The new educated youths still had to meet up at the commune headquarters with other sent-away youths, so the commotion didn't last long, and they comforted each other while pushing and pulling.
For a while, the path where they walked was full of gloom and some imminent sobbing.
Seeing the miserable state of these young people, the person receiving the educated youth was a bit speechless. Some of these kids have stain marks on their shirts, while others are still sobbing with ugly tear marks. As for the ones in better conditions, they have a defeated look on their faces.
Why does he feel that the quality of their youth is getting worse and worse? Their commune is merely a thirty-minute drive away from the county seat. How come they were tortured to this look?
While he was scratching his head in wonder, the captains and secretaries from the brigades under the Red Flag Commune started to call and pick up their educated youths.
The brigade secretary of the Marching Brigade called up eight educated youth with gritted teeth. When he saw the final form of the eight people standing in front of him, five girls and three thin boys, Secretary He wanted to dig up someone's grave.
Shen Miaomiao glanced at each of them. Her gaze lingered for a few more seconds on the sickly pale guy, and then whistled, performing exactly like a ruffian while she leaned on the cart.
It's rare to see someone so white and scary.
Hearing such obvious teasing directed at him, Shen Xingshen glanced at the person before consciously hiding behind his cousin with a lowered head. He wanted to make a good impression on the first day of being sent down and get along with the fellow villagers. Unfortunately, plans can't keep up with changes. He'd better lower his existence first to avoid leaving a lasting bad image of himself.
"Bullying! This is too much bullying!" Secretary He snapped, not caring for anyone's face.
Being despite made the new educated youths uncomfortable. They are young, hot-blooded people who are still full of fighting spirit and easily agitated by their emotions. What they can't tolerate the most was being looked down on.
As expected of country bumpkins, they're short-sighted and don't know the value of being educated!
But just as they wanted to stand up for themselves, Secretary He marched straight into the commune headquarters and rudely kicked the door of the educated youth branch office.
"My dear uncle! Don't be impulsive!"
The young girl with heroic features, tanned skin, and sharp eyes spoke persuasive words, yet her swift hands told a different purpose. She picked up the slender but sturdy bamboo stick that had long been prepared on the trip, and without skipping a beat, entered the fight.
"Uncle, be careful with your old bones."
Shen Miaomiao pulled Secretary He behind her and took over the job. She kicked the door open with one kick and kicked it in a way that it had to be repaired afterwards.
As soon as the person receiving the educated youth spotted the people from the Marching Brigade, he immediately ducked for safety. He considers himself as someone with self-awareness, and knowing the number of people on the list, he knew that this would happen. What he didn't know was that the director was braver than he thought.
Take a look at all the children sent to the Marching Brigade! None of them looked capable of working, and he noticed someone who appeared ill! Forgot about work, can these kids even withstand a single blow from the villagers there?!
Director Ma of the educated youth office was already shaking inside. Both from fear and anger. Though fear was greater.
"He Desheng!! You can't act so uneducated!"
"Uneducated?" With squinting eyes, Secretary He acted as if he couldn't believe the harsh accusation coming from the director. "So this is how you see us poor villagers? That's fine, we will show you what a real uneducated is!"
Secretary He showed off his overwhelming momentum, and Shen Miaomiao took it as a hint and started smashing the office.
She hit the chairs, the desk, and even the shelves. She hit anything solid and swatted the files, papers, or whatever decoration was there to fly around. Shen Miaomiao didn't really destroy anything but made fake moves that always 'almost' hit the director, which prevented him from getting close.
The standard image of country people being unreasonable and ignorant enables them to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves like local tyrants in most cases, but they cannot be caught committing actual crimes.
"That's not what I mean! Stop–!! Stop!"
Director Ma was heartbroken and stomped his feet anxiously as he couldn't stop the slippery girl.
"You are rebelling! Ouch!"
Director Ma was hit by a flying cloth shoe.
"Rebelling? No, we are fighting against oppression! All eight generations of my ancestors were hardworking farmers who bled their blood and sweat on serving the land, and you want to occupy it!"
Secretary He can let Shen Miaomiao make moves, but he can't let others scold his niece.
Scold! Keep scolding, and we will all make it bigger!
A big hat has fallen, and although Director Ma has already experienced it before, he was not immune to the damage. He wanted to spit blood and faint.
Director Ma stopped caring about the chaos and let Shen Miaomiao mess up the office. He was not allowed to carry this hat, nor can he carry it!
"Secretary He, what are you saying? What oppression? I would never do that. Everything I do is to serve the people! I have always admired the hard work of our farming comrades and picked out the most suitable ones from our promising educated youths. These youths can help our fellow villagers make progress! You just have to believe!"
In terms of background, most of them are really 'suitable'. The majority of the educated youth who are sent down to the Marching brigade are either rich or have connections in their family.
After all, who made their brigade 'well-off'?