Meng Fuyan would never hide anything and wait for the other party to pretend to be a good person to gain a good image in order to harm her!
Children of martyrs are respected in society, especially in this era, and the public will protect them even more. In addition, stepmothers are not a good person to begin with, and having such a good job taken away makes her a truly wicked stepmother!
The common perception is that stepmothers and their children will bully the children of the first wife, and Meng Fuyan's words almost confirmed this.
From now on, the Wu siblings will no longer have the chance to pretend to be good people.
Sure enough, Grandpa Xue's expression changed immediately upon hearing this.
"Such a thing is possible? This is outrageous! Isn't this bullying?"
Meng Fuyan said helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. My family is small. My stepmother just gave birth to triplets, so she's become more assertive. My father treats my stepmother's sister's children better than my siblings and doesn't like us. I'm all alone and powerless. I just want to protect my younger brother so he can grow up quickly. I just hope those other kids won't cause me any trouble. But I still have to be careful, since I was the one who signed them up to go to the countryside out of anger."
“They’ve always been jealous of my family’s good conditions. After my mother passed away, they were finally able to move into my house. But they haven’t even enjoyed their good life for a few years before I brought them back to the countryside. They hate me to death. Since they can’t deal with me, they might threaten me with my younger brother. So, please keep an eye on my brother when he’s at school. I would be very grateful!”
Grandpa Xue readily agreed, "It's no big deal, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him. He'll be fine at school. I won't let strangers take him away. Just be careful when he's out!"
Meng Fuyan smiled and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. When Grandpa was alive, he taught me a few moves. I know some legwork and can protect myself and my brother."
Grandpa Xue was pleased with the younger generation's reaction. "That's good, that's good. You look so delicate, I didn't expect you to be able to fight. Good! Girls should learn some self-defense skills."
"Yes, Grandpa is right. Goodbye, Grandpa Xue, I'm taking my little brother home now!"
Meng Yunji immediately waved and said, "Goodbye, Grandpa Xue."
Goodbye, drive carefully!
Meng Fuyan carried her little basket and took her younger brother home. The bag of uneaten peanuts was naturally left for Grandpa Xue.
Peanuts are considered a pretty good snack or appetizer to go with drinks these days!
Meng Fuyan knew some of this old man Xue from her previous life, though not in detail. But he seemed to be a decent person, knew some martial arts, and was much more vigilant than the average person.
She made a point of repeating it, which greatly reduced the chances that the Wu family members would try to sneak Yunji away from school while she was away.
Back at the educated youth settlement, Meng Fuyan started cooking.
I used well water to wash some rice, put it on the stove to cook rice, and then moved a few stones over, arranged them into a semicircle, and put the iron pot on it to stir-fry vegetables.
Just then, Xu Jing and Fu Chaosheng returned, each carrying two bundles of firewood, with a wild rabbit and a pheasant tied to the sticks.
Meng Fuyan's eyes lit up; she had her eye on the wild rabbit.
"Hey bro, wanna trade the rabbit? I'll trade you two pounds of pork belly for your rabbit, wanna trade?"
Xu Jing was taken aback, and glanced at the rabbit in his hand. "You want to eat this?"
Meng Fuyan nodded.
That rabbit definitely weighed more than two pounds, but after skinning and removing the internal organs, it was about the same weight. Rabbits also have bones, but they don't have the oil and fat of pork.
People these days generally lack oil and fat, so they prefer pork with lots of fat.
Xu Jing nodded, "Okay!"
Meng Fuyan immediately cut half of the two jin of pork she bought at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday and gave it to him. "I'll go to the county tomorrow and bring you another jin of pork, okay?"
Xu Jing nodded without saying anything.
Xu Jing handed her the rabbit. Seeing her delicate appearance, he guessed she hadn't done much housework before, so he asked, "Do you know how to kill a rabbit? Do you want me to clean it for you?"
Meng Fuyan raised an eyebrow, her eyes brightening. "Great! Thank you!"
She could have handled it herself, but since Xu Jing had said so, she simply went along with it.
I'll find another opportunity to thank him next time.
To build relationships between people, you have to learn to ask others for help, then thank them and give back. This back-and-forth is how relationships develop.
Meng Fuyan cleaned the mushrooms she had received yesterday. When Xu Jing finished preparing the rabbit for her, she had already prepared the seasonings. She heated the oil in a pan and made a spicy rabbit dish, the aroma of which immediately wafted out.
Xu Jing and Fu Chaosheng, who were cooking across the street, glanced over. They were surprised to find that this girl, who looked delicate and seemed like she couldn't do anything, could cook such delicious food!
Those in the educated youth compound who smelled the aroma took a deep sniff. Liu Shengli and his group smelled the aroma and naturally saw that it was meat made by Meng Fuyan, a girl. Normally, he would definitely try to get some to taste, but thinking of Xu Jing and Fu Chaosheng across the hall, and the way Meng Fuyan beat people last night, he could only give up in resentment.
There was a lot of rabbit meat, more than the siblings could finish in one meal. Meng Fuyan served a little less spicy meat to her brother, and cooked the rest to be more spicy.
I packed a portion into a lunchbox, intending to take it to Gu Tingzhi tomorrow to make my presence known.
Stir-fry the mushrooms lightly, then make a vegetable soup, and you're done.
In the 1970s, meals for two were a luxury!
After the two finished their meal, Meng Yunji rested at home for a while. When it was almost time, Meng Fuyan took him to school.
After returning, Meng Fuyan went to check on the progress of the new house. It was already topped out and the kang (heated brick bed) was being built. The progress was quite fast.
She took some tools and went up the mountain.
The day passed relatively peacefully because the three Wu siblings took Yuan Yi to the county town for medical treatment, and no one bothered her.
By the end of September, the weather in the north was already quite cool. This mountain was rich in produce, and there was still some autumn harvest left in the fields. However, the locals were enough. The brigade leader generally didn't care if the educated youth caused trouble. Those who wanted to work in the fields could work in the fields, and those who didn't could just mind their own business.
Looking at the people sweating profusely in the fields from afar, Meng Fuyan sighed. No matter the era, farmers always have a hard life, especially in the 1970s when there was no mechanization.
It had rained a few days ago, and there were some mushrooms and fungus in the woods, but not many in the outer areas. Most of them had already been picked clean by the locals, so we had to go deeper into the woods.
As Meng Fuyan ventured deeper into the area, she gradually encountered more wild vegetables, mushrooms, and wood ear fungus, and even saw traces of pheasants and rabbits.
Wild mushrooms taste amazing, unlike any mushrooms you can find in the supermarket. Meng Fuyan picked a lot of mushrooms and wood ear fungus, and even got some chestnuts.
Wearing the Martin boots from the space and thick leather gloves, they used stones to smash and stomp on the ground to avoid getting their hands and feet pricked.
After working for a while, Meng Fuyan harvested more than 20 jin of chestnuts and was very happy.
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