Chapter 41
The next day, Zhou Huijuan took the new site leader Liu Qunfu and Chen Haiying as representatives of the educated youth site and went to the Five-Star Brigade next door.
He said he was going to Liu Fang's house to sit for a while.
At first they tried to persuade Su Qingci to go with them, but Su Qingci ignored them.
Su Qingci understood very well that they were attracted by her fighting ability.
But she didn't want to get involved in these things.
No matter what era, if you want to live a good life, you have to be able to stand on your own feet.
If you don't dare to resist, how many times can you rely on others to support you?
If you hold a butcher knife in your left hand and a hatchet in your right hand, and swing the knife at anyone who dares to make a noise, which in-law would dare to look down on you?
It would be better to be reborn than to endure that humiliation.
Besides, she had never met Liu Fang and they had no friendship.
I went to someone else's house for no reason and made trouble. It would be fine if the trouble went well.
If you don't handle it well, people might even blame you for meddling in their affairs.
So when Zhou Huijuan came to find him, Su Qingci's attitude was very clear.
He simply spread his hands and said, "I'm unreliable."
"None of you can rely on me."
She can't even rely on herself. If it weren't for the farm, she might be worse off than anyone else.
She was exhausted after fighting two fights for herself, and now she had to go and fight for the buns. There were so many buns in the world, how could she handle it all?
The people in the educated youth camp rarely shared the same hatred for their enemies. They stood on a high moral ground and criticized Su Qingci harshly.
At noon, Zhou Huijuan, Chen Haiying and Liu Qunfu came back.
The three of them looked unhappy.
There were two obvious scratches behind Chen Haiying's ears.
Even after being trimmed, the hair still looks a little messy.
Chen Xiuxiang is a careful person. She knows what's going on and avoids it farther than anyone else.
Li Li pulled Su Qingci and whispered to her.
"Qingci, I think their expressions are not right?"
"He was so brave and confident when he left, but he came back looking half dead."
Su Qingci rolled her eyes. "Weren't you condemning me with them this morning? Why are you talking to me again now?"
Li Li blushed, "Qingci, if you continue like this I won't be with you anymore."
Su Qingci stopped teasing her and asked, "Do you even need to ask?"
"It's definitely because he didn't get what he wanted. It's normal to get scolded or beaten, not to mention being scolded."
"The local members are all related to each other in the village and beyond. Not to mention uncles and aunts, including nephews and nieces, who doesn't have dozens of people in their family?"
"Will they be afraid of a few educated youths from other places like you?"
"As a member of your mother's family, you went to the neighboring village and interfered in other people's family affairs. They didn't beat you up, which was already a great favor to the Gaotang Brigade."
Li Li sighed, "Wouldn't Liu Fang be even more miserable?"
"That depends on her. If she's willing to take risks and is ruthless enough, she can even step on her husband's family to get to the top."
"Li Li, I'm telling you, you must understand one thing: it's better to rely on yourself than on others."
Seeing Su Qingci's serious expression, Li Li nodded confusedly.
The proposal to support educated youth who were getting married was never mentioned again after the first setback.
While herding cattle, Su Qingci met Chen Chuntao, who was working with everyone else. Thinking of her gentle smile, he couldn't bear to leave.
He secretly gave her brown sugar and food several times, and each time asked her to eat it in front of him.
She already knew about the fish soup incident last time. Given Chen Chuntao's personality, if she took it back to her, there was no telling who would end up with it.
Every time they met, Su Qingci tried her best to instill in her some ideas of being a strong woman.
Even the weakest woman will stand up for her children.
Every time Su Qingci mentioned Yanyan, Chen Chuntao's eyes would shine brightly and she would stuff food into her mouth in big mouthfuls.
"Qingci, thank you, thank you, thank you."
Chen Chuntao didn't know how to express her gratitude and could only say thank you over and over again.
But fate did not let this weak woman go.
At dusk in the afternoon, a sharp scream echoed throughout half of the village.
Many people rushed towards the Xiao family upon hearing the news.
Chen Chuntao was seen sitting on the ground with a dull look in her eyes, and her mouth was trembling.
When everyone followed her gaze to the bed, their eyes widened.
Little Yanyan's face was blue and purple, her eyes, nose and mouth were covered in dried blood, and her two delicate hands and fingers were covered in blood.
Aunt Xiao slapped Shen Chuntao in the face and said, "You bitch, useless piece of trash."
"You can't even take care of a child. Our Xiao family is really unlucky to marry you."
"Even animals know how to keep an eye on their own children. Look at what you, as a mother, do. You're worse than a dog."
"It's a good thing it's a girl. If it was a boy, I'd peel off your skin."
Slaps and fists rained down on her body, but she seemed not to feel the pain.
Soon, Xiao Hu rushed in from the door, looked at Yanyan on the bed, and kicked Chen Chuntao hard in the heart.
Chen Chuntao couldn't bear it any longer, her eyelids fluttered and she fainted.
Xiao Quangui, who witnessed all this, drooped his face and said, "Alright, alright, isn't this enough of a joke?"
"This child is not meant to be with us. Hurry up and pack up, grab a dustpan and carry him up the mountain."
"There are children at home. It's unlucky."
According to local customs, if a child dies, a grave cannot be built for him/her. Instead, the child is simply thrown into the mountains and covered with a winnowing basket.
Aunt Xiao took out a tattered dustpan from behind the house, stripped Yanyan's clothes off, then picked up one of her feet and threw her directly into the dustpan.
"What bad luck, short-lived ghost."
Xiao Hu had a stern face, tucked the winnowing basket under his arm and headed towards Maozigou under the cover of night.
When Chen Chuntao woke up the next day and went to Maozigou, she only saw a broken winnowing basket stained with blood.
As the days passed, the soybeans and peanuts in the fields began to bloom.
Chen Chuntao became even more silent, and followed everyone out early and back late every day.
"If you ask me, Yanyan is unlucky to have such a mother. Don't you think everyone puts their children in a basket when they go to work and carries them to the fields so they can take care of them?"
"She's the only one who's different. She says she's afraid of the sun and wants to keep it at home."
"I'm so bored now. Are you satisfied?"
"She always looks so dead all day long. If someone doesn't know her, they'd think our Xiao family is mistreating her!"
Chen Chuntao listened to the gossip of her mother-in-law and several other maids with an expressionless face.
A pair of eyes looked at Aunt Xiao like hooks.
Aunt Xiao was startled, a chill ran down her back, and she shivered with fear.
It was soon overshadowed by anger.
"Xiao Hu, Xiao Hu, look at the wonderful wife you married."
"That look in his eyes seemed to want to kill me, but it wasn't me who suffocated the child at home."
"Is there any justice in the world? This kind of jinx is unlucky."
"Mom, don't be angry, don't be angry."
Snap~
Xiao Hu slapped Chen Chuntao in the face.
"I think you deserve a beating. Why don't you apologize to mom?"
Seeing Chen Chuntao being pressed to the ground and kneeling to apologize by Xiao Hu, Aunt Xiao was satisfied.
Is there any law left?
In this family, no one can surpass her.
The bell for the end of work rang, and the members returned to the village in groups.
The two women, laughing and giggling, carried their hoes to the stream to wash their hands and feet.
Suddenly a terrified cry rang out in the sky.
"Ah~ Death, someone is dead~"
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