An Moxue tried her best to adapt to rural life, getting to know many plants and animals she didn't know before, and learning many life skills she didn't know before.
He goes to work on time and leaves work on time, and in his spare time he goes up the mountain to pick some mountain produce, keeping himself very busy and happy.
Seeing her visibly improved complexion and gain weight, no longer as thin as a bamboo pole, the educated youth couldn't hide the burning envy in their eyes. "We're all the same," they thought. "You can be worse off than me, but you can't be better off than me. Why should you!"
These past few days, the work has been harvesting soybeans. We have to start work at five o'clock every day and finish at ten o'clock. If the sun rises later, the soybean pods are more likely to burst. In the afternoon, we dry and shell the soybeans. The whole soybean plant is covered in thorns, and it's so prickly that you feel itchy wherever you touch it. None of the educated youth wanted to do this job.
People are prone to losing their temper and acting foolishly when they are in a bad mood. For example, Wang Zhaodi spent the whole morning staring at An Moxue. Whenever An Moxue straightened up, Wang Zhaodi would say that she was not working hard enough. Ma Li also chimed in.
They talked to An Moxue, and An Moxue just buried herself in her work, finishing the task first. She found the scorekeeper, recorded her work points, and left without looking back. If you hadn't said anything, she would have just followed the crowd, working neither early nor late. Everyone else had finished, and you weren't; who wouldn't be eager to work? Did you even need to tell her?
Even if you feel envious and jealous, they go to work on time in the morning and leave as soon as they finish work. They don't have much contact with you, and they even live in the same village.
Wang Zhaodi was furious. After work, she went to find a local hoodlum. Without saying anything else, she talked about how difficult it was for the educated youth in their compound and how well An Moxue was doing. Anyone who heard that would have something to say.
Do you have the idea? Yes, but do you dare? No.
Why? The village chief had already given instructions: anyone who dares to make a move on An Moxue will be severely punished. Her parents sacrificed themselves for the country. If you know this and still try to take advantage of her, are you even human?
Wang Zhaodi had no choice but to offer the thugs some sweeteners, as long as they spread the news of An Moxue to the thugs in other villages. The thugs, having tasted the sweeteners, agreed in a moment of impulsiveness.
One night, the two little ones kept crying out, "Awoo, Awoo," waking An Moxue from her sleep.
At that time, windows and doors in rural areas were mostly covered with paper, and very few had glass. This greatly increased the danger of living alone.
Hearing the sound, An Moxue put on her clothes in the dark, leaned against the window and listened carefully. Not hearing anything, she put on her shoes and got out of bed. She took out a stun gun from her spatial storage and quietly went to the kitchen door. She then heard the sound of someone prying open the door with a knife.
An Moxue wasn't sure how many people were there, so she turned on the stun gun. As soon as the door opened, she stunned one person with the gun, and another with the same gun. The last person was a bit confused. He heard two thuds and then the person stopped moving. Before he could react, there was another thud, and An Moxue realized that the person was gone.
She lit the kerosene lamp, checked around, and found no one else. She tied them up, gagged them, closed the door, and gave the three of them a brutal beating. This was the first time she had ever hit anyone since she started practicing martial arts, so she had no experience. She beat them until their faces were bruised and swollen, and broke all three of their ribs.
The three people who were electrocuted were forced to wake up by being beaten, but then fainted again from the pain. You can imagine how much pain they must have been in.
The three people woke up again after An Moxue had beaten them enough. She dragged them out of the kitchen, threw them in the yard, filled three buckets with water, poured one bucket on each of them, and they all woke up.
It was as if a demon's voice was ringing in their ears: "Listen carefully, answer my questions honestly, and don't shout or yell. If my neighbors say there's any noise coming from here tomorrow morning, you know what will happen." The three of them nodded in unison.
An Moxue removed the gags from their mouths. "Who are you? Why have you come to my house? What are you doing here?"
One of them said, "We're just petty thugs. We heard you're an educated youth from the countryside and have good conditions, so we wanted to come and make some money to spend. We don't mean anything by it."
"I heard it? Who told you that?"
“A hoodlum from your village.”
"What's your name?"
"Li Laiyou, we all call him Li Laitou."
Okay, I have two options. You can choose whichever you prefer. One is for me to take you to the police station, and the other is for you to compensate me for emotional distress, in which case I won't report you to the police. Think it over before you choose.
One of them asked, "If we choose to lose money, how much money will we have to lose? We won't lose more than that."
"One hundred each. Which one would you choose?"
"Can you reduce the amount of money you're losing?"
One hundred and fifty.
"No, Grandma, one hundred and one hundred." The other two nodded in agreement.
"It seems a bit of a stretch!"
"No pressure, no pressure," the three replied quickly and efficiently.
An Moxue turned around and went into the house to get paper and pen: "If you agree, write it down. Write down the cause and effect of why you came to my house to steal things, and then write down your names and address and put your fingerprints on it. Send the money to me within three days."
"Grandma, we were wrong, we'll never do it again. We'll give you the money. Can we skip writing this? We don't know how."
"Then don't write it, send it to the police station. Choose one of the two. Don't you guys think about why Li Laitou didn't come himself but instead leaked the news?"
Under An Moxue's powerful pressure, the three of them spent quite a while writing a confession. The handwriting was crooked and messy, but the general meaning was correct. They pressed their fingerprints on the confession, and An Moxue let them go. Before leaving, she reminded them, "You don't have to come back in three days."
Try not to come and send money; this guy's ruthless.
After the three of them helped each other leave, An Moxue took a flashlight and inspected the house. Finding nothing wrong, she went back inside to continue sleeping.
These past few days, An Moxue has been getting up early to harvest soybeans, and she's changed her boxing practice to after work in the evenings. She can only look for Li Laitou at noon or in the evening. An Moxue told Old Ma about the burglary at her house, asked about Li Laitou's situation, and decided to arrest him.
The three men had already delivered the money, but An Moxue still hadn't caught anyone. She decided to give up; these were ready-made tools for catching people, so why not use them?
An Moxue gave the three of them the task and then left it to them; all they had to do was catch the person by the deadline. That's why she said professional tasks should be handled by professionals!
The next evening, one of them came to tell An Moxue that they had made an appointment to meet in the grove by the river on the east side. In half an hour, it would be the appointed time. An Moxue took a wooden stick as thick as her arm and went out with him.
The man felt a little scared when he saw An Moxue's posture. He remembered the terrible experience of being beaten. His body was still bruised and his ribs were broken. He was afraid that if he didn't call for help, the man would become violent again. So he was recuperating at home.
Upon arriving at the location and seeing Li Laitou, the three quickly retreated. They weren't in a hurry to seek revenge on Li Laitou, fearing they would get beaten up again.
Li Laitou was still confused. Why did he turn around and leave after meeting him?
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