Li Mei, who was illiterate, secretly spent two cents to find someone near the school to write the letter. She didn't dare to be too specific in the letter, only telling her son that something had happened at home.
"Brother Zhou, what's wrong?"
Yang Fangmei, the female educated youth who had just given Zhou Han two candies, saw him freeze in place after opening the letter and quickly went up to ask him what was wrong.
Zhou Han's mind was in turmoil. If it weren't for a very urgent situation, his mother wouldn't have asked him to return home so quickly in her letter.
His mother is illiterate, but his father is. The letter is clearly in someone else's handwriting, so it's suspected that something happened to his father.
The letter will take several days to arrive from home. I wonder what the situation is like at home now. It would be great if I could call home. The only telephone in the whole village is in the brigade office. Zhou Han wants to borrow one from the brigade leader.
"Something happened at home?" Yang Fangmei asked, trying to take the letter from Zhou Han's hand to read it when he ignored her.
With a "smack," Zhou Han slapped her hand away with a cold face and glared at her with icy eyes. Yang Fangmei was startled and quickly withdrew her hand.
"I...I just care about you."
Before Yang Fangmei could finish speaking, Zhou Han had already taken the letter and run to find the brigade leader, leaving her alone and at a loss.
"Shameless thing, he was just with someone's partner and he was already scrambling to get close to them."
There was a female educated youth who disliked Yang Fangmei very much, and she rolled her eyes at her as if she wanted to spit on her.
"What's wrong with me? Something might have happened to Zhou Zhiqing's family, can't I care about him?"
"Pah, you know what kind of crazy idea you're up to."
No matter how much people dislike Bai Rongjun, Yang Fangmei shouldn't have taken advantage of the couple's quarrel to interfere.
"Alright, stop arguing. We finally have a little free time, everyone should hurry up and read a book."
If there were any open space, Zhou Shuyi would love to stay far away from this group of people, but this was the only place with shade, so she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
Now that an opportunity has finally presented itself, instead of learning it quickly, they're fighting over a man, their vision is so short-sighted.
"Rong Hui, do you have any inside information to share with everyone?"
Everyone perked up their ears, eager to know if Lu Ronghui had any inside information.
"No, it might just be high school material. Everyone just needs to review it more."
Lu Ronghui didn't think the relationship between them was that good. She only copied one copy of the high school textbooks she found and gave it to Liu Ruo. Since they wouldn't share the information they found, she wasn't going to be the good guy.
Instead of paying much attention to the educated youth, she kept an eye on Zhou Han. She noticed that he was constantly searching for someone in the fields. The letter from Xin'an made him so panicked that something must have happened at home.
Judging by the timeline, those whistleblower letters should have had some effect by now.
She had always known that Zhou Qi was a scoundrel who had done countless disgraceful things while holding the title of director of the Revolutionary Committee, and who knew how many people had been dragged down by him. Now, it was a case of karma paying off.
I wonder if the Zhou family's troubles will implicate the Bai family. The two families had such a falling out before she came, so Chen Hongxia should be very glad that the Zhou family was reported.
If Zhou Qi couldn't take it anymore and revealed the Bai family's affairs, she couldn't wait to see the show.
Zhou Han searched in the field for a long time but couldn't find the brigade leader. He could only clutch the letter and return to the educated youth settlement first.
"Zhou Han, what's wrong?"
Lin Haiping and the others were sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) looking through documents when they saw Zhou Han return looking distracted. Looking behind him, they couldn't see Bai Rongjun either.
"fine."
He kept saying he was fine, but then sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) with a heavy heart. After thinking for a long time, he took out paper and pen and began to write a letter. In case he didn't receive the call, he could send the letter back first.
"Something must have happened at home." Everyone noticed that he started acting strangely after receiving the letter.
"No wonder, Bai Zhiqing is cooking today. He would have definitely cooked for her before."
Bai Rongjun was at a loss in front of the dirty stove in the kitchen. In the past, when it was her turn to cook, Zhou Han would help her, and she only needed to tend the fire. But today, as soon as he came back, he hid in the house.
"Hurry up and cook, everyone's waiting to eat."
"Wash the rice first and put it in the pot before you light the fire, otherwise you'll burn the pot through sooner or later."
Bai Rongjun's good days are over. Zhou Han had been helping her with this and that before, but she had been here for so long and she still couldn't cook. Yang Fangmei rolled her eyes.
Among this group of educated youth, Lu Ronghui, who moved to her brother's house, was the luckiest; the rest of them were her.
She used to wear skirts and walk on the ground, and she still can't cook. Just wait, when Zhou Han becomes her boyfriend, she'll be left crying out to heaven and earth in vain.
Bai Rongjun had been tending the fire for a few days and knew the basic cooking process, but she was in a bad mood today and forgot what she was supposed to do.
After being ridiculed by Yang Fangmei, and remembering that she had just been chatting and laughing with Zhou Han, and now that she was being targeted by her, her eyes reddened, but she didn't want Yang Fangmei to see her make a fool of herself, so she quickly washed the rice and some wild vegetables.
No one has taken care of the private plots this year, and the educated youth don't have time to dig for wild vegetables. The wild vegetables are collected while working in the fields, and they contain a lot of grass and ash. She washed them for a long time before finally getting them clean.
Wang He wanted to come and help, but he thought that their relationship wasn't appropriate yet, and if he came over, people would gossip, so he could only go back to his dormitory to study.
For some reason, Zhou Han was sitting in his dormitory while asking Bai Zhiqing to cook. How could someone like Bai Zhiqing cook?
After busying myself in the kitchen for a long time, I finally made a pot of wild vegetable porridge. The wild vegetables were overcooked and mushy, and the color was not very appealing.
"What kind of thing is this that humans can eat? Take it and feed it to the pigs."
“Our pigs don’t eat this stuff.”
Bai Rongjun stood to the side, her eyes red and swollen, at a loss. She had tried her best, but she couldn't cook.
"Zhou Han, come and eat."
No matter how much the group of friends complained, Bai Rongjun couldn't help but go over to Zhou Han when she saw him come out, and even scooped out a bowl of porridge from the pot that was barely recognizable.
"This is what I left for you."
"I'm not eating, you eat first." Zhou Han had just finished writing the letter and hadn't had time to see Bai Rongjun's expression before he quickly took the letter to the brigade headquarters to find the brigade leader.
"I……"
Bai Rongjun stood there, holding the bowl of porridge, stunned. She had already taken the initiative to talk to Zhou Han. Before, he was the one who coaxed her, but now he wouldn't even listen to her swallowing her pride and begging for reconciliation.
"Captain, I'd like to take this call from the brigade headquarters."
Zhou Han finally managed to wait for someone at the brigade headquarters, and the brigade leader readily took the phone after hearing the news.
"Don't talk for too long."
After saying that, he remained seated in his chair, drinking water from his enamel mug. Zhou Han could only make the phone call back in front of him.
He called the Revolutionary Committee, but the people there hung up quickly after realizing it was him.
It turns out that Zhou Han's father really is in trouble.
Why isn't anyone answering?
“My dad isn’t at work.” Zhou Han hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask the captain for leave to go to the city, but the captain refused him very decisively.
"You just took leave last time, it hasn't been that long, no way!"
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