Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 386 The Past of the Educated Youth Point 2

Zhao Chunjiang recalled their situation back then, and compared it to now, it seemed like a lifetime ago.

Lin Zhiqiu was not the first female educated youth to encounter difficulties here. Long before Zhao Chunjiang went to the countryside, most of the female educated youth who came to this place had experienced some terrible experiences.

The people in the construction team relied on their wealth and connections to do things without any bottom line, and were barbaric and vicious. When the educated youth first went to the countryside, the management measures in various places were not perfect. When the educated youth encountered trouble, they had no place to turn to for help. Some of the troublemakers were left in the mountains and no news was heard from again.

Because someone had died, the remaining educated youth dared not make trouble anymore. Those who had connections at home found ways to leave, and those who stayed behind even put something for self-defense next to their pillows when they slept.

But even so, there were still some female educated youth who were forcibly married by people in the brigade and died within a few years.

The person who broke the situation was a young man from the city who came to the countryside. He was a ruthless man. He brought a gun with him. On the first day of his arrival at the construction team, he dared to draw his gun to intimidate the villagers, which scared everyone. Bullet holes can still be seen on the trees outside the straight road. He successfully labeled himself as someone who is not easy to mess with.

Not only was he a tough guy, his family background was also strong. In order to please the young man's father, Dai Jiancun, who was already the deputy secretary at the time, gave orders to the sixth uncle, saying that everything had to be done according to the young man's requirements.

Is that a man who can endure hardships? Of course not, so when he saw the educated youth sites at that time, he went to Zhuang Shouren and proposed to build an educated youth site.

Because the young man wanted a better living environment, the others followed suit and moved into this brand new compound for educated youth. Zhuang Shouren even asked someone to dig a well for them.

The educated youth who had lived together in the shack seemed to be able to breathe a sigh of relief after changing to the new environment. The new young man was like their patron saint; as long as he was around, no one in the team dared to act rashly again.

At that time, everyone was grateful to the young master.

Although the young master looked careless, he had his own standards in his heart. He gathered all the educated youth together and dragged others along no matter what they did. While he benefited himself, he also subtly changed their situation.

The educated youths went from doing thankless jobs like carrying manure and clearing wasteland to being able to work in the fields like the villagers. This was the biggest improvement that the young man could make for these outsiders.

But the good times didn't last long. He went to the countryside for his sisters at home. As long as he could endure two years here, he could return to the city.

Now that the guardian angel had left, those people in the construction team who had not taken advantage of the educated youth immediately turned their attention to the educated youth site. They wanted to snatch the houses.

Perhaps it was luck, but just when Zhuang Shouren was about to give in, the leaders of the town’s Youth League Office began to inspect the various brigades.

The educated youth site was saved.

But the nightmare is far from over.

Lin Zhiqiu was raped and dragged home. Later, when Fang Qianqian and others tried to persuade them, they were beaten and bleeding. This was just an episode.

As mentioned in the previous article, there were few residential plots in the brigade, and many people's homes were so crowded that they could not move around. At that time, they failed to seize the educated youth site, so of course they had to think about revenge afterwards.

At that time when supplies were scarce, some people were so angry that they took the feces used as fertilizer and threw them around to vent their anger. The educated youth didn't know whether they should feel grateful that the villagers thought so highly of them, or turn a deaf ear and endure it in silence.

They were excluded from work and criticized for their mistakes. This mental oppression was not enough, and they were physically tortured. When food was distributed in the fall, sand was mixed into the rations of all the educated youths, and some grains that some families in the village were reluctant to eat and left to mold were also mixed in.

At that time, they thought of clearing out the sand and soil. Although the quantity was insufficient, at least they could still have something to eat to fill their stomachs. However, they did not expect that eating moldy food would cause death.

The sight of the female educated youth dying on the kang was very horrifying. Fortunately, although the girl in the same room was trembling with fear, she still managed to stay calm and while it was just daybreak and there was no one outside, she ran to the educated youth office of the commune to file a complaint.

The director of the Youth League Office was furious and led people to make a scene in the commune leadership office. After getting the approval of the then secretary, he borrowed a team of armed soldiers from the border defense force and rushed to the construction brigade. He arrested the secretary in charge of brigade affairs and hung him on a tree. Then he whipped him severely in front of all the villagers in the brigade.

The other cadres were also scolded. The militia captain who talked back was thrown to the ground by the soldier captain over his shoulder and could not get up for a long time.

The arrogant villagers seemed to be terrified. They couldn't understand why such a small matter had caused such a big disturbance that the commune leaders came with such a big crowd. Moreover, they beat up their secretary. This was not only embarrassing for the secretary, but also for the entire brigade.

The people in the Youth Office were already very troubled by the bullying of the educated youth in the countryside, because the county officials were not as good as the current ones, and they worked in the commune and could not handle those incidents in the first place. Did they not want to deal with those lawbreakers? No, it was because they could not find any evidence afterwards!

And at the beginning, as mentioned above, it is normal for outsiders to be unwelcome, and some minor conflicts should be mainly resolved through mediation.

Later, there was more work to do, and the Youth League Office, which only had a few people, was overwhelmed. Gradually, they felt that being insulted and verbally humiliated was just a small thing and everyone could just tolerate it. But taking someone's life would definitely touch the bottom line of these staff members.

Not to mention the human lives involved, the death of the educated youth alone was a difficult matter for the educated youth office to explain. How to explain? Accident? How could there be so many accidents? And they were all dead educated youth.

It is a national policy to send educated youth to the countryside. The people in the Educated Youth Office are all doing things according to the requirements of the state. But you ignorant villagers actually want to make things difficult for us? No one should think about it!

The Construction Brigade's evaluation that year was cancelled, the fertilizer quota for the second year was occupied by other brigades, and there were no more places for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. The only remaining places were the conscription places. Everyone in the brigade was paying attention to it, but that child was eliminated during the selection. After inquiries, it was found that he had a close relationship with the Youth League Office.

After that year, everyone in the construction team calmed down, and when it came to their own interests, no one held the team back.

The lives of the educated youth were barely better.

However, the external danger was temporarily eliminated, and internal conflicts suddenly broke out.

There were 17 people in total, and they were divided into four factions overnight, with open and secret struggles making it very lively.

Soon the villagers became the laughing stock of the people.