Since Chen Hong left with the Bai sisters, not only has the dormitory become more spacious, but the people living there have also become more discreet, no matter what their thoughts are. Everyone is very polite to each other.
Ever since her watch was stolen, Liu Ruo has been very careful with her personal belongings. On this day, she had just finished reading the documents, so she put the watch under her pillow and took her washbasin to the yard to wash up.
As soon as he left, everyone else's eyes immediately turned to her pillow.
There has always been a gap between the new and old educated youth. Since the Bai sisters left, only Liu Ruo and Zhao Hui are left living in the dormitory among the new educated youth.
Zhao Hui used to be close to Bai Jiamei, and Liu Ruo was close to Lu Ronghui, but now there are only the two of them in this dormitory. In Zhao Hui's opinion, the two of them should take care of each other.
However, Liu Ruo and Lu Ronghui still stick together and exclude her, even secretly giving Liu Ruo information.
She felt wronged and angry as she thought about it, and felt even more wronged when she saw Lu Ronghui go out. She stood up and went to the yard for some fresh air.
The others continued with what they were doing, but their expressions varied, and their eyes kept glancing at Liu Ruo's pillow.
Yang Fangmei stood up and walked over there, but Zhou Shuyi immediately grabbed her hand.
"I……"
Yang Fangmei smiled awkwardly, wanting to say that she just wanted to go over and see what she was looking at.
Zhou Shuyi didn't say much, but her gaze swept towards where Chen Hong had been, and everything was understood without being said. Yang Fangmei quickly returned to her seat.
The remaining people, thinking of Chen Hong's fate, quickly abandoned their thoughts and focused on the books in their hands.
However, everyone harbored some resentment. At this point, they were still comrades-in-arms who had fought together.
Lu Ronghui only cared about Liu Ruo and ignored everyone else.
Although it's hot in the summer, for their own health, they still take a bath in a basin of water in the yard before starting work at noon.
Liu Ruo had just finished showering when the night breeze felt cool on her skin. The moon hung clearly in the night sky. Since coming here, she hadn't seen the night sky for a long time.
The chickens they kept in the backyard were already asleep, but the half-grown pig heard the noise and nudged around in the pigsty a few times.
Liu Ruo stood there for a while before heading back, but then noticed a familiar figure outside the courtyard.
"Why are you here?"
During this period, everyone was studying like crazy, making the most of every spare moment. Unexpectedly, Zhao Hui, who had always been very diligent, was standing outside the courtyard.
"fine……"
Zhao Hui had been a bit agitated, but after standing outside the courtyard for a while, she came to her senses.
Even parents can't treat their children equally, let alone someone who had no prior connection with them except for being assigned to the same place. Why would someone be nice to you for no reason?
"Are you really okay?"
Liu Ruo noticed a slight sob in Zhao Hui's voice and was afraid that something had happened to her but she wasn't telling him.
"It's really nothing, I'm going back to my studies."
Zhao Hui wiped her eyes and went inside. The recruitment exam was the most important thing right now, and she couldn't let anything else distract her.
She left quickly, leaving Liu Ru standing there lost in thought.
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Lu Ronghui had no idea that the information she provided had caused all this trouble.
"Sister-in-law, we have exams next week. Have you finalized your business trip schedule?"
"not yet."
Factory Director Shen originally wanted to arrange for a group of people to go directly to Zhao Qin's father's factory to learn, but the training they could provide was only for a few machines, so they would have to go to other factories.
"We found a batch of rare machines that were built with Soviet assistance. There are very few factories using these machines now, and even fewer technicians. We need to go to several provinces in the south."
"Mother?"
Upon hearing this, An'an immediately put down the kitten, jumped over, and hugged Song Qing's leg, "Mommy?"
Her voice sounded aggrieved, almost like she was about to cry.
She couldn't tell which way was north or south, but she knew her mother was leaving for a long time, and she would be home alone, along with her father and aunt.
“An’an, we discussed it before. Mom might be away on a business trip for more than ten days. Please take good care of Dad and Aunt at home. You promised Mom.”
Director Zhang had told her about the business trip a long time ago, and since the decision was made, she had been slowly preparing An'an mentally.
I had already enrolled her in a preschool class to cultivate her independence and self-care abilities.
"...But..." she pouted, remembering that her mother had said she was a brave child, and that she was very capable of completing the tasks her mother had assigned her.
An'an silently repeated many things in her heart, but in the end, she stubbornly raised her head and said, "I will."
Lu Ronghui and Song Qing were amused and chuckled. She looked like she was about to cry, but she pretended to be strong.
When Lu Yang came home from get off work, he saw that his daughter was a little unhappy, so he quickly picked her up and took the goose out for a walk.
"I heard that Zhou Han's leg has been crippled."
Song Qing paused for a few seconds after hearing the name, even though Zhou Han's name had been widely known in several nearby communes not long ago.
People used to mention this name when chatting on the street, but I didn't expect it to become somewhat unfamiliar after just over a month.
Lu Ronghui was surprised to hear the news while she was at work today, but she forgot about it afterward. Now that she remembered it, she mentioned it to her sister-in-law.
I heard that Zhou Han was in the hospital for a long time, and his wound was repeatedly infected. He had to be given many doses of antibiotics to save his leg, but he was still left with a disability.
"His case has been adjudicated. The captain went over to take a look and heard that you could tell just by looking at him; it was very obvious."
The Leopard Brothers who were with Zhou Han were all arrested, which dealt a heavy blow to the black market in several nearby cities. The black market has not yet reopened.
Their case involved a large sum of money and had a serious impact, so Zhou Han was sentenced to a labor camp on a farm in Northwest China.
"Labor camp? I heard it's extremely tough there, and you have to bring your own food ration coupons."
"He was sentenced to thirty years, so he'll probably have to stay there for the rest of his life. But given his family's circumstances, no one should be able to give him a vote."
The two women, the aunt and the sister-in-law, talked about him as if it were nothing. Lu Ronghui used to hate them, but now she spoke of him as if he were a stranger.
Zhou Han's injuries were originally more serious, but his mother, Li Mei, somehow managed to come here to take care of him, which is how he recovered to this extent.
Li Mei had previously given a lot of subsidies to her family, but she had seen through it all recently. She went back to her family and made a scene, demanding 200 yuan. Then she went to find someone to get a letter of introduction, which is how she came to Northeast China to take care of her son.
Zhou Qi hasn't been sentenced yet, and she doesn't care about his and that vixen's fate. She just wants her son to live.
She had heard rumors before she came that they had found out more.
"Zhou Han's mother seems to be in a bad mental state. She kept talking to the people at the hospital, saying that Zhou Qi deserved to be shot."
She hoped that Zhou Qi and the other two would be executed, but she didn't know why the verdict had been delayed.
Lu Ronghui glanced cautiously at her sister-in-law. She had also heard news that the Chen family had returned.
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