After Fang Yuan and Zhou Jiahui left the educated youth settlement, Liu Chunfang burst into tears again.
Then, seeing the other educated youth crying at the settlement, he asked:
"Why didn't you save us? How could you just watch her beat us? How could you be so heartless?"
"Whose fault is it that you all talk nonsense? You're always acting so strangely, you deserve to be beaten up."
He Hongying looked at the two of them and replied dismissively, then turned around and went back into the house.
The thought that one of the two men would have to share a room with her made her uncomfortable.
"But I only said one sentence, why did she hit us?"
Liu Chunfang was indignant; her face was swollen from the beating.
In front of so many people, how will she ever be able to hold her head high at the educated youth settlement again?
"I'm also very curious. We were all educated youths, so how did we become like those gossipy old women in the village after we went to the countryside?" Luo Jin asked rhetorically.
He was packing his things and didn't see Fang Yuan's actions.
But others saw it and told him what happened, and he didn't hesitate to support Fang Yuan.
"Exactly! Why do you always have to make a big deal out of things and belittle others? Does that make you successful? If you were really that capable, would you need to go to the countryside to farm?"
Wu Bing, a former educated youth, also spoke in a good mood.
He hated Wang Zhaodi the most. It was none of her business that he worked slowly. He didn't work and didn't eat her food. He just liked to talk nonsense to her all day long.
Fang Yuan did a really good job hitting her. If it weren't for the fact that he's a man, he would have hit her a long time ago.
As for Liu Chunfang, I don't know this woman well, but Fang Yuan caught her and beat her up, so she's probably not a good person either.
The remaining educated youth, including Li Weiguo, remained silent.
Could he say Fang Yuan made a mistake? He's annoyed by both of these gossipy women; they deserved to be beaten.
“Speaking nonsense is slander and a distortion of the facts, so you can’t blame Comrade Fang Yuan for that,” Luo Jin continued.
He was packing up his things and didn't see Fang Yuan's earlier actions, but he did see Fang Yuan slap him.
The movements were swift and decisive, giving him a new understanding of how women fight.
Zhou He came out carrying the things and looked at Luo Jin: "Let's go too!"
As he passed through the courtyard, he glanced at the two women:
“I’ll take note of your slander against Comrade Fang Yuan. We can also testify to it. If any further inappropriate remarks are reported, we’ll report them together.”
Then, carrying his own belongings, he left the educated youth settlement with Luo Jin.
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Liu Chunfang then realized that the two men were still there, so she had to awkwardly shut her mouth and asked someone else to ask for leave for her.
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Fang Yuan and Zhou Jiahui left the educated youth settlement, but the settlement left behind the legend of her carrying chicks with both hands.
On the way back, Zhou Jiahui chattered on and on, praising him.
Fang Yuan said helplessly, "Stop talking. I'll show you how to hammer a wild boar with one hand another time, okay?"
One minute the girl was telling her to go back and try lifting the octagonal table with one hand, and the next she was asking her if she could lift the large water vat in the house.
She's not some street performer, what's the point of showing off?
"Hammering wild boar? Is it that powerful? Yeah, Sister Yuanyuan, why don't you come hunting with my brother next time? We might need you to help us get meat!"
Zhou Jiahui looked at Fang Yuan with shining eyes.
Thinking back, most of the prey caught in the mountains recently were first discovered by Fang Yuan.
He has such strength; he's practically born to go hunting in the mountains!
The thought of having endless meat to eat made her mouth water.
"Alright, I'll be coming up the mountain again, and you'll get plenty of meat to eat," Fang Yuan replied irritably.
She still needs to find ginseng. She has searched the entire area around here for the past few days, but hasn't found a single seedling.
You have to go deeper into the area to search.
"Then we'll have to rely on you, Sister Yuanyuan. You're more reliable to me than my brother," Zhou Jiahui flattered without hesitation.
The two chatted for a while and soon arrived at the new house.
After entering the house, Fang Yuan put the clothes in the kang cabinet and the quilt on the kang mat.
She chose the north-facing kang (heated brick bed), which was located at the back of the room and had no windows, while the south-facing kang had a window located at the front of the room.
The locals are used to sleeping on the south-facing kang (heated brick bed), and they also eat and entertain guests on the kang, so she chose the north-facing kang.
Anyway, she didn't plan to let anyone eat on her kang (heated brick bed); she used her kang for sleeping.
Looking at the yellowish-brown mud wall, she needs to take some time to go to town to find some newspapers to paste on the wall.
I was so busy buying things that I completely forgot about the newspaper.
After tidying up his things, Fang Yuan went to the main room to start a fire and cook.
Yesterday, when Zhou He went to buy a pot and a water tank, he also bought two jin of flour, which he can eat today when he moves into his new house.
"Jiahui, shall we have noodles for breakfast this morning?" Fang Yuan said to Zhou Jiahui, who was still tidying up inside the house.
"Okay, Yuanyuan, I'll eat whatever you make."
Zhou Jiahui replied loudly, and you could tell she was in a good mood.
Not long after, Luo Jin came in from outside carrying his clothes and blankets, looking at Fang Yuan as if he were watching a spectacle.
"I heard... you're quite strong, why don't you try lifting this table and see?"
After saying that, he looked Fang Yuan up and down.
He was tidying up in the house earlier and didn't see Fang Yuan carrying the chicks; he only found out later when he asked.
"You know I'm strong, yet you still dare to ask me to perform for you? Aren't you afraid I'll hit you? Or should I lift you up and see?" Fang Yuan rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.
This guy is similar to Zhou Jiahui in some ways; they both have such a strong sense of curiosity, and even say the same silly things.
"Look at what you're saying, it's just curiosity. We know your personality, but we never expected this..."
Such a small body, yet it has such great strength.
She looks like a delicate young lady.
“It’s good that you’re strong; at least you’ll earn work points,” Zhou He said as he came in from outside.
He witnessed the whole thing, and it was he who stopped the male educated youth who wanted to step forward and mediate the fight.
Some people deserve to be taught a lesson.
"You're back just in time. Is it alright to have egg noodles for breakfast this morning?"
Fang Yuan didn't continue the topic, but instead looked at the two of them and asked.
"No problem, I'm fine with anything." Luo Jin nodded when Fang Yuan asked the question.
"I'm fine with it too."
Zhou He replied, then took his things and went to the room on the left.
By the time the two of them finished putting their things away and tidying up, the egg noodles were ready.
"It smells so good! This is great. Now we don't have to sneak around when we eat anymore."
Smelling the aroma of fried eggs, Zhou Jiahui came out of the house.
Seeing the fragrant egg noodles in front of me, I unceremoniously picked up a bowl.
“That’s true. We’ve chosen a place so far back that no outsiders will be able to smell what we’re eating. We’ve made the right choice.” Luo Jin nodded in agreement.
Then I picked up the noodles from the front and slurped them up. Now I can finally eat whatever I want!
“It’s convenient to go into the mountains from here, so we won’t lack meat in the future,” Zhou He nodded and said.
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After a delicious breakfast, thinking about starting work tomorrow, Fang Yuan looked at Zhou He washing the dishes and asked:
"Did you bring back the rabbits and pheasants from the mountain?"
In the following days, they didn't bring back anything they caught on the mountain, but instead hid it in the woods behind the mountain.
“I brought it back yesterday; it’s in the tank across the street.”
Zhou He gestured for Fang Yuan to look at the large vat near the stove.
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