I glanced at it briefly and didn't offer any opinion.
"By the way, how many of you old educated youth are left at the educated youth compound?"
"You probably don't know many of them anymore."
Ling Weidong and the others have returned to the city, but some say they went to join the army. As you know, apart from being close to you guys, they're not really that close to us. We haven't kept in touch since they left, so we're not sure about the specifics.
Of the others you know, a few have returned to the city, and most of the rest have gotten married.
The number of new educated youth is increasing; they are lively and energetic, while the older educated youth are becoming more and more silent.
The divide and estrangement between the old and new educated youth are growing wider and more obvious. In the current educated youth compound, there are only a few old educated youth, and they are all like invisible people.
In addition, some villagers were also up to no good, stealing chickens and dogs. Some of the new educated youth even hung out with them. They wouldn't leave work unless they caused some trouble every day.
"Hey, let me tell you, the atmosphere in the village is really weird right now."
"Has things changed that much? Aren't the village chief, the village officials, and the elderly all taking care of this?"
Wang Hongmei pouted.
"If you want to manage it, you have to be able to manage it properly!"
He'd be so eager to cause you a huge mess the moment you said something to him, infuriating the village chief that he'd have the militia arrest him every time he offended someone, but that didn't solve anything. Once he was released, he'd be even worse next time.
That Party Secretary wasn't exactly a peace-of-the-road guy either. Besides, these people didn't get involved in murder, arson, or anything like that. If it was something particularly heinous, even if they were sent to the police station, it would just be a matter of education or detention for three or five days at most. So they didn't want to send them to the police station. Not only would it damage the village's reputation, but the Party Secretary would also have something to do with them and cause trouble again.
I still think that those years were peaceful and prosperous because you were there to keep things under control. After you left, all sorts of monsters and scoundrels started to show up.
"Ha, this... can't be it?"
Wang Hongmei found a suitable excuse for herself.
"That's true. When you first came here, it was the poorest and most difficult time. Back then, the primary task was to fill our stomachs. We didn't have the mind to do anything else. And you're a very capable person. Who would dare to offend you?"
Thinking back to a few years ago, Jian Dan herself laughed.
"Back then, tigers didn't know the consequences of their actions. It's just that people in Liujiatun weren't wicked; otherwise, there would have been a lot of trouble."
Wang Hongmei smiled too.
"One punch, one wild boar?"
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