Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 187 - 186 The Only Good News... Is Fake

Chapter 187: Chapter 186 The Only Good News... Is Fake

"There’s no such precedent."

Li Dahe shook his head, then added, "Tomorrow I’ll go to the commune with Hongzi and ask around."

"Thank you, Uncle Team Leader."

"I’ll just ask, but I guess it’s unlikely." Li Dahe said, "Getting transferred to the Construction Corps might be a bit easier, but I suspect he won’t be able to endure the hardship."

At that time, a popular ditty was widely circulated: "Serving in the army is a glorious blossom, working in the factory is a blissful flower, joining the rural cadre is a sun-facing blossom, but the soldiers of the battalion will taste the bitterness of a wild herb."

One could get a glimpse of the hardships faced by the battalion soldiers.

Thinking about Youngest Master Sie’s character, Lin Nianhe touched his nose and said, "Uncle Team Leader, let’s discuss what you will say at the commune tomorrow. Shall I accompany you?"

"Forget it. Do you think everyone can put up with your attitude like I can?" Li Dahe cast a disparaging glance at Lin Nianhe and then muttered with clenched teeth, "Xiao Sie really lacks sense. Even if he had to choose a team, couldn’t he have picked Nine-miles Team? It sounds closer."

Lin Nianhe couldn’t help but give a wry smile.

Obviously, Sie Yufei must have gone to great lengths to find out that Victory Team was closest to Ten Miles Team and might even have given bribes.

And then he succeeded in digging his own grave.

When they returned to Ten Miles Team, they just caught up with the midday end of work.

The news of the arrival of new Educated Youths had already spread throughout the team. If the villagers’ greeting when Lin Nianhe and the others arrived was to pretend they did not see them, then this time... everyone clearly showed their resentment on their faces.

In the Northeast, there was only one harvest per year, and there wasn’t much work after the autumn harvest. The Educated Youths who came at this time wouldn’t earn many points; for the next year, they would mostly depend on the team for support.

To support two people without kin was burdensome... Who wouldn’t be annoyed?

Fortunately, Lin Nianhe was also on the ox cart, so the villagers did not outright show their disdain.

Wen Qingqing still sensed something was amiss. She pulled on Lin Nianhe’s sleeve and whispered, "Nianhe, why do I feel like the villagers aren’t very happy?"

Wen Ruannuan also spoke up, "They don’t seem very welcoming, but we came here to support rural construction."

Their words were overheard by Li Dahe, whose face grew even more troubled, and he almost couldn’t resist the urge to scold them.

Support construction?

He had long stopped thinking about support; he was just hoping they wouldn’t cause any trouble.

Sensing Li Dahe’s stiff mood, Lin Nianhe quickly advised: "Enough with that. You have no clue about farming work. What support are you talking about? Don’t say I didn’t warn you – listen carefully to the aunties when you start working tomorrow and work well without causing trouble."

As she spoke, she gestured to them with her eyes.

As the sisters with four faces between them, Wen Qingqing and Wen Ruannuan instantly understood the meaning in Lin Nianhe’s eyes.

This meant they had to keep a low profile.

These years, if they hadn’t learned anything else, changing faces and putting on masks was their special skill.

Wen Qingqing immediately said, "We understand, don’t worry. We will definitely accept the villagers’ re-education."

"Right, right. We definitely won’t be lazy, for sure," Wen Ruannuan quickly agreed.

Ahead, Li Dahe looked troubled, his heart calm as ever.

This speech, he seemed to have heard it three months ago.

They truly were good neighbors; their self-righteous talk was nearly identical.

Wen Qingqing and Wen Ruannuan thought they had shown their attitude clearly, so the team leader’s attitude towards them should be somewhat better.

But, to their surprise, they still didn’t receive any praise.

This saddened the Wen family’s sisters. The first day of their rural life was not very pleasant.

Although Li Dahe was in a bad mood, he still dutifully escorted them to the Educated Youth Corps, took a routine stroll around, and conveyed a few instructions to Sun Guanghui, who had just finished work.

"Come on, this is the place."

