Chapter 4 Thatched House

Chapter 4 Thatched House

Having been in power on the farm for so many years, Luo Xuan's greedy heart had long been nurtured as the emperor was far away and the peasants and educated youth were simple and easy to control.

Luo Xuan didn't take these people's noise seriously at all. He smiled and patted the desk in front of him: "Come on, if you can make my desk shake with one slap, I will consider you strong."

This desk was made of a whole piece of birch wood from the mountain. It was so heavy that two strong men couldn't lift it. She was just a little girl, and if she slapped it, her palm would probably hurt to death, let alone shake it.

Luo Xuan glanced at Tao Nanfeng. This educated youth was as beautiful as a white magnolia flower, simple, elegant, and exuding a sweet fragrance. Among that group of lively educated youth, she was as quiet as a painting. If it were another man, seeing such a beautiful and quiet girl, he would have some sympathy for her, but Luo Xuan was different.

In Luo Xuan's eyes, only money and food are his most beloved. So what if she’s beautiful? Can beauty be used to make a living?

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan added: "If you can't move my desk, then record seven work points and return the iron pot to the cafeteria!"

Tao Nanfeng nodded, walked slowly forward, and came in front of Luo Xuan, separated from him by only an office desk.

"Then please remember your promise." After saying that, without waiting for Luo Xuan to speak, Tao Nanfeng gently raised his right hand.

Her palms are as white as jade, and her fingertips are as slender as water onions.

Everyone looked at the hand nervously and held their breath involuntarily.

Tao Nanfeng suddenly thought of something and slowly put down his right hand.

Luo Xuan couldn't help but burst into laughter: "What's up? Are you scared? Don't blame me for not reminding you, my desk is made of birch..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Tao Nanfeng's left hand wrapped in a red scarf suddenly moved.

Show off your skills? Then show me this hand that was bitten by a zombie!

A dark red afterimage streaked across the air.

This left hand with the teeth marks, which could generate a warm current and make the whole body stronger and stronger, moved.

With a sharp sound of wind, the hammer came down heavily.

"Bang!"

"Bang——"

The large and heavy solid wood office desk could not withstand the full force of Tao Nanfeng's left hand. It shook and fell apart in an instant.

Collapsed!

Collapsed?

Luo Xuan opened his mouth wide, unable to utter a word for a long time. impossible! This girl looks so delicate, how could she have so much strength?

But the facts are there.

Luo Xuan's hands were shaking, and he pressed lightly in the air.

The desk that was once right in front of me disappeared...

Bending down, I saw a pile of broken wood chips, the pen holder and water cup on the table, and the papers and notebooks in the drawer, all scattered on the ground.

I can touch it and feel it. This is not a dream.

"Ten work points?"

Xiao Aiyun puffed out his chest proudly. As expected, a vicious dog surrenders to a brutal stick. After Tao Nanfeng punched him, Director Luo, who was so arrogant today, immediately changed his expression.

"Ten work points."

Luo Xuan's legs were trembling a little, and he nodded and repeated, "This girl is so strong, who dares to exploit her?"

"Iron pot?"

Tao Nanfeng did not forget the iron pot that Xiangbei had always carried on his shoulders. The educated youth had to cook at night. If there was no pot, what would everyone eat?

"Iron, iron pot."

Luo Xuan repeated it again. If it were in ancient times, if she used her strength to rob people, not only would she lose the iron pot, but also her life and property.

Hearing Luo Xuan's answer, Xiao Aiyun cheered, hugged Tao Nanfeng's arm, and left the field office with everyone. She was as happy as a little bird and chattered non-stop along the way.

"Tao Nanfeng, you are so strong! From now on, we won't be afraid of being bullied by others anymore."

"Tao Nanfeng, did you see Director Luo's expression? Wow, he is totally stunned!"

"Hahahaha, I feel really relieved today. Director Luo assigned us girls to the road construction team, and it's ok, but he even wanted to deduct our work points. How shameless!"

Tao Nanfeng's mouth corners slightly raised, with a faint smile on his face. Fortunately, I am strong and I am really grateful for that dream.

With the iron pot sent by the road construction team, the earthen stove in front of the thatched house of the educated youth finally lit up.

Some people were collecting firewood, some were washing rice, some were cooking, and some were cutting vegetables and cooking. When the steaming hot rice came out of the pot, all the educated youth were cheering.

