The entire Huang family, including the accountant, were escorted to the town by the police, along with two oxcarts of valuables.
The crowd in front of the Huang family's house dispersed as the police left.
When the educated youth returned to their settlement, some of them still felt it was all a bit unreal. The accountant Huang, who had been entrenched over them, had just fallen.
This friend of Chu Dongmei is no ordinary person!
The educated youth were both surprised and delighted. They were surprised because they had never made things difficult for Chu before!
No, I don't think so!
I don't think so!
The good news is that Accountant Huang has fallen, and in the short term, they will no longer be suppressed, whether openly or covertly, and can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Chu Dongmei took out the pork that An Moxue had brought and handed it to the educated youth who were preparing dinner.
I came back and sat on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Somewhat dejected, he said to An Moxue, "Moxue, I'm so sorry! I was planning to treat you to a meal in town, but it fell through!"
An Moxue didn't care about these things and said, "It's okay. Getting rid of the danger around you is the most important thing. By the way, let's go for a walk after dinner. I reckon that once Accountant Huang falls from grace, his nephew and his mother will behave themselves and be easier to deal with."
"Okay, whatever you say."
The meals at the educated youth's station were quickly prepared: stewed pork with cabbage and potatoes, and cornmeal porridge.
Looking at the food that had been brought back, Chu Dongmei silently opened the cupboard, took a bowl, scooped out two large spoonfuls of flour, and said to An Moxue with a smile, "Wait a minute, I'll make two more pancakes and then we'll eat."
An Moxue looked at the bland and tasteless dishes, even though they contained meat. She felt it was a pity that she had taken out the meat, as it looked unappetizing, especially the cornmeal porridge, which she had never eaten before.
"Okay, I'll help you start the fire." With that, he put on his shoes and went into the kitchen with Chu Dongmei.
"Dongmei, do you eat this porridge in winter? Is this what you eat all the time?" An Moxue asked softly.
I was too embarrassed to ask inside the house, mainly because I saw the female educated youth eating so heartily.
"They don't do any work normally, they just eat gruel and thin porridge."
"I noticed you didn't take any food with you when you cooked. Did you just put it all together?"
"Yes, grain is delivered once a month."
Is this the standard of the food?
"Don't even mention it. At the beginning, there were two people who couldn't cook. It was good enough if they could even cook something decent. They all cooked about the same thing."
"I'm so sorry to have troubled you. What have you been eating these past few months? The dishes clearly had meat in them, but they just didn't look appetizing."
Chu Dongmei knew that An Moxue always ate the best food in their compound, so she wasn't surprised at all that she said this.
Soon, one person tended the fire while the other baked the pancakes, and within minutes two pancakes were ready.
The two men carried the pancakes into the house, and in a short while, everyone in the house had finished eating them.
Two people came in. Someone smelled the aroma of wheat and looked up. Another person snorted. An Moxue glanced at her again.
Chu Dongmei opened the cabinet again and took out a box of luncheon meat.
Chu Dongmei opened the luncheon meat, placed it on the kang (heated brick bed), and said to An Moxue, "Moxue, time to eat."
Then he picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of beef, and put it in An Moxue's bowl.
As the can of luncheon meat was opened, a meaty aroma wafted out, and the female educated youth snorted again.
An Moxue glanced at her, and just as Chu Dongmei was about to retort, An Moxue deliberately said loudly to her, "Dongmei, this luncheon meat is so delicious, eat it!" As she spoke, she picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
Chu Dongmei understood what she meant, took a bite of the pancake, and said, "Hmm, this pancake is delicious today too. Pure white flour tastes so good."
"That's right, some people just want to admire from afar, but can't have it all!"
For some reason, the female educated youth didn't say anything more.
Two female educated youths next to me had just finished eating. They were looking down, trying not to laugh, their shoulders shaking.
The two ignored them and focused on eating. Although the cabbage and meat dish wasn't very tasty, they were both hungry and ate it all up.
Although An Moxue didn't like the food, she wasn't so picky as to not be able to eat it.
An Moxue didn't know that what she considered a bad meal was actually considered a very good meal in this educated youth settlement. Many people had never even eaten luncheon meat before; it was a special supply for the military and couldn't be bought just because you had money.
After the two had eaten and drunk their fill, An Moxue said to Chu Dongmei, "Let's go out for a walk to digest our food."
The two left the educated youth compound and strolled leisurely through the village. An Moxue said to Chu Dongmei, "Dongmei, where does that toad live? Let's go take a look."
Chu Dongmei led An Moxue into the village, to a house on the edge of the village, and said, "This is the house."
An Moxue looked at the dilapidated house and crumbling mud walls and admired the family greatly. Their idea was good, but they lacked the strength and were destined to suffer.
"Let's go!" An Moxue pulled Chu Dongmei into the courtyard.
This completely stunned Chu Dongmei. If she knew the location, she should have come secretly!
What are they trying to do?
An Moxue noticed her confusion and said, "Just come in with me."
As soon as An Moxue led Chu Dongmei into the courtyard, the people inside noticed them, but no one moved.
An Moxue entered the house and saw a person lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) with one leg propped up. She said, "Oh! This must be Huang Laihama's house. How come it's a toad with a limp leg? Ugly as it is, yet it has such high aspirations!"
The people in the room seemed stunned by her words, staring blankly at her. Where did this idiot come from? She's asking for a beating!
The toad's mother was the first to react, and she burst into a tirade: "Where did this little slut come from, running wild in my house!"
An Moxue stepped forward and slapped her across the mouth with both hands. The sound of "slap slap slap" rang out. The others in the room panicked and rushed forward, but An Moxue kicked them all away one by one. "Bang bang bang" followed by cries of pain, and a bunch of them collapsed.
The unreasonable old woman, surnamed Huang, had blood all over her mouth and even spat out two large teeth.
An Moxue was extremely satisfied with this.
Although Chu Dongmei thought An Moxue had done a fantastic job, she was still worried about what would happen if things got out of hand.
After all, even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake.
An Moxue looked at her and asked, "Do you trust me?"
Chu Dongmei nodded.
At this moment, the two of them were surrounded by more than ten people from the Huang family, both young and old.
The people in the room just now were Huang's daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and grandson. Now, it's Old Man Huang and his son who have come in.
Old Huang said to Chu Dongmei, "Chu, what are you trying to do?"
An Moxue tugged at Chu Dongmei and said, "You're Toad's dad, aren't you! You know what really happened, right? If we call the police, your son's going to be in deep trouble. What, you think girls are easy to bully?"
"You little girl, don't be unreasonable. You came to my house without asking any questions and injured my family members. Do you think you're in the right?"
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