Shi Yueling looked around and saw that there were no extra people, so she lowered her voice and said, "There are four families in Xiangyang Village that you cannot mess with. The first is the Ding family, the family of Secretary Ding, the second is the Du family, the third is the Gu family, and the fourth is the Fu family."
"Yu Cuihua, the wife of Secretary Ding, married into the Qingshan Brigade. You have just seen what kind of person she is. She prefers to marry city girls, especially those who are rich. You are so pretty that she has set her sights on you. A few years ago, Yu Cuihua even forced a pretty educated youth to marry her nephew. You should be careful. Yu Cuihua is not a pushover. She has ruined the reputation of many girls. She doesn't care whether you have a partner or not."
"The sons of the Ding family are useless, thanks to Yu Cuihua's exaggerations. The eldest son Ding Qidong is hypocritical, the second son Ding Qinan is arrogant and stupid, and the youngest daughter Ding Yanli is even more shameless. She calls herself the fourth daughter-in-law of the Fu family and threatens to get married when Brother Jingchen comes back. The Fu family called the army to inquire and learned that Brother Jingchen was on his way home. Ding Yanli was so proud that I got angry when I saw Ding Yanli. She hasn't even gotten married yet, but she goes to the Fu family every day and treats them as her own in-laws."
"She is so shameless. Brother Jingchen just helped her a few times before. Why is she so self-indulgent? The girls in the village all flatter her and praise her for her good fortune of becoming an official's wife in the future. I don't believe that Brother Jingchen would fall for that ugly duckling. Brother Jingchen is my..."
She couldn't say the rest directly, so she changed the subject. "The Fu family's grandparents are really confused. Just because Ding Yanli is the daughter of the village chief, they decided on her marriage without consulting Jingchen's parents or asking for Jingchen's consent. I heard that the Ding family has even prepared Ding Yanli's dowry. Everything is ready, except for the east wind. Jingchen will get married as soon as he returns to the village."
"Fortunately, not everyone in the Fu family agrees. Fu Xiangling, the youngest daughter of the Fu family, is just like me. She is very opposed to it and protested more vigorously than anyone else. But it's strange. I always feel that there is something wrong with the way Fu Xiaomei looks at Brother Jingchen. Brother Jingchen is born to work hard. The whole Fu family depends on him to support the family. If I were Jingchen's wife, I would definitely want to separate the family."
Gu Wanwan narrowed her eyes. Before that bastard even returned to the village, he had already created a group of nominal rivals for her. This guy's charm remained the same regardless of the modern times or the past, and he had the potential to attract a lot of people.
Zheng Shican listened with great interest and was eager to meet who Fu Jingchen was and how he could be liked by so many girls.
Shi Yueling realized that she couldn't help but complain too much, and felt a little embarrassed. "Anyway, except for Brother Jingchen and Sister Fu, you don't need to pay attention to anyone else in the Fu family."
"Du Ergou of the Du family is very promiscuous. Gao Lefeng loves her second son and Du Niudan the most. My father calls Du Yongtai a smiling tiger. I heard that their daughter Du Qiaoju has recently been working as a temporary worker at the post office and it seems that she will soon be hired as a permanent employee."
"The Gu family has a lot of troubles. Mrs. Gu beats her youngest daughter and two grandsons every other day, leaving no lesions on their bodies. They are pitiful, but if you meet them, don't be too kind, or you will be blackmailed by Mrs. Gu. And there is also Mrs. Gu's eldest daughter-in-law, Li Xiuhong, the sister of Captain Qingshan."
"I've said too much without realizing it. Go to work now. The backpacks, sickles and shovels are all here. Just hunt outside the area and don't go deep into the mountains. There are ferocious beasts in there. When you have enough pig grass, deliver it to the pigsty warehouse."
After explaining the precautions, Gu Wanwan and the other two took their tools and went up the mountain.
When they passed by the fields, Gan Qi, Liang Xin and others had already gone to work in the fields.
