Time Travel: Volume 1! Starting from a Small Mountain Village

Liu Zhaodi's voice rang out from the clinic. She had a loud voice, so many people gathered around when they heard it.

"Yang Zhiqing, your cousin and Widow Liu are arguing, you should go and see!"

Some commune members had received medical treatment from Yang Qianqian in the past, and considered it a favor. Realizing that Widow Liu's fighting power in the village was far beyond what Yang Qianqian could match, they quickly sought out Yang Lijuan at the educated youth settlement.

"What!" Yang Lijuan exclaimed in shock. She immediately ran towards the village clinic, while the other educated youth, who had just finished eating and were about to take a nap, followed behind her.

"Where did Long Zhiqing and the others go!" Passing by Long Lifan's residence, Yang Lijuan was about to call Long Zhiqing and the others to come along, as she would feel at ease with them there, but all three of their houses were locked.

"Oh, they went out after eating!" Lin Yue said from the side. She and Liu Pandi had eaten with Hu Zhiqing and the others, so they knew that they had gone out.

The three of them were excitedly picking wild berries on the hillside, which they had discovered by chance while gathering pig feed that morning. Hu Lili was so excited that after finishing her meal, she insisted that the other two come with her to pick them.

"What should we do?" Yang Lijuan was also a little anxious. Widow Liu's reputation was unique in Dongwan Brigade, and she was not confident that Long Zhiqing would not be around.

"You go to the health station and check on the situation first. I'll go up the mountain to find them!" Lin Yue thought for a moment and also felt that Long Lifan had to take charge of this matter.

"Row!"

Yang Lijuan nodded. There was no other way now, so she quickened her pace and ran towards the clinic.

By this time, a number of medical staff had gathered and surrounded the area. Yang Qianqian leaned against the door of the clinic, listening to the vulgar language escaping Liu Zhaodi's mouth, tears streaming down her face.

"Everyone, come and see, this is our doctor from the Dongwan Brigade."

“When I was working in the fields, my family’s guards helped me with the work, but once I became the village doctor, they turned their backs on me.”

"Everyone, please be the judge and tell me, was Yang Zhiqing's way of doing things fair?"

"You're talking utter nonsense!" Yang Lijuan finally arrived, and upon hearing Widow Liu gossiping about her cousin, she couldn't hold back any longer and charged into the crowd, shouting angrily.

"Oh ho, so they've brought reinforcements!" Liu Zhaodi glanced sideways at the person coming down, recognized him, and said nonchalantly.

Widow Liu was notorious for being unreasonable and making trouble, and now that she felt Yang, the educated youth, was in the wrong, she became even more arrogant.

"Hmph, so what if reinforcements have come? Do you dare say my son didn't help her with the work?" Pointing at Yang Qianqian, Liu Zhaodi sneered, "If she didn't have a crush on my son, why did she ask him to do the work in the first place? Now that she's become the village doctor, she wants to deny everything. Let me tell you, it's not that easy."

"Unless she agrees to date my son, I will..."

"You want my cousin to marry your son? You're dreaming. Don't you even know what kind of good-for-nothing son you have?" Yang Lijuan retorted without any politeness.

"How dare you call my son a good-for-nothing?"

"Snapped"

To her, her son was perfect in every way, and she couldn't tolerate anyone speaking ill of him like that. Now, hearing someone publicly slander her son, she slapped Yang Lijuan across the face.

"If you dare hit me, I'll fight you to the death..."

Feeling a burning pain on her face, Yang Lijuan suddenly sprang into action, causing chaos in the scene. The other educated youth who had followed her, seeing that Yang Lijuan was no match for Widow Liu, rushed to her aid.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Lin Guodong didn't pay much attention at first when he heard people arguing. He thought that with Long Zhiqing there, these people would stop immediately. Unexpectedly, they started fighting. When he asked, he found out that Long Zhiqing was missing, so he rushed over.

He immediately shouted and called on the villagers to pull the people apart.

"Captain, you have to stand up for me!" After being pulled away, Liu Zhaodi sat down on the ground with a thud, shouting, "These educated youths are too bullying! Not only did they trick my son into helping them with chores, but now they're even hitting me!"

