Lin Yu's life of traveling through time

Chapter 110: The Old Times (2)

As soon as the four of them entered the educated youth site, the village chief asked Lin Yu to come over: "Xiao Yu, come here, tell me about your trip to the river today?"

Lin Yu said innocently, "Village Chief, everyone knows that I've been going swimming around noon lately, but today my parents told me to stay home because Sha Zhu from Shangyou Village drowned while swimming a few days ago. What happened?"

The others looked at the confused Lin Yu and felt that Wang Xiaomei was framing him. Even though Lin Yu didn't like to work, he was still a good boy.

"Wang Zhiqing, do you still want to insist on what you said? You should know that our Dalin Village will not tolerate troublemakers. We will not tolerate the false accusation of our own comrades." The village chief looked at Wang Xiaomei with a sullen face.

"I..." Wang Xiaomei stuttered for a moment. She had no witnesses and no evidence to prove. She turned her eyes and saw Mo Yuwei's changed clothes and asked sharply, "Who would change clothes at this time? Look at the clothes in the basin, they are still wet. She must have been to the river."

Lin Yu sneered: "No, I finally understand how much you hate Mo Zhiqing. Besides, do you have to choose the time to wash clothes? It's normal for clothes to get wet in the basin. You keep saying that Mo Zhiqing has something to do with me, but you insist that he went to the river. You are also an educated person, haven't you heard of catching thieves and catching dirty tricks, and catching adulterers in pairs? You are so sweet and white-mouthed that you put accusations on others. How can Mo Zhiqing live? You can drown people with your spit. You are really cruel."

Wang Xiaomei looked like she was being bullied and said with tears in her eyes, "I just ran too slow and didn't catch you."

"I'm so sorry, we still have witnesses, at least my parents can testify." Lin Yu raised his eyebrows and said indifferently with his arms crossed.

Gu Lin, the educated youth standing nearby, frowned impatiently. Wang Xiaomei had insisted that everyone go find Mo Yuwei together, having spoken so confidently, yet now she had no evidence. Her persistence had already made the villagers resentful of them, the educated youth.

Oh, I don’t know why Wang Xiaomei is always so inappropriate.

"Alright, Wang Xiaomei, stop talking about nonsense and apologize to Mo Yuwei and Comrade Lin."

"You don't believe me? Brother Gu, what I said is true."

"Okay, shut up. Can't you have some common sense?" Gu Lin clearly saw the village chief's increasingly gloomy face.

At this point, Lin's mother couldn't help herself and pointed at Wang Xiaomei's nose and cursed: "Look at you, a girl, how can you be so vicious? At this time, you falsely accuse my son of having an affair with the educated youth. What's your intention? Do you want my son to be arrested and criticized? You are such a vicious person. How have we offended you? Village chief, our village cannot have such people. Everyone knows what kind of person my son Lin Yu is. What's more, this is a work style problem, and it was caused by the educated youth. How will the people above us view our village then?"

"You are bullying me alone. Can't I just assume I was wrong?" Wang Xiaomei retorted aggrievedly.

This concerns the collective interests and reputation of the village, and Wang Xiaomei's behavior of catching wind of rumors and holding on to them has angered the public.

"That's right, Village Chief. If people slander anyone they dislike, how are the young men and women in our village going to find a partner?"

"Yes, yes! She always loved to gossip. We didn't mind her for Gu Zhiqing's sake, considering she was young. But this time, she went too far."

"You...you guys..." Wang Xiaomei pointed at the villagers, and Gu Lin pulled her over to tell her to shut up.

The other educated youth were also anxious. After all, this was a group, so they could only bite the bullet and say, "My apologies, uncles and aunts. I'm sorry. It must be Wang Zhiqing who made a mistake. I beg you to be magnanimous. She's just a little girl. Please don't make a fuss about it."

Gu Lin had no choice but to step forward and apologize.

Wang Xiaomei wanted to refute, but Gu Lin glared back at her.

The village chief made the final decision, "Alright, this matter ends here. If you want to report it in the future, you must provide solid evidence. This kind of thing must never happen again in Dalin Village. For today's incident, I will deduct five centimeters from Wang Zhiqing's head as punishment."

"Alright, everyone else hurry back to eat and continue working this afternoon. Make up for any lost time. There's so much to do every day."

The village chief walked away with his hands behind his back.

"Let's go too. We don't know if the scorekeeper will deduct points from us right now. Really, I should have stayed out of the fun earlier."

"Who asked you to join in the fun? Who do you blame?"

"Well, I see this is also involving Lin Yu from our village. This kid may be a little lazy, but he's well-educated and polite. I'm just worried he'll get into trouble!"

"Okay, let's go, I haven't got the stuff back from my field yet."

After everyone left, Lin Yu looked at Mo Yuwei, raised his eyebrows, and asked his parents to leave.

Mo Yuwei understood Lin Yu's hint and decided to move out of the educated youth camp. She was really scared of this person doing this quietly. She hadn't realized that Wang Xiaomei's brain was a little bit off before.

Gu Lin closed the door and looked at Wang Xiaomei: "Why did you do this? Mo Yuwei and we are both educated youth. Do you have any conflicts with her? Haven't you always been fine?"

Wang Xiaomei's tears welled up as she whispered, "I'm just upholding justice. Maybe I'm wrong, but we're all part of the revolutionary community. How can we tolerate such filth? Besides, reporting isn't encouraged."

The other educated youth all looked speechless. How would they evaluate Wang Xiaomei? The reason she gave was far-fetched. She had been so insistent just now, but now she was acting like a white lotus to Gu Lin. It was really disgusting.

Gu Lin was also furious when he heard this answer. Should he say this guy was stupid? Or stupid? He was obviously scheming. And his methods were so crude.

