Rebirth in the Eighties: Reclaiming Space and Marrying a Rough Guy

In her previous life, Ye Jin was pure and kind, but she was schemed against by her stepmother and stepsister, which led to her losing her eyesight and being forced to marry the neighborhood rogue.<...

Chapter 10 Zhang Duo's Psychological Shadow

Wang Fengqin wanted to cut Ye Jin into pieces, but she had to force a smile on her face.

"How could that be? Mom loves you so much, I would never say anything bad about you."

"Then why did I just hear Mom cursing about a bitch and digging out my cornea? Is Mom still planning to take my cornea?"

Ye Jin pretended to be frightened and took a step back, and Wang Fengqin waved at her hurriedly.

"No, no, definitely not. I went to buy meat this afternoon but couldn't find any, so I planned to go to Liu Jinhua's house to borrow some. But not only did she refuse to lend it to me, she even scolded me harshly. How could I possibly have endured that?"

In order to make her words more realistic, Wang Fengqin was deliberately grinding her teeth.

Ye Jin retreated doubtfully. Wang Fengqin was so frightened when she saw her leave that she swept the floor trembling all over.

If I hadn't been smart, the duck in my mouth would have flown away.

After cleaning the floor, Wang Fengqin opened the cupboard and saw that there were not many bowls left at home after all the things she had done today. If she didn't go down the mountain to buy some tomorrow, she would probably have to eat with her hands from now on.

The next morning, Wang Fengqin resigned herself to her fate and cooked porridge.

Ye Jin got up early and washed up, then quietly added some ingredients to Zhang Duo's bowl. Then she held another bowl and ate it slowly, bite by bite.

Not only did Wang Fengqin have to get up early and work late to do housework, but her daughter also refused to cooperate at all. No matter how Wang Fengqin tried to persuade her, Zhang Duo just refused to eat another bite.

"I won't eat it, I won't eat it. Who knows if you spit in the porridge?"

When Zhang Duo thought of the fried egg from yesterday, her stomach started churning again.

Although she had long known that her mother was a wicked person, she had never imagined that she would be so wicked as to tamper with food.

Ye Jin would naturally be happy if she ate this thing, but now that she was asked to eat it, she felt nothing but disgusted.

"My dearest, what happened yesterday was truly an accident. You are my only precious daughter, how could you do such a wicked thing?"

Wang Fengqin persuaded Zhang Duo for another half an hour before she finally overcame her psychological fear. Mainly because she was too hungry, she held the bowl and drank the porridge slowly.

Zhang Duo drank the first half bowl carefully, and then gradually relaxed her vigilance. As soon as she opened her jaws and bit down, a living creature struggled frantically in her mouth.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh!" Zhang Duo couldn't see what it was, but he kept retching. It seemed like vomiting had become a habit, and the half bowl of porridge he had just drunk was also vomited out.

Wang Fengqin stared in amazement at the earthworms still struggling in the vomit. She had just finished her porridge and put down her bowl. Her divergent thinking made her think that there might be several earthworms in the whole pot. She didn't bother to comfort Zhang Duo and vomited wildly while holding onto the table.

Ye Jin had already quietly retreated to the side. She looked at the two men coldly, their faces turning pale, with a hint of a sneer on her face.

"This is just an appetizer, you can't handle it. There will be more fun later."

Ye Jin looked at the mess on the ground and frowned unhappily. This time she did not go back to her room to lie down, but took advantage of the chaos to run out.

She made an appointment with Ye Xiaoli to meet in the thatched bushes on the back mountain yesterday.

She deliberately said 9 o'clock in the morning, but in fact she came at 8:30, prepared a sack of radishes in advance, and lay on the grass looking up at the sky.

The sky was clear blue, white clouds were floating in the air, and a gentle breeze blew through the thatch. Ye Jin held a thatch root in his mouth, and his restless heart, which had just been reborn, became inexplicably calm.

Wang Fengqin and her daughter had been fooling around these past two days, but in fact, she was not as happy as she had imagined. She had never asked about her sister's whereabouts, not because she didn't care, but because she didn't dare to alert the enemy.

Now she herself is the fish in other people's mouths. Wang Fengqin tolerates her simply because Zhang Duo's current condition is not suitable for corneal transplantation.

The day Zhang Duo's eyes recovered was the day Wang Fengqin's true face was revealed.

Ye Jin was so comfortable lying there that she almost fell asleep. It was not until she heard Sasha's footsteps that she suddenly opened her eyes. Ye Xiaoli moved very quietly for fear of disturbing Ye Jin's rest, but she didn't expect that she would wake up by herself.

The two looked at each other, Ye Xiaoli took out a handful of money from her pocket, and she squatted happily beside Ye Jin.

"Jinjin, I made money, I really made money!"

"You didn't believe in yourself before, and I told you that you could do it. See, I was right, wasn't I?"

Ye Jin took the money, took out two big unity banknotes and put them back into Ye Xiaoli's hand.

"What are you doing? I don't want it. I don't want so much money. I didn't do anything. How can I take so much money? Just give me two dollars!"

In the 1980s, the largest denomination was 10 yuan, so 10 yuan was also called the Great Unity.

An adult man can only earn 1.5 yuan a day working outside. She spent more than three hours selling radishes, and it was already very good for her to earn 2 yuan.

"What do you mean you didn't do anything? You carry the radishes down the mountain, you have to work hard to sell them, and you have to be careful about being followed. You're even more worried about the villagers finding out and gossiping about you.

You've endured so much silently just to sell these radishes, so what's wrong with giving you 20 yuan? Besides, your father is pushing you so hard, and you don't have any money to prove your worth. Are you waiting to sell it to an old bachelor at a low price?

After Ye Jin's analysis, Ye Xiaoli's resistance weakened. She kept clenching her fists. Ye Jin couldn't put the money into her palm, so he simply put it in her coat pocket.

"Take it, we are good sisters who have grown up together, there is really no need to make such a clear distinction.

I'll often have radishes to sell in the future, and it's inconvenient for me to do it myself, so I'll have to ask you to handle it. If you don't want the money today, how can I have the nerve to ask you to do it in the future?"

Ye Xiaoli looked at her with tears in her eyes and nodded. She could earn 20 yuan by selling radishes once. What’s the difference between this and picking up money?

"Jinjin, you are so kind to me! I, Ye Xiaoli, have made up my mind. As long as it is your order, I will not go west even if you tell me to go east!"

"That's too formal. I've prepared another 100 kilograms of radishes today, and I'd like you to help me sell them."

Ye Jin's words were polite, but Ye Xiaoli, who had rarely been respected by her family since childhood, cried even harder.

"Jinjin, if you have anything to do in the future, just tell me. I will do my best to do what I can do, and I will also find a way to do what I can't do."

"Okay, okay, stop crying! Your eyes will get swollen and people will think I'm bullying you!"

Ye Xiaoli picked up the sack and walked away from the back mountain. Ye Jin happily counted the money she had just earned. Excluding the money for buying eggs and pork for grandma and the dividend for Ye Xiaoli, the total was 62 yuan.

Just as Ye Jin put the money into the space and was about to leave, he saw a man and a woman crawling into the other side of the thatched grass.

The man walked too fast and Ye Jin didn't see his appearance clearly. However, Ye Jin saw the woman's appearance clearly. Who else could it be but that gossipy Aunt Wang?