Yu Rujia: "Those guys are pretty brave. They're not easily scared. Look at them, they're right there. They don't look scared at all."

Not far away, Duofu and Duoshou were playing together, while Duolu and Duoxi were making a ruckus, their faces completely free of gloom.

Secretary Li breathed a sigh of relief. Even though He Jiajia had been assuring him all night that Tie Dan was the one who lost and that Duo Fu and the others were fine, he was still worried that Duo Fu and the other youngsters might get hurt.

He was busy getting angry last night, and by the time he came to his senses it was already past nine o'clock. It wasn't convenient for a man like him to come over at that time, so he could only come over during the day today.

Party Secretary Li: "That's the good thing about kids, they forget things easily."

Yu Rujia chuckled inwardly. Duoxi was indeed forgetful, but the three older ones, including Duolu, remembered. This morning, they got up early to run and practice horse stance with Gao Shujing.

Tie Dan was given a beating by Party Secretary Li, who went a bit too far. Tie Dan didn't go out for several days, which disappointed Duo Lu, who was thinking of fighting him again. He forgot about it after a few days.

It was the spring plowing season, and everyone in the brigade was extremely busy. Yu Rujia was the team doctor, and all she had to do was stay at home and wait for patients to come to her door.

When Huang Jingbei carried Wan Qiuju, who had her eyes closed, in, Yu Rujia thought something had happened to her.

When I took his pulse, wow, there was absolutely nothing wrong with him.

Thinking of the hardships of spring plowing, Yu Rujia understood perfectly. Unfortunately, she didn't intend to help Wan Qiuju, who had once scolded her. Although Yu Rujia hadn't suffered any losses at the time, she didn't have a saintly heart.

Not suffering any loss doesn't mean she'll look favorably upon those who have insulted her.

Yu Rujia: "It's not a big problem. I just pricked her philtrum with a needle and she woke up."

Huang Jingbei asked anxiously, "Yu Zhiqing, are you sure you're okay? Qiuju fainted right there in the field."

Jingxi's wife, who followed, said, "Yu Zhiqing is a good doctor. She has never had any problems in our brigade. If she says there are no problems, then there are definitely no problems. Yu Zhiqing, please start the acupuncture."

Yu Rujia took out a needle with a diameter of three millimeters, waved it around outside, and then deliberately placed it above Wan Qiuju's eyelid.

Huang Jingbei gasped: "Yu Zhiqing, do you really need such a thick needle?"

Yu Rujia: "As long as the person can be cured, what does it matter what kind of needle is used?"

Jingxi's wife couldn't help but chuckle, but quickly suppressed her gloating expression.

Jingxi's wife: "That's right. Yu Zhiqing is a doctor, so naturally he knows more than us. We and Yu Zhiqing are in the same brigade. Are you worried that Yu Zhiqing will kill someone?"

Hearing their conversation, Wan Qiuju, who was pretending to be sick, couldn't help but secretly open her eyes a crack. A three-millimeter-thick needle was dangling in front of her, which frightened her so much that her eyes involuntarily opened to their maximum and her body twitched.

She made quite a commotion, and the three of them saw it all. Everyone knew she was faking illness.

Jingxi's wife: "Sister-in-law, you're awake? If you're alright, go back to work."

Wan Qiuju feigned weakness and said, "I just fainted and I'm still dizzy. I need to go back and rest."

Jingxi's wife said with ill intent, "I feel dizzy. It just so happens that Yu Zhiqing is here. Yu Zhiqing, could you please take a look at her?"

Yu Rujia said in a serious tone, "I haven't had the acupuncture yet. It will be fine after the acupuncture is done."

Wan Qiuju glared at her angrily: "It's none of your business."

Yu Rujia: "If it's none of my business, then don't come here. I didn't beg you to come."

Wan Qiuju: "You quack doctor, you can't cure diseases at all. I'm going to get treatment in town."

Yu Rujia: "I can only treat patients with physical illnesses. I really can't treat patients with mental illnesses like you. You should have the brigade leader send her to a mental hospital, so that she won't bite people when she has an episode one day."

Wan Qiuju: "You're the one with a mental illness."

Yu Rujia said with a stern face, "If your family has any doubts about my medical skills, please leave. There are plenty of doctors in town. Go to town for treatment."

"My medical skills are not good. From now on, your family members should go to the hospital for treatment when they are sick, so as not to be treated by a quack like me, whose condition will only get worse."

Seeing that she was angry, Jingxi's wife quickly said, "Yu Zhiqing, it's all because this slut is faking illness. It has nothing to do with you. We'll take her back right now."

Yu Rujia only charges a few cents, a few eggs, or some grain when treating patients. If they went to the town hospital, it would cost at least several yuan, enough for them to see Yu Rujia ten times.

Jingxi's wife naturally didn't want to offend Rujia.

Because Li Cuiniang spoke ill of her before, her family still uses kerosene lamps, and no matchmaker dares to help Da Niu from the eldest son's family find a spouse.

Neither Yu Rujia herself nor her boyfriend Gao Shujing can afford to offend them.

After apologizing to Yu Rujia, Jingxi's wife showed a completely different attitude towards Wan Qiuju: "Aren't you going back to work? If you keep pretending, you won't get any food today."

When Wan Qiuju and Huang Xiangxiang first came home, they refused to do any work. We argued with them many times, but we couldn't force them to go out and work.

Jingdong's wife and Jingxi's wife joined forces and cut off their food supply. If Li Cuiniang dared to secretly give them food, the two of them would smash the kitchen cabinet and take everything away.

After several more arguments, the two couldn't take it anymore and had to go back to work.

Neither of them were honest people. Thirteen-year-old Huang Xiangxiang took on the job of cutting pig feed, barely earning two work points a day.

Wan Qiuju always looked like she was going to die when she went to work, and often she would disappear after only a few minutes.

For this reason, Jingdong's wife and Jingxi's wife took turns keeping an eye on her. Seeing that she couldn't escape, she pretended to be sick today, but Yu Rujia saw through her act.

Wan Qiuju said angrily, "The food in the house doesn't belong to either of you, so why can't we eat it?"

Jingxi's wife: "You don't even earn enough food to feed yourselves. If you're not happy about it, then separate from the family and live separately."

After settling in Shangfen Brigade for half a year, Wan Qiuju knew that the work points they earned were indeed not enough to feed her family of three.

Wan Qiuju turned her resentful gaze to Huang Jingbei. If he hadn't been so useless, failing to get a permanent position and losing her temporary job, she wouldn't have ended up in this godforsaken place in the countryside.

Huang Jingbei secretly wished he could divorce Wan Qiuju, that stupid woman, immediately. It was fine if she pretended to be sick, but he couldn't let anyone find out.

If it weren't for the thought that her mother was about to die, and whether she would want to see Wan Qiuju, her most beloved daughter, before she died, and give her some money or resources, he really wouldn't have been able to tolerate this stupid and lazy woman for even a second longer.

Life continued peacefully. In mid-April, Gao Shujing went to deliver food to the cowshed as usual, but was shocked by the bombshell that Han Meifeng dropped.

Gao Shujing: "Did Second Aunt really develop internal energy?"