Xu Wenzhu didn't know what Shen Banxia meant, but that didn't stop her from speaking loudly, "You're just being lazy, I can see it clearly with both eyes."
Shen Banxia rolled her eyes. "Let's go find the captain and see who's slacking off."
Xu Wenzhu knew her own situation best and stubbornly retorted, "Why should I go with you to find the brigade leader? I just think you're slacking off."
"So what?"
Xu Wenzhu wanted to curse, but Shen Banxia wouldn't give in to her at all.
Then they saw that Wenze was also watching, and immediately gave up.
But what she didn't know was that Shen Banxia wasn't very shrewd.
Xu Wenzhu dawdled around to Su Wenze's side again, and just as she opened her mouth, "Pfft pfft pfft."
Su Wenze instinctively covered his nose, and Xu Wenzhu's face turned red. She quickly explained, "Brother Wenze, I, I have an upset stomach."
Su Wenze suggested that she could take some medicine.
Xu Wenzhu nodded, but before she could speak, a series of "pfft pfft" sounds came from behind her. She covered her face and ran away.
But all along the way there was a "puff puff puff" sound, and some people's eyes welled up with tears from the fumes.
"Why is the money coming from the city so unrefined?"
"Yeah, it was making so much farting, I wonder what it ate?"
Some people speculated, "Could it be that he ate some beans?"
"That's really hard to say. You didn't see it just now, did you? That Xu educated youth was trying to curry favor with Su educated youth, but he almost made her faint from the stench."
Shen Banxia curled her lips smugly, did she really think she was so easy to mess with?
Hmph, this is what you call a "social death" scene.
Feeling humiliated, Xu Wenzhu blamed Shen Banxia, unaware that she already knew the truth.
Thinking about how she had done such an indecent thing in front of Wenze, she wished she could turn back time.
She gritted her teeth, thinking of what she had overheard that day, and thought, "Hmph, I won't let Shen Banxia get away with this."
With the summer harvest over, Shen Banxia finally had some time to rest. After struggling for more than half a month, they really didn't want to eat boiled vegetables anymore. After thinking about it, they pooled their money and bought an iron pot.
Even so, the dishes they cooked were still atrocious.
It was so dark and unappetizing that no one wanted to eat it. They felt that if things continued like this, they might die young.
Shen Banxia felt that she needed to break up the cooking partnership, but finding a cooking partner was not an easy task.
As for the sounds of babies every night, they've almost become immune to them by now.
Shen Banxia thought about the things in the check-in system and thought she might be able to explore them.
Taking advantage of the rest day, Shen Banxia lowered herself down into the abandoned well with a rope. Just in case, she asked Aunt Zhu to help keep an eye on things and prevent anyone from doing anything bad.
Fortunately, she had the foresight to hear the arguing above while she was at the bottom of the well.
“Xu Zhiqing, you’re really wicked. You even tried to cut the rope. What are you trying to do? Try to kill someone? Let me tell you, there’s no way you could do that here.”
Xu Wenzhu blushed with anger, "Don't slander me. I didn't mean it that way at all. Besides, this is a matter for our educated youth settlement. What business is it of yours?"
Aunt Zhu put her hands on her hips and said, "How is this none of my business? I'm friends with Banxia, what's wrong with me helping her keep an eye on things? Hey, at first I thought she was making a fuss, but it turns out she was just trying to keep an eye on you."
"You are unreasonable."
"Hmph," Aunt Zhu was too lazy to pay attention to her. Someone like her, stupid and wicked, how could she possibly beat Zhou Mingjiao? She'd get what's coming to her later.
The plan failed, and Xu Wenzhu stormed off.
Shen Banxia was not idle either. Although it was broad daylight, the light at the bottom of the well was still poor. She wore a flashlight on her head. Perhaps because of the noise, the baby's shrill cries were heard again.
She couldn't help but rub her goosebumps, then shoved the fire tongs into the water, "Wah wah wah wah—".
Aunt Zhu, who was above, couldn't help but look at the bright sun in the sky to bolster her courage. "Banxia, are you alright?"
Shen Banxia's voice came from down the well, "I'm fine, Aunt Zhu, I've found it."
"What? What did you find?" Aunt Zhu's curiosity overcame her fear.
"Something that's causing trouble."
When Shen Banxia slowly climbed up, she finally saw it clearly.
"This, this is the thing that made the baby cry?" As Shen Banxia strained, the thing started crying again.
Shen Banxia nodded.
"This doesn't look like a fish at all. How come a fish has legs? What is this thing?" Aunt Zhu had never seen anything like it before.
“This is called a giant salamander. It is usually active at night. Its cry sounds like a baby crying, so it is also called a baby fish,” Shen Banxia had already guessed.
However, she hasn't had time to rest lately, and besides, Shen Banxia noticed that Xu Wenzhu was scared, so she went along with it and waited a few more days.
With Aunt Zhu acting as a loudspeaker, the village quickly learned why a child was crying in the middle of the night at the Wu family's house.
They all ran over curiously to see the strange thing, and when they saw that the fish-like thing had grown legs, they never imagined that it was this thing that was causing the trouble.
Some people took a different approach, asking, "Can this thing be eaten?"
Someone criticized him, "Why do you ask if everything is edible? What if it's poisonous?"
"Isn't this because you know a lot about educated youth? If it's edible, this fish is quite big," he said, swallowing hard.
Others who were initially afraid couldn't help but stare at Shen Banxia.
Shen Banxia didn't mention that this thing had become a protected animal in later generations.
Huh?
The future? What future? Shen Banxia found herself acting strangely sometimes.
Some knowledge seems to exist in your mind inexplicably, and when you want to use it, you feel particularly at ease, as if you have already learned it before.
Shen Banxia felt a little hesitant, but seeing everyone staring at her with longing for meat, she nodded.
But then that thing started making "waaaaa" sounds again, and some people thought it was better to give up and not eat it, no matter how much they craved meat.
That sound is really creepy.
Finally, it was said that the brigade leader released it directly. They all felt that the sound of crying like a baby must have a spirit. Although there is a crackdown on feudal superstition everywhere now, the people of Zhoujiazhuang still grew up listening to stories of weasels.
As for Xu Wenzhu, looking at Shen Banxia who was showing off, she couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Why does this person love to show off so much?"
After thinking about it, I sent a letter home.
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