The brigade leader was the same. At first, he didn't believe it at all. Others might not know, but he didn't. He knew that his wife usually brought back all the good food. Although he hadn't eaten any of it (he couldn't very well take it from the kids, but it looked really tempting), it was all good stuff. He wouldn't believe a word she said that she couldn't even afford a single yuan.
But the later remark about bullying honest people really made the old man stumble and almost fall.
He turned around and glared at Chen Shuning, but after thinking about his wife's ear-twisting skills, Shen Baogen wisely turned his head towards Yang Wanqiu.
He said with dissatisfaction, "You heard it too, one yuan is already a lot. Besides, Chen Zhiqing, well, Chen Zhiqing is indeed quite wronged. You know, when Zhong Zhiqing misunderstood you, why didn't you go to her? Why did you drag Chen Zhiqing into this?"
That's how I'll handle it. If you like it, great; if you're not satisfied, go find someone else, I don't care anymore.
"That's right. In fact, I'm the one who's been wronged the most. One yuan can buy several kilograms of eggs. Take it or leave it, I'm not willing to give it to you. If you're not satisfied, go to the town and report me to the police or the Revolutionary Committee. That way, I can also talk to the organization about your family's class status."
"You, Chen Shuning, you've gone too far!" Yang Wanqiu was furious. The captain's words clearly indicated that he was on Chen Shuning's side.
However, his family background is a significant disadvantage, making it difficult to discuss openly.
They had no choice but to reluctantly agree, and the farce ended with Chen Shuning and Zhong Lingling each paying Yang Wanqiu 50 cents to settle the matter.
Fifty cents wasn't much for Chen Shuning, so he readily took out a few small bills from his pocket—actually, from his spatial storage—including one-cent and two-cent notes. After counting for a while, he came up with eighty-six cents.
He handed the money to the brigade leader with a reluctant expression and said, "Brigade leader, this is all I have. You can use my work points to cover the remaining 14 cents."
Chen Shuning wasn't actually short of money; he just wanted to annoy Yang Wanqiu and also wanted to use this opportunity to make everyone think he was broke. Otherwise, it was quite annoying that the aunties and grandmas in the village kept trying to introduce him to potential partners.
Zhong Lingling paid the money readily, going straight back into the house to get the money from Wang Wenfang, who was still trying to play dumb, and then throwing a dollar at Yang Wanqiu as soon as she came out.
Thinking about what happened today, I realized that I was indeed in the wrong, and seeing Yang Wanqiu's pitiful state, I felt that I was wrong too.
So she went to Wang Wenfang's room, took a bag of peach shortbread, and delivered it to Yang Wanqiu. Then she went straight back to her own room, locked the door, and went to sleep. She had just recovered from an illness, and although she no longer had a fever, she was still a little weak.
Of course, she had actually paid for the peach shortbread herself. Given that she had just made a mistake, Wang Wenfang was reluctant to part with it, but she didn't dare to say a word against it.
At this moment, Zhong Lingling was annoyed by Wang Wenfang, so she specially chose her favorite pastry to give to her.
Wang Wenfang, perhaps knowing she had done something wrong, or perhaps afraid of hearing people gossip about her being a thief, unusually stayed quietly in her room.
Both women were catching up on sleep in their own rooms, leaving Wang Wenqi to work alone in the kitchen, cooking and heating the kang (a traditional heated bed) for his two aunts.
He has to appease his friend and pamper his younger sister, and now that the two have a conflict, he's caught in the middle, feeling conflicted.
Although Yang Wanqiu suffered some physical pain, she gained two yuan and a pound of peach shortbread for free, so it wasn't a loss.
You should know that those two dollars are enough for her to pay a month's rent.
Chen Shuning was also quite happy. Having thoroughly enjoyed beating people up, she returned to her little house in a very pleasant mood, locked the door, and continued preparing her hot pot in her space.
It could be said that the group that caused the trouble were all happy, but things weren't so harmonious for Gu Xinyi.
After the commotion subsided, the villagers didn't rush to leave. Instead, they approached the village head, asking him to inquire if anyone had medicine, as either their child had a fever or an elderly relative was sick. The village head knew best what his village clinic was like and understood that these people were truly desperate and had come to the educated youth for help.
The rain and snow came too suddenly, and the villagers had all gotten sick from the rain while preparing for the autumn harvest, so he, as the team leader, couldn't just ignore it.
There was no other way but to bite the bullet and ask the educated youth.
Before he could even ask, Tian Mi spoke up: "Captain, you can just ask Gu Xinyi about this. Last night, when Zhong Lingling had a fever, she even asked Zhong Lingling if she had any medicine, saying that she had some. From what she said, it seems that she has medicine that is even better than Analgin. So, Captain, you really don't need to ask anyone else about this. Just ask Gu Xinyi."
Gu Xinyi hadn't gone far yet, but seeing the situation, there were just too many people asking for medicine. She only had a few boxes of medicine left by some customer, and even if she took them all out, it wouldn't be enough to share with so many people.
Besides, everyone has selfish motives. She got caught in the rain yesterday, and only escaped disaster after drinking a big bowl of brown sugar ginger water and having a spicy hot pot in her space. So she wanted to keep the few medicines she had for herself in case of emergency, and now she was reluctant to take them all out to share with these villagers.
But looking at the current situation, if he didn't take out the medicine, he might offend all these villagers. That was probably Tian Mi's real purpose, and he couldn't let that bitch have her way.
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