The Educated Youth Who Changed His Mind (1)
"Do you think that Jiang Zhe will die? I heard that when the Xu familys people found him, he had lost a lot of blood."
"Indeed. You didnt see him when he was carried back; his face was as pale as a ghost.
"Pft, dont speak of such nonsense. The chairman had already said that we must take a scientific approach to things."
"Yes, yes. I spoke wrongly, spoke wrongly."
""
The voice gradually went away. Jiang Zhe was in a complete deep sleep.
Xu Qing ca at this ti. In the dilapidated mud house, there was a pale, handso young man lying on a narrow wooden bed. His body was covered with a thin quilt and his face had an unhealthy deep red flush.
Xu Qing felt a little distressed for him. She wanted to go forward, but at the sa ti, she was worried about the distance between n and won, eventually withdrawing out of the room.
Thinking about it, her worries ultimately took over her. She turned around and headed to the clinic in the village to get so fever-reducing dicine.
Just as she ca back, she bumped into her big brother who ca to check on the situation, quickly hiding her hands behind her back.
Xu Shou Yi: "Qing Qing, what do you have in your hand?"
Xu Qing: "No, nothing."
Xu Shou Yis face sank, "Still trying to cheat . I saw it. The dicine in your hand is for Jiang Zhe that kid?"
Xu Qing stamred, not speaking.
Xu Shou Yi was extrely angry, stretching out his index finger to poke his younger sister's forehead. "Qing Qing, you are so foolish. Jiang Zhe that kids heart doesnt have you in it at all. Why cant you forget about him?"
Xu Qing lowered her head.
Xu Shou Yi encouraged her further, "Just talking about this tis incident. Not to ntion how he ran away and left Dad at a loss of how to account for it to his higher ups. If he even had a little hint of you in his heart, such situations where Jiang Zhe sneaks out in the middle of the night to run away wouldnt happen."
Xu Qing clenched the dicine in her hands, unable to refute.
Just as the atmosphere turned stiff, the sounds of movent ca from the within the house.
The brother and sister duo imdiately entered the room to check. The young man who was originally lying on the bed had unknowingly fallen on the ground.
The Xu Qing who had been sowhat swayed just now imdiately softened her heart. Throwing the dicine to her brother, she ran to help Jiang Zhe up.
Xu Qing: "Jiang Zhe, are you alright? Don't scare ."
Jiang Zhe's gaze was unfocused, his lips cracked, unconsciously saying: "Water, water."
Xu Qing: "Oh, yes. Ill imdiately pour a glass of water for you."
Xu Qing's movents were very fast. Within the blink of an eye, she had fed Jiang Zhe a bowl of water.
Xu Qing saw him drinking quickly with the water spilling onto his clothes, and hurriedly wiped him. When she touched him, she realised his temperature was extrely high.
Xu Qing couldnt care about anything else, shouting: "Big Brother, quickly bring Jiang Zhes dicine over. Hes already unconscious from his fever burning up. If this goes on, his life would be lost."
Xu Shou Yi was shakened. Carefully, he took out the tablets and fed it to Jiang Zhe with so warm water.
Xu Shou Yi: "I was careless. I forgot his wound was infected, making it easy to get a high fever."
Xu Qing: "Its nothing, as long as he doesnt die.
Xu Qing gently placed Jiang Zhe back on the bed, and followed her brother out. Brows tightly locked, "Big Brother, how will Dad deal with Jiang Zhe this ti?
Xu Shou Yi: "I don't know."
Xu Qing pursed her lips. "Can you-"
Xu Shou Yi: "Dont even think about it. Even though Dad is the team leader of the production team, but with so many eyes watching, you still want to Dad to openly side Jiang Zhe."
Xu Qing remained silent.
Xu Shou Yi softened his face and said: "Qing Qing, three-legged are difficult to find, two-legged n are plenty, why must you hang onto Jiang Zhe this twisted tree?"
Xu Qing said nothing.
After a long ti.
Xu Qing finally said: "I understand, Big Brother."
Jiang Zhes injury this ti caused him to lie in bed for half a month, his workpoints* almost being deducted completely.
During this period, Xu Qing glanced at him from afar. When Jiang Zhe looked over, she ran away again.
Jiang Zhe: "Is it her?"
The system innocently said: "I don't know what you are talking about?"
Jiang Zhe smiled.
Xu Shou Yi brought people along with him when enough ti had passed. Looking down at him disdainfully, he said: "Jiang Zhe, you are an educated youth, yet you fled selfishly. This kind of behaviour has a very bad influence on the team. The captain has already punished you. From today, you "
Jiang Zhe interrupted him and looked up: "I didn't run away?"
Xu Shou Yi: "It is too late to ask for rcy now. Wait, hey, what did you just say?"
Jiang Zhe's gaze was calm, lightly saying: "I didnt run away, so I refuse to accept the teams punishnt."
