Rebirth in 1972: Redemption in Changbai Mountain

Yu Sitian also disliked Ma Jun. Ma Jun had caused her best friend to go hungry, and he had always been sarcastic and unfriendly towards them, the female educated youth. Naturally, she couldn't easily forgive such a person. If she wouldn't side with Meng Huaiyuan, then she would naturally side with Chen Zhejiang.

"Since everyone is dissatisfied with the captain's opinion, then we'll choose Chen Zhejiang..."

"Comrade Chen Zhejiang, what is your opinion?"

Lin Qiuyue interrupted Yu Sitian. Having spent a lot of time with Zhou Rui, she naturally learned from his cautious personality.

The world is not black and white. Meng Huaiyuan's suggestion does not meet everyone's expectations, but no one knows about Chen Zhejiang's suggestion yet, and it cannot be proven that it is necessarily correct.

"This is what I think." Seeing that the female educated youth wanted to know his thoughts, Chen Zhejiang decided to stop hiding his intentions and get to the point as soon as possible.

"We recorded the whole story clearly, wrote our opinions as educated youth and signed them after the event. Then we reported it to the educated youth office, and the final decision was made by the leaders of the educated youth office. Oh, right, Captain Zhao will also sign his name along with us."

Lin Qiuyue tapped the table with her slender fingers: "So? Comrade Chen Zhejiang, what exactly is your opinion?"

Lin Qiuyue was getting impatient. This Chen Zhejiang was quite cunning; he was dragging his feet on explaining things, trying to drag them onto his chariot.

"My suggestion is to send Comrade Ma Jun to a more challenging place to learn and train, so that he can get rid of his bad habits. Wei Dazhi and Lu Yan both agree with my opinion, and the production team leader does not object either."

Lin Qiuyue and the others looked at Wei Dazhi and Lu Yan, who nodded repeatedly, indicating that Chen Zhejiang was right.

Seeing that the three male educated youths were in agreement, and that they also disliked Ma Jun, Lin Qiuyue and the others were prepared to agree with Chen Zhejiang's suggestion.

Unexpectedly, Meng Huaiyuan still wanted to make a final stand. After Zhao Youzhi and the villagers left, he had time to think. Only then did he belatedly realize that Chen Zhejiang, along with Wei Dazhi and Lu Yan, were standing against him, competing with him for the position of educated youth team leader.

The Ma Jun incident has become linked to his position as the leader of the educated youth team, and the fact that everyone took sides represents the team's allegiance.

"Comrades Lin Qiuyue and Yang Ping. You see, we all came down together and have a deep revolutionary friendship."

Our top leader once said that we should learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones, and cure the disease to save the patient. Punishing his past errors is acceptable, but we still need to educate him properly. Don't you agree?

"Captain Meng, you don't need to be in such a hurry to kidnap Qiuyue and Yangping. Although we women are soft-hearted, we don't dare to leave someone like Ma Jun in the educated youth compound, living in constant fear and apprehension."

Regardless of other people's opinions, I agree with Comrade Chen Zhejiang's opinion.

Although He Wei was proud and aloof, having grown up in the hutongs of Beijing, she was very familiar with these persuasive methods that subtly hooked her words. So, she took the lead in stating her position before Lin Qiuyue and Yang Ping, setting an example for all the female educated youth.

"I also agree with Comrade Chen Zhejiang's suggestion." Yang Ping was the most direct, raising her hand to vote.

"He Wei is right, I agree." "I agree too."

The dust has settled, and Meng Huaiyuan's insistence has become a joke. Everyone except himself has stood against him.

Meng Huaiyuan couldn't understand why, despite his diligent service and efforts to please everyone, he ended up with nothing and was even about to lose his position as the leader of the educated youth team.

Only people like Chen Zhejiang, who were influenced by their families from a young age, or He Wei, who grew up in the complex environment of the compound, truly understand this. Trying to please everyone will only result in pleasing no one.

The matter was resolved quickly. The next morning, Zhao Youzhi's name was added to the complaint letter, which was then sent to the town's educated youth office.

The educated youth office made only a few phone calls, and the decision was made. On the third day, an oxcart drove out of the village, carrying Ma Jun and his luggage, and disappeared into Jiaolongxia Village, never to be seen again.

Zhou Rui didn't care about any of this. The educated youth compound was inherently mobile; this time Ma Jun left, but who knew that next time Xu Jun or Zhou Jun or someone else might come?

That day, Zhou Rui rode his big mule to Wang Shouye's house as usual.

"Ruiwa, is your arm feeling better? I heard from your Uncle Wang that you were shot while trying to catch the bad guys."

Master's wife Li Mei was very concerned. These were all Wang Shouye's precious disciples, and Li Mei treated them as her own juniors.

"Master's wife, I'm fine. I just got bitten by a bullet, but it's all healed now. Look." Zhou Rui exaggeratedly flexed his left arm in front of Li Mei.

That's how elders are; they don't trust what young people say and only believe what they see. Zhou Rui had no choice but to demonstrate it to her face.

"Okay, I got it. Be careful next time, and don't rush in every time you see a bad guy. Wait here, I'll make you something nice to eat to help you recover."

In Li Mei's eyes, it must be because Zhou Rui was the youngest and impulsive that he got injured.

"Alright, Master's wife, I'll be waiting."

"Shaofeng, Ruiwa, come in," Wang Shouye called from inside the house.

Li Mei gestured to Zhou Rui and Gu Shaofeng, "You two go ahead, your master wants to talk to you about something."

"Then let's go inside first." Gu Shaofeng pulled Zhou Rui into the house.

After the two entered the house, Li Mei headed towards the cellar. The cellar was filled with her family's stored food; she wanted to carefully select what she could cook.

"Sit down. Is Ruiwa feeling better?" "Junior brother, are you alright?"

"Uncle Wang, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother. They're all fully recovered and can fire without any problem."

Zhang Shitou always arrived earlier than them. Seeing that everyone was there, Zhou Rui explained his injuries again.

Wang Shouye nodded, believing that Zhou Rui wouldn't boast given his personality. If Gu Shaofeng had said that, he might have been more skeptical, but Zhou Rui was completely different.

"This hunt could be a big one; we might be able to get tens of thousands of kilograms of meat in one go."

"Master, so many. Did we encounter another herd of wild boars?" Gu Shaofeng spoke faster than he thought, not even waiting for Wang Shouye to finish speaking.

"No, it's a blue sheep."

Wang Zhen tilted his head and thought for a moment. He was much better than the others at understanding animal habits.

"Master, the Green Sheep herd isn't very big, is it? Usually, it's only twenty or thirty in a group. And they're all in high places deep in the mountains, so they're very difficult to hunt."

"Not bad. The flock of blue sheep is small, and they're not very big either. If they were just ordinary sheep, they could never have caught one weighing over ten thousand jin." Wang Shouye was very satisfied with Wang Zhen's reaction; this apprentice had memorized quite a few things.

Zhou Rui kept pondering what this blue sheep was, and it took him a long time to recall it from his memory.

"Qingyang" is just the name used in Northeast China. Its scientific name should be serow, which is small in size, with adults weighing only 70 to 80 pounds.

To catch tens of thousands of catties, you'd need at least a hundred or so sheep. The fact that so many sheep are together suggests something unusual has happened.