Looking at Liu Zhaodi slumped on the ground, Lin Guodong felt a headache coming on. If he had to pick someone he feared most, Liu the Widow was definitely one of them. It wasn't that she was particularly formidable, but rather that he couldn't stand her tantrums and outbursts.

"Liu Zhaodi, get up first. What's the point of lying on the ground?" Lin Guodong frowned. Yang Zhiqing was the village doctor. If he sided with her, Widow Liu would definitely make a fuss. But if he sided with Widow Liu, he was afraid that Yang Qianqian would quit.

He was caught in a dilemma and looked into the crowd. He desperately hoped that Long Zhiqing would come out, but to his disappointment, he didn't see Long Zhiqing.

"Captain, if you don't stand up for me today, I won't get up."

"Oh dear, I can't live like this anymore! The educated youth are bullying me! One tricked my son into doing chores for her, and the other beat him up. It's outrageous!"

Liu Zhaodi shouted loudly, as if she had suffered a great injustice, which won her a lot of sympathy.

Although Widow Liu didn't have a good reputation in the village, they seemed more willing to side with her than with the educated youth. Suddenly, everyone around began verbally attacking the educated youth.

"Yang, you educated youth, apologize to Aunt Liu right now!" Chen Hongjie panicked upon hearing the voices around him. As the person in charge of the educated youth settlement, he knew that he would be directly responsible if the educated youth's reputation was damaged. So he immediately stood up and reprimanded them.

"Why should I apologize to her? She started it." Yang Lijuan was already angry because she was injured in the fight, and now she was even angrier after hearing Chen Hongjie's words. She immediately retorted.

"Hmph, just because I'm in charge of the educated youth settlement!" Chen Hongjie sneered, his tone utterly impolite. Ever since these new educated youths went to the countryside, his authority as the person in charge had been repeatedly diminished.

Looking back on the past few days, since they started eating separately from the female educated youth, their lives had been incredibly difficult. He had been holding back his anger for a long time, and today he finally found an opportunity.

“No matter what, it’s wrong for educated youth to fight with the villagers. What you did will directly damage the image of us educated youth among the villagers. I’m asking you to apologize for the sake of the bigger picture.” Chen Hongjie felt that he was on the side of righteousness and spoke without holding back.

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhaodi, who was lying on the ground, felt smug. Even among the educated youth, no one could stand Yang's behavior, and she felt that the matter was settled.

"Excuse me, ma'am, please make way, thank you." A familiar voice came from behind the crowd. Everyone knew who it was and immediately made way for them.

"Captain, since I'm the Women's Director, leave this matter to me!" Long Lifan smiled at Lin Guodong and said casually.

"Of course!" Lin Guodong didn't want to get involved in this matter either. Since it was within Long Zhiqing's responsibilities, it was fine to leave it to her. He also wanted to see how Long Zhiqing would handle it, since it involved the relationship between the educated youth and the commune members.

Long Lifan glanced at the female educated youths who had just attacked her, then looked at Yang Qianqian, who was leaning against the door of the clinic, crying her eyes out. She then walked up to Widow Liu and said, "Auntie, the ground is so cold. Aren't you afraid of getting sick lying there like that?"

“Long, you’re the women’s director elected by our Dongwan Brigade, you can’t favor outsiders!” Upon seeing Long Lifan, Widow Liu was instinctively a little afraid.

“Auntie, what are you saying? We educated youth going to the countryside is a policy from above. Once we’re here, we’re all from Dongwan Brigade. You keep calling us outsiders. Are you dissatisfied with the policy from above, or are you trying to form a clique and damage the relationship between the educated youth and the commune members?” Long Lifan said with a smile, speaking slowly and deliberately. But Liu Zhaodi panicked as soon as she heard this and quickly got up from the ground.

"Long Zhiqing, don't talk nonsense, I didn't mean that!" Liu Zhaodi was really afraid of Long Zhiqing's mouth. Although she didn't know many words, she knew that the charges Long Zhiqing brought up were not something she could handle.

"Oh dear, Auntie, I was just joking. Look how scared you are!" Long Lifan smiled, but in her heart she was thinking: You're not getting up, are you? I'll scare you to death.

"By the way, can someone tell me the whole story of what just happened?"