Chapter 28 Initial Doubts Upon Arriving at the Educated Youth Settlement
Upon hearing this, the little girl's mother looked embarrassed for a moment and apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of my child."
I saw you take out so many candies just now, and I thought you would share one with the child, after all, she is only six years old!
I was overthinking it!
I'm sorry to have troubled you!
The words were meant to be an apology, but the underlying meaning was far too obvious.
Zhou Ye looked at the little girl's mother and sneered, without replying.
The little girl's mother was annoyed: Why didn't this person respond? She's only fifteen years old; shouldn't she be more sensitive?
The little girl pouted and was still crying loudly.
A bystander couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey little girl, you have so much candy, give one to her!"
"Yes, we all have children. Isn't it normal for children to like sweets?"
"Hey... please don't say that, big brother and sister. I know you are all kind-hearted people and you all feel sorry for the child."
But not everyone is kind-hearted!
The little girl's mother advised.
It's better not to try to persuade them; they've certainly inflamed things!
“Girl, it’s alright. When we’re out and about, we should all be willing to help others! This girl is obviously someone who’s been sent to the countryside to help with development. Being so stingy and lacking a sense of the bigger picture is unacceptable.”
"Besides, she has so many, what's wrong with giving some to the children? It's so heartless!"
Upon hearing this, the educated youth panicked!
Not wanting the situation to escalate, Chen Lan quickly took out the candy she had packed and handed it over, saying, "Give mine to the child! I don't like candy!"
The little girl snatched it instantly, tore open the wrapper, and put it in her mouth! The carriage was quiet for a moment, then erupted into even louder noise.
"I want candy!"
"I want candy too!"
Wow...she has something I don't!
Some parents with children started crying and making a fuss, while others, who were well-mannered, didn't make a scene and just observed.
Chen Lan was startled, never expecting that her simple act of comforting the child would cause such a big mess.
"What should I do? What should I do? I didn't mean to." Chen Lan was almost in tears.
Zhou Zhiming sighed, stood up and explained, "Everyone, please be quiet. We're going to the countryside for construction, and we're not bringing much with us!"
From now on, it won't be easy for us to go back to the city or buy things, so please be understanding.
But it was of no use at all!
Zhou also looked at the little girl's mother, who was now looking at him with a provocative smirk.
Oh……
After putting his things away, Zhou got up.
"What do you want to do?" The little girl and her mother looked at Zhou Ye warily.
Zhou Ye smiled and touched the little girl's mouth: "Sweetie, didn't your mother teach you not to eat other people's food when you're out and about?"
"The people outside are all bad!"
The little girl was stunned for a moment: "Mine! They're all mine!"
Zhou Ye raised an eyebrow and said, "Alright then!"
The noise continued, but suddenly...
"Ouch...my tooth hurts so much! Waaah...my tooth!" The little girl suddenly spat out the candy and started crying loudly!
The sound forcefully suppressed the noise throughout the carriage.
Adults and children alike looked at her, and she cried and slapped herself repeatedly in the face...
Soon after, blood started flowing from his mouth, and within a minute, he spat out two teeth mixed with blood!
"ah!"
The little girl's mother screamed.
The tooth fell out, and it didn't hurt anymore. The little girl quieted down, and everyone else quieted down too!
The children looked at the little girl and stopped crying. "Oh my god, eating someone else's candy will make you vomit blood and lose all your teeth!"
This left a deep shadow on the hearts of the children present.
The carriage fell silent!
The little girl's mother looked at her child's terrified eyes and tried to feed her the candy she had spat out, but she couldn't get it into her mouth.
She looked at Zhou Ye, but didn't dare to ask. The journey was much quieter!
See? That's how people are. They see you as young and easy to bully and always try to take advantage of you. But when you become someone they don't want to mess with, they don't dare to do it anymore!
That's just human nature!
Chen Lan finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Bai Xue looked at Zhou Ye with sparkling eyes and asked softly, "Sister Zhou, do you know medicine?"
