The new educated youth were bustling about, but the old educated youth, including both those who had moved out and those who hadn't, were not very involved.
In this situation, who can't see it clearly?
Work hard, and work points are your food.
Moreover, whether it was said or not, they all understood that Liujiatun was indeed poor. Before the arrival of farm tools and tractors, compared with the educated youth in other villages, Liujiatun seemed to be the poorest.
The sickle was rolled up, the fork only had one or two teeth left, and the village only had one old yellow ox. There was only one plow, which the villagers had repaired and rebuilt themselves. When the whole village started farming, it was just a drop in the ocean.
Now, everyone in the village talks about the contributions of the educated youth, but who doesn't know that they benefited from the achievements of Jian Zhiqing and her friends?
All I can say is that everything I've experienced since coming here has been rewarding.
Whether it's interpersonal skills or a deeper understanding of herself, the recklessness, naivety, and spoiledness she had when she first came to the countryside have been tempered to a certain extent. Even so, she still can't compare to Jian Dan and the others.
They weren't stupid; they saw the truth clearly and were somewhat relieved that their previous nonsense and reckless behavior hadn't earned them any resentment or caused the village to make things difficult for them. Now, they had no extra demands; they just worked hard, earned work points, and used their own hands to earn their own food, clothing, and shelter.
Actually, it was quite fulfilling.
As for the newcomers causing trouble, they only offered a few words of advice at the beginning, and then stopped paying attention.
Like them, they're like devils who can't be persuaded with kind words, but once they've experienced it themselves, it's more effective than a thousand or ten thousand words from others.
Chu Rou, a newly arrived educated youth, was wailing and howling in her room, while Liu Erhong comforted her.
The former educated youth quietly went about their own business in the courtyard, fetching water, washing vegetables, and chopping firewood, without wasting any time.
The three newly arrived male educated youths, Lin Dali, Wei Qiang, and Li Sanshan, felt embarrassed. Although they didn't know each other before, they were all educated youths sent to the countryside, so they were always a bit closer to each other than to others.
Wei Qiang couldn't stand it any longer.
"They've gone too far."
Chu Rou didn't mean to get hurt, so why are they so indifferent?
They're all educated youth sent to the countryside, yet they're not united at all. Weren't they the same when they first arrived? Nobody's born knowing how to do farm work.
Lin Dali and Li Sanshan exchanged a glance.
Lin Dali, true to his name, is very strong. This kind of work is not difficult for him. He can quickly get the hang of it after a while. Even if it were two people, he could still do it.
However, he wasn't stupid. It was obvious that Chu Rou herself didn't want to do farm work. Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, the fact remained that she was injured. But since she was the one who got hurt, it was a bit inappropriate for her to complain about others. They weren't even familiar with each other to begin with, so how did she expect them to treat her?
Li Sanshan grew up in the countryside and by chance became an educated youth, so these tasks were even easier for him.
Similarly, having grown up in the countryside, he avoided the behavior of pampered city girls who cried their eyes out over the slightest scratch. Upon hearing this, he curled his lip in disdain from an angle unseen by others.
"When you talk about unity, do you mean helping her with her chores? Or do you mean, like you, serving her every need and taking care of everything she eats and uses at her bedside?"
You are so considerate; I doubt many people would do that.
Go ask around in the village; nobody makes such a fuss when they have a baby. Or is it that you hate Chu Zhiqing so much that you want others to see her as a freeloader, someone who needs to be waited on, a capitalist's daughter who looks down on the peasant class?
Wei Qiang felt a chill run down his spine, and his face turned deathly pale. Others might not know his situation, but how could he not know it himself?
Why did his family end up like this? Why was he forced to go to the countryside?
Isn't it just because she's what other people call a capitalist's daughter?
The upheavals at home in those few days—the vandalism, the despair of his family, the blood at the door, his father's pleas, and his heartlessness—scenes he wanted to forget kept replaying in his mind.
After a moment of stunned silence, images flashed through his mind in a chaotic blur. For a time, Chu Rou was still sobbing in the room, and he couldn't care less about defending her; he was completely absorbed in his own emotions.
Seeing this, Lin Dali and Li Sanshan were somewhat at a loss. They had only just met on the road and didn't know anything about each other's situation.
Did I say something wrong?
Lin Dali recalled Li Sanshan's words and shook his head.
"No problem, what you said is true."
Seeing that he was still lost in his own thoughts, Lin Dali shook his head again.
"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions. We've already tried to advise them, maybe they have their own ideas?"
Li Sanshan was a true countryman, extremely pragmatic, and utterly intolerant of the affected behavior of these educated youth. Upon hearing this, he truly decided to ignore it and suggested to Lin Dali...
"Then let's keep our distance from him. I don't want to eat and live with someone like that all the time. I'm afraid that one day people will say that I'm just like him. I'm a pure and simple peasant from eight generations."
Lin Dali glanced at him and sighed inwardly. Who wasn't a poor peasant for eight generations?
His grandfather starved himself to death just so that his child could have something to eat.
Thinking about it, he sighed again, and his mood became low.
It's already the height of summer, and this is almost the last time weeding before the autumn harvest.
On the first day, Chu Rou injured her foot, and on the second day, another new educated youth, Liu Erhong, was also injured. It was a real accident. She was working diligently when Wei Qiang, who was working on another ridge, swung his hoe at her arm.
A scream rang out, blood gushed out, followed by chaos. The oxcart, which had just been to the commune yesterday, was forced to work again.
There were only two female comrades in this group of educated youth. One was on the train, and the other was recovering from injuries at the educated youth hospital. Helplessly, they could only choose two female educated youths who were nearby. Su Hong and Wei Shujuan were forced to get on the oxcart.
The old man driving the cart shook his head and sighed. Liu Weimin was so angry that his beard would have stood on end. Even looking at the brand-new tractor, he couldn't suppress his anger.
Tan Yajun clutched her chest, still shaken.
"Just a little bit more, one more step and I would have had to go."
He simply peeked at the departing oxcart, then turned back to ask her,
"What's wrong? Is this girl a handful?"
"No, that's not it. She's just too easy to manage. She does whatever people say."
She agreed to help carry things.
She didn't refuse when asked to give up her seat.
She lends me money whenever I ask.
It's like, whatever you say, I'll do it. It's like, I wish you would ask for more and I would satisfy you for anything. That's the kind of feeling.
I felt so choked up just watching it. If it were me, I'd want to slap that shameless person right then and there.
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