"That's right. Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone a person. Huang Jingbei is a heartless person. He tried to sell Zhao Di in order to get a permanent position. People like that should be arrested and taken to the police station."

"With something like this happening to the Huang family, those people in the team who don't treat girls like human beings should shrink back. It's not like the old days when the emperor was in charge anymore. Girls who are bullied will be taken care of too."

Some people said the Huang family's affairs were good, some said they were bad, but these things had nothing to do with Yu Rujia, so she buried her head and walked home.

When she got home, Zhang Zhaodi was standing outside the door looking sullen. Ever since Yu Rujia improved her menstrual cramps, she had been coming to visit Yu Rujia often.

Sometimes they would bring firewood, vegetables, or wild fruits and mushrooms picked from the mountains. They were the people who came to Yu's house most frequently.

Yu Rujia stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong? You look like you're not feeling well."

Zhang Zhaodi shook her head: "No, I'm in good health. It's just that seeing what happened to the Huang family touched me." Judging from their names, you could tell that her family's situation was similar to the Huang family's.

Yu Rujia: "As long as you ignore your family in the city while you're in the brigade, they can't control you. Why are you thinking about these things?"

Zhang Zhaodi: "If I had had Huang Daidi's courage back then, my sister wouldn't have had to marry a man who frequently beat her."

Her sister was sold by Zhang's parents for two hundred coins to a widower who had beaten his wife to death. You can imagine how badly Zhang Zhaodi's sister was treated.

Yu Rujia opened the door and welcomed the person into the house: "If you have a way to settle her down, it's not too late to help her now."

Zhang Zhaodi: "I've been living in the countryside for two years, and life here is much easier than in the city. I wanted to bring her here then, but she didn't agree."

The overall atmosphere in Shangfen Brigade is quite good; as long as you do your job properly, you can survive.

The idea of ​​"marrying a chicken, following the chicken; marrying a dog, following the dog" is still deeply ingrained in the hearts of women of this era. There are countless cases of women refusing to divorce even if they are beaten to death. Yu Rujia was not surprised that her sister was unwilling to give up her current life and come to the countryside.

Yu Rujia put down her basket, went to the side to get a basin, added some water, put the two fish she had brought back, one big and one small, into the water, washed her hands, and moved a stool to sit down.

Yu Rujia: "Everyone has their own destiny; just do your best."

It's not that she's speaking from a position of privilege, but rather that everyone has different perspectives; the life you like may not be what others like.

Zhang Zhaodi sat down on another stool: "Let's not talk about that anymore. You can catch such a big fish. Did you go into the water?"

The fish that Yu Rujia brought back weighed two or three pounds each, and one or two pounds each; they were all taken from her spatial storage.

She did indeed set a net in the river, but caught nothing. So she took two out of her spatial storage. The little ones trusted her so much, she couldn't let them down.

Yu Rujia: "When I went up the mountain, I wove a net out of vines and threw it into the river. When I came down the mountain, I picked up the net and unexpectedly caught them. When luck comes, you can't stop it."

Zhang Zhaodi: "I'll go fishing sometime. Meat tickets and game from the mountains are hard to come by. At least I can have a taste of meat if I catch a fish."

Yu Rujia: "The river is right there. Haven't you been there before?"

Pi Zhaodi: "You need a lot of oil to cook fish, otherwise it's not as good as stir-fried vegetables. We don't have that much oil to use. At most, we can bring back a fish every few months to treat ourselves."

Yu Rujia: "That's true."

In the days when oil was measured in drops, people were reluctant to use it to cook fish. This was also why people in the production brigade didn't often go to the river to catch fish. If the fish wasn't prepared properly, it would be very fishy, ​​and it would be better to eat vegetables.

After talking about the fish, Zhang Zhaodi turned the conversation to the little ones: "My little nephews must have gone next door."

She turned what was meant to be a question into a statement. Having been here many times, I know that the children often run to the neighbor's house when they have nothing to do.

Yu Rujia: "Gao Zhiqing's work is at home. I can't go up the mountain to take care of the children, so I ask him to help me look after them."

Zhang Zhaodi: "What are your thoughts on the educated youth?"

Yu Rujia: "What do you mean, what do you think?"

Zhang Zhaodi: "Gao Zhiqing has connections, skills, good looks, a good temper, and patience. Aren't you tempted?"

Yu Rujia had never thought about it in this way. She justifiably handed the children over to Gao Shujing because the little ones were his nephews. In terms of relationship, they were much closer to him than she, an aunt who had come to the Xia family halfway through.

Yu Rujia: "It hasn't come to that point yet. What, you've taken a liking to him?"

Zhang Zhaodi: "I think so too. She doesn't even look at me. If you like Gao Zhiqing, you'd better hurry up. If you're too late, Chen Zhiqing might get her."

Yu Rujia: "If he and Chen Zhiqing are destined to be together, they will get together sooner or later."

Hearing the door open, Duofu strolled over from Gao Shujing's side, saying, "Auntie, Aunt Zhang."

The three-headed, soft-spoken Duofu appeared before the two of them. Zhang Zhaodi's unpleasant memories of her own family, triggered by Huang Daidi, were instantly healed. It was another day of lying to herself about getting married and having children.

Zhang Zhaodi, possessed by the spirit of a strange aunt, stretched out both hands: "Duofu, come here, let Auntie give you a hug."

The little boy didn't like strangers touching him, but he knew in his little heart that Zhang Zhaodi was close to his aunt, so he went up to her and was hugged and pinched before he was freed.

Yu Rujia: "If you like children so much, you can get married and have one yourself, then you can hold it however you want."

Zhang Zhaodi said with a clear mind, "There are so many children, but there are not many as cute as Duofu and his family. I know my own limitations. The children I gave birth to are no different from the children in the brigade."

The Xia family has good genes, and they often eat things from the space. The little ones look like celestial children, and just one look at them can melt your heart.

After seeing Zhang Zhaodi off, Duofu walked to the basin and looked at the two fish, saying proudly, "I knew Auntie was amazing, she would definitely catch fish."

Yu Rujia pulled the little guy into her arms; his chubby body felt so nice to touch. "Duofu, have you decided how you want to eat the fish?"

Duofu nuzzled against her, prying open his chubby little hands, and said, "My little brother and the others want to eat fish puree, but I want to drink fish soup. What kind of fish does Auntie want to eat?"

Having eaten fish a few times before, Duofu remembered that fish paste was Duolu's staple food.

Yu Rujia: "Auntie likes them all. Let's take the fish over and have Uncle make fish paste and fish soup for our little baby."

Gao Shujing, holding Duoxi, looked at the two fish with a big smile: "I didn't expect there to be such big fish in the river. I'll try to catch them sometime."

Originally, Gao Shujing thought that even if Yu Rujia could bring back fish, they would only be some small fish. He didn't expect such big fish. All the children like to eat fish, and Gao Shujing plans to go to the river more often in the future.