Sheng Xiping raised his right hand and firmly grasped Sun Yunpeng's wrist. With a slight exertion of his fingers, Sun Yunpeng's face turned pale with pain.
"Your skills are not enough. Keep quiet from now on, and let's keep to ourselves."
Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. What makes you, an outsider, think you can cause trouble here?
Sheng Xiping did not let go, and looked at Sun Yunpeng with a very calm expression, and said.
"If you have the time to argue with me, you should pay more attention to the people around you."
Not everyone who calls you brother is a good person. You can know a person's face but not their heart; do you know what they're thinking?
When Sheng Xiping said this, he deliberately glanced at Du Jiabin.
Sun Yunpeng is a spoiled brat, completely spoiled by his parents and those around him. He's impulsive, irritable, and arrogant.
But if we're talking about it, the really bad person isn't him, it's Du Jiabin, who's the one next to him; that's the real treacherous villain.
Right now, Sheng Xiping can't take action against them, but that doesn't stop him from stirring up trouble among them.
Once the seed of doubt is planted, it will take root and sprout.
Once Sun Yunpeng and Du Jiabin break up, dealing with them will be a piece of cake.
Sure enough, as soon as Sheng Xiping said this, Sun Yunpeng's expression changed repeatedly, and Du Jiabin's face also looked very ugly.
Sheng Xiping didn't want to waste time with these people, so he let go of their hands, glanced at Sun Yunpeng and the others, and turned to leave.
Sun Yunpeng grimaced and rubbed his wrist, which felt like it was about to break. "Damn, this guy has a really strong grip."
"Brother Peng, are you alright? That kid is a real scoundrel, Brother Peng can't let him get away with this," Du Jiabin said with concern as he stepped forward.
"Pah, stop with the sweet talk. Why didn't you dare hit him earlier?"
Sun Yunpeng glared at Du Jiabin with annoyance, then turned and left.
Sheng Xiping and the others returned to the field where they were working and picked their respective food bags from the trees.
These days, it's considered quite remarkable for a schoolchild to have one of those military green crossbody bags.
In many families, the older brother would use it and then pass it on to the younger siblings. When they stopped going to school, they would keep it to use as a container for food while doing chores.
Sheng Xiping used this kind of cloth bag. He carried it for many years when he was in school. The color had faded to white and the four corners were patched.
However, most people these days don't care about patches; they're more concerned about the stitches on them.
If a man's clothes have patches that are uneven and poorly stitched, he will be pointed at and ridiculed.
Logically, when educated youth went up the mountain, they were supposed to live collectively in the family team's educated youth settlement, which is what everyone calls a collective household.
However, there were no suitable places to stay in Qianchuan Forest Farm, so the educated youth in the farm continued to eat and live in their own homes.
All the people who came from Songjianghe were arranged to stay in the homes of forest farm workers and eat in the forest farm canteen.
The forest farm said they would allocate a plot of land to build houses, and then these educated youths would have to live in collective households.
These days, there's not much good food to bring with you; it's mostly just flatbread and pickled vegetables.
Some women are more diligent; in the spring, they will bake a whole batch of pancakes. When the men go up the mountain, their meals consist of pancakes rolled with scallions and soybean paste.
Sheng Xiping brought corn pancakes.
Young people have big appetites, so a small amount wouldn't be enough. In the morning, Sheng Xiping made about ten pancakes and also brought a small jar of homemade soybean paste.
They also picked scallions, lettuce, radishes, and other vegetables from the garden, making their harvest seem much more abundant than others.
So now, several boys are gathered around him, one wanting a scallion, another wanting some soybean paste.
They were all childhood friends, so there was no awkwardness between them, and they just grabbed at each other without hesitation.
That's just how people are. They might not care about something at home, but when they're out, they think it tastes better than anything else.
A group of young men were laughing and joking, while several girls walked back from the stream.
As soon as the girls returned, those with partners immediately gathered around their boyfriends and quickly shared the food they had brought with their sweethearts.
The others looked at Sheng Xiping and Zhou Qinglan with interest.
Zhou Qinglan lived at her cousin Tang Fengying's house. The two were about the same age and got along very well, always inseparable.
Gao Haining and Tang Fengying are childhood sweethearts who have been together since they were young. They got engaged recently and are planning to get married this winter.
Upon seeing Tang Fengying and Zhou Qinglan return, Gao Haining, who had been dawdling and refusing to open his lunch bag, quickly grabbed the bag and ran over.
"Yingzi, my mom made some egg sauce this morning for you and your cousin."
Gao Haining took a small lunchbox out of her pocket and presented it to Tang Fengying like a treasure.
These days, eggs aren't something you can eat as freely as you like.
In ordinary households, if they raise two hens to lay eggs, they have to save those eggs.
It's a proper dish to serve during holidays and when guests come over.
Normally, who would be willing to fry eggs and eat them?
Upon hearing that there was egg sauce, Tang Fengying beamed with joy, "Then, you can eat with us."
The three of them deliberately kept their distance from the others, each sitting on the handle of a hoe, and took out the food they had brought to eat.
Gao Haining and Tang Fengying have known each other since childhood and can talk about anything. When they get together, they eat and chat, and they are very close.
Zhou Qinglan, feeling a bit embarrassed by her overbearing presence, deliberately moved further away.
As they were eating, Tang Fengying exclaimed "Ah!" and then looked up at Sheng Xiping before turning to look at her cousin.
Zhou Qinglan was startled by her cousin's exclamation and quickly looked up.
At this moment, Tang Fengying, with a mysterious yet excited expression, leaned over and whispered something in Zhou Qinglan's ear.
The two cousins huddled together and whispered something. After a few words, Zhou Qinglan's fair cheeks flushed red, and she even patted her cousin on the shoulder.
"Sister, don't talk nonsense."
As she spoke, Zhou Qinglan couldn't help but look up and glance in Sheng Xiping's direction.
Just then, Sheng Xiping also looked this way, and their eyes met in mid-air.
Zhou Qinglan quickly lowered her head, her face turning even redder.
Sheng Xiping had been keeping an eye on the movements on the other side. When he saw Zhou Qinglan blush and lower her head, Sheng Xiping felt as if his heart was being torn apart.
He only learned of Zhou Qinglan's accident after being imprisoned for five years.
Upon hearing the news, Sheng Xiping went completely insane.
Because of his impulsive act, he not only harmed himself and his family, but also the girl he loved.
Such a good person, not even twenty years old yet, how could she be so heartless and leave like this?
No matter what, we should survive. Only by living can we have hope.
Once a person is gone, everything is gone. How could this girl be so heartless?
And that bastard of a man, he promised to cherish her and protect her for the rest of his life, but what happened? What did he do?
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