Seeing the old Party Secretary's reaction, just as Bai Jing had expected, Hu Bayi and his companion clearly did not want to give up so easily. They immediately spoke up: "We've been here for almost half a year. If you make us stay in the village any longer, we'll suffocate."

Hearing what Fatty Wang said, Hu Bayi quickly echoed, "Yes, Secretary!"

The old Party Secretary completely ignored their thoughts and instead looked at Bai Jing, asking, "Bai Jing, do you want to go too?"

Bai Jing shook his head and said, "I don't want to. I was dragged here by them. Old Party Secretary, whatever you tell us to do, we'll do."

Upon hearing this, the old Party Secretary nodded.

He nodded.

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang, on the other hand, looked as if they had been betrayed.

However, neither of them intended to give up. Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang tried to persuade them again, explaining why they really had to go.

However, their boasting only earned them a remark from the old Party Secretary: "You must obey the organization's arrangements. All the men in the village have gone up the mountain to hunt, leaving only some old women and children at home. What if some kind of bear sneaks in?"

By this time, Bai Jing already knew what the old Party Secretary was going to say.

This was clearly not the first time Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang had heard these words.

Fortunately, he acted as if he had known this would happen all along.

Then, the old Party Secretary continued to nag: "You educated youth, you must stay at home and protect the safety of your families, you know? That's your job."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing was the first to speak, saying, "Understood, Old Party Secretary! We will definitely obey the organization's arrangements!"

Seeing this, the old Party Secretary nodded in satisfaction, then seemed to see someone and immediately called out, "Yanzi, Yanzi, come here."

Bai Jing had already noticed that the person busy packing supplies for the team going up the mountain was none other than Yanzi, the landlady of the three educated youths.

The next moment, Yanzi responded and ran over.

"Old Party Secretary, what's wrong?"

Then the old Party Secretary pointed his pipe at Bai Jing and the other two and said, "Yanzi, keep an eye on them, don't let them cause trouble again."

Finally, he added, "Especially Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan."

Upon hearing this, Yanzi quickly assured them, "Don't worry, old Party Secretary, I'm their landlord, I'll definitely keep an eye on them!"

The old Party Secretary nodded, and then continued to give instructions to the people going up the mountain to hunt.

Yanzi immediately grabbed Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi by the collar, then looked at Bai Jing and said, "The three of you come back with me."

Hu Bayi seemed unwilling to give up. Seeing the group preparing to leave, he was pulled along, shouting, "Secretary, Secretary, let's talk about it, let's talk about it!"

However, the old Party Secretary wasn't buying Hu Bayi's act and completely ignored him.

And so, Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi were grabbed by the collar by Yanzi, while Bai Jing silently followed behind.

The four of them walked towards their lodgings.

Suddenly, Bai Jing realized something and abruptly looked towards a spot on the mountain.

For some reason, Bai Jing didn't see anything.

However, Bai Jing trusted his intuition; there must have been something watching him just now.

Yanzi, who was walking ahead, was leading Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi when she suddenly turned around and found Bai Jing standing still for some reason.

Immediately, Yanzi called out, "Bai Jing, hurry up and follow me. I'll make you three pancakes when we get back."

Hearing this, Bai Jing stopped paying too much attention to the prying gaze.

In short, whatever it is, we'll deal with it as it comes.

Back at their lodgings, Yanzi made pancakes for the three of them, while Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang scolded Bai Jing on the side.

“Hey Lao Bai, there are only three of us educated youths in this village, we have to stick together. I condemn what you did today on behalf of our group of educated youths.”

The fat man chimed in, "That's right, what you did today was definitely not fair."

What could Bai Jing do in this situation? He could only humbly accept their criticism, but he refused to change his ways.

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Chapter 3 Yellow Skin

However, after talking for a while, Hu Bayi and Fatty must have gotten tired, so they stopped talking.

Immediately, Bai Jing said, "Don't worry, I will definitely change."

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were already immune to these words, and Bai Jing had lost count of how many times he had said them.

However, it's not that Bai Jing is disloyal; whenever it comes to deciding what to do, Bai Jing really makes the decision.

