Chapter 18

“Hey, Brother Chuan, why are you here?” Qi Bai gave the things to Jiang Yule, and when he turned around, he saw Mu Chuan standing not far away. He subconsciously looked back at Jiang Yule who had already turned and left, and then looked at Mu Chuan with a dark face. Qi Bai was speechless again. What was going on?…

So both of them are interested, one thinks he is mistaken, the other thinks he has no future, so they are stuck like this.

And Brother Chuan, if you feel that you have no future and cannot afford other people’s future, what are you doing now… If you feel it is inappropriate, wouldn’t it be better for you not to show up?

Besides, what’s the future? Being in the army is not the only future. Although my cousin and uncle were pulled down, we still have the old man. As long as the old man is there, no one in the entire military compound dares to look down on Brother Chuan. Now they are stripped of their military posts and sent back to their hometown just to avoid the limelight. It is only a matter of time before they are reinstated.

So Qi Bai didn’t take these things to heart at all

If he were to say, it would be sooner or later that he would be reinstated, but Jiang Yule in front of him was not like that, which really disappointed him. It was too late for Brother Chuan to regret.

Qi Bai was complaining in his heart, but he didn’t have the courage to say it out loud… He could only look at Mu Chuan with an indescribable expression.

Mu Chuan looked at the expression on his face, sighed slightly, and turned back home.

That night, Mu Chuan slept very uneasily. In his dream, he saw Jiang Yule smiling sweetly in his arms, but the next moment she became distant and indifferent, looking at him as if she was looking at something extremely disgusting.

Waking up from a nightmare, Mu Chuan couldn’t understand why this young woman whom he had only met a few times left a more impressive impression on him than the woman who had harmed his family.

I can’t figure it out… I have no clue at all…

I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, so I simply got up and went up the mountain in the dark, ready to hunt some wild animals… to vent some of the emotions that I had nowhere to vent.

The sky gradually brightened, the horn sounded, and Jiang Yule struggled to turn over in bed.

“Ah~ Why do I have to go to work?”

With a long sigh, Jiang Yule reluctantly got up, washed up, took two cups of icy green bean soup from a thermos, and had some breakfast with Meng Wanshu.

Then they went back to their rooms to change clothes. Jiang Yule found a set of long-sleeved trousers suitable for this era in the space, put on a sun hat and gloves, and wrapped himself up tightly before going out.

As soon as they left the room, they looked at Meng Wanshu, who was also wrapped tightly, and they couldn’t help but burst out laughing. In this regard, they really had some tacit understanding.

“Let’s go, let’s go. I hope we don’t get heat stroke,” Jiang Yule said, taking out a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water from the space and giving it to Meng Wanshu. “Here, drink one first as a precaution. The weather is really bad…”

“Okay,” Meng Wanshu responded, drank the whole bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, threw the bottle into the space, and then the two locked the door and went out.

At this time, the road was full of villagers going to work, so Jiang Yule didn’t have to bother finding the way. He just had to follow the flow of people.

However, the people around were very curious about these two well-dressed girls. During the past two days at work, the most common thing I heard was about the two educated youth who bought a yard on their first day. I guess they were the two in front of me.

Fortunately, the yard they bought was in front of the captain’s house, so no matter how curious they were, they didn’t dare to come to see it. Otherwise, in just the past two days, the aunts in the village would have trampled down her house.

“Are they the two educated youth who have just arrived?”

“I see, it’s coming from that direction, but it’s too tightly dressed to see the face.”

“Let’s go and take a look.” Several aunts gathered forward and walked in front of Jiang Yule. They slowed down their pace and leaned their heads to try to see what the two girls looked like from under their hats.

But the two girls were tall and had long legs, so they walked ahead of them in just two steps. Then the aunts chased them, followed them for two steps and continued to watch, and then continued to chase them when they fell behind. After a few steps, they arrived at the warehouse where the team collected tools.

Jiang and Le watched the aunts’ behavior all the way, and now that they had arrived at the place, they looked at each other and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

They were wearing masks under their hats, so even when they were face to face, you couldn’t tell what they were like. It must have been hard for those aunties to run all the way with them.

“Fengxian is over there, let’s go over there.” Meng Wanshu took Jiang Yule’s hand, and the two of them headed towards the group of educated youth.

“Fengxian!” Meng Wanshu called out while waving at Li Fengxian. It was not until the two of them came closer that Li Fengxian realized who was in front of her. She looked them up and down and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

“I understand you don’t want to get a tan, but are you sure you won’t get sunstroke like this?”

