Chapter 22: Suspect

　　Zhang Huihui was stopped by Jiang Youtao, and Zhao Yonglan had no chance of winning against Gu Nianwei.

　　Gu Nianwei was a civilized person. Apart from the first slap, she didn't hit Zhao Yonglan in the face again.

　　But every time she hit Zhao Yonglan, she used her palm: "Does a slap make a sound? Does it hurt? There are a lot of flies outside. Come on, I'll take you to see if there are flies biting the eggs without cracks."

　　The sentences that Gu Nianwei hated the most in her life were: A fly won't bite an egg without cracks, and single slap won't make a sound. Why don't people talk about others but you?

　　Unfortunately, Zhao Yonglan said all three sentences, which brought Gu Nianwei a rage buff of x3. The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she pulled Zhao Yonglan out by the collar.

　　There aren't many mosquitoes in the north in the summer, but flies are everywhere. It's only when it rains that there are fewer flies flying outside.

　　Gu Nianwei pulled Zhao Yonglan to the barn next to Chai Peng. The educated youth raised a few chickens there, two of which had already started laying eggs.

　　It rained heavily today and the eggs in the chicken coop have not been picked up yet.

　　Gu Nianwei gave Jiang Youtao a look, and Jiang Youtao chuckled inwardly. She went over to pick up the egg and put it on the firewood. The flies flying around in the chicken coop instantly flew towards the egg.

　　Gu Nianwei slapped Zhao Yonglan on the shoulder again: "Does this egg have a crack? It has no crack, right? If there is no crack, then what was that fart you just made? Huh? Do flies bite eggs without cracks?"

　　Zhao Yonglan has always had a foul mouth since she was a child, and she often treats sarcasm as a joke. If her father had not held a high position, with her temper, she would have been dealt with long ago.

　　In her previous life, Gu Nianwei was a single young woman. She was good-looking and had a lot of money. She had trained specially and spent a lot of money on it. Not to mention dealing with a weakling like Zhao Yonglan, she could even fight Lin Jianzhong for several rounds.

　　Otherwise, she wouldn't be brave enough to go to the black market in the county alone, and escape from those people twice.

　　Zhao Yonglan was beaten so hard that she cried loudly: "You all bully me! You all bully me!" she cried and shouted.

　　She felt that she was isolated by everyone. She had only said a few words. If Gu Nianwei didn't want to hear it, she could refute it. Why did she have to hit her? And Li Yunying, wasn't she in charge of the female educated youth? Why didn't she stop Gu Nianwei? Isn't this taking the lead in isolating her? And Zhang Huihui, Zhao Yonglan felt hatred in her heart when she thought of her!

　　They came here together and should have advanced and retreated together. Zhang Huihui's father is her father's subordinate, so shouldn't he help her? But she turned out to be a waste. Jiang Youtao's words scared her so much that she dared not move.

　　As for Jiang Youtao, Zhao Yonglan didn't think about her. Ever since she saw Jiang Youtao beating Liu Erhua, Zhao Yonglan subconsciously avoided her.

　　Gu Nianwei was amused when she heard what Zhao Yonglan said: "Oh, is it because you didn't do well enough that we bullied you? Otherwise, why do we only bully you and not others? Zhao Yonglan, don't you need to reflect on yourself?"

　　Jiang Youtao immediately responded: "Yes, that's right. Comrade Zhao Yonglan, you really should reflect on yourself."

　　Zhao Yonglan was so angry that she almost died.

　　Wang Shanxi arrived with a few male educated youth. He glanced at Zhao Yonglan who was being pulled by Gu Nianwei, then at the eggs in front of Jiang Youtao, and asked Li Yunying, "What are you doing?"

　　Li Yunying glanced at Wang Shanxi and said, "Zhao Yonglan was just teaching Gu Nianwei how to be a stepmother. She said a few unpleasant words and Gu Nianwei hit her."

　　The youth camps were mostly populated by young people, and fights were common. Two or three years ago, Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi had fought with others, but they were very calm about it.

　　Since they can't be killed, whoever wins will win. It's better to express anger and conflicts on the spot than to suppress them in your heart and settle the score at the end, right?

　　Wang Shanxi nodded, thinking that it was not unfair for Zhao Yonglan to be beaten because of her mouth. He knew what Zhao Yonglan would say even without hearing it.

　　Gu Nianwei was rich and pretty, and judging by her daily behavior, her family background must be good. There were many male comrades from other educated youth sites pursuing her. Wang Shanxi felt that there was really no need for her to be someone's stepmother, especially since this man was from the countryside.

　　Even if he is an officer, so what? He has three children. It is said that he will retire soon. Won't he still live in the countryside when he retires? What does Gu Nianwei want? Is it because he is old or because he has children?

　　If you like children, can't you have them yourself? Even if you can't have them yourself, won't you adopt one or two orphans?

　　Zhao Yonglan is looking for trouble and rushing to teach others how to be a stepmother. Isn't this asking for a fight?

　　Wang Shanxi didn't plan to care about it anymore.

　　Zhou Zhenfeng looked around, thought for a moment, then walked towards Gu Nianwei and Zhao Yonglan.

　　"Comrade Gu Nianwei, although Comrade Zhao Yonglan sometimes speaks harshly, that's just her personality. If you don't like it, just don't listen. Why do you have to hit her? Besides, it's your usual behavior that's the problem. Otherwise, why would she say you instead of others?"

　　Zhou Zhenfeng spoke with awe-inspiring righteousness. Li Yunying and the others all looked at him, and Zhao Yonglan looked at him with gratitude.

　　At this moment, Zhou Zhenfeng felt that he was exceptionally tall.

　　He straightened his chest.

　　Jiang Youtao felt that Zhou Zhenfeng was a capital-A sand dollar.

　　Girls are fighting, why is he joining in the fun?

　　Gu Nianwei immediately responded to him: "What does it have to do with you? Why are you talking to me? Are you the only one who has a mouth? Why are you showing off?"

　　Gu Nianwei looked down on Zhou Zhenfeng from the bottom of her heart. Before she took over the original Gu Nianwei's body, this man had written poems for the original Gu Nianwei.

　　The vulgarity and greasiness between the lines overflowed through the handwriting and the paper.

　　'No matter how bright the sun is today, it is still not as bright as the moment when you stood in front of me and smiled at me.'

　　She get goosebumps just looking at it.

　　Moreover, Gu Nianwei had never smiled at Zhou Zhenfeng before. She was just following social etiquette and smiling at everyone, not just at Zhou Zhenfeng.

　　After Gu Nianwei came here, Zhou Zhenfeng was very attentive to her for a while. Specifically, he wrote poems for her and even read them to her in front of her.

　　Gu Nianwei refused it several times in a tactful way, but later, seeing that Zhou Zhenfeng really didn't understand what she said, she said it directly, in public, without showing any mercy. From then on, Zhou Zhenfeng disliked her very much.

　　He also said bad things about her to the young people in the village, and she happened to hear it, so Gu Nianwei kicked him right away. Since then, he didn't dare to do anything tricky, and he would hide when he saw her.

　　It hasn't been that long, less than a year at most, and Zhou Zhenfeng has already healed his wounds and forgotten the pain?

　　Zhou Zhenfeng felt a dull pain in his chest as he listened to Gu Nianwei's blunt words. He still couldn't forget the humiliation and pain he felt when Gu Nianwei kicked him to the ground.

　　However, when he thought of Zhao Yonglan's life experience, he mustered up his courage again.

　　"Comrade Gu Nianwei, please don't be unreasonable or make trouble."

　　Wang Shanxi was speechless. He stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Zhenfeng's arm and said, "Zhenfeng, as men, we shouldn't interfere in the affairs of women. Let's go."

　　Wang Shanxi dragged Zhou Zhenfeng away, and Zhao Rongguang yawned and left.

　　Liu Yingjun didn't go to watch the fun, but sat on the kang reading a book. Zhao Rongguang sat down next to Liu Yingjun and asked, "What's the matter? Aren't you afraid that the person who gets beaten is your Huihui?"

　　Zhao Rongguang was quite sensitive about matters of the heart, and it was no secret to him that Liu Yingjun liked Zhang Huihui.

　　Liu Yingjun turned a page of the book: "Huihui is a bit cautious, but she's not a bad person. No one should hit her, right? Since she wasn't the one being hit, what am I going to do outside?"

　　As for Zhao Yonglan, Liu Yingjun didn't care whether she died or not.

　　Zhao Rongguang sighed, thinking this matter was extremely boring.

　　He glanced at Zhou Zhenfeng, who was standing at the door looking around in a sullen manner, and rolled his eyes. He felt that Wang Shanxi was sometimes nosy. Why did you care about Zhou Zhenfeng? Wouldn't it be best to let him suffer a setback and get a beating? He wouldn't have to spend the whole day like an octopus, flirting with people everywhere.

　　Why are they so confident when they are so ugly?

　　Zhao Rongguang really couldn't figure it out.

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　　Zhao Yonglan finally apologized to Gu Nianwei and promised that she would never say such nonsense in front of Gu Nianwei again. Gu Nianwei let go of her anger.

　　After returning to the dormitory, Gu Nianwei discussed with Jiang Youtao, and they decided to go find the team leader together. They wanted to move out as soon as possible.

　　"I have a bag of candy here, I'll send it over. The captain's wife likes to take advantage of small opportunities, and the captain listens to her. As long as you flatter the right person, you can get twice the result with half the effort." The reason why Gu Nianwei was able to take leave from time to time was that she followed the path of the captain's wife.

　　The captain's daughter-in-law just got pregnant. This is the captain's first grandchild. Jiang Youtao said, "I still have a lot of brown sugar. I'll give this as a gift."

　　The next morning, the sky finally cleared up after two days of rain. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei went to the team leader's house before work.

　　The captain's wife was picking vegetables in the yard. When she saw Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao coming together, and then looked at the things they were carrying, her eyes lit up: "Oh, isn't this Comrade Gu and Comrade Jiang? Why are you here? What a rare guests, come in and sit down."

　　She went to the door to get some water and washed her hands, then enthusiastically invited the two of them to come in and sit down.

　　There was no living room in the captain's house. The kitchen was right after the entrance. There were two stoves in the kitchen, one against each wall. The captain's wife took them to the east room, which was their residence.

　　Most women in the world love cleanliness, and the captain's wife is no exception.

　　The compacted earth was swept clean so that not a speck of dust could be seen. The bedding and clothes were all neatly placed in the kangqin at the end of the kang. The kang was covered with a reed mat that she had woven herself. She was very skillful and had woven patterns on the reed mat. A small broom for sweeping the bed was casually thrown on it, and a small, low kang table was placed in the middle of the kang.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei sat on the edge of the kang, and the captain's wife poured them a cup of hot water.

　　After taking a sip, Gu Nianwei, who was more familiar with her, spoke up: "Aunt Tao, isn't the captain at home? We have something to discuss with him."

　　The smile on the face of the captain's wife, Aunt Tao, became much more sincere.

　　It's good to come to the captain. Coming to the captain means you have something to ask for. Asking for something means there is something good to be gained.

　　"It has been raining heavily these past two days. He was afraid that the millet would be knocked down by the rain, so he had to go and take a look himself. He left home before daybreak, and we don't know when he will leave again."

　　Before high-yield rice such as hybrid rice entered thousands of households, millet was the standard used to measure food prices in many northern regions.

　　Just like last year, each work point of the villagers in the brigade was worth one cent, which was calculated based on the price of millet that year.

　　The main food crops in Liushugou are corn and millet. As the team leader of Liushugou, what he thinks about when he closes his eyes is the millet in the fields, and what he thinks about when he opens his eyes is the millet in the fields.

　　If it rains, they are afraid that the crops will be blown down; if it doesn't rain, they are afraid that the weather will be too dry and affect the grain production. In short, farmers are always worried about farming all year round.

　　"It's already dawn at four o'clock. Uncle has worked so hard." Gu Nianwei took the opportunity to flatter him.

　　Aunt Tao laughed even more happily. As the family member of the team leader, whenever her husband did something good, she wanted to broadcast it to the whole village, for fear that people would not know that her husband was not doing a good job as the team leader.

　　"Why is it so hard? This is what he should do as a captain. What do you want from them? Tell me, and I'll tell him when he comes back."

　　At this point, Gu Nianwei and Jiang Youtao had achieved the purpose of their visit today, and they took the opportunity to ask to build their own house and move out.

　　Aunt Tao pondered for a while and said, "The land where you are working as educated youth is originally a wasteland in the village. The vegetables grown there are inferior to those grown elsewhere. If you want to build a house on your private plot, it should be feasible."

　　After all, the educated youth were not villagers after all, and they could not move away after the houses were built. If they returned to the city one day, the houses would still belong to the village. It was like picking up two houses for free, and no villager would object.

　　Moreover, that piece of land was originally allocated to the educated youth site. Even if they don't agree, they can't plant anything on it. They will still settle the account.

　　"Then auntie, you must not forget to mention this to the team leader. We are leaving and we have to go to work soon."

　　Gu Nianwei and the other person stood up and left, and naturally placed the things they brought on the kang.

　　Aunt Tao glanced at the things on the kang and said nothing. She enthusiastically escorted the two out of the house: "Okay, I will definitely talk to him properly, don't worry."

　　After seeing Gu and Jiang off, Aunt Tao returned home and smiled happily at the brown sugar and milk candy.

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　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei came out of the captain's house and happened to see a man in olive green clothes walking hurriedly towards the Lin family. The back of the man looked familiar. Gu Nianwei was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Youtao snorted in her heart.

　　There is still at most half a month left until the autumn harvest. According to the plot, it is time for Gu Nianwei and Lin Jianzhong to go on a blind date, and Lin Jianzhong has finally decided to come back.

　　Xu Dazui had finished his meal and was strolling out of the house. Seeing them staring at Lin Jianzhong, he approached them and said, "Look, that's Zhao Chunhua's eldest son, Lin Jianzhong. He came back last night. It is said that he just got discharged from the army and rushed back without stopping. He got really angry with Zhao Chunhua last night. We all heard them arguing at home."

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other, and Jiang Youtao asked Xu Dazui, "Aunt Xu, did he say that he rushed back after he was discharged from the army?"

　　"Really? How could it be false?" Seeing that Jiang Youtao didn't believe her, Xu Dazui raised his voice a little: "We heard it all under the wall last night. He said it himself."

　　Jiang Youtao nodded and said no more.

　　Xu Dazui's grandson Xiao Sizi ran out of the house and said, "Grandma, my grandpa is calling you."

　　When Xu Dazui heard this, he immediately stopped gossiping with Jiang Youtao and the others: "Let's talk about it when we get to work. I'm going home now."

　　After Xu Dazui left, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei walked towards the educated youth center. Jiang Youtao said, "Weiwei, was that man the one who was going to take you to the hospital someday? He turned out to be Lin Jianzhong? What a coincidence."

　　"But why did he say that he had just returned from the army? Didn't he come back a long time ago?" Jiang Youtao stopped there.

　　She believed that with Gu Nianwei's 25.5% awakening level, she would definitely be able to discover something fishy.

　　Gu Nianwei lowered her head and said nothing. She turned sideways and looked towards the road where Lin Jianzhong disappeared.

　　The first time they met was the day the deal was broken. She bumped into him in a panic. She apologized after bumping into him, and their communication was limited to just "I'm sorry" and "It's okay."

　　The second time they met was when she was being followed and hunted. It was just such a coincidence that they met again when she was in the most embarrassing situation. If Jiang Youtao had not appeared in time, he would have been the one who sent her to the hospital that day.

　　Everything in the world can be described as a coincidence, but if one coincidence is a coincidence, then it doesn't make sense that every coincidence is a coincidence, right?

　　Considering that Lin Jianzhong had obviously returned a long time ago but claimed to have just returned, and considering Lin Jianzhong's occupation, Gu Nianwei's eyes turned cold for a moment.

　　So she could suspect that Lin Jianzhong was carrying out a secret mission? He appeared at the scene of the accident twice. Was the secret mission he was carrying out to thoroughly investigate the black market?

　　What's the purpose of appearing next to her again and again?