Chapter 10

Meng Wanshu: College students’ reputations are damaged….

While the two were talking, Qi Bai and Mu Chuan took their tickets and sat back down. However, this time they did not say anything and just ate their lunch.

Qi Bai had just been scolded by Mu Chuan, so he didn’t dare to say anything. He looked around obediently, but he didn’t dare to look at the three people at the table in front of him.

After lunch, Jiang Yule checked the time and said, “Wanshu, we should leave now. It’s almost time to gather.”

“I’m done eating, let’s pack up and go.” Meng Wanshu took out a handkerchief from her pocket, gently wiped her lips, and then stood up to pack her things.

Seeing this, Qi Bai stopped eating and quickly looked up and asked, “Are you guys leaving?”

“Yes, the captain has set the time for the assembly and it’s almost time. We have to go back quickly,” Meng Wanshu said without even raising her head while packing her things.

“Okay, then you guys go about your business first. If there’s anything wrong in the village, you can come to me. My house is right next to the captain’s house, so you can find me just by asking.”

“Okay, we’ll go first then.” Meng Wanshu waved to the two of them, and Jiang Yule smiled friendly. Then the two of them picked up their bags again, walked out of the state-owned hotel, and followed their memories to find the train station.

When they arrived, quite a few educated youth were already waiting at the entrance of the train station, including many from other brigades and some from the same brigades as their own.

Looking closely, they were the last to come back. Fortunately, it was not yet the appointed time. Jiang Yule did not feel embarrassed. Together with Meng Wanshu, they put down the things in their hands next to their respective luggage.

The slight shaking of the ox cart startled the captain who was leaning against the cart and smoking his pipe with a bitter and resentful look on his face.

Subconsciously, he turned his head to look at the car, and at a glance he saw a very beautiful girl standing not far from him.

‘This must be the family of the martyr that Li Gongan mentioned…’

For a moment, the expressions of the leaders in the brigade were unpredictable… Li Gongan told him a little about the girl’s family situation, saying that someone from above had ordered him to take good care of her.

In fact, as a family member of a martyr, they are real heroes and have the highest honor in the hearts of the people, especially since they only left behind an orphan girl. They are worthy of respect. The captain is also a father and a son. Even if Li Gongan doesn’t say anything, he will take care of this heroic child.

But… before he even showed his face, he sent a new educated youth to the Public Security Bureau for criticism and education. What kind of thing is this… Thinking of the team’s advanced performance and the year-end bonus, the team leader suddenly felt his head buzzing…

The captain had an indescribable look in Jiang Yule’s eyes, but his eyes were still clear. It must not be because of her appearance. He subconsciously lowered his head to look at himself. There was nothing inappropriate.

“Captain? What’s the matter?” Jiang Yule asked, and his cold and pleasant voice reached the captain’s ears.

The next moment, the captain sighed and said, “Okay, let’s go back now that everyone is here.”

“Captain, is this our only ox cart? Where should we sit?” Lu Zhixing looked around. This ox cart was not very spacious to begin with, and there was basically no room left after putting all the things. Where should they sit with so many people?

Lu Zhixing’s words successfully earned a roll of the eyes from the captain

The captain looked Lu Zhixing up and down like this, not even bothering to smoke his pipe, which made Lu Zhixing feel embarrassed. When he saw that everyone around him was looking at him in confusion, Lu Zhixing realized that something was wrong…

“I… Is there something wrong with what I asked? Are you walking instead of taking the car?” Although Lu Zhixing felt that something was wrong, he still didn’t realize what was wrong.

“If you don’t want to leave, do you want to fly there? You are sent to the countryside to build the rural areas. If you want to enjoy a peaceful life, go back to your homes as soon as possible. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that going to the countryside to build the rural areas is not as good as your life at home. You need to work hard to earn every grain of food here.”

“Of course, if your family is willing to subsidize you, that’s your business, but you have to do the minimum work points every day, otherwise don’t blame me for being ruthless and sending you back to the Youth League Office. What awaits you then will be farms where you can’t even eat.”

The captain used these words to analyze the current situation clearly to several people, hoping that they would listen to him….

