After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

The sound of the team leader beating the gong rang out again in the team. Hearing the sound of the gongs and drums, men, women, young and old from every household came out.

Those who have carts push them up, and those who don’t have carts carry baskets on their backs, because their team is going to distribute food today!

"Sister Nian, let's go to the threshing ground to get the grain!" Ye Jiaojiao ran to find Shen Nian to go together.

Shen Nian responded, carrying the basket and walking towards the threshing ground with Ye Jiaojiao.

A lot of people have gathered in the threshing ground, and everyone is queuing up to receive their share of the grain.

Behind the threshing ground is the granary, and on the platform in front are bags of grain piled up. They are the result of a year's hard work for all of them.

The captain stood on the stage, looked around, a satisfied smile on his face. He cleared his throat and spoke loudly to the crowd.

"Our brigade has a good harvest this year, even better than last year. Yesterday, I went to the commune to collect grain, and the commune even praised our brigade!

This is all due to our hard work and unity and cooperation, and we deserve this praise.

However, we cannot be satisfied with the status quo; we must aspire to achieve higher goals and improve year by year!"

He paused, then continued, "Next year, we must work even harder to ensure that every household in our brigade has enough food and clothing. We must work together to create a better life!"

The team leader's words were simple and powerful, making the members feel full of hope and motivation. The team leader had only one hope, that everyone in their team could have enough food and warm clothing.

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause, and everyone knew that this year's hard work had not been in vain.

The team leader calculated the personal food and work points according to the order of the queue, and let each household take away their own food.

Shen Nian and Ye Jiaojiao were standing at the back of the line, chatting while waiting.

When it was Shen Nian's turn, she used her work points to exchange for coarse grains, and bought 200 kilograms of fine grains and 100 kilograms of coarse grains.

This group of newly arrived educated youth had few work points. If they wanted to get food, they had to either buy it with money or advance next year's work points in exchange for it.

Shen Nian felt that exchanging work points for food was too troublesome, and it also gave her the feeling that she had made an advance, and when she went to work next year she would feel like she was working for others for nothing, so she simply spent money to buy it.

The aunties looked at Shen Nian's generosity with complicated expressions.

Who would buy food by the hundreds of kilograms? Aunt Li, in particular, felt her heart bleed.

"Shen Zhiqing, why do you buy so many fine grains? You should buy more coarse grains! Boys should eat more coarse grains. They are not city people!" Aunt Li couldn't help but spoke.

"Aunt Li, I am the educated youth who came from the city to work in the countryside!" Shen Nian responded to Aunt Li with a smile.

Aunt Li choked, not wanting to give up the opportunity to lecture Shen Nian: "You are a woman, so you should eat whole grains! Why should you, a woman, eat fine grains!"

I couldn't help but mutter in my heart that these educated youth from the city just know how to enjoy themselves.

"Aunt Li! Have you become the idle village director of our brigade?" Shen Nian was no longer in a hurry to collect food.

"How can you, Aunt Li, be the village director?" The aunts around surrounded Aunt Li and laughed.

"Shen Zhiqing, what do you mean?" Aunt Li didn't react.

"What I mean is, I told you to eat less salt, but you've been so idle! You want to control what others eat! The team leader should give you the position of village director!"

After Shen Nian finished speaking, he didn't care about Aunt Li's reaction, nor was he affected by the aunts' gazes.

At this time, Aunt Li also understood that Shen Nian was saying that she was meddling in other people's business, and she didn't dare to say anything more. She cursed in her heart, "Sooner or later, you will fall into my hands and you will be in trouble."

Shen Nian calmly collected his own food, preparing to carry some of it home first and then come back to carry the rest.

Ye Jiaojiao and Zhao Gaoxuan also spent money to buy food. They didn't have many work points, so they didn't buy as much as Shen Nian. They bought all fine grains. Ye Jiaojiao really couldn't get used to eating coarse grains, so Zhao Gaoxuan let her do what she wanted.

Zhao Gaoxuan asked Ye Jiaojiao to stay here and he would carry some back first. Ye Jiaojiao simply nodded and shouted to Shen Nian.

"Sister Nian, carry it back first, I'll watch over here!"

