Chapter 253 If You Don’t Pick Enough Firewood, You’ll Get Beaten
"Why are you here, girl from the Su family? I've never seen you in the fields before, but I've seen you twice in the past few days. You look very well. Do you want to do some labor reform?" When the team leader saw Su Mei standing in the team of laborers in the village, he took the initiative to greet her.
Hearing this, Bai Xiaofang immediately responded for Su Mei: "She just wants to come out and take a look, breathe some fresh air. She has never done these kinds of work since she was a child, so don't arrange for her to cause trouble for everyone."
"If there is anything I can do, just assign it to me!" Su Mei smiled and took the initiative to walk to the front, looking at the captain Jiang Guangzong, "I used to be fat and couldn't do anything. Now I'm thinner and my hands and feet are more flexible. Captain, can you assign me some work to try?"
"Really?" Jiang Guangzong also smiled. He was quite happy that Su Mei could go out and do some work. After all, she was the first college student in the village. She would develop feelings for the villagers after getting to know them more. So he pointed to the mountains and forests in the distance and said,
"You can follow the girls in the village to collect firewood in the mountains. This job is not difficult and is easy.
Yang Suhua, you take care of Su Mei later. You are going to marry the fifth son of the Su family soon, so it should be no problem for you to take care of your sister-in-law."
Yang Suhua? Hearing this name, Su Mei raised her eyebrows.
She was still thinking about finding an opportunity to find this woman and talk to her, but now she has taken the initiative to stand up. What a great feeling!
It really was a piece of cake.
Following Jiang Guangzong's gaze, Su Mei saw Yang Suhua standing in the corner. She couldn't remember what Yang Suhua looked like, but she recognized her at a glance.
After seeing the person, Su Mei turned around and took the initiative to walk towards Yang Suhua. After arriving in front of her, Su Mei said:
"Sister Suhua, I have never said such a thing. Please take me with you today!"
"Okay!" Yang Suhua nodded. For some reason, Su Mei always felt that when Yang Suhua looked at her, her eyes seemed to be avoiding something.
Someone nearby heard Su Mei addressing Yang Suhua and couldn't help but joked, "Why call her Sister Suhua? You should call her Fifth Sister-in-law."
Hearing this, Su Mei couldn't help but smile, but her eyes were fixed on Yang Suhua. Yang Suhua had a blank expression on her face, not even a hint of shyness that a young girl should have.
She looked lifeless and as gloomy as in Su Mei's memory.
Normally, an unmarried girl would blush with embarrassment upon hearing such teasing, but Yang Suhua acted as if this matter had nothing to do with her at all.
Seeing that joking was useless, the people around him stopped making teasing remarks.
When the captain had finished assigning the tasks, the crowd dispersed and headed back to their posts. Bai Xiaofang was still a little worried, so when she was about to leave, she came back to look for Su Mei and held her hand:
"My little girl, I think you should not go to the mountains to collect firewood. You are not capable of such rough work."
"It's okay. Just think of it as an experience of life for me. The firewood you pick up is weighed and calculated as work points. The worst that can happen is that I pick up less. Besides, I still have Sister Suhua to take care of me." As she spoke, Su Mei smiled at Yang Suhua again.
Although Su Mei was very friendly and smiling the whole time, Yang Suhua did not show any enthusiasm towards Su Mei. She nodded calmly to Bai Xiaofang:
"Auntie Bai, don't worry, I will take good care of Su Mei."
"Suhua, then please take care of her." Bai Xiaofang knew that she couldn't persuade Su Mei, and she was busy at work, so she could only let Su Mei do as she pleased.
Then Su Mei followed Yang Suhua into the mountains.
There were five girls and a young boy who went together to collect firewood. They walked in groups of two or three, talking and laughing. No one paid any attention to Yang Suhua.
Although Yang Suhua's whole body was filled with the aura of "keep away from strangers", Su Mei still wanted to talk to her about her fifth brother, so she still followed her and took the initiative to talk to her:
"Sister Suhua, do you like my fifth brother? Before him, have you ever liked someone else? Do you know what it feels like to be attracted to someone?"
"What?" Yang Suhua glanced at Su Mei calmly, "Are you here to support your fifth brother, or are you here to lobby me to cancel the engagement and give up this marriage?"
"No..." Su Mei didn't expect Yang Suhua to be so straightforward, and she almost got confused. "I didn't mean that. I just wanted to get to know you. After all, we have played together since we were young. If you really marry my fifth brother in the future, we can play together, right?"
"You can't convince me. I must marry your fifth brother." Yang Suhua looked straight into Su Mei's eyes. It seemed that she had the ability to see through everything. "Did you see my foot? It's been less than three months since I broke it!
People say that it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, but I started working when my leg was still lame, and now I still can't walk properly. If I don't marry myself off in this way that damages my reputation, my parents might just marry me off to an old bachelor for money.
So I won't cancel the engagement. If you want to pick up firewood, follow me. If you want to say something else, stay away from me!"
Marrying off in a way that would ruin one's own reputation? Su Mei extracted this sentence from Yang Suhua's words.
What did she mean? What did she mean by destroying her own reputation? Did she break her leg on purpose so that her fifth brother would carry her on his shoulders?
It shouldn't be possible, right? It's already broken. To break one's bones just to marry someone, one must be a cruel person.
Seeing that Yang Suhua refused to talk about anything related to her and Su Shengxue's marriage, Su Mei was too embarrassed to force her and could only quickly follow Yang Suhua's pace.
When they arrived at the forest, Yang Suhua didn't pay much attention to Su Mei. She moved very quickly. Even though she walked with a slight limp, her hands moved quickly and she soon picked up a small pile of firewood.
Su Mei was different. She had never done this kind of work. She just looked around aimlessly for firewood. After searching for a long time, she didn't find many pieces of firewood and instead got her hands scratched by the thorns.
Seeing Yang Suhua panting from exhaustion, she approached her and spoke to her:
"Sister Suhua, there's no need to work so hard. Can we work together and chat a little?"
"I'm here to work, not to chat. I don't have as good a life as you....,..." Yang Suhua put down the firewood in her hand, looked at Su Mei deeply, then turned and left.
That look made Su's eyebrows shudder, and she didn't even have the courage to follow him.
Su Mei tried to contact him several times but failed. She couldn't help feeling a little frustrated. If she married him with such a temper, her fifth brother would have a miserable life for the rest of his life.
Seeing Yang Suhua walking away, a little girl came up to Su Mei and whispered to her:
"Don't bother her while she's picking firewood. If she doesn't pick enough firewood to earn eight work points, she'll get beaten when she gets home at night!"
"You will be beaten if you don't collect enough firewood?" Su Mei was shocked. She is such a grown-up girl but still being beaten. This is another magical family!
The little girl nodded: "Yeah, so don't call her, she... has a rather strange personality. Sister Su Mei, come over and follow us!"