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

Chapter 38, Episode 0038: Lin Yuexi Scolds Her Brother

Lin Yuexi and Ren Yan both looked at Zhang and Xu with disdain. The way they were saying things meant completely differently to others, and it was far removed from the truth.

Neither of them understood the two ladies' intentions, and they were both staring blankly at Leng Xingran.

"When have we ever been on good terms with Sun Zhifa?"

Didn't he just get it all by shirking responsibility?
Everyone was speechless.

So, this is how three goofballs ended up together, right?
After Ren Yan finished eating an apple, she washed her hands and, unable to bear watching any longer, started poking at their lungs.

"There aren't many people in the educated youth settlement who speak ill of you. Only Lan Xiaomeng and a few other 'pickled cabbages' will say a few words about you being petty when they smell the aroma of meat wafting from here. Otherwise, none of you have time to gossip too much; it's hard enough for you to even survive."

She shook her hand and gave the three of them another disdainful look. If one of them wasn't Xixi's third brother and the other two weren't his friends, she wouldn't have bothered to waste her breath on them. She'd rather they just be stupid.

“The things you gave Sun Zhifa were never given to anyone at the educated youth settlement from beginning to end. He always said they were gifts from you. He also often bragged to people that he was your good friend. Whenever he borrowed money or things from others, he would specifically mention the three of you. He also often accepted gifts from the village girls.”

Her gaze towards Leng Xingran and the other two suddenly turned gloating, sending chills down their spines and giving them a strange sense of crisis.

Sure enough, "Those girls all like the three of you. The things they give Sun Zhifa are all gifts for you. Sun Zhifa says he'll help pass them on, but he actually keeps them all for himself."

This time, not only Leng Xingran and the others were angry, but Lin Yuexi and Liu Huai's faces also darkened.

This kind of thing can be a big deal or a small deal; if you're not careful, these three idiots will be in deep trouble.

Uncle Liu understood completely now, but he didn't intend to say anything. He glanced at Xiao Xixi, who was angry but her breathing was steady, and simply lowered his head to take a sip of tea, listening quietly with a smile in his eyes.

It seems that Xiao Xixi has already found a solution; she truly deserves to be the old man's favorite grandson.

Lin Yuexi quickly came up with a solution, but she wasn't prepared to become a housekeeper after going to the countryside to clean up the messes of a bunch of idiots. She also couldn't stand her third brother being so stupid, which seriously lowered the overall intelligence of their family.

After taking a sip of water, he spoke in a soft, slow tone, but his words were sharp and showed no mercy as he reprimanded, "Third Brother, do you think Sun Zhifa is like those people you know in Beijing?"

“You’ve overlooked the difference between you, and that difference isn’t about family background, but about time.”

“They came earlier than you. They have been in the countryside for a year, two years, or even several years. They are no longer the glamorous city kids who used to go everywhere. They are now just like the villagers. They have to count the rice they eat and the vegetables they cook. They will fight over a spoonful of oil and will blurt out the curses that they used to look down on as country people.”

"Although we were all sent-down youth, the sad truth is that when the new sent-down youth arrived, they were naturally on the opposite side from the old ones. The glamorous new sent-down youth were like a mirror, silently telling the old sent-down youth how much suffering they had endured after they went to the countryside. If you showed that you were in a good position, those with narrow minds would hate you with just one glance."

"And the three of you, unfortunately, are easily envied in every way."

“They will think, why should they suffer when they go to the countryside, with their families no longer caring about them, and some even having to support their families; while you are well dressed and well-fed and don’t have to worry about not having money or food in the future. They will not think your kindness is kindness, but only that it is either stupid or a humiliation.”

Leng Xingran's face twisted in disbelief. "Sister, I didn't think that much about it."

Looking back now, when they first arrived, several older educated youths really did look at the three of them strangely, with a kind of eerie feeling.

Lin Yuexi rolled her eyes at him and said, "I remember Mom and Dad specifically reminded you not to reveal your family situation, not to flaunt your wealth, to judge people by their actions rather than their words, and to handle things clearly and speak plainly." But look at the things the three of you have done.

The words were not clearly spoken;

The matter is not resolved;

Unbeknownst to them, an agent had appeared outside, and this agent was doing absolutely nothing.

Can the gifts given to all the educated youth be carried by others?

This was done inappropriately and disrespectfully.

Leng Xingran opened his mouth to argue, but Lin Yuexi didn't give him a chance and slowly continued, "You just arrived and someone exposed your secrets. It's not Third Brother's fault, but at this time, Third Brother, you should have been more cautious about the people around you."

“Sun Zhifa’s situation isn’t a big deal. So far, he’s only benefited from it. As long as things are cleared up, it won’t have a significant impact on you. But if he has other motives, the three of you are definitely doomed.”

She finally understood that even after two years in the countryside, these three were still playboys at heart, equally self-righteous, and still using the same rules of conduct they had in Beijing.

If we don't knock them down soon, these three will fly to the sky!

You won't even know when you've been plotted against and killed.

Zhang Ze felt a chill run down his spine. If others had said the same thing, they would have just listened and let it go, or even thought the person had delusions of persecution. But the person who said these words was Ran Ge's sister, the 'strategist' in their little group who was unknown to outsiders. He couldn't possibly disbelieve her words, no matter who he didn't believe.

She forced a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Little sister, aren't you exaggerating a bit? There are a few disgusting people, but there are still more good people than bad in this world."

...right?!

Although the three of them are quite unreliable when it comes to Sun Zhifa, and they have three different understandings of him, they shouldn't be so sure that they think everyone else is wrong, right?
He still had to go back to the educated youth settlement to sleep that night. His younger sister had made him afraid to go out, and he felt that there wasn't a single good person in the entire educated youth settlement.

Lin Yuexi didn't even bother to roll her eyes. Someone in their position who could still say things like "there are still more good people in the world"—shouldn't she present him with a banner praising him as "the most innocent person in the world"?

Although Zhang Ze and Xu Zhichuan did not live in the compound, their family backgrounds were not much worse than the Leng family's. Zhang Ze's father was the director of the Beijing No. 1 Machinery Factory after being demobilized at the brigade level, and Xu Zhichuan's grandfather was of similar status to Old Master Leng.

The Leng, Xu, and Zhang families all lived in the East Wind area. Two years ago, the West Wind prevailed over the East Wind, and many people on the East Wind side hurriedly sent their school-age children to the countryside to avoid being wrongly targeted by the West Wind side. This included the Leng, Xu, and Zhang families.

Leng Xingran was not required to go to the countryside. Her siblings were all employed, one had joined a research institute, another had joined the army, and she was an orphan of a martyr, so she was not included in the rural assignments. Leng Xingran was the only son left in Beijing. Even if he was unemployed and idle, the rural assignments policy in this world allowed him to be exempt from the rural assignments.

But just in case, her father still sent Leng Xingran to the countryside.

Firstly, to prevent others from using this as a pretext to attack the Leng family; secondly, to prevent Leng Xingran from being forced to go to the countryside and being assigned to a bad place.

Of course, the biggest concern is that someone without a brain might cause trouble.