After returning to the educated youth settlement, Lin Qing took out the cloth and began cutting it.
Lin Qing cut 13 feet of fabric from two colors, one military green and one blue, leaving two 7-foot pieces, just enough to make bed sheets.
"Qingqing, are you making clothes?" Lu Xianghong asked curiously as she saw Lin Qing cutting fabric.
"I didn't make it for myself, I made it for Gu Nanxun. I don't know how to do it myself, so I asked Aunt Liu for help. Now, after I finished cutting it, I still have to deliver it to Aunt Liu."
Lin Qing said to Lu Xianghong while cutting the fabric.
"Then I'll go with you! It's getting dark, and it's not safe for you to go alone."
While Lin Qing was cutting the fabric, it was getting dark outside, and Lu Xianghong said with some concern.
"Okay, thank you, Sister Xiang Hong. I was worried about getting dark and was a little scared."
Lin Qing happily said that she was quite pleased to have her girlfriends' concern. Although her best friend had betrayed her before, she couldn't let one bad experience make her overly cautious. She believed that there were still more good people than bad in the world.
Moreover, according to her observation, although Lu Xianghong was not very bright, she had a very sound moral compass and was not the kind of person who would distort the truth or be ungrateful.
However, she was not afraid of being betrayed. Now she had confidence. As long as the person who betrayed her was not Gu Nanxun, she was not afraid even if it was Gu Nanxun. At worst, she would just give her life back.
However, she believed that even if her parents abandoned her, Gu Nanxun would not abandon her.
Lin Qing quickly finished cutting the fabric, and then, with a flashlight in hand, she and Lu Xianghong headed towards Aunt Liu's house.
"Hmph... You still say you have nothing to do with that guy surnamed Gu, but he's been sending malted milk powder, food, and now even clothes. Who would believe there's nothing between them!"
Watching Lin Qing's retreating figure, Chen Zhaodi snorted and muttered softly.
"Stop talking. If Lin Qing hears you, she'll cause you trouble again. Besides, they're both single, so it's really not good to say that."
An older woman at the educated youth settlement, fearing Lin Qing would find out, quickly tried to dissuade her.
"I just can't stand her hypocritical behavior. She dares to do things but doesn't want anyone to talk about them. I just accidentally said a few words to her, and she reported it to the brigade leader, making me carry manure for a month."
Chen Zhaodi said with a cold and vicious look in her eyes. She had seen it all. Everyone was avoiding her today because they disliked the smell on her. It was all Lin Qing's fault. She was so petty. It was a small matter, but she made a big fuss about it.
"What do you mean by 'accidentally'? If you say that out loud, won't you ruin someone's reputation? How could they not want to fight you? Would you be happy if someone said that about you?"
Xu Fengjiao moved aside in disgust and said that she couldn't stand people who gossiped about others behind their backs.
"It's not that serious. She's just feeling guilty."
Chen Zhaodi said nonchalantly, "What did she do wrong? She just accidentally said a few truths. It was Lin Qing who made a big fuss and insisted on making such a big deal out of it."
"Alright, everyone, stop talking. Whether they are related or not, it has nothing to do with us. Let's not disrupt the harmony among us educated youth."
Wang Xiangnan, fearing things would escalate, quickly said...
"It's Lin Qing who's affecting the harmony among us educated youth, not us. Why can't we even have a word with her? We only exchanged a couple of words, and she went to the brigade leader. The brigade leader is really something. I don't know what kind of spell Lin Qing has cast on him. He won't let her work and keeps standing on her side to speak up for her. What barefoot doctor? Who knows if he's just putting on a show for people?"
Suddenly, an elderly educated youth named Li Hongmei said with a face full of jealousy.
She was sent to the countryside in 1962, and has been there for four years. Unlike others who were forced to go to the countryside, she went voluntarily. Her parents were going to sell her to a cripple, but she overheard them. To avoid marrying the cripple, she secretly signed up to go to the countryside. When her father found out, he beat her severely and sent her to the countryside without preparing anything for her.
When Li Hongmei arrived, it was winter, and she almost froze to death there. It was only because the brigade leader took pity on her and was worried that her death would implicate him that he gave her his old quilt, which saved her from freezing to death that winter. Moreover, since she came here penniless, everyone helped her a lot.
That's why she particularly hated cripples. She felt that if she weren't crippled, her parents wouldn't have sold her to him, she wouldn't have had to come to the countryside to escape an arranged marriage, and she wouldn't have been looked down upon and given charity.
When Gu Nanxun's incident happened, everyone felt indignant on his behalf, but she was secretly happy. She wished all the cripples would die.
She disliked Lin Qing from the moment she arrived. Why was it that both of them were going to the countryside, but Lin Qing could bring lots of things while she had nothing?
Lin Qing still cares about the cripple she hates; isn't that going against her?
Moreover, Lin Qing even treated the others to braised pork. This was braised pork! She had never eaten it before in her life, and Lin Qing actually treated others to it, and what's more, she even gave it to that cripple. Why should he? Did that cripple even deserve it?
What's even more despicable is that Lin Qing actually gave the malted milk powder to the cripple. If she could give it to the cripple, why didn't she take some out for herself to try? Is she not as good as that cripple? No, calling him crippled is too kind to him; he's a cripple.
Moreover, Lin Qing gets to eat meat every day. Don't think you don't know just because she cleaned the pot. You smell it every day. Your nose is very sharp, and you can smell it right away. Since she's so rich, why doesn't she treat everyone to some meat and instead gives it all to that cripple?
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