Now Huang Jingbei has lost his job, and his family of three has no income. The Huang family has also encountered some trouble, so they can no longer receive subsidies as before. They live in the city and only have expenses but no income.
Everything in the city costs money, and Huang Jingbei and Wan Qiuju, who had no savings, could not stay for more than a few days and had to return to the brigade.
Wan Qiuju feels tired even when she goes to work, and at most she does some housework when she's at home.
After returning to the countryside, their clothes got dirty quickly and were difficult to wash. In addition, everything was inconvenient. The food was also several levels worse than what they had eaten in the city, and they couldn't find any meat at all.
After only a few days, Wan Qiuju couldn't stand it anymore and insisted on returning to the city. However, they had no money and couldn't go back.
After accidentally learning that Yu Rujia had cured Sun Qingqing, who had been paralyzed for one or two years, Wan Qiuju had the idea of having Yu Rujia treat her mother.
She believed that as long as the person she brought back cured Wan's mother, Wan's mother would definitely forgive her and restore her previous favor towards her, giving her at least twenty yuan a month as a subsidy.
With the subsidies from Wan's mother and the Huang family, even if Huang Jingbei didn't have a job, they could still live in the city.
However, when she asked for favors, she couldn't even say anything nice. She spoke as if asking Yu Rujia to treat her mother's illness was an honor for her. Few people could stand her, let alone Yu Rujia.
Yu Rujia: "I am the team doctor of Shangfen Brigade, not your private doctor. If you want to show off, go back to your own home. I'm not going to play along."
Wan Qiuju's face turned pale. She thought that Yu Rujia was someone who couldn't find a job in the city and had to go to the countryside to beg for food. She, a city person, was already doing her a huge favor by giving her a chance to make money. She never expected that this person could be so arrogant.
Thinking this to herself, Wan Qiuju cursed out loud: "You're a scumbag who can't survive in the city and can only come to the countryside to beg for food. I'm doing you a favor by asking you to treat my mother's illness. Don't be ungrateful."
Yu Rujia: "You can praise whoever you want, I don't need it here."
Wan Qiuju threatened, "If you don't go, I'll report you."
Yu Rujia: "What did you report me for?"
Wan Qiuju: "The herbs you used to cure Huang Dazhuang's wife were Chinese medicine. You stinking intellectual, if I report you, you will be arrested and criticized by the Revolutionary Committee and become a whore who can be ridden by anyone."
Wan Qiuju only cares about her own life, doesn't read newspapers, and is completely unaware of the changing situation of traditional Chinese medicine. She still views Yu Rujia with the same perspective she used to have when looking at traditional Chinese medicine.
She felt that using this to threaten Yu Rujia would definitely give her a hold on her weakness. No one is unafraid of being criticized and denounced, let alone a beautiful young woman like Yu Rujia. Once she was criticized and denounced, her reputation would be ruined, and she would be at the mercy of others.
Her voice was shrill, and Gao Shujing and the children next door heard it. The twins and Duoxi couldn't understand it, but Gao Shujing and Duofu, who had a vague memory of the struggle sessions, knew that Yu Rujia was in trouble.
Duofu was so angry that he didn't even care about his younger brother's work. He ran back as fast as he could and punched Wan Qiuju with his little fists: "You bullied your aunt, I'll hit you, I'll hit you."
Wan Qiuju was stunned by the sudden blow, and after she came to her senses, she wanted to kick Duofu away.
Yu Rujia pulled Duofu into her arms before her feet touched him: "If you're going to report this, then go ahead and report it. Just because you're ignorant doesn't mean everyone else is."
"The country is strongly encouraging the study of traditional Chinese medicine. Those who have mastered it can even apply for government jobs. If you report me, I might even get a job. Go ahead and do it. What are you still doing staying at my house?"
After settling the twins and Duoxi, Gao Shujing walked over and said with a stern face, "Comrade, with Yu Zhiqing's abilities, if she wants to work, she only needs to go to the government once."
“The educated youth were sent to the countryside to build a new rural area, not the scum who couldn’t survive in the city as you say. Your insult to the educated youth is an opposition to national policy. I will report this situation to the brigade leader and the educated youth settlement.”
After reading the newspapers he had brought back last time, Yu Rujia returned them all to Gao Shujing. For several days in a row, major newspapers published articles about traditional Chinese medicine, and his photographic memory allowed him to remember them perfectly.
Wan Qiuju, who always only cared about herself, ignored the two men's advice and stubbornly believed that she was right.
Wan Qiuju: "You think traditional Chinese medicine isn't a stinking intellectual? If you dare not treat my mother's illness, I'll report you. I want to see how tough you are. Don't come crawling to me like a dog begging for forgiveness."
Yu Rujia's home was a little far from the rest of the village, but only a hundred or two meters away. There were some children playing nearby, and her sharp voice had already attracted the attention of some of them.
Some older people who were at home taking care of the children also came over to listen to the gossip when they heard the commotion.
Gao Shujing: "Information about traditional Chinese medicine has been published in major newspapers. Is this comrade going against the country's policies?"
While he was restraining Wan Qiuju, Yu Rujia put the furious Duofu on the ground and whispered, "Duofu, could you go and get Uncle's newspaper for your aunt?"
Duofu wanted to stay and protect his beloved aunt, but he couldn't disobey Yu Rujia's words. He glared at Wan Qiuju resentfully and said, "Aunt, I'll go get the newspaper now."
As she spoke, she darted over to Gao Shujing, bypassed the three people, Duolu and his companions who were peering in from the doorway, and ran straight into the house.
Wan Qiuju stubbornly insisted, "You think it's just published in the newspaper? Who saw it?"
Yu Rujia: "We have several copies of this newspaper at home, and we can show it to this comrade right away. But you need to think carefully about how to explain to the brigade that you said the educated youth were scum who couldn't survive in the city and came to the countryside to beg for food."
Wan Qiuju retorted without thinking, "That's right. If you can make a living in the city, who would want to come to the countryside to be a peasant?"
The country folk wanted to move to the city, but no one wanted to hear others call them peasants. The elderly people around them who weren't working started to criticize them.
"You're a city person, you're noble, so why would someone as noble as you eat food grown by country folk?"
"If you're so capable, why did you marry a country bumpkin? Why don't you marry back to your city? What are you doing in our countryside?"
“Go back to your city, don’t stay in our countryside, lest you dirty our land.”
A group of angry people started cursing at Wan Qiuju, scaring her into submission.
"What are you all doing here? Too idle, huh? If you have nothing to do, go work in the fields." Captain Huang's voice came from afar.
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