had some free time, and everyone started preparing for winter.
Some people would carry baskets and dig with hoes to dig out any potatoes they missed, and then take these home as personal belongings.
Therefore, every morning you could see everyone shouting and calling out to their classmates to go dig the ground together, hoping to get one more potato.
Xia Niu went to the Song family's house when she had nothing else to do. Song Yongren and Song Jianshe went to plow the fields, and Song Fang eventually followed Yang Tao to dig the ground as well.
Song Lili had absolutely no interest in this. She had done chores when she was a child, but her efficiency was so low it was maddening.
You might dig all day and only get seven or eight potatoes, so Song Lili didn't want to waste her time.
You'd be better off doing something else with that time.
So, she carried a basket on her back, filled with some pickled vegetables and the chili sauce she had made last time, and went to town.
The first place, of course, was the supply and marketing cooperative; those pickled vegetables and chili sauce were for Wang Daming.
Unfortunately, Wang Daming wasn't there at all; only Jin Xia was watching.
"Lili's here? Are you looking for the director? He's not here today, he went to the county." Jin Xia said with a smile.
"Oh? He's not here. It's okay, it's okay. I just brought him some things. Since he's not here, I'll leave them with you. You can give them to him when he comes back."
As she spoke, Song Lili took out the chili sauce and pickled vegetables and gave them to Jin Xia.
"Okay, I understand. I'll give it to him as soon as the director gets back, don't worry." Jin Xia smiled even more broadly. How could she not be happy to be able to talk to her boss?
"I'm sure I trust Sister Jin. Sister Jin, I'll be going now. I still need to buy some other things." Song Lili slung her basket over her shoulder.
Wang Daming wasn't here, and she and Jin Xia had nothing to say to each other. She had originally planned to see Qian Liulin, but since Wang Daming wasn't there, she couldn't go to find him herself.
Previously, Wang Daming had always been the one to pass on the message. For each other's safety, Song Lili never considered going to find it herself.
So she gave up the idea of seeing Qian Liulin and went to the post office instead.
She hadn't been to the town post office for a while; judging by the time, her grandparents and family members should have received some letters by now.
Today is a good day to take it back to them, which will put their minds at ease. Don't worry about your family and younger generations too much.
Upon arriving at the post office, Song Lili mentioned the names of several elderly people, and then received several thick letters, about two letters for each person.
At this moment, Song Lili thought to herself that the descendants of the elderly seemed to care about them quite a bit, sending a letter every few days.
She happily took the letters and walked out of the post office, then carefully put them into her junior's basket before wandering around.
Therefore, Song Lili did not see that when she walked out of the post office, someone standing not far away saw her.
Seeing her come out of the post office looking happy, the man thought for a moment, then stepped into the post office as well, found a staff member, and seemed to be asking about something.
However, Song Lili was unaware of all this, because she had already walked far away and was still thinking about what else she needed next.
She came to town today, not just to pick up something for Wang Daming and collect a letter; she had other things to do.
Song Lili strolled briskly through the small town, searching for what she wanted. Luckily, she stumbled upon a bargain.
There was an old man carrying a very large cloth bag. I don't know what was in it, but it looked quite heavy.
He looked somewhat flustered, his eyes darting around as if he were wary of everyone around him.
Song Lili only discovered this when she met the elderly woman.
"Grandpa, are you alright?" Song Lili asked with concern, rubbing her arm that had been hit and hurt, because the old man had already fallen to the ground.
"No...it's okay...it's okay, I...I'm fine..."
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