Liang Xin screamed every time she pulled out a weed, complaining that her hands hurt and became rough.
The village women who were in the same group with them were full of disgust. "The new educated youth are just pretentious. They are not good at working at all. They are seriously slowing down our progress. Who doesn't have rough hands? If you don't want to work, just go and pick grass for pigs. No one will stop you."
Zhao Guoming yelled at the top of his voice, "Liang Zhiqing, if you keep nagging, go pick up manure with Yan Dewang."
The villagers didn't care at all about the educated youth cutting grass for pigs. On the contrary, the fewer work points the educated youth earned, the less food they would get in exchange.
Although collecting pig grass seems simple, it is not necessarily possible to complete the task early every day. After all, there are too many children collecting pig grass, and the pig grass in the outer area has almost been picked up. If you want to collect pig grass quickly, you have to go into the inner area. The inner area is where wild beasts gather. If you accidentally break in, you will be taken away by the wild beasts. Many children of villagers have died here in recent years.
However, there is a very safe place in the deep mountains, that is the ruined temple of the mountain god, which used to be the most sacred place in Xiangyang Village. According to the legend of the ancestors of Xiangyang Village, a dazzling dragon ball once fell into the mountain god temple. At that time, the whole mountain god temple was illuminated by rosy clouds, and there seemed to be dragons and phoenixes in the sky. It was a rare auspicious sign for Xiangyang Village. From then on, the mountain god temple became prosperous, and within a hundred miles of the mountain god temple, no wild beasts had ever appeared to hurt people.
Since the crackdown, mountain temples have been abandoned. A mountain god without incense is equivalent to a god in distress, unable to protect the area. From then on, wild beasts roamed around, and if one accidentally entered a forest full of wild beasts, he could hide in a mountain temple to save his life.
Although the mountain temple is abandoned, no wild beast has ever set foot in the temple. It is said that the dragon's power still exists in the temple.
Gu Wanwan walked into the mountains carrying a backpack. Along the way, she met many children picking grass for pigs. The oldest was seven or eight years old, and the youngest was four or five years old. Most of them were girls.
They were wearing old clothes full of patches, and their sleeves and trousers were obviously too short. Some of them came from poor families, and most of them came from families that favored boys over girls.
Gu Wanwan looked away after just one glance. She was not a savior and could not save everyone.
Zheng Shican felt very sad. In this poor era, there were too many poor children in the villagers. When he was their age, he was already in school, but these children not only did not go to school, but also had to work in the fields. The difficulties of their families forced them to mature early.
Recalling Gu Wanwan's teachings, she hardened her heart and resolved not to be kind-hearted indiscriminately. Wanwan was right. A little kindness is often followed by a great deal of resentment. There were so many poor families in the world. Could she save them all?
Not only can I not save him, but I'm also in trouble!
Among them were the team leader's granddaughters, Da Niu and Er Niu. They were the most decently dressed among the girls, with only two patches on their clothes. The team leader's grandson Zhao Goudan, whose real name was Zhao Congming, was sent by Aunt Lu to collect grass for pigs, but he lay beside a tree and slacked off, instructing his two sisters to collect grass for the pigs, otherwise he would go back and tell their mother.
The eldest and second daughters were used to being submissive, and they were also scared by being beaten by their own mother, Deng Xiuniu, so they dared not disobey their brother's orders at all. Their mother had told them since they were young that they were born to be slaves to their brother, and that only if their brother was well would they be well in the future.
The eldest and second girls met Gu Wanwan and the other two last night and greeted them timidly, "Sister Gu, Sister Zheng, Brother Hu, hello."
Zheng Shican looked at the two sisters, feeling uncomfortable. She took out two White Rabbit candies from her pocket and handed them to the eldest and second sisters, "Be good, sister will treat you to candy."
Zhao Goudan immediately rushed over and snatched the candy from the sisters' hands, "Gu Zhiqing, do you want to pick pig grass? I'll take you to find pig grass, as long as you give me a bag of White Rabbit!"
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