Chapter 35 Sleeping Cowshed
Liu Zhixia nodded in satisfaction: "That's good. Remember to arrange for Gu Zhiqing to carry manure for a month!"
After the excitement subsided, the crowd dispersed. Wang Laizi panicked: "Where's me? Where's my wife?"
Lu Jianping pointed at him with a dark face and cursed, "If you dare to lay a hand on any of the girls in the brigade again, I'll send you to a labor camp!"
Wang Laizi dared not cause any more trouble and scurried away grumbling.
Just as the Liu family was about to leave, Lu Huaiyuan caught up with them: "Zhixia, I..."
"What are you doing?" Shen Hongmei blocked his way. "Your little lover is sleeping in the cowshed, aren't you going to help move his things?"
"I just helped you! Aren't you going to thank me?" Lu Huaiyuan said shamelessly.
Liu Zhixia was amused by his antics: "Lu Huaiyuan, you don't actually think you look handsome like this, do you?"
"I at least spoke up for you, so we don't need to be so formal, do we?" Lu Huaiyuan struck what he thought was a cool pose, hands in his pockets and leg shaking.
"Speak up for me?" Liu Zhixia laughed. "When did you give me paper and ink? When did we ever exchange love letters?"
Lu Huaiyuan blushed and whispered, "I... I meant to say that Wang Laizi found the letter you wrote to me..."
"Pah! You shameless bastard!" Liu Zhixia stopped wasting her breath on him. "You still want me to marry you, to be your slave so you can enjoy a life of luxury with Gu Mansheng? Dream on!"
After saying that, she took her mother's hand and turned to leave.
Watching Liu Zhixia's resolute departure, Lu Huaiyuan felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
He gazed in that direction, muttering to himself, "So you care about me that much? You want to be with me forever after we get married? Actually, it's not impossible..."
He began to make plans in his mind.
Now, Gu Mansheng is completely finished in her parents' eyes, and they will never allow him to have any more contact with her. Moreover, his father has already said that he will "cut off his allowance" and make him go to the fields to earn work points.
But he himself is too weak to lift anything, so he has never done farm work before.
Thinking about it this way, it would be better to marry Liu Zhixia. She can work and earn work points, and she can also take care of him by doing laundry and cooking. It's the best of both worlds.
If I marry Gu Mansheng... who will cook for me at home?
He walked home step by step with this practical yet perplexing question in mind.
At this moment, Gu Mansheng had already been taken back to the educated youth settlement. Her belongings were being thrown out one by one.
"Get out! You stole my things and tried to frame me? You're from a bad class background, your hands are always dirty!" Xu Zhihong cursed.
Zhao Dongmei also grabbed the dirty handkerchief and threw it at her head.
"This is the handkerchief you gave to Wang Laizi, so I don't need it. I think you'll really need it while you're living in the cowshed, so I'm giving it to you. But next time I give it to someone, you'll be the owner."
Gu Mansheng looked around anxiously, but Lu Huaiyuan never appeared.
"Stop looking," Xu Zhihong mocked. "His soul has been completely captivated by Comrade Liu. He's off to apologize like a puppy. Who cares about you?"
"Oh dear, look at me, all dusty and dirty, nobody wants me. I wonder if Comrade Lu will still want a rich girl like you, covered in cow dung!"
The group entered the educated youth settlement amidst laughter and slammed the door shut.
Gu Mansheng sat on the ground wiping away her tears, her eyes filled with hatred.
This must all be Liu Zhixia's conspiracy.
Gu Mansheng gripped her bedding tightly, her eyes glaring fiercely towards the Liu family's direction: "Liu Zhixia, you want me to live in a cowshed? Fine, I'll make sure you don't even have a place to live!"
Liu Zhixia returned home, took a comfortable shower, and lay down on the bed.
Zhang Xiuying walked in, still shaken: "Daughter, are you asleep?"
"Mother, not yet, what's wrong?"
"That Wang Laizi is no good. He suffered such a big loss today, he'll definitely hold a grudge against you. You must be careful when you go out in the future, and don't go into the mountains alone, understand?"
Liu Zhixia felt a warmth in her heart and sat up: "Mother, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
After comforting her mother, Liu Zhixia lay back on the bed, the tenderness in her eyes fading, leaving only a cold, shrewd glint.
Gu Mansheng, this venomous snake, really can no longer stay in the brigade.
Her methods in her past life were despicable enough, but I never expected that when she was pushed to the limit, she would do something so disgusting as to drag innocent people down with her.
We must find a way to get Lu Jianping to kick her out completely!
A cold smile flashed in her eyes.
Don't you like to associate her with Wang Laizi?
That's perfect, let's make you two adulterers disappear from the group completely!
...
Liu Zhixia pondered for a long time before finally falling asleep, almost at dawn.
Meanwhile, Gu Mansheng, inside the cowshed, was tossing and turning in bed due to the fumes.
Just then, a lewd figure slipped in, scaring her so much her hair almost stood on end.
"Wang Laizi! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
Wang Laizi chuckled and rubbed his hands together as he stepped forward: "Miss Gu, you plotted to frame Liu Zhixia, but you dragged me, Wang Laizi, into it, causing me to lose my wife. Tell me, shouldn't you compensate me with another one?"
Gu Mansheng looked at him with disgust: "You? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror!"
"What's wrong with me?" Wang Laizi laughed even more arrogantly. "Even if I'm down on my luck, I still have a family. What about you? A piece of trash sleeping in a cowshed, what are you pretending to be so high and mighty with me?"
Gu Mansheng was trembling with anger. She wanted to scream for help, but she knew there was no one around the cowshed and even if someone heard her, no one would come to her rescue.
Her eyes darted around, and she suppressed her nausea, her tone suddenly softening: "I'll go with you, that's fine! It's better than living in this godforsaken place."
Wang Laizi was overjoyed, never expecting to succeed so easily!
“However…” Gu Mansheng changed the subject.
Wang Laizi's smile froze: "But what? You worthless life, you expect me to pay a bride price?"
Gu Mansheng took a deep breath, her eyes turning cold: "I don't want your money, I just want revenge! Liu Zhixia has ruined me like this, I want her family destroyed!"
She stared intently at Wang Laizi: "Go, burn the Liu family's house down! Consider this fire your dowry to me!"
Wang Laizi narrowed his eyes: "Do you think I'm stupid? I set a fire and got arrested and sent to a labor camp, while you get away with it?"
Gu Mansheng smiled contemptuously: "Wang Laizi, you usually steal chickens and dogs, can't you even handle this little thing? If we do it at night, who will find out? After it's done, I'll be yours!"
After saying that, she slowly pulled back the covers, took off her outer clothes, and revealed her fair and smooth shoulders.
Wang Laizi's eyes widened after just one glance.
Gu Mansheng quickly pulled the blanket over herself again, looking at him smugly, her voice full of seduction.
Wang Laizi swallowed hard, blinded by lust, and steeled his resolve: "Fine, I'll do it right now! Whether it succeeds or not, you'll be my woman!"
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