Chapter 116 Is this how you treat your future wife?

So powerful, I love it!

I've learned a lot and gained new knowledge.

So this is how you can insult someone.

An hour later, Qin Xiaoxin left the Liu family home, humming a song as she walked, looking so content that it made others envious.

Su Lu stood in the corner, watching Qin Xiaoxiao walk past humming an unknown tune, his eyes slightly narrowed.

She seems to be in a good mood?

Su Lu glanced at the Liu family's gate.

As far as he knew, Liu Mingyu had broken up with his girlfriend, and Aunt Liu was going through a tough time. She and Aunt Liu were on good terms, yet she left the Liu family home happily. Was this...?

Su Lu looked in the direction Qin Xiaoxiao left with an ambiguous look in his eyes, and his slightly furrowed brows showed that he was not in a good mood either.

It's said that it's difficult to offer help in times of need, but many people are quick to kick someone when they're down. Is Qin Xiaoxiao one of those people?

Thinking of the Qin family's eldest son, the kindness of the old master Qin to him, and the relationship between the two families, Su Lu angrily slapped the wall of the neighbor's house.

The mud wall collapsed with a crash, leaving a large hole.

Seeing that he had caused trouble, Su Lu cursed in frustration and ran away.

The innocent victims ran out and were shocked to see their courtyard wall had collapsed. They quickly went back inside to call for help, fearing that their mud-brick houses might also collapse and injure more people.

Qin Feng and Su Zhiyuan were also unlucky enough to be woken up in the middle of the night to check on the situation at that house. After looking around for a while and finding no danger, they told them to go back to sleep first and wait until the next day to call a few young men from the village to help them rebuild the courtyard wall.

When Su Lu returned home, he greeted Wan Guihua and saw his father get up in the middle of the night to go out and work because of him. After lying back on his small kang, Su Lu recalled his several meetings with Qin Xiaoxiao and felt that she shouldn't be that kind of person.

However, people's hearts are the hardest to understand; who knows what kind of person she really is?

Su Lu was inexplicably agitated and tossed and turned for over an hour. Only after Su Zhiyuan returned did he slowly drift off to sleep.

The next day, Miao Feifei went to the county again, chasing after the police to ask about the money. She also asked Shi Lei to give her some more money, promising to repay him once the money was recovered.

Shi Lei naturally disagreed, which made Miao Feifei even angrier. She clung to Shi Lei like a madwoman and even threatened to sue him.

Shi Lei, having run out of options, had no choice but to agree to give her 100 yuan first, and to deal with the rest after recovering the money.

Miao Feifei refused, and Shi Lei didn't want to be taken advantage of. After a big argument, Miao Feifei finally compromised, but she asked Shi Lei to arrange for her to return to the city and find her a job.

Hearing this, Shi Lei felt disgusted, as if he had swallowed a fly, and almost vomited. "How dare you say such a thing? You still dare to ask for a job? Don't you even know what you've done?"

"Miao Feifei, don't go too far. At worst, we'll both go down together; I'll just transfer back home."

When Miao Feifei heard that Shi Lei was leaving, she immediately stopped making a fuss, took the hundred yuan and returned to Qinjiagou, but she still went into the city from time to time to ask about the whereabouts of the money.

Another month passed in a blur. On September 20th, Qin Feng issued the order to officially begin the autumn harvest at the morning meeting. The entire Qin Family Village sprang into action, except for Qin Xiaoxiao.

Disliking Qin Xiaoxiao for causing trouble, Qin Feng sent her to the mountain to cut pig feed. Fearing she would get lost again, he also assigned her a helper.

Looking at the tiny little one in front of her, Qin Xiaoxiao was speechless.

"Doggy, why don't you go and get busy too?"

The autumn harvest is a major event in the village. The village children all go to the fields to pick up rice ears and so on. School children also get a harvest holiday. The work points given during the harvest are not low, which is exactly what Qin Gouzi needs. However, Qin Gouzi can't earn as many work points as her, and she feels sorry for him.