The simple dinner of roasted potatoes, egg soup and rice made the educated youth who came from thousands of miles away very satisfied.

"This pheasant egg soup is so delicious!"

"Wei Min, you eat a lot, don't finish all the rice."

"Hey! Don't take my potatoes."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The food brought the educated youth closer together, and everyone ate and chatted around the earthen stove.

Ye Qin and Li Huilan, who were assigned to the pig farm, curled their lips: "The pig farm is full of stench. Cutting grass for the pigs, cooking pig food, feeding the pigs... After a day, I am exhausted!"

Wei Min also started to complain: "Girls, don't think the work in the production team is easy. I've been harvesting corn in the fields all day. Now my whole arm is paralyzed."

An educated youth who was good at snooping lowered his voice mysteriously: "I heard that the leader of our Xiufengshan Farm is the local tyrant here. He can do whatever he wants and will not tolerate different opinions between the educated youth and the workers. In order to make everyone obedient, all the new educated youth will be given such a beating."

Hearing this, Tao Nanfeng seemed to be thinking about something.

No wonder they were thrown into thatched huts as soon as they arrived at the farm, and the girls were assigned to the difficult road construction teams and pig farms, while the boys were directly sent to the production team to work all day long. They were not even given money or food, and even had to rely on their own brute force to fight for an iron pot!

Ye Qin and Li Huilan are both city girls, how could they have raised pigs? When they heard that this was the killing stick, they looked at each other in confusion: "Then, what should we do?"

What good ideas can a group of students come up with? When I first arrived, the only leader I had dealt with, Luo Xuan, didn't look easy to get along with, so we had no choice but to comfort each other.

"No other way. Now that we are here, we have to make the best of it and slowly adapt to it."

"Don't be sad, there will be bread, there will be milk, everything will be fine."

Xiao Aiyun didn't hear a word of the comforting words, and jumped up in anger: "I was wondering why Director Luo assigned Tao Nanfeng and me to the road construction team and refused to give us ten work points. So this is called killing power... killing bullshit! I tell you, Director Luo is afraid of arrogant people. His power was completely destroyed by Tao Nanfeng!"

Hearing Xiao Aiyun beaming with joy as she said Tao Nanfeng smashed Luo Xuan's desk with one punch, all the educated youth started laughing.

"Hahaha, well done Tao Nanfeng!"

"I didn't expect that Tao Nanfeng would be so strong just by looking at Xiuxiu's anger."

"Did you really smash the desk? Director Luo didn't even dare to say a word?"

"Then we won't be afraid in the future. If Director Luo dares to bully others again, we will fight him together!"

The educated youth were passionate young people. When they heard that Tao Nanfeng had killed Luo Xuan, they were extremely excited. The more they talked, the more excited they became. The look they showed towards Tao Nanfeng became somewhat admiring.

"I was born strong." Tao Nanfeng explained with a smile. The nightmare left a black tooth mark on the back of my hand, which turned out to be a special gift from fate.

With great strength and a healthy body, farm work becomes easy.

In the following days, Tao Nanfeng and Xiao Aiyun moved between the educated youth point, the field office, and the field every day. The teeth marks on the back of his hand became lighter and lighter, and his control over strength became more and more skillful.

One day in October, after work in the evening, Tao Nanfeng returned to the site office in the sunset. After handing in the tools he had registered for in the morning, he was about to leave when he suddenly heard a heated argument coming from the office near the stairwell.

One of the voices was deep and majestic, it was Xiangbei.

The road construction team's affairs were basically directed and arranged by deputy team leader Mao Peng. Apart from working, Xiangbei would silently gaze at the distant mountains and seldom communicate with others.

Tao Nanfeng had been on the road construction team for a month and had only heard Xiang Bei speak ten sentences. Now hearing Xiangbei's voice, Tao Nanfeng was stunned. He stood in the corridor and looked towards the office in the direction of the voice.

"Heavy rain is coming. We reminded the farm office last week to repair the houses of the educated youths as soon as possible. Why is there no progress so far?"

"It's hot and dry in October, how could there be any heavy rain? Are you too nervous?" The person who replied was the office director Luo Xuan. Apart from the site manager, he had the most power, in charge of finance, personnel, and materials, all of which were lucrative positions.

