Su Lu agreed, ate breakfast, and rode his bike to work.
Qin Xiaoxiao carried the two children back to the Qin family home and talked to Grandma Qin about the village. Grandma Qin planned to visit each household with Qin Xiaoxiao, since there was an elderly person in the village whom she had known for decades, and she felt she had to see him off.
That day, Qin Xiaoxiao and Grandma Qin went from house to house. The more they walked, the more their eyes ached. When they returned home, neither of them spoke and both were in a bad mood.
This Bai Xiruo is really causing a lot of harm!
Three days later, Su Lu returned home in the evening and whispered to Qin Xiao.
"I've asked around, and it turns out that Bai Xiruo attracted the wild boars because she was going up the mountain to get meat for Dong Hao."
Qin Xiaoxiao was stunned upon hearing this. "Is she love-struck? Doesn't she know how dangerous it is to go up the mountain? Even the men in the village don't dare to go to the back mountain alone. Where did she get the guts to go alone?"
To risk your life just to get some meat for your sweetheart, what else could it be but being love-struck?
There are so many men in the world, only a fool would give up his life for a man.
Su Lu twitched his lips. "I also think she's not normal. No normal person would do something like this."
I heard that she saw Jiang Jiaqi and Dong Hao talking, and even heard Jiang Jiaqi say that she was going to get meat for Dong Hao, so she tried to get meat for herself.
But when she went to the black market, all the meat was sold out, so she took the risk of going to the back mountain.
Qin Xiaoxiao's lips twitched, and she asked speechlessly, "Is she stupid? She doesn't know how to hunt, how can she possibly catch game in the mountains?"
Su Lu was even more speechless. "She said she saw the male educated youth in the educated youth compound hunt wild game and didn't find it that difficult, so..."
The couple were completely convinced at this point; they had never seen such a brainless woman in their lives.
Qin Xiaoxiao sighed, "If all female protagonists were as brainless as her, they would all perish without me having to lift a finger."
She hadn't even done anything yet, and the female lead ruined herself—can you believe it?
Upon hearing this, Su Lu chuckled and lay back on the kang (heated brick bed), "Unfortunately, the fifth female lead isn't so easy to deal with; she's a reincarnated one."
When the fifth female lead was mentioned, Qin Xiaoxiao also sighed.
"That's right, the female lead has already been reborn by this time, right? According to her memories from her previous life, if I'm not mistaken, she has probably already gone to that junkyard to look for the box."
In her previous life, Qin Xiaoxiao had already died by this time, and the box had been stolen and ended up in the capital, where it was unexpectedly bought by the female lead. If the female lead were reborn at this time, she would not let this opportunity pass.
After the couple finished speaking, they looked back at the twins who were already asleep, exchanged a glance, pulled the blanket over their heads, and began to "sleep."
The village elders lay in state for five days before the funeral, but since the matter was still unresolved, the five families decided to hold the funeral together after discussion.
After interrogating Bai Xiruo, the police announced the results to the entire village. They didn't explain why Bai Xiruo went up the mountain to catch wild boars, only saying that she attracted the wild boars, which caused such a great loss to the village.
The outcome of Qin Feng's case is out. He can't escape criticism, and his dismissal is a must. One case of inadequate supervision is enough to give Qin Feng a hard time. If it weren't for the fact that the Qin family has some connections and that it really has nothing to do with Qin Feng, he would probably have been locked up for some time.
Su Zhiyuan was implicated because he was the deputy captain and received a severe reprimand from his superiors. However, he was not removed from his position and could continue to serve as the deputy captain. Nevertheless, he had to write a thousand-word self-criticism and receive a demerit.
Luo Hongxing was just an accountant; he was a village cadre, but not the leader, so he escaped unscathed.
Qin Feng was much more listless when he got home. He didn't say a word and sat in the yard smoking four or five cigarettes in a row, which made Ma Dahua feel very sorry for him.
“Honey, if you don’t want to do it anymore, then you don’t have to. What’s the big deal? You’ve worked hard for Qinjiagou for over ten years. It’s time for you to take a break. You can come home and spend some time with me.”
Qin Feng smiled and patted Ma Dahua's hand reassuringly, "I'm not worried about not being the brigade leader anymore, I'm worried about having to go to the fields to earn work points. I haven't held a hoe for years, I don't know if I can still do it?"
Qin Ye came out of the house and put Qin Zheng, who was in his arms, into Qin Feng's hands. "Our family doesn't need your work points. If you can do it, then do it. If you don't want to do it, then go home and rest. Earning three or four work points a day is enough."
"We have plenty of food and drink at home, and we don't rely on those work points to live, so what's there to worry about!"
Qin Feng didn't say anything, but touched his grandson's little bottom. It was dry, so he held him in his arms with peace of mind.
“It’s shameful for a grown man like me to only earn three or four work points a day. I used to be a brigade leader, how could I only earn so few work points? I should be earning at least seven or eight work points a day.”
Qin Ye rolled his eyes. "Seven or eight work points? Aren't you afraid of working yourself to death? My mother doesn't need you to support her, so don't think too much about it."
Qin Feng smiled awkwardly at Ma Dahua after being caught off guard, and whispered to his wife, "I can still work. I don't want my son to support my wife. We'll rely on them when I'm old and can't work anymore."
Ma Dahua blushed and glared at Qin Feng. "What's the use of earning so much? How much can I eat? My son is all grown up. If we don't rely on them, who will we rely on? It's only right that they support us. Let them do the work."
Don't push yourself too hard and ruin your health. Which is more important, medicine or hospitalization? Won't that cost even more?
Listen to your son, we'll stay home and rest, and you can help me look after your eldest grandson.
"Since Xiaoxiao is too busy with her own things, I have some free time to help her out."
Qin Feng thought it made sense and nodded in agreement.
Now things are really messed up. Of the seven members of the Qin family, six are not working, and only Qin Ye is working to earn work points. It's just a question of how much money they'll have to pay for the per capita rations at the end of the year.
The Qin family didn't care. Besides, Qin Aiguo and the others weren't completely off the land. They would just pick out easy jobs to do for a few days when they had nothing to do, and rest when they got tired, treating it as exercise.
After finishing her postpartum confinement, Su Yun wanted to get out of bed and earn work points with her husband, but the Qin family disagreed and wouldn't even listen to her. They dismissed her with the statement that no Qin family daughter-in-law would get out of bed right after giving birth and that she should wait until the child was older.
With a family like that in-laws, what else can she say but to obey?
Su Yun listened to the advice and stayed home to take care of the child. She didn't even need Ma Dahua to help and took good care of the child on her own. Then she persuaded Ma Dahua to bring Qin Xiaoxiao's child over so that everyone could help take care of the child and save Ma Dahua from being too busy.
With the day of departure drawing closer, Qin Xiaoxiao was also thinking about how to tell her family. If she didn't tell them soon, her family would probably have objections.
When Su Lu returns, Qin Xiaoxiao will discuss it with him.
Upon hearing this, Su Lu thought, "What's so difficult about this? Just tell the truth. It's not like we'll never see each other again. We can all go to the capital next year."
As we enter 2024, today is the Spring Festival. I wish all the girls a happy new year, all the best, good health, and that all your wishes come true. May everything go smoothly for you in the new year, and may you rise to higher positions. May those who are still single find handsome men and beautiful women, and may those who are in relationships enjoy a loving and harmonious life. May all the girls who are still in school make progress in their studies, and may all the students taking the college entrance examination this year get into their ideal universities. Lastly, I love you all!
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