Before Zhu Qing could finish her compliments, she heard an excited voice from the side.
"Look, look, they agreed!"
After hearing Wang Lan's words, Huang Ying couldn't suppress the smile on her face, but she still stubbornly snorted.
"Hmph, why didn't they agree earlier? If they had agreed sooner, I could have genuinely thanked them. Now they want to show off? Too late!"
Neither of them spoke softly, and the brigade cadres had stopped what they were doing, so the scene was completely silent, and everyone could hear what they said very clearly.
So even the people present thought that Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian were going to transfer their share to other people at the educated youth settlement.
Because the educated youth settlement was calculated based on one household, even if the brigade leader gave them an extra two jin (1 kg) of rations, there were still too many monks and not enough porridge.
However, everyone disliked the group of educated youth at the settlement, and many people immediately advised the two women not to give up their places.
"Oh dear, you two silly girls, why would you want to give up your share? Did someone shamelessly say something to you?"
The first to speak up in protest was Ding Yuzhen, an acquaintance of Zhu Qinghao and the others, who had taken them to see the old woman's family's lively gathering that day.
While offering words of comfort, she also looked the group of educated youth up and down, and unsurprisingly saw the guilty conscience on their faces.
"Ha, so there really are people involved. Where do you get the nerve? May I ask? Did you come up with this idea, or did you teach us the method? You're all incredibly shameless!"
"Sister-in-law Ding is right. The two young educated youths shouldn't listen to that nonsense. There's no need to give it to them."
If you're so capable, why don't you build or rent your own place and live separately? Why bother trying to take advantage of others?
The aunties didn't care about being tactful at all; they just wanted to make themselves feel good. So, in just a few words, they made the people at the educated youth settlement wish they could disappear into a crack in the ground.
Hearing the chorus of condemnation from below, several brigade cadres frowned and looked at Zhu Qinghao and Si Tian with slightly questioning eyes.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Qinghao quickly explained:
"Uncles and aunts, you've misunderstood. We're not trying to give our share to anyone; we just want to hand it over to the team to handle and distribute to families in need."
Furthermore, everyone should have confidence in our cadres and Comrade Zhao. Our team's sideline businesses will definitely grow stronger and stronger, and everyone will be able to earn a considerable income then.
Zhu Qinghao said that she was giving it to the team, which made everyone feel even better about the two young educated youths.
How many people would give up a chance to make money and let someone else earn it?
For a moment, the older women in the village looked at the two of them with affection and tenderness.
Zhu Qinghao couldn't stand the scene. Si Tian was a little thick-skinned, but not to this extent.
So the two looked at each other, grabbed hands, and ran home.
They stopped when they were out of sight of the big guys, panting heavily.
"Oh dear, I can't take it anymore, I'm not running anymore. Running in winter is too tiring, oh my, I'm exhausted..."
Si Tian stood in a slightly safer spot, resting with her hands on her knees and her body bent over.
Zhu Qinghao may have been feeling a bit tired from drinking spiritual spring water for a long time and eating things grown in the space, but not as tired as Si Tian.
However, she stopped where she was and waited until Si Tian had rested enough before the two of them headed home together.
Time passed slowly, and it was already the eve of the winter solstice. Zhu Qinghao was searching through her space for everything she could find, preparing to implement a plan.
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