CHAPTER 72: CHAPTER 72: PICKING ON OTHERS

Ultimately, it was Jiang Xingye who made a hasty retreat.

Xu Qinghuan looked down at the ointment he tossed into her arms, feeling a bit bewildered. She hadn’t done anything, right? Could it be that the big shot had some kind of mind-reading ability and figured out she had just thought about tasting his lips?

Honest to heavens, she was just thinking about it and never intended to actually do it.

Surely, he wouldn’t think she was some female pervert!

This really is too unjust!

A woman seeing a handsome man and wanting a kiss isn’t a crime!

Xu Qinghuan felt speechless, put away the ointment, then pulled out a scarf from her bag, wrapping it tightly around her head and nose, and continued weeding.

This time speeding up a little bit.

When the end-of-morning work broadcast sounded, Xu Qinghuan had just barely finished weeding a row. The scorekeeper came over, a girl with a round face and long braided pigtails.

Wearing a white Dacron shirt, army-green pants, half-new round-toed shoes, there wasn’t a single patch on her, which is quite rare in the countryside.

Looks like her family background isn’t bad.

Dong Aimei came specifically after hearing the idle chats in the fields. She has liked Jiang Xingye for many years, dreaming of marrying him.

She wasn’t going to let some flirtatious female educated youth steal him away.

Dong Aimei sized up Xu Qinghuan and asked, "You’re Xu Qinghuan?"

Xu Qinghuan didn’t understand why, thinking it was her first day at work, and the scorekeeper didn’t know her, so she replied with, "Yes."

Dong Aimei snorted coldly and looked at the row Xu Qinghuan weeded back and forth several times, finding it impossible to find fault, finally begrudgingly noting, "One work point!"

Xu Qinghuan was taken aback, "No, it’s two work points, the squad leader said so."

"I don’t know when the squad leader said that, I only know this is one work point." Dong Aimei didn’t expect a new educated youth to dare to argue with her, "Don’t you see your row is shorter than others?"

Xu Qinghuan pointed at her row, "Why don’t you look here, this row is wider than the others?"

She was already convinced that this woman was deliberately targeting her.

But she didn’t know why for the time being.

She wouldn’t accept being targeted. Over time, would she have her work points deducted every day?

"Anyway, it’s just one work point, take it or leave it!" Dong Aimei marked it and prepared to leave.

Xu Qinghuan’s face turned cold, "I said, I don’t accept one work point, go get the squad leader, and let’s clear this up in front of all three of us!"

"Why should I listen to you?" Dong Aimei lacked confidence. This row was indeed worth two work points, but she didn’t want to mark full points for Xu Qinghuan, wanted to deduct one.

She’s the daughter of the secretary, surely Xu Qinghuan couldn’t do anything to her!

Jiang Xingye left in a hurry, and Zhou Guiying noticed. She had been paying attention to the situation with Xu Qinghuan and saw Dong Aimei deliberately making things difficult for this young girl, so she quickly intervened.

"Aimei, this row has always been worth two work points, before work started, the squad leader told Xu the educated youth too, finishing it means marking two work points. If there’s disagreement, you should find the squad leader."

They were all in the same production team, Zhou Guiying knew what Dong Aimei was thinking.

This girl always liked being competitive, if it wasn’t her type, even if it was, Jiang Xingye didn’t have the same inclination, she wouldn’t force it.

No matter if this young educated youth had any ideas about Little Five, she wouldn’t let people see her bullied.

Dong Aimei jumped anxiously, "Auntie, this female educated youth... she, she’s shameless, she seduced brother Xingye, didn’t you hear what everyone’s saying, it’s so unpleasant!"

Xu Qinghuan was really mad now, "I’m shameless? Then are you proud? Oh, I get it now, I wondered why I didn’t know you and you deduct my work points for no reason, turns out you’re here standing up for Jiang Xingye, just tell me, what are you to him that you stand up for him?"

A nearby aunt laughed, "You wouldn’t know, Xu the educated youth, this is the secretary’s daughter. Don’t underestimate our Little Five as just a country farmer, he’s quite dashing, tall and big, and his family owns a blue brick big tile house. The number of girls wanting to marry him can line up from our production team to the commune!"

This aunt was originally teasing Xu Qinghuan, who knew this girl was not shy, just watched her finish speaking with a smiling face, with a look of approval in her doe-like eyes, causing the aunt to feel a bit stuck.

Zhou Guiying laughed and chided, "Qian Datao, shut your mouth, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Qian Datao laughed, "Aren’t I speaking the truth?"

Xu Qinghuan turned to Dong Aimei, "You mark two work points, otherwise I’ll report you to the commune. It’s the new society now, don’t rely on your identity as a production team leader’s child to oppress proletariats like us!"

Dong Aimei angrily replied, "You dare go, I’ll report you too, I’ll report you for not working properly in the countryside and seducing male members."

"Go ahead!" Xu Qinghuan wouldn’t be scared by her, having lived so many years in her previous life, "Hurry up, let them investigate how many male members I’ve seduced in these few days in the countryside, if they can’t find definite proof, you’ll be making false charges, that’s illegal, don’t you know that?"

Dong Aimei really didn’t understand!

Or rather, very few ordinary folks understood the law back then.

Her expression changed hearing this.

The squad leader came over, face cold and asked, "What’s going on?"

As they say, when a woman is too pretty, trouble follows. This Xu the educated youth looks like a vixen, hard to look away even just once, caused two dramas in just one morning.

Zhou Guiying came over to explain the situation, "It was agreed to be two work points worth of work this morning, now, at noon, when the work’s done, suddenly changed, if this keeps happening, who’ll dare trust the team’s words in the future?"

The squad leader’s face turned unpleasant, addressed Dong Aimei, "Aimei, you want to deduct work points, you must give a reason!"

Dong Aimei found her pillar, straightened her back, pointed at Xu Qinghuan, "Uncle Liangcai, Xu the educated youth’s first day on the job, not working at all, seducing male members to help her with her work, shouldn’t people like her with such improper behavior have their work points deducted?

If all the female members of the production team followed her example, wouldn’t production become chaotic?"

Xu Qinghuan on the side said, "Squad leader, I want to accuse Dong Aimei of slandering me, saying I’m seducing village male members, may I ask, in broad daylight, who’ve I seduced?

Or rather, does Dong Aimei, when seeing those male members, always think of those untold things, thus seeing everyone this way?"

Boom!

Surrounding were married aunts and grannies, talking about such things, always enthusiastically, hearing Xu Qinghuan say this, couldn’t help looking at Dong Aimei with judgment.

Who didn’t know Dong Aimei was crazy about Jiang Xingye, every time he passed her by, her gaze wished to devour him!

How could Dong Aimei be as fierce as Xu Qinghuan, women of that age were quite conservative.

"Shut up!" She began crying, shoved the scorebook to the squad leader, "I won’t record anymore!"

Xu Qinghuan gazed at her back, sighed stealthily, "Ah, having a secretary dad is really good, pity my dad sacrificed himself!"

Only then did everyone remember, she’s a martyr’s orphan!

Came to their domain, being bullied like this.

Dong Youfu hurriedly went to find Jiang Xingye, he was just standing in his vegetable garden dazedly, overnight, his vegetable garden seemed magically transformed, full to the brim with fruits.

"Brother Xingye, quick, Dong Aimei heard the rumors spreading, went to give Xu the educated youth a hard time!"

Not even finishing his words, Jiang Xingye turned and sprinted toward the fields.