Chapter 77: Opportunity Has Come

Seeing Tian Fugang grab the little braid, Qi Baoguo wasn't scared either; on the contrary, he gave up completely.

"Team Leader Tian, I also have no choice; the team only has that much grain. As for the few members you mentioned receiving less grain, it's entirely because their usual work performance is too poor, so they should eat less."

"If you think I'm doing something wrong as the Big Team's secretary, then if the Commune allocates some returned grain to the Big Team, all problems will be solved."

Tian Fugang's face twitched: "You still want returned grain? This year our Commune is reducing production, and we haven't even met the required quota for the unified purchase grain; I have no face to report, where would I get you returned grain?"

Qi Baoguo slumped his shoulders: "Then I really have no way."

Seeing his indifferent attitude, Tian Fugang was furious.

"If you have no way, think of a way; what's the point of you being the Big Team secretary? At least you should be fair…… Forget it, forget it, I'll first go to the Youth Commune to have a look and appease them."

……

In Yan Lao Han's courtyard, Lu Feng originally thought that since his brother had come with difficulty, after staying two more days he should leave, and he could spare some more time to chat with Lu Cheng.

Today the Commune leaders came, but he didn't go to watch the excitement; who would have thought Lu Cheng actively requested to go see.

At that time, Tian Fugang had already returned from the Youth Commune; to appease the Educated Youth living there, he promised to resolve the grain issue as soon as possible.

But even so, some Educated Youth still didn't believe it, and even said that Tian Fugang and Qi Baoguo were in cahoots, leaving Tian Fugang momentarily at a loss.

Since he had come, Tian Fugang walked around the Big Team, and incidentally inspected the stone materials factory run by the Big Team.

When Lu Cheng and his elder brother rushed over, Qi Baoguo was leading Tian Fugang to stand on the stone bridge, below which was a large river.

"Team Leader Tian, look, that over there is the stone mountain our Big Team uses for mining…"

Lu Cheng watched that scene, knowing the opportunity had arrived, exactly as his elder brother had described in the letter from his previous life.

In his previous life, several people stood on the stone slab bridge looking at the not‑far stone mountain, and the result was that the Big Team's cow, for some unknown reason, got frightened and ran onto the stone bridge.

The cow acted as if it had gone mad; everyone panicked and fled in disarray, and Tian Fugang, unable to dodge in time, accidentally fell into the river, and crucially, he couldn't swim.

Finally, an Educated Youth rescued him; after Tian Fugang regained consciousness, he on the spot decided to take that Educated Youth to the Commune.

First, it was a way to thank the lifesaver; second, it happened to be a good move—selecting an Educated Youth to work in the Commune would not only directly link the Commune and the Youth Commune, but also serve to appease the Educated Youth, killing two birds with one stone.

In short, that Educated Youth went from scratching a living in the fields to earn work points, to suddenly wielding a pen to write documents, and thereafter ate commercial grain.

Earlier, while Lu Cheng was recalling things in the hospital, he suddenly remembered this matter, which is why he rushed over to his elder brother's place in a panic.

Exactly, what he intended to do was to get there before that Educated Youth, and instead have his elder brother jump into the water to rescue the person.

Tian Fugang was still on the stone bridge looking at the stone mountain, continuously exclaiming in admiration; the opportunity was right before his eyes, but he was still missing one crucial thing.

That was the cow.

Lu Cheng looked around and finally saw that cow under a big tree; a middle‑aged man responsible for feeding the Big Team's cattle was sitting there smoking a pipe.

The cow was fine, and didn't look like it would go mad at all.

Lu Cheng was thinking about it when Lu Feng said, "Hey Lu Cheng, I saw He Province's Educated Youth Liu Zhijian; it's not far from our Capital City, I'll take you to meet him."

Lu Cheng froze for a moment; this Liu Zhijian was exactly the Educated Youth who, in his previous life, jumped into the river to rescue Tian Fugang.

Actually, in his previous life, his elder brother had also prepared to jump into the river to rescue someone, but because he was slow in taking off his cotton pants, Liu Zhijian beat him to it.

