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

Chapter 43, Episode 0043: He got a beating for nothing.

Sun Hua was unaware that he was about to receive a sack of food as a reward. Seeing that even Wu Da Niang, who was undefeated in the village's verbal battles, had been "beaten" by him, he smugly raised an eyebrow at Li Bin, who looked aggrieved.

What right do you, a poor kid, have to fight me?!
Actually, Sun Hua didn't really like Yu Mengmeng that much. Although Yu Mengmeng was good-looking, she was too strong-willed, and Sun Hua didn't like her type. He preferred the petite and dependent type.

He started paying attention to Yu Mengmeng after he learned that she was Li Bin's girlfriend. How could a poor boy who was unwanted by his parents be so happy after he started dating someone?
He refused to believe that Li Bin would still be able to laugh after his girlfriend was snatched away.

Little did anyone know that Yu Mengmeng was shameless; she smiled like a harlot in front of Li Bin, but had the face of a widow when she was with him.

The more she acted this way, the more he wanted to possess her, to torment her, and make her pay the price for his past contempt.

He didn't want Yu Mengmeng's heart, nor did he ever think about settling down with her. How he got her was unimportant, and reputation was irrelevant to a man anyway.

If he hadn't been so worried that going too far would have made the captain and the others go to great lengths to get rid of him, he would have ruined Yu Mengmeng's reputation long ago, even if he hadn't gotten her earlier.

Even though his cousin was the director of the company committee, if an educated youth was dismissed by the brigade, it was a matter for the educated youth to handle, and his cousin couldn't interfere; and once an educated youth was forcibly dismissed, they would be sent to the worst and most difficult places.

Li Bin clenched his fists, and the veins on his forehead bulged. If Luo Hui hadn't held his hand to stop him from acting impulsively, he would have rushed over and fought Sun Hua to the death.

Luo Hui and his group were also furious, but this was a really difficult situation. If they rushed out to fight Sun Hua now, they would be in the wrong.

If the matter were laid bare and a fair and just fight were held, Yu Mengmeng's reputation would be ruined.

No one expected that Sun Hua, a grown man, could be so shameless, using a girl's reputation as a bargaining chip. He was utterly unworthy of being called a human being, no different from Er Laizi, whom everyone in the Fourth Brigade disliked.

Although the captain was unaware of the inside story, he found nothing Sun Hua had done since arriving here acceptable, and his smug and arrogant demeanor was too obvious. Naturally, he leaned more towards Li Bin's side.

"Twenty yuan is indeed too much. You don't seem to be hurt. In terms of injury, Li Bin looks more seriously injured than you, but Li Bin started it. So he's not entirely in the right. How about this, let him pay you two yuan plus six eggs."

Seeing this, Lin Yuexi withdrew her 'gaze'; she could already guess the ending.

Sure enough, after a while, Ren Yan and Zhang Ze returned and told them that although there was some back and forth, the final outcome was the one the captain had said.

Li Binbai not only got beaten up, but also had to pay two yuan plus six eggs.

"Later, Li Bin was called over by the brigade leader and talked to for a long time. When Li Bin went there, he was still very angry and looked like he was about to fight someone. I don't know what the brigade leader and the others said to Li Bin, but when Li Bin came back, he seemed to be fine. He obediently paid the money and eggs and even took the initiative to apologize to Sun Hua."

Sun Hua was extremely pleased with himself. He immediately put the six eggs into a pot to boil while mocking Li Bin for not being a man.

Ren Yan felt an itch to touch him just looking at him, but Li Bin, the person in question, managed to hold back.

This gives people a feeling that a storm is brewing.

During dinner, Liu Huai suddenly said, "Xiao Xu, Xiao Zhang, why don't you stay here for the time being?"

Lin Yuexi raised an eyebrow knowingly, continuing to eat her steamed egg custard without pausing for a moment. Leng Xingran was taken aback, then quickly nodded repeatedly, advising the two stunned fools, "Listen to Uncle Liu, things are bound to be unsettled at the educated youth settlement lately. You two hot commodities shouldn't fall into their trap."

The two still didn't quite understand; how could today's events possibly involve them?
Zhang Ze swallowed the rice in his mouth, his eyes gleaming with a foolish light, and asked, "Wasn't Xu Quanmei arrested?"

The only thing he could think of that was Xu Quanmei trying to scheme against them, not wanting to be kicked out, was to try some improper way to get close to them. But hadn't Xu Quanmei already been arrested by the captain?

Even Ren Yan looked at him as if he were an idiot. "Li Bin is not a real idiot. He has been in charge of the educated youth settlement for several years. There are more than twenty people in the settlement now, and even more before. They come from all over the country. What kind of people haven't we met?"

Although things got chaotic after the educated youth came to the village, we only heard about the big events. The small things that happened in the educated youth settlement were not spread around in the village.

What does this show?

This shows that Li Bin managed things well; it's just that some major issues couldn't be contained before the entire team was alerted.

Otherwise, Li Bin wouldn't have been able to get several village officials in the brigade to stand on his side.

Previously, Sun Hua had connections in the commune, so he always tolerated it, but…”

He leaned closer to Zhang Ze and whispered, "Are there any truly clean people in the committee? The conflict between Li Bin and Sun Hua has never been between them. The person Li Bin really wants to deal with has always been Sun Hua's cousin, who is the chairman of the committee."

Landlords can be good or bad. Landlord Li was a good landlord. Not only did his family never oppress the villagers for generations, but during the War of Resistance Against Japan, if it weren't for the protection of Landlord Li's family, an entire village would have been massacred.

What an immense kindness! The entire group remembers it all.

Unfortunately, that's just how things are now, and the incident happened so suddenly that they couldn't protect the Li family. Later, when Li Bing gained power, they were even less able to avenge the Li family.

No, it should be said that they don't even dare to say they want revenge, and they can't even express their dissatisfaction.

But this is a thorn that is stuck in the hearts of everyone in the group and can never be removed. However, everyone has a whole village to support or a large family to take care of, so they all have concerns and can't afford to take the risk.

Therefore, Li Bin...
Zhang Ze and Xu Zhichuan didn't usually listen to gossip and didn't know about these things, but Ren Yan's words were easy to understand, and the two of them immediately understood what she was hiding.

Li Bin's unusual behavior in the evening was probably due to his restraint before he had a real way to deal with Sun Hua. Once Sun Hua fell, those who followed him at the educated youth settlement would disperse.

Previously, Sun Hua was there to support them. To show off his status, Sun Hua was very vain and generous to those around him. Several female educated youths seemed to have some ambiguous relationships with him.

To put it optimistically, if those female educated youths and Sun Hua were only having an ambiguous relationship, it's unlikely that they were truly in love. They were probably just trying to make a better living or find an opportunity to return to the city. Once their support fell, they would definitely turn their attention to other people. And right now, the male educated youths with the best conditions in the educated youth settlement are Zhang Ze and Xu Zhichuan.

To put it in the worst-case scenario, if the relationship between those female educated youths and Sun Hua had crossed the line, and Sun Hua got into trouble, those female educated youths would inevitably have to find a scapegoat as soon as possible. Well, Zhang Ze and Xu Zhichuan would still be the top choices.

The two had never witnessed such things in Beijing, but they had heard of many, including even more bizarre schemes. They were both trembling with fear and quickly ate a mouthful of rice to calm their nerves.

We'll move it; we'll move it right after dinner.