Aunt He, who was picking cabbages, was a kind-hearted person. When she saw Qiu Jiayue crying here, she felt distressed.
Although Qiu Jiayue's appearance cannot be said to be stunningly beautiful, she can be considered a beautiful girl from a small family. She is fair-skinned, gentle and pretty. She looks well-behaved and sensible, and is the kind of young person that the elders like most.
Aunt He has a daughter who is about the same age as Qiu Jiayue, so she is even more enthusiastic.
Aunt He reached out to pat Qiu Jiayue's shoulder to comfort her, but when she saw that her hands were covered with mud from cutting cabbage, and then looked at the new clothes on the girl, Aunt He quickly withdrew her hands, walked quickly to the stream, and washed the mud off her hands. She didn't care how much water was on her hands, and just wiped them on a clean place on her clothes.
"Hey, kid, what's so hard about you? Coming from the city to our countryside is indeed a bit harder than your previous life, but here you can at least grow some food. When you lived in the city before, you must have gone hungry during those heavy snows. Now, although it's a bit harder... at least you don't have to starve anymore!"
Aunt He thought Qiu Jiayue was crying because of her injured hand. She reached out and grabbed Qiu Jiayue's injured hand, carefully examined the wound, and continued to coax her, "Don't cry, child. The wound is not deep, nor is it very big... Come, let me wash it for you. When you go back, just rub it with alcohol a few times to disinfect it!"
Aunt He started to wash Qiu Jiayue carefully as she spoke. The mud and sand embedded into Qiu Jiayue's palms, and she could only use force with her hands. Every time she washed her, Qiu Jiayue grimaced in pain, and her tears of grievance never stopped. But she didn't say a word, she just kept crying.
As she cried, Qiu Jiayue even started to hiccup.
Aunt He had a headache. Why were these city kids so spoiled?
She wiped Qiu Jiayue's palm dry, scratched her cheek anxiously, and said soothingly, "Ah, ah, ah!... Why are you crying again? It's just a two or three centimeter wound. Farmworkers get hurt, of course. It'll be fine once you get used to it. Once you get used to it, you won't hurt your hands or feet while working anymore. Moving from the city to the countryside, no one is used to it at first, but it gets better over time... Maybe after a while, when the climate returns to normal and the mutated plants and animals are cleaned up by the government, you'll be able to go back home and live your life as usual."
"No, no...it's not..." Qiu Jiayue's voice was choked with sobs, her eyes were red, but she choked and said, "I'm not crying because of this!"
"It's not because of this? Then what is it because of?" Aunt He was puzzled.
"Because everyone bullied me! Especially my previous landlord, who teamed up with others to bully me!"
"The landlord teamed up with others to bully you?" Aunt He scratched her head, her face full of confusion. "That shouldn't be the case! Could you be mistaken, little girl? There aren't any residents in our village who like to bully others."
Wanxi Village is small, and most of the people here are surnamed Zhao. They all come from the same canteen and have the same ancestor. Almost everyone in the village knows exactly what kind of character each family has.
There are a few women in the village who are quite aggressive and shrewd, but they wouldn't join others in bullying a little girl from the city for no reason, would they?!
Most importantly, according to Aunt He's memory, after the recent spate of natural disasters, there are very few habitable houses left in Wanxi Village...
In those villages, there were many wives and daughters-in-law who were famous for their hot tempers and their tendency to be fussy. Except for Zhao Dongxiang's house at the head of the village, which was still habitable, the other families had lost their own houses long ago. They could only live in other people's houses on weekdays. How could they possibly lend a house to this little girl?
"But I remember Zhao Dongxiang saying yesterday that her family was staying with her elder brother and younger brother's families..." Aunt He murmured, and couldn't help but recall that she met Zhao Dongxiang in the field yesterday and chatted with her for a few words.
Because Zhao Dongxiang had a hot temper, the village chief didn't dare to arrange for anyone else to stay at her house. Furthermore, Zhao Dongxiang's brother and younger brother had over a dozen people from their families... The other party wouldn't agree to let such a little girl live in their home...
"How could I be wrong? I wasn't wrong! She was the one who bullied me!" Qiu Jiayue was furious, her eyes wide open.
Aunt He was startled by the other party's posture and said, "How did she bully you? Tell me, who in the village bullied you? If she is really being unreasonable and bullying others, I will tell the village chief about this matter!"
