CH 7

Zhang HuiShan is trying hard to exclude Qin LingLing, and some of the other educated youths are frightened of offending her, so they avoid Qin LingLing. On occasion, Zhang HuiShan will purposefully walk into Qin LingLing.

But in contrast to Zhang HuiShan’s strenuous revenge, Qin LingLing was unconcerned. She does not worry about being excluded. This kind of quiet and comfortable life is better than a group of people chatting to her all day long.

When she was bumped into for the first time, she thought it was an accident, but after that, Qin LingLing did not stay idle, she directly bumped into her too, and this made these people, including Zhang HuiShan, fearful of her.

Therefore, when Zhang HuiShan was red eyed in revenge, all she saw was Qin LingLing smiling and going to work every day. She also wanted to take revenge, but she could not think of anything, so she could only sulk.

And after a week, Zhang HuiShan finally found a way to attack her!

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The people on the farm are hard at work on a new round of farming. The whole farm is very busy up and down, and no one dares to remain idle.

A person was walking from the direction of the village’s entrance at this time; the other party’s footsteps were hasty, and his face was dusty. As he walked, panting, Zhou Chang wiped his sweat from his brow.

He immediately raced over after riding the train for a day and a night, did not even return to his home, dropped his belongings off at the supply and marketing agency on the side of the road, and hastened towards the farm on the outskirts of Sun Village.

He walked to the entrance of the village, saw someone, and hurriedly asked, “Is Gu Zheng’s wife in this farm?”

When the man heard this, he shook his head, “I don’t know.”

It was noon, and it was hot everywhere, even in September of the new calendar, it was still hot. Zhou Chang questioned several people, but none of them knew Gu Zheng.

Later, as he walked, he smacked his thigh and realized that these folks were unfamiliar with Gu Zheng.

“What is his wife’s name?” Zhou Chang thought for a long time, but only thought of a surname: Qin!

Therefore, when he met someone again, he directly changed his question, “Do you have a female educated youth named Qin on this farm?”

The person looked at him weirdly, if it were not for the dazzling military uniform, she would have regarded Zhou Chang as a bad person.

It was Zhou Yue from the first team. She said: “We have several females educated youths whose surname is Qin. Which Qin educated youth are you looking for? Do you have a name?”

Zhou Chang scratched his head in the hot weather, “I don’t know what her name is, I just came to inform a matter. Anyway, she is the one who got married recently, married to a man from Gu’s family. Think about it. Is there such a person?”

“The female educated youth who got married recently?” Zhou Yue thought for a long time, and finally thought that there was a female educated youth who was also named Qin on the third team. “Are you talking about Qin LingLing? She seems to have gotten married last month.”

“Yes, yes, it should be her.” Zhou Chang did not expect that, after wasted so much saliva, he finally found the right person.

Zhang HuiShan was on her way to the brigade to talk to the captain and she had not expected to encounter a person halfway, to see a man stopped Zhou Yue and questioning her, and to hear Zhou Yue say the three words: Qin LingLing.

Upon seeing this, she quickly walks over, “Zhou Yue, what’s the matter?”

Seeing that it’s Zhang HuiShan, Zhou Yue quickly introduced her to the soldier in front of her, “This is Qin LingLing’s roommate. If you are looking for Qin LingLing, you can ask her. You are free to discuss anything with her.”

“Well, that’s great.”

Zhou Chang finally felt that his hard work paid off, and hurriedly asked, “Comrade, do you know Qin LingLing?”

Zhang HuiShan wanted to say no, but then she responded, “Yes, why? What do you want from her?”

“Is she the female educated youth who married to Gu’s family recently?”

“It seems like this is the case.” She remembered that Qin LingLing had passed up the chance to return to the city because she was planning to marry a man from nearby village. Because of this, people in the dormitory were envious and jealous, and also laughed at her for giving up her chance to go back to the city because she was brain-dead.

Zhou Chang said excitedly: “That’s right, I’m looking for her.”

Zhang HuiShan raised her chin slightly, and asked in confusion, “Why are you looking for her?”

“Oh, it’s like this. I am from DaGuang Village next door. My name is Zhou Chang…” Halfway through, Zhou Chang came to a halt, and looked at Zhang HuiShan, saying, “Well, comrade, about this matter. Let me tell her personally, this is not a trivial matter. Why don’t you show me the way to find her.”

Zhang HuiShan was intrigued by half of this and promptly responded: “You can simply inform me. It just so happens that I will be seeing her later. Don’t worry; we have a great relationship.”

Zhou Chang thought for a while, “Although what you said is reasonable, it is not a trivial matter after all. Comrade, just take me to her, and I’ll go after I’ve finished speaking.”

Zhang HuiShan couldn’t help but be curious when he hesitated, as if he had something important to say, so she said: “It’s not that I don’t want to take you there, comrade; it’s just that Comrade Qin LingLing isn’t in the best of spirits. If you go over to her right now, she might not want to see you; however, if you believe me, tell me what is going on, and I’ll inform her.”

Afraid that Zhou Chang would not believe it, Zhang HuiShan also promised: “Don’t worry, I won’t talk nonsense.”

“This…” Zhou Chang was embarrassed.

“Forget it, if you don’t want to tell me, then I’ll leave. Go find her yourself. ” Zhang HuiShan made a motion to leave.

