Chapter 169 Wang Yuqing went to buy rat poison

This month passed peacefully.

In the non-staple food team, Cao Huan became much more obedient after being slapped by Wang Yuqing last time, but he was getting closer and closer to Hua Gui.

Although she harbored resentment, she dared not cause any more trouble, fearing she would be kicked out of the team.

Besides being busy with the non-staple food team, Wang Yuqing would also take time to visit Aunt Huang in the county town, either to exchange some receipts or to see how the good things Aunt Huang had helped her collect were doing.

Aunt Huang did indeed collect quite a few good things: bracelets, thumb rings, jade pendants, rings...

Wang Yuqing had witnessed firsthand the connections Huang Dama had.

She carefully packed all the items and took them home. These days there are no fakes, so these are all genuine. In a few decades, they will be worth a lot of money.

In addition, she also kept Ji Zhenzhu's matter in mind and would visit her every now and then.

Miao Ying was diligent and made no mistakes. Moreover, as she said, she was particularly good at stir-frying snails. Apart from Tang Wan, her stir-fried snails sold the best.

She thought Wang Yuqing would praise her, but Wang Yuqing only said, "Very good, keep up the good work."

He turned to praise Tang Wan: "Sister-in-law Tang, you've come up with another new flavor? Not bad at all, I'm completely outmatched."

Miao Ying bit her lip, feeling uneasy.

She wanted to get closer to Wang Yuqing, but Wang Yuqing deliberately distanced himself from her and always preferred to hang out with Tang Wan.

Ji Xuening was praised by the head of the armed forces department when he led the militia company to a training camp in the commune last time. The head of the armed forces department even gave the militia company three good guns.

Ji Xuening also earned about twenty yuan by doing carpentry, and bought a boar piglet and expanded the pigsty at home.

The Ji family now has two boars and one sow. Everyone says, "Why raise so many? People can't even get enough to eat. Sooner or later, something bad will happen."

He took good care of the pigs inside.

Some people said, "This is the first time I've ever seen someone treat a pig like a human being. What? You think you can turn a pig into a beautiful flower?"

The opinions of outsiders did not affect Ji Xuening. He told Wang Yuqing, "Trust me, you can make a lot of money."

Wang Yuqing smiled and said, "Of course I believe you."

How can I not believe it? You'll be a pig farming tycoon someday.

Something happened when I received my salary at the end of the month.

Miao Ying received the same salary as everyone else, which would normally make anyone extremely grateful. However, her mother-in-law and husband stormed into the food processing team and caused a huge scene.

The gist of it is that Miao Ying did the most work, doing the work of several people, so why shouldn't she get more pay?

They also said that Wang Yuqing bullied Miao Ying, who was an honest person.

Wang Yuqing was not one to be trifled with. After retorting, she picked up a kitchen knife and said, "You either hurry up and get back with your tails between your legs, or come and taste how sharp my kitchen knife is."

The Zhou family members are actually quite incompetent and cowardly. They were just deliberately trying to cause trouble because they were upset, and they were scared away on the spot.

That night, Wang Yuqing heard Zhou Miaoying crying next door.

She rolled over, resigned. Sure enough, being assigned to the non-staple food team meant she'd still get beaten.

The next day, Miao Ying apologized to Wang Yuqing.

Wang Yuqing said, "This kind of thing must not happen again."

After saying that, she chatted and laughed with Tang Wan, paying little attention to Miao Ying.

Miao Ying's gaze fell on Tang Wan. She felt that she and Wang Yuqing were the same kind of people, and that the two of them should have the best relationship.

And this Tang Wan was just a widow.

She even felt that Tang Wan shouldn't have joined the non-staple food team, since her family wasn't poor.

Tang Wan turned around and saw Miao Ying staring at her with a strange look in her eyes. She frowned slightly and asked, "Yingzi, what are you looking at?"

Miao Ying hurriedly said, "I...I'd like to ask you, how did you make that new flavor?"

Tang Wan was also happy to teach her.

Miao Ying didn't listen carefully at all, and suddenly asked, "Tang Wan, I heard your father is the head of the commune's armed forces department?"

She chuckled softly: "So your family is this rich, unlike mine..."

