Chapter 10: Ten Compliments in Front of Others Are Not as Good as One Compliment Behind Their Back
The car became empty as fewer people came. He Tiantian had no time to feel sad. Knowing that they were about to arrive in Huai City, Anhui Province, she got up and packed her luggage. She had a lot of things, which were prepared for her by her parents and Huo Yingjie.
The things in the package at hand were food, which she had already eaten. Her large luggage was on top, and He Tiantian stood on the empty seat to get her own luggage, and Li Yuanyuan took it from below.
"I didn't expect you to be so strong despite your small size." Li Yuanyuan praised. She felt that the big package was heavy when she held it, but she didn't expect He Tiantian to take it off the shelf in one go.
He Tiantian made up an excuse and smiled, "I have been working since I was a child."
In fact, He Tiantian was also very surprised. She didn't know that she was so strong. In her previous life, she didn't dare to imagine that she was so strong.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind.
"Tiantian, you are here too?" Liu Lingli said. She only saw a silhouette just now, and thought she saw it wrong, so she ran over to confirm it. Unexpectedly, it was really He Tiantian.
"Sister Lingli." He Tiantian said. Liu Lingli was the one who told her about her parents' death in her previous life. She lived on the opposite street and was from the same school. Liu Lingli was two grades higher than her. When they met on the road, they would greet each other.
Liu Lingli was a slightly plump girl with a round face and a tall stature. She was the second child in the family. One of her brothers had already started working, and her younger brother was fifteen years old. Her family was reluctant to let her go to the countryside to work.
"Where were you assigned to?" Liu Lingli asked, "Maybe we can be together, and we can take care of each other in the future."
"Taoyuan County." He Tiantian said, "What about you?"
"Me too." Liu Lingli said, very happy, it was rare to have a fellow villager she knew!
Li Yuanyuan also joined the conversation between He Tiantian and Liu Lingli. When they arrived in Taoyuan County, Huai City, the three of them got off the bus together.
Li Yuanyuan and Liu Lingli wanted to help He Tiantian, but were rejected by He Tiantian. He Tiantian was seen carrying a large package on her back, holding a large square rattan box in one hand, and a package in the other hand, with a yellow shoulder bag embroidered with "Serve the People" and a green water bottle slung across her body. The package sent by Huo Yingjie could only be hung around her neck. Fortunately, it was not heavy and her neck could bear it.
"Tiantian, that's the reception point." Li Yuanyuan didn't have much stuff and walked in front.
The reception point had a banner with the words "Welcome to the young people of Taoyuan County!"
Many young people were already standing near the banner, most of them came from Nanshi, gathered at this place, and then were assigned to various towns and villages under Taoyuan County.
He Tiantian followed Li Yuanyuan, and Liu Lingli came over and stood obediently.
After a while, a middle-aged staff member wearing a Zhongshan suit, black-framed glasses, and a fountain pen in his chest pocket came over, opened his notebook, started to call the roll, and then assigned people.
As expected, He Tiantian was assigned to Qijia Village, Li Yuanyuan was assigned to Yangedaogou, and Liu Lingli was assigned to Hujia Village, the village next to Qijia Village.
Li Yuanyuan left with several people who were assigned to Yangedaogou, and Liu Lingli stood with those who were assigned to Hujia Village.
There was a man and two women next to He Tiantian, who were assigned to Qijia Village together.
"Tiantian, we're leaving first. I'll find you when I'm free." Liu Lingli said, "You have to take good care of yourself."
He Tiantian nodded and said, "Thank you, Sister Lingli, I will take good care of myself."
He Tiantian didn't take Liu Lingli's words seriously. In her previous life, Liu Lingli didn't come to find her! Now that she just got off the bus, Liu Lingli might have this intention, but when she got to the village and was tired from working, she wouldn't take the initiative to find He Tiantian, for fear that He Tiantian would ask for help.
After watching Liu Lingli leave, He Tiantian stood in a corner and put her things on the ground. She remembered that in her previous life, people from Qijia Village didn't arrive until dark, and they had to wait for several hours.
It seemed that the village chief Qi Dazhu came to pick them up personally, but the oxcart broke down on the way. It was already evening when they arrived at the county town after repairing it. They stayed in the county town for one night before returning to Qijia Village. At that time, He Tiantian was tired and sad. Like others, she complained about the village chief Qi Dazhu, which made Qi Dazhu lose face in front of the county staff and was criticized.
Qi Dazhu was angry. Although he did not make things difficult for them, he asked the young people who came to the countryside to work like the villagers, and all the young people from the city cried from exhaustion.
It’s not that Qi Dazhu is a bad person, but that he was angry that these young people from the city did not understand him and did not listen to his explanation. In order to repair the oxcart to pick up the young people from the city, he was busy all day and did not eat. As a result, he was complained by the young people in the city and criticized by his superiors. Who would feel uncomfortable!
"Why hasn't Qi Dazhu come yet?" The middle-aged man frowned, raised his hand, and looked at the Plum Blossom watch on his wrist. "It's already three o'clock. It's not a good thing for these young people in the city to stand here. Go to the waiting hall over there and wait. There is hot water inside."
"It's so hot. If you don't want to pick us up, you are dissatisfied with Chairman M's decision." One of the men said, his fair face was sunburned. The weather was hot, and he was hungry, so he became irritable.
This person, He Tiantian knew, was always compared to her by others, Li Mingkai.
The reason for the comparison is that He Tiantian and Li Mingkai both married locals. He Tiantian lived peacefully in the countryside with Qi Jianguo, while Li Mingkai did not come back after he was admitted to university. The girl got pregnant and waited for Li Mingkai's letter asking for a divorce, so she jumped into the river and died.
This girl was none other than Qi Xiaoyan, the daughter of the village chief Qi Dazhu.
Now Li Mingkai said this, at the very least, his work enthusiasm was not high, and at the most, his consciousness was not high, and he needed to be educated.
Although the middle-aged man was dissatisfied with Qi Dazhu, he was also dissatisfied with this behavior of criticizing others all the time.
It is better to praise someone behind his back than to praise him ten times in front of him.
He Tiantian said softly: "I heard from my relatives that Qijia Village in Taoyuan County is far away from the county town, and there are many mountains and narrow roads. It may be that the car has a problem, otherwise it would not be late on purpose."
Several people turned their heads and looked at He Tiantian, who had been very quiet.
When the middle-aged man heard what He Tiantian said, he smiled and nodded, "Have your relatives been to Taoyuan County?"
He Tiantian smiled obediently and nodded, "Yes."
"Taoyuan County is very difficult. You can do a lot when you come here." The middle-aged man took everyone to the waiting room, where they had a place to sit and waited with peace of mind. The middle-aged man had something else to do, so he went to do other things first, but after returning, he asked someone to send four big steamed buns.
Four people, one for each.
He Tiantian had finished her food, and she was full after eating the big steamed buns with boiled water.
Rolling around and acting cute to ask for recommendation votes and collections! O(∩_∩)O Haha~