There was nothing they could do; Bai Jing was just that skilled.

After eating and drinking their fill, and seeing that there was nothing else to do, Bai Jing and the other two wandered around the village for a day. Then, seeing that there was nothing else to do, they ate their fill and went to sleep.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Bai Jing and the other two were sleeping on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Suddenly, the door to the room was kicked open.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening sound rang out.

"stand up!"

Hearing the sound, Bai Jing looked up and saw it was Yanzi. He didn't pay any attention and continued to sleep.

As a result, Yanzi ran over and pulled up the blankets for all three of them.

Then they started rummaging through drawers and cabinets, seemingly looking for something.

This whole ordeal kept Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang awake.

The two of them looked at Yanzi with puzzled expressions and asked, "What are you doing? Why are you pulling the covers off so early in the morning?"

Upon seeing this, Bai Jing understood what was happening and yawned.

Yanzi glared angrily at the three of them and demanded, "Tell me, where did you hide it?"

Hearing this, Fatty Wang and Hu Bayi were both bewildered. Fatty Wang asked curiously, "Where did you hide it?"

Seeing their reaction, Yanzi immediately went to the cabinet and started rummaging through it, saying, "A rabbit doesn't eat the grass near its burrow, you two really know how to do that."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were even more bewildered.

As Yanzi searched for the items, she cursed, "They're nothing but thieves, worse than thieves! Give me a break, they think they can go hunting in the mountains and earn work points? Pah!"

Hearing this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were even more confused. What on earth was going on?

Fatty Wang looked at Hu Bayi and Bai Jing with some confusion and said, "How does sharing a blanket make us thieves?"

Bai Jing already understood.

He immediately put on his clothes and asked, "Are the chickens in the village gone?"

Upon hearing this, Yanzi immediately looked over and pointed at Bai Jing: "So it was you who did it. Tell me, where did the chicken go?"

As she spoke, Yanzi prepared to come over and grab Bai Jing.

But how could Bai Jing let her catch him?

Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang seemed to understand something as well, and immediately asked, "What do you mean? The chickens at home are missing? Lao Bai, what happened?"

Before Bai Jing could explain, Yanzi spoke first: "Our chickens aren't missing, but all the chickens in the village are gone. Only our chickens are still here. Who else could it be but you?"

Just as Bai Jing was about to say something, he heard a commotion outside.

Bai Jing and the others looked outside when they heard the noise and saw a large group of old women coming in, led by a man.

Bai Jing and the others also knew this man, Xu Erhei, a notorious good-for-nothing in the village who did nothing but steal chickens and dogs all day long.

At this moment, this group of old women

Led by Xu Erhei, they arrived at Yanzi's courtyard.

Yanzi lost her parents a few years ago, so she was all alone in the family. In addition, her father was quite capable and had built a few houses.

Therefore, when Bai Jing and the other two educated youths arrived at Ganggangyingzi, there happened to be many empty houses at Yanzi's house, so they were arranged to stay there.

At that moment, Xu Erhei was in the courtyard, leading a group of old women in a tirade of insults.

“Look, only Yanzi’s chickens are still here, all the chickens in the village are gone. Now those three bastards are living in Yanzi’s house. Tell me, if it wasn’t Yanzi’s three bastards who did it, who else could it be?”

"You little bastard, get out here!"

"Get out of here!"

Hearing this, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were also unhappy and immediately started getting dressed.

Before long, the group, dressed neatly, hurried into the courtyard.

At this moment, Xu Erhei was spreading rumors about Bai Jing and the other two in the courtyard.

"Tell me, ever since these three educated youths came to our village, has our village ever had a single day of peace?"

Immediately, a group of old women started to chime in.

Clearly, ever since Bai Jing and his two companions came to the village, they have caused the villagers a lot of trouble.

Bai Jing was alright, but Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were a different story. Ever since they came to the village, they'd been stealing chickens every three days and petting dogs every five.

Fortunately, the people in the village are very simple and honest. Most of the time, they just let it go and didn't hold it against them.

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