Qin Gouzi shook his head. "The old man told me that my job during the autumn harvest is to keep an eye on you and make sure you don't get lost again. I'll follow you wherever you go and I can't leave you."

I don't need to worry about work points. I can earn some by cutting pig feed, and my uncle will make up the rest with the Qin family's work points.

Qin Xiaoxiao: "..."

Grandpa, how worried are you about me? You even paid out of your own pocket to hire child laborers to watch over me.

Seeing that Qin Gouzi was so insistent, Qin Xiaoxiao stopped trying to persuade him and could only say helplessly, "Fine, then stick close to me and don't run off, okay?"

Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that the case of the missing children and women in the county town had not been solved yet. Fearing that Qin Gouzi would have them kidnapped and hidden in the mountains again, she quickly gave him instructions.

Qin Gouzi didn't give Qin Xiaoxiao any face at all, and replied in a serious tone: "Sister, you should be more careful. The old man said that if I lose it again this time, all my work points will be deducted. Don't make me work for nothing this year and not be able to eat next year."

Qin Xiaoxiao: "..."

Thank you so much.

Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Qin Gouzi, "You promised to wait until I'm older to marry me? Is this how you treat your future wife?"

In order to gain the privilege of going up the mountain alone, Qin Xiaoxiao shamelessly brought up the fact that Qin Gouzi had said he would marry her.

Qin Gouzi shook his head. "I've thought about it. You're right. By the time I grow up, you'll be old. We're not a good match."

Qin Xiaoxiao: "..."

Did I get dumped?

Qin Xiaoxiao's face turned bright red. She wanted to curse, but she couldn't bring herself to say anything to the dog's innocent face, so she had to hold back.

"Alright, let's go up the mountain together."

No one in the village had any objection to Qin Xiaoxiao taking on the job of cutting pig feed. After all, she was their own child, so it didn't matter who did it.

However, things got out of hand at the educated youth institute. Apart from the Su sisters, Zou Jing, and Jin Chuan, everyone else gathered around and criticized Qin Xiaoxiao from head to toe. In the end, they all decided to go to the village committee to raise their objections and strongly demand that Qin Xiaoxiao also have to go to the fields to participate in the autumn harvest.

Qin Feng sat to one side smoking, while Su Zhiyuan and Luo Hongxing watched the troublemaking educated youth with impatience.

Things had just calmed down for a few days, and now they're making a fuss again. Isn't that annoying?

It's such a small matter, why make such a fuss?

There's not much work to do, so it's not tiring. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the energy to deal with such trivial matters.

Before Qin Feng could even speak, Su Zhiyuan retorted.

"I've told you before, Qin Xiaoxiao is different from you. She's not only an educated youth, but also a native of Qinjiagou."

The autumn harvest is indeed a big event, but raising pigs is no small matter either. Are you neglecting the pigs for the sake of the harvest?

Someone has to cut pig feed, right?

In the past, every autumn harvest, the village would arrange for children to go up the mountain to cut pig feed. This time, it was just Qin Xiaoxiao who was chosen. It was no different from before.

You all know Qin Xiaoxiao's work ability. What can she do in the fields during the autumn harvest? She'll be lucky if she doesn't make things worse, let alone expect her to harvest two more acres.

Every one of you here, who isn't better than her? Who doesn't earn more work points than her? Are you so envious of her job?

If you don't want to earn more work points, that's fine too. I'll arrange for you to cut pig feed.

"Let me make this clear beforehand: if you don't get much grain by the end of the year and have no food to eat in the spring, the village won't help you; you'll have to find your own way."

All the educated youth fell silent after hearing this.

For rural people, work points were life itself, and the educated youth were no exception. The number of work points they had was directly related to whether they had enough food to eat the following year. If they didn't have enough, they had no choice but to ask their families for money.

(End of this chapter)