Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 291 - 290: Enthusiastic Comrades

Chapter 291: Chapter 290: Enthusiastic Comrades

"Comrades, hello! I’m Yufei Xie! From now on, I’ll be one of you!"

In the courtyard of Ten Miles Team Educated Youth Point, Yufei Xie took a step forward and cheerfully greeted everyone.

The Educated Youth Corps were sharpening their sickles in the yard.

They were quite familiar with Yufei Xie, a regular freeloader of their meals. After glancing at him, they immediately turned to Li Dahe:

"Team Leader, what’s going on with Victory Team’s situation?"

"Team Leader, those people won’t be let off, right?"

"Team Leader..."

Yufei Xie: "...?"

Isn’t there anyone who wants to welcome me?

Indeed, there was not.

All everyone could think about was the matter at Victory Team.

With one hand behind his back and the other holding a tobacco pipe, Li Dahe puckered his lips and mumbled gruffly: "Qian Sanbao and his lot are easy to sentence, but as for the rest... if they don’t speak up, what can the leaders do?"

His words were obscure, but the outcome was evident.

Because the victims wouldn’t speak out, the incident at Victory Team was once again buried.

"How can this be? Just let that hooligan village go unmanaged?"

"If we don’t take care of it now, who knows how many more people will suffer bullying later!"

"Why don’t I understand? Why won’t they speak up?"

"Team Leader, was my little bamboo pole broken for nothing?"

The Educated Youths were unhappy and started voicing their protests loudly.

Li Dahe let them vent their feelings until they had nearly finished, then he waved his hand and said, "From now on, everyone be careful, especially the female comrades. You are not allowed to go to Victory Team again, hmm... Keep those mousetraps of yours, they’re quite good."

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled.

It seemed that this matter was really over, just like that.

After Li Dahe left, the discussion resumed:

"Should we dig a few more traps? My heart can’t stop thumping..."

"Where to dig? Don’t collapse the wall again!"

"What do we do then? They’re definitely holding grudges against us, how will they retaliate?"

Yufei Xie: "..."

Doesn’t anyone really want to welcome me?

Nianhe Lin, looking at everyone with worried faces, said: "Actually, there’s no need to worry. They most likely won’t harbor ill intentions against us anymore."

Ruannuan Wen turned her head to look at her, asking, "Why? How could they possibly not seek revenge?"

Shumei Wang scooped up a handful of water and sprinkled it onto the whetstone. Eyes downcast, she replied, "Because by their very nature, they are a bunch of cowards who bully the weak and fear the strong. They’ve hit a snag with us this time; of course, they wouldn’t dare come back."

"Ah?"

Nianhe Lin continued to explain: "They dare to target the Educated Youth because they rely on us being unfamiliar with life here and having no family around—an easy target. Did they ever dare to use such tactics to harm girls from other villages? If they really did, wouldn’t the girls’ families tear them apart?"

"We won’t have any problems within the Team, but when we go out in the future, we should stick together for safety... Oh right, Sister Xue and Tiechui, you two can’t go out together either."

Wang Xue: "..."

Miao Hongqi: "..."

Aside from the two of them feeling somewhat offended, the others seemed to feel a bit better.

Many things cannot be overturned by a single small incident. However, the effects of each small incident cannot be erased either—they will eventually come together and capsize the big ship.

Standing on the side, Yufei Xie was getting a little tired. He couldn’t help pointing to his nose and asking, "Are you all blind to me? Aren’t I a new Educated Youth too?"

His response was a whooshing sound of sharpening knives, and—

"We see, we see, welcome."

"You’re not new to going to the countryside, why make such a fuss?"

"You already know where the male comrades’ dormitory is, go make your bed by yourself."

"Do we also need to form a little drum and bugle corps for you and cheer you on at the sideline?"

Xie Yufei: "..."

Weren’t neighbors supposed to be the closest people once you step out the door?

Wasn’t the Ten Miles Team Educated Youth Point the place with the least issues and the most unity?

If he were to go back to the commune now and tell the leader he wants to change to another production team, would he be kicked out?

Xie Yufei thought so.

Therefore, he quietly picked up his bundle and sorted himself out.

After Sun Guanghui and the others had finished their teasing, he looked up at Xie Yufei and said, "Comrade Xie, put your luggage down first, I’ll help you once I’m done sharpening this knife."

Xie Yufei was instantly moved to tears, "Brother! You’re really a good person!"

Sun Guanghui grinned sheepishly and added, "There’s water in the kettle, pour it yourself."

"Sure!"

Young Master Xie, having finally felt the warmth of comradeship, duly drank two large jars of water.

Clutching his overfilled stomach, he returned to the courtyard, strolled over and crouched beside Lin Nianhe, asking her, "Xiao He, what are you doing?"

Lin Nianhe held up the sickle, her gaze passing beneath the blade to look at him: "Is it that my knife sharpening wasn’t obvious enough, or is there something wrong with your eyes?"

Xie Yufei felt a vague chill around his neck and rubbed it while asking, "Why are you sharpening sickles?"

Lin Nianhe put down the sickle and looked at him with the expression one would use for the dim-witted son of the landlord’s house: "To chop vegetables."

Xie Yufei jumped up in surprise: "You can chop vegetables with a sickle?"

Lin Nianhe: "..."

"Xiao He, can you show me?"

"..."

"Pfft..."

"Hahaha..."

Watching his comrades laughing until they cried, Xie Yufei finally grasped the situation: "Xiao He! You actually tricked me!"

Lin Nianhe: "Yes, indeed, it’s my fault."

Never mind how it happened, it’s always wrong to fool a simple child.

Xie Yufei hadn’t expected Lin Nianhe to admit her fault so straightforwardly, and he was momentarily stunned. After glancing at the others, he too felt his earlier question was quite foolish.

He scratched his head, defending himself, "Actually, I wanted to ask why you guys are all gathered together sharpening sickles."

Lin Nianhe sighed and patiently explained like a live encyclopedia, "Because the autumn harvest is coming up, we need to sharpen the sickles first so as not to delay the work."

Actually... it was because the harvest was drawing near, and the leader of the fifth team finally remembered that there were a few new Educated Youths who hadn’t taken part in a harvest before, nor knew how to use a sickle, so he quickly issued them sickles and started with knife sharpening practice.

The team leader had planned to teach them himself, but after trying for a while, he even started to forget how to sharpen a knife himself, so he left them in Sun Guanghui’s care.

Sun Guanghui might be simple-minded, but he was very principled. This showed in all aspects – like now, surrounded by novices, he still didn’t get led astray.

These matters, Xie Yufei was destined not to know.

Sun Guanghui, however, remembered, and he said to Wang Dong, who was on the side trying to fix a little bamboo stick with some twine, "Dongzi, take Xie Yufei to get a sickle."

Wang Dong lethargically stood up from the bench, "Oh, okay, let’s go."

Ever since the little bamboo stick was gone, Wang Dong hadn’t been himself.

He lost his appetite for food and his desire to sleep; even chopping firewood felt like a chore.

Not even his beloved ping-pong ball could heal him.

Watching the two leave, Wang Xue sighed, "It’s not good for Wang Dong to be like this. He’s so absent-minded; I hope he doesn’t get cut by a sickle come harvest time."

"We need to think of something," Lin Nianhe frowned slightly.

"Think of what? There’s no solution. We’ve found him several bamboo sticks, but he insists they’re not the same as his old one!"

"Where are we supposed to find an identical little bamboo stick for him!"

Lin Nianhe smacked her lips, put down the sickle, and hurried back to the backyard.

In no time, she came out with a small plastic bottle.