Chapter 116 He Ruhua bullies Teacher Yang Hui

He Ruhua and Yang Hui both looked at Wang Yuqing.

He Ruhua's face instantly turned furious. Thinking that Yang Hui was there to back her up, she glared at Wang Yuqing and said, "Who are you calling a pigskin?"

Wang Yuqing chuckled: "Whoever just said it's not my turn to get a marriage certificate with my man, that's who it is. And I'm not calling you a pigskin, I'm calling you shameless."

He Ruhua snorted and bared her teeth: "What are you showing off for? You infamous thing."

Wang Yuqing suddenly raised her hand...

He Ruhua trembled with fright.

Wang Yuqing simply reached out and brushed a stray hair behind her ear: "I'm infamous, yet I still married the most handsome and charming man in the whole brigade, the kind of man you couldn't possibly marry. I'm very happy with myself, unlike you, who's so infamous you can't even get married, and had to have your father, the brigade director, personally go to Teacher Yang's house to propose marriage..."

She glanced at He Ruhua with disdain: "You still look down on Teacher Yang? Teacher Yang is at least very knowledgeable, handsome, and a primary school teacher. Look at you, with your big head, short legs, sharp mouth, and thick skin, you're just a toad trying to eat swan meat."

Ji Meimei chuckled from the side and said, "I know, she's a toad."

He Ruhua stomped her feet in anger. The problem was that she had no knowledge and couldn't come up with any swear words, so she ordered Teacher Yang: "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear her cursing at me? You better slap her in the mouth right now."

Yang Hui ignored her and instead apologized to Wang Yuqing in a friendly manner: "Comrade Wang Yuqing, I'm really sorry, I'm sorry you had to see this funny. Please don't take it to heart."

He Ruhua grabbed Yang Hui's arm tightly and roared, "Are you even a man? Why are you apologizing to her? Don't you have any manly spirit? How can you act like a coward? It's one thing to have a bad family background, but your brain is bad too!"

When He Ruhua mentioned the word "class background," Wang Yuqing clearly saw Yang Hui's inferiority complex.

Wang Yuqing recalled that it must have been in 1979 that the state made the decision to remove the labels from "landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, and rightists." As a modern person, she did not discriminate against this kind of background at all, after all, many people were wronged.

Seeing that Yang Hui was cowering and didn't speak, He Ruhua shouted even louder, "You're just a son of a bitch, ptooey!"

"Shut up!"

These words were particularly harsh to Yang Hui, and he could no longer bear it. His face turned red as he roared at He Ruhua.

He Ruhua was stunned by the shouting. She stared wide-eyed for a long time, feeling both angry and embarrassed. She even secretly glanced at Wang Yuqing, who also gave her a mocking smile.

She jumped up and reached out to grab Yang Hui's neck.

Yang Hui was a kind and gentle scholar and had no intention of harming her.

Wang Yuqing couldn't stand it anymore. She yanked her away and shoved her to the ground, utterly disgusted: "You deserve it! If you lay a hand on Teacher Yang again, I'll beat you to death! You'll be done with it if you die, but Teacher Yang still has to teach the children in the brigade."

He Ruhua knew how ruthless Wang Yuqing was; she didn't care if you were male or female, or what your status was, she would beat you without hesitation. The man she was betrothed to didn't help her and even yelled at her. Feeling wronged, she ran home to complain: "Yang Hui, you coward, you just wait!"

After saying that, he ran back.

Ji Meimei looked up and asked worriedly, "Teacher Yang, are you alright?"

Yang Hui still had several scratches on his neck. He gave a bitter smile and said, "I'm fine."

He looked at Wang Yuqing sheepishly, rubbing his hands together: "She's actually right, my family background is bad, I'm a bastard...hehe..."

Wang Yuqing didn't know how to comfort her, so she said, "Teacher Yang, anyway, I think you're a good person. Daming, Xiaoming, and Meimei all think you're a good person. You're a good teacher. Besides, the country should soon remove the labels of landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, and rightists. Then you can stand tall."

Upon hearing that he could take off his hat, Yang Hui's eyes lit up: "Really? Did you read the newspaper?"

Wang Yuqing paused for a moment, then nodded: "I used to live in the county town, and I think I was registered in the newspaper. Anyway, it will be soon, at most one or two years."

Yang Hui smiled, as if he saw hope for the future. However, he quickly sighed again: "People like me, who come from a family of five categories, can't hold their heads up anywhere. If it weren't for my education and the fact that the brigade didn't have a suitable candidate, I wouldn't even be able to become a teacher. Comrade Wang Yuqing, thank you for not looking down on me because of my class background and for telling me this good news."

Ji Meimei's clear voice rang out: "Teacher Yang is a good person! Just like Mom, she's a good person!"

Yang Hui knelt down, picked up Ji Meimei, and smiled gently: "Thank you, Meimei. Teacher Yang will definitely be a good person in the future!"

Wang Yuqing chatted with Yang Hui for a while before learning that Yang Hui's family had been sent down to the countryside six years ago, and that his mother had died of illness less than a year after being sent there.

Their whole family used to live in a big city. Yang Yunguo ran a pharmacy and was once forced to treat wounded "enemy" soldiers. Originally, no one knew about this, but six years ago, someone suddenly reported it, and the whole family was sent down to Niushiwan Brigade.

After that, their family was always inextricably linked to landlords, rich peasants, counter-revolutionaries, bad elements, rightists, and enemy agents.

At that time, he had just graduated from high school and had a job arranged for him, but because of this incident, he would be buried in this remote mountain valley for the rest of his life.

Because he was somewhat educated and loved reading, he managed to get a teaching position at the brigade's school. However, even after becoming a teacher, many students' parents still looked down on him and were even afraid that he would corrupt their children.

But there was nothing they could do. The school was short of teachers, and with him there were only three teachers to teach hundreds of children.

His father, Yang Yunguo, constantly reminded him to be aware of his place, not to overstep boundaries, and to accept being scolded or beaten without resistance.

He never thought about getting married and having children. After all, given his status, no girl would be willing to marry him. There were a few women who were interested, but they were either lame or deaf...

This was also Yang Yunguo's biggest concern.

Two days ago, the brigade director suddenly came to visit with gifts, offering to marry his daughter He Ruhua to the Yang family as their daughter-in-law. This made Yang Yunguo very happy, and he agreed without even asking Yang Hui's opinion.

Yang Yunguo actually knew that He Ruhua had a bad reputation, but it was still much better than their family's bad class background. Therefore, he was very grateful to Lord He Guangliang.

Being able to hold my grandson is more important than anything else!

Yang Hui was a filial and honest man, so since his father agreed, he nodded in agreement.

Besides knowing these things, Wang Yuqing also discovered that Yang Hui was truly a kind, gentle, and polite person, and even though he was labeled with such a stereotype, he still wholeheartedly wanted to serve his country.

She led Ji Meimei home first, and then He Ruhua led Hua Gui to Yang Hui's house.

Yang Yunguo had just finished cooking the meal and even boiled three eggs for He Ruhua when he saw Yang Hui return alone.

He craned his neck and looked around several times but didn't see He Ruhua. He asked, "Where's Ruhua? Where is she? Why did you come back alone?"

Yang Hui's face turned cold: "She went home."