CH 5

When several females educated youth suspected and quarreled with each other, Qin LingLing had already eaten enough and carried her lunch box to wash the dishes.

Fu XiaoYue asked quietly beside her: “Is it true that your moisturizing cream is really missing? I also saw Zhang HuiShan and the others using it in the morning.”

“En.” Qin LingLing nodded. She had no intention of informing Fu XiaoYue about the moisturizer being hidden away. Now it is not appropriate for her to start a conflict with these people. The moisturizing cream is hidden for the good of everyone, and with one less person knows it, there is also less trouble.

However, Fu XiaoYue could not help but speculate, “Could it be that it’s the other people in the house, hiding and intending to use it for themselves?”

Everyone’s cream looks the same, and if it is stolen, it is really hard to get it back.

Qin LingLing shook her head, her expression was innocent and unaware, “I don’t know, but forget about it, anyway, there is not much left.”

Qin LingLing’s innocent and sincere face deceived a house of educated youths. Everyone is wondering who stole Qin LingLing’s cream?

When the educated youths were resting at noon, Zhang HuiShan was still asking, “Who took Qin LingLing’s moisturizing cream. Quickly take it out. Do not hide it. What are you playing at, taking someone else’s stuff?”

Qin LingLing continued to look at them innocently, and then said helplessly, “Let it be, just let them use it. Anyway, there is not much left. Because the weather is still warm, I won’t need to use it very often in the future. I’ll buy it when I get back to the city!” Qin LingLing said lightly, but unless the policy is withdrawn, these people will not return to the city so easily.

A life in the city is something everyone yearn for, not to mention the educated youths who are supposed to live in the big city. And when they came to the countryside, they cannot adapt to all kinds of discomfort, but the policy forced them to go to the countryside and they had no choice but to go.

Of course, there are also people who could leave the countryside by taking advantage of their family connections or for reasons such as illness. It is precisely because of this that in the past two years, many educated youths in the surrounding area have tried their best to return to the city, and they have returned to the city through various kinds of relations, including Qin LingLing.

Qin LingLing had the opportunity to return to the city in May of this year, and she took it, but she ended up returning to the countryside and announcing her marriage to a man from a nearby village.

There aren’t many opportunities to return to the city like this, so when Qin LingLing went back to the city and then abruptly returned to the village, it confuses people, and it undoubtedly fills those who want to return to the city with jealousy, while also dissatisfied with her decision not to return to the city.

Qin LingLing’s incident enraged many people at the time, but it also led some to believe that her brain had malfunctioned since she did not take advantage of a good opportunity to return to the city. What can she do if she stays in the countryside?

As for the moisturizing cream, to them, this matter is not that simple, after all, moisturizing cream requires money and coupons, and they have to save a lot for a box of those.

When Fu XiaoYue saw her being so docile, obviously because these people forced her to do so, she could not help but say, “If you take LingLing’s cream, please return it as soon as possible. It’s pointless to hide it. This isn’t the way to bully people.”

“Who is the bully? If I did not take it, it means I did not. How many times do I have to say it?” Lin QiQi was huffing and puffing.

She is the most suspected person, because she was the last one to leave and the the most suspicious. Lin QiQi knew that she did not steal it, but everyone else assumed she did. Is it necessary for her to take it? They all used it together. Lin QiQi’s explanations became less and less convincing as time went on.

When Fu XiaoYue realized that Qin LingLing had not stood up for herself, she spoke up again. “No matter who took it, it’s best to take it out. Stealing is a serious offence. Even if it is a box of moisturizing cream, and even if it is one stitch and one thread [1] , it is still stealing. ”

[1] 一 针 一 线 / yī zhēn yī xiàn – something very small.

“Who wants to take her things, is it that rare?”

Fu XiaoYue still want to strike again, but Qin LingLing quickly grabbed her hand, “XiaoYue, don’t worry, it is just a box of moisturizing cream.”

“But…”

“It’s just one box. I will buy a new one in the future and keep it safely.”

Fu XiaoYue also aware that a few sentences not necessarily could help Qin LingLing. Upon seeing this, she had to sit next to Qin LingLing’s bed, panting with rage and whispered, “You are truly foolish.”

Qin LingLing laughed and said: “Foolish? Who? I’ll just put the cream away properly the next time I buy it.”

“Hmm.”

Fu XiaoYue stopped here, but Lin QiQi was the last one to leave the educated youth house, plus she usually did not stop using other people’s things, so a room full of people were looking at her with meaningful glance.

Even Zhang HuiShan, who is usually good with her, stepped forward, lowered her voice and asked beside Lin QiQi: “Lin QiQi, did you really take Qin LingLing’s cream? If you do take it, just tell me, even if you did, I will not say anything, anyway, we both use it a lot.”

After Qin LingLing take out a box full of moisturizing cream, she basically didn’t use it much. The cream had been used by all of them, so there was not much left when they used it in the morning.

Lin QiQi held a breath in her chest and was suffering from being wronged. When she heard Zhang HuiShan’s words, she exploded.

“Why don’t you guys trust me when I say I didn’t take it? Do you want to search me?” Her voice was very loud, originally Zhang HuiShan asked her in hushed tones, as if she didn’t want others to know.

