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Xu Nuannuan felt that it was nice to have someone to accompany her here.

She got up from the edge of the field and pulled weeds with him side by side.

The grasses in the sweet potato field include foxtail grass and goosegrass. In fact, goosegrass is the majority. This kind of grass has tough plants and a well-developed root system, and is not easy to pull out.

Xu Nuannuan had never done farm work before, and when she was pulling the grass out just now, she felt that it was a bit tight.

Jiang Ye saw the blue marks on her fair and slender hands and said, "You'd better stop doing it and let me do it."

Xu Nuannuan immediately took out two pairs of yarn gloves from her bag (actually from the space) and gave one to Jiang Ye: "Let's wear these."

She had no intention of doing it properly, she was just pretending and didn't take out the gloves.

Jiang Ye looked at the calluses on his hands. In fact, it didn't matter whether he wore gloves or not, but he still took the gloves from the little girl.

"Comrade Jiang Ye, when I went to the county town yesterday, I heard someone say that you were once tricked into working in an illegal coal mine. Let's just treat it as a casual chat. Can you tell me about it?"

Jiang Ye then told the story he had prepared long ago.

"It's not like I was deceived. Four years ago, I was accidentally swept away by a mountain torrent. When I opened my eyes again, I was already in that black coal mine."

"Were you rescued by someone from the black coal mine?"

"I don't know who saved me. I was already in their hands. They said they did, but it didn't matter whether I believed them or not. Then, I worked illegally for them day and night."

“Those years must have been tough.”

"It wasn't easy, but luckily I made it through and even managed to escape when they weren't paying attention. I guess I'm lucky."

"If you escape this disaster, you will surely have good fortune in the future. Comrade Jiang Ye, I think you may become a great figure in the future." Xu Nuannuan said with a smile.

Jiang Ye also smiled and said, "I'll borrow your good words."

When he smiled, his thin lips moved, making Xu Nuannuan no longer feel cold, but instead feel the warmth of the sun.

It was time to get off work. People were passing by the fields one after another. Jiang Ye said to Xu Nuannuan, "It's time to get off work."

"let's go."

When they were almost at the door of Jiang's house, Jiang Ye said, "Let's go to my house for dinner."

"No, I'd better go back to the educated youth camp. I've already handed in the food, so it would be a waste if I don't eat it."

Jiang Ye didn't force her, and they said goodbye. Xu Nuannuan walked towards the educated youth point and met Fu Yunqi and Chen Dalu on the way.

Fu Yunqi cursed as he walked, "Fuck it, I won't pull so much grass by myself. I just want to get off work, no one can stop me."

"Old Fu, if you hadn't meddled in other people's business, maybe you wouldn't have been treated so harshly. When will you be able to control your temper?"

"Don't talk nonsense. This has nothing to do with Xu Zhiqing. Even without Xu Zhiqing, they would still give me a hard time. They just want me to give them a gift."

As soon as they finished speaking, they turned around and saw Xu Nuannuan.

"Xu Zhiqing."

"Fu Zhiqing, Chen Zhiqing."

Fu Yunqi came over and asked, "Xu Zhiqing, how are things going over there? Are they still giving you trouble?"

Xu Nuannuan nodded. "They did it on purpose. They made me do the work of three or four people. They gave me a large piece of land to weed, and I was not allowed to leave until I had finished weeding."

"Me too," Fu Yunqi said. "It seems they're still using the same method to deal with us. Being an educated youth is hard enough as it is, and I still have to give gifts to the village cadres. What am I doing here? Not only do I have to suffer, but I also have to spend money."

"However, it's not because I didn't give them gifts, but because Yu Qingqing complained about me in front of them, and Shen Mengan wanted to help Yu Qingqing vent her anger. Because I had no money, he also made other demands of me, but I would never agree to them. It's just that we were unlucky to have encountered such a brigade cadre."

"What? He's actually... such a beast!"

"Fu Zhiqing, they're almost ready to force us into a desperate situation. If we don't overthrow them, they'll torture us to death."

"Yes, I won't give him any gifts anyway. It's a fight to the death. Giving gifts to people like him only encourages the arrogance of corrupt officials and helps them harm other people."

"You're right."

Fu Yunqi thought of something and then asked Xu Nuannuan: "Why didn't you let me quarrel with them when you asked Shen Mengan for leave today? Did you discover something?"

Xu Nuannuan nodded and patted her bag.

"I have a tape recorder here, and I've written down all the nonsense he said. However, these recordings alone are not enough. We need to continue collecting more evidence of their rampant abuses in the village. Then we can bring them down in one fell swoop, and anyone involved in their activities will be punished."

Fu Yunqi agreed very much, "Thank you for your hard work, Xu Zhiqing."

"Nothing, I'm just fighting for myself."

All of Yu Qingqing's things were taken to Shen's house at noon, and she would live there from now on.

Shen Dabao finally had the opportunity to spend time with Yu Qingqing. He walked up to her with his saliva dripping down his face and said with a grin, "Sister Zhiqing, Sister Zhiqing, you are so beautiful."