Lu Feng walked over and greeted: "Zhijian, how did you come from the Youth Commune? By the way, let me introduce you—this is my younger brother Lu Cheng."

"Ah." Liu Zhijian nodded; even though they had exchanged greetings, Lu Feng still felt rather embarrassed.

It was clear that Liu Zhijian's mind was not on meeting Lu Cheng; instead, he looked toward the bridgehead, and soon his gaze was drawn to a cow not far away, after which he remained silent for a while before speaking.

"That Lu Feng, I have a urgent need to urinate; I'll first find a place to take care of it."

Lu Feng could only nod, but Lu Cheng kept Liu Zhijian's various actions in his sight.

"Older brother, go to the bridgehead first; by the way, stay closer to the river."

This Liu Zhijian seems off.

Lu Feng, puzzled, said: "Why do I need to be so close to the river? Besides, you said you came to watch the excitement; why aren't you going with me?"

Lu Cheng scratched his head: "Oh, I, I also have a bit of a urgent need to urinate."

Lu Feng glanced over: "Alright, I'll go first to see what Team Leader Tian is saying, so I can learn a bit; you come find me later."

"Okay, older brother, go quickly; remember to stay near the river!"

Watching his older brother's departing back, Lu Cheng then quietly followed in Liu Zhijian's direction.

But after waiting a long while, Liu Zhijian was indeed relieving himself under the big tree, yet that cow showed no sign of going mad.

What's going on? Is it because I was reborn and a butterfly effect occurred?

Originally, in his previous life, after the cow went mad and charged toward the stone bridge, the scene of Tian Fugang falling into the water should have happened, but it didn't.

Just as he thought this trip would be in vain, after Liu Zhijian finished relieving himself, he pretended to tie his shoelaces; when he stood up, his hand already held a sharp stone.

Then, taking advantage of the uncle's inattention, Liu Zhijian walked over to the cow and stabbed it hard.

"Moo…"

Only to see the yellow cow, stabbed in the buttocks, let out a miserable cry and, with its four hooves, charged toward the stone bridge.

Exactly, that's right—Lu Cheng was delighted; it turned out someone was messing around, and the cow couldn't have gone mad for no reason.

Seeing the cow go mad and run off, the uncle jumped up in alarm: "Hey, my cow…"

Liu Zhijian hastily said: "It's fine, uncle; I'll go chase it back for you."

Again looking at the yellow cow seemingly gone mad as it rushed toward the stone bridge, everyone shouted and scrambled to dodge.

"What's going on, why is this cow running over here? Team Leader Tian isn't even here—quick, take it away!"

Qi Baoguo shouted loudly, but the cow was charging wildly, and nobody dared to step forward to stop it; the scene descended into chaos.

Suddenly, Tian Fugang, unable to dodge in time, was hit and fell into the river with a splash.

"Who, who fell into the river?"

"It seems to be Team Leader Tian who fell down."

"What are we waiting for? Hurry up and save him!"

Although Qi Baoguo shouted that, when a commune member actually tried to go down to rescue, he gave them a look.

Now the river is so cold! Upon seeing that two Educated Youths had started taking off their Cotton-padded Jackets at the scene, the commune member thought to let the Educated Youth go rescue him, which would be just right.

One of the Educated Youths was Lu Feng, and the other was Liu Zhijian.

To rescue someone, one must definitely take off the Cotton-padded Jacket; otherwise, once in the river the jacket will soak up water and become heavy, making rescue impossible—one might not even be able to climb out oneself.

Liu Zhijian took off his clothes quickly; in the blink of an eye he had already pulled his cotton pants down to his knees and started taking off his shoes.

Meanwhile, Lu Feng didn't know what was going on; at this critical moment, he accidentally turned his rope belt into a dead knot, and no matter how he tried, he couldn't undo it.

Looking at Liu Zhijian, his cotton shoes had also been taken off; he was about to jump into the river, shouting, "Field Director, I'm coming to save you—hold on…"