Xu Shou Yi directly gave an angry laugh, "You didnt run away, then why did you not remain in Zhi Qing courtyard, instead running to the barren and remote mountains in the middle of the night?"
Jiang Zhe "Hungry, wanted to catch wild animals."
The people who followed along dug their ears and suspected that they had heard wrongly.
Jiang Zhe said again: "You said that I fled. When you found , did I have any bags on my body?"
Xu Shou Yi:
He thought about it carefully, it seed that there really wasnt any.
Jiang Zhe spreaded his hands: "As the saying goes, the one who caught a thief took so stolen goods; the one who caught a rapist also caught a disloyal wife*. You don't have any evidence. How did you determine that I was running away?"
Xu Shou Yi wasnt appeased: "Then what do you rely on to say you didnt run away?"
Jiang Zhe: "I already said it. I didn't take any bags. Have you seen soone running away without bringing anything along, just solely running away with nothing?"
Others: It makes a little sense.
Jiang Zhe faintly looked at Xu Shou Yi, slightly quirking his lips up.
Xu Shou Yis embarrassnt turned into anger: "You wait and see."
A group of people ca with a flourish, but left quickly.
The young man sitting on the bed rubbed his shoulder. Jiang Zhe wiped his face, silently saying How risky.
The original soul indeed wanted to escape. Because his parents died, after receiving the news, he couldnt stand the blow and ran out. Because of this, he didnt bring anything.
In the original world, the original soul had gone numb from depression, and accepted the production teams punishnt for him. It was also from that mont on that the situation of the original soul plumted, bullied by everyone.
Naturally, the original soul blackened. Unfortunately, he wasnt very smart. Others bullied him, but he blad it on the production team leader, Xu Zhi Hong.
Xu Qing was originally interested in him, so Jiang Zhe deliberately seduced her, pretending to be a good person, leading Xu Qing to marry him. However, the year that the national examinations resud*, he unhesitantly abandoned the mother and son duo, causing the Xu family to beco the laughing stock of the village.
Jiang Zhe had to be grateful. If he ca one step late, the difficulty of this task would be increased by at least several levels.
He had probably cleared this current obstacle.
As Jiang Zhe guessed, he was once again assigned back to Zhi Qing courtyard, with only verbal criticisms about his midnight run to the mountains to catch wild animals.
If anything, Jiang Zhe was really too unlucky, he didnt even catch the sll of the wild animals. He even slipped and injured his head, bleeding profusely. When the villagers talked about him, they were also crying while laughing.
They laughed at the educated youth who ca from a city, yet also desiring to eat at. Turning around, they thought about how their own family had not even had a whiff of at in a long ti, who wouldnt desire eating at?
This incident had a huge uproar, yet the actual impact was small. The villagers only casually chatted about it during their free ti.
However, every ti the young people in the Zhi Qing courtyard saw him, they always said a few teasing words. Jiang Zhe just laughed it off.
On this day, he ca back from the field carrying his hoe and saw that there was a woman pacing around at the courtyard entrance.
Jiang Zhe: "Xu Qing?"
Xu Qing was shocked. Looking around, she saw him and her eyes couldnt help but arc.
Xu Qing had a pair of phoenix eyes, her gaze tranquil. Her whole body was surrounded by a type of quiet temperant, and it was easy to differentiate her from the crowd at first sight.
Jiang Zhe approached and asked her: "What is the matter for you to co here?"
Xu Qing pursed her lips slightly, slightly embarrassed. "I, I just ca to see how you are doing? Last ti, Big Brother misunderstood you. I am very sorry."
Jiang Zhe: "Its nothing. The team leader has returned my innocence."
Xu Qing nodded, and Jiang Zhe pushed the door open, "Co in and sit?"
Xu Qing's face was a little red. Suppressing her embarrassnt, she walked in.
Jiang Zhe was slightly surprised. He thought that Xu Qing would not co in.
Jiang Zhe poured a bowl of water for her. "Sorry, there is only water here to be served."
Xu Qing repeatedly waved her hand. "No, its nothing, this water is quite sweet."
Jiang Zhe raised his eyebrows. This, was he being teased?
Xu Qing returned to her senses and blushed. "No, no, I don't an that. I an, the water here is from a spring, and spring water is always slightly sweet."
*workpoints this era is one where the amount of work done is calculated into workpoints. It doesn't matter how much work was done, or how well it was done, the number of workpoints assigned still remained the sa. According to the number of workpoints, resources would be distributed to each household.
*the one who caught a thief took so stolen goods; the one who caught a rapist also caught a disloyal wife describing accusing soone of doing things without any evidence
*the year that the national examinations resud 1977
TN: I'm back from CNY break! Sorry I ended up not updating last week anyway. Chapters are slightly longer now so my translation speed will probably drop, but I'll do my best! This arc will be completed by this week.
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