Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Su Wanwan paused in her work and said loudly, "If you want to chat, just speak louder so that everyone can hear."

The sudden increase in volume made the two people who were whispering just now change their expressions. They didn't know what to do for a moment and stood there in a daze.

"Are you silent? Speak louder! Or I can find you a loudspeaker so that everyone in the production team can know that your village party secretary is deliberately making things difficult for the young people who come to communicate with you!"

Li Meifen's original plan did not go as planned, and she had to squeeze out time to write a self-criticism, which made her extremely depressed. She accidentally heard the conversation between the two people, which gave her an outlet for her emotions, so she did not hesitate to vent her anger on the two women who were chatting.

If it had been two days ago or yesterday, the other young women would have probably united to isolate Li Meifen and the other two. But now, because the leader who assigned the task suddenly changed his face, they were confused about the position of these young people in the village, because they seemed to have received some instructions not long ago, which was to deliberately alienate these people.

After Li Meifen's roar, the women who were chatting in low voices stopped talking quickly, just like a stone thrown into the bottom of a lake. The farmland became unusually quiet in the morning.

With the experience of the previous few days and sufficient rest, Su Wanwan felt that the muscle soreness was not as severe as she expected. It was only lunch time, and the work in the small field she was responsible for was almost finished, roughly in line with Li Meifen's pace. As the group walked towards the cafeteria, she patted the dust on her hands and felt a rare sense of relaxation.

It is estimated that Xu Yan quietly resolved this dispute.

Although she had anticipated this possibility, when Su Wanwan saw the captain's expression change as if he had completely changed his face, she still felt a sense of satisfaction like a winner.

However, unlike her, Li Meifen did not look relaxed. Obviously, she had worked hard last night but gained nothing. Instead, her affairs became a hot topic in the city. Most of the young people in the production team seemed to know what happened in the morning. The next few days would surely not be peaceful.

The scene when the team entered the canteen was the same as usual, with people lining up to get lunch boxes. Although some young people at the side of the team didn't seem to be familiar with Li Meifen, they approached her in a surprisingly friendly way and asked, "What happened? Were you summoned to the village chief for questioning this morning?" There was a hint of gloating in their words.

When working, Su Wanwan was far away from the young women and could hardly touch them, but it was different at lunch time. Even if the women who lined up with her in the morning were deep in the fields, they would come over to chat during lunch break. Next to Su Wanwan, several women were far away from Li Meifen, but it did not prevent them from chatting and communicating.

"I heard that the final decision has come out. Except for the one named Xu Yan, the other three will probably have to write a self-criticism!" A young woman with her arms crossed and an arrogant attitude stood beside her, her eyes lightly sweeping across Li Meili's face.

"Lan Ying, where did you get the news?" The woman called Lan Ying brought the lunch box closer to Su Wanwan and said disdainfully, "Do you want me to tell you where it came from? I heard many women in the village talking about this on the way to the village medical station. If they didn't commit a big mistake, why would they write a self-criticism?"

"Have you heard anything else?" The other young people had lined up to work in the fields since early in the morning and had not moved a step, so they naturally did not know what happened in the village chief's office. But Lan Ying was different. She was a half-doctor in Baihuayuan Village and often stayed in the village clinic. She came to the team to help with the work when she was free because of the busy autumn harvest and the lack of work in the clinic.

"I heard that they want to relocate these young people's residences. Maybe it's for some good reason. If they live there, more disputes might arise." Lan Ying's tone contained a hint of pride and contempt.

For Li Meili who was eating in silence, Lan Ying's words were tantamount to slandering her and others. Hearing this, Li Meili waved her hand and the spoon fell on the plate.

"You should be responsible for your words. What do you mean by spreading rumors? You clearly have done nothing wrong, so why are you asked to write a self-criticism? Do you dare to say that the village chief did not ask you to write a self-criticism?"

As if she had been waiting for this scene for a long time, Lan Ying responded without hesitation, with a proud tone in her words.

"Does writing a self-criticism prove that there is something wrong with us? Are you satisfied with just framing us unilaterally?" She raised her voice higher and higher, and even took two steps forward and pointed directly at the other person.

After finishing their meal, the group of men dispersed and ate on their own. Bai Luwei already felt aggrieved and confused, and after hearing Lan Ying's words, he became even more anxious. He quickly opened his mouth to refute.

"You are too arbitrary to say that. What didn't happen didn't happen. You can go directly to the village chief to question him. We all accept his explanation. Do you think the village chief will believe you and ignore us?"

"Maybe the village chief believes you, but considering that you are not local youths, he doesn't want to make things worse, so he will choose to be lenient. It doesn't mean that we completely believe that the village chief will stand on your side."

As a bystander, Lan Ying was not very tired in the morning. She had a clear voice and sharp mind, and she quickly gained the upper hand in the argument with Bai Luwei.

Su Wanwan continued to eat quietly, gently stuffing the last piece of potato in the lunch box into her mouth and closing the lid. In the shade of the trees beside the grove, she took out the pencil and blank self-review form that she had put into her bag in the morning and quietly prepared to start writing.

The head of Baihua Village was skeptical about what happened in the dormitory, but she believed that she was aboveboard and did not need to explain too much. The only thing that confused Su Wanwan was that after opening the empty self-review, she held a half-finished pencil and thought, as if she didn't know how to write for a while - since the matter had been reported and dealt with, it seemed that she could not find any new content to reflect on...

If she hadn't really made a mistake, it would have been easy to write this self-review. However, this was not the case. What happened in the morning had been described in detail. She realized that the self-review she had thought she could finish during lunch time was not that easy.

At the same time, they remembered that the village chief required them to submit their self-reviews before the early morning, which meant that they had to finish writing them during lunch time or in the evening after get off work. This raised the issue of time pressure.

"Take a look at this material, maybe it can come in handy?" Li Meifen, Bai Luwei and Lan Ying's dispute continued, and the young people in the village were involved. Facing Li Meifen's impending anger, Xu Yan remained calm and kept a proper distance from Su Wanwan to prevent the situation from getting worse.

"When I returned from the village chief's office this morning, I wanted to ask you... Did you want to escape from here before?" He said softly, his voice low, so that only the two of them could hear.

"That's right." Xu Yan chuckled, and then added, "But I stayed there for a while later."