“There are medicines to relieve the heat, but there is no cure if you get dark,” Meng Wanshu said bitterly. Her space is just like the things in her previous home. There is no magical thing like Jiang Yule’s fairy. There are sunscreen and whitening products, but if she stays in the sun for a day, she may not be able to get white for a year. She has no choice but to wrap herself so tightly.

“That’s true.” Li Fengxian adjusted the hat on her head. She was not fair to begin with, and she couldn’t get any darker.

As she was talking, Jiang Yule noticed that someone was staring at her closely not far away. She frowned unhappily. This gaze was different from the simple gaze of others. It was like being stared at directly, the kind that could not be avoided, making people feel uncomfortable.

Jiang Yule followed the line of sight and saw a pure-looking woman who didn’t look like a villager from her attire. She was standing not too far from Nie Shuhui, and their relationship didn’t seem to be harmonious. When she noticed Jiang Yule looking back, she immediately looked away.

“Fengxian, who is the woman wearing a red plaid short-sleeved shirt opposite Nie Shuhui?” Jiang Yule looked away and asked

Li Fengxian glanced back, with a slight smile on her face, and turned to Jiang Yule and said, “That person’s surname is also Nie, Nie Xiangdie, and I heard that she is a relative of Nie Shuhui, but these two are like enemies, and they will quarrel if they say something wrong.”

“Nie Xiangdie looks so weak, how could she quarrel with Nie Shuhui, a powder keg?”

“This is the crux of the matter. Every time, Nie Shuhui yells and makes a scene like a madman, while Nie Xiangdie cries and acts like she is weak and is being bullied. With this kind of noise, everyone thinks that Nie Shuhui is being unreasonable, and they feel sorry for the weak Nie Xiangdie. How can Nie Shuhui accept being wronged? As a result, the two of them become more and more incompatible.”

“Ha, it’s tea~” Jiang Yule smiled and glanced at Nie Xiangdie. It was tea, but not very good. It was only because she met Nie Shuhui who was so reckless that she was lucky. However, when she saw her expression just now… Jiang Yule still felt doubtful… and felt that something was wrong.

“Come on, Wanshu, Yule, I’ll take you to meet the educated youth here.” Li Fengxian looked at the educated youth not far away, and then looked at Jiang Yule and Meng Wanshu.

Although they moved out, they were educated youth after all and could not really integrate into the village. If they were alienated by the educated youth, wouldn’t they be isolated and helpless if they encountered any problems?

Meng Wanshu and Jiang Yule looked at each other. Although they were not interested in meeting the educated youth, they followed Li Fengxian and went there.

“Yu Le, Wan Shu, these are the female educated youth from our brigade, Tang Wei, Nie Shuhui, Nie Xiangdie, Zheng Meifang, Zhou Ningxin, and the male educated youth, Li Wanguo, Lei Wen, Fang Xiaoxian, Gao Anguo.”

“The remaining few are people you know, Feng Yuanming, Lu Zhixing, Bai Siyuan”

Li Fengxian first introduced the old educated youths in the educated youth center to the two of them, and then introduced them to everyone, “These two are also new educated youths who arrived this year. They moved out because the educated youth center was full. This one is Jiang Yule, and this one is Meng Wanshu.”

“Hello everyone.” Jiang Yule and Meng Wanshu nodded and greeted everyone. For some reason, Meng Wanshu always felt that these people seemed very familiar.

“Hello, we were just talking about this last night. We have only heard rumors for the past few days, and now we finally meet the real person. Tomorrow is our day off, so why don’t you all come over for dinner? It’s just to welcome you. It’s also a custom here that we old educated youth share the food,” said Tang Wei, who was more lively.

“I can rest again tomorrow.” Jiang Yule was instantly happy when he heard this. He looked at Meng Wanshu with surprise in his beautiful eyes, sweeping away the fatigue of getting up early.

“Okay, let’s go there early tomorrow afternoon,” Jiang Yule said happily.

“Oh, recently we have been weeding and irrigating. It’s not too hard, but you may not be able to handle it since you just arrived. Be careful and don’t just do it recklessly.” Tang Wei kindly told the two of them some things to pay attention to.

Nie Shuhui saw this as Tang Wei trying to curry favor with the two new educated youth who were rumored to be rich and pretty. She immediately had a much worse impression of Tang Wei. She rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, “Tang is such a kind-hearted young educated youth. Nie Xiangdie got heatstroke when she came here last year, and you didn’t say a word about it.”

