In their single-minded obsession with returning to the city, they had guarded their bodies and hearts, avoiding close relationships with female comrades and limiting their interactions with the opposite sex in the villages.
But that didn't mean they didn't dream of love and marriage, nor did it stop a few of the guys from gathering to talk about women when they were exhausted.
TSK TSK. Such salacious gossip was explosive, no matter the era.
The man's voice was neither high nor low—just loud enough for everyone to hear if they strained, but still deliberately hushed, as if sharing a secret.
This man claimed his assigned post was in the production brigade right next to Chi Yun'er's. He then rattled off several supposedly irrefutable, bombshell stories.