But when she explodes, Zhang HuiShan’s face turned black immediately, and she grabbed her hand, “I just casually ask, what are you yelling at, I simply mentioned that if you took it…”

“So, you still suspect that I took it?” Lin QiQi asked back, “Don’t forget that when we were halfway on the road this morning, you suddenly left. Who knows if you came back and took it?”

Lin QiQi’s words drew everyone’s attention back to Zhang HuiShan. Except for Qin LingLing, the other five people all knew that Zhang HuiShan had left for a good time on the way today, and no one knew where she was going. This isn’t the first time, either.

“What are you talking about?” Zhang HuiShan looked flustered, and quickly retorted: “I just went to the brigade to ask if there is any letter for me.”

“Pooh! Normally, you haven’t done so. Isn’t it because you get along well with the captain? Maybe you are doing shameful things, usually you and the captain…umff.”

“What are you talking about.” Before Lin QiQi could finish speaking, Zhang HuiShan quickly covered her mouth, her expression became flustered and fierce.

Although Lin QiQi did not finish her words, her words did contain shocking fact, and several educated youths have a bit of probing looks in in their eyes.

Zhang HuiShan’s character is all take and no give. She said that her family is in good conditions in the city and has never done any of these farming tasks. So, that is why she still cannot adapt to the farm life, but such a person who eats and does nothing, always gets full marks when calculating the work points at the end of each year.

For this reason, people have a lot of speculation, moreover she is in charge of their group. There has long been a rumor that there is something going on between Zhang HuiShan and the captain, but they haven’t seen anything and can only assume. They have no choice but to assume that Zhang HuiShan is sweet-talking and capable of balancing work and personal life, and that her work points are high as a result.

But now listening to Lin QiQi, who was the closest to her, say this, they believe that the truth is getting closer.

“Why? Afraid that I will say it?” Lin QiQi said with a huff.

She was originally had a bad temper, and used to get along with Zhang HuiShan, but she wasn’t going to sit around and wait to be bullied.

As if Lin QiQi exposed a secret, Zhang HuiShan slapped her face angrily, “You talk nonsense again…” [T/S: WOW]

“You dare to hit me. Zhang HuiShan, I’ll beat you to death ……”

Just like that, those two best friends, who have been through thick and thin together, getting into a fight over a box of Moisturizing Cream.

Qin LingLing’s cold-eyed look at their infighting makes her feel somewhat happy, no wonder the face slapping inside the book is so satisfying to read. If it was not for the fact that these two people have done too much, Qin LingLing would not have hidden the cream.

It just did not occur to her that just by hiding the cream, actually made this pair of plastic sisters, who usually good with each other, had directly fought, and revealed Zhang HuiShan’s secret.

The two were arguing, and the others hurriedly persuaded them to resolve, “Stop fighting, stop fighting, if someone arrives, they will see this outrageous sight…”

Qin LingLing did not go up to resolve the fight. After all, these two people are the one who bullied the original owner vigorously. She has been bullied by these two for three years after she came to this place. Although, there is also the original owner’s own weakness, but it does not become a reason for the others to bully her.

She said to the original owner in her heart: ‘See, this is the person who has bullied you. Being a soft bun, will only be bullied by others.’ Just after speaking, Qin LingLing felt a sudden pain in her heart. Her heart is stunned, is this the awareness brought by the original owner?

“Qin LingLing, do you regret being bullied like this?” She said to herself from the bottom of her heart.

It is precisely because of this that the original owner died and let her wear her body. After all, the drowning in the original book did not make the original owner die, it just worsened. But this time, the body did not make any other reaction.

At noon, the female educated youths on the farm still have time to take a rest, and soon they have to get up to work again. The life of the original owner was a mess, so after Qin LingLing came, she had been busy for a while before she managed to took care the trivial matters.

The pair of plastic sisters were persuaded to stop, but both of their eyes were red with anger. Lin QiQi hated Zhang HuiShan’s suspicion of her, while Zhang HuiShan was angry that Lin QiQi told her secrets.

Zhang HuiShan will soon be able to leave this place, and she plans to rot this secret in her stomach. Who would have guessed Lin QiQi would say it?

Educated youths in many places tried their best to return to the city, and she did the same, especially in the past two years, watching every educated youth return to the city through various opportunities of relationships, she even eager to put her wings back on and go back.

The majority of those who can go back to the city are those who have family ties. They ask for quotas through various kind of connections, so the matter of going back to the city is brought up daily.

Those who do not have any connections, it is much harder for them to return to the city, without the help of relatives, they could only to continue to stay in the countryside, waiting for the policy to come down one day and then go back.

Don’t look at how arrogant and mighty she is in front of others, but only she knows that her family condition is average, and her family is not rich, but the life in the city is much better than here, as she can live a little more comfortably.

A few years ago, her elder brother also went to the countryside for re-education. And even if the family is getting a quota, they still put all the opportunities and connections on her elder brother. As for her, she can only wait until the policy comes down, only then she has the opportunity to leave.

She has been on this farm for five years, thinking about it for five years, and looking forward to it for five years. This time, she finally relied on her own ability and finally won the quota. If she is lucky, she should be able to go home by the end of this year. But Lin QiQi had told her secret, if it affects the captain’s side, then she have to continue waiting.