Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Shocked again and again

When Fu Mingze walked into the educated youth camp, Zheng Jiamin was just coming out of the kitchen with two bowls of vegetable porridge: "I'll help you scoop it, let's go and eat." There

were two tables in the main room, one for male and female educated youth, and one for female educated youth.

Zheng Jiamin started eating as soon as he sat down, asking: "What did Comrade Shen Moer ask you to do? When did you two become so familiar with each other?" It's no wonder he was curious. Fu Mingze didn't talk much with the female educated youth under the same roof, let alone the village members.

Although everyone was concentrating on eating, in an instant, almost everyone pricked up their ears. Fu Mingze seemed to be unaware and said calmly: "I don't know her well. Her family is going to build a new house and she wants to know how it is usually built in big cities."

"Then she should ask me. I know everything about the alleys in Shanghai. There are many small houses near my home. They are very old-fashioned." Zheng Jiamin said in an exaggerated tone.

Fu Mingze did not say anything, but just looked at him as if he was a fool.

Zheng Jiamin understood that it was impossible for the villagers to build a house based on the small houses. However, he asked curiously, "How did Comrade Shen Moer's family suddenly have money to build a new house?"

It was not a matter of honor to have 300 yuan taken back. The first and second wives of the Shen family would naturally not take the initiative to tell others, and Shen Moer and Shen Shaoyuan would not tell anyone, so this matter was not widely circulated in the village, and even Zheng Jiamin, who was a gossip, had not heard of it.

But Zhang Zhiqiang obviously knew it. He snorted coldly and said in a gloomy tone, "How did they suddenly have money? They extorted it from Shen Lingling and her uncle's family."

Fu Mingze put down his chopsticks, glanced at Zhang Zhiqiang indifferently, and asked back, "Is it extortion to ask relatives who occupied your house for money?"

Zhang Zhiqiang was speechless.

He knew that Shen Moer's family was right in this matter, but everyone has their own relationship. Shen Lingling complained to him that she would have to give her family three more yuan every month, so he certainly sympathized with Shen Lingling.

Regardless of Zhang Zhiqiang's reaction, Fu Mingze spread out the handkerchief on the side, took out two eggs, and gave one to Zheng Jiamin: "This is a thank-you gift from Comrade Shen. It's still hot after being cooked." After saying that, he cracked the eggshell and ate it.

Zheng Jiamin was born in a working-class family. His family was well-off. They would send him things every now and then. He would often share good things with Fu Mingze. Due to various factors, Fu Mingze rarely had the opportunity to give back in a fair way.

Zheng Jiamin was not polite about an egg. He took it with a smile, cracked the shell and ate it: "It's such a small thing. You gave me two eggs as a thank you gift, and you even cooked them for me. Comrade Shen Moer is very good!"

Fu Mingze paused and curled his lips.

Eggs are a rare nutrient these days. Even though many farmers in the brigade raise chickens, it is more convenient to exchange eggs than in the city, but few people are willing to spend money or things to exchange eggs, so they have very few opportunities to eat eggs.

Although boiled eggs don't have any smell, the male educated youth at the same table all have an inexplicable illusion that they smell the fresh and tender fragrance of egg whites, and they can't help but swallow their saliva secretly.

Even the female educated youth at the other table cast a subtle look.

Zhang Zhiqiang was sitting next to Zheng Jiamin. His eyes hurt because of the way he ate so much. He finished his porridge in a few mouthfuls and ran away.

Zheng Jiamin raised his eyebrows proudly at Fu Mingze.

Since they were cooked eggs, they could actually hide and eat them secretly. Fu Mingze took them out at this time just to annoy Zhang Zhiqiang. He understood!

After dinner, Fu Mingze washed himself with water, changed his clothes and was about to wash them. He took out the soap from under the bed in the big bunk and took a look. He almost laughed out of anger.

Most of the soap he bought a few days ago was broken off by someone, leaving only a small piece.

Zheng Jiamin poked his head out and took a look. He was so angry that he immediately started cursing: "Which shameless idiot stole Fu Mingze's soap? He even left a small piece for him. How come you think stealing has its own code?!"

The male educated youth were all there, looking at each other, and no one dared to speak easily for fear of being considered a thief.

Zhang Zhiqiang sat on the edge of the bed and said sarcastic words in a sarcastic tone: "Who would steal Fu Mingze's things? Who among us is poorer than him?"

Zheng Jiamin said angrily: "It was newly bought, a whole bar of soap, and the soap ticket was taken from here, how could I not know?! The educated youth pointed out the thief, but you didn't say you would investigate, and you even made sarcastic remarks and said sarcastic words. Zhang Zhiqiang, you bastard, what kind of person are you as the head of the village?!"

Zhang Zhiqiang just saw that Fu Mingze was uncomfortable, and subconsciously felt gloating. After being scolded by Zheng Jiamin, he finally realized that the educated youth's village had lost something, and he, as the head of the village, was responsible. So he put on his shoes and ran out: "I'm going to find the team leader."

Not long after, Zhou Mancang was called over. However, there were seven people living in the room, coming in and out, so how could they investigate the missing half a bar of soap?

As you can imagine, in the end, it was left unresolved.

Zheng Jiamin was even angrier than if he had lost something himself. He stood there with his cheeks flushed with anger, and angrily declared that if he caught the thief, he would definitely beat him so hard that even his parents wouldn't recognize him.

