The other Educated Youths also looked at Xu Qinghuan with hostility; regardless of the circumstances, resorting to physical violence was simply wrong.
Xu Qinghuan made no move to stop Kong Lijuan, letting her walk out with her swollen face. Before long, the brigade leader was summoned, accompanied by his wife. Since the incident involved female Educated Youths, there were matters he might find inconvenient to handle personally.
"What happened here?" the brigade leader asked, sounding quite impatient. These newcomers had barely settled in before causing trouble; one could only imagine how chaotic this brigade would become in the future. Exhausted from their daily labor and barely fed, nobody had the patience to deal with such petty disputes.
Chapter 38