Chapter 4

Her words immediately caught the attention of the others.

“I heard that Comrade An is from the capital, and his father is a high-ranking official in the military district.”

“He wouldn’t be a leader, would he?”

“It’s hard to say.”

Everyone heard that An Jinsheng was the son of a leader, and their gaze towards him changed.

Seeing that Song Shishi had already entered the educated youth courtyard, a female educated youth who had her heart set on him approached An Jinsheng and whispered, “Comrade An, could you do me a favor?”

An Jinsheng was always good at playing the good guy, he smiled gently at the female educated youth and replied, “No problem.”

“That’s great, Comrade An, you’re so kind.”

Song Shishi walked in front, her ears catching the whispers behind her.

An Jinsheng was just from an ordinary working-class family, and on his first day in the countryside, he dared to pretend to be someone else.

No wonder he became the captain of the educated youth point so smoothly after Captain Chen Hui left.

Heh… she wanted to see what else he could do with that identity.

…

To welcome the new educated youth, Zhang Qingmei had already asked the old educated youth to vacate a room the day before.

Song Shishi wasn’t in a hurry, she just waited for the others to move in before she did.

But some people just didn’t like her, and they would say sarcastic things when they passed by her.

“Isn’t it just that she’s pretty and her family has some money? What’s she so proud of?”

“She’s so seductive, all she knows is how to seduce men.”

“We’re here to endure hardship, she looks like she’s here to enjoy herself.”

Song Shishi raised her eyes to look at them, but she didn’t intend to confront them at this time.

She pretended not to hear, withdrew her gaze, and sat down on a stone bench in front of the house.

The one who had said those sarcastic words was Jiang Cuihua, Zhou Xingxue’s future best friend.

Calling them best friends was a stretch.

Jiang Cuihua’s family was poor, while Zhou Xingxue was the daughter of the village head.

To get an easier job, she started to curry favor with Zhou Xingxue.

Jiang Cuihua had always targeted her before, and she had always thought it was because Jiang Cuihua was jealous of her.

But now, looking back, it was probably because her relationship with An Jinsheng had made Zhou Xingxue upset, and Jiang Cuihua was being used as a pawn by Zhou Xingxue.

The more Song Shishi didn’t react, the more she jumped around.

Jiang Cuihua’s eyes flashed, as she dragged her luggage into the room, she pretended to trip and fell towards Song Shishi’s luggage, at the same time pushing it hard with her hand.

The sound of “叮呤咣啷” followed.

Two cans of malted milk rolled out of Song Shishi’s package.

Jiang Cuihua’s eyes widened, the jealousy in her eyes was almost overflowing.

Song Shishi walked over slowly, seeing that the lid of one of the cans of malted milk had come off, and the malted milk was scattered on the ground.

Then her face changed, she sat on the ground and started to cry, covering her face.

She didn’t forget to shout, “This is the malted milk my mom saved and bought for me, it was spilled by someone, how am I supposed to live now…”

Song Shishi’s operation directly stunned the people around her.

This girl looked so gentle, how could she cry just like that?

An Jinsheng, who had just put down his luggage and came out of the room, saw this and thought it was a chance to get close to Song Shishi.

So he walked to Song Shishi’s side and asked with concern, “Comrade, what happened?”

Song Shishi pretended not to hear, and cried even louder.

Jiang Cuihua didn’t expect Song Shishi to react so strongly.

She originally wanted to pretend to be weak and pitiful, saying that she didn’t do it on purpose, and Song Shishi wouldn’t force her to pay.

But Song Shishi didn’t give her a chance to perform.

“Don’t… don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Seeing everyone pointing at her, Jiang Cuihua’s face turned red and white, she wanted to explain, but she didn’t know where to start.

Zhang Qingmei had just gone to the room to get something, and in the blink of an eye, there was trouble among the female educated youth.

She rushed out of the room, asked about what happened, and her face didn’t look good either.

Malted milk was such a precious thing, it wasn’t something you could just apologize for.

Zhang Qingmei first comforted Song Shishi for a while, seeing that she stopped crying, she said, “Although it was an unintentional mistake by Comrade Jiang, it was indeed you who spilled Comrade Song’s malted milk. How about this, you pay Comrade Song for the can of malted milk at the market price, and we’ll both take a step back, how about that?”

Song Shishi naturally had no objection.

She did this just to teach Jiang Cuihua a lesson.

With Jiang Cuihua’s conditions, she probably only had fifty yuan in total.

She had to pay for it all at once, Jiang Cuihua would probably not be able to sleep at night.

“I… it’s just a little spilled, why should I pay for a whole can?”

Jiang Cuihua gritted her teeth, her face flushed, she wanted to bargain.

Everyone was watching, seeing her like this, someone who couldn’t stand it spoke up, “This thing is so precious, you spilled it, how can she eat it? You don’t buy it, you really want to bully Comrade Song?”

“That’s right, just pay for it, we’re still waiting to go into the room to pack our things.”

“You can still drink the rest after you buy it, don’t be so slow.”

Everyone chimed in, obviously no one was willing to speak up for Jiang Cuihua.

But it was a coincidence, just as Jiang Cuihua was about to agree, a silver bell-like laughter came from the entrance of the educated youth courtyard.

“It’s so lively at the educated youth point today, Brother Chen, my dad asked me to come over and see if you need any help?”

The person who came was Zhou Xingxue, she was the daughter of the head of Huaqing Brigade, and she was also the record keeper, everyone in the village gave her some face.

In her previous life, it was Zhou Xingxue who was by An Jinsheng’s side, urging him to leave.

Seeing her come, everyone gave way to her.

After understanding what happened, Zhou Xingxue’s smile didn’t diminish, she said to Song Shishi, “Comrade Song, it’s just a little spilled, there’s still a lot left, it doesn’t affect you eating, right? I think Comrade Jiang’s family isn’t well-off either, why don’t you give me some face, let’s just forget about it, okay?”

This was their first meeting, and she was already putting on airs.

Face? Zhou Xingxue’s face, in her Song Shishi’s eyes, wasn’t worth a penny.

“Are you related to Comrade Jiang? You mean you’re going to pay me for Comrade Jiang?”

Song Shishi pretended not to understand Zhou Xingxue’s words, she insisted on compensation, but the person who should pay changed from Jiang Cuihua to Zhou Xingxue.

Zhou Xingxue’s face instantly changed color, “You… Comrade Song, we’re all educated youth who are contributing to the revolution, why are you making things difficult for people on the first day?”

Song Shishi didn’t want to get entangled with her, she turned to Zhang Qingmei and wiped her tears in a pitiful way, “Deputy Captain Zhang, you have to stand up for me, woo woo…”