Song Lili's trip lasted two months. By the time she was able to get out of bed and move around, it was already early February in the lunar calendar, and spring planting was about to begin.
During this period, a large number of educated youth were sent to the countryside, with dozens of them assigned to each village.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Lili had Zhang Qinghua move Li Zhiyuan and the others from the Fifth Brigade to the First Brigade, where they would live with Mu Shaohua and the others.
"Didn't they say there weren't enough places for the educated youth to live? Why don't you take this opportunity to move Grandma Zhao and the others to the First Brigade? That would make room for the educated youth, wouldn't it?"
"So, this counts as solving the problem, right?"
Hongqi Village had relatively ample housing because each brigade had built houses previously.
Even so, it still takes two or three people to fit in one room.
Let Mu Shaohua and Zhao Qian live together to avoid trouble if unfamiliar people are added later.
It would be better to put people who know each other together, so that no trouble will arise.
Zhang Qinghua thought about it and realized that it made sense, so he agreed.
The day the educated youth arrived happened to be the day they went to the fields to collect stones.
The sandy soil contains many small stones, which not only affect the soil's fertility but also cause problems during the autumn harvest.
So before spring sowing, they would organize a stone-collecting event to remove all the large stones so that the seeds could be sown.
This was also the day Yang Weimin received a notice to go to town to pick up the educated youth.
Having learned from his previous experience, Yang Weimin took Daqing and two of the brigade leaders with him to the town.
After going through a series of procedures, a large group of educated youth marched to Hongqi Village.
Some of the educated youth, seeing that these people were actually asking them to walk back, immediately objected, telling Daqing, "If you don't want to leave, then stay." They were speechless after being rebuked.
Upon arriving at Hongqi Village, they found that the accommodations were causing trouble again, with people complaining that they were either dilapidated or dirty, which made the people who were there to pick them up particularly angry.
Then, Daqing ran over to complain to Zhang Qinghua, which was overheard by Song Lili.
"These educated youths really have a lot of problems, complaining about this and that. If you're so picky, why did you even come?"
"You have no idea how disgusting they were, as if our village was some kind of horrible place. It made me so angry."
“If they weren’t educated youth sent to the countryside, I would have beaten them up long ago. They’ve really gone too far.”
Daqing's rant was so uninterrupted that Song Lili found it hilarious; he was clearly furious.
She poured Daqing a glass of water, then sat down next to Zhang Qinghua. "What's there to be angry about? Aren't they all like this?"
At that time, people were proud of being workers and city dwellers, so many city dwellers looked down on rural people.
It's not surprising at all that those educated youth who came from big cities to the countryside behaved this way.
"But I'm angry." Daqing gulped down a bowl of water, but it didn't extinguish the fire in his heart.
"This is difficult. Why don't you just give them a hard time? Why are you sulking here?" Song Lili said calmly.
"How do I give it to you?" Daqing asked, dumbfounded.
Zhang Qinghua couldn't help but pinch Song Lili's cheek. "What mischief are you up to now?"
She's been lying at home for the past two months, with nothing to do all day, and all she does is think about bad ideas.
In the past, they would either tease him or Qingguo, and sometimes Ai Ai would also suffer. Only Zhang Shengtian in the whole family was spared.
Hearing her say that, Zhang Qinghua knew that she had another bad idea in mind.
Song Lili couldn't help but glare at him. "How is it a bad idea? I'm doing this for the good of the village and for future unity. It's not a bad idea at all."
Even if it is, you can't say it out loud; you have to give it a prestigious title.
"Hey, I don't care what your reason is, just tell me what you're going to do." Daqing didn't care what Song Lili's reason was.
Right now, he was thinking of doing something to teach those arrogant educated youths a lesson.
"Didn't everyone go to the fields to pick up stones today? You should send those educated youth to the fields too, so they can experience for themselves what it means to be the most honorable person to work."
"Give them the hardest work, and see if they still complain about it after a night's work?"
This is the first time doing farm work. I estimate that many people would not be able to handle this amount of labor. When they are exhausted like dogs, who would have the mind to find fault?
Even if I had the will, I wouldn't have the strength.
Of course, Song Lili also had another consideration: to intimidate the educated youth and make them less likely to cause trouble in the future.
That way, everyone can speak well.
"Oh, that's a fantastic idea! That's exactly what we should do! Haha, I'll go tell my boss right now!" With that, Daqing dashed off.
"You're so naughty," Zhang Qinghua said, pinching Song Lili's nose affectionately.
Song Lili slapped his hand away. "I'm not bad. This is called making things clear upfront, you know?"
Isn't she thinking about the future?
"I know, I know what you're thinking." Zhang Qinghua paused, then said in a deep voice. How could she not know what she was thinking?
She was truly doing everything she could to protect the people she wanted to protect, just to keep everyone safe, and he knew that.
"I'll go and see too." Zhang Qinghua also wanted to see what these educated youths were like.
"Okay, you go ahead." Song Lili looked at Zhang Qinghua expectantly, without saying that she also wanted to go.
Although her grandmother said she really wanted to go, she held back.
She's only just started to feel better, she can't go anymore, her pregnancy isn't over yet.
Thinking about the two months she had been drinking bitter Chinese medicine, she refused to drink it anymore and had no choice but to stay at home obediently.
"Good girl," Zhang Qinghua pinched Song Lili's cheek, and left the house after she glared at him.
After much effort, Daqing finally persuaded Li Weiguo to let the educated youth go to work in the fields immediately.
In order to get Li Weiguo to agree, he also promised that he and Zhang Qinghua would definitely resolve the matter, which finally convinced Li Weiguo to agree.
"Are you using me as an excuse again?" Zhang Qinghua asked expressionlessly.
"Hey, you know perfectly well that my boss trusts you, thinks you're reliable, and feels at ease with you around."
"If I didn't mention you, my boss would definitely disagree. I had no choice but to use you as an example, and sure enough, my boss agreed."
Daqing was furious, always believing that Zhang Qinghua was Li Weiguo's son.
Otherwise, why would you trust Zhang Qinghua so much but never trust yourself?
"Who told you to be so stupid?" Zhang Qinghua coldly said, then abandoned Daqing.
Having such a silly friend, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, it's really a headache.
"Hey, wait for me! I can't handle this by myself without you."
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