Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 380 Criticism and Struggle

The team leader opened his mouth and wanted to say that he had just announced the punishment for the two men, but Zhuang Mingde glared at him and stopped him from saying it.

The educated youths decided to quit while they were ahead. Since they had already beaten the man, it was already good enough that they didn't have to be punished now. They patted Liu Qiang on the shoulders and turned back to continue working.

Liu Qiang looked at the second-rate guy with an unfriendly look, "Just wait, do you think you'll be done with a beating? Dream on!"

Fang Qianqian is his Achilles' heel, and he protects her like the apple of his eye. How can he let anyone throw dirty water at her? That's impossible! You bastard, don't think about walking on the road at night, or you'll be in trouble!

The second-rate guy didn't know that Liu Qiang had already planned to put him in a sack. He just covered his face and cried out, taking the opportunity to escape.

Zhuang Shouren and the team leader stood on the ridge of the field nearby, looking at the educated youth who had returned to the fields, and sighed, "These educated youth are becoming more and more difficult to manage."

The leader of the fourth team had a fairly close relationship with Zhuang Mingde. Seeing Zhuang Mingde's gloomy face, he also sighed, "It's all because of that crazy woman Jiang Yu. She started the bad example. Otherwise, those educated youth wouldn't be so cocky."

Zhuang Shouren waved his hands quickly, "Don't mention it, this guy is a jinx, you might get into trouble if you mention him twice."

The team leader nodded quickly, "Brother Zhuang, how do you think we should manage these educated youth?"

"Didn't they send someone here on their own initiative? It's just a good idea to make an example of him and make these educated youth behave themselves first." Zhuang Shouren had thought of other ways, but the current situation was different and he didn't dare to act recklessly. Besides, the educated youth didn't have any major handles on them except that they were not very good at work.

I don’t know if this group of educated youth are timid or what. While people from other villages go to the black market, they always stay away from it, except for that idiot Lin Anna!

Zhuang Shouren asked Dahe, this stupid guy really liked Lin Anna, so he never thought of doing anything. Lin Anna only wanted to marry Chen Jinghan, so naturally she would not plot against Zhuang Dahe. So he thought about it and felt that the matter between his son and Lin Anna was a conspiracy!

Then, after some indirect investigation, he found out that the person who revealed the matter was a young man who had connections with the black market. With this connection, he felt that he had found the truth.

Why pick on the black market when there are so many people to pick on? Now, Lin Anna has turned things around and even got rid of the "five black categories" by getting married. But their old dealer is in trouble, having to deal with such a jinx!

This is revenge...if you don’t know, you might think that the black market was raided because of their boss!

As for other things, except Jiang Yu who liked to go hunting, all the other educated youth followed the villagers, picking mountain products, distributing fish during the New Year, and occasionally going to the commune to buy some things. There were no mistakes that could be criticized.

But now Zhang Ming is here. No matter what, they are all educated youth. I might as well give them a good beating to intimidate others.

Zhuang Shouren said a few more words to the team leader, then strolled away with his hands behind his back.

The team leader was originally a little angry at the educated youth's lack of tact, but now he had forgotten all about it. He was in a good mood and hummed a tuneless tune, waiting to see the change of attitude of those arrogant guys later.

Just before the end of work in the morning, a whistle suddenly sounded on the road. It was the whistle from the brigade calling everyone to gather.

The villagers immediately straightened up, pounded their fists twice, and then walked towards the gathering point.

The educated youth quickly gathered together. Except for the small group in the backyard, everyone had a gloomy look on their faces and had bad guesses about what was going to happen next.

"Are they going to criticize Zhang Ming?" Chen Xiaohua thought that it shouldn't be necessary. They handed Zhang Ming over because they really didn't know how to deal with him, and because he spoke so harshly that they wanted to teach him a lesson. But criticizing... shouldn't be that serious.

After all, Lin Anna did such a terrible thing, but the team had only criticized her a few times, and not many people participated enthusiastically during the criticism process.

Fang Qianqian did not answer. She was a little worried, not about Zhang Ming, but about herself.

The news that Liu Qiang had a fight spread quickly. Although Fang Qianqian did not work in the same team as him, there were still some gossipy old ladies who came to her to gossip about him.

Liu Qiang and Zhao Chunjiang were walking beside them, and they were discussing something in a low voice.

Soon, everyone stood in a circle outside the temporary farm tool warehouse, looking at Zhang Ming, who was pinned to the side with his hands tied, and there was a lot of discussion.

The educated youth also occupied a small corner, looking at Zhang Ming who was hanging his head and pretending to be dead, with different thoughts in their minds.

Zhuang Shouren clapped his hands, signaling everyone to be quiet.

But there were too many people. Even if most of them were quiet, the small number of people whispering still made the place seem a little noisy.

Zhuang Shouren didn't care. He cleared his throat and said, "The main reason why I called everyone here today is to discuss the punishment of Zhang Ming, the educated youth. The matter is very simple. This morning, the educated youth sent Zhang Ming to me and said that he stole things. After being discovered, he refused to repent and scolded the other educated youth. As you all know, the people who are most intolerable in our brigade are thieves. It is not easy for farmers to save money. They need to spend money here and there throughout the year. If there is a thief in the brigade, I think no one will feel at ease. My suggestion is that although Zhang Ming, the educated youth, failed to steal, he should still be punished. Let's use this as a warning to everyone."

"Support! He must be punished!" the villagers immediately responded loudly.

"Zhang Ming, come to the front!" Zhuang Shouren stepped back a little to let Zhang Ming go to the front and stand under everyone's attention.

Zhang Ming was extremely reluctant, but at this point, he had no right to say anything. The militiaman standing next to him simply reached out and pushed him to the front of the crowd.

An old lady looked at Zhang Ming with disdain and said, "What a naughty little bastard! He actually stole things. Captain, why don't we write a letter to his hometown and scold his parents for raising such a good-for-nothing!"

"Yes, yes, yes. They are all intellectuals. They have read so much that they are actually thieves! His family must know what kind of son they have!"

"That's right! This kind of person should stay in the city and harm his own people. Why would he come to our team? He is deliberately causing trouble for us!"

The villagers in the brigade were talking to each other, and those who were close to him even spit on Zhang Ming's face.

Zhang Ming's face flushed instantly, and he looked up and around. The panic in his heart continued to grow amid the discussions of everyone, "No, no, you can't tell my family..."

But his voice was as faint as the sound of a mosquito or fly, and no one could hear it.