As for the villagers, there's no need to say more.
"What are you all doing here?!"
The brigade leader's voice suddenly rang out. He squeezed in from the periphery of the crowd, his gaze sweeping over the onlookers and educated youth before finally landing on Song Jiaojiao and He Xiaomiao. His face darkened, and he asked, "Are you two causing trouble?"
"Captain, you can't wrong me! I'm not causing trouble. I chased Song Jiaojiao to the village to confront her!"
He Xiaomiao said, "Song Jiaojiao was just looking for trouble. Not only did she go crazy at Zhao Yuzhou, but she also verbally attacked me. I was so angry that I wanted to teach her a lesson, but she ran out of the educated youth compound shouting that I was going to kill her."
"Captain, this is pure slander! We live in a society governed by law; murder is punishable by death. Song Jiaojiao is accusing me of trying to kill her. Where does she think she's placing me?"
"Pah!"
Song Jiaojiao spat on the ground and said coldly, "If you hadn't said I couldn't compare to Zheng Qiuwen, would I have dared to talk back to you? He Xiaomiao, this is my last warning to you, don't try to portray yourself as a pure and innocent girl."
Seeing me as worthless is like seeing a piece of trash in my eyes; you're just a despicable person who can't stand seeing others succeed. That's low, you know?
When they started arguing, Song Jiaojiao seemed to forget the era she was living in and started using modern slang to attack He Xiaomiao.
For example, the white lotus flower.
For example, it's very low-class.
Most of the educated youth, including He Xiaomiao, had only junior or senior high school diplomas. They might not be very proficient in English, but they certainly knew the basic words. For a moment, the educated youth looked at Song Jiaojiao with a slightly strange expression.
In addition, the educated youth watching had their own guesses, feeling that the "white lotus" in Song Jiaojiao's words was probably not the real meaning of "white lotus". In other words, Song Jiaojiao was definitely using "white lotus" to scold He Xiaomiao.
With this realization, the educated youth watching the scene began to look at Song Jiaojiao with increasingly strange eyes.
However, Song Jiaojiao seemed oblivious to these gazes. She no longer cared about trying to gain Song Sanhe's sympathy by crying; instead, she slightly raised her chin and looked at He Xiaomiao with utter disdain.
"See? I hit the nail on the head, didn't I? You're a despicable person who can't stand seeing others do well. To put it bluntly, you're secretly insanely jealous."
Yet you insist on pretending to be a pure white lotus, untouched by the world's filth. People like you deserve to be despised wherever you go!
"Bullshit!"
He Xiaomiao felt a surge of anger and slapped Song Jiaojiao across the face. Before Song Jiaojiao could react, she slapped her back.
This action was so sudden that not only did Song Jiaojiao not react in time, but even the brigade leader and Song Sanhe standing next to Song Jiaojiao, as well as the commune members and educated youth watching, did not expect He Xiaomiao to suddenly make a move.
The slaps were crisp and clear, and Song Jiaojiao's head was buzzing. She was even forced to take two steps back by He Xiaomiao's two slaps. When she regained her senses, she screamed and rushed towards He Xiaomiao, reaching out to scratch her face.
He Xiaomiao reacted quickly, but the two were still grappling. Even when the captain realized what was happening and scolded He Xiaomiao and Song Jiaojiao to stop, it had no effect whatsoever.
With no other choice, the brigade leader looked at Zhu Guihua and the other female commune members: "What are you all standing there for? You few, come over here and pull He and Song apart!"
Zhu Guihua was reluctant; she hadn't had enough of the excitement yet. But under the sharp gaze of the brigade leader, she didn't dare to linger.
Along with three other female members, they walked over to He Xiaomiao and Song Jiaojiao, pairing them up and forcibly separating them.
"You bitch! I'm jealous of you? You're spouting utter nonsense!"
He Xiaomiao had two obvious scratch marks on her face. Although she was pulled away, she still kept arguing: "Am I jealous that you don't know your place, or am I jealous that you treat people differently based on their status?"
Or perhaps she's jealous that you don't know how to maintain boundaries, that you were only after trying to climb the social ladder, and now you've failed?
"You're the one who doesn't know what's important, you're the one who treats people differently based on their status, you don't understand what tact is!"
Song Jiaojiao was extremely embarrassed and angry. She glared at He Xiaomiao and said, "Me, trying to climb the social ladder? What kind of high-ranking branch am I trying to climb? Besides, one of my parents works at a steel factory and is a director."
I work at the same steel plant staff hospital and am also a director. Why would I need to climb the social ladder by climbing up someone else's?
On the other hand, you come from an ordinary working-class family. Compared to me, you're probably the one who most wants to climb the social ladder!
"Shut up, all of you!"
The brigade leader was truly furious. He knew that there were quite a few troublemakers among the educated youth, but two of them suddenly appeared today, which really made him furious. He glared at He Xiaomiao and Song Jiaojiao and angrily rebuked them: "What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket?"
Seeing that the captain was truly angry, both He Xiaomiao and Song Jiaojiao remained as still as quails, bowing their heads and daring not to utter a word.
"You're all educated people, yet you're arguing like this today. Did you waste all your education?"
The brigade leader's gaze swept back and forth between Song Jiaojiao and the other girl: "It's fate that you two were able to come to our Shisong Brigade to settle down. You never help each other out, always causing trouble. You're so energetic..."
"Get to work properly this afternoon. If any of you dare to slack off, I won't hesitate to ask the educated youth office to relocate you to another place. After all, our brigade can't afford any lazy troublemakers!"
At this point, the brigade leader said to the commune members and educated youth who had gathered to watch the commotion, "Why aren't you all packing up and getting ready to work? Do you want to go hungry?"
As soon as the words were spoken, the captain greeted Song Sanhe and then walked away with his hands behind his back.
He neither looked at the expressions of the commune members and educated youth, nor did he look at Song Jiaojiao and He Xiaomiao.
"Not everything is complete?"
Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen appeared at the gate of the courtyard at some point. When Grandma Chen saw Chen Dongze, she asked him a question casually.
"I've bought everything. The department store staff will deliver it to the village this afternoon."
The sewing machine is inconvenient to carry, and with the radio, it's not exactly small either. As for the bicycle, the department store isn't currently stocking women's models; the salesperson said they'd arrive this afternoon.
Therefore, after some negotiation, once the women's bicycles arrived and were accounted for, the department store sent a vehicle to Chen Dongze and Zheng Qiuwen to deliver the goods to Shisong Village.
"Dad~"
Song Jiaojiao glanced at Chen Dongze, then at Old Mrs. Chen and Old Mr. Chen, feeling a thousand times more regret that Zheng Qiuwen had taken advantage of her, and that she shouldn't have strained her relationship with her adoptive parents.
She blinked and looked at Song Sanhe, hoping to win back her former daughter's place in Song Sanhe's heart by acting coquettishly.
Unexpectedly, Song Sanhe ignored him completely and turned around to walk into the courtyard with Old Master Chen.
Old Mrs. Chen was helped by Chen Dongze to walk in front.
Chen Dongxu stood at the gate of the courtyard without moving.
As Mr. Chen turned around, his attendant followed him back into the courtyard.
"So you're the ungrateful wretch?"
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