Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 218: Tattling

"Comrade, where did you hear these rumors?"

It’s so unreliable, how can you talk about them like this?

Although some rural areas are indeed poor, they’re not this poor, are they?

"That’s definitely not our Great Northeast."

The young man who responded looked about twenty, and he spoke of his hometown with pride.

"We have vast black soil, a complete industrial system, and resources like coal mines, iron mines, and oil fields. Admittedly, some places are poor, but that’s only temporary."

"I believe you."

The young man smiled and was about to speak when his companion in the same carriage nudged him, "Why are you telling them all this?"

"Can’t I say it?"

The young man looked over in surprise, and his companion frowned, "The master told you to talk less and do more, have you forgotten?"

Upon hearing this, the young man recoiled slightly and awkwardly told Qiao Jun and the others, "You guys chat, I won’t say anymore."

Qiao Jun and Zhang Xiaoqin exchanged glances and nodded in agreement.

But in the following time, they didn’t speak either. Instead, they pretended to sleep, keeping as quiet as chickens.

Seeing this, Yi Chichi breathed a sigh of relief. Not talking was good; no talking meant no reckless words, blurted out like an ironclad fool without any guard.

Her ears could finally get some peace.

From Harbin to Baoshan County, the entire journey is over 300 kilometers. The train at 7:05 in the morning should normally take about five hours, but there were many stops and it also had to yield.

The train was delayed and only arrived after 2 in the afternoon.

After exiting the station, she looked at the two people beside her, who were carrying luggage and looking around, and called out.

"Follow along."

"Where to?"

"The post office."

First inform their family, then take them to the commune hospital to see if Aunt Mu is working today.

If not, they can only bring them back to Kao Shan Village, can’t let them run around.

"Got it."

Qiao Jun responded, then urged Zhang Xiaoqin to carry the luggage and hurry along.

Not wanting to carry the luggage, Zhang Xiaoqin initially relied on Qiao Jun, but when she saw him run off like a hyperactive dog, she had no choice but to quickly follow with the luggage herself.

Yi Chichi didn’t bother with them, "Keep up, if you get lost I’ll only report to the public security, I won’t look for you."

"We won’t get lost, we’re not three-year-olds."

"I think you’re even less mature than three-year-olds, at least a three-year-old won’t go on a long trip without telling their family."

Qiao Jun, upon hearing this, replied like a reincarnated contrarian, "But a three-year-old can’t even go on a long trip."

No three-year-olds would be without adults around.

Even if there are no adults, there are siblings looking after them.

"Your logic is quite sound."

The tone was filled with sarcasm. As the target of the sarcasm, Qiao Jun was about to explain when a rough voice came, "Young lady, over here."

Uncle Yaozi’s voice.

Yi Chichi’s heart was filled with joy, and she looked towards the direction of the voice, spotting Uncle Yaozi grinning and waving at her from across the street at the station exit.

Behind him was Captain Uncle, smoking while sitting on a large horse cart.

"Uncle Yaozi, Captain Uncle."

She ran quickly towards the two, and Qiao Jun and Zhang Xiaoqin hurried to keep up, muttering for them to wait.

Hearing their words, Uncle Yaozi didn’t react much, but Captain Uncle looked over.

Thinking to himself, why is she bringing back two young people?

After asking, they found out that the two were Mu Da’s godson and goddaughter.

Suddenly, Captain Uncle was stunned.

"Yaozi, does your wife have children?"

"Are you deaf? I told you they’re godchildren."

Uncle Yaozi retorted angrily, his gaze falling on Qiao Jun’s face, "Boy from Qiao Family, did you come here under your mom’s orders?"

"No way, the two of them snuck out without saying a word to their families."

Yi Chichi boldly complained.

Instantly, Uncle Yaozi’s face darkened.

"You two have grown up, huh? Traveling so far without informing your families, how did you get the introduction letter?"

Zhang Xiaoqin timidly said, "I took my dad’s official seal and made the introduction letter for myself."

Made a big stack, including business trip proofs and so on.

Otherwise, they couldn’t have bought sleeper tickets or stayed in guesthouses.

Uncle Yaozi took a deep breath. Wow, Mr. Mu’s godson and goddaughter sure are ambitious.

He stared at the two for a while, then turned to Captain and said, "Xiang Qian, wait here. I’ll take these two troublemakers to the post office first."

"Alright, the educated youth won’t be back for a while anyway."

Then, under Uncle Yaozi’s command, the two mischievous kids left their luggage on the cart and went to the post office empty-handed with Uncle Yaozi.

Yi Chichi didn’t go, she sat next to Captain Uncle and started chatting.

"Uncle, have you eaten?"

"I just ate before I came."

Seeing her hand on her bag as if she were about to open it, Captain Uncle smiled, "What, you were going to offer me some food if I hadn’t eaten?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Yes."

Yi Chichi took out a meat pastry and handed it over, "Here, have a bite. It’s a Beijing specialty meat pastry, though it’s not as good cold as it is hot."

She bought a box of meat pastries, more than thirty of them, having used two industrial coupons and two liang grain tickets, bribing the pastry vendor.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to buy them.

But the coupons and tickets were worth it; to Captain Uncle and others who hadn’t been to Beijing, the Beijing specialty meat pastry was immensely attractive.

It’s not about the craving for meat, but because, in this era, Beijing is the holy land in the hearts of countless people.

If you can’t go to Beijing, eating a Beijing meat pastry is almost equivalent to having been there.

Upon hearing it was a Beijing specialty, Captain Uncle, who initially wanted to refuse, instead said, "Then I must try it."

"Give it a try, next time I come back from visiting relatives, I’ll bring you more."

Captain Uncle raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You’re not following the troops?"

"Not in the short term."

He acknowledged with an "oh" and knowingly asked, "You worried about the elders?"

"That’s part of it."

"The elders are doing well."

They have a good attitude towards admitting their mistakes, submitting reform self-criticisms regularly, and as the commune deliberately blurred their existence without making things difficult, the elders’ days are truly peaceful.

"But..."

The smile that just appeared on Yi Chichi’s face disappeared as anxiety rose again, "But what?"

"A new educated youth came, and a female one in particular is quite strange. She’s always trying to get close to the elders."

"??? You’re sure she’s trying to get close to the elders?"

"Your uncle’s eyes aren’t blind yet."

Captain Uncle retorted, then advised, "When you go back, keep your distance from that new female educated youth. I feel she’s not right in the head, and Xiao Bai thinks so too."

"Why?"

Yi Chichi’s interest was piqued.

"Always saying weird things, and looking at people with an inexplicable arrogance, as if thinking you rural folks are really dumb."

Talking about this educated youth, Captain Uncle’s words were full of disdain.

Yi Chichi pondered, considering this educated youth liked to get close to the elders and said weird things, perhaps she was in a similar situation?

"What kind of weird things did she say?"