Waving his hand, Gu Lin said, "What kind of justice are you talking about? Huh...don't embarrass us educated youth. Wang Xiaomei, we're here to support rural development. Can you please not mess around? That Yuwei...well, forget it. I can't say anything about not caring about it."

Hearing Gu Lin calling "Yuwei" gently, Wang Xiaomei's eyes turned red and she glared at Mo Yuwei angrily.

"You are not allowed to call her Yuwei, Brother Gu. You always call me by my full name, how can you call her so intimately, Yuwei, Yuwei..."

Mo Yuwei now had some understanding of why Wang Xiaomei had been plotting against her. It had been hard on her and her sisters for a while. If she hadn't heard that she was waiting for her by the river to go fishing today, she wouldn't have gone there.

But she was truly wronged. She and Gu Lin had exchanged less than ten sentences in public. This hatred was completely unfounded. Mo Yuwei rolled her eyes and went back inside. This matter had to be left as it was.

The other educated youth also went back to their rooms, not wanting to cause any more trouble. Today's incident must have greatly damaged the villagers' impression of them, so they should think about working hard in the afternoon to make up for it!

Gu Lin was even more helpless. If it weren't for the instructions from his family elders, Gu Lin really didn't bother to pay attention to Wang Xiaomei, but it was impossible for him to apologize on her behalf.

"Alright, stop crying. Don't talk nonsense in the future and don't have any bad thoughts, okay? Auntie. Just work hard. This isn't your home, and your parents won't be there to back you up. You don't know how long you'll be staying in the countryside. If anything happens to you here, who can save you? We're all comrades, and there's nothing wrong with calling you Yuwei..."

"Brother Gu, I really didn't mean it. Even you don't believe me anymore. That Mo Yuwei is just a good at pretending. Brother Gu...don't get so close to other women..."

"Stop, talk to me properly. Can you change your habit of casually accusing others? I haven't said that before. You are from the city, too. So many people have been criticized and sent down because of someone's words. You are playing with other people's lives. Can you stop gossiping? This is the last time I will say this to you. If it happens again, I will never clean up your mess because of my family. Also, I am not close to anyone. We are all comrades."

The only sound left in the courtyard was Wang Xiaomei's hesitant sobbing, which made Mo Yuwei and Li Ping roll their eyes.

Let's not talk about the atmosphere at the educated youth camp for now. Lin Yu was obediently following his parents on their way home, while his parents were still nagging at the educated youth's troublemaking abilities. They thought they were here to support construction, but who knew they couldn't even carry anything, and they were constantly gossiping. Who has the time to settle lawsuits for others? Especially that Wang Xiaomei.

Lin Yu then remembered that among this group of educated youth, any young woman who looked at Gu Lin for a second or spoke to him for a second would be gossiped about or slandered by Wang Xiaomei, either openly or covertly.

"Tsk, this possessiveness is really scary. I must stay away from him! I can't afford to offend him."

When they got home, Lin's mother said sternly, "You are not allowed to swim in the river anymore. You also said that idiot Zhu drowned, but he can still swim."

Father Lin took a sip of tea and said, "Your mother is right. You are already seventeen. Don't go out swimming every day. The riverside is an accident-prone area. If that educated youth Wang really brings his men to stop you and Mo Zhiqing this time, you won't be able to explain yourself even if you are innocent. It doesn't matter if you are a boy. As long as no one accuses you of hooliganism, you will be fine. But girls are unlucky. The educated youth from Shangyou Village was saved by a second-rate guy. The rumors were so rampant that she had no choice but to marry him."

Lin Yu thought this made sense, and his parents were reasonable people, but it just felt a little strange! He slammed the table.

"Pfft... Brat, what are you doing? Slamming your father on the table?"

Lin Yu withdrew his hand and touched his head awkwardly: "Haha, that's not it, Dad. I just felt that what you said just now made me feel that you were disdaining me as your son. Those people in Shangyou Village are second-rate people, but I am not your son. I also want a reputation."

Father Lin glanced at Lin Yu, drank his tea leisurely and said: "Oh yes, you are what people call a lazy man."

"Dad, am I still your biological son? Why do you say that? Others may not know, but you know that I, your son, rely on my brain. I read books and work at home. I think you are looking down on me." Lin Yu was unhappy. He didn't understand why he was a lazy man just because he rarely worked in the fields and was famous throughout the village.

"Oh. Now that you're not in school anymore, why don't you go out to work in the fields? You're waiting for your parents to feed you every day. If you're not a lazy bum, what are you?"

"Tsk, Dad, just wait and see tomorrow. I'll show you that I can handle farm work. I'll go to the fields with you tomorrow. Besides, I'm not idle at home either. I'll show you what a cultured person is in a while. Humph, sooner or later you'll all know that I'm not a lazy guy."

Lin's father and mother glanced at each other secretly. Lin's father showed a triumphant smile. This brat finally stopped being a big girl at home. As long as he went out to work, no one in the village would call his son a lazy guy. Lin's mother shook her head and laughed. This is how the father and son like it.

What Lin Yu didn't know was that if he hadn't come to this world, this warm and harmonious family would have died today. Unfortunately, Mo Yuwei fell into the water and hit her head, causing her to drown. He didn't realize that he wasn't diving when he came here.

Mo Yuwei, of course, didn't survive either. She was tripped by a trap set by Wang Xiaomei and fell into the water, and she couldn't swim. She died just like that, and bad rumors spread.

It's fair to say Wang Xiaomei's schemes were crude, but her ability to set traps was top-notch. After all, she'd learned this from pranking people in the compound. She just didn't use them properly; all she could think about was Gu Lin.