The young couple exchanged a glance, knowing that this person could not be kept.
At the very least, this person should not be allowed to remain conscious in this world.
Yang Caihong was terrified. She sat on the ground looking at Wen Moxue as if she were looking at a ghost, and at the two of them as if they were the Black and White Impermanence who came to collect souls.
She never imagined that ghosts really existed in this world; if she had known, she would never have dared to do anything bad.
Before this, she had never thought about what would happen if she did so many bad things, but at this moment she panicked and regretted it even more.
"Please let me go. I promise I'll never do anything bad again. Please, please let me go."
His voice trembled, and he was shaking, but he was still instinctively begging for mercy.
Lu Yuan ignored her; he was observing his surroundings to see if anyone else was there. And what he did did make a big difference…
They discovered a place in the village where flames were shooting into the sky.
His pupils contracted sharply; that was... the direction of the educated youth settlement.
He glared at Yang Caihong, "You burned down the educated youth settlement."
Yang Caihong shook her head repeatedly, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me, I didn't do it."
"You still dare to lie?"
"No, I wouldn't dare, it's me."
He then changed from sitting to kneeling and kowtowed repeatedly.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, I'll never do it again. I'm willing to accept punishment. I'll go to the farm and reform myself."
Going to a farm for rehabilitation is better than being taken away by a ghost.
"Waaah, I'll never do it again, I'll never do bad things again, waaaah..."
She was truly afraid to do it again. With tears streaming down her face, she sincerely repented at that moment, but it was too late.
This person didn't truly realize they had done something wrong and repent; they were simply too frightened to do it again.
Wen Moxue put the person into her spatial storage, and the two of them headed towards the educated youth settlement.
When they arrived, the educated youth settlement was already mostly burned down. Many villagers were carrying buckets and basins to help put out the fire, but it was no use. The place to fetch water was too far away, and there was no time to do so.
Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound, and they managed to bring out most of their valuables.
The fire started in the kitchen, which gave all the educated youth time to escape and salvage their belongings, but the fire could not be extinguished.
Several female educated youths, seeing the raging fire, collapsed to the ground, weeping and wailing.
The male educated youth were in no better shape, filled with grief and confusion.
This was their home. Now that their home has burned down, what will they do?
The villagers felt bad seeing them like this.
"How could this fire suddenly start out of nowhere?" a villager asked.
The educated youth are also confused and don't know what's going on.
He Shenghua rubbed his face and said, "It was probably Yang Caihong who did it."
"Huh? Why did she burn down the educated youth settlement?"
Many people went home to rest after work and were unaware that Yang Caihong had stolen grain and run away.
An insider recounted the story, and everyone who heard it sighed in dismay.
Lu Yuan went to Lu Guoan to talk about Yang Caihong, but seeing that Lu Guoan was discussing the arrangements for educated youth with Zhang Yong'an and He Shenghua, he gave up for the time being.
There were a total of 9 educated youth, 5 men and 4 women.
Lu Guoan planned to arrange for the people to stay at Sun Changsheng's house. The house was still empty, and it was quite large, with three rooms, enough to accommodate nine people.
However, since someone had hanged themselves under that eaves, the educated youth were somewhat disgusted, but they had no other choice now; if they didn't go to live there, they had nowhere else to go.
Speaking of which, those were brick and tile houses, much better than the mud-brick houses in the educated youth settlement.
The villagers helped the educated youth carry their belongings. There wasn't much, but the stronger male educated youth all brought out their wooden boxes, which contained most of their valuables.
Two of the female educated youth also carried out their boxes. Hongxia and another female educated youth didn't have time to move their wooden boxes, but they managed to salvage the valuable items inside.
Everyone hurriedly moved all the belongings to the Sun family's house, by which time it was already broad daylight.
Lu Guoan told everyone to go to work, leaving the village officials, He Shenghua, and Lu Yuan behind for a meeting.
The Sun family's house wasn't owned by the production brigade, and they moved in like that; they still need an explanation.
Furthermore, many of the educated youth's belongings were burned. How should this loss be calculated, and who should bear the responsibility?
There also needs to be a procedure for how to report this matter to the commune leaders.
Lu Yuan was furious. He had planned everything, but he hadn't expected Yang Caihong to be such a mad dog, so ruthless and insane. He thought she would at most retaliate against one person, but he never expected her to burn down the house.
Fortunately, the warehouse wasn't burned down directly, otherwise the whole village would probably be devastated.
Yang Caihong really didn't expect this. At the time, she was just resentful of Zhang Tiezhu, who had caused her to lose her innocence, so she knocked him unconscious and thought he was dead.
She also harbored resentment towards Hong Xia, who exposed her, and all the other educated youth who didn't help her. She thought that if she was not doing well, she would not let any of them off the hook.
As for Wen Moxue, she didn't harbor much hatred for Lu Yuan; her plan to burn him along with Lu Yuan was just a side effect.
When she returned to the educated youth settlement from the warehouse, she didn't immediately take action; instead, she was still thinking about getting her money and coupons back. Those things were still in the female educated youth dormitory.
She originally planned to break the lock when the educated youth went to work at dawn, go in to get her own money and coupons, as well as those of the other educated youth, then hide and burn down the educated youth settlement at night.
However, when Lu Jiefang called He Shenghua to the brigade headquarters, she found an opportunity to take action in advance.
When Lu Jiefang knocked on the courtyard gate, all the educated youth came out. She then sneaked into the dormitory from the kitchen, took her money and two pieces of clothing, as well as half a bottle of oil, and then secretly left the kitchen again.
The educated youth were all in the courtyard listening to Lu Jiefang talk about the escape, and then they discussed it amongst themselves. No one noticed that the person had secretly slipped into the room.
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