Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

"Then you should know why the village party secretary is looking for us, right?"

"Who knows, but the village party secretary usually calls in workers with poor performance for a talk. Maybe he thinks you're too slow and suspects you have ulterior motives, so he probably wants to find out what's going on."

Having said that, Xiaohong couldn't help but roll her eyes, and turned and left without waiting for Su Wanwan and the others to respond.

Anyone could see that although the area in charge of Su Wanwan and her colleagues was the slowest to move forward, it was purely due to lack of experience rather than laziness. It was probably because the young women in the village had joined forces to criticize the two of them behind their backs, which led the village party secretary to notice the problem.

"Is it really that serious? The village party secretary won't just send us back to the village, right?" After Xiaohong left, Su Wanwan saw a fear-like expression on Li Meifen's face for the first time. It was an expression she had never shown before.

"Don't worry. The youth exchange program is formulated by our united commune. The number of places for each village is limited, and they don't have the power to drive us away. If there is a real need, we can just go back and communicate with the village. What can they do to us?" Su Wanwan would be very open-minded. After all, she has always been actively working in this village and has been upright.

"Your problem is nothing, as you have the support of your father, the village chief. But I am different from you. I am just an educated youth who went to the countryside to work. If the communication fails and leaves a bad reputation in the village, what will happen to my file? The village party secretary may report me to others." At this point, Li Meifen seemed a little depressed, as if she could only confide her troubles when communicating with Su Wanwan.

Su Wanwan found it funny to hear such words. Before, the whole village scolded her and her family was full of faults, but her father only scolded her at home and acted as if he had never seen her when he went out. If this was also considered as protection, then she was speechless.

"Do you remember how you got your position as a broadcaster?"

For a moment, Su Wanwan was speechless. Li Meifen continued, "We do appreciate your voice, the stories you tell, and your unique broadcasting skills. However, you have to understand that if your father was not the village chief, how could such a good position fall on you? What's the use of having a beautiful voice?"

Faced with the next topic, Su Wanwan could not respond and could only listen to her say: "When you go to the village party secretary's office, you have to pay attention to the way you speak." The sun gradually set in the west, and after a sharp whistle, the busy young people in the fields finally breathed a sigh of relief. They slowly straightened their backs, gripped their sickles tightly in their hands, and walked slowly towards the path beside the field, similar to the pace of lunch break.

Su Wanwan noticed that some of the people walking towards the road had already started opening their lunch boxes - could it be...

She casually called out to a familiar figure beside her: "Team Leader, where are we going to have dinner?"

The other party was obviously dissatisfied with Su Wanwan's excessive intimacy, but he was ultimately constrained by his status and reluctantly explained: "The villagers have lunch at the place you saw at noon, and go home for dinner. The young people will also eat at the same place in addition to going back to the dormitory. After eating, they will return to the dormitory."

Su Wanwan nodded to show her understanding.

Li Meifen, who was walking beside her, was exhausted and pale, as if she would collapse at any second. In comparison, Su Wanwan was not much better. After a whole day of hard work, both of them could only walk on their last breath.

“By the way, as young people on exchange, you will have your own portions in the cafeteria. But I noticed that you didn’t bring lunch boxes, so you may not be able to enjoy dinner.” After saying this, a not-so-loud but continuous laughter was heard around.

If Su Wanwan heard these words in the morning, she might really feel lost and desperate, but now it has become commonplace for her and she has no reaction. Her face was not touched by these words at all.

Just as the team was about to reach the intersection, and the young woman who was returning to the village to eat was getting farther and farther away from those who were going to the canteen, a voice suddenly whispered nearby: "Follow me, I will take you to the village committee."

Su Wanwan and Li Meifen followed the guide silently, without saying a word along the way.

It wasn't that Li Meifen didn't want to speak. A day's work had exhausted her physical strength and she was thirsty. Due to the loss of sodium through sweating, her physical condition did not allow her to speak more powerfully. She concentrated all her energy on her calves, just trying to keep walking.

"We're here." The man took the two to the door of the office and left in a hurry, leaving them facing the closed green wooden door.

As expected, they heard whispers from behind them. Su Wanwan often heard this kind of whispers in the village. The women and children in the village often liked to gossip in their spare time after a busy day.

When news spreads in the village, the women and children who stay at home become the group that is most keen to follow the developments of the events and communicate with the young people who go out to work.

"What are you still doing outside? Come in." At this moment, a middle-aged man's voice suddenly came from the half-open window.

Su Wanwan and Li Meifen immediately pushed the door open and walked in.

After a brief check of the environment layout, Su Wanwan quickly led Li Meifen to the core position of the village chief's office and sat face to face in front of the village chief in front of a large table.

"Today is your first day in our Baihua Village. How are you adapting?" said the village chief, waving his hand and inviting Su Wanwan and Li Meifen to sit in the seats next to them.

So, the two of them moved a small stool each and sat down not far from the big table. Compared to Su Wanwan's calmness, Li Meifen was almost tense.

If Li Meifen's body hadn't been shaking like a straight board, it would have really looked like that.

"I'm fine, thank you for your care. It's just that I forgot to bring my lunch box this morning, so something went wrong and made people laugh." Li Meifen was unable to answer at this time, but Su Wanwan responded to the secretary's questions calmly.

"Don't be nervous. You two came to Baihua Village for mutual assistance and exchange, not to be criticized. If you encounter any difficulties, please feel free to report to the organization, don't bear it alone." The secretary glanced at Li Meifen while speaking, and seeing that she was still trembling, his eyes returned to Su Wanwan. His ambiguous words made it difficult for Su Wanwan to answer for a while.

Those young women must have said something to the village party secretary, which led to such a statement. The village party secretary in front of him was very different from the party secretaries of his own village. He was about 40 years old. Although he looked a bit fat in middle age, he didn't seem to be very easy-going.

"If you are referring to the incident in the rice field this morning, I would like to make some clarifications about it." Su Wanwan finally found a suitable opening remark.

"Yeah." The secretary narrowed his eyes and nodded.

"When we were assigned the task areas in the morning, we were afraid and anxious because we had no previous experience in field work. We were worried that we would not be able to do the job. We did not participate in physical work in the past, and we were not familiar with the use of sickles at the beginning, so our movements inevitably left us some distance from everyone else, which may have caused some misunderstandings."