After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 35, Episode 0035: Mainly, it was because I was scared.
"Xu, the educated youth, disliked Xiao Liu, the educated youth. As soon as Xiao Liu came back from a day's work, she would go to Xu, but Xu wouldn't even open the door for her. Xiao Liu cried in grievance. Then Sun, the educated youth, told her that her method was wrong and that men don't like women who take the initiative to cling to them. She had to find a different way to attract Xu's attention."

Aunt Wu looked at her in shock, "How do you know so much?"

Knowing so much about the scene and what people said, did you sneak under someone's bed?
Old Mrs. Zhu glared at her irritably, "Those two were standing in the corner of my house talking, and I was taking a dump. Do you think I could hear them clearly?"

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Those two must be crazy, talking outside the outhouse. Is it because the place smells particularly good or something?

The fight among the educated youth had reached a fever pitch. They had all lost their intellectual demeanor. The female educated youth all had messy hair, and some even had scratches on their faces. The male educated youth were even more ruthless, with some having bruises and swollen faces.

Xu Quanmei found herself holding a brick, not a red brick, but a half-brick that was several times harder than a red brick and covered in dirt.

The old women and aunties, while eating melon seeds, kept an eye on the fighting among the educated youth. They didn't stop the fight, nor did they dare to, and they couldn't stop it anyway, since they were all old and frail, and they didn't want to get hit and fall down themselves. But they also had to keep an eye on them to make sure they didn't escalate the situation, as it concerned the reputation of their village.

When Aunt Wu saw the brick in Xu Quanmei's hand, she was so frightened that her voice cracked: "Little Xu, what are you doing with that brick? Put it down!"

Someone reacted even faster than Aunt Wu. Just as Aunt Wu shouted, the brick in Xu Quanmei's hand had already fallen into Liu Huai's hand.

He originally had no intention of getting involved in the matter; he was just watching from a distance. It was only when he saw the educated youth surnamed Xu grab a brick and glare at another female educated youth with a sinister look that he intervened.

If we don't do something about it, someone could really die. That girl's eyes are strange; she's lost her mind.

Seeing that a man had finally appeared, all the old women and aunties breathed a sigh of relief, and the educated youth in the settlement also stopped fighting because of Aunt Wu's shouts and Liu Huai's sudden appearance.

Liu Huai was known to everyone at the educated youth settlement. He was the family member of Xiao Lin, an educated youth. It was said that he worked at the county hospital, a job that didn't require him to go to work every day. The educated youth settlement was close to Xiao Lin's home, and they had seen a four-wheeled vehicle come to pick up Liu Huai.

Judging from the cars that came to pick up Dr. Liu, even a fool could guess that either Dr. Liu's medical skills are exceptionally good, or Dr. Liu's presence is very impressive.

Most importantly, he must know a lot of impressive people.

Even Sun Hua, who had a cousin who was the deputy director of the committee, didn't dare to offend Dr. Liu. He obediently shrank behind a male educated youth, not even daring to show his feet.

Fighting can be considered youthful impulsiveness, but going crazy when facing someone you know you shouldn't offend is just stupid.

Liu Huai didn't say a word, casually tossed the brick into a corner, patted the mud off his hands, and walked away.

It seems he was just there to make a brief appearance and casually tossed a brick at me.

But once he left, the fight seemed to have come to an end. They glared at each other hatefully before going back to their respective rooms.

The old women and aunties, having finished watching the show, chatted as they went home, but this time the focus of their conversation was Liu Huai.

"If we had known Dr. Liu was home, we should have gone to call him earlier. I didn't expect Dr. Liu to be so amazing. I saw him rush over from more than ten meters away, and it was just a blur."

"Come on, Dr. Liu is a man of great things. He wouldn't bother with such trivial matters in the village. It must be that those educated youths disturbed Xiao Lin, which is why Dr. Liu came to take a look."

"That's true. When people go to treat patients, they're always driven around in four-wheelers."

As everyone gradually moved out of the ten-meter range, Lin Yuexi was about to withdraw her spiritual power when she saw the figures of her third brother and his group on the other side.

It seems the brigade leader wasn't lying; there really are plenty of mountain produce on the mountain. The educated youth at the settlement have already reaped quite a harvest, and her third brother and his group have reaped even more, all in just half a day. Zhang Ze carried two large sacks that were slightly shorter than him, while Leng Xingran, Ren Yan, and Xu Zhichuan each carried a large sack of the same size.

After entering the house, the four hurriedly put down the sack, drank a bowl of sugar water made by Liu Huai, and then left in a hurry.

"There are still a few sacks on the mountain. We need to hurry up and carry them back, so that if someone sees them, we won't know whose they are."

Liu Huai wasn't idle either; he stopped Lin Yuexi, who wanted to help, and dumped the contents of the sack onto the stone floor.

"Wow, this sack of chestnuts must weigh over a hundred pounds. These kids are really honest; they picked them out carefully, and every single one is plump."

The five large sacks were full of chestnuts with their spiky shells removed. After they were all poured out, they were spread out over a distance of nearly six meters on the two-and-a-half-meter-wide stone slab corridor.

Liu Huai sighed, "No wonder the brigade leader and the others want to sell the mountain products. Xiao Ranzi and his group can get so much in half a day. The native villagers can get even more. And this is just chestnuts."

The rolling hills behind the mountain offer more than just chestnuts. There are a dozen or so edible fungi, such as hazel mushrooms, button mushrooms, winter mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and flower mushrooms; nuts include hazelnuts, pine nuts, and walnuts; and medicinal herbs include ginseng, lingzhi, and gastrodia elata.

We haven't even talked about the wild animals in the mountains yet. There's no wildlife protection law now, so they're all meat.

Lin Yuexi's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble Uncle Liu to make a call to Uncle Lü."

Because Uncle Yan's matter was more urgent, she momentarily forgot about the mountain produce that the brigade leader had told her about.

This matter is actually not difficult to handle. Using the old man would be a waste of his talents. Her father's comrade-in-arms, Lü Junhong, is now the deputy director of the Beijing Supply and Marketing Cooperative, specifically in charge of procurement.

Don't let Liu Huai's profession as a doctor fool you; he's incredibly shrewd and immediately understood Lin Yuexi's meaning.

He smiled meaningfully and said, "I'm going to the hospital to check in tomorrow, and I'll call all your uncles to let them know I'm safe, so they don't have to worry about you while they're at work."

Lin Yuexi returned his smile with a sly grin, "Thank you for your help, Uncle Liu."

Liu Huai rolled his eyes: he had always thought the little girl was a steamed bun, but he never expected her to be a sesame dumpling.

Leng Xingran and the others worked quickly, and in less than half an hour, the four of them brought back five large sacks of chestnuts. This time, however, Zhang Ze was the one who picked them, while the other four carried the sacks.

After putting down the sacks, Zhang Ze collapsed on the ground, exhausted: "There's a lot of stuff, but it's really tiring, even more tiring than harvesting."

It was mainly because I was scared.

Everything is collective now. Although the regulations on this aspect are not strict here, they only apply to small quantities. Anything larger still belongs to the collective. Their several sacks of stuff clearly do not fall within the scope of a small quantity.

For example, if you catch a pheasant or rabbit and take it home to eat, the villagers won't say anything. But if you catch a wild boar, that's unacceptable. If you dare to keep it for yourself, you're undermining socialism and stealing its boar hair.

The same goes for mountain products like chestnuts. Everyone turns a blind eye if you only pick a few pounds or a dozen pounds, but if you carry sacks of chestnuts home, you're still picking socialist chestnuts.

Liu Huai went to the door to check and then came back.

"It's okay, no one noticed."