Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 267: Nonsense

The ’uneven division of spoils’ scenario, this was truly something unexpected.

The team captain scratched his head, feeling like he was about to grow some brains. He couldn’t figure it out and asked, "Is it really that easy to steal state assets?"

"It’s insider theft!"

Director Zhang’s words were concise. Yi Chichi and the others realized that this was Xue Jiahuan collaborating with the internal staff of state-owned factories, and it wasn’t the first time.

The old man didn’t care about Xue Jiahuan’s outcome, had no feelings, and didn’t have a good impression of Xue Jiahuan. Too foolish, no capability but plenty of ambition, yet lacked the brains to control that ambition.

He was extremely ostentatious in speech and action, and even if he hadn’t been caught for stealing state assets, he would have made mistakes in the future due to other issues.

A tree that is already deformed can’t be straightened; no matter how it grows, it’ll always be a crooked-neck tree.

The same goes for people.

But the factory is different. As an old soldier, the thought that national interests came above all else had already seeped into his bones.

Therefore, he looked at Director Zhang, "Have the people inside the factory been apprehended?"

"Yes!"

A batch of people had been cleared out. Those who needed to be caught were caught, and those who needed demotion were demoted; the stolen items were too significant.

If these were civilian products, the Xue Jiahuan incident wouldn’t have been handled so quickly; it would have definitely taken three to four months, if not half a year.

Recalling what she had said, Director Zhang couldn’t resist his curiosity and decided to have a conversation with Yi Chichi and the others.

"Has she said anything odd during her time in the countryside?"

The team captain and Mr. Liu exchanged glances, both looking at Yi Chichi.

Noticing their change in gaze, Director Zhang also looked over.

Yi Chichi, who was now the center of attention, was a bit embarrassed. Should she tell the truth, or make up some lies?

After a moment’s thought, she elected to speak the truth.

"I’m not sure. When she came, I was on the island visiting my husband’s relatives. By the time I came back, I was no longer living at the Youth Corps Courtyard and didn’t have much interaction with her afterward."

Even when with her great uncle and the others, she avoided seeing Xue Jiahuan.

To her, Xue Jiahuan was a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment.

She had no intention of changing history, firstly because she didn’t have the ability.

Secondly, the tide of history is unstoppable, and the power of an individual is so small it might not even cause a ripple, let alone change anything.

Even those in high positions can’t resist the tide of history, so even if she has memories of the future, understanding the development of the era, she is still essentially just an ordinary little shrimp.

A luxurious life against the tide?

In her heart, she thought, "Give it up. Going against the tide won’t lead to luxury but rather getting crushed by the waves of the current or drowning."

Therefore, going against the tide is impossible; taking advantage of the easterly winds of reform and opening-up to soar is the correct choice.

Seeing Director Zhang deep in thought, she offered a suggestion.

"You can ask a few comrades from the Youth Corps Courtyard for more information."

Director Zhang pondered for a moment, then turned to the team captain and said, "Could you please call them over? I really want to know about her situation in Kao Shan Village."

"Sure."

The team captain nodded, and then Bai Chen and the others were summoned.

Upon learning that Xue Jiahuan was arrested for stealing state assets, Bai Chen and the others were so shocked that it was almost palpable.

Ge Sujuan couldn’t help blurting out, "She has that kind of brains?"

With those words, Yi Chichi and the others fell silent, and Director Zhang and Officer Xiao Huang were both a bit taken aback.

Officer Xiao Huang couldn’t hold back and said, "Is the only impression you guys have of her that she’s not smart?"

"No, it’s not that."

This was getting interesting.

"Let’s hear it." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"It’s not just that she’s not smart; she’s incredibly arrogant, treating everyone as if they’re fools. She talks with a sarcastic, condescending tone..."

"Wait a minute."

Feeling more and more that something was off, Director Zhang interrupted Wang Nan’s complaints, asking a question from the depth of his soul.

"Doesn’t she have any redeeming qualities in your eyes?"

Redeeming qualities?

The crowd exchanged looks, seemingly realizing they hadn’t noticed any.

Seeing their expressions change, Director Zhang’s forehead was lined with disbelief. Indeed, he shouldn’t have taken Xue Jiahuan’s nonsensical ramblings to heart.

Yet he was still unwilling to give up and asked, "Did she ever say anything you didn’t understand?!"

"Yes!"

In unison, this was undeniably true; she had said a lot of such things.

"What did she say?"

Director Zhang was startled, his eyes shining with curiosity.

Yi Chichi sat up straight and listened intently.

To be honest, she wanted to know too.

"Before, I went to the commune to call home and asked them to send winter clothes and blankets. After she found out, she said that in the future, buying things would be easy; you could buy them on something called a ’network,’ and it would only take three days for items to travel from the south to the north."

Yi Chichi thought to herself, "As expected, that’s just someone who says whatever comes to her mind."

Talking about online shopping at a time when many places don’t even have electricity, expecting people to understand was certainly a stretch.

They probably thought she was delusional.

Sure enough, Ming Linong from the same group of Youth Corps added, "I think her mind really isn’t working right. How can you buy something with a spider web? She must think we’re all idiots."

Actually, she wasn’t lying. Xue Jiahuan was right, but with people’s current mindset, understanding online shopping was impossible.

Yi Chichi, in her heart, stood up for Xue Jiahuan, but didn’t speak a word.

Director Zhang’s mouth twitched slightly; he had heard something similar before.

"Continue."

"She said after 1977, we would see our spring. When asked what kind of spring, she wouldn’t tell us."

Director Zhang knew what Xue Jiahuan meant. She had said 1977 would see the reinstatement of the college entrance examination and that in 1979 an elder would draw a circle in the South Sea.

Then, the special economic zones would be established.

Remembering her later words, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "What else did she say?"

Then, Bai Chen and the others began recounting more.

Yi Chichi listened attentively, realizing that Xue Jiahuan had revealed quite a bit, from livelihood to the economy to the broader social environment.

However, her level of education was low, and she hadn’t traveled much, leading to a narrow viewpoint and limited knowledge.

Much of the information she had gathered came from others’ mouths or from chaotic news sources, appearing as broad knowledge but actually nonsensical.

Therefore, understanding what she revealed was out of the question; even grasping the rudiment was hard.

It truly sounded like imagined gibberish.

Gazing at Director Zhang, Yi Chichi noticed that the initial look of anticipation on his face had turned into speechlessness.

She sighed, thinking, "If you don’t seek out trouble, you won’t find it. Xue Jiahuan, oh Xue Jiahuan, you’ve gained such a good advantage; why not use your foresight to seek a promising future for yourself? Instead, you choose to pursue easy gains by hugging thighs and stealing state assets."

She truly wasted her advantage.

If nothing else, she could’ve acted more normal and done things to make her words believable and enact some change.

But in the end...

Forget it, there’s no point in bringing it up!