“Eh, comrade, don’t.” Zhou Chang had to swiftly stop her; his face flushed with embarrassment. “This is a very serious topic, and I’m sorry it’s not proper for me to tell you about it. Although I came to inform her, it is purely because the chief asked me. As a result, I am unaware of the specific regulations.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t say anything.” Zhang HuiShan reassured me.

Seeing this, Zhou Chang could only nod with difficulty. He is thinking about himself as a man. He has no culture and only know rough words. He is not clear about the specific nature of the other party. It is better to let the female educated youth inform Qin LingLing since the relationship between the two is good. At the very least, she can console her, and he’s also worried that she would not want to see him, delaying his side affair.

With a troubled expression, Zhou Chang reminded Zhang HuiShan after he finished talking, “You must tell her about this, please. By the way, I left some of his belongings on the supply and marketing agency and forgot to bring them over.”

Zhou Chang was talking about Gu Zheng’s stuff. There were not a lot of them. Actually, it was simply a notebook, a kettle, and a few other items.

Zhang HuiShan smile but thoughtfully said: “Those things, we can wait for you to bring them next time, I will tell her this in advance.”

Zhang HuiShan, on the other hand, did not walk straight to the field to find Qin LingLing, but instead went in the direction of the captain’s headquarters.

And just a few steps after she walked, the captain of the third team, Li JianYe, emerged from the banana field. The next second, he dragged her directly into the field and overwhelmed her to the ground.

Zhang HuiShan was taken aback. When she saw that it was the captain of the third team, Li JianYe, she patted his chest angrily and pushed him: “You scared me to death! I thought it was someone else!”

Li JianYe hadn’t looked for Zhang HuiShan for a few days, and when he saw this, he anxiously moved his head over, “Apart from me looking for you, who else is looking for you? Is it possible that you got involved with another man behind my back?”

“What are you talking about?” Zhang HuiShan pushed him, exasperated, “I’m dying of anger recently, you still have the heart to joke with me?”

When Li JianYe heard this, he moved his face up and stole a kiss on her cheek before asking, “What’s the matter, who is bullying my baby? Making you so upset!”

“Who else could it be? I don’t know what’s up with that b*tch Qin LingLing lately, she has suddenly changed her nature, she refuses to do anything when I asked her to, she even dares to threaten me, I am so mad at her.”

“Qin LingLing? The woman who seems to have to get married to a man?”

“If it’s not her, who else?”

Of course, Li JianYe has a strong impression of Qin LingLing. She has been here for two years. When she first arrived, it was the first time he had seen the most beautiful female educated youth. Eyes that could attract someone’s soul, small mouth, and those good-looking face.

He has also approached her several times, but this woman is not on the same page, and she’s always turned him down. He also has a grudge against this woman, and if he wasn’t such a small captain, he would have assigned her the most difficult and exhausting tasks! He still has fire in his stomach when he thinks about it.

Zhang HuiShan, of course, was aware of Li JianYe’s thoughts and grinned: “You don’t have to be so angry. This wicked person has her own reward [1]. Before I came here, someone from the neighboring village came to inform me that that Qin LingLing’s husband, whom she had recently married, is dead!”

[1] 恶 人自有天收 – The meaning of karma. Doing bad things will definitely get retribution.

“Dead? How?”

“The flood has washed him away, and now he’s dead.”

When Li JianYe heard this, his eyes lighted up instantly, and he asked quickly, “Are you telling the truth?”

Zhang HuiShan smiled and said, “Can I still lie to you?”

When Zhang HuiShan noticed that he was lustful, she quickly added: “What’s the matter, you’re still thinking about her? I’m telling you, Li JianYe, if you want to be with me, don’t have those fancy intentions.”

“How dare I?” Li JianYe remarked with a smile when he heard this.

“Huh, better not.”

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In the last field, Qin LingLing is planting seedlings. She is busy planting rice for the second season after finishing her task today. She then moves on to planting sweet potatoes. It might be suitable for farming if it hadn’t been raining too much a while ago. If not, she wouldn’t have to do it now.

While she was busy, Zhang HuiShan came back from nowhere, walked to the ridge and shouted to her, “Qin LingLing, I have something to tell you!”

Qin LingLing only raised her head and glanced at her, then lowered her head and asked while planting the seedlings: “What is it, go ahead!”

In the past few days, although they deliberately excluded her, Qin LingLing was not affected. Zhang HuiShan held her breath as she observed her actions.

Thinking of what the military comrade said, she raised her eyebrows slightly, “I can tell you, after you hear this news, you don’t have the heart to do your tasks anymore.”

Qin LingLing frowned, and she did not know what trick Zhang HuiShan was playing again. Seeing that there is still a small area to be worked on, she still didn’t go up and said, “Say it! I’m listening.”

“Okay, since you’re not coming up, then I’ll just say it.” She clasped her hands to her chest and said with mockery on her face, “Just now someone came over and told me that your husband is dead and couldn’t come back, that is to say, you became a widow!”

As soon as Zhang HuiShan said this, several females educated youths working in the fields at the same time raised their heads to look at Qin LingLing.

“This, what’s going on?”

“Yes, how can she suddenly say that?”

“A few days ago, Qin LingLing’s sister-in-law came to see her, it seems to be about this, she also cried ……”

“I also vaguely heard, but I did not expect it to be true, how did he die? Didn’t they just got married?”

One by one, the voices came, except for Qin LingLing, who are still quiet, everyone else was talking in shock.

Beside her, Fu XiaoYue even exclaimed worriedly, “LingLing…”

“I’m fine.” Qin LingLing said, her expression looked calm.