"Don't you feel that the village has changed completely since these educated youths came to the countryside?"
Zhang Musen looked at his wife, who was baring her teeth and brandishing her claws, and Ruan Zhiqing, who was running and provoking him, and said with a smile.
In the past, the Pingtou Brigade worked from sunrise to sunset, and even the gossipy old women under the trees lacked topics to talk about.
Now, the brigade not only has bamboo weaving as a livelihood, but will soon have another source of income from hatching and raising ducks. The villagers' spirits are much better than before.
It's like life has a new purpose.
"What's rare is that this girl doesn't hold grudges."
Despite the way the brigade had bullied her, she still helped the villagers without holding a grudge; her character is truly admirable.
Hu Heshuo's gaze turned strange. Does he not hold grudges? Is it Ruan Xianxian?
That woman is more cunning than a honeycomb briquette; what she does is without a purpose? A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow.
He could almost foresee how many people would admire and thank her when the one-meter vegetable garden was promoted, not only in the countryside but also in cities where people with the means could grow their own vegetables.
The current Pingtou Brigade can do without its brigade leader, but it cannot do without Ruan Xianxian.
If anyone says a bad word about this guy, the team members will gang up on him.
Jing Si is the best example.
Among the younger generation in Beijing, this person, if not a big shot, is at least someone with a name. When the villagers heard that he had come to be that guy's concubine, they immediately cursed him for being shameless, a toad coveting swan meat.
They weren't afraid at all about locking a young master in the woodshed.
...
When she arrived at the field, Shen Meihua had already been spotted in some corner. Just as she was about to go to Aunt Zhong's house to pick some persimmons to eat, someone suddenly blocked her way.
Tian Tian, who was covered in foul odors, reached out to pull her.
Ruan Xianxian dodged to the side, "Huh? Where's that smell of excrement coming from?"
Tian Tian froze as she reached out to grab her, her arms falling limply as if powerless. "Cousin, cousin, I was wrong, cousin."
"Please, let me go. Don't make things difficult for me anymore. Composting is no human job."
God has no idea what kind of fertilizer that was!
Besides composting, she also had to collect animal manure. She couldn't possibly live a day longer with excrement every day she opened her eyes.
Because of the lingering, indelible smell emanating from her, she was ostracized by the entire educated youth settlement.
Not only is she not allowed to sit at the table for meals, but everyone thinks she's dirty, so starting yesterday, she's not allowed to enter the kitchen either, supposedly to prevent contamination of the food and cooking utensils.
Tian Tian cried uncontrollably. How long had it been? She couldn't tell whether the sandstorms of the Northwest were more unbearable or the days of being targeted everywhere in Heilongjiang Province were even more unbearable!
Seeing her cousin, who was now a mess of tears and reeking of a foul odor, and whose swagger had completely vanished, Ruan Xianxian sighed, "Come with me."
After leading her back to the commune's new courtyard, Ruan Xianxian personally boiled water for her, saying, "Go wash up, there's soap and shampoo nearby."
Unexpectedly, she spoke so gently in her defense. Tian Tian stammered, "Thank you, thank you."
Her gaze darted away. Ruan Xianxian sat on the bench, resting her chin on her hand and smiling. Her words sent a chill down Tian Tian's spine.
"After washing myself thoroughly, I'll go to the Gewei Association to report me for engaging in feudal superstition."
"I didn't," she explained sharply and urgently, her clothes, which she had only half-undressed, tied around her body as she tried to catch Ruan Xianxian.
"Believe me, I really didn't. It was all Jingxuan's instigation. I didn't listen to them."
Ruan Xianxian dodged to the side, then rested her chin on her other hand. "Yes, you didn't, you didn't run into the city in the middle of the night to drop a report into the Revolutionary Committee's mailbox."
Tian Tian's pupils contracted sharply, and she looked at her cousin as if she were looking at a devil.
How did she know that she not only entered the city in the middle of the night, but also submitted a report?
Ruan Xianxian reached into her military green satchel and pulled out a letter without a stamp. She smiled and handed it to Tian Tian, "Is this it?"
"No, I don't know! Ah! Take it away!" Tian Tian only glanced at the familiar envelope, then excitedly waved her hands wildly in an attempt to open it...
Her long hair was suddenly grabbed, and she was forced to look up at Ruan Xianxian's smiling face, which was so close to hers, and she felt her heart pound with fear.
My aunt worked for the Revolutionary Committee, and she knew what it meant when a letter of denunciation was delivered to the person being denounced.
She knows everything, she has all the evidence, will she still let me off the hook?
Tian Tian regretted it; Tian Tian was so terrified by the imagined scenario that she collapsed.
Ruan Xianxian sighed. She only knew one deputy director, Shi, in the county revolutionary committee, whose influence was not as great as Tian Tian imagined. The letter was brought back by following the goose.
But she won't explain.
She asked, distressed, "Cousin, how are Ruan Baozhu and Lu Yi doing? I don't understand, why did you choose to be Ruan Baozhu's dog instead of a human being growing up?"
Why? Tian Tian was both crying and laughing. What else could it be? Born into that kind of family, she learned from a young age to seek advantage and avoid harm.
They know who's in charge at home and who's favored!
If you don't want to be the bullied, you can only become the bully.
"I remember when I was a kid, I would jump over cement pipes and fall into the gap between the two pipes and get stuck inside."
Baozhu ran away in fear, but when she got home, she was afraid her aunt would scold her, as she knew nothing about your situation.
It was I who, along with my aunt, found out from the others where you had been all day. When we finally managed to rescue you from the crevice, your little face was purple, and you were barely breathing.
But what's the first thing you do when you wake up in the hospital?
She cried and accused me of pushing you down, and shouted that her aunt was going to hit me.
But dear cousin, I didn't even go out that day, so how could I push you?
In the end, I almost got beaten to death by my aunt.
And what about you? You were sitting on the hospital bed with Ruan Baozhu, snacking on your food, taking turns eating, and laughing as you watched me flee in a disheveled state.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
