After hearing that traditional Chinese medicine practitioners were in high demand, and after asking around in town, Huang Caihong and Li Haisheng confirmed that Yu Rujia could get a job as long as she reported to the town government. They were tempted, which led to their visit today.
Li Haisheng lay on the ground, having fallen quite hard. He grimaced for a while before the pain subsided somewhat. He got up and glared fiercely at Yu Rujia, as if her kicking him was some heinous crime.
Li Haisheng: "You bitch, how dare you kick me! I'm going to beat you to death!" He then charged at her again to hit her.
Alright, now that she had a reason to go on a killing spree, Yu Rujia casually pulled a thick stick from the pile of firewood and started hitting him.
Yu Rujia: "So what if I kicked you? You're trying to be a hooligan in front of me. Do you really think I dare to go to the countryside alone without any backup?"
"If a thug like you went to the police station, he'd only be shot. I was being lenient by hitting you."
This was the first time Li Haisheng had encountered a woman who would resort to violence at the slightest provocation. He couldn't even defeat her, and couldn't even get close to Yu Rujia. He could only slink away in disgrace.
When Li Haisheng returned home, Huang Caihong was waiting for his good news. No woman is indifferent to her reputation. As long as Yu Rujia is entangled with Li Haisheng, she will eventually have no choice but to marry her son.
Huang Caihong had even figured out how to spend Yu Rujia's salary, but she never expected Li Haisheng to come back covered in injuries.
Huang Caihong looked at Li Haisheng with a pained expression: "Haisheng, didn't you go to find Yu Rujia? Why did you come back like this? Who hit you?"
She never imagined that the person who hit Li Haisheng would be Yu Rujia herself. There was nothing she could do; when it came to fighting, women were naturally weaker than men.
So she assumed that Li Haisheng had once again gone astray by flirting with women who were already in relationships, which was why he had been beaten up by their men. This kind of thing had happened many times before, and Huang Caihong was used to it.
Li Haisheng plopped down on the stool, but immediately stood up with a howl as soon as he touched it, clearly because something had touched a sore spot.
Li Haisheng gritted his teeth and said, "It's that bitch Yu Rujia, Mom. She actually dared to hit me. I won't let her get away with this."
He didn't think he was really no match for Yu Rujia; he was just caught off guard by her attack and the big stick she was carrying, which is why he ended up in trouble.
Upon hearing that the person who hit him was Yu Rujia, Huang Caihong stormed out to confront Yu Rujia before he could even finish speaking.
Huang Caihong stood at Yu Rujia's door and cursed loudly: "Yu Rujia, you piece of trash, come out here! I'll beat your mouth to a pulp so you can beat my son!"
Yu Rujia came out with a displeased look: "And who are you?"
Huang Caihong rushed up to her angrily, ready to hit her: "You bitch, you just hit my son and you dare ask who I am? I'll beat you to death."
Yu Rujia never had the habit of not hitting the elderly. He picked up the stick he had just used to hit Li Haisheng and started hitting Huang Caihong. He beat her mercilessly until she screamed in pain.
Once everyone was on the ground, Yu Rujia, holding a stick, said with a stern face, "I'll only say this once: you and your son stay away from me from now on, or I'll beat you every time I see you, understand?"
Yu Rujia's ferocity frightened Huang Caihong. Realizing that she wasn't the old woman who usually fought with her, she immediately cowered and scrambled away.
Li Haisheng was beaten by Yu Rujia and wanted to get revenge, but he was beaten with sacks and injured every time he went out.
He had been sacked before, but never this frequently. After several such incidents, even a fool would know that Yu Rujia was not someone to be trifled with, and from then on, he would stay far away from her whenever he saw her.
In a corner where no one could see, Gao Shujing tossed a burlap sack aside and went home in a cheerful mood to wash her hands and cook.
After beating up two people, he finally scared off the others who had designs on Yu Rujia. They only wanted to marry a god of wealth, not a tigress.
No matter how much money Yu Rujia can make, they can't stand her beatings. If they actually marry her, it's uncertain who will be in charge of the household.
Because of this, Yu Rujia finally had some peace and quiet and was able to focus on her work again.
While Yu Rujia was preparing her winter clothes, everyone in the brigade was up in full swing picking oranges on the mountain.
I had heard many times before that Captain Huang planted these orange trees under pressure back then, and later, thanks to them, Shangfen Brigade became the leader of all the brigades in Dongyuan Commune. This was Captain Huang's proudest achievement.
The weather was good this year, and the oranges grew abundantly, so everyone in the team got a share.
Sure enough, after a day of hard work by the team, Yu Rujia received the good news of sharing oranges the next day.
The air was filled with the sweet scent of oranges. Even Yu Rujia, who never liked to join in the fun, couldn't resist taking a basket to the brigade's threshing ground to share the oranges.
Every team member's face was filled with the joy of their achievement. Even those who didn't get along well with each other would just look away instead of arguing as usual.
Amidst the bustling scene, Yu Rujia, who was still searching for her team, vaguely heard someone calling her name. Looking in the direction of the voice, she saw Huang Guihua.
Huang Guihua, carrying a large basket in one hand, beckoned to Yu Rujia with the other: "Rujia, come here quickly."
The line she was in did have fewer people, and there was no one behind her. Yu Rujia rushed over and stood behind her.
Yu Rujia: "Oh dear, we usually live in separate areas, so we don't realize how many people there are in our brigade. But today, with so many people gathered together, it's hard to find the beginning or end of the line."
Huang Guihua: "Since this is your first time distributing things, you may not know. Although there are many people in the line, the queue is arranged by household. Only one person from each household needs to come. Those people standing outside are waiting to take the things away after they are distributed."
"If you don't find the right line, you'll just be wasting your time. You'll only get your turn after everyone else has received theirs, and by then all that's left are the less desirable ones."
Yu Rujia followed her gaze and saw the spot where she had just been standing: "Luckily I ran into Sister Guihua, otherwise I would have only been able to take back some of the leftovers from other people's shopping trip."
There were more people waiting to pick up their things on the outside than people in line, and it was hard for strangers to tell which line was the right one.
Huang Guihua: "The market is good this year, and there are a lot of oranges. We are at the front of the line, so we will definitely get some good ones. Our brigade's oranges are very popular in the town. Factories are scrambling to buy them every year."
Yu Rujia: "How many acres of oranges did the team plant?"
Huang Guihua: "We grow them on the mountain, covering more than ten acres. When the market is good, we can harvest 20,000 to 30,000 catties. Every time the oranges are almost ripe, the factories in the town will place orders with us in advance, so we don't have to worry about selling them at all."
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