"Come and see!" Xiangbei grabbed Luo Xuan by the collar and dragged him out of the office, all the way to the big locust tree in the middle of the field. "Ants moving, this is a sign of rain."

Luo Xuan couldn't breathe because his collar was being strangled. He waved his hands in the air: "Help! Help..."

Xiangbei loosened his hand and pushed him away.

Luo Xuan was pushed to the ground and screamed angrily: "You are not the head of the infrastructure department, why do you worry about this!"

Xiangbei narrowed his eyes, with a hint of anger in them, and stared into his eyes without saying a word.

Luo Xuan's eyes wandered, with a guilty expression: "What does the housing of the educated youth have to do with you? It's time to get off work, go home and eat, don't talk nonsense here."

Huang Xingwu, the head of the Infrastructure Section, heard the quarrel and ran out of his office and shouted, "Xiangbei, what are you doing? Don't bully Director Luo."

Huang Xingwu is short and ugly, but because he is a college student majoring in industrial and civil construction, he thinks he is well educated and is usually quite arrogant.

Hearing the word "bully", Xiangbei's shoulders tilted slightly and he became a little dull.

Mao Peng walked out of the tool room and quickly ran over to stand beside Xiang Bei: "Bullying?! I see that you two leaders are fighting two against one, I'm afraid you are bullying our captain?"

Huang Xingwu helped Luo Xuan up from the ground and said, "When to build houses and repair the youth camp is my business. Whether to allocate funds for house repairs is Director Luo's business. You are the captain of the road construction team and you are under the management of the infrastructure department. Is it appropriate for you to make decisions here?"

Luo Xuan patted the dirt off his butt and agreed, "Yes, everyone should do their own job. I don't care about your road construction team, and you don't have to care about my office work."

Mao Peng usually admires Xiang Bei the most and regards him as his boss. When he sees Xiang Bei being squeezed out by Luo Xuan and Huang Xingwu, he becomes furious.

"What do you mean by everyone doing their part? From the tone of your voice, it's just like dividing up territory, occupying mountaintops, and practicing liberalism! We are all revolutionary comrades. If the office work is not done well, can't we even make some suggestions? Why are you putting on airs and showing off your power?"

It was evening, and the educated youth who had just returned from work were coming and going. When they heard the quarrel, they stopped to listen and began to whisper.

"Who is this person? He is so brave that he dares to talk back to Director Luo."

"They are from the road construction team. The members of the road construction team are always arrogant and don't give face to anyone."

"He has a point. Director Luo is very arrogant."

More and more people came to the audience. Hearing everyone's discussion, Luo Xuan, who always bullied the weak and feared the strong, laughed and said, "Yes, yes, I will seriously consider your suggestions. I will repair the educated youth site immediately after I harvest the oil tea fruits in the next few days. Is that right, Chief Huang?"

Huang Xingwu shrugged and nodded perfunctorily: "Fix it, fix it."

Xiangbei's eyes were like lightning and his tone was heavy: "Some mistakes can be made; some mistakes cannot be made!" After that, he strode away.

On the way back to the educated youth point, Tao Nanfeng looked up at the sky.

The sky is clear and the setting sun is fiery. White clouds are floating on the mountainside, dyed with a little rosy glow. It is a good time of the year with clear and cool weather. There is no sign of rain at all.

"The captain said it will rain." Tao Nanfeng said softly.

Hearing this, Xiao Aiyun looked up at the sky and laughed: "It's such a nice day, how can it rain? Besides, if it rains, we still have thatched roofs, right? Don't be afraid."

"What if there is wind?" Tao Nanfeng was very persistent.

wind? Xiao Aiyun laughed so hard that her eyes became invisible, and she shook her head in imitation of her Chinese teacher.

"The wind howled in the high autumn of August, blowing away the three layers of thatch on my roof... There is no dry spot on my bed, and the rain is pouring down like hemp without stopping, hahahaha!"

Tao Nanfeng didn't smile. The main frame of the thatched house at the educated youth site was made of wooden pillars, wooden beams, and wooden roof frames, and the walls and roof were all made of dry thatch collected from the mountains, which could not withstand strong winds and heavy rains at all.

In her dream, the thatched house collapsed in a heavy rain, and the tragic scene made her shudder.

It is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not.

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