After being rebuked like that, Du Xiuling's courage, which she had just mustered, almost completely dissipated. She moved her lips but couldn't say anything for a long time.
Chen Hongli, standing to the side, didn't dare to say anything. They were good at throwing little tantrums, but in this situation, she was trembling with fear.
A group of men looked down on this the most. They hadn't even started working yet, but they were already asking for benefits and making grand pronouncements. They didn't even know their own limitations, yet they were so shameless.
Compared to the young educated youth, these new educated youth are nothing at all.
Liu Weimin thought so too. They were all sent-down youths, but when Xiao Jian came last year, she was only fifteen years old and all alone. It's not that all of them had to be greedy for the food in the child's mouth.
In other words, when it came to matters of life and death, and at such a critical juncture, the young educated youth Jian was able to help with all sorts of excuses, and even risked his life to go deep into the mountains to find food, which he then selflessly shared with the villagers.
It is said that people who live near mountains live off the mountains and people who live near water live off the water. These mountains are indeed treasures. Their village has benefited from the mountains a lot over the years. But to be fair, if there are good things in the mountains, they are gifts from God. That goes without saying. Whoever has the ability can go find them. Others may be envious, but as long as they don't go too far, they won't say anything.
Even the villagers themselves, with whom we've known for so many years, wouldn't necessarily hand over all their grain to the village so selflessly these days. Everyone has their own selfish motives; there are relatives and friends involved.
But those young educated youth were able to do it. They would find food and tell them as soon as they got back. Wasn't that obviously life-saving food for them?
What I'm saying is, if it were someone else, the educated youth who just spoke, could she have done it?
Not only Liu Weimin, but everyone present knew that if it were Du Zhiqing who encountered such a thing, he definitely wouldn't make a fuss.
Putting aside the material things, just looking at their perspective and their breadth of vision, the difference in their levels is immediately apparent.
Liu Aiguo also had a sullen face.
"What did someone just say? That Xiao Jian used some underhanded methods to avoid doing her work?"
If anyone sees this, please tell me.
Du Xiuling's legs trembled again, and she clung tightly to Chen Hongli, not daring to utter a sound.
The villagers looked at the new educated youth with righteous indignation, and none of them dared to move, only listening quietly.
“You educated youth all came later, so you probably don’t know much about it, especially those who came this year, you probably know even less about what’s going on.”
Should we call you smart, or should we call you stupid?
If even one person knew to ask questions when they didn't understand, you wouldn't be led by the nose.
Folks of Liujiatun, what is Jian Zhiqing to us?
The people below immediately started chattering, but it was clear from their expressions that...
"benefactor!"
"My savior, my mother's life was saved by Xiao Jian, the educated youth."
"If it weren't for Xiao Jian, we would have starved to death long ago."
Although the answers were not uniform, they heard everything they should and shouldn't have heard, and everything they could hear clearly but not clearly, especially Du Xiuling, who had been rambling on earlier, whose face turned red and white in turns.
Mingzhu gently nudged Jian Dan.
"What did you do? A savior or something?"
Jian Dan really didn't expect that an autumn harvest mobilization meeting would turn into a praise meeting for her.
Seeing the changing expressions on the faces of the new educated youth, Liu Aiguo smiled with satisfaction. Sure enough, he was the one who had to do this. Relying on Liu Weimin, that saw-out-mouthed gourd, was futile.
"And don't try to say anything more. Whatever shady things Jian Zhiqing did, none of us villagers in Liujiatun can do them, right folks?"
"yes!"
"right!"
After finishing his bluff, Liu Aiguo took a few steps back, and Liu Weimin stepped forward to summarize.
"Don't assume that just because you have limited abilities, others are as incompetent as you. Sometimes, people simply won't bother with you."
Alright, I've said everything I needed to say. Tomorrow is the autumn harvest, no leave allowed.
This is the busiest time of the year for us, so don't waste these few days. Make sure you get enough nourishment; without enough nutrients, how can you have the energy to work? Right, folks? You have to take care of your own men!
The villagers laughed and cursed for a while before going their separate ways. Jian Dan hesitated, wondering whether to go home with Mingzhu or go back to the educated youth compound with Li Yan to watch the excitement.
Seeing this, Mingzhu didn't stand on ceremony, taking Jian Dan's arm with one hand and carrying the things with the other.
"Come on, come on, I'll go with you. I want to see how they react too!"
"you?"
It's simple, but hard to explain in a few words.
"You're a married person, is it appropriate for you to come and watch this kind of spectacle?"
In just a few days, Mingzhu has opened up, especially with several former educated youths, and can now get along easily like friends, which shows Lin Dongfang's ability.
"I was also a sent-down youth. We should try our best to resolve conflicts among sent-down youth internally, so as not to let others see the drama and make things unclear later."
"What's unclear?" This was Li Yan, who was neither here nor there.
"Hey, do you think Du Xiuling will come back to cause trouble when she gets back? She can't just blame everything that happened earlier on us, can she?"
Simple and bright pearl spoke in unison.
"That's hard to say."
They spoke in unison, exchanged a smile, and felt even closer.
This feeling is both surreal and indescribable.
The feeling of being with Mingzhu was particularly natural and harmonious, a joy that I had never experienced with Li Yan and the others.
"No, I have to go back right away," Li Yan said, already rolling up her sleeves as if she were going to challenge the gang.
Several male educated youths followed behind, whispering to each other.
Mingzhu quickly stopped Li Yan, her eyes filled with shyness, but she still mustered her courage and said,
"I discussed it with Dongfang. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and since we're not planning on having a wedding anyway, why don't we have dinner at our place today? Consider it a housewarming party for us."
Hearing this, Li Yan was no longer in a hurry to leave.
"Really? That's great!"
Although their speed was somewhat unexpected, their mental state was clearly excellent.
Congratulations!
Mingzhu's face turned even redder.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Don't cook later. Just go over and watch the fun."
"Okay, okay, let's have a good meal today. Won't we get two more work points when we work tomorrow?"
"Hahaha!"
Upon arriving at the former educated youth compound, it was surprisingly quiet, and the group exchanged bewildered glances.
"What's going on? They're acting like nothing's wrong? That's not like them at all."
Ling Weidong looked around and spoke calmly.
"No, it's probably because they weren't on the same page, so they didn't fight."
Disunity?
On a simple thought, that makes sense.
Chen Hongli and Du Xiuling seemed to have a good relationship, and Wei Shujuan, who was with them, seemed alright now and didn't seem like she would collude with them. The three male educated youth in this batch were also close to them.
Wang Hongmei is a chatterbox, but she doesn't dare to do anything big. Su Hong is aloof and, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would probably disdain associating with them. There's also the cunning Tang Cui, the self-important Li Jianye, and the older brother Wang Jiancheng who always tries to smooth things over. Aren't they all not on the same page?
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