She tearfully recounted her miserable situation, just like Xianglin's wife.

Tang Wan felt pity but also some aversion. She spoke frankly: "Don't always talk about your misery. Not everyone wants to hear it."

Miao Ying was a little angry, but she still lowered her head timidly: "I, I understand, I won't say it again."

In the past few days, Wang Yuqing noticed that some of the snails and other ingredients in the kitchen were missing. She initially suspected that someone had stolen them, but later discovered that there were rats stealing the food.

Everyone was busy, so she went to Shuangdai store to buy rat poison.

No sooner had she left than Chen E and Lei Yongxia began to speak sarcastically, accusing Cao Huan of stealing things from the kitchen.

Cao Huan felt wronged and had a big argument with them.

She asked the team members next to her, "You guys also think I stole it, right?"

Everyone remained silent, tacitly agreeing.

After all, everyone knows Cao Huan's character is flawed, given the things she's done.

Cao Huan wiped away her tears in anger, then suddenly glared at Miao Ying, who was still busy with her work, and rushed forward: "You must have stolen it. This has never happened before. Things always go missing from the kitchen as soon as you come in."

Miao Ying shook her head, her expression honest and frightened: "It wasn't me, I didn't."

She said timidly, "How could I dare? I finally got into the non-staple food team, how could I do such a thing?"

"Besides, the captain is my benefactor, and I have no grudge against her."

These words made everyone even more suspicious that it was Cao Huan, because only Cao Huan had a grudge against Wang Yuqing, and had been slapped by Wang Yuqing not long ago.

Everyone holds a grudge, right? Especially someone like Cao Huan.

Chen E couldn't stand seeing her bullying Miao Ying, so she stepped forward and said, "What are you doing? You stole it and you won't admit it, but you're trying to frame someone, aren't you? You just think Miao Ying is honest and easy to bully, don't you?"

Cao Huan felt even more aggrieved.

She glared fiercely at Miao Ying: "Honest my foot! I think she's faking it."

After saying that, he left angrily.

Miao Yin lowered her head in fear, then secretly looked up at Cao Huan's departing figure, smiled slightly, and turned to say to everyone, "It's understandable that she suspects me."

Lei Yongxia, being kind-hearted and already feeling sorry for Miao Ying, stepped forward to comfort her, saying, "Don't take it to heart. That's just how she is. We won't suspect you, so just ignore her."

Wang Yuqing went to Shuangdai Store and bought rat poison.

Although He Ruhua disliked Wang Yuqing, she didn't dare to show it, because she was afraid that Wang Yuqing would provoke her.

The thought of how profitable Wang Yuqing's food processing team was and how well she and Ji Xuening were doing made her teeth ache with jealousy.

Thinking about my own useless bookworm, who is not smart, can't speak properly, and most importantly, has a bad family background, he is inferior to Ji Xuening in every way.

When Wang Yuqing came out of the Shuangdai store, she was seen by Zhao Si and Qian Juan.

Qian Juan said, "I never imagined that the Ji family would be living such a good life now. The man became the militia company commander and the woman became the food processing team leader. They earn more in a month than we do in a year."

“I often see her running to the county town, and every time she comes back she buys a lot of things.”

“In the past, the Ji family wasn’t the poorest in our brigade, but they were probably one of the poorest or two. Now, the Ji family’s life is getting better and better. Look at the life we’re living now.”

She suddenly mentioned Ji Xuening's older brother, Ji Xuehua: "When Ji Xuehua was still alive, his family was so poor that they were almost eating tree bark."

Zhao Si was already unhappy, and hearing his wife mention 'Ji Xuehua' made him even more furious. He glared at Wang Yuqing's back and said, "If it weren't for him, would I be in jail? Would I be unable to get any good opportunities or positions now? If it weren't for him, I probably would have been demoted to a cadre position in the commune and be eating state food by now."

Qian Juan sighed and said, "What can we do? We can only watch helplessly as the Ji family lives a good life."

Zhao Si reached out to slap her: "Shut up!"

Qian Juan was terrified.

Zhao Si suddenly glanced around cautiously, then walked towards the Shuangdai store.

Qian Juan quickly chased after her: "What are you doing? Do you want to buy something?"