The visit to the Victory Brigade was unilaterally stopped by Li Dahe. His serious look looked like there was some scourge in the Victory Brigade.
"Aunt Wang, why didn't the captain allow us to go to the Victory Brigade? Did anything happen there?"
On the way back, Lin Nianhe held Wang Hong's arm and asked.
"This..." Wang Hong cleared her throat awkwardly, weighed it for a while, and then whispered, "This matter is a bit disturbing. Just listen to it and don't talk about it outside."
"That's for sure, I have the strictest mouth!"
Lin Nianhe's eyes were full of little stars.
Wang Hong looked around and saw no one, then she leaned into Lin Nianhe's ear and said quickly: "The most favorite place to receive educated youth from all over the country is the Victory Brigade."
Lin Nianhe: "...?"
Well, what do you mean?
Seeing her confused face, Wang Hong couldn't help but pat her and complained: "You girl is usually very clever, why are you so confused now?"
Lin Nianhe twitched the corner of his mouth and said helplessly: "Aunt Wang, your words are so confusing that it's really hard for me to understand."
She really didn't understand why Aunt Wang, who was usually such a straightforward person, suddenly became hesitant?
Wang Hong didn't want to talk about this at first, but she knew that Lin Nianhe was very courageous. She really dared to go to the victory brigade by herself without telling her clearly!
Wang Hong took a deep breath, made up her mind and closed her eyes and said: "The Victory Brigade suffered too many disasters in the past few years, and many people died... Everyone from all over the country knows that they are poor there, and it is notoriously difficult to get married... I understand. Alright?"
Lin Nianhe was stunned.
Having said that, what else doesn't she understand?
For other brigades, the educated youths who went to the countryside were either a burden or useless waste, but for the Victory Brigade, they were just one wife or husband after another.
These educated youths who have left their hometowns have no family to back them up, so why not just let them round them up and flatten them?
Lin Nianhe muttered softly: "No wonder the captain didn't let us come over today."
Seeing that she understood, Wang Hong patted the back of her hand and said, "Be obedient and don't go there. You won't be able to come back. There's really nothing you can do about it."
Lin Nianhe said "hmm" and said thoughtfully: "Then when the educated youth return to the city, won't the Victory Brigade have a large number of children without fathers or mothers?"
Wang Hong looked at her puzzled: "Why are you going back to the city after you're already married? I won't give them a place to go back to the city if there is one."
Lin Nianhe quickly shut up.
She just said whatever she thought of, but ignored the current situation.
It is true that the educated youth who are now married cannot return to the city, but when the college entrance examination resumes...
Lin Nianhe lowered his eyes and dismissed all the thoughts in his mind to prevent himself from accidentally revealing the future.
Being a prophet is really hard!
I have to add a meal in the evening, steam a dragon to comfort myself.
She was thinking about what to eat at night, but what Wang Hong was thinking about was: "There is no progress in the short term on the Victory Brigade, and things can't be stuck here. Let's go to Jiuli Brigade tomorrow. The situation there... …well!"
Regarding the relationship between Shili Brigade and Jiuli Brigade, Wang Hong felt that as long as they said that the children from Jiuli Brigade would go to school in Shili Brigade, they would most likely make the children who originally went to school stop attending.
Indeed, it is.
"What? Let my kid go to study in your brigade? That's impossible. My kid won't go to your school if he doesn't want to study."
"Tch, what kind of good teachers are there in your shabby school? A group of educated youths serve as teachers... Heh, what else can you teach children besides sneaking around?"
"Get out of here now, I'll slap you with my big mouth again!"
Principal Wu has never seen so many arrogant and unreasonable people in his life.
She stood there, so crowded that she didn't even have a chance to explain.
Wang Hong stood in front of Principal Wu, holding Lin Nianhe firmly with her other hand.
Lin Nianhe was very calm, standing there with her arms folded across her chest. Wang Hong pulled her and she refused to move. She waited until the aunt who had been jostling her and Aunt Li on the bullock cart eagerly moved forward. Then she suddenly took a step back. With a wave of his hand:
"Zhao Zhuangshi! Protect Principal Wu!"
Zhao Zhuangshi put one hand in his pocket, raised the other hand, smoothed his slicked back hair in a self-assured manner, and walked out with a curled lips.
"What? Who wants to hit our principal? You really don't treat me as a human being!"
Zhao Zhuangzhi is still very intimidating in the Jiuli Brigade. After all, no one here saw him being beaten by Widow Zhao and rolling all over the floor.
The aunt who had just stepped out stepped back, and the women who were shouting and swearing also moved back, for fear that Zhao Zhuangshi would act like a hooligan to them.
Wang Hong glanced at Lin Nianhe with complicated eyes.
The village bully who once dominated the township became Lin Nianhe's driver and thug.
This is really...
Zhao Zhuangshi shocked the entire audience, and Lin Nianhe finally had a chance to speak.
She glanced at the ones who were dancing the most happily. By coincidence, they were all acquaintances, and they had quarreled with each other on the bullock cart before.
She cleared her throat and suddenly smiled: "Folks, in fact, we are here just because of the commune leaders. The leaders said that the Shili Brigade is close to the Jiuli Brigade, so it will save time and help the children to go to our place to study. At home...ahem."
As if she accidentally let something slip, she coughed twice and stopped talking.
Looking at the blue sky unnaturally, Lin Nianhe continued: "We have no other purpose here. We just want to inform you that your children can be sent to school wherever they want. We have no objection."
"Actually, our school is not very good. The classrooms are not big and can only accommodate the children of our brigade. It would be best if you continue to go to Huashhu Brigade Primary School. We have one class per grade and the children are led by the teacher. The less you teach, the more you teach...ahem!”
Lin Nianhe patted his mouth, turned around quickly, and waved his hand: "That's it, we've brought the message, you can come or not as you wish."
After she finished speaking, she carried Principal Wu and Wang Hong towards the entrance of the village as if they were running away.
Zhao Zhuangshi waited until they had walked out for a while before turning around and following them.
All the villagers from the Jiuli Brigade looked at each other, and they were stunned for a long time before someone recovered:
"That's right. The Shili Brigade is very close to us. We can pick up some pigweed on the way after school."
"You can go home for lunch at noon!"
"The Birch Brigade has five grades in one class, and the classes take turns..."
"I don't think they want my son to study there at all? Are they trying to hide it from me?"
For a time, there were different opinions.
Principal Wu couldn't help but laugh and glanced at Lin Nianhe: "He is not a big man, but he is quite thoughtful!"
Lin Nianhe touched his nose: "I don't have any, what I told is the truth."
Wang Hong suppressed a smile and asked her: "Then wait until they send their children over?"
"That won't work." Lin Nianhe turned to Zhao Zhuangshi, who was catching up, and said, "Just do as we agreed this morning, and you will have to work hard these two days."
Zhao Zhuangshi frowned, raised his chin and said, "As long as the buns are in place, it doesn't matter."
Lin Nianhe nodded seriously and repeated their agreement: "Don't worry, two a day, one and a half pounds!"
"Look!"
Zhao Zhuangshi slapped his chest loudly.
Principal Wu and Wang Hong next to them looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
Wang Hong whispered to Principal Wu: "If Lin Yatou had come two years earlier, Zhao Zhuangshi could have fooled her into finishing high school."
Principal Wu said: "You have to graduate with high scores."
(End of chapter)
