Shen Heping looked at Su Ruyi with concern: "You haven't eaten yet, have you? I guess the female educated youth didn't cook for you either. We did bring you food, but they confiscated it during the search..."
As he spoke, another white flour pancake was handed over.
Su Ruyi took the food and took a bite: "I should have treated you to a meal, but Fourth Brother has to be taken care of. How about this, since I have a day off tomorrow, I'll bring you food from the state-run restaurant when I come back from the county police station?"
"Is this the state-run restaurant in Sanhe County?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words were spoken, the three of them spoke in unison, and their eyes lit up.
Seeing Su Ruyi nod, the three of them immediately took out a ten-yuan note and handed it to her!
Shen Heping: "I want scrambled eggs, two servings!"
Su Tong: "I'd like two servings of mutton stir-fried with cabbage!"
Ji Xuchang: "I want three things, two... no, three portions!"
Su Ruyi wrote down everything, but instead of taking the money from the three of them, she took a bunch of lunch boxes and left.
As soon as I stepped out of the house, I saw Jiang Aiguo getting up from under the window and walking away as if nothing had happened.
Su Ruyi gave him another cold look.
It seems I should settle accounts with this person soon.
When she returned to the front yard, she saw four female educated youths sitting in the yard waiting for her.
Upon seeing her enter, Wang Chuntao was the first to greet her, grabbing her in a hug: "Su Zhiqing, you must have been terrified! We know what happened. The brigade leader embezzled from his post, and your fourth brother was framed by the brigade leader!"
Su Ruyi was both touched and somewhat resistant to this physical contact.
She gently pushed Wang Chuntao away and forced a smile, saying, "Yes, my fourth brother's innocence has been cleared!"
After saying that, he was about to turn around and go back into the house when he heard Guo Tianya say sarcastically, "We still don't know what happened! After all, as soon as your fourth brother arrived, there was a theft at the brigade headquarters!"
Su Ruyi turned around, and this time she didn't indulge her.
He walked up to her, raised his hand, and slapped her across the face: "Say that again?!"
This slap was a bit harder than the one that hit Su Manao. Guo Tianya felt as if she had been charged by a bull and was immediately knocked to the ground.
"Su Zhiqing! Don't be angry!"
Ai Shengnan quickly stood in front of the two women, separating them, and then said to Guo Tianya, "What nonsense are you spouting? Fourth Brother's head was beaten up like a pig's, what are you saying?"
Shulan whispered, "That's right... They even found everything that was stolen from the brigade headquarters at the brigade leader's house. How can you still spout such nonsense?"
Seeing that everyone was targeting her, Guo Tianya burst into a wail and rushed out, banging on the back door: "Patriotic brother! Open the door! Waaah! I've been hit!"
A dozen seconds later, a burly man rushed out without even wearing a shirt.
It wasn't Jiang Aiguo, but Hu Zhenbo.
Holding a kitchen knife, he looked at Guo Tianya's noticeably swollen left cheek, marked with five deep handprints: "Who? Who hit you?"
Su Ruyi stepped forward: "It was me. She had a foul mouth, so I hit her."
Hu Zhenbo quickly hid the kitchen knife behind his back and looked at Guo Tianya: "What did you say about her?"
"Hu Zhenbo!" Guo Tianya jumped up and shouted, "No matter what I said, she hit me! You! Hit her back right now! Slap her face hard! Slap both sides until they're swollen!"
Hu Zhenbo glanced at Su Ruyi again, then turned to Guo Tianya with an unreadable expression: "What did she say about you?"
Ai Shengnan chimed in: "She said that as soon as Su Tong, the fourth brother of Su Zhiqing, arrived, a theft occurred in the team! She also said that the truth is still unclear!"
Hu Zhenbo looked at Guo Tianya in disbelief: "The captain embezzled from his post and has been taken away! Tianya, you... really said these things?"
Guo Tianya rolled her eyes: "Am I wrong? The brigade headquarters was robbed as soon as Su Tong arrived! Isn't that a fact?"
Hu Zhenbo was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged: "Tianya! How many times have you caused trouble because of this habit of stirring up trouble? Haven't you learned your lesson?"
Guo Tianya, furious, put her hands on her hips and said, "Just tell me, are you going to help me beat her up or not?"
Hu Zhenbo gave her a deep look and shook his head.
Guo Tianya stepped forward and shoved him away: "Fine! From now on, we can't even be ordinary friends! Get out of my way, don't stop me from finding my patriotic brother!"
Hu Zhenbo glanced at Su Ruyi, his face slightly flushed: "I'm sorry, Su Ruyi, Tianya is too young..."
“She’s two years older than Su Zhiqing!” Shulan said softly, but her voice was very clear.
Hu Zhenbo's face turned even redder: "I'm sorry, Su Zhiqing! Tianya is just being immature, please don't take it to heart!"
Guo Tianya was furious: "Hu Zhenbo! What apology did you give her?"
Hu Zhenbo asked blankly, "You said the wrong thing and refused to apologize. What's wrong with me apologizing on your behalf?"
Guo Tianya stamped her foot and said, "Fine, I get it—she's stolen your soul too!"
Hu Zhenbo was even more surprised: "Tianya, is that really the kind of person I am in your heart? Yes, Su Zhiqing is much prettier than you, and much gentler than you! But I haven't been bewitched by her! There are many girls on the street who are prettier than you. Do you think I would like every single one I see?"
Several female educated youths covered their mouths and laughed.
"Ah!!!" Guo Tianya was so angry she saw stars. "Shut up!"
Hu Zhenbo shook his head, turned around and left.
Guo Tianya followed him straight into the backyard, banging on the door of the main room: "Brother Aiguo, come out quickly! Someone is bullying me! Aren't you going to do anything about it?"
She banged on the door a few times, and the lights in the middle room, which had been on, went out.
Guo Tianya was so angry she felt like she was about to explode: "Jiang Fangkuai! You coward! How could you do this! You promised me you wouldn't let anyone bully me!"
At this moment, the door to the east room opened, and Shen Heping came out, looking her up and down: "Your name is Guo Xiaoya, right?"
Ji Xuchang followed and said, "Heping, let it go! After all, she's a girl!"
Shen Heping stopped him, his eyes playful: "Why should we let it go?"
This was the first time Guo Tianya had met Shen Heping and Ji Xuchang face-to-face.
Upon seeing Shen Heping's face, which was full of a sense of justice and characteristics of the times, Guo Tianya's face instantly turned red—how could this man share the same face as the young man in the propaganda poster?
Compared to Ji Xuchang, whose eyes are not visible, Shen Heping's face stands out even more.
She immediately adjusted her expression, and her voice became sweet and charming: "My name is Guo Tianya! Tian as in Meng Tian! Ya as in Gao Ya!"
"Hmph!" Shen Heping snorted. "You think you're worthy of using the characters 'Tian' (恬) from Meng Tian and 'Ya' (雅) from Gaoya (雅)? I think you're more like 'Tian' (恬) from Tianbuchisha (耻不知耻) and 'Ya' (雅) from Duwudaya (难登大雅)?"
“Brother Heping… how could you say that to me… I’m a girl, I’ll be sad…” Guo Tianya swayed her slender waist, covered her face, and peeked at Shen Heping through her fingers.
Shen Heping scoffed, "With your burly, muscular build, you call yourself a girl? Are you a reincarnated shrew?"
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