Seeing Liu Weimin's dark face, Mingzhu moved closer to Tan Yajun.
"What's going on? Who upset him?"
With all this great news happening in the village lately, he's been walking with such a brisk pace; he shouldn't be like this.
Tan Yajun glanced back at the people behind her, her expression also somewhat complicated.
"It's these few people. I don't know what they're thinking. The guy on the far right and the girl next to him are supposed to be engaged, but look how lovey-dovey they are."
When they first got off the bus, it was even worse; the two of them were practically glued to each other.
As a result, there were quite a few soldiers wandering the streets of the county town today. We all avoided them, but those two were just sticking together like that, bumping right into us, as if they couldn't see us at all.
You didn't even see it. The soldier was so angry that he didn't even have time to react. Then, a little while later, he came up to arrest them, saying that they were promiscuous and had affairs, and that he wanted to take them away for criticism and ideological education.
You know, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake. If you apologize to them and say something nice, the village chief is still there, and they might just let it go.
Do you know what people said?
The two of them were grumbling and almost got into a fight on the spot, you know? And they were so self-righteous, saying that they were responding to the leader's call for free love and that they were responding to the call to go to the countryside to build up the rural areas. I got the feeling that they were different from others, that responding to the call meant that they were sacrificing themselves like the boss, you know?
You didn't see how stunned those soldiers were. Later, they got so angry that they even took their anger out on us. The village chief's words had no effect. They were just shouting in the main road, and no one was willing to back down.
Having exhausted all other options, they finally went to the commune to find Secretary Lin and then the Public Security Bureau. Fortunately, those young soldiers were full of enthusiasm and were easy to fool.
Otherwise, we might have ended up spending the whole night in the county town.
"No way, right?"
Mingzhu looked back again and saw that it had the same two eyes and one mouth. Why was it that it looked so different from others? Why did its brain seem abnormal?
As the oxcart approached the educated youth compound, the people following behind were also nearing their limit. Seeing the oxcart stop, Uncle Liu and Liu Weimin had already gotten off and were unloading their luggage. The rest of them, having exhausted their last bit of strength, simply sat down on the ground and gave up.
Lin Dongfang quickly stepped aside to protect his wife from the dust that was kicked up. His first impression of the educated youth plummeted. He had thought that since there were more male educated youth this time, the overall strength of the educated youth might be greatly improved. It seemed that he had been overthinking it again.
Even if they don't understand anything, it's already good enough if they don't hold us back.
Tan Yajun played with the child for a while, then left the educated youth compound without going in. She greeted Mingzhu and her husband, as well as Wei Shujuan and Su Hong at the door, and then went home with her things.
When the other educated youth from the educated youth compound came out, only a few newly arrived educated youth and Wei Shujuan, who had opened the door, remained at the entrance, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"These are the newly arrived educated youth; please make arrangements for them."
After saying that, he made an excuse about going to the vegetable garden, grabbed Su Hong, and left.
She saw it just now; the atmosphere wasn't good at all. The village chief's face was dark when he left, and even the usually amiable Uncle Liu had a downturned mouth.
To make them this angry, you must be quite a character. However, they shouldn't mess with you, so it's best to stay out of the spotlight.
This was the most relaxed time since the arrival of new people at the educated youth compound. Many educated youth heard the news but didn't even show their faces. As a result, on the third day of work, four or five people somehow knew what to do. Not only did they not get up in the morning, but they also started to panic when they saw others leaving. In their haste, they made mistakes. In their final moments, they even kicked and broke the old educated youth's water vat.
The male educated youths also took turns carrying water. The diligent ones filled the water tank early, but the tank was kicked and spilled all over the ground.
After the weather warmed up, most people, like the villagers, moved everything else, except for the water vat used for cooking, such as the large vat for pickling sauerkraut in winter, which would take up space inside the house. They filled it with water, and after the sun shone on it, the water was warm by noon. It was especially good for the educated youth to wash their hands, face, and clothes when they came back, or to wipe themselves down at night.
As a result, they smashed it to pieces, water flooded the yard, and porcelain shards were scattered everywhere.
However, they didn't have time to pack up and hurriedly followed the old educated youth to the fields.
Liu Weimin's face darkened even more.
Jian Dan stayed with Tan Yajun, mingling among the villagers, and also curiously observed the actions of the new educated youth from afar.
"This is the person who made you so angry? I can't see anything different about them? Are they engaged?"
"They're so proud of themselves!"
Su Hong, standing next to him, pouted.
"It's better to keep your distance, otherwise it won't be good if people see you as a potential rival."
The two of them turned to look at her at the same time.
"Really? We've never even met, how can you imagine them as opponents?"
"Heh, what do you think?"
I just went to borrow a basket from Bai Xiaoqin and bumped into her boyfriend. I was a step too slow to move aside while carrying the basket, and her girlfriend rushed out, pointed her finger at me, and called me a vixen for seducing her fiancé.
She said it with absolute certainty: I must have been lusting after her fiancé for a long time, and I was using this opportunity to express my dissatisfaction and ruin their relationship.
All told, today is their third day here. We only met once at the gate of the courtyard. Yesterday, Shujuan and I went up the mountain to dig for vegetables early in the morning, but we came back a little early in the afternoon. I was thinking of drying the older dandelions, and in the time it took to borrow a big wicker basket, I became the sinner who seduced someone's fiancé.
Simple stared wide-eyed.
"Just one encounter?"
Su Hong angrily picked up a clod of dirt, crushed it, and threw it far away.
"Is this considered an intersection? That courtyard wasn't theirs either; we had a share in it, as did all the educated youth."
I didn't even get a good look at what the person looked like before I got slapped twice.
"ah?"
Jian Dan and Tan Yajun immediately began to examine it carefully.
"No wonder, I always thought your face looked a bit off, did you get swollen from the beating?"
"You let her go? That's not like you at all."
Speaking of this, Su Hong's teeth itched even more.
"And you're right. When I was being beaten, there wasn't a single person there. But when I fought back in self-defense, everyone who should have come back and everyone who shouldn't have came back came back. And then I was falsely accused. If I didn't have evidence on my face, I would have been the one with a guilty conscience who had their thoughts exposed, you know?"
"Just you wait, this isn't over yet."
After saying that, Su Hong picked up her bag and walked towards her assigned spot.
Simple, but somewhat uncertain.
"Is this... a declaration of war?"
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