Zhao Chunhua was so angry with her second aunt that she had a gloomy face all the way home. As soon as she got home, she put down the basket of eggs and started cursing.
"This bitch, does she think she can get anyone by just kissing her lips? If it's that easy, I might as well just buy all the wives in the village."
"Mom, calm down. Second Aunt probably didn't do it on purpose."
Su Man considerately poured Zhao Chunhua a jar of water, sat down opposite her, and advised, "Second Aunt is also anxious. Although Second Uncle's family is better off, it's far inferior to you in raising such an outstanding son like Li Xiang, who is a serious university student and so filial and caring. When Li Xiang makes a lot of money in the future, maybe he will bring you all to the city. You can't blame Second Aunt for being jealous."
The villagers had no contact with the outside world and spoke directly. Zhao Chunhua was very happy to be praised by Su Man. She agreed repeatedly, "How can we say that city girls are smart? Look, you hit the nail on the head."
Su Man smiled, "I'm telling the truth. Your family has a college graduate, which is unmatched by any other family in the village. If they were smart, they would have already started flattering you. To be frank, I'm afraid that even a single hair you pluck out will be thicker than their waists in the future."
Zhao Chunhua was overjoyed. "Look at you, girl. You're so young, but you understand things better than them. That's the truth. I really don't want to bother with them."
Seeing that she liked to hear it, Su Man said a lot of nice things, praising Zhao Chunhua as the most rare in the world, and she was almost flying to the heaven to become the Queen Mother.
Seeing that Zhao Chunhua was dizzy and lost, Su Man's smile became even more pronounced.
Although Tieshan Village is backward, it is very united.
Just like when Chen Susu and Jia Man escaped before, if they were seen by others, everyone would respond. This is why they couldn't escape even if they tried their best.
But what if this network of relationships doesn't exist? Or what if cracks appear in this network of relationships?
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In the kitchen, Su Man was helping Zhao Chunhua while staring at her hunched back.
From Jia Man's memories, she already knew a lot about Zhao Chunhua.
Like other women in the village, she married into the Li family when she was a teenager and soon gave birth to Li Zhuang. The only difference was that she insisted on letting Li Zhuang go to school.
But Li Zhuang was really not cut out for it, and coupled with the influence of the environment, after several years of schooling, he didn't learn the textbook knowledge, but instead developed a lot of bad habits.
This deadlock continued until Li Xiang reached school age. At that time, Zhao Chunhua's family could not afford to send two children to school, so she had no intention of sending Li Xiang to school.
But Li Xiang taught himself with the help of Li Zhuang's textbooks, and he was able to recognize the characters and even recite a few lines of poetry.
This surprised Zhao Chunhua very much. After some thought, she decided to let Li Zhuang drop out of school and let Li Xiang continue to study.
This really angered Li Zhuang. To be honest, he didn't take studying seriously in the first place, but it was one thing for him not to like reading, but it was another thing for him not to be allowed to read.
Faced with Li Zhuang's anger, Li Xiang didn't say much and just wrote down a few poems from memory.
It’s ridiculous that Li Xiang, a self-taught person, can write and recite better than Li Zhuang, who goes to school.
Li Zhuang was speechless.
Zhao Chunhua immediately decided to let Li Zhuang drop out of school and let Li Xiang go back to school. The feud between Li Zhuang and Li Xiang started at that time.
Li Zhuang thought that Li Xiang had snatched away his opportunity to study, otherwise he would have been the one going to the big city.
However, Li Xiang believed that Li Zhuang was not cut out for studying and that he would not be able to get into university even if he was allowed to study.
Putting aside the right and wrong of this matter, the fact that Zhao Chunhua was able to save money and send her children to school shows that she still yearns for the outside world and is not willing to stay in Tieshan Village with other villagers all her life.
So Suman deliberately separated her from the other villagers to make her feel different. Over time, she would really think she was a standout, and then...
Su Man narrowed her eyes and used the palm-leaf fan in her hand to make the fire in the stove burn even more vigorously.
During dinner, Zhao Chunhua warmly greeted Su Man, "Come on, Xiaoman, sit here and eat."
Before, Su Man always ate alone in the room, but today, Su Man first persuaded Chen Susu from Third Aunt to let Zhao Chunhua get the benefit, and then when Zhao Chunhua was depressed because of Second Aunt, every word she said touched her heart. All these things added up, Zhao Chunhua was happy and asked Su Man to come to the table.
Su Man did not sit down immediately, but was busy helping Zhao Chunhua serve rice and pouring wine for Li Pozi.
This harmonious scene lasted until Li Zhuang came back from the field. When he saw Su Man, he threw the carrying pole in his hand to the ground and said, "Why is this bastard also on the table?"
His words were so harsh. Su Man had a smile on her face, but her eyes were extremely cold.
"Oh, Xiaoman helped your third aunt's family today. What's wrong with letting her sit at the table?" Zhao Chunhua said to smooth things over.
But Li Zhuang refused to give in. He pointed his muddy finger at the tip of Su Man's nose and said, "She has a viral disease! What if she infects us?"
"this..."
Zhao Chunhua was a little hesitant when she spoke of this, but she still said something fair in front of Su Man, "Old Two said before that this disease is not contagious as long as you don't... that."
"That won't do! I don't care. If you let her sit at the table, I won't eat!"
Li Zhuang slammed the door and left, leaving Zhao Chunhua alone looking at Su Man, hesitant to speak.
Su Man saw what Zhao Chunhua meant and took the initiative to say, "Mom, I'd better go in and eat. Big brother is tired after a day and can't skip a meal. Call him back quickly."
Zhao Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Look at you, little girl, you are always so sensible. Okay, since you want to go in and eat, mom will serve you some food."
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