Aunt Wang was extremely annoyed. How could she have said such lewd things to a young girl?
Ruan Miaomiao wasn't annoyed at all. She patted Aunt Wang's arm affectionately and said with a smile:
"Oh, Auntie, that's why you say things like that to me—because you consider me one of your own!"
Watching Ruan Miaomiao's departing figure, Aunt Wang couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Ruan, the educated youth, is truly a broad-minded woman, open-minded, just like their country women.
From then on, she was determined to be Ruan Zhiqing!
The reason why Aunt Wang readily accepted Ruan Miaomiao was mainly because, apart from Ruan Miaomiao's subtle manipulation, people in this era still believed that scholars were extraordinary, city dwellers were extraordinary, and scholars from the city were even more extraordinary.
Ruan Miaomiao is a scholar from Haicheng, so isn't that extraordinary?
But how could Aunt Wang not be happy that such an extraordinary person would hold her hand so kindly, speak to her without any airs, and even acknowledge her?
"Oh, Auntie, is Comrade Zhou Shuhua your daughter?"
When Ruan Miaomiao returned the hoe to the brigade's granary, she asked He Damei, the production team accountant's wife who managed the tools, a question.
After what happened yesterday, He Damei naturally recognized Ruan Miaomiao. When she heard Ruan Miaomiao mention her daughter, she was a little puzzled, but still nodded.
But when Ruan Miaomiao saw He Damei nod, she immediately imitated the old women in the village, grabbing He Damei's hand and excitedly saying:
"Oh dear, Auntie, let me tell you, this girl is going to be very outgoing now that she's grown up, and her heart won't be with you anymore."
When I came back from work just now, your daughter stood up for Shen Qingming, scolding me for shirking my work and calling me a backward element.
She's a young girl, so naturally I won't hold it against her. Instead, I beat up Shen Qingming again.
Auntie, you have no idea! When your daughter saw Shen Qingming get beaten up, it was like she saw her own father get beaten up. She cried and sobbed, and she even insisted on helping Shen Qingming pay back the money he owed me, and forbade me from bullying Shen Qingming again.
He paid back the thirty-odd yuan without batting an eye.
You wouldn't believe how generous she was with money, it was like she had thousands or tens of thousands of dollars saved up for her to spend.
Anyone who didn't know better would think my uncle embezzled a lot of money from the production team...
"Shh..."
He Damei was completely stunned when she heard that her daughter was having an affair with Shen Qingming.
Before she could respond, she heard Ruan Miaomiao mention her man again. Immediately, she nervously covered Ruan Miaomiao's mouth, glanced around warily to make sure no one was watching, and then lowered her voice:
"You can't say things like that, Ruan Zhiqing..."
What if someone with ulterior motives hears this and arrests her husband to be criticized and sent to a labor camp?
Ruan Miaomiao also showed a look of sudden realization, and lowered her voice: "Auntie, I was just reminding you, but it's hard not to be suspicious of Comrade Zhou Shuhua's extravagant spending..."
Although He Damei loves her daughter dearly, she loves her husband even more.
He thanked Ruan Miaomiao, saying, "Ren Zhiqing, thank you for reminding me, I understand."
Seeing that He Damei had taken it to heart, Ruan Miaomiao turned and left with a smug look on her face: Great! Judging from He Damei's reaction just now, it will be impossible for Zhou Shuhua to get a lot of money from home to help Shen Qingming in the future!
Moreover, he had just reminded Aunt Wang, and he figured that by the afternoon, the aunties in the entire production brigade would have an even worse impression of Shen Qingming and would definitely give their daughters a dressing down.
By then, Shen Qingming's dream of finding several more illegitimate children to raise together will be just that—a dream!
Ruan Miaomiao guessed correctly. No sooner had she left than He Damei stormed home in a huff.
When I got home, I went straight to Zhou Shuhua's room.
After all, she was her own flesh and blood; He Damei could easily guess where Zhou Shuhua hid her money.
In a few moments, he found twenty yuan in the straw under Zhou Shuhua's mattress, and his face immediately turned even worse.
Last night, this girl managed to coax her man into giving her ten ten-yuan bills, and now she only has twenty left?
Does this girl want to move her whole family to Shen Qingming?
"Why are you going through the girl's things? She'll definitely make a scene if she finds out!"
Accountant Zhou wanted to earn more work points to save up for his daughter's dowry. So, even though there was a work point subsidy for being the production team's accountant, he still worked hard and chose to carry potatoes instead of digging potatoes, which required hard labor, instead of the easier task of digging potatoes.
Carrying over 100 kilograms of weight up and down a mountain path that stretches for more than two miles is no easy task.
It often takes more than an hour to walk back and forth, and by the end of the trip, your clothes are soaked with sweat.
After finally finishing carrying it all, I was about to go home for a drink of water when I unexpectedly saw my wife rummaging through my daughter's bed.
He Damei was furious when she saw that the man's hair was soaked with sweat, and she started cursing under her breath:
"Hmph, even if you risk your life for that brat, she might not remember a single good thing you did!"
"What's wrong?"
Although his wife has a bad temper, she doesn't get angry easily.
Therefore, Accountant Zhou immediately noticed that something was wrong with his wife. He put down the basket on his back and asked nervously.
"Hmph, I'm too ashamed to even say it..."
Despite being too ashamed to say it, He Damei still repeated what Ruan Miaomiao had just told her to the man.
After hearing this, Accountant Zhou felt a chill in his heart: "Thirty-odd yuan, and you're just going to pay it back?"
"How could it be fake?"
Seeing the man's incredulous look, He Damei replied irritably.
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