Qian Qian pedaled her bicycle very fast, and she finished the journey which normally took an hour and a half in just one hour and ten minutes.
When we arrived at the county post office, it was not yet nine o'clock. The post office had just opened and there were not many people inside.
Qian Qian walked to the phone and dialed her brother's factory number. Before going to the countryside, her brother had given her a number and told her to call if anything urgent happened.
The phone in the engineer's office of Hai City Machinery Factory rang "ring ring ring". A man sitting next to the phone picked up the phone and answered it. When he heard that it was someone looking for Qian Shen, he immediately called him over to answer the phone.
"Mr. Qian, this is a call for you. It seems to be from your sister."
Qian Shen has been very worried recently because of his parents' demotion and layoffs. For some reason, his promotion has been put on hold. When he was worried, he heard a colleague asking him to answer the phone. It was his sister calling. Could something have happened to his sister in the countryside?
"Hello, Qianqian, is something wrong with you?" Qian Shen took the phone and asked anxiously.
If something happened to my younger sister, I would really live with guilt for the rest of my life. Originally, I, as her brother, should have been the one to go to the countryside, but my younger sister secretly signed up to go to the countryside for her own future without telling the family.
"Brother, something really happened at home, right?" Qian Qian guessed it as soon as he heard his brother's words. It seemed that what Xi Xiang said yesterday was true.
After asking around, Qian Shen finally found out what had happened in his family during this period. Whether it was his father's demotion, his mother's layoff, or his own suppression in getting a promotion, it turned out that it was all done intentionally by someone.
"Qian Qian, you go back first. I will go to the Hongqi Brigade in a few days. We can talk about anything after we meet." After knowing the whole story, Qian Shen thought for a moment and decided to go to the Hongqi Brigade in person to meet Xi Xiang.
After hanging up the phone, Qian Qian left the post office in a daze. She pushed her bicycle to a deserted place. She couldn't bear it anymore and squatted on the ground, holding her head and crying.
On the Hongqi Brigade side, Xi Xiang and Bo Xueer were working for the first time today. They didn't know how to do anything and complained that the fields were too dirty. They were assigned to pull weeds but only worked for half an hour before they started complaining of being tired. The team leader of the third team was so angry that he almost swore on the spot.
The team leader of the third team could no longer tolerate it and went to the captain to complain.
"Captain, where did you get these two girls? They don't look like they are here to go to the countryside. They are just here to cause trouble." The captain of the third team took a big gulp of tea and slammed the cup heavily on the table in anger.
"Do you think I am willing to let those two young ladies come? It's just for the purpose of growing sweet potatoes on that wasteland." The captain said helplessly.
When he applied to the commune for wasteland to grow sweet potatoes, the superiors gave him this difficult problem. They had no choice but to agree and told him to take good care of the two of them.
"If all else fails, let them go cut grass for the pigs. Don't let them cause trouble in the fields if they can't do anything else." The deputy captain suggested a middle-of-the-road solution.
The team leader and other village cadres agreed with the deputy team leader's proposal. After all, none of the three team leaders wanted the two rich girls.
Qian Qian cried on the side of the road for a while, then stood up and wiped her tears. She knew crying was useless in this situation, and would only make the bully laugh even more triumphantly.
She could tolerate Xi Xiang's attempts to snatch Xu Weiguo away, and she also didn't mind Xu Weiguo's wavering and vacillation. But if anyone harmed her family, she would be their lifelong enemy.
At this moment, there was no longer the innocence in Qian Qian's eyes, only hatred and anger.
After returning to the educated youth camp, Qian Qian thought about what her brother had said and decided to pretend to obey Xi Xiang. She would decide on the next step after she met her brother.
At noon, Qian Qian made stir-fried shredded potatoes and cold wild vegetables, and the staple food was corn and bean cakes.
When it was almost time to get off work, the team leader found Xi Xiang and Bo Xueer and informed them that they didn't have to work in the afternoon and would have to cut grass for pigs starting tomorrow.
When they heard that they no longer had to work in the fields, they happily followed Zhou Yuanchao and Xu Weiguo back to the educated youth site.
"Xue'er, this is great. We don't have to work anymore." Xi Xiang said excitedly.
"Yes, the work in the countryside is too difficult. I even cut my fingers." Bo Xueer looked in the direction of Zhou Yuanchao and said aggrievedly.
She originally wanted to tell Zhou Yuanchao so that he could comfort her, but Zhou Yuanchao continued walking forward as if he didn't hear her, without even turning his head.
Bo Xueer saw that his attitude was a bit frustrated, and she didn't know whether it was worth it for Zhou Yuanchao to come to the Red Flag Brigade as an educated youth.
After returning to the educated youth site, Zhou Yuanchao and others saw that Qian Qian had already prepared lunch, and they all knew what had happened.
"It's really rare that you actually took the initiative to be our cook today. It seems that you went out early this morning to make a phone call. Now you know that what I said yesterday was true." Xi Xiang raised his chin and said excitedly.
"Xiangxiang, please say less. Now that the meal is ready, let's go wash our hands and get ready to eat." After saying that, Bo Xueer pulled Xi Xiang to wash her hands together.
Qian Qian remained indifferent to Xi Xiang's sarcasm and continued to work. Xu Weiguo saw her like this and wanted to comfort her, but was afraid that Xi Xiang would see her and make a scene, so he pretended not to see anything.
After washing their hands, they sat on stools and started eating lunch. When Xi Xiang saw the food on the table, she started to be picky again.
"What the hell did you make? Why isn't there even any shredded meat?" Xi Xiang asked in a domineering manner.
"This is our usual meal. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it." Qian Qian answered her calmly.
Xi Xiang was about to lose her temper when Zhou Yuanchao spoke up: "Xi Xiang, if you insist on eating meat every day or want to compare the food here with that in Beijing, I advise you to go home as soon as possible."
"Yes, Xiangxiang, this is not home after all, so don't be too picky. Here, I'll give you a cake, eat it quickly." Bo Xueer said as she took out a corn and bean cake and handed it to her.
Xi Xiang took the cake, took a bite, and spat it out after a while.
"What is this? It's even worse than yesterday's porridge." Xi Xiang said and spat twice.
Bo Xueer also took a bite. She was too embarrassed to spit out the cake in front of Zhou Yuanchao, so she had to swallow it down.
"Brother Weiguo, do you usually eat these things? How can you eat them?" Xi Xiang couldn't understand.
Zhou Yuanchao's family conditions are better than his own, how could he eat such food?
"Why can't I eat it? When my grandfather and his companions were crossing the grassland and climbing the snow-capped mountains, if they could eat a piece of cake like this, they would probably wake up happy in their dreams. What else can you complain about?" Zhou Yuanchao said in an unhappy tone after finishing the cake in his hand.
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