Lin Nianhe led the two of them to a small front courtyard house that had just been vacated a few days ago, pointing to the rice, flour, cooking oil placed in the corner of the wall: "These are what Uncle Wen asked me to buy for you, I’ve written the bill. You can check it yourselves later."

Lin Nianhe said this as she handed a piece of paper to Wen Qingqing.

Wen Qingqing stared at the small house in a daze.

This house wasn’t meant for just her sister and her? It was clearly only big enough for the two of them!

So, the only piece of good news... was still a lie to them.

Tears were already hanging from Wen Ruannuan’s eyelashes, she leaned against the wall, and asked Lin Nianhe feebly, "Nianhe, do we really have to live here? This place is too small, you could hit the wall just by turning around."

"Not bad, if you had arrived a month earlier, there would have been four people living in this house," Lin Nianhe patiently reassured.

Wen Qingqing and Wen Ruannuan felt like they were struck by lightning; they were utterly downcast.

Lin Nianhe turned around to look at the kitchen, just in time to see Miao Hongqi coming out, and she asked, "Tiechui, did you prepare lunch for the two of them?"

"Did that," Miao Hongqi replied, "Let them rest for a bit, lunch is almost ready."

"Alright."

Lin Nianhe turned back to Wen Qingqing and said, "Sister Qingqing, the tasks of cooking, cleaning the yard, and tending to the private plot in the front yard are all done in pairs on rotation. Just follow Sun Guanghui’s arrangements. They’ve prepared portions for you two for lunch today, you can go eat directly in a while, but remember to return the food to them."

Wen Qingqing, holding her head, looked at Lin Nianhe: "Nianhe... I don’t want to eat right now, I just want to cry."

"Oh, then cry if you need to, I have to go back now," Lin Nianhe turned and left.

She couldn’t deal with the crying beauties, better to run away quickly.

Lin Nianhe fled swiftly, and the Wen family’s sisters hadn’t even reacted.

They looked at one another, then back at the simple little house, and then thought of the indifferent attitude of the villagers... and finally, they couldn’t hold back the tears anymore.

The quiet sobs in the house were subconsciously ignored by everyone else.

Except for the special case last time, every time new Educated Youth arrived, they always cried.

They were all used to it by now.

Li Dahe only realized then that the last time he had gone to pick up the Educated Youth, it had been so worry-free.

Thinking this way, he looked at Lin Nianhe with much gentler eyes: "Miss Lin, if you’re going to buy grain this afternoon, let Zhao Zhuangshi drive you there."

Lin Nianhe stood rigid in place for three minutes, taken aback by the sudden warmth from the Team Leader.

During those three minutes, she had thought through all the bad things she had done in the past three months.

In the end, she forced a corner of her mouth into what could be considered a sweet smile: "Uncle Team Leader, my apologies, I was just too quick with my words today, I actually really like your hairstyle... It’s said intelligence reaches to the heavens, just looking at your hairstyle one can tell you’re extremely clever."

She figured that the only thing left unaccounted for was the offhand comment she had made at the train station that Li Dahe hadn’t settled the score with her for yet.

Li Dahe didn’t know whether to cry or laugh: "You little rascal, can’t you take a compliment?"

"Ah... ha... " Lin Nianhe exhaled deeply, "Uncle Team Leader, if you speak like that, I’m no longer anxious."

Li Dahe bit the inside of his cheek, contemplating taking her to the commune before heading to the Educated Youth Corps with Wang Hong tomorrow, determined to give this rascal a proper scolding.

Lin Nianhe clasped her hands behind her back, looking extremely well-behaved.

She put on a pleasing smile, and said sweetly, "Uncle Team Leader, I realize my mistake, and I hope you’re not angry. There’s no need to have Zhao Zhuangshi go to the trouble of driving me, I just changed my clothes this morning, and if I fall into the ditch again, I’ll need to wash them."

Her tone of certainty suggested that if she rode in Zhao Zhuangshi’s cart, falling into a ditch was an inevitability.

Li Dahe: "..."

He knew it, she suddenly wanted to apologize because she thought he was setting her up.

There his care was, with nowhere to be placed.