The educated youths all looked at each other in bewilderment. They knew that life in the countryside would be hard, but when they really arrived, they realized that this was no longer the life they had at home. They were all city dwellers, and even if their families were ordinary, they still had to eat public grain. In this situation… everyone couldn’t help but sigh in a low voice… They didn’t want to accept their fate, but no one dared to confront the team leader at this time. After all, in the Qingshan Brigade, whether it was the daily assigned work or the future quota for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, it was all in the hands of the team leader.

Jiang Yule, Meng Wanshu, and Li Fengxian looked at each other and thought to themselves…’I’m afraid the days ahead will be difficult…’

“Okay, follow me.” The captain looked at their listless faces and shook his head helplessly. He walked in front, pulling the ox cart forward.

But he was complaining as he walked, “It’s a good thing for the educated youth to go to the countryside. They use their knowledge to build the countryside and solve the employment problem in the city. But the problem is… In the past few years, he found that the serious and capable educated youth are all staying in the city. Most of those who go to the countryside are incompetent, unemployed, lazy, or at least go to the countryside to avoid disaster for some special reasons…”

But no matter which one of them is capable of building the countryside in a down-to-earth manner, so he is a little confused now. Although the state will give subsidies to the brigade for accepting educated youth, what these educated youth have done is not enough for those subsidies. It is also because their place is a grain-producing province, as long as they are willing to work hard, they will not have to worry about food. If they go to a place with low grain production, I am afraid that the brigade will have to support these educated youth…’

Thinking of this, the captain became even more annoyed. He was just a small figure, and could only think about how to make the villagers in the team live well and provide food and clothing for his family. Other national affairs were not something that a captain like him could understand.

It was precisely because of this that he did not really like these troublesome educated youth, but because they were well behaved, he did not interfere too much.

“Yu Le, I think this team leader doesn’t seem to like us very much,” Meng Wanshu, who was walking at the end of the educated youth team, whispered to Jiang Yu Le.

“No one would like us…. To the team, we are just a burden that cannot be lifted or carried, but can still be used despite having many things to do.”

“Well… we are not that useless…” Jiang Yule’s words made Meng Wanshu choke, but thinking about the fact that they would have to farm soon, Meng Wanshu’s words became less and less confident…

Farming, she couldn’t even keep the cactus on the table alive before… This kind of land… is really a bit out of control…

“You’ll know when you get there.” Jiang Yule curled his lips, raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight, and took out a hat from his bag and put it on his head.

It was midsummer, and she didn’t want to be tanned, but she seemed to have become much whiter recently. Her skin was like a peeled egg, without even a pore. She no longer had the dry and yellow skin from malnutrition.

I’m afraid the original owner’s aunt wouldn’t even recognize her when she sees her now…

It took nearly half an hour to walk along the road. Everyone went from being very excited at the beginning to being listless under the sun. They wanted to complain, but due to the warning from the team leader, they dared not say anything. They just followed weakly, relying on the little will in their hearts.

Only Jiang Yule seemed to be able to feel the effect of the fairy seed. He walked for half an hour and basked in the sun for half an hour. He was still very energetic. He looked around and was curious about everything.

Ding-ling~Ding-ling~

A bicycle bell rang behind them, and everyone subconsciously looked back. When they saw the person coming, Jiang Yule raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not say much. However, Meng Wanshu seemed to have seen a savior.

“Brother Qi Bo! We are from the same village, right? Can you take me with you? I am almost exhausted!”

Meng Wanshu lived in the 21st century and was very cautious. She was very tired and blurted out some words, but the other educated youth and the team leader behind her frowned unhappily.

Before Qi Bai could say anything, he heard the captain say, “Xiao Bai, you should go back quickly. Your parents know you are coming back today, and they have prepared delicious food for you at home.”

“Hey, Uncle Li, I know.”

“Is this the boy from the Mu family?” The captain saw the man riding a bicycle beside Qi Bai and thought he looked familiar, but he hadn’t seen him for many years and was a little hesitant to recognize him.

“Uncle Li, it’s me. I’m back to stay for a while.”

“Okay, okay, it’s time to come back and live here for a while. Your grandma and grandpa may have missed you over the years, so spend more time with them this time you come back.”

“Well, thank you for taking care of me all these years. My grandparents have mentioned you to me in their letters many times.”

