Chapter 20: One thing leads to another, a series of calculations
Huang Qiong looked at the person in front of her in horror. She didn't believe that Xia Taozhi, that little bitch, would really dare to cut her tongue when so many people were watching.
Huang Qiong stared at Taozhi, feeling trapped for a moment. Xia Taozhi really didn't say that. She was just angry that Xia Taozhi said that to her that day, so she just made up a few words. Who knew that this little bitch wouldn't give in.
"You said it!" Huang Qiong gritted her teeth, "You said it!"
She just didn't believe that this little bitch could do anything to her!
Taozhi stared at her, picked up his sickle and chopped at the soil beside her. "Tell me, what did I say then?"
Her speech was a little unclear, and she stared at her with flickering eyes: "You say, you say..."
Taozhi knocked her on the head with the handle of her sickle: "Explain clearly what I said!"
Huang Qiong felt ashamed of being bullied like this, but she had just been frightened by Xie Yan and her legs were weak. Now she couldn't stand up at all. She fell on her butt and it hurt a lot.
She was afraid of Xie Yan because she had seen Xie Yan beating people before. It was so scary, the kind where he would hit people with a stick and cause their heads to bleed.
Just now he went to her house and dragged her out. He looked like he was going to kill her, and she was so scared that she trembled.
I didn't expect it was because of the sex talk I had with Zhou Wenfang during the day.
"I don't remember, but you did say it anyway!" Huang Qiong rubbed his waist and said, "Xia Taozhi, you and Xie Yan are both very curious. You are bullying an old man like me!"
Taozhi knew that this kind of old country woman was just like that, she was stubborn.
She insisted that she had no evidence.
but--
Taozhi dragged her up. Huang Qiong was short, in her fifties, and as thin as a stick. It was very easy to bully her.
She dropped her sickle and said, "I swear here, if I say anything bad about Xia Taohua to Huang Qiong, my whole family will die."
Taozhi looked at Huang Qiong: "Huang Qiong herself swore that if I hadn't told her, her whole family..."
"Shut up right there!" Huang Qiong quickly covered her mouth after hearing her words. Of course, such things could not be said casually in front of heaven, earth, and the God of Land.
Taozhi sneered: "What? You don't dare? If I really told you, you will be fine. It's just an oath. What are you afraid of?"
The onlookers were watching with great interest. Why was there always something going on in Luo Cuilian's family?
"Huang Qiong, you're such a mean-spirited bitch! Taozhi has been busy all day, going to the county town to bring back grain so we can have enough to eat, and yet you're still lying behind her back."
"Old Huang, you are being ungrateful. Taozhi saved everyone, after all. Why are you repaying kindness with hatred?"
"Old Huang, admit it quickly and stop Taohua and Taozhi from arguing. They almost got into a fight in the middle of the night because of you."
"This Wenfang is also a bit of a jerk. What's the point of gossiping? Is she just hoping for a fight between her two sisters-in-law?"
"Luo Cuilian, my old lady, is not at home. I haven't seen her for a long time."
…
Everyone was talking about it, and they all realized that it must have been Huang Qiong who made up the story. Huang Qiong's face turned red and white.
Xia Taohua and Zhou Wenfang were the same. They didn't expect that Xia Taozhi really didn't say anything. Xia Taohua's big quarrel just now seemed to have become a joke.
Taozhi did not let them go, but looked at Xia Changgui and several children standing at the door of the room.
She retracted her gaze and said, "I will tell the Party Secretary about Huang Qiong's matter. I brought the grain seeds back, so I have some authority to deal with them. Some people starved to death, but it has nothing to do with me."
"Taozhi!" Huang Qiong was a little scared now. After all, the branch secretary smiled when he mentioned Xia Taozhi today, saying that she was a noble person.
If she asked the branch secretary not to provide them with food, what would happen to her family?
After all, she is the one who provides the seeds and still has the final say.
By then, his family will only be able to eat steamed corn bread.
The man at home beat her to death.
"Taozhi, it's my fault. I was blinded by greed. I was just saying it casually at the time. Who knew Zhou Wenfang would..."
Zhou Wenfang was mentioned and quickly interrupted her, pointing at her and saying, "Aunt Huang, you were very careful when you spoke! You weren't just saying it casually!"
Huang Qiong ignored her and looked at Taozhi, immediately pulling her trouser legs: "It's Aunt Huang's fault, Taozhi, don't take it to heart."
The onlookers looked at her with disdain: "Huang Qiong, you are such a talker."
"What are you making up?"
"Go slap yourself in the mouth, you're such a bitch."
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Huang Qiong thought about the dead seedlings. The whole family was still trembling with fear today. If there was no grain to plant, they would have to live a life of fleeing famine like in 1960. Now they have finally planted the seeds. If the branch secretary really listened to Xia Taozhi's opinion because of this and did not give her any grain, what would she do?
She sat on the ground and slapped herself: "I'm a bad mouth, Taozhi, it's my fault, please forgive me this time."
She didn't want to experience the pain of hunger again.
There are also grandchildren and sons at home.
Taozhi looked at her like this without any mercy, and Huang Qiong slapped herself.
Taozhi didn't call for a stop, and everyone was watching the joke and sighing.
Xie Yan stood at the door and watched all this indifferently.
"Zhou Wenfang." Xia Taohua slapped Zhou Wenfang hard on the face: "You just can't stand seeing me doing well, right?!"
Zhou Wenfang quickly covered her face: "Fourth sister, I didn't."
Her face immediately became red and swollen, which showed how much effort Xia Taohua had put in.
Xia Taohua was in a dilemma. She had just cursed for a long time and found out that it was not true at all.
Xia Taozhi's mocking eyes made her angry, but she could do nothing but beat Zhou Wenfang.
She kicked her again: "I'm going to tell Mom that you're the one who stirs up discord and makes us sisters quarrel!"
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