"I also have dried radish and pickled mustard greens. Can we stew them together?"
The other girls also went back to their rooms to search, and found various gifts, each one a token of their affection.
Jian Dan observed this and whispered to Mingzhu,
"The atmosphere now is completely different from before."
"Right? These people now, well, how should I put it?"
Not everyone is well-behaved, but this isn't the case. Ever since they left, I've been feeling depressed and hurt, and I haven't been able to stir up any trouble. I guess I'm not in the mood for anything.
However, after such a long time, things should recover soon. Just wait and see, there will be more excitement sooner or later.
"Hey, this Jiang, Jiang Ping, you know her? I've never heard you mention her before."
She sighed simply. She hadn't said much in public before, but she knew that nothing stays hidden forever. There were quite a few people in the village with relatives in Lijiazhuang, and she didn't know how long things would stay quiet.
Only girls can truly empathize with and relate to this kind of situation. Mingzhu, for one, was furious when she heard it.
"No, there really are people like that?"
After her family suffered a misfortune, Lin Dongfang's family took care of her. After coming here, she hardly suffered any hardship or grievances. Now, unless specifically mentioned, she would hardly remember that she was an educated youth from elsewhere.
Moreover, the Ming family belongs to the literary path; just look at Ming's father, who is physically weak but skilled with a pen.
Mingzhu's education from childhood was mostly within the bounds of rules; to put it bluntly, she was naive.
When the incident occurred, Ming's mother's decisiveness and betrayal revealed the most treacherous society and human nature she had ever witnessed.
"Do these people really think that no one can control them? They're still thinking about the pre-liberation era, huh? They think that whatever they get is theirs, they can just seize it by force."
Oh my god, I can't even imagine it.
I know that there is a preference for sons over daughters and a disdain for women in rural areas. I am aware of these things. I have also considered the possibility of fathers beating and scolding their daughters-in-law and disliking their granddaughters. After all, the older generation has traditional values and cannot accept that their daughters-in-law are on equal footing with them. I can understand that.
But I really can't believe there are still people who don't treat others like human beings, especially a village official.
Having read a little history, I know there have been even more tragic events, but for these people who have studied for more than ten years and then gone to the countryside to experience society, such things are never within their limited knowledge.
What's shocking isn't just their values, but also their beliefs and pursuits.
Everyone has their own difficulties. Although some are forced, some are helpless, and some are unwilling, in name, going to the countryside is a glorious act in response to national policy. However, now even their personal safety cannot be guaranteed. They can't help but doubt and feel lost. What is the purpose of all this? Where is the way out?
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