Qian Feng and Ling Yun returned to the South on time. Jin Jinxiu cried her eyes out at the county train station. If Qian Sheng hadn't held her back, the old woman probably would have followed her son and daughter-in-law. That was absolutely unacceptable!
The Qian family in Beian Village finally returned to their previous state, and it was also the autumn harvest season. The students were all on holiday for the busy farming season, and Qian Duoduo was also cutting rice in the field with his brothers.
When Wu Chunhua saw Qian Duoduo harvesting rice, she laughed and said, "Qian Duoduo, your technique is not good. Look at you, you're not even as good as Liu Guihua, who is a year younger than you."
Qian Duoduo didn't say a word. Even Liu Guihua, who was in front, glanced at Qian Duoduo nervously. Seeing that she didn't even raise her head, she unconsciously slowed down.
When Wu Chunhua saw that Qian Duoduo was ignoring her, she laughed and said, "Liu Guihua, even if you slow down, she still can't catch up with you."
Qian Duoduo straightened up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and glanced at Wu Chunhua, who was still talking about Liu Guihua, and said, "Wu Chunhua, don't think that just because your name is Chunhua, you can consider yourself the village beauty. Our Beian Village doesn't have a village beauty like you. You're dragging down the village's overall appearance. If a young man from another village comes to our village looking for a partner, he'll probably turn around and leave as soon as he sees a village beauty like you."
Wu Chunhua tossed her long braid and said, "What's wrong with me? I think I'm the most beautiful girl in our Beian Village."
"Wu Chunhua, what are you doing? Stop babbling and get to work! I've been watching you chattering away. If you don't finish, you'll be in trouble. You call yourself the village beauty? With a village beauty like you, all the young women and wives in our village are doomed!" The squad leader didn't tolerate Wu Chunhua's behavior and unleashed a torrent of criticism, completely shutting her down.
Qian Duoduo secretly gave the squad leader a thumbs up. This squad leader and Qian Xiang were childhood friends, so close they were practically inseparable. Wu Chunhua causing trouble for him was truly asking for trouble.
Twenty days later, the harvest was complete in all of Beian Village, and everyone was exhausted. Then, Wu Hu, the eldest son of the Wu family, was assigned by the village head to clean the pigsty. This stunned the Wu family. The pigsty was filthy and smelly, usually cleaned by people working in the cowshed. Why was it their turn this year?
Wu Chunhua's father took a piece of meat to the brigade leader's house, hoping to say a few nice words, but the brigade leader turned him away. Originally, this job was meant for Wu Chunhua, but she was not enthusiastic when working and kept stirring up trouble among the villagers. However, considering that she was a girl, Wu Hu was sent instead, and the meat was not taken.
When Qian Duoduo returned home from school in the county town, he saw Qiao Tiezhu waiting for him at the village entrance. After graduating from elementary school, Qiao Tiezhu had been working at home. When he saw Qian Duoduo come back, he smiled and went up to her: "Duoduo, Wu Chunhua was beaten up by her father and her brother. I went to see, and her face was all swollen."
Qian Duoduo smiled and said, "Thank you for telling me such a good thing."
Qiao Tiezhu chuckled sheepishly. Just as he was about to say something more, he saw Qian Rao standing not far away, glaring at him fiercely. He immediately said, "Duoduo, I just remembered, my mother asked me to go cut grass. I forgot. I'll go first."
Qian Rao walked over and looked at Qiao Tiezhu's running figure, saying, "Hmph, you're lucky you ran fast."
Qian Duoduo smiled and said, "Fourth Brother, let's go home."
Wu Chunhua has not had a good time these past few days. Her brother has been cleaning the pigsty for five days now, and he slaps her twice every day when he sees her. Her face is almost swollen like a monkey's butt. So every time her brother is about to come back, she hides away. This time, she happened to see Qian Duoduo and Qian Rao walking home together.
She was indignant and ran up to Qian Duoduo, saying, "Qian Duoduo, how could you be so mean? I only said a few words, and you had your dad arrange for my brother to clean the pigsty and even made him come back to beat me."
Qian Duoduo looked at Wu Chunhua, whose cheeks were flushed and who looked like she had been beaten quite a bit, and said, "Oh, she can still run around spouting nonsense. Looks like she wasn't beaten too lightly. Brother, why don't you go find Wu Hu later and tell him to keep an eye on his sister? If she keeps spouting nonsense like this, I reckon he'll be cleaning the pigsty for a while longer."
Upon hearing this, Wu Chunhua immediately said, "If I say you're bad, no one will believe me. Who do you think you are? You want my brother to clean the pigsty more? I'll go to the commune and report you."
Qian Duoduo immediately stepped aside: "Go now, or you're a coward."
Wu Chunhua's joke: This plot is a little different from what I expected!
"Wu Chunhua, what the hell are you doing?" A male voice roared, startling Wu Chunhua.
A short, stout man ran over and, seeing the tall Qian Rao and Qian Duoduo standing to the side, gritted his teeth and said, "Wu Chunhua, I think you're asking for it. If you're going to die, don't drag me down with you. You still dare to talk nonsense outside, I'll teach you a lesson!"
Qian Rao said, "Wu Hu, pack your things and go home to pack them up. Don't block the way and delay us from getting home for dinner."
Wu Hu was taken aback. Shouldn't he have stopped her, then tried to get closer to Qian Rao, and then let the matter of cleaning the pigsty be over? But why was she saying this? Could it be that Wu Chunhua said something again? I have to say, Wu Hu, you've hit the nail on the head.
Watching Qian Rao lead Qian Duoduo home, Wu Hu's gaze toward Wu Chunhua grew even fiercer. Unexpectedly, the next day, Wu Hu's cleaning time for the pigsty was extended by three days, which angered him. Instead of going directly to the pigsty, he went home first and slapped Wu Chunhua twice. After venting his anger, he reluctantly went to the pigsty again.
Qian Duoduo just laughed it off. She was a special person in Beian Village. She was the only girl in the entire village who was still in school, and she was even studying in the county town. This made all the girls in Beian Village envious. Her father was the brigade leader, and she had two older brothers who were soldiers and a third brother who worked as a propaganda officer in the county. Such conditions made those girls even more jealous. If she had such family conditions, she could find a very good husband.
Qian Duoduo's academic performance at the county high school was excellent. Even though people looked down on her for being from the countryside, it couldn't stop her from getting first place in every subject. She could easily solve problems that even the teachers couldn't solve, which made the whole school admire her.
Thinking of all this, Qian Duoduo sighed. She was once a top student who graduated from a prestigious 985 university, and one of the many who had to compete for a spot on the single-plank bridge. The junior high school exams back then were not as easy as they are now. Moreover, her mother had arranged various tutoring classes for her since the first grade, including academic and artistic classes. She knew a few musical instruments and even martial arts. Thanks to her mother's high-pressure upbringing, she finally became an older single woman with high standards.
Qian Duoduo's privileged family background and her own excellence made her see flaws in all the men around her, and she could never find one she liked. Her educated youth mother even said that it would be better to have none than to have a bad one, otherwise her daughter and granddaughter would suffer in the future, and it might even affect the retirement life of the two of them.
Well, having enlightened parents in both lifetimes is Qian Duoduo's good fortune!
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