Yu Qingqing saw a man with a dirty face, drooling, and dirty body approaching her, and she felt so disgusted that she wanted to vomit.

Zhao Pandi quickly grabbed Shen Dabao, but she didn't expect that Yu Qingqing was scared away by Shen Dabao as soon as she arrived. They had to take their time with Yu Qingqing.

"Dabao, Dabao, stay away from the educated youth sister. Don't scare her, otherwise she won't dare to stay in our house."

This time, Shen Dabao was very obedient and did not pounce on Yu Qingqing again.

"Sister Zhiqing, I won't scare you. I won't scare you."

Then, Zhao Pandi said a few words in Shen Dabao's ear, and Shen Dabao ran back into the house.

Yu Qingqing didn't know that there was a mentally retarded person in the Shen family, and for a moment she didn't want to live in the Shen family anymore.

But she had just moved in and was embarrassed to tell the Shen family that she was moving out right away.

Forget it, just stay here for now. What can a fool do to her?

When Xu Nuannuan went to the fields in the afternoon, she met Jiang Ting on the road.

"Sister Nuannuan, let's go to the fields together."

"it is good."

Jiang Ting rested at home for a while and felt much better. After Jiang Ye returned home, she asked Jiang Ye about Xu Nuannuan's condition. Now that she saw Xu Nuannuan, she asked in person: "Sister Nuannuan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I'm just doing some farm work. What can they do to me? Besides, I have your brother to help me."

"Well, my eldest brother is not usually that warm-hearted. When I told Sister Nuannuan that something was wrong today, he immediately dropped his plane and went to look for you. Don't mention how fast he was."

Xu Nuannuan listened to Jiang Ting's description and said, "Oh." Jiang Ye was quite quick. He must be anxious to repay her for treating Jiang's mother's illness.

As they walked together, Jiang Ting saw the captain of the sixth team sitting on the ditch and sighing over the crops in the field.

Jiang Ting walked over and asked, "Uncle Yu, have you come back from dinner, or are you still here after work this morning?"

It's no wonder Jiang Ting asked this, because he had seen Yu Guobao sitting with his head down and sighing many times. Sometimes when it rained and the fields were flooded, he would stay in the fields without rest.

Among the cadres in this brigade, she likes Yu Baoguo the most, because Yu Baoguo is the most fair and considerate village cadre, but unfortunately he is only a team leader.

In Qingpingwan Brigade, Yu is the most common surname in the village. Generally speaking, the village leader is usually selected from people with the most common surname.

However, the Shen family had someone above them, so they occupied a dominant position in the village, while the Yu family was excluded. The most authoritative person in the Yu family could only be a small team leader at most.

Yu Baoguo turned his head, and Jiang Ting saw tears in the corners of his eyes.

"I'm fine. I just want to sit here for a while. You've all come back after work and dinner." He saw Xu Nuannuan, the educated youth who was deliberately embarrassed by Shen Mengan, and asked her, "Little girl, how are you now? You offended Shen Mengan, and she must have made things difficult for you. I guess she must have assigned you some work that you can't finish."

"I'm fine. If I can't finish it, I'll just do it slowly."

"Hey, he's just trying to make things difficult for us. You're just unlucky to be assigned to this team."

Seeing that his eyes were still wet, Jiang Ting couldn't help but ask him, "Uncle Yu, why are you crying?"

Yu Guobao wiped his eyes and said, "It's nothing. I just feel bad seeing the crops in our fields growing so poorly. If this continues, when will the members of our brigade be able to have a full meal?"

And the new educated youth who was bullied today has made him lose hope for this brigade.

Xu Nuannuan could tell from his words how helpless he was. Perhaps he knew some of the secrets, but she was powerless to do anything about it.

She asked Yu Baoguo, "Uncle, is the soil quality of our brigade really worse than that of the brigade next door? I don't think so. The trees and grass on both sides of our brigade are growing well, no worse than those on the roadside of other brigades. The soil quality of our brigade should be the same as that of other brigades." She pointed out bluntly, "If it's not a problem with the soil quality, then it's a problem with the fertilizer."

Hearing this, Yu Guobao immediately glanced at Xu Nuannuan, then shook his head: "Little educated youth, even if you know, what can you do? We can't stop anything."

Xu Nuannuan suspected Yu Baoguo must know more and asked him, "Uncle Yu, the amount of fertilizer sent down by higher-ups must be the same. Why aren't our crops growing as well as those in other villages? Since we've already received the fertilizer, why are we using less?"

"This?" Yu Baoguo looked around and hesitated for a moment. It seemed that he could no longer bear it, so he said to Xu Nuannuan, "She was secretly sold. Of course, she can't go up there any more. Little educated youth, just know this, but don't tell anyone else. Otherwise, it will do you no good."

"It was secretly sold?" Xu Nuannuan finally understood what was going on. This must be Shen Mengan and Shen Liangtian's doing. She wanted to know more details and continued to ask Yu Guobao: "If the fertilizer hadn't been sold by them, our team's harvest would definitely not be so low."