Knowing she had absolutely no experience in this area, she readily accepted other people's suggestions and then changed the subject.
"By the way, has Uncle Guangming made the big bucket I ordered?"
“I prepared it a while ago. I noticed you haven’t left the house these past few days, and I didn’t know if you were busy, so I didn’t deliver it without thinking. He also said that if he doesn’t see you by tomorrow, he’ll have Hu Zi come looking for you.”
"Haha, don't worry, I definitely won't get lost."
Leaving the restless Jianxin behind, Jian casually strolled into the educated youth compound. As soon as she entered, a crisp sound rang out, causing Jian to pause and pass by the figure rushing out.
Seeing the door to the room on the left close heavily, she hesitated briefly, then saw a head peek out from the door of the opposite room. The person was startled at first, then immediately reached out and waved to her.
Come here quickly, come here quickly!
Jian Dan's eyes lit up, and he strode over.
"What's going on here? Why are you all acting like thieves?"
She opened the door to welcome her in, and then quickly closed it again.
"Come in quickly, come in."
Behind Li Yan, a string of female educated youths, all dressed in outdoor clothes,
"Are you... going out?"
The group didn't go out; they followed her back into the house and sat heavily on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Oh dear, don't even mention it. We've been back for a few days now, and it's been arguing every single day."
Look, you can hear them closing doors and windows even from this far away.
Oh dear, it's so noisy.
Having stayed home for a few days, plus those two people this morning, Jian Dan's brain is a bit fuzzy right now, so she just blurted out...
"What's wrong? Why?"
Several girls immediately turned their gazes toward them.
"You forgot?"
Simpler, more confusing.
"What did I forget? I haven't left the house at all these past few days, how could I possibly know what happened?"
Li Yan sat down dejectedly.
"Isn't it all because of that time we went up the mountain?"
A simple blink, and you're going up the mountain?
Oh, I remember now, wild boar.
"Oh, that thing? What happened? Didn't they get any meat?"
Another loud slam of a door slamming shut came from the room opposite, causing everyone to instinctively shudder. Li Yan even exaggeratedly stood up and pointed outside.
"Look at this, doing it like this ten or eight times a day, who can stand it?"
When I heard the sound and turned around, I couldn't see who it was at all. I could only see a figure enter the room and the door being closed heavily.
All I knew was that the room was occupied by newly arrived educated youth.
Who is this?
Lin Zhaodi had just turned around as well.
"It's Tang Cui."
Knowing that Jian Dan wasn't familiar with them, I then introduced her to them.
"After they broke up, didn't Su Hong and Wei Shujuan move to that small room by the door?"
After Wang Hongmei and Tang Cui broke up, Wang Hongmei, Su Hong, and Wei Shujuan shared a room, while Du Xiuling, Chen Hongli, and Tang Cui shared another. However, after Su Hong and Wei Shujuan moved out, Wang Hongmei was left alone in her room, which initially made her quite happy.
As soon as the weather turned cold, she refused to stay any longer. Her own little bit of firewood wouldn't last more than a few days, so she kept hinting that she wanted to move into that room and live with them. Tang Cui didn't get along with the two of them, so she definitely wouldn't agree. These past few days have been quite lively.
Knowing there was no hope, Wang Hongmei was much more attentive than before when she went up to collect firewood this time.
Who would have thought this would happen again?
Upon returning, without Wang Hongmei saying a word, Chen Hongli and Du Xiuling packed their things and moved directly into Wang Hongmei's room, without even exchanging a word with her, and not wanting to be in the same room with her for even a moment longer.
The simple question is,
"That counts as attempted murder, didn't the village chief call the police?"
That shouldn't be the case. Liu Weimin doesn't seem like such a muddle-headed person.
Everyone had a frown on their face, and even Li Yan didn't want to speak.
"What's wrong? Is it hard to say?"
Tanya Jun spoke in a dry voice,
"The village chief called the police. The commune and the public security bureau were right across the street. It just so happened that a few people from the commune were being sent down to the countryside. When we went there, we ran into them. I don't know what Tang Cui was thinking, but she shouted in public that Liujiatun was bullying the educated youth."
Those people on the other side didn't seem like good people either, but they insisted on getting involved, making grand pronouncements that the village chief wasn't meticulous in his work, which made the village chief so angry that he almost fainted.
In addition, the police also said that there was indeed no evidence in this matter. The only witnesses were a few educated youths, but Tang Cui insisted on this point and did not cause any consequences.
In the end, all they could do was give Tang Cui a warning and let her go.
And so, this is how she is now back, Tang Cui says smugly.
Those guys were really angry at first, and they couldn't hold back for the past two days. They couldn't help but start fighting, and just now another battle broke out.
Jian Dan frowned deeply; the chaos had finally spread to them.
"So Su Hong just let her go like that?"
"Of course not."
Li Yan became interested again, and began to speak and gesture.
"Su Hong didn't go to the county town. When they came back and heard about the result, Su Hong didn't make a fuss."
He immediately said that she could either receive compensation or she could file a complaint with the provincial public security bureau and the provincial educated youth office. Moreover, it seemed that her family had some influence.
They said they weren't afraid of making a big fuss.
In the end, Tang Cui had no choice but to grit her teeth and write Su Hong an IOU for five hundred yuan.
The village chief testified that if she didn't pay, the money would be deducted from her paycheck at the end of next year when grain and money were distributed. As long as Tang Cui was still working as an educated youth here, she couldn't escape this debt.
Su Hong is truly wise; even her simplicity is admirable.
Given the circumstances, tangible benefits are what truly matter.
Of course, with such low productivity, this huge sum of money was almost twenty months' salary for an average worker.
A rural family can save about twenty yuan a year at most. If they rely solely on farming to save money, that would be twenty years' worth of income.
Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that Su Hong will not receive the money, or will only receive a portion of it, but that will still be enough to restrain Tang Cui.
As they were talking, another loud bang came from outside, and the group shuddered and sighed in unison.
"Look at this life we're living. We don't even dare to sleep soundly anymore, for fear that something like this might suddenly happen and scare us to death."
That's not quite right. Even if Tang Cui is stupid, she wouldn't deliberately provoke public anger, would she?
As it turns out, a fool is just a fool.
As the group was talking, they heard a loud "waaaah!" from outside—the sound of a child crying—followed by the chaotic shouting of several other children.
"You're a bad person, I'll bite you to death!"
"Don't bully your sister!"
"ah!"
This was a woman's scream, followed by a child's cry of pain, then another round of crying and shouting, and the faint sound of a dog barking.
The commotion happened almost instantly, but Jian Dan's expression changed immediately. He jumped down and darted out.
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