An Weimin frowned. His shameless words thoroughly disgusted the women gathered around to watch.
"Hey, you from the An Family, we haven't seen you in a while, and your hide's gotten a lot thicker!"
"With your family's situation, why would Educated Youth Shi ever fancy you? For your five children? If she wanted children, couldn't she have her own?"
Everyone talked over one another, picking apart An Weimin's circumstances.
They had once thought he had inherited Old An's honest, straightforward nature. Although Old An's wife had raised him from childhood, his temperament hadn't taken after his mother's at all.
Only now did they realize.
It wasn't that his temperament hadn't taken after his mother's. His shamelessness was practically cast from the very same mold as hers.
He had simply been too good at pretending before.
"Mom! I'm hungry!"
"Mom! I heard you have candy. I want some!"
"Mom, wash my quilt for me. I wet it last night."
At some point, An Weimin's triplets had arrived too, charging straight up to Shi Lili.
Instead of going to their own father, they crowded around Shi Lili, gleefully calling her Mom over and over.
"Brigade Leader! Do you really not care whether we educated youths live or die?"
"Exactly, Brigade Leader! A young man from your brigade not only casually slanders an unmarried female educated youth by claiming she's in love with him, but also has his children call her Mom every other breath! How are we supposed to stay here with peace of mind and build up the countryside?"
"Everyone, stop working. Let's go to the Educated Youth Office! I want to ask them whether educated youths sent down to build up the countryside are also supposed to solve the problem of its bachelors!"
The An Family's shameless behavior didn't just