"It's the family living at the foot of the mountain! It's that woman surnamed Qin who bullied me! She has so many rooms at home, but she would rather give them to dogs than me! And when she was there, we paid the rent, but she actually asked our people to help her work in the fields! If we weren't short of manpower to reclaim the wasteland here, how could I have been injured?... So she was the one who bullied me! She targeted me! She really went too far! Auntie, don't you think so?! Isn't she going too far?!"
When she thought about what had just happened, she realized that it was because after He Zhennan left, there were not enough people to work in the fields and the wasteland could not be cleaned up within the planned time, so her parents asked her to pick out the rubble and weeds and shrubs in the wasteland. In the end, she accidentally fell and hurt her hand on the ground. Qiu Jiayue was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Her hands are the ones that hold a scalpel and the ones that play the piano!
She had never been injured in all her years at home, and now she's injured today. Who knows how ugly the scar will be! What if this wound affects her flexibility in playing the piano after the surgery?
Qiu Jiayue was feeling wronged, tears welling up at her lips. Aunt He was quite confused. She looked at Qiu Jiayue helplessly and said, "Little girl, I think you must have misunderstood something. Sister Qin is not the person you say she is. She used to be very kind to the people in the village... Not only did she help our village rescue refugees after the earthquake, but she also took the trouble to help take care of the villagers after the earthquake. Even her dog was so brave! Many people in our village like her! People like her, as long as you say a word in the village, there will definitely be many people in our village willing to go to her house and help her with farm work."
"And I remember that Sister Qin's family used to be from the countryside, and she is good at work, so there is no need for her to do this... I think it's still a misunderstanding, little girl, why don't you talk to Sister Qin when you go back and let everyone resolve all the misunderstandings." Aunt He touched her nose and made her suggestion.
However, how could Qiu Jiayue listen to Aunt He's words at this moment?
She was filled with the feeling that she was being bullied and targeted, but no one stood by her side to speak for her. Even the aunt she had just met was helping Qin Suyun.
"Aunt, why are you like this? You just said you would help me talk to the village chief, how come you have already turned to that woman Qin Suyun before you even meet the village chief?... She is such a cruel person, it is obvious that she can't stand seeing me live better than her! That's why she is deliberately targeting me!" Qiu Jiayue said indignantly, her hands clenched into fists involuntarily, but before she could put down her fists, her head suddenly hurt.
Immediately afterwards, a noisy sound rang out above Qiu Jiayue's head.
"Hahahaha! Hahahaha! - Talking bad words! Talking bad words! You actually say bad things behind my back! You are so mean! Hahahaha! I will pull out your hair as punishment, hahahahaha!"
A huge colorful parrot flew over with its wings flapping, stretched out its sharp claws, grabbed Qiu Jiayue's hair and pulled it up!
How can a person's weight be supported by just a few strands of hair?
The moment the parrot grabbed hold of that little tuft of hair and pulled it upwards, Qiu Jiayue's face turned green with pain! She could barely speak!
Macaws are very strong, especially their bite force, which is even more exaggerated than that of rhinos and crocodiles!
Although the strength of a parrot's claws is far less than that of its beak, after the mutation, Zhazha's strength is far beyond the reach of ordinary people. While screaming, it pulled Qiu Jiayue's head, and with a rustling sound, a handful of hair was pulled out by Zhazha!
"Wow!——Damn stinky bird! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!!!"
"Get out of here, get out of here, get out of here!"
"You damn bird, get out of here! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!——"
Aunt He was completely stunned. In just a moment, the girl who had just been talking to her and crying started fighting with a parrot. However, the parrot flew high and fast. Not only could the girl not hit the parrot, but the parrot also pecked a lot of her hair. Her originally smooth long black hair became a mess, and she looked like a newly-minted crazy woman.
Sometimes the parrot would even peck her a few times, causing Qiu Jiayue to scream in pain.
However, one parrot is already troublesome enough, and there are two of them!
A red one! A blue one!
We will also divide the work among ourselves, you peck the forehead and I grab a handful of hair.
Aunt He: “…”
Why did she remember that this big red parrot seemed to be a bird raised in Qin Damei's home?
Is it the bird you raised before the snowstorm?
So this is someone talking bad about someone behind their back and got caught by their pet?
But what about the other one...
then……
Half an hour later, Qiu Jiayue became a miserable mess. When she returned home, even her father and mother were shocked!
Mr. and Mrs. Qiu: How could our fair, clean, and beautiful daughter go out and come back like a crazy woman? And she was clearly back half an hour before us! She's shortening her life!
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