Nie Shuhui’s sarcastic words instantly made the educated youth feel cold. Tang Wei was kind-hearted, but she was not a brainless person. She was trying to get close to them because she heard that the two educated youth were very good-looking and wanted to see what they looked like. After hearing what Nie Shuhui said, it seemed like she was trying to curry favor with them. Her face sank immediately, and she put her hands on her waist and shouted angrily:

“Mr. Nie, don’t think I won’t say anything to you just because you are the leader of the educated youth. You are looking down on others day by day. If you were not older and the first to arrive, do you think you could have become the leader of the educated youth?”

“Humph, you accuse me of currying favor with people. What’s wrong with me talking to people nicely? It’s better than you. As the leader of the educated youth team and a relative of Nie Xiangdie, you force people to work in the hot sun right after they arrive. It’s just heatstroke. If anything happens, you will be responsible for someone’s life.”

Tang Wei kept talking non-stop. It was so abnormal that even Jiang Yule was stunned. Was this still the same friendly and lively Tang Zhiqing with smiling eyes just now?

“You, you, you…you are old! It’s her, Nie Xiangdie, who is weak. What does it have to do with me? Others are fine, why is it her that is in trouble?” Nie Shuhui argued for herself. She just made things difficult for Nie Xiangdie at that time, but who knew that she would get heatstroke. It’s her problem!

“Right, right, right. They are weak, but you are strong. You are the leader of the educated youth team who plays a role of mediator. You are the one who stirs up trouble all day long, as if you are afraid that they can’t quarrel!”

“Alright, alright, stop arguing. The captain will be here soon!” Raven saw that all the villagers were looking at him. He was worried that the captain would come again, so he quickly spoke up to stop them.

Tang Wei had already scolded Nie Shuhui as she should have, and now she felt so relieved when she saw that she couldn’t scold Nie Shuhui.

Nie Shuhui couldn’t scold Tang Wei, so she glared at Nie Xiangdie fiercely.

Nie Xiangdie was glared at, and she felt so wronged. She didn’t say a word, but was called weak and now she was glared at again. What was this?

His eyes swept towards Jiang Yule, and he saw that the beautiful eyes that were exposed were slightly curved, and it was obvious that he was smiling through the cover in front of him.

How could Nie Xiangdie make her feel so comfortable? She rolled her eyes and spoke in a pretentious manner, “Sister, Tang Zhiqing likes Jiang Zhiqing, so she must have given him more advice. Maybe I have been dull and unsociable since I was a child, so I am naturally not as likable as Jiang Zhiqing, so I am not popular with everyone. After all, Jiang Zhiqing bought such a big yard when he first came here, and he is a neighbor of the team leader. He also sent a lot of things to the team leader’s house yesterday, and he goes in and out with the team leader every day…”

At this point, Nie Xiangdie seemed to have said something she shouldn’t have said. She gently covered her lips, opened her eyes wide, and looked at a loss.

Jiang Yule’s smile froze on his face.

Why did they come to her so early in the morning? She was the captain’s neighbor? She was in and out? Where did she go in and out? She hadn’t even started work yet? They were already saying that she had a relationship with the captain?

Your tea is your problem, but it’s your fault if you disgust me.

“Heh~” Jiang Yule sneered, pulled down the mask on his face, and looked Nie Xiangdie up and down in a mocking manner.

Amid the gasps of the people around him, Jiang Yule said sarcastically

“It’s good to have this awareness. If you are not as good looking, not as well-off, not as good as others, not as smart as others, then just shut up and listen. If you really feel your mind is empty, then put in more water to avoid having your small intestine take up the space.”

Jiang Yule finished speaking, not caring about the expressions of the people around him, and continued to speak in a reasonable manner, “The team leader has worked diligently all his life to ensure that the villagers can have enough food to eat. Do you think you can overturn everything just because of a few words from you? What do you mean I go in and out with the team leader? Where do I go in and out? I am a female educated youth who just came to the village, and you come up and make up rumors about me?”

“Besides, what’s wrong with me delivering some things to the neighbors when I moved to a new house? I went to the captain’s house. Did I go there alone? Or did I not deliver things to the other neighbors?”

The more Jiang Yule talked, the angrier he became. He thought it was a simple and honest time, but within two days of coming here, he had heard nothing but rumors, each one more outrageous than the last. He immediately became furious and reached out to pull Nie Xiangdie.

This matter today must be explained in detail. Do any of them really think she is easy to bully?