Reborn in the ’80s as a Group Favorite Bigshot – Chapter 157

Chapter 157: So Irresponsible

Seeing that Song Chu was unhappy, the brigade leader couldn’t help but feel nervous.

Could this incident affect the impression these inspection teams have of the village?

“Comrade Song is right. I haven’t seen those little brats bullying that kid before either. If I had, I would definitely have intervened.”

He thought that Song Chu was just a young girl, and it was normal for her to feel sympathy after seeing a child being ganged up on.

“Later tonight, I’ll go to their homes and have a talk with them. I’ll make sure they don’t bully anyone again, even if it’s the child of a reformed criminal.” He emphasized that he would deal with the matter.

He really hadn’t witnessed these incidents firsthand before, he had only heard about them a couple of times and thought it was just kids playing around.

Another village cadre spoke up, “Actually, you can’t entirely blame the village kids. That reformed criminal’s kid goes into the fields and digs things up, which isn’t good behavior. The village kids probably saw it as wrong and tried to educate him.”

They had a strong dislike for the reformed criminals who were sent down to the countryside.

Song Chu could easily tell that this person had a negative view of the people who had been sent down, and it seemed like they probably weren’t treated well.

“Let’s go, let’s take a look inside the farm.” Song Chu said very coldly, and walked ahead.

The brigade leader and the others followed, leading the group into the farm.

The total area of the farm was not small, with more than a dozen pigs, two cows, and dozens of chickens.

It looked like they were being raised quite well, probably because the people taking care of them were putting in the effort.

“Who’s raising these?” Song Chu asked.

The brigade leader was about to speak when the person who had spoken earlier beat him to it with a smile, “They’re all being raised by people from our village.”

Song Chu noticed that this village’s brigade leader had a weak presence, while the other village cadres were much more assertive.

“Your breeding farm is quite large, but there aren’t many animals.” Song Chu scanned the surroundings.

That person immediately started complaining, “Sigh, it’s because our village is too poor, we can’t afford to raise more.”

“But if we had the support of you comrades, we could definitely raise more.”

Song Chu didn’t respond to him, and instead walked towards a more secluded shed.

As she got closer, she saw that there were several beds in the shed, and one person was lying on one of them. The child was sitting beside the bed, holding the person’s hand, looking distressed, worried, and scared.

A few people were working nearby. When they saw the group approaching, they looked nervous and seemed very defensive.

“Who are they?” Song Chu asked casually.

The brigade leader replied, “They are the reformed criminals sent down to our village. They usually live on the farm and work here.”

The person who had spoken earlier saw someone lying down and his face turned unpleasant, “These bad elements just won’t behave. They’re slacking off and sleeping during the day, it’s outrageous.”

The others chimed in, all expressing their displeasure.

They were showing the inspection team around the farm, and they saw a reformed criminal slacking off. Wouldn’t this leave a bad impression?

People who didn’t know better might think they were treating these reformed criminals well.

“Today is definitely an exception. Usually, our village is very strict with these bad elements, and we regularly conduct struggle sessions against them. We definitely don’t let them have it easy.” Someone explained to Song Chu and the others.

It seemed like they needed to find someone to supervise these people while they worked, otherwise, they would just try to slack off all day.

As Song Chu listened to these people talking, she noticed that Gu Yue’s mood was off. He was emitting a cold aura and suppressed anger.

She turned her head and saw him staring at the person lying in the shed.

“It’s unlikely that someone would be sleeping at a time like this, let’s go take a look.” She took the lead and walked over.

The others followed.

Song Chu reached the bed and saw a man who looked to be in his thirties or forties lying there, his face flushed and his breathing labored.

“He has a high fever.” She frowned.

The brigade leader took a look, “He does indeed. No wonder he wasn’t working, he’s sick.”

“Go get the village doctor to come and take a look at him.” He told a villager who had come along.

The villager nodded and went to fetch the village doctor.

“These bad elements don’t deserve to see a doctor.” A man behind the brigade leader muttered softly.

The others all looked like they agreed. It was clear that in their eyes, these were just bad elements and reformed criminals who didn’t deserve anything.

Gu Yue clenched his fists tightly, wanting nothing more than to punch these people to the ground, but the drastic changes his family had experienced in recent years had taught him restraint.

Song Chu roughly guessed that the person lying down was probably Gu Yue’s older brother, but he was living a very hard life here, so although he was only thirty, he looked closer to forty.

The people in these remote villages were probably brainwashed, which was why they were so hostile towards the people who had been sent down.

She shot a sharp look at the person who had spoken, “No matter what, this is a human life. He has a fever, and you’re not calling a doctor? Do you want him to burn to death?”

The man shrank back, and although he didn’t retort, his eyes showed his defiance.

Song Chu didn’t bother to argue with them any further. These people were deeply ingrained with ignorance, and trying to reason with them was like talking to a brick wall.

Soon, the village doctor was brought over by the villager.

He took a cursory look at the person lying down and gave him a pill, “I’ve given him some medicine, he should be fine.”

“The level of skill of your village doctor is truly impressive, just giving a pill and saying he’s fine.” Song Chu felt that this was extremely irresponsible and spoke sarcastically.

The medicine she saw was oxytetracycline, which wouldn’t do anything to reduce the fever.

The village doctor thought Song Chu was genuinely praising him and said smugly, “My family has been village doctors for generations.”

Xu Ting and the others were speechless. Couldn’t he tell that Song Chu was being sarcastic? How could he be so stupid?

Song Chu felt that talking to these people was a complete waste of time, “It’s getting late, let’s wrap it up for today.”

The brigade leader and the others then led them out of the farm.

It was almost five o’clock, and the mountain roads were particularly difficult to travel at night, so the brigade leader offered to let them stay in the village for the night.

Xu Ting and the others had already planned to stay overnight, so they naturally agreed.

The brigade leader arranged for them to stay with several families in the village who were in better conditions.

Xu Ting and the others didn’t want to take advantage of these people, so they took out some biscuits and other things they had brought in the car and gave some to each family, making them very happy.

The brigade leader then invited the group to his house for dinner, planning to give the inspection team a good reception.

Xu Ting and the others didn’t object, since they still needed to eat dinner.

But Song Chu covered her forehead and said, “I might have gotten carsick earlier, I’m feeling really unwell now. I think I’ll go sleep in the car, you guys go ahead and eat.”

Xu Ting saw Song Chu wink at him, and although he didn’t know what she was up to, he immediately played along, “The mountain roads are too winding, you girls are most prone to carsickness. Go ahead and rest in the car then.”

“Okay.” Song Chu nodded. Song Ping was also very carsick, so she offered to help Song Chu back to the car to rest.

Song Chu stood next to Gu Yue, and when no one was looking, she reached out and pinched his arm, then gave him a reassuring look.

Gu Yue roughly guessed what she was going to do, and he felt very touched. He nodded slightly at her.

Song Chu and Song Ping then left the village and went to the car at the village entrance to rest.

Continued at 5:30 PM~