"Brother Yan, these women are being a little unreasonable." In the darkness, Yu Ming drank hot tea and couldn't help complaining.
Li Kuiyong said irritably, "You're the unreasonable one. Didn't they make themselves perfectly clear? We split up the cooking and make our own meals, keep things under control, and save a little more. If they really let us eat as much as we wanted, no amount of grain would be enough. The three of us eat more than all seven of those female comrades put together! Besides, they said that if we ran out of food, they'd help us out. How great is that?"
Yu Ming did not argue at all. "Yes, yes, Brother Yong is right. I was being thoughtless."
"You're the kind who never remembers what people do right, only what they do wrong."
Li Kuiyong put it even more bluntly, without holding back. "You need to fix that flaw of yours. Men from Jingcheng being so petty—it's damn embarrassing. Right, Brother Yan?"
Wang Yan was handling the chemicals and developing film in the dark. "Yu Ming's thinking was a little shortsighted, but it's nothing. You're following the two of us, after all. We won't let you starve to death."
"Brother Yan, I really was wrong." Yu Ming was almost in tears. "I was just saying it. I really wasn't thinking of eating more or taking more."
"It wouldn't matter even if you were." Wang Yan kept working, shaking the container in his hands. "Isn't there a saying? Time reveals a person's heart. After enough time has passed, you'll see how others treat you, and you'll know what you ought to know. Just don't blame other people when that time comes."
"I'll definitely change."
Yu Ming stopped trying to defend himself. Even if he had to hide