Zhou nodded casually.
Chen Lan silently gave Zhou Ye a thumbs up. Impressive!
Zhou Zhiming looked at Zhou Ye, his eyes also showing approval! Although he's young, he has quite a temper; this will make things a little easier for him in the countryside!
The train journey took three days and three nights, finally arriving at Qingshan County Railway Station around 6 a.m. We'd finally arrived.
Because of Zhou Ye's bizarre actions, everyone managed to stay quietly in the train carriage for three days.
After getting off the train, Bai Xue carried Zhou Ye's package, not letting Zhou Ye interfere. Zhou Ye was happy to be left alone and followed behind.
"There...there...look at the big sign, it says Hongqi Village, Qianjin Brigade, Qingshan County!"
"Great! Let's go over there right away!"
Chen Lan said excitedly, "It's really exhausting!"
"Hello, we are educated youth sent to the countryside!"
The person who picked them up was an old man, dressed in tattered clothes, even his shoes were worn-out straw sandals. His face was covered in scars that made it impossible to see his true features.
"ah!"
Chen Lan, who was walking at the very front, was startled!
The old man lazily got up and said in a hoarse voice, "Six people, four women and two men!"
Zhou Zhiming was smart enough to step forward and introduce himself: "I am Zhou Zhiming!"
"I am Deng Jie!"
"I am Wang Hongying!"
"Chen Lan!"
"I am Bai Xue, and she is Zhou Ye!"
The old man glanced at Zhou Ye, his gaze lingering for a moment: "Let's go!"
Zhou Ye looked at the old man, and for some reason, he could always feel a sense of familiarity from the old man.
Why is that?
Everyone put their luggage on the oxcart and followed it.
As they approached the supply and marketing cooperative, the old man said, "It takes an hour to walk from the village to the brigade. Let's go buy something!"
Everyone thought it made sense; those who hadn't brought enough daily necessities quickly went to buy them.
Zhou Ye looked at everyone and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you all to wait for me. I'm going to the post office. My luggage has already been sent over."
"good!"
"I'll go with you to get it!"
"OK!"
The old man suddenly spoke, pointing in a direction: "Over there!"
Zhou also expressed his gratitude: "Thank you so much, sir!"
The old man lowered his head, fiddling with his straw sandals, without saying a word.
The post office was very close, only a hundred meters away. Zhou went in to get his things, leaving Bai Xue to wait at the door.
A short while later, they brought out three large packages.
"This...so much?"
Bai Xue was stunned. Had they moved their whole house here?
But Bai Xue wasn't careless with her hands either; she carried one on her back, held one in her arms, and there was a smaller one that Zhou Ye had to carry by himself.
"Actually, I can take it myself!"
Zhou said helplessly.
"How can you lift that with your small frame! Don't tire yourself out!" Bai Xue said as she walked.
It was only when we put it on the oxcart that we realized how awkward it was; once it was on the cart, we had to walk!
The old man didn't say anything, got up, tightened the package, and tied it to the back, squeezing out space for four little girls in the front.
"The little girl is sitting, the little boy is walking..."
When Zhou Zhiming and Deng Jie returned, they fell silent. Fine, what can we do? We're men, after all.
Zhou Ye took out a few White Rabbit candies from his pocket and handed two to each person.
Well, walking is fine too!
Packing up the White Rabbit candy made me feel so happy.
The person on the oxcart felt sad. Actually, I could walk, but it's a White Rabbit candy!
An hour passed with a creaking sound...
The oxcart stopped in front of a courtyard with two rows of houses: "This is it!"
After finishing his sentence, the old man silently put down everyone's belongings, then drove off on his own!
Zhou Ye looked around and saw a group of children playing in the distance...
"Little rabbit, little rabbit, hopping and jumping;
Little lamb, little lamb, bleating;
The rooster crows;
Frog, frog, croak;
Little bear, little bear, wake up!
"Waaah..."
"Little rabbit..."
Zhou frowned, feeling like something was missing.
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