“We are all from the same village, why are you talking about this? You two should go back quickly and come to my house for dinner tomorrow.”

“Okay.” Qi Bai nodded. Just as he was about to say something to Meng Wanshu, Mu Chuan beside him patted him lightly, stopping him from saying anything.

Qi Bai looked at Mu Chuan beside him, then looked at the unhappy captain over there, and finally did not say “Get in the car, I’ll take you”

But seeing how Jiang Yule and Meng Wanshu were exposed to the sun, he couldn’t bear it. He got out of the car quickly and took the package off the car with one hand. “Meng Zhiqing, why don’t you ride my bike?”

This generous look made Bai Siyuan and several other male educated youth stare. They had seen these two men on the train before. After all, they looked really eye-catching. But even so, they would not lend their bicycles to female educated youths whom they had only met once. Even if they were from the same village, it would be more than a few dollars to compensate for the damage of such a precious item.

Even though Meng Wanshu is pretty….but this bicycle is worth more than 100 yuan….They asked themselves that when there was no sign of a man and a woman before, they were reluctant to invest so much money.

“Uh, no need, Comrade Qi Bai, I just spoke without thinking.” Meng Wanshu was reminded by Jiang Yule and realized that she was now living in an era where unmarried men and women would be considered hooligan if they had too close contact.

Now she asked a gay man to take her back to the village, which was not a good thing for herself or the other party.

“Well… okay, but this place is not far from the village, just look at those small houses in front.” Qi Bai pointed forward, and everyone looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, they saw the scattered houses. It was estimated that they would arrive in another ten minutes.

With a goal in mind, everyone felt that they had more energy than before.

“Okay, thank you Comrade Qi Bai, you guys go back quickly, I won’t waste your time anymore.” Meng Wanshu waved to the two of them, Qi Bai and Mu Chuan nodded in response, and said hello to the captain before riding away.

As the two left, the captain turned his attention back to Meng Wanshu and Jiang Yule.

Although Meng Wanshu was the first to talk about the matter, Mu Chuan kept looking at the prettiest female educated youth. She looked familiar to him. I just don’t know how these people knew each other.

The group of people had different thoughts as they walked all the way to the educated youth camp. At this time, everyone had gone to work except for the educated youth camp’s male team leader Lei Wen and female team leader Nie Shuhui. The two were enjoying the cool under the shade of the trees in the yard. When they heard some movement outside the door, they hurried out to greet them.

“Captain, drink some water to cool down. You have worked so hard these years. You have done even these little things yourself. You are the glory of our Qingshan Brigade.” Lei Wen came out and saw that the captain’s face was not right, so he quickly complimented him. Nie Shuhui looked down on his smug and flattering look.

“I don’t know if it’s hard work, Captain, but I think you’re really tired from talking so much.”

“How can you talk like that!” Lei Wen was mocked by Nie Shuhui and his face turned cold immediately. They could dislike him in private, but as the captain of the Youth League, how could he convince others in the future if he quarreled with the new Youth League in front of them?

The captain didn’t buy into this. After Lei Wen said that, he just smiled indifferently and didn’t say anything more. As for Nie Shuhui’s weird tone… the captain didn’t take it to heart…

At the moment, he had no intention of listening to the two people’s bickering. While they were arguing, he quickly interrupted and said, “Let me introduce you. This is the captain of the Youth Academy, Lei Wen, Nie Shuhui, and these are the educated youth who went to the countryside this time, Fengxian, Feng Yuanming, Lu Zhixing, Bai Siyuan, Meng Wanshu, and Jiang Yule…”

The captain paused for a moment, his expression looking very ugly for a moment, “There is also a person named Kang Yan, who was taken to the Public Security Bureau for criticism and education. The police will send her back in a week.”

As soon as the captain said this, Lei Wen and Nie Shuhui’s faces turned black. This person was criticized and educated before she even arrived, and she was a female comrade. This was not good for the unity of their Youth League Institute!

“Captain, what did she do? How could this happen before anyone even arrived?” Raven was disgusted with this person he had never met.

“It is said that she is spreading rumors about the martyr’s family. If you want to know anything, you can ask her when she comes back.” With just this sentence, the captain did not mention anything about the matter. After all, the person involved was still here, so he could not say too much.