At first, the two were full of enthusiasm, but as time went on, they felt that they were too tired and were not earning enough. They earned less in a day than Su Lu earned from hunting and selling pheasants. So Su Lu secretly took Qin Xiaoxiao to the back mountain, and even went to Cat Ear Mountain. The two were quite skilled and could hunt two or three pheasants or rabbits a day, and sometimes even catch a whole nest of rabbits.
There were too many wild rabbits and pheasants for the two of them to eat, so Su Lu took them to the black market to sell under the cover of darkness. Su Lu nervously told Qin Xiaoxiao about this, but Qin Xiaoxiao calmly said that she knew about it and was quite supportive.
But this meant the two of them wouldn't have time to work all day, so they turned their attention to the children.
Selling pheasants and rabbits earns her a good living, so she's not short of money. Qin Xiaoxiao has a lot of fruit candies in her space, which she doesn't like to eat herself, so she puts them to good use and distributes them to the children so they can help her gather pig feed.
Qinjiagou was considered relatively wealthy, but they didn't always buy candy for the children as snacks. Fruit candy became the hard currency among the children.
With fruit candies on the market, who can compete?
The village children would vie to help the two men gather pig feed, and sometimes they would even fight over it. When the child who was badly beaten returned home, his parents would see that his clothes were torn and his body was covered in bruises, and they would take the child to find the family of the person who had hit him.
When the two families met and asked questions, everything came to light. The parents of the children responsible for gathering pig feed also learned that these two were dishonest and had been using candy to lure their children into helping with the work.
This matter is neither good nor bad. It's good because my child can have candy, but it's bad because it strains the relationship with the neighbors. Moreover, my child has to help them with their chores after finishing their own. Such a young child is so tired. When they get home, they just lie quietly on the kang (a heated brick bed) and don't move. So who will do the chores at home?
These children can't do much else, but they can still help with things like gathering firewood, tending the fire, sweeping the yard, and looking after their younger siblings. But now they've all gone home to lie down, so these chores have fallen to the adults.
If all the candy is given to the children, and the parents don't get any benefit themselves, they still have to do more work. Over time, these parents will start to complain.
I want to report this to someone, but who can I contact?
Qin Feng? He is the captain, that's true, but he's also Qin Xiaoxiao's uncle. Given how much Qin Feng dotