Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 265: Like She’s Been Kicked in the Head by a Donkey

Chapter 265: Chapter 265: Like She’s Been Kicked in the Head by a Donkey

Liu Xiaowu is the team leader. When Yi Chichi spotted him in the crowd, he had already taken off his sheepskin coat and was drumming on a large drum in just a thin cotton jacket.

His drumming was both powerful and rhythmic, with the deep sound of the drum complemented by instruments like the suona and cymbals, creating a truly grand spectacle.

Yi Chichi glanced at the beaming team leader uncle, who was fervently drumming, and felt a bit of a toothache.

The drumming was so intense and the crowd so noisy that she couldn’t even hear what people were shouting next to her. In such a situation, even if she shouted until her voice broke, the team leader uncle probably wouldn’t hear her, would he?!

As for squeezing in...

There were people all around, many of whom were tall and strong men, making it difficult for her to push through with her slight build.

Just as she pondered how to get in touch with someone, a familiar voice called out from behind.

"Brothers and sisters, make way, everyone make way, I need to go in to change shifts..."

Liu.

Yi Chichi’s heart leapt with joy as she turned her head to see Liu Lan’s cousin, Liu Mingyao, yelling for people to make way, his tall and burly figure moving towards her.

"Brother Liu!"

She shouted happily, grabbing Liu Mingyao’s arm.

He didn’t hear her shout, but he felt his arm being grabbed, instinctively turning to see Yi Chichi, breaking into a smile.

"Are you stuck there, girl?"

Before she could respond, he pulled her over and instructed, "Follow me, we’re going inside."

"No, no, I don’t need to go inside."

She had something important to do.

Yi Chichi promptly refused, raising her voice, "Brother Liu, tell the team leader uncle that I have something urgent. I’ll be waiting with Grandpa Liu by the electric pole at the station entrance."

Afraid he wouldn’t take it seriously, she earnestly reiterated, "Make sure to tell the team leader uncle, it’s something very important."

Liu Mingyao, who didn’t initially seem to care much, nodded without expression upon hearing this, "Got it, I’ll be sure to inform him."

Then, despite Yi Chichi’s objections, he kindly guided her out of the throng to ensure her and Grandpa’s location before diving back into the crowd, disappearing within the sea of people.

Yi Chichi curled up into a ball, sitting on the sleigh’s cushion. Grandpa, seeing her like this, handed her a quilt, "Wrap yourself up."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Yi Chichi took it and wrapped it around herself again. My goodness, the Northeast in the seventies is truly too cold.

Indoors, as long as the kang wasn’t out, the temperature was manageable, but outside in the biting wind, even one’s bones felt frozen and brittle.

"Want a bun?"

Grandpa offered her a bun, and Yi Chichi waved her hand, "Not hungry. Are you?"

While speaking, she glanced at the hard-as-stone combo bun in Grandpa’s hand, thinking it would be tough to eat and might even chip a tooth.

"It’s for the dogs."

Yi Chichi realized... In Grandpa’s heart, she had the same status as Da Huang and the others.

She looked at Da Huang and the dogs, seeing them all eagerly eyeing the bun in Grandpa’s hand, she said, "Feed them, Da Huang and the others are hungry."

"They’ve been fed before we left, they’re just being greedy."

Despite saying so, Grandpa still tore the bun into four parts and fed them to Da Huang and the others.

The bun was quite big, and splitting it into four parts still made it substantial, but that was only true for Yi Chichi; for Da Huang and the dogs, it was barely enough to wedge between their teeth.

The dogs were reluctant to eat it all in a few bites, gnawing at the bun slowly.

Just then, the team leader uncle arrived.

He came running over, slightly out of breath.

"What’s the matter, uncle?"

"Xue Zhqing has been arrested."

"Arrested? What’s the big deal that you need to tell me..."

His words faltered as if his ears had malfunctioned, "What did you just say? Who’s been arrested?"

Yi Chichi thought... He seemed genuinely calm, but it turned out it was just an automatic response, and his brain hadn’t reacted at all.

"Xue Zhqing’s been arrested. To be precise, we turned her over to the police ourselves."

Grandpa puffed his chest with pride.

The team leader silently processed Grandpa’s words in his mind before turning to Yi Chichi with a look asking for confirmation, "Is that really true, Chichi?"

"Absolutely."

She nodded, succinctly recounting the events. The team leader uncle squatted by the sleigh, puffing on his cigarette.

The smoke was spicy and irritating. Yi Chichi pulled her scarf over her nose, shielding it from the second-hand smoke and feeling like she was breathing freely again.

"Is Xue Zhqing really a traitor?!"

The team leader’s tone was calm, but Yi Chichi sensed a chilling menace in his words.

And that look in his eyes...

Oh boy, he looked as if he could eat someone alive.

Mr. Liu’s tone was even calmer, "We don’t know yet. The interrogation wasn’t finished when we left."

The team leader felt his head start to ache, turning to Grandpa, "Uncle, what’s your assessment of the chances she’s really a traitor?"

Mr. Liu thought... How would he know?

He never even exchanged words with Xue Zhqing.

But...

"Very slim."

"Why?"

Yi Chichi couldn’t resist her curiosity and asked.

Grandpa glanced at her, responding with a question instead of an answer, "Do you think with a mind seemingly kicked by a donkey, she’s capable of being a traitor?"

Yi Chichi shook her head. It’s undeniable Xue Jiahuan had a lot of faults and barely any merits, but just as Grandpa said, with her mind, she couldn’t pull off being a traitor.

She couldn’t flatter, her attempts at flattery were clumsy and awkward, as if she wanted everyone to know how fake her kindness was, so blatantly obvious that people couldn’t help but curse her as a pig brain.

Subsequently, everyone avoided her to prevent trouble.

With that kind of personality, no spy would recruit her to develop a network, fearing disaster.

But one thing was certain, "She committed a crime."

Grandpa chimed in, "And it’s not a small matter."

The team leader watched the grandfather and granddaughter engage in a banter, and his mouth twitched slightly, "What do I do? What about Kao Shan Village?"

Yi Chichi and Grandpa turned to him, speaking in unison.

"Just play it cool."

"Do what needs doing."

The team leader was bothered; this pair seemed to lack any sympathy.

He reminded them, "If something does happen to her, Kao Shantun Team will bear the responsibility,"

The educated youths settled in Kao Shan Village meant the village leaders were responsible for managing them well.

And now, Xue Jiahuan had been handed over to the police by their village’s elderly and young.

"The title for the top production team right at the start of the year is gone."

The awards from the commune would be gone, they’d even get scolded by the secretary and have to write a review.

Thinking about it, he held his cheek with a pained, tooth-aching expression, "I knew she’d cause trouble. How did we end up with such a troublesome educated youth? It’s really a headache."

It really was troublesome, but it had already happened, and they had no choice but to accept it.