Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 13 Conflict 1

As soon as Zhuang Shouren left, Guan Wenbin immediately called everyone into the house, "Come on, come on, go in first and put your things down."

The houses in the entire educated youth compound are in the shape of a square. There are four rooms in a row facing the main gate, with a small alley in the middle leading to the patio at the back. In addition to a kitchen in the front, there are three other rooms. To the left of the kitchen are the rooms for male educated youths, and to the right of the alley are the rooms for two female educated youths, all of which are now occupied.

"We have to sleep on a kang in the winter here. There is enough space for one person to sleep in He Yuanchao's room for girls. If you choose other rooms, you will have to ask the villagers to help build a kang. There are three rooms left for boys, and none of them have a kang. You can go in and take a look for yourselves." Guan Wenbin pointed at Ma Yanna's package outside the door. He had heard the sound just now, so he didn't plan to help move it into the house now. He just stood by the door to help watch and pointed to the small alley next to the kitchen, letting the new educated youth go in and take a look for themselves.

Jiang Yu immediately picked up her luggage and walked inside. The Youth League Home was quite big and she didn't have to sleep on a dormitory bed. It was much better than she had initially imagined.

Except for the larger rooms in the front and symmetrical row at the back, the two rows of rooms in the middle are small and narrow. The whole is a rectangle, 3 meters deep and 5 meters wide. A longer kang is built vertically, which can accommodate two people. However, Jiang Yu plans to live alone, so she spent her own money to build the kang, and of course she arranged it as she felt comfortable.

It just so happened that Xue Li also wanted to live alone, so the two of them decided immediately to live in the two small rooms in the middle, and leave the large room in the back for future guests.

As for the male educated youth, two small rooms were given to Chen Jinghan and Xiong Lijin, while Fu Biao and Wu Aiqing shared the last large room.

After the rooms were assigned, Jiang Yu put his things in them, took out a sword, and locked the door neatly. "Xue Li! Are you ready? Didn't Guan Wenbin just say that he cooked our meal? Hurry up, I've been walking all the way and I'm so hungry that I don't have any strength left."

"Coming, coming!" Xue Li also took out a lock from the package and locked the door like Jiang Yu.

The male educated youth across the street also quickly rushed out of the room and walked through the alley into the kitchen together.

But the promised lunch was not there at all. The big iron pot was empty and one could only feel the residual warmth from the stove.

Ma Yanna finally walked into the educated youth compound. She saw a group of people coming out of the kitchen with gloomy faces, and she immediately started to cry and complain, "You didn't wait for me. I was the only one following behind me all the way. I didn't see you when I turned the corner just now. I was almost scared to death."

"What do you mean alone? Before the road was divided at the intersection, weren't you walking with the people from the Tuanjie Brigade?" Wu Aiqing was a straightforward boy. When he heard her speak in a strange way, he immediately asked in confusion.

Ma Yanna was just sniffing her nose, and when he asked her, she almost suffocated herself. She finally said in defense, "I don't know them..."

"I don't know you well either." Wu Aiqing said confidently, then turned to look at Guan Wenbin, "Brother Guan, didn't you say you cooked our meal? Why is there nothing in the pot?"

Guan Wenbin's face darkened when he heard this. He immediately walked to the door of the girl's room and knocked, "Chen Xiaohua, Chen Xiaohua, come out!"

"Wait a moment." Someone inside answered, and soon a girl with a square face came out. She didn't dare to look at Guan Wenbin, "Brother Guan, what's wrong?"

"Didn't you cook meals for the new educated youth?" Guan Wenbin asked in a deep voice.

"I... when I was cooking, I thought they wouldn't arrive soon, so I thought of cooking later..." Chen Xiaohua smiled awkwardly.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't I give you all the food? If you haven't cooked it yet, take out the braised food and cook it now." Guan Wenbin frowned, very annoyed with Chen Xiaohua's behavior.

"I didn't take it. I didn't take the grits." Chen Xiaohua waved his hands again and again. "Really, Brother Guan, ask others. I only took food for us at noon."

Guan Wenbin was furious. He had originally wanted to build a good reputation in front of the new educated youth to facilitate subsequent arrangements, but his plan was disrupted right at the beginning. He knocked on the doors of each room and said, "Everyone come out. Whoever took the bowl of grits I brought out at noon, return it immediately. This is the food for the new educated youth!"

Xue Li stared at Guan Wenbin's rage in amazement. He didn't expect that there would be trouble as soon as he arrived at the educated youth camp. Tsk tsk, it turns out that where there are people, there are gangs. There shouldn't be many talented people in this educated youth camp, so how could someone do such a thing as stealing food!

Jiang Yu stood in the shade with his arms folded, quietly waiting for the old educated youth to leave the room one by one.

A short but strong man walked out of the alley and burped as he passed Jiang Yu.

Haha~ Jiang Yu was amused. Why is he still looking for food? Whoever eats it will pay for it.

But Guan Wenbin really thought that the bowl of dregs he took out was stolen and hidden. When everyone gathered, he asked loudly, "Who took the extra bowl of dregs I took out at noon? This is someone else's food. If you took it, please give it out quickly. After all, you are an old educated youth. Don't do such a shameful thing in front of the newcomers."

"Anyway, I didn't take it." He Yuanchao, with her naturally curly hair, had a look on her face that showed it had nothing to do with her. She looked at Chen Xiaohua with a gloating look, looking more like a bystander than the new educated youth.

Chen Xiaohua seemed to be hiding behind others timidly, determined to pretend that he didn't know.

"No one admits it? Stealing food is also a crime of theft. Brother Guan, let's go directly to the team leader. If we can't handle it, we'll call the police. We walked back from the town early in the morning and haven't had a drop of water. We really don't have the energy to continue." Chen Jinghan looked at the old educated youth who were pretending to be deaf and dumb, and really didn't want to argue with them.

Since no one admits it, let's make a bigger fuss. If word gets out that the old educated youth stole the new educated youth's food, it will sound good or bad. Let them bear the consequences themselves.

"Don't do that. It's just a bowl of corn grits. There's no need to talk about stealing or not." Liu Qiang, a lackey who was standing close to Guan Wenbin, hurriedly tried to stop him. Brother Guan was very concerned about his reputation, and there was really no need to make such a small incident at the educated youth point public and make a fool of himself.

"Brother, you are so arrogant. How about you give us a bowl of corn grits to make up for our loss?" Fu Biao was tall and strong. He stepped forward and immediately frightened Liu Qiang so much that he dared not say a word.

Guan Wenbin could only smile awkwardly and come out to join in, "There's no need to make a fuss about the conflicts among our educated youths. Whoever has taken it should hand it over immediately. Hurry up!"

"How much do you usually eat for lunch?" Jiang Yu was feeling hungry and asked directly.

"Food is scarce in the countryside. Even if we have to work in the afternoon, we can only eat half full at noon. There's nothing we can do. The conditions are bad..." Fang Qianqian, a female educated youth with long braids standing in front of Chen Xiaohua, habitually spoke up to express her sympathy.

Who knew that by saying this she almost confirmed the fact that they had stolen the food rations of the new educated youth.