Lu Yuan frowned, glancing at the impolite young woman, wondering which member of the Wei family she belonged to.
She's heavily pregnant, probably five or six months along. How come Yu Yu didn't mention that the Wei family had a pregnant woman back then?
People who need special care like this should be specifically mentioned.
Also, wasn't it said that only 7 or 8 people from the Wei family were sent down to the countryside? How come there are 13 in total?
Something's not right.
Lu Yuan pushed open the car door and jumped out, asking, "Are you all from Kyoto going to Wei Fangxing's family at Changhe Brigade?"
Wei Fangxing is Yu Yuneng's old classmate.
After the captain received the notification to pick up the person, he mentioned the person's name to him, and Lu Yuan made a point of remembering it.
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's question, the Wei family members all stopped climbing onto the car and looked at him.
A refined-looking middle-aged man in his forties pointed to an elderly man, a middle-aged couple, and several teenagers beside him and replied, "Hello comrade, I am Wei Fangxing, and these are my family members."
Lu Yuan nodded, looked at the few people he hadn't pointed to, his gaze lingered for a moment on the pregnant woman who had complained about his lateness, and then looked at the man beside her.
Who are you? Where are you going?
Just as the man was about to answer, the pregnant woman spoke up first.
"We also came from Kyoto, and we're also going to the Changhe Brigade."
He seemed very impatient.
"Are you leaving or not? Not only are you late, but you've been dawdling for ages since you arrived."
Lu Yuan glanced at her and said, "I just came to pick someone up on my way, not specifically to pick someone up. If you can't wait, you can walk to Changhe Brigade yourself."
"Also, our brigade only received the notification to pick up the Wei family. I need to confirm whether you are also going to the Changhe Brigade."
After saying that, he turned around and headed to the office to ask someone about the situation.
Feng Tao was just leaving the office after get off work when he saw Lu Yuan and greeted him warmly.
"Ah Yuan, are you here to pick someone up today? Why don't you come sit in my office for a bit?"
Lu Yuan replied with a smile, "I went to the county town on business and just got back. I came here to pick someone up."
He then asked, "I remember the brigade leader said there was only one family surnamed Wei, but now there are several more. What's going on with these people? Did they also come to our brigade?"
Feng Tao nodded. "That's right. This family also came from Kyoto. Their surname is Jia. They were assigned to your brigade together. They were added temporarily. Your brigade leader was notified by phone today. I guess you don't know because you went to the county town."
Therefore, Lu Yuan had nothing to say.
"Alright then, it's getting late, I'll take them back to the brigade first."
"Okay, come visit the commune sometime."
"Okay."
While the two were talking, everyone else had already climbed into the car.
The Wei and Jia families were shocked to see a lot of supplies on the vehicle and tried to stay as far away from them as possible.
Only the pregnant woman's eyes lit up when she saw the half-full truckload of supplies.
Lu Yuan got into the car, waved to Feng Tao, and the car quickly drove away from the office.
When we arrived at Changhe Brigade, the commune members had just finished dinner and were gathered under a big tree, chatting and gossiping with their empty bowls in hand.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan's car, they all grinned and waved at him happily.
Lu Yuan stopped the car and shouted to Sun Shitou in the crowd, "Shitou, go and call the captain. Tell him I've brought the person back."
Sun Shitou was still licking the empty bowl when he heard this. He looked up, said "Okay," and ran off to the brigade leader's house.
Lu Yuan chatted with the other commune members for a couple more minutes before driving the car towards the cowshed.
Upon arriving at the cowshed, Lu Yuan told everyone to get off the vehicle.
Looking at the three small thatched huts, I was a little worried. How could so many people live there?
Clearly, the Wei and Jia families were also aware of this problem and were even more worried than he was.
The pregnant woman looked at Lu Yuan and asked, "You're not just going to let us stay here, are you?"
Lu Yuan was speechless. Did this person still not understand the situation? He had thought he was a member of the Wei family and had been somewhat polite to him.
Since that's not the case, why be polite with her?
“You’ve been sent here for reform through labor, not for a vacation. If you don’t want to stay in the cowshed, where else would you like to live?”
The pregnant woman choked, then turned and began to attack the Jia family.
“Jia Zhichao, you said that as long as I was willing to come to the countryside with you, your whole family would protect me and wouldn’t let me suffer.”
The Jia family consisted of five people, including the pregnant woman. The pregnant woman and the man named Jia Zhichao were obviously a couple. There was also a middle-aged couple and a girl in her early twenties.
At this moment, everyone looked troubled.
The middle-aged woman comforted him, "Fenglin, don't worry, the hardship is only temporary, we will make it up to you later."
"Compensation, compensation! You keep saying you'd compensate me, but how am I supposed to live like this? What good will compensation be later?"
After saying that, she plopped down on the ground and started crying.
"Waaaaah, I must have had the worst luck in eight lifetimes to marry you, Jia Zhichao. I never imagined that my good fortune would be ruined by dragging you all down to this godforsaken place. Waaaaah, why is my life so miserable?"
The Jia family all lowered their heads and acted like quails. After a while, the middle-aged woman advised again, "Fenglin, stop crying. You are pregnant now. Crying too much is not good for the baby in your belly."
"Children, children, all you care about is children. Don't you even look at where we're going to live? How can we have a baby in this kind of environment?"
She then started pounding her stomach again, saying, "I don't want to have children anymore, I don't want to have children anymore..."
"Oh dear, what are you doing? Don't hurt yourself!" The middle-aged woman hurriedly stopped her.
But he was too weak to stop her, and in his anxiety he shouted at his son, "Zhichao, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and stop your wife!"
Jia Zhichao said "Oh," and then hurriedly stepped forward to take Tang Fenglin's hand.
Unable to move her hands, the pregnant woman could only use her mouth, and she started cursing.
Lu Yuan pinched his brow in annoyance. "Damn, this one's definitely not someone to be trifled with. The brigade has gotten another real jerk."
Fortunately, this was a demoted and reorganized unit, so it's still easy to control if you want to.
"Get lost if you want to howl. If you dare to cause trouble in our brigade, I'll send you straight to the farm."
When Lu Yuan had a cold face, his aura was quite intimidating, and Tang Fenglin was so frightened that she immediately fell silent.
Now that things were quiet, Lu Yuan said to the Wei family, "You can stay in the big thatched hut and the small one next to it."
The Wei family nodded and dragged their tired bodies toward the two thatched huts.
Tang Fenglin immediately objected, "Why should the eight of them have a big room? And we only have a small room for the five of us?"
Lu Yuan ignored her. "I'm in charge here. If you don't want to stay in that small room, go live next door with Niu."
"Waaaaah, you're bullying me!"
“Bullying? Get this straight, you’re here to reform, not to enjoy yourself. With your level of awareness, you should be dragged out for ideological education three times a day.”
Being dragged out for ideological education is basically being paraded through the streets and criticized. It's no joke; you're bound to suffer some physical pain.
Tang Fenglin immediately backed down and dared not utter another word.
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