Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 289 - 288 Mistake

Chapter 289: Chapter 288 Mistake

People from Victory Team were clamoring to report to Public Security, which was just empty talk.

Lin Nianhe said to report to Public Security, not only just talked about it, but also intended to go, and even to go by bike.

Aunt Qian’s mouth curled into a cold smile, not seeing it as a threat at all. She looked up at Lin Nianhe and shouted, "You dare to report to Public Security? Don’t you care about your reputation? I tell you, when it blows up, no one will dare to marry you!"

She took out her tried-and-true method.

A despicable method, yet undoubtedly effective.

The word "reputation" was like heavy shackles, binding a woman tightly from the moment she was born.

’Who would dare marry you with such laziness?’, ’Flirting and coquettish, just seems indecent’, ’Still wearing makeup after marriage, trying to hook up with some wild man?’, ’What wife isn’t there to serve the old and the young?’, ’Greedy woman, just knows to stuff her own mouth’, ’Can’t even give birth to a son, what use are you?’... And numerous other such sayings are endless.

Yet, few people find anything wrong with this.

Including the women themselves.

They shout the slogan "Women can hold up half the sky", work tirelessly like old oxen at home, yet they solely forget to dispel the humility deep in their hearts.

Some people use the shackles as a weapon, give it a squeeze when an issue arises, and easily make a woman submit.

Aunt Qian didn’t understand these things; she only knew that no woman was not afraid of these, so what about the Educated youth from the city? Were they not also to marry the boys from their team one by one, obediently?

She sized up Lin Nianhe, and curled her lips.

Thin and weak, yet such a temper, needed to be properly disciplined if taken home.

Lin Nianhe turned her back to her but could clearly feel that nauseating stare on her.

She stopped walking, turned her head back, her gaze cold and clear, which made Aunt Qian shiver unconsciously.

Aunt Qian murmured a curse in her heart and averted her gaze in search of a weaker target, but, unluckily, she locked eyes with Wang Hong.

Aunt Qian: "..."

Before Aunt Qian could find a third target, Lin Nianhe spoke up, "According to what you just said, if a female comrade is bullied by a hooligan, it’s actually the female comrade’s fault?"

"What now? Did I say something wrong? Why then doesn’t my son climb over people’s walls?" Aunt Qian stubbornly retorted with a sneer, glancing dismissively at Lin Nianhe, "With the way you are, you definitely won’t be able to marry off!"

"Whether I can get married is none of your business," Lin Nianhe’s lips curled into a cold smile, "Also, we came here to receive education to build up the countryside, not to find spouses. Auntie, I originally thought you were just an elderly person bound by outdated thoughts, but I didn’t expect you to not even understand the true purpose of the Educated youth coming to the countryside. It seems you have a deep misunderstanding of the leadership!"

Hearing this, a chill sank into Aunt Qian’s heart.

She knew all too well how serious this problem was—it definitely wasn’t lighter than hooliganism.

"You wretched girl, what nonsense are you spouting? I’ll rip out your mouth!" Aunt Qian dropped Qian Sanbao and leaped up, charging at Lin Nianhe with bared teeth and claws.

"Wow, look at her, folks! She’s trying to silence me!"

Lin Nianhe stepped back two paces, inadvertently kicking a stone that rolled right under Aunt Qian’s feet, causing her to slip and fall straight onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

Lin Nianhe, unyielding when in the right, said: "Even if you kill me, it’s useless. There are hundreds of villagers here who have heard your words, seen your actions; your mistakes can never be covered up!"

Aunt Qian had just climbed up from the ground and almost died of anger after hearing these words.

Who’s trying to kill someone?

She just wanted to shut that girl up!

However, she found to her chagrin that all the people of Ten Miles Team around her were looking at her with hostility, and Second Aunt Li stretched out her arm to shield Lin Nianhe behind her.

Aunt Qian became anxious: "Don’t listen to that damn girl spouting nonsense! Don’t you all know what kind of person I am?"

It would have been better if she hadn’t said that; once she did, even her own sons started to move back, desperately wanting to distance themselves from her, leaving her heart chilling by halves.

Aunt Qian finally panicked.

For the first time in so many years, she felt such panic.

Her previous two daughters-in-law were also Educated Youths, one from the provincial city and the other from Shanghai. During festivals, their natal families would send money or goods, which they always obediently presented to her. If the gifts were too meager, she would scold at the door of the house until more respectful tributes arrived.

With these two daughters-in-law providing for her, her eldest son and second son never had to do hard labor, and could get by with enough to eat without lifting a finger.

As for those two women, as long as they weren’t starving, that was good enough!

She had been doing this for many years and yet this was the first time someone pointed at her nose and accused her of having problematic thoughts.

Did she have problematic thoughts?

Everyone in this team did the same!

Those Educated Youths couldn’t do any work, other than spread their legs to have children, what use were they?

Aunt Qian was utterly bewildered, not understanding why the villagers of Ten Miles Team were looking at her with such fury.

"Alright, enough arguing." Li Dahe finally found an opportune moment, stepped forward to take charge, "Hongzi, you accompany Educated Youth Lin to the commune, and report exactly what happened to the leaders. Oh, and remember to invite the Public Security officer from yesterday over, too."

"Zhao Zhuangshi, you take some men and lock up these wall-jumping fellows in the empty granary, and please ask Uncle Guan to come over and help watch them."

"All you women comrades, stop making a fuss. Last night these boys didn’t even make it into the courtyard as they were caught in mouse traps, your daughters-in-law aren’t here! Everyone follow me, let’s go wait at the Team headquarters."

"Xiao Shan, you go to Victory Team and ask Cao Manfu to come over to claim his people."

"Sun Guanghui, you go to the village school and explain the situation to Principal Wu, take it easy... never mind, Wang Shumei, you go with him, think about what you’re going to say."

"Everyone else go back home to cook, do what you need to do, don’t delay the adults going to work or the children going to school."

Li Dahe spoke at the right time, breaking the strange impasse and allowing the situation to continue moving forward.

Lin Nianhe was the first to respond, decisively offering the handlebar of the bicycle and taking a seat on the back.

Wang Hong handed over the shovel to Wen Lan, got on the bike carrying Lin Nianhe, and rode off toward the commune, even forgetting that her two little ones at home hadn’t had breakfast yet.

The villagers didn’t disperse immediately, a few strong aunts deliberately or unintentionally surrounded Aunt Qian and her party, their eyes full of caution.

Meanwhile, Aunt Li tugged at Wang Xixi and whispered, "Daxi, get Laoer to take Huanhuan and Lele home for food, don’t let them out today."

Wang Xixi nodded, then frowned, "Mom, what are you going to do?"

Aunt Li pointed towards the Educated Youth Corps: "I see those girls got hit a few times, I’ll go check on them. You guys eat first, don’t wait for me... have your second brother bring food to your dad, you and your sister-in-law stay in and watch the kids."

After saying that, Aunt Li had already followed into the Educated Youth Corps.