Chapter 167 Miao Ying Morally Blackmails Wang Yuqing

Wang Yuqing seemed to realize that Miao Ying actually wanted to join the non-staple food team, but she understood that everyone in the team wanted to join.

She looked at Miao Ying and sighed, "Sigh, their good attitude towards you is only temporary. Their whole family looks down on you from the bottom of their hearts and doesn't treat you like a daughter-in-law. In the future, you will have even more hard days. If I were you, I would leave."

Miao Ying suddenly raised her voice and cried out, seemingly with resentment: "No...no...what can I leave? How can I leave...I have to think about my brother!"

After saying that, she grabbed Wang Yuqing's arm even harder, her face covered in tears, and pleaded, "Yuqing, you are a good person, you have a kind heart. With just one word from you, so many people got into the non-staple food team. The non-staple food team is yours. You have so much power. You could have let me in. I'm no worse than them. My snails are delicious."

She raised one hand and said, "I swear, you will be my benefactor from now on. I will listen to you in everything. I will not go against you like Cao Huan did. I will work hard and be very diligent. I will do whatever you ask me to do, and I will not say no even if you deduct my work points."

Even if you slap me, I'll take it.

These words made Wang Yuqing feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

She pried Miao Ying's hands off and said, "Yingzi, I'm sorry, I can't help you. Our food processing team is already full, and there are still extras."

Miao Ying grabbed Wang Yuqing's arm again: "Is that too much? With just one word from you, you can fire whoever you want, right?"

Wang Yuqing: "..."

She said, "Every member of the team has signed a contract."

Miao Ying didn't understand: "What is a contract? Isn't it all up to you? You can fire whoever you want and bring in whoever you want."

Wang Yuqing was a little annoyed. She forcefully shook off Miao Ying's hand and said, "Since that's how you feel, then I can't help you at all."

Miao Ying suddenly threw herself to the ground, grabbed Wang Yuqing's legs, and cried out in anguish, "Yuqing, I beg you, please help me! If you don't help me, I'll die! I'll be beaten to death! I can't die! I have a six-year-old brother at home... Waaah..."

"Can you bear to watch me die?"

"Don't you feel the same way when you see me like this? You should be the one who understands me the most, after all, you used to live the same life as me."

"Why won't you help me? Now that you're successful, do you look down on me?"

"I thought we were the same kind of people, and that you could at least lend me a helping hand."

Wang Yuqing felt that this person was both pitiful and despicable.

She couldn't kick her away forcefully. Just then, Ji Xuening returned. He saw this scene and noticed the displeasure on Wang Yuqing's face. He rushed forward and shouted, "Let her go!"

Miao Ying was startled and quickly withdrew her hand.

Ji Xuening faced Wang Yuqing, looked her up and down to see if she was injured, and asked gently, "Are you alright?"

Wang Yuqing reached out and rubbed her arm: "I'm fine."

Ji Xuening glanced at his arm and frowned: "What happened?"

Before Wang Yuqing could explain, Miao Ying suddenly pleaded with Ji Xuening, "Company Commander Ji, you're the company commander of our brigade, you wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die, would you? Please put in a good word for me with Comrade Wang Yuqing."

Ji Xuening squinted, puzzled.

Miao Ying, disheveled and covered in tears, said, “My mother-in-law and husband beat me and forced me to come here to ask Comrade Wang Yuqing to agree to let me join the non-staple food team. They said that if I don’t get in, they will beat me and starve me every day.”

Ji Xuening said, "How can our brigade allow such a person? I'm going to find the brigade secretary now to get justice for you."

Miao Ying shook her head: "No, there's no need to uphold justice, it's useless. The only way is to let me join the non-staple food team. They promised me that as long as I join, they won't beat or scold me anymore, and they'll treat me well."

Ji Xuening frowned slightly, then looked at Wang Yuqing.

Wang Yuqing said coldly, "I told her that even if she joined the non-staple food team, the Zhou family would still not treat her well. They would still beat her. Her future would be very difficult unless she learned to fight back and stood up for herself."

No, it won't.

How do you know my future will be difficult?

"If I've made money, why should I suffer?"

"Why can they go in and make money, but I can't? I clearly need this job more."

Ji Xuening said, "Yuqing, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can agree or disagree, it's up to you."

Wang Yuqing looked at Miao Yin, who was still lying on the ground. Although she felt a little sorry for her, she still refused: "I'm sorry, I can't help you."

Remembering that Miao Ying had a six-year-old brother, she added, "However, if you listen to me, get a divorce, and have the courage to resist, I might let you in."

After saying that, she turned and went inside.

Ji Xuening didn't even glance at Miao Ying before following her into the house.

Miao Yin slowly got up, muttering to herself, "You said you might let me in, which means you could help me, right? Why do you have to force me like this..."

Grandma Ji overheard this from inside the house, and she felt a pang of pity: "Why don't we help her?"

Wang Yuqing refused: "Grandma, it's no use helping her. She can only rely on herself."

Grandma Ji sighed.

During dinner that evening, Wang Yuqing, Ji Xuening, Grandma Ji, Ji Daming, Ji Xiaoming, and Ji Meimei all heard Miao Yin's screams from next door.

Grandma Ji couldn't eat and was a little angry: "Are the people in the Zhou family even human?"

She asked Ji Xuening to take care of it.

After Ji Xuening left, the Zhou family members became more obedient.

Miao Yin's face was swollen from the beating, her eyes were closed, and her hair was disheveled. She huddled in the corner of the bed like a female ghost.

She recalled Wang Yuqing's words, gripping the wall with her hands, repeatedly asking herself, "Why can you help me and why can't you help me? Why can you help me and why can't you help me?"

the next day.

Wang Yuqing glanced at the Zhou family's door, thought for a moment, and decided to tell the old Party Secretary about it.

As soon as she arrived at the brigade headquarters, she told the old secretary. The old secretary was very angry and led several cadres and militiamen to the Zhou family and gave them a severe beating.

None of the Zhou family members dared to argue back, saying, "It won't happen again, we won't fight anymore."

After the old Party Secretary saw them admit their mistakes and apologize, he led them away. He said to Wang Yuqing, "After all, it's their family matter, so it's not appropriate to interfere too much."

Miao Ying wasn't beaten that day, but she wasn't given food or water.

Zhou Ying said, "Who told you to be so incompetent? You even dared to bring the old Party Secretary here? I'll let you starve to death."

Miao Ying's eyes darted around. She knew it was Wang Yuqing who had found her. She complained, "Why didn't you help me? Why did you have to meddle in my business?"