Hearing the villagers' concerns, Wu Sufen quickly explained, "Don't worry about this, my husband has already verified the truth of that person's words.

At first, he was skeptical about what the man said, and was worried that if he believed him wrongly, he would cost the man his life.

So while everyone was working in the fields, he quietly went to the cowshed to check."

"You also know that before the autumn harvest, there was not much firewood stored in the cowshed.

During the autumn harvest, those people were working in the fields all day long. They had no time to chop wood.

But when my husband went to check it out, he discovered that the cowshed had enough firewood for the winter, and even some extra. "

“Those four people spend all day working in the fields, so they don’t have time to chop wood, let alone go up the mountain to chop wood at night.

In this way they actually had enough firewood for the winter.

There is no need to think about it, there must be someone helping them." Aunt Cuihua said.

Wu Sufen nodded in agreement and said, "My husband also thought so, so he believed what was written on the note.

He asked me to spread the news and also to let you pay attention to the movements of the Red Guards.

If you find them coming towards the village, immediately find a way to delay them and inform the village cadres and the cowshed.

As for normal times, ignore the bullpen and don’t give the capitalists and those with ulterior motives any leverage over you.”

Wu Sufen continued to instruct, "I told you this because I saw that you were keeping your mouth shut.

You pick some tight-lipped ones and spread the news, and as for those loose-lipped ones, you still have to keep it a secret."

Liu Jingxue didn't expect that she would hear so many village secrets today.

But these people say these things in front of me, which shows that they trust me too much and don't treat me as an outsider.

If I go and tell on the authorities, the whole village will be in trouble.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but deliberately threaten, "Aunt, why are you talking about these secrets in front of me? Aren't you worried that I will reveal this."

Aunt Sufen couldn't help but laugh when she heard Liu Jingxue say this.

She explained, "Your team leader said that you are different from other educated youth and can be trusted.

According to him, since you live near the cowshed, you need to pay attention to what's going on over there.

If any dangerous situation arises, you will need to lend a hand.

As for informing on others, your captain said that you are the child of a martyr, and your family members are in the army, so it is impossible for you to harm your fellow soldiers. "

After hearing this, the others nodded, "Yes, we can all trust Xiao Liu, the educated youth."

Liu Jingxue couldn't help but wonder whether the captain's rhetoric to deceive the villagers was from Grandpa Zou.

The team leader knew the purpose of his coming to the countryside. After all, Grandpa Zou told him to arrange for him to live next to the cowshed.

But he is a cautious person and probably won't let other people know.

Didn’t you see that he even hid it from his bedmate, Aunt Sufen?

Asking me to secretly keep an eye on the cowshed in front of the villagers might be a trap.

If someone accidentally sees me interacting with people from the bullpen in the future, I’ll have something to say.

But the team leader may be too confident in the villagers and not afraid that someone will inform on them.

Liu Jingxue asked this question unconsciously.

Everyone on the ox cart laughed when they heard this.

An old lady explained, "Our village has no other advantage but unity.

It was because of our unity that we were able to survive the Japanese encirclement and suppression.

Back then, our entire village risked our lives to go into the mountains to hide from the Japanese. If we hadn't been united, we would have either been killed by the Japanese or eaten by the wild beasts in the mountains.

During those three years of famine, not a single person in our village starved to death, and we were able to survive because everyone was united.

In daily life, the villagers will have some conflicts. After all, even couples have quarrels sometimes.

But it's harmless.

Once we encounter a major external event, all of us villagers are united in our determination and no one dares to lag behind."

“This has been a tradition in our village for many years.

As for those families who are lagging behind or not keeping their mouths shut, any major events in the village are kept secret from them.

Just like Wang Dana and his family, they are that kind of people.

As for other families, you will gradually understand them after you stay in the village for a long time." An auntie said.

Liu Jingxue once again sighed at the old leader's foresight in finding such a good place for her to be demoted.

Not only did it save me a lot of trouble, but it also benefited my uncle and aunt.

It’s a pity that his son and his family are not in the same military region as him and were unable to come with him.

"Based on previous experience, every time new people were sent down to the village, the Revolutionary Committee or the Red Guards would come to the village soon after and organize a struggle session to criticize those people.

When the military couple arrived, the autumn harvest had already begun.

I'm afraid those people know that our village doesn't welcome the Revolutionary Committee and the Red Guards, so they don't dare to offend us when we are busy with the autumn harvest.

After the autumn harvest is over and the public grain is handed in in each village, those people will know that we are fine and will probably come down.”

Wu Sufen nodded and said, "My husband asked me to release the news because of this situation.

We don't have much time left, so we have to prepare quickly.

He would go to the cowshed and inform them to be prepared to face the inspection of the Revolutionary Committee at any time.

Every household should also be prepared and carefully check the items at home to see if there is anything that should not be there.

Everything that should be hidden should be hidden.

What needs to be wrapped up should be wrapped up quickly, so as not to be caught by those people."

"We still have to send people to keep watch at the village entrance as usual. If we see anyone coming, we have to report it immediately," Aunt Cuihua added.

Someone raised the question, "The educated youth camp is still the same as before, and they don't get any news."

"Why would we need to report it?

The old educated youth at the educated youth center were unaware of the grievances between our village and the Revolutionary Committee and the Red Guards.

But we already knew that the Revolutionary Committee would conduct surprise inspections when new personnel were transferred down from the countryside.

They all came from the city, and they know the character of those people in the Revolutionary Committee better than we do.

If this is the case, they still don’t know how to be more careful, and if they are caught by someone, then they deserve it.”

Aunt Sufen said, “That being said, we still need to remind people when necessary.

My husband said that he would tell Zheng Zhiqing that someone from the Revolutionary Committee might be coming.

As for the other people in the educated youth point, Zheng Zhiqing will be responsible for notifying them.

After all, they are here to work in our village. If anything happens to them, they will be blamed on our village.”

"Yes, apart from other things, at least on the surface, some of the educated youths at the educated youth sites are pretty good people.

But we still have to keep it a secret, after all, he is not on the same page with us." Aunt Cuihua said.

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