Fu Mingze patted him on the shoulder, motioning Zheng Jiamin not to say anything more, and went out with the enamel basin.

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The news that half a bar of soap was missing from the educated youth site soon spread throughout the village. The members were idle, and they couldn't help but grumble. It was so strange that the educated youth from the city actually stole things!

Even Shen Moer heard from Aunt Chen that half of the newly bought soap of Fu Zhiqing, the most handsome youth in the youth educated camp, was secretly taken away. As a result, the next day, the soaps of several households in the village disappeared.

They were all taken to the youth educated camp by the girls in their families.

If Fu Zhiqing had not refused to take them, the girls would have taken the soaps back. Who knows how long the lawsuit for the lost soaps would have lasted.

Shen Moer had not noticed it before, but she only found out from Aunt Chen that although Fu Zhiqing didn't talk much to people, he was actually very popular among the female comrades in the village. The older ones simply thought the boy was good-looking, and many of the young girls were tempted to show their affection to him from time to time.

Thinking back to Fu Zhiqing's appearance, Shen Moer could understand the girls' thoughts.

However, the soap theft was soon overshadowed by another incident.

It started when Shen Moer asked Aunt Chen, Aunt Cai and other enthusiastic aunts to help her find stones for the foundation and wood for the beams. This was a big deal, and the villagers discovered that Shen Laoqi's family was actually going to build a new house!

Then they soon discovered that Shen Laoqi's family was not only going to build a new house, but also a large tiled house with green bricks!

Many people didn't understand. Even if the first and second wives lost money to you, you were almost starving to death a while ago, so you should have taken the opportunity to save some money. Why did you want to build a large tiled house with green bricks so lavishly? This room is more than enough for the two of them, father and daughter. Even if they really want to build another one, a mud house won't work. It won't cost much!

Then they soon heard that Shen Shaoyuan went to work as a temporary worker at the commune kiln factory. The kiln factory leader approved a note for him, and bricks and tiles were given to him at the factory price.

For a while, the members didn't know whether it was more surprising that Shen Laoqi could get bricks and tiles at the factory price, or that he went to work as a temporary worker at the commune kiln factory!

Many people realized it belatedly, and it seemed that they hadn't seen Shen Shaoyuan come to work for a while?

The weather was getting hotter day by day, and the working hours were getting shorter and shorter. In addition, Shen Laoqi had never had much presence, so no one had noticed him before.

The kiln factory is nothing more than digging, slurry, kiln firing, brick moving... all hard labor, it is a bit hard, but the workers have good welfare. Even if they are temporary workers, they can get wages on weekdays and get benefits during the New Year. It is much better than working hard to repair the earth.

Moreover, many people think that Shen Laoqi looks like he will fall down at the slightest breeze. When it comes to work, they are definitely better than him!

So some people went to ask Zhou Mancang how Shen Laoqi got into the kiln factory and what kind of work he did.

At first, Shen Shaoyuan just went to the kiln factory to help. He had to ask for leave from the brigade. After working for a few days, Xu Weiguo got him a temporary worker quota, which also required procedures from the brigade.

So Zhou Mancang knew how he got into the kiln factory and what kind of work he did.

"Why, all of you want to work in the kiln factory?" Zhou Mancang stared at the group of people, his voice as loud as thunder, "He got into the propaganda department, writing slogans and drawing prints for the kiln factory, can you do it? All of you are really ignorant and have no sense!"

The members were shocked again.

"What, Shen Laoqi, he can write slogans and draw woodcuts?!"

"No, he only has a junior high school education, he can recognize a few words, how can the kiln factory recruit him to write and draw?!"

Zhou Mancang: "He has a junior high school education, isn't his wife also well educated? I heard that he can write and draw, he learned from his wife."

The members were speechless.

Not to mention, think about it carefully, the older ones have some impression, Shen Laoqi's wife who fled from famine does seem to be well educated, speaks and acts politely, and for a while she even taught the children in the village to recite poems.

The couple are not extroverts, most of the time they stay at home, it is not impossible to say that Shen Laoqi learned to write and draw from his wife.

Moreover, the villagers were not very familiar with Shen Laoqi. If they said that he had been secretly learning all these years, no one would dare to say that this was impossible.

So, Shen Laoqi became a worker, and his family was going to build a big tiled house with green bricks?

In this way, it seemed that his daughter was going to marry a son-in-law, which was not so unacceptable!

Shen Laoqi and his daughter, who had been unknown for many years, became celebrities in Yangliu Brigade, and the news was gradually spreading to the surrounding villages.

Then soon, the negative impact came.

On this day, Shen Moer drank too much water before going to bed. She got up in the middle of the night and just came out of the treasure house, she heard a slight noise outside.

Awakened from her sleep, Shen Moer quietly touched the door and heard movement outside.

She squatted by the door and waited for a while. A thin iron sheet slowly stretched into the crack of the door. The iron sheet gently pushed against the bolt and pushed it open little by little.

In the darkness, Shen Moer raised her eyebrows and moved away a little. Almost at the same time, accompanied by a very light "creak", the door slowly opened and a figure jumped in from outside -

oh, he didn't jump in, because at the moment he wanted to jump in, Shen Moer lowered her body slightly and kicked out fiercely.

Bang!