Song Tanglan had just returned home when she heard her second sister and her second brother-in-law talking on the phone. This made her a little confused, so she asked curiously.
Song Tangcheng and the others had no intention of hiding anything from her, so they told her everything.
"So when Dad called, he just asked some nonsensical questions and didn't say anything?"
"Yeah, judging by Dad's tone, he seems to have found something, but he's not sure yet."
When Song Tangcheng heard the conversation between the two, he thought of his father's unreliability and wanted to remind them not to trust their father so much. However, seeing that they were both thoughtful, he thought it was better not to say anything.
She couldn't erase the lofty image of their father in their minds. If their father knew about it, he would definitely scold her.
Although Song Tanglan was very confused about this matter, he still had to live his life, so he did not waste time on it.
She started her plan of stockpiling grain again, but every time she went to the commune, she found that not only had the grain prices gone up, but the queues were also very long every day. Now was the critical time, and the black market was closed.
So every time they went to the commune, they bought very little food. Song Tanglan looked at the prices and finally gave up buying anything. Anyway, she already had enough food stored in her space.
She was unwilling to spend that much money.
Besides, she also heard from her second brother-in-law that this year's harvest should be pretty good. Recently, the brigade has carefully considered it and finally applied for fertilizer. With the help of experts, the crops in the fields are now growing well.
I believe that the grain can be harvested before the snow falls. As for the cost, Captain Cheng can't care about it for the time being.
He thought it was okay to spend a little more money, it was better than having to go to work hungry next year.
Fortunately, his idea was agreed upon by most of the team members, otherwise it would not have been implemented so quickly. As for the minority who disagreed, they had to obey the majority and behaved obediently.
While they were busy with their crops every day, the police also released news about the kidnappers.
The kidnapper named Lao Tie was directly sentenced to 20 years of forced labor on a farm. The other two men were sentenced to 10 years each, and Wen Niang was sentenced to seven years. As for Tian Mangfu, he was sentenced to 10 years. They also caught another kidnapper among them, but the team did not pay attention to the other person.
When the team heard the news, they cheered for a long time. Song Tanglan didn't comment much when he heard it. He just looked at Jiang Zhengfang who often hung around in front of Su Tao not far away and smiled sarcastically.
Although Su Chunjiao was not responsible for the last incident, she still had a hard time.
Her mother-in-law and Old Lady Cui knew that she had offended the captain's family. Not only was she beaten up when she returned home, but she was also assigned all kinds of dirty and tiring work.
If she doesn't finish the work, she won't be given any food. Her husband is now very disappointed in her and doesn't try to dissuade her.
Jiang Zhengfang didn't seem to be affected, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the team leader was really angry because they said last time that the people in the team had wronged the educated youth. The work assigned to them now was not as easy as before, and it was the same hard and tiring work as the people in the team.
The number of educated youth who dug canals, dug lotus roots, cleaned pig sheds, shoveled cow dung, and carried manure were all counted among them.
The educated youth in the Youth House also paid the price for their actions. Not only were they exhausted every day, but they also smelled bad all day long.
Now even if they have complaints, they dare not refute. Even if they refute, the captain will not listen and will still make the same arrangements.
Su Tao and the other two were also successfully implicated by them. Every time it was their turn, they had to do these tasks.
Of course, there was an exception among the educated youth, such as Song Tanglan.
She had never done any of them. When it was her turn, Cheng Fangyuan finished her share and just asked her to watch from the side. After the work points were registered, he let her go back to take care of Mumu.
When the educated youths in the educated youth camp learned about this, they all pointed their fingers at Song Tanglan, asking why she didn't have to do these jobs? At first, they just said a few words, but gradually they became more and more angry and complained to the team leader.
Captain Cheng was so angry when he saw these educated youth who only knew how to cause trouble all day long that he scolded them harshly.
"Why don't you say she doesn't have to do it? Didn't I arrange it for her? She is my son's sister-in-law. My son does something for her. You can also find someone to help you."
After saying that, he looked at the unconvinced educated youth and continued to mock them.
"Before, the brigade was too nice to you. They even said that we country people were wronged and excluded you. Now we won't exclude you anymore. From now on, our work will be arranged like this. If you don't like it, I can send you back to the city immediately. I also don't like you eating more of our food! How dare you make trouble every day."
After Captain Cheng finished speaking, he ignored the educated youth outside his yard and simply closed the gate, isolating everyone outside.
Song Tanglan stood on the courtyard wall with a high stool, watching the farce not far away. Seeing that these educated youth were even more embarrassed than before, he couldn't help laughing.
"How stupid! He came to cause trouble after being provoked. Now you see, you've offended the captain. Your future will be even more miserable!"
Her teasing made Song Tangcheng, who was sitting below, feel helpless: "No matter what you do, you can't forget to watch the show. If they see you, they will say you are not sociable."
"It doesn't matter. I don't care about these things anyway. This isn't the first time they've said I'm not sociable. This isn't the first time they've tried to ruin my reputation."
Song Tanglan had long since let go of this matter. She used to think that reputation was particularly important in this era, but later she discovered that these things were dispensable when it came to having enough food to eat.
What's more, everyone has eyes, and after spending a long time with others, they can always tell whether the rumors are true or not.
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