Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

If she comes a few more times like this, won't her social media profile upgrade in no time?!

Thinking of this, Su Wanqing immediately added, "Also, my friend has some lubricant. If any of you leaders need it, we can discuss it."

"That's great! Lubricating oil is in high demand!"

Let her think of what scarce supplies are available for large-scale exchange right now.

·

Secretary Li returned home in high spirits with the twenty tons of diesel oil allocated to the 65th Regiment. However, his good mood didn't last long before it vanished.

The threshing ground was brightly lit and bustling with noise, suggesting some kind of commotion. With a grim face, he, Su Wanqing, and Liu Shuqing quickly got out of the car and strode towards the threshing ground where the crowd had gathered.

Beside the threshing machine, Zhou Yanshen stood coldly in front of the generator, while Zhang Yan sat slumped on the ground in terror, clutching a thick iron rod in her hand. Several deformed generator parts lay scattered around her.

"If it weren't for Comrade Zhou's meticulousness in secretly keeping watch by the machine, I think Zhang Yan would have really succeeded in this mischief! What would we have done if our generator had really broken down!"

"Captain Tian! What are you going to do about this?! It's your youth group's turn to be on duty for threshing tonight, and Zhang Yan was sent by you. Is she deliberately trying to sabotage us?!"

"I just don't understand! Why did Zhang Yan sabotage the generator? Does she just want to see us all go back to manually threshing grain? Does she think she'd be happy working ourselves to the bone?"

Tian Dahua was so angry that she trembled all over. She immediately slapped Zhang Yan across the face, making her cheek swell up instantly.

"Tell me! Why did you have to break the generator when there's a perfectly good machine to use?! What were you thinking?!"

She truly hated Zhang Yan; one bad apple spoils the whole bunch! Now the educated youth were in an even more difficult situation.

Zhang Yan's face was covered in tears and snot. She looked up and saw Su Wanqing, who had just returned from the crowd. Her pent-up resentment exploded instantly.

"It's all her fault! Blame her! She's the one who took over Chen Weidong's house! Chen Weidong was clearly going to give everyone a generator, why did she have to interfere?! So what if I damaged the generator? Chen Zhiqing has another one! Using someone else's generator, they still have diesel! Their uncle manages all the fertilizer, coal, tractors, and other supplies! If you really offend them, let's see how you get through the winter! I... I did this for everyone's future!"

Everyone finally understood! It turned out that they were willing to damage collective property in order to curry favor with Chen Weidong!

Hearing Zhang Yan still trying to justify herself by saying it was for everyone's good, Su Wanqing didn't hesitate. She rolled up her sleeves and rushed over, amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd...

Clap clap clap!

He slapped Zhang Yan hard across the face multiple times, leaving her cheeks swollen and blood seeping from the corners of her mouth!

Good, good, she had Zhou Yanshen guard the generator before she went out that night, just in case Chen Weidong did something bad. She didn't expect Chen Weidong to send Zhang Yan, that idiot.

"You dare to claim it's for everyone's good, yet you sabotage the generator? Didn't you ever consider that Chen Weidong provided the generator under certain conditions, to coerce everyone?! You shameless wretch who can't distinguish right from wrong, do you just enjoy kneeling and being threatened and forced to give alms?! You think that by currying favor with him, he'll look up to you?"

Zhang Yan covered her face and cried incessantly, filled with regret. She regretted not being more discreet and that she never expected Zhou Yanshen to be hiding nearby in the middle of the night.

Party Secretary Li strode over, his face dark, and asked, "How's the generator?"

Zhou Yanshen withdrew his shocked gaze.

He had just witnessed his wife's fierce temper and how she was beating someone, just like a little tiger—cute yet fierce.

Zhou Yanshen: "She knocked off two heat sinks and an oil pipe with an iron bar, but it's not a big problem. I've found all the parts and fixed it temporarily. It won't affect its use."

Party Secretary Li immediately grasped Zhou Yanshen's hand tightly, "Thanks all of you, Comrade Zhou Yanshen! If you hadn't been here guarding the place tonight, something terrible might have happened!"

He stared at Zhang Yan, utterly unable to comprehend how this woman could be so foolish and vicious.

Zhang Yan pointed at Su Wanqing and cried out to Zhou Yanshen, "Her! She went out with some unknown man late at night! She's only just come back now! Only an honest person like you would be kept in the dark, foolishly waiting here! This isn't the first or second time she's gone out like this!"

"Shut up!" Party Secretary Li exclaimed in anguish. "You've committed the heinous act of sabotaging collective production, and you still dare to slander Comrade Su Wanqing?! Comrade Su Wanqing stayed up all night, risking her life, to find diesel fuel to save our entire regiment!"

As he spoke, he gestured for Liu Shuqing to open the truck's tailgate and shone a flashlight on it. "Look everyone! What's in this truck?! Isn't it the diesel we desperately need?!"

The oil drums gleamed coldly under the light.

The entire village was immediately in an uproar!

"My God! So much diesel fuel!"

"Oh, Dr. Su, you're working so hard! You're still out there late at night procuring supplies for us!"

"That Zhang, the educated youth, is outrageous!"

Zhang Yan was completely dumbfounded and collapsed to the ground. She never expected that Su Wanqing, an educated youth from out of town, would have such power, actually managing to procure so much diesel fuel!

Party Secretary Li announced to everyone:

"Don't be afraid of Chen Weidong's threats! His and his uncle's tricks won't scare us! If his uncle dares to withhold supplies from our 65th Regiment without cause, we have channels to report it to higher authorities and ways to get them ourselves! From now on, our 65th Regiment won't listen to Chen Weidong's tricks! Even if he begs us on his knees to use his supplies, we'll have to think twice! Do you understand?!"

"Yes! I heard you!"

"We will absolutely not be swayed by threats!"

"Chen Weidong and his uncle are utterly despicable!"

"Secretary Li, what should we do with this female educated youth who disrupted production?"

Party Secretary Li glanced at Zhang Yan with disgust.

"According to the regiment's regulations, damaging important production tools is a serious offense, resulting in a year's work points being deducted, a major demerit recorded in the personnel file, and three months of labor reform at a farm! Alright, that's cleared up. Everyone should go back and rest now. It's late at night, and none of you are giving me a moment's peace!"

Upon hearing the words "labor reform," Zhang Yan turned pale, collapsed to the ground, and fainted.

·

Back at the brick house, Zhou Yanshen closed the door and the first thing he did was grab Su Wanqing's hand and examine the contents carefully.

Su Wanqing was taken aback by his sudden action: "What are you looking at?"

Zhou Yanshen frowned slightly. "Check if your hand is injured. You hit so hard today, you must have been really angry. Your hand is probably red from hitting so hard." He thought about how angry she looked when she hit people, and he felt both relieved and worried that she might hurt herself.

Su Wanqing chuckled. "Do I look injured?" She moved her fingers; they were still fair, but slightly warm.

Zhou Yanshen looked closely and, finding no redness or swelling, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He gently pulled her into his arms. "Next time, I'll do it."