Chapter 74 Something Big Happened
The busy farming season begins after the New Year. Han Jianwu can't go to every big market every month, so Huo Qingqing goes! I was worried that if I took the baby to the store, he would get lost on the street, so Baojuan had to look after him at home. But Baojuan also had to cook, feed the pigs, and pull grass for the pigs, so she was very busy.
After all, Jiang Zian was not as experienced as Han Jianwu and Su Pengcheng in driving a tractor. Han Jianwu talked to the leaders of the brigade and the captain of the third team to approve leave for Jiang Zian and let Jiang Zian go to look after the store for him during the commune's big market days, otherwise there would be no one to drive the tractor or drive the horse-drawn carriage when he left. The brigade headquarters and the captain of the third team also agreed. After all, the brigade would not be affected at all without Jiang Zian, but it would not be able to do without Han Jianwu.
This gave Zhao Linfeng an opportunity. Every time she went to help Jiang Zian look after the store and sell goods.
It rained in the second half of the market, and there were fewer and fewer people. The snack bar was closed, so both of them stayed in the store.
Jiang Zian said, "Aren't you going back to the city? Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Zhao Linfeng, "The procedures for receiving the unit have not been completed yet. I will leave once they are completed." The girl looked at Jiang Zian with burning eyes, "Will you miss me when I leave?"
Jiang Zian sneered.
Zhao Linfeng, "What are you laughing at?"
Jiang Zian looked at the girl's beautiful face and said, "Why don't you have any girlish modesty?"
Zhao Linfeng, "That's because I like you!"
Jiang Zian looked into the girl's eyes and said, "Since you like me so much, then don't go back to the city. Just marry me."
Zhao Linfeng was stunned. "How can that be possible?"
"Why not? Isn't Huo Qingqing living a good life after marrying Fourth Brother?"
"She has no other choice. Don't I still have a choice?"
Jiang Zian looked at Zhao Linfeng with a fake smile, "So, you are making fun of me?"
Zhao Linfeng, "I didn't. I really like you and I really want to go back to the city. There is no contradiction."
Jiang Zian, "Thank you for your love. Let's go! I'm going to close the door and go home."
Zhao Linfeng stood there and didn't move, "Then do you like me?"
Jiang Zian: "I don't like it."
Zhao Linfeng's eyes widened with anger, "Jiang Zian, don't be so ungrateful."
Jiang Zian's face turned cold, and he nodded, "Yes, I am such an ungrateful person, you are wrong, young lady."
Half a month later, another group of educated youth left, including Zhao Linfeng and Liang Li.
When Zhao Linfeng left, he left a letter for Jiang Zian, with only a few words in it: "Jiang Zian, I hate you."
After reading the letter, Jiang Zian threw it into the stove and burned it.
The hottest news this year is about the college entrance examination. The educated youth have also started to slack off. When they have free time, they stay in the dormitory to read and study. They all hope to change their fate by taking the college entrance examination!
Huo Qingqing was still the same as before, focusing on her children, cooking, washing clothes, growing vegetables and flowers, and of course reading every day, but for her it was enough to just familiarize herself with the current textbook knowledge. After all, that was the path she had walked before, and she was familiar with the procedures.
After completing the recruit training, Song Xiaoyue was assigned to the medical company. Now, she has gone to the Military Medical University for further studies. This speed is really faster than riding a rocket. It's all because Song Xiaoyue has a good uncle!
There has been no letter from Lin Anan. Song Xiaoyue mentioned her in the letter and said that she saw Lin Anan after returning to the city. She has a good job now, has a dormitory and the salary is enough to support herself. She will probably take the college entrance examination. The reason why she didn't write to Huo Qingqing was because she didn't insist on withdrawing the lawsuit at that time. She felt sorry for her and was ashamed to write to her.
This year seemed to have passed very quickly, and it was wheat harvest time in a blink of an eye. This year, with the help of tractors, the speed of harvesting wheat was even faster. The summer harvest is in full swing, and everyone can’t wait to get on the Hot Wheels! The situation in Mr. Han's family is still tense.
The daughter-in-law, who had only been married for half a year, had been abused countless times by Han Baolin. When he first started beating her, her elder sister-in-law and her husband would protect her. But since she was young and had no support from her natal family, she could only cry at home and didn't even dare to. This time, he beat her too hard. He beat her so hard that she rolled around in the yard and begged for mercy and shouted for help.
And he always beats his wife early in the morning. Now everyone in the village is saying that Boss Han’s son is no good and cannot satisfy his young wife, so he has to take it out on her. In fact, it is true. The man's incompetence is seen by his wife, so of course he will be angry and embarrassed.
Early that morning, Huo Qingqing and Han Jianwu were having breakfast when they heard a pig-slaughtering howl from the yard next door, followed by the sound of something breaking with a crackling sound.
Huo Qingqing turned pale with fear and looked at Han Jianwu, "It's not a good idea to keep fighting like this! I think your nephew is not only not good at that, but also not smart enough. What if he gets beaten to death?"
Han Jianwu held Huo Qingqing's hand and said, "Don't be afraid. We can't control this matter. Baolin is just a fool and won't listen to anyone. Her wife's family is useless, so she can only rely on herself."
The men in the village who beat their wives are mostly middle-aged men. After all, they should treat a new wife well for a few years and then start to punish her after she gives birth to a baby. But this guy has beaten his wife, who he just married in the first month of the year, at least a dozen times.
Huo Qingqing, "How can she rely on herself when she is so young and illiterate?"
Han Jianwu shook his head, "I don't know, but we definitely can't control this matter."
Huo Qingqing, "My second brother can take care of it. He is a cadre of the brigade. This is domestic violence, and cadres can take care of it. Otherwise, no one can escape responsibility if someone is beaten to death."
Soon the second brother really went to take care of it. Han Baolin was not very smart, but he was still afraid of his uncles.
Everyone had gone to work, and the huge yard was quiet. Huo Qingqing closed the gate from the inside, always worried that the child would run away.
Baorong from the eldest sister-in-law's family was outside the gate calling for the fourth aunt to open the door. Their family didn't have much contact with Huo Qingqing, so why did this girl come to see her?
Baorong said, "Aunt Si, do you have any ointment for abrasions? My sister-in-law has a lot of injuries and the doctor from the medical station didn't come."
Huo Qingqing gave him a porcelain jar of ointment, a pack of cotton swabs and a bottle of medical alcohol, and said, "First, use a cotton swab dipped in alcohol to disinfect the wound before applying the medicine. Be careful not to let the wound get wet. Pay attention to hygiene. Don't be afraid of infection in this hot weather."
Baorong also cried, nodded and went home crying.
A month later, Han Baolin beat his wife half to death again in the middle of the night. This time the girl couldn't stand it anymore and committed suicide by drinking pesticide.
Huo Qingqing and the barefoot doctor tried to rescue him for more than an hour, but he was ultimately unsuccessful.
Huo Qingqing was also quite surprised that no one called the police for such a big thing. Han Jianwu said that there were many women who took drugs or hanged themselves in this area within a hundred miles, but no one had ever called the police. The powerful family members of the daughter's daughter just made a big fuss on her behalf and let the matter go.
Huo Qingqing hugged someone's neck and said, "What kind of shit luck did I have? I married into such a big family and didn't suffer any hardship at all. How lucky am I?"
Huo Qingqing knew that it was all because of Han Jianwu who protected her and looked after her, otherwise it would have been difficult for her to survive until now in such a barbaric place and in such a barbaric family.
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