"This labor reform farm was originally called Minqing Farm. It was a state-owned farm established by the Minqing City government. At the time, the city government set aside part of the farm as a labor reform base. Many viewers may have heard the term 'labor reform' without knowing what it actually means. Labor reform means reform through labor. Some people convicted of minor offenses were sent to labor reform bases to work and receive ideological education while serving their sentences. It's a bit like community service in other countries, except that their community service is often a sham: if you're sentenced to community service, you don't go to prison. Here, criminals were made to reform their thinking through labor, and they were also paid wages to help them get by afterward. So, really, it was a pretty good and useful system."
The Daredevil delivered that whole speech without a single stumble, then continued, "Minqing's labor reform farm wasn't just a labor reform base. It was right beside a village and a proper state-owned farm. So a lot of people who served time there chose to work at Minqing Farm after they were released. Farmers have always had it tough, no matter the era. The people who worked at Minqing Farm didn't have connections or any way to get ahead. And think about the kind of people those former inmates used to be: thieves, brawlers. You get the picture."
The Daredevil put on a serious expression. "So Minqing Farm wasn't exactly peaceful. Fights broke out all the time. I learned that something happened at Minqing Farm back then. A man who'd been released from the labor reform farm and gone to work at Minqing Farm returned to the labor reform farm and killed someone who'd bullied him there."
Kangkang gasped.
Brother