Chapter 246
It wasn’t chaotic, yet not overly aggressive either. Aside from his dark complexion, he looked almost indistinguishable from city folks. In fact, he seemed to be living better than these educated youth who came from the city, thanks to all the money Su Xiaoxiao provided. She even gave him a military coat. She preferred to support those two jerks who urged her to marry a rube rather than think of her childhood neighbor like this.
Pan Yongsheng’s face turned red with anger. “Xiaoxiao…”
He tried to adjust his emotions, but Su Xiaoxiao cut him off with a glare. “Dung beetle, shut up! Just seeing you makes me smell something foul.”
Pan Yongsheng finally regained his composure, only to turn dark and grim again.
Meanwhile, the educated youth nearby, upon hearing Su Xiaoxiao’s words, recalled the time he fell into the pit latrine. They all shuffled away, trying to keep their distance from him.
Dong Jiaxuan felt sorry for Pan Yongsheng’s isolation and immediately stepped forward. “Su Xiaoxiao, how could you say that? Who didn’t wet their pants or get smeared in feces when they were young? Don’t bully Yongsheng like this just because he’s younger.”
“Stop spouting nonsense! My parents and brother took turns raising me when I was young, so I never got smeared in feces. I bet you got smeared when you were young, which is why you can face Pan Yongsheng like this!” Su Xiaoxiao retorted directly.
Who wets their pants and smears themselves with feces? It’s probably a large quantity that hasn’t changed in a day.
The educated youth nearby nodded along. “Exactly, even if we wet our pants when we were young, we never got smeared all over. Don’t dirty us.”
With their words, they isolated Pan Yongsheng and Dong Jiaxuan again.
Since the last time Dong Jiaxuan was caught in the shack, no educated youth in the dormitory wanted to talk to her. Even though she was isolated now, she didn’t think much of it. But Pan Yongsheng had just managed to restore his relationship with the educated youth, and now Su Xiaoxiao had set him back.
He was so angry he wanted to slap Su Xiaoxiao hard.
A jerk is a jerk, and after following a rural rube, he lost all his manners.
“Alright, I came here today for the draw. It’s so late already, don’t waste everyone’s time,” Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand impatiently.
Dong Jiaxuan was about to argue back, but the educated youth didn’t want to hear her nonsense and brought out the soup bowls. Inside were dozens of pieces of paper.
“Each of us has one piece of paper. We divide them by age. Those born in the same year will draw first, then by month and day. The older ones draw first,” the educated youth leader explained fairly.
This was the usual practice in their dormitory, and everyone was used to it. Su Xiaoxiao was the youngest among them, so she would draw last.
After Tao Junlan and Qian Siyu drew their papers and opened them, they were disappointed to see the word “stay” written on them.
“We’re sorry, Xiaoxiao,” they looked at Su Xiaoxiao apologetically.
“It’s okay, I still have another chance,” Su Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly at them.
Anyway, she glanced at the two educated youth who had just drawn, both wearing particularly conflicted expressions.
These educated youth who wanted to return home but couldn’t would pay a bit more money to buy a spot.
However, when everyone finished drawing, there was only one paper left, and no one drew the third spot to go home for a visit.
So there was no suspense left for this last piece of paper.
Su Xiaoxiao took the paper lying at the bottom of the bowl and opened it.
Even though she had known the result early on, when she saw the word “return” written on it, her mouth couldn’t help but curl up in a smile.
She happily waved the paper in her hand at Jiang Yexun, who was leaning against the door.
Jiang Yexun smirked.
“Since the draw is done, I’ll leave first,” Su Xiaoxiao turned around and said to Tao Junlan and Qian Siyu.
“Alright!” They nodded with smiles.
The tension from earlier visibly dissipated.
Su Xiaoxiao bid farewell to the other educated youth in the dormitory before walking out with the paper in hand.
“We’ll go home to get some things and then head to the production team leader’s house to get the certificate,” Jiang Yexun said as he attempted to hold the girl’s hand next to him.
But then they heard hurried footsteps behind them.
Jiang Yexun and Su Xiaoxiao furrowed their brows and turned around to see Pan Yongsheng and Dong Jiaxuan rushing over.
Jiang Yexun immediately stepped forward and shielded Su Xiaoxiao behind him.
“Get lost!” Jiang Yexun didn’t even wait for the two to speak and coldly rebuked them.
Their faces twisted for a moment, but the next second, they regained their composure.
“Educated Youth Su, we grew up in the same family compound since childhood. Could you lend us some money? We also want to go home for a visit,” Pan Yongsheng, shivering in his thin cotton coat, pleaded.
Su Xiaoxiao couldn’t be bothered to argue with him and simply pulled Jiang Yexun along towards home.
Pan Yongsheng and Dong Jiaxuan glanced at each other. Although they were somewhat afraid of Jiang Yexun, they thought about what had been said over the phone at home and gritted their teeth to catch up.
“Educated Youth Su, something happened in our family. Do you know why the factory suddenly wants to dismiss our parents?” Dong Jiaxuan tried to make his voice sound both aggrieved and concerned.
But she was still young and not trained in acting. In her words, one could still hear the taste of probing and resentment.
And why not be resentful?
Su Xiaoxiao’s father is the factory director, and if the factory wants to dismiss them, it must have her father’s consent.
And the family hasn’t said why the factory is firing them, but put all the blame on their heads.
They must go back and see what happened.
“How would I know?” Su Xiaoxiao widened her eyes in shock, then said disdainfully, “Even if my dad is the factory director, dismissing an employee must have reasonable and legitimate reasons. Don’t use your petty thoughts to think about people in my family. We always act righteously and straightforwardly, not like you with so many twists and turns.”
Even if her parents want to avenge her, they can’t frame her.
Not to mention her parents being honest, just say that she is the director of a steel mill in Shanghai, and how many people are staring at him.
A little mistake, and the report will be immediately submitted.
“We didn’t say anything about your dad, why are you so angry? We just want to borrow some money from you to go home and see what’s going on,” Dong Jiaxuan said hastily.
“No,”
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the shameless two in front of her, so angry that she wanted to give each of them a kick.
But she had just thought about it, and Jiang Yexun had already raised his foot to kick them hard.