As soon as Shen Nian and Zhao Gaoxuan left with the food, Ye Jiaojiao kicked the stones under her feet out of boredom.

"Shengxia, please listen to my explanation." Zhang Fengfeng grabbed Shi Shengxia and shouted anxiously.

Originally, Zhang Fengfeng knocked Shi Shengxia down the hillside that day. After Shi Shengxia was sent to the hospital, she hurried home to pack her things and went to her grandmother's house.

She thought that if she hid at her grandmother's house for a few days, everything that happened in midsummer would be over when she came back. She stayed at her grandmother's house and her mother didn't go to look for her.

Zhang Fengfeng knew that she was not suspected in this matter, or that the matter was not as serious as she thought.

Taking advantage of the fact that her second aunt looked at her in a strange way these days, Zhang Fengfeng complained to her grandmother and then packed up and returned to Shuangxi Brigade.

It happened that the brigade was distributing food today, so Zhang Fengfeng threw the things at home and ran out to find Shi Shengxia.

Zhang Fengfeng was a little disappointed when she saw Shi Shengxia for the first time. Shi Shengxia's face had no scars except some faint marks.

How could it be possible? Didn't she just roll down the hill? How could she only have minor injuries?

Zhang Fengfeng looked at Shi Shengxia's cold eyes and felt a sinking feeling in her heart, but she still continued speaking.

"Shengxia, I know I've let you down, but I really didn't mean to do that. I only did that because I slipped."

"I really didn't mean to hurt you, Shengxia, please forgive me this time."

As Zhang Fengfeng spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, and she looked pitiful and aggrieved.

Shi Shengxia looked at Zhang Fengfeng. She knew that Zhang Fengfeng did not mean it, but she was a little disappointed that Zhang Fengfeng was not in the team on the day she came back from the hospital.

She also didn't know why Zhang Fengfeng deliberately avoided her. Was it because she was afraid that she would cause trouble for her?

Looking at Zhang Fengfeng's pitiful and aggrieved appearance, Shi Shengxia just felt a headache.

When she came here, Zhang Fengfeng was her only female friend. Shi Shengxia didn't want their relationship to become too strained, but she didn't know how to face Zhang Fengfeng now.

He simply said to Zhang Fengfeng indifferently, "I don't care whether you did it on purpose or not. I don't want to know now. Don't come to me again in the future."

Shi Shengxia said this and turned to leave.

Zhang Fengfeng saw Shi Shengxia was about to leave and held her hand tightly: "Shengxia, please think about it again. I really didn't mean it."

Shi Shengxia looked at Zhang Fengfeng coldly and shook off her hand. "No intention? Then why don't you stand up and admit your mistake? Why don't you go to the hospital with me?"

"Even if you accidentally bumped into me, why did you run away?" Shi Shengxia said, shook off Zhang Fengfeng's hand and ran away.

Watching Shi Shengxia running away, Zhang Fengfeng stood there in a daze. She knew that Shi Shengxia was disappointed in her.

She was not panicked at all. Shi Shengxia did not suspect that she did it on purpose. She was just angry about why she ran to her grandma's house. So she went home first to think about how to explain it.

Shen Nian was carrying a basket on her back. She looked at Ye Jiaojiao, who seemed a little strange, and asked, "Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you?"

Ye Jiaojiao shook her head, looked at Shen Nian and said, "Sister Nian, I'm fine. I just saw Zhang Fengfeng and Shi Shengxia arguing."

Zhang Fengfeng is back?

Shen Nian raised an eyebrow and looked at Ye Jiaojiao, "Did they quarrel? What happened?"

Are these two sisters going to break up?

Ye Jiaojiao told Shen Nian what they had just argued about.

After Shen Nian heard what Shi Shengxia said as described by Ye Jiaojiao, he knew that these two would reconcile sooner or later. Shi Shengxia did not doubt Zhang Fengfeng at all.

Why? Just because Shi Shengxia saved Zhang Fengfeng, she thought Zhang Fengfeng had no suspicious motives?

Shen Nian carried the remaining food and walked towards the Youth League Home, while Ye Jiaojiao followed her and whispered in her ear.

Zhao Gaoxuan looked at Ye Jiaojiao in front of him, who would leave him behind whenever she met Shen Nian. When did his position become so precarious?