I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 247: Educated Youths in the Countryside in the 70s 36

In the afternoon, Qingyue went to the Youth League Home.

As soon as Qingyue arrived at the Youth League Home, she heard screaming and loud noises.

Qingyue walked in carefully. Wang Juan was standing in a corner watching the excitement. When she saw Qingyue come in, she quickly pulled her over and motioned her to look in another direction.

Qingyue followed her gaze and looked in one direction.

I saw a female educated youth with pigtails, with her hands on her hips, scolding another female educated youth who had some freckles under her eyes.

She had been to the Youth League Home several times after the new educated youth arrived. She remembered that the one with pigtails was Wu Xiaoli, the educated youth, and the other was Li Zhaodi, the educated youth.

After listening for a while, she finally understood what had happened. It turned out that Wu Zhiqing's vegetables were stolen.

Wu Zhiqing's eyes were filled with anger as he shouted, "Li Zhaodi, you stole my vegetables. You must return them to me and compensate me."

Li Zhaodi stiffened her neck and refused to admit it: "Wu Zhiqing, how can you be sure that the vegetables I put in the basket are yours? I also planted the same vegetables as yours in my field. I picked the vegetables from my field."

Wu Zhiqing was furious: "If I wasn't sure, I would ask you. I have a total of fifty vegetables in my field, and I marked each one for fear that someone would steal them. Okay, I was right. There really is a vegetable thief."

"You won't give it back to me, right? Fine, I'll go find the captain right now, and then I'll find the police. Even if you don't die, you'll be skinned alive."

"Are you sick? Last time you stole my toothpaste and I didn't ask you to settle the score. That was because I was tolerant. But what about you? You actually dared to steal my vegetables. Next time, shouldn't you steal my money or the money of other educated youths?"

Upon hearing her say this, the educated youth who were originally watching the fun and didn't want to get involved in the matter also started to speak.

"Li Zhiqing, what Wu Zhiqing said is correct and well-founded. Since you took his food, you should return it to Wu Zhiqing as soon as possible."

"Yes, if you make a big fuss about it, how will the villagers view us educated youth, and you yourself? Maybe others will think you are a thief."

"Li Zhiqing, since you took it, just give it back to the owner. Don't make a fuss and end up losing all your face."

The educated youth were all trying to persuade her, and Li Zhiqing's face gradually became gloomy. In the end, she gave in because of some concerns.

She ran back into the house and came out after a while with a dish. She threw the dish into Wu Zhiqing's arms and ran out.

Wu Zhiqing shouted, "Stop."

Li Zhaodi Li Zhiqing turned around and glared at Wu Zhiqing, saying in a bad tone: "Didn't I return everything to you? What do you want to do now?"

Wu Zhiqing: "I just said that you not only have to return the vegetables to me, but also need to compensate me. Are you planning to deny it?"

"In that case, I'll go find the captain and make the decision."

Having said that, Wu Zhiqing was about to leave.

Li Zhaodi quickly stopped him: "Wait, I'll compensate you, don't go looking for the captain."

Li Zhaodi took out a dollar and gave it to Wu Zhiqing. Seeing the dollar go into Wu Zhiqing's pocket, Li Zhaodi's heart was bleeding.

She moved her lips but didn't say anything. However, she was still not convinced. It was just one dish of hers, but he was still not willing to give up on the rice. He was really stingy. Thinking of this, she glared at Wu Zhiqing and ran out.

After watching the farce, Qingyue followed Wang Juan to her room.

Qingyue did not sit on the kang, but sat on a stool beside it.

She watched Wang Juan get on the kang and take something out of her cupboard.

"Here, Qingyue, this is the mung bean cake my mother sent me. Try it and see if it tastes good."

Qingyue didn't bother to be polite with Wang Juan. She took it and tasted it: "It's really delicious, soft in texture, sweet but not greasy."

Wang Juan was happy: "I think it tastes good too. My mother sent me a lot of it. I'll get you a few more."

Qingyue stopped him: "No, just eat this one, you can't eat more. By the way, Xiaojuan, I came to talk to you about something today."

Wang Juan: “What?”

Qingyue said, "I will be leaving the day after tomorrow to join the army. We may not see each other for a long time."

"Ah." Wang Juan was a little frustrated, but still said: "It's good to go with the army, so you don't have to work in the fields. You must remember to think of me over there. We should write to each other often. You can't forget me, your good friend."

Qingyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't forget it."

On the second day, Qingyue and Jiang Xiangdong packed up their things at home.

Before they got married, Jiang Xiangdong had already scraped together enough money to buy tickets for a radio, a sewing machine, and a bicycle, but she thought that she would have to join the army sooner or later so she didn't buy the tickets and put them aside.

Now it is convenient for them.

She and Jiang Xiangdong didn't have to worry about how to take these things away.

She first kept a few sets of clothes and a set of sheets and quilts, and sent the rest away.

But there was still a lot left. After packing up clothes, quilts and other things, as well as some food, there were three big bags.

They got up early on the third day.

Jiang Xiangdong took two heavy bags in his hands, while Qingyue only took a lighter bag.

Jiang Baoguo and Zhang Yufen also got up very early.

Zhang Yufen held Qingyue's hand and said reluctantly, "Qingyue, you must take good care of yourself after you join the army."

She was not a mother-in-law who was jealous of her daughter-in-law. After Qingyue married her son Xiangdong, she was very filial to her and they got along very well. Now that she was leaving, she felt a little reluctant.

"And Xiangdong, take good care of your wife."

Jiang Xiangdong nodded: "Mom, don't worry." Qingyue is his wife, the one he loves, how could he not take good care of her.

Jiang Baoguo also looked reluctant. He patted Jiang Xiangdong on the shoulder and let the two go.

Qingyue and Jiang Xiangdong got on the ox cart. Not long after they sat down, they saw Wang Juan coming. Seeing Qingyue, she breathed a sigh of relief and said easily, "We finally caught up."

Qingyue: "Why are you here?" She remembered that she only told Wang Juan that she would leave on the third day, but did not say the specific time.

Wang Juan said, "I was afraid I wouldn't be able to take you there, so I got up early today. I didn't expect that I would actually make it."

"I'm going to town with you. I don't know when I'll see you again after this separation. I want to talk to you and buy some things along the way."

Jiang Xiangdong sat aside, holding only one of Qingyue's hands, and did not disturb the two of them.

When they arrived in the town, Qingyue said goodbye to Wang Juan, and then she went to the train station with Jiang Xiangdong.

The two of them had too much luggage and it would take a day and a night to get there, so they paid extra to buy a sleeper berth.

This time I bought two berths, one up and one down.

Qingyue walked in and took a look. It was quite clean and had no stains.