Chapter 55: Beibei Gets Beaten

"Oh? I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it; there really seems to be a bag in the storeroom." The attendant thought for a moment and said, but as for going to find it, she was too lazy to do so.

An Yinan's eyes lit up, and she handed a butterfly knot hair accessory she had made during her spare time to the attendant, "Big sister, I have to trouble you to help me look for it, okay? The elder in my family is very fond of this stamp."

Seeing the butterfly knot hair accessory, the attendant smiled and quickly agreed. She actually knew where it was. In fact, there was a reason why this stamp wasn't on display; because someone discovered a problem with the map on it, it had been forcibly recalled. At the time, this one bag remained in the storeroom, no one noticed it, and so it was left behind.

One bag was a paper package, and one package contained ten sheets, with fifty stamps per sheet.

"These stamps can no longer be used for mail." The attendant brought the stamps over and whispered to An Yinan.

An Yinan naturally knew the reason and nodded in assurance.

"No need, no need, it's just a memento for the elder." Only then did the attendant hand the stamps to her, and the money received didn't need to go through the public accounts; after all, those stamps had already been recalled, and she had only seen them in a corner while tidying the storeroom by chance.

Besides, once the little girl walked out of this door, she wouldn't recognize anything.

An Yinan was naturally happy too. These were rare stamps; they had been urgently recalled due to errors, and very few were left in circulation now. She hadn't expected there to be a whole package of ten sheets.

The moment she put down her small bag, she placed the stamps into her space.

Only then did she head toward the place with the stone pillar, calculating the time; Uncle Niu should be returning to the village soon.

When she returned to the village, it wasn't dark yet, but the atmosphere of the entire Educated Youth Station was a bit different. Many people seemed to be avoiding her gaze?

An Yinan's heart sank sharply, and she ran back to the room quickly. The room hadn't been locked.

As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw Xie Yuanyuan in the kitchen, using a towel to apply a compress to Beibei's face.

An Yinan threw her basket and small bag onto the ground, "What happened?"

Half of Beibei's face was swollen, glowing with an unnatural red.

"It's all because of that Sun Xiaoqin." Xie Yuanyuan wiped her tears, looking like a child who had been wronged.

An Yinan rubbed her temples; who exactly was the one being wronged here? An Yinan turned and went back to the room, finding a tube of ointment from her space. This ointment could relieve pain, and it felt cool and refreshing after application, much better than a cold compress.

Beibei, however, pulled on Xie Yuanyuan, "Sister Yuanyuan, let me tell it."

"The water vat was empty, so I went to the well to fetch water in the afternoon. I had just drawn two buckets of water when Educated Youth Sun and Educated Youth Wang went to the well to wash clothes."

"Educated Youth Wang asked me to give her the water, but I said I was still busy cooking and refused her."

"Educated Youth Sun then stood up and slapped me, then said that today, this water had to be fetched whether I liked it or not."

"Later, Sister Yuanyuan heard the commotion and came out of the room, and started arguing with Educated Youth Sun. Zhao Jiang got involved, but Educated Youth Qian stopped him."

"In the end, it was Educated Youth Zhang who came, and only then did we disperse."

An Yinan listened to Beibei recount the events, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly. This Sun Xiaoqin really had forgotten the pain once the wound had healed.

"Yuanyuan, go call Zhang Qian, then go to the village to find the Captain. Beat a gong, and let everyone who wants to watch the show come and see." An Yinan had originally thought that she would only be in the countryside for these few years, and many things were better left alone.

But these people had touched her bottom line. They could jump around in front of her, but they were not allowed to touch Beibei even once.

Zhang Qian had been very busy lately. Yesterday, after he returned from An Yinan's place, someone had been hiding their presence in his room. After exchanging two moves, he realized it was one of his own.

He had been out running around all day today, and it was only after dark that he returned from outside and saw Xie Yuanyuan.

"Just in time to find you, Beibei was bullied, Nan Nan is calling for you." Xie Yuanyuan panted and said this one sentence, then followed Nan Nan's instructions, shouting loudly all the way to the Captain's house.

When Zhang Qian arrived at An Yinan's place, An Yinan briefly explained what had happened.

"What do you want to do?" Zhang Qian asked.

An Yinan revealed an eerie smile, "What to do? Whoever touches my people, I'll chop off their hands! Are you going to stop me?"

In this Educated Youth Station, the only person who could stop her was Zhang Qian.

She hadn't called Zhang Qian to help, but to clarify his stance.

Zhang Qian rarely smiled, but this time he did, "Our old commander once said, any lack of unity should be resolved internally, but externally, we must form a fist and beat the hell out of them."

"Very good." An Yinan felt relieved.

Afterward, An Yinan stood up directly, without any nonsense, walked to the female Educated Youth Dormitory, and kicked the door. The closed door was kicked flying, while the other door swayed back and forth.

"Ah!" A scream came from inside the room.

Only Li Xiue remained calm, continuing to stitch a shoe insole. She had gone to work today, and by the time she finished, the matter was already over, but she knew this wasn't the end.

Although she hadn't had much contact, only really interacting for those two days, she knew An Yinan's temperament: a little girl who was usually smiling and soft, but once she encountered trouble, she was like a sword.

"An Yinan, have you lost your mind?" Zhao Qiu Hua frowned, looking at the person who had arrived.

An Yinan looked at Zhao Qiu Hua, "I will pay for the door, this has nothing to do with you."

Just as Zhao Qiu Hua was about to speak, Li Xiue pulled her and whispered what had happened today into her ear. Zhao Qiu Hua immediately stepped aside.

She was truly disgusted by Sun Xiaoqin!

"What? You hit someone and now you want to hide?" An Yinan looked at Sun Xiaoqin and Wang Chunmei.

"An Yinan, don't be lawless. This is the Educated Youth Station, not your home." Sun Xiaoqin shouted.

An Yinan didn't waste words, directly reaching out to grab Sun Xiaoqin by the collar, and then, before Wang Chunmei could react, she grabbed her by the back of her collar as well.

"Fetch the water!" An Yinan shouted.

Beibei followed his sister's instructions, filled both buckets with water, and placed them by the well.

Just then, the Yijin Yuan had already heard the noise. The well was in the Yijin Yuan. At first, they didn't know what had happened, but now that they remembered An Yinan, that god of slaughter, they feared things were going to go wrong.

"Is it here?" An Yinan smiled as she looked at Sun Xiaoqin.

Sun Xiaoqin and Wang Chunmei both struggled desperately, but neither could break free from An Yinan's grip.

Wang Chunmei was teary-eyed, "Educated Youth An, it has nothing to do with me. I didn't hit An Xiangbei, why are you grabbing me?"

Sun Xiaoqin was also furious, "An Yinan, what are you doing? Don't bring your capitalist ways into the Educated Youth Station. The Educated Youth Station is not your home."

"Too noisy." As these two words fell, she pushed both of their heads directly into the water buckets.

Both of them flailed their hands rapidly, pressing against the buckets trying to get up, but their strength was no match for hers!

An Yinan smiled on her face, looking at the people around her, her eyes reddening, her smile carrying an eeriness that made everyone's heart tremble.

Twenty seconds, very short.

For the two people in the water, however, it was very long.