Duoxi snuggled against her, her little voice trembling as she said, "Auntie, hug me."
Yu Rujia patted his little head: "Okay, Auntie will hug you."
Dorje nestled in her arms, his eyes sparkling as he looked toward Lü Lihua, showing no fear whatsoever.
After his initial fear, Duoshou, like Duolu, nestled in Rujia's arms and watched with great interest.
Duofu relaxed as soon as he got to Yu Rujia's side, snuggling close to her and sticking his little head toward Lü Lihua. With Duoxi, who had recovered, in Yu Rujia's arms, the Yu family's gossip quartet was back online.
Looking at those focused little faces, Yu Rujia rarely reflected on whether she had set a bad example. But before she could figure it out, the battle over there drew her attention.
Lu Lihua sneered, "The police have already said that if you want us to be filial, you'll have to wait until all your sons and grandsons are dead before it's our turn to be filial."
"If you want to take this grain away, fine, kill your son and grandson. If you kill them, I'll give you this grain."
Huang Jingnan: "You wicked girl, I am your father! How dare you let your grandmother kill me? Are you insane?"
Lü Lihua: "I've gone mad. I've been driven mad by you cold-blooded beasts. Can you cure me?"
Huang Jingnan slapped her across the face, but Lü Lihua tilted her head and the slap swept across her face, not landing properly. However, Huang Jingnan's uneven fingernails still left scratches on her face.
Fortunately, the skin wasn't broken, and it will be fine in a few days.
Huang Jingnan: "I'll beat you to death, you unfilial beast."
Some time ago, he was ordered by Li Cuiniang to bring her and her children back, but he was beaten and sent back for several days in a row, which caused him to be scolded by Li Cuiniang every day.
Huang Jingnan had long regretted not listening to Li Cuiniang and drowning them in a chamber pot when they were born. Otherwise, Lü Fangfang wouldn't have been persuaded by those unruly girls to divorce him.
Lu Lihua's small face flashed with a fierce look: "Go ahead and hit me if you dare. If you kill me, you'll have to pay with your life. Without you, my mother and the others can live a peaceful life, which suits me just fine."
Huang Jingnan was caught in a dilemma: whether to fight or not.
Lu Chahua, who had carried a load of things back home and then brought Lu Fangfang and Lu Guihua back, saw this scene and ran up with a carrying pole in hand: "Haven't we taught you a lesson enough? You still dare to come and bully our family?"
Seeing that a crowd had gathered, Li Dashan knew that someone was causing trouble again. Despite his annoyance, he resigned himself to his fate and stepped forward to resolve the issue.
Li Dashan: "What happened here again?"
Lü Lihua: "Captain Li, they're trying to steal my family's grain."
Li Cuiniang: "They are my granddaughters, what's wrong with me moving their grain?"
Li Dashan: "You've already separated your family. Their things have nothing to do with you. You're taking their grain, which is robbery, which is banditry. Don't you know the government's attitude towards bandits? Or do you want to be shot?"
Li Cuiniang craned her neck and said, "I didn't agree to their dividing the family, so this division doesn't count."
Li Dashan: "Your division of the family was arranged by the police station. If you are not satisfied, go to the police station and say so. In short, if you dare to steal their grain, I dare to arrest you as bandits."
Lü Chahua felt she had learned another trick: "If you don't want to be shot, stay away from our house. We won't give you a single sweet potato. If you dare to take even one, I'll sue you for robbery."
The repeated threats of execution terrified Huang Jingnan, who shrank back and turned to Li Cuiniang timidly, saying, "Mother..."
Li Cuiniang dared not vent her anger on Lü Chahua and the others, but Huang Jingnan bumped into her, and she found an outlet for her anger, immediately slapping him hard across the face: "Useless." Then she turned and left in a sorry state.
After everyone had left, Yu Rujia called out to Li Dashan, who was about to leave: "Captain Li, I have something I'd like to ask you for a favor."
Hearing her call, Li Dashan stopped in his tracks: "Yu Zhiqing, what's wrong?"
Yu Rujia: "It's like this, I have a few children with me and it's inconvenient for me to move the grain. Shujing is also getting its electricity back on, so I don't have time to come and move it. I'd like to ask you to help me find a few young men to help me move it. I'll give them eggs as payment later."
The eggs were very tempting, and several old women who were standing by watching the grain immediately said, "Young Yu, don't worry, my son will come back later, and I'll have him move them for you first."
Another old woman said, "My son will be back soon. He's strong, he'll definitely take good care of things for you."
Upon hearing that Gao Shujing also received a share of the grain, Li Dashan, who had a good impression of him, said, "Why would you need anyone else? I'll bring a cart over later and push the grain back for you."
“There’s no need for eggs anymore. While everyone else is receiving their grain rations, Gao, the educated youth, is busy working for the brigade. It’s only right that I arrange these things for him.”
That's what they said, but when Li Dashan and the two old women's sons helped her bring the grain back, she still stuffed four eggs into each of her hands. Li Dashan didn't take them and ran away, while the other two happily took the eggs and left.
The events surrounding the grain distribution weren't over yet. After watching the distribution, the people ran to Gao Shujing's place, where electricity was being supplied. The electricity supply was the team's top priority, and a large number of people gathered there every day.
After checking on the latest developments regarding the power supply, the idle people started talking about the farce that had just taken place at the grain distribution site.
"You know what, this educated youth Gao is top-notch in terms of wealth, looks, and ability. Her face is so fair it's practically glowing. Could she really have taken a fancy to Yu, the educated youth with several children?"
“Yu Zhiqing is very capable. Her traditional Chinese medicine skills are very popular in the town. She can earn tens of yuan a month. There is so much money that she can't spend it all. Whoever marries her will never have to worry about money in the future.”
"Yes, Yu Zhiqing is also very pretty. No girl in the team is as beautiful as her. She is a good match for Gao Zhiqing."
“But what respectable family would have several children before marriage? Do you think those children of hers were really born from Yu Zhiqing’s affairs, as that old woman said? If that’s the case, then Gao Zhiqing is really pitiful.”
"I heard that Yu Zhiqing is only sixteen years old. Her child is already over three years old. If she really gave birth to him, then Yu Zhiqing was only twelve or thirteen years old when she got pregnant with him? That can't be right."
"It's not uncommon for girls to get pregnant at the age of twelve or thirteen. There was one in the next brigade before, so it's hard to say that the educated youth in Yu's case weren't like that."
"Yu Zhiqing..."
"..."
The team members don't control their volume when they speak. Even if they think they are speaking very softly, people several meters away can still hear them.
Gao Shujing's hand holding the wire trembled, and he wished he could strangle those who were talking nonsense about Yu Rujia.
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