Qin LingLing did not remain idle once Director Liu had left. She promptly washed the dirty quilt, scrubbed the room clean, and tried to get rid of the musty odor that had spread throughout the room.
She is exceptionally neat, which is likely due to the fact that she lives alone in a small house and enjoys taking care of flowers and plants as well as tidying up the room as a form of entertainment.
Because the original owner was frequently bullied, she puts in more effort than others. Sometimes she had to help the other educated youths in the house to wash their clothes, rather than her own.
This time, she carried them all into the river and washed them all at once, taking advantage of the nice weather. Fortunately, the river is not icy cold.
At this time, there is almost no one by the river, and she is the only one who is washing her clothes, and from a distance, you can see the educated youths working in the fields.
It was already noon when she finished washing and drying her clothes, and a group of females educated youths also have returned from the field, joking, and laughing, as they made their way to the dining hall for lunch.
The group was stunned for a moment when they saw Qin LingLing, but then one of the women with long braids exclaimed, “Educated Youth Qin is back!” The tone seemed a little contemptuous.
Qin LingLing looked over and she recognized a few of the educated youths that lives in the same house as the original owner.
“LingLing, I heard you were sick, are you okay?” one of them inquired, swiftly stepping forward and approaching Qin LingLing.
Qin LingLing responded, “I’m fine.”
Fortunately, she had inherited the original owner’s memory, so she able to recognized who the concerned youth in front of her was.
A total of seven educated youths lived in the house. In addition to herself, the other six female educated youths came from five different cities.
Fu XiaoYue, Lin Fen, Zhao ZhaoDi, Lin QiQi, Zhang HuiShan, Yang Zhao.
Among them, Fu XiaoYue is the female educated youth who is concerned about Qin LingLing just now. She and Lin Fen are from the same city, and Zhang HuiShan is the one who spoke first just now. She can be considered as the group’s leader and the person who bullies Qin LingLing the most. Her moisturizing cream is mostly used up by Zhang HuiShan.
With the exception of Fu XiaoYue and Yang Zhao, who are nice to the original owner, the others mostly take advantage of Qin LingLing’s timid personality and bully her.
Upon seeing this, Zhang HuiShan smiled and asked, “Are you doing the laundry?”
Qin LingLing ignored Zhang HuiShan and when Fu XiaoYue noticed that , she asked her, “Do you want to go to the dining hall with us?”
“Yes.”
Zhang HuiShan, who had been ignored by Qin LingLing, was stunned, and felt displeased, but she still took two steps forward and said to her with a smile on her face: “Qin LingLing, you haven’t come back in the past few days, and I can’t wash my clothes clean, so I’ve left some dirty clothes, why don’t you wash them for me by the way?”
If it were the original owner, Qin LingLing would undoubtedly nod in agreement, but today Qin LingLing responded, “Sorry, I have done a lot of laundry today. I’m exhausted. And I have to work in the afternoon, so I have no time to wash your clothes. You can wash it yourself!”
“Hey, you…” Before Zhang HuiShan could finish, she watched Qin LingLing carrying a bucket and called Fu XiaoYue, “Let’s have lunch in the dining hall.” She did not put the rest of the people in her eyes at all.
“When did this girl became brave?” exclaimed Zhang HuiShan, her cheeks flushed with rage.
Everyone probably did not anticipate Qin LingLing to say no to Zhang HuiShan’s request.
Although this era is a bit different, where people from the city went to the countryside to re-educate in the countryside in response to the country’s call. It goes without saying that everyone should be on an equal footing.
However, they all came from different cities, and the relationship they have built with the higher-ups is not the same, which has a direct impact on their personal and work lives.
Like Zhang HuiShan, she is a female educated youth from a provincial capital. She is said to have a relatively good family conditions. Furthermore, her personality is more forceful than most people, so they are afraid to offend her whenever she comes and goes.
Zhang HuiShan was already in the countryside when the original owner arrived. Qin LingLing who had just arrived did not speak to them and did her things quietly, but she could not bear it when other people exclude and ignore her. So, she had no choice to compromise and be obedient in the end, especially towards Zhang HuiShan, enduring whatever she says. She will avoid it if she can, but if she cannot, she will not cause any contradictions.
On weekdays, Zhang HuiShan would frequently ask for her help. After Qin LingLing was pushed around by her in the early days, she no longer dared to say half of “no” again.
As soon as the other see Zhang HuiShan exploit Qin LingLing, they also ask Qin LingLing for assistance with anything, and if she refuses, they will say something flattering that will make it difficult for her to decline.
Lin QiQi wondered: “Qin LingLing only went back home, why does it feel like a different person?”
“That’s right, she never says no when we ask her to do something!”
“Probably her brain has been damaged!” Zhang HuiShan stated coldly as she gazed at her group.
They entered the house and ready to have their lunch, only to discover that the unkempt house had been cleaned, the floor had been swept, and the windows and tables had been cleaned as well.
“Oh, it’s so clean!” Zhang HuiShan said.
Needless to say, they also know who had cleaned it. When they left, the house was still in a mess, but now it is much cleaner.
With this, Zhang HuiShan is not surprised that Qin LingLing would refuse, probably because she is busy and tired.
Zhang HuiShan washed her face outside with the water flowing from the back of the mountain, returned to the house, and habitually walked towards Qin LingLing’s bed, ready to get the moisturizer from Qin LingLing’s case.
But when she walked over this time, she did not find any moisturizer inside the case.
“Eh, where did it go?”
Lin QiQi wiped her face and asked in doubt, “HuiShan, what’s the matter?”
“Who took the moisturizing cream from Qin LingLing’s case?”
The others shook their heads, “I didn’t take it. Didn’t she usually put it there?”
“It was here, I used it in the morning.” She remembered it clearly.
Upon seeing this, Lin QiQi said uncertainly: “Could it be that she put it away to stop us from using it?”
For these educated youths from the city, Moisturizing Cream is actually something that can be easily purchased, but they are more willing to use other people’s for free than their own.
They all think that since Qin LingLing is easy to bully, they can save a lot of money by using hers.
Zhang HuiShan’s face became completely black, and she smacked her palms on the table “Heh, she’s really brave. She even tries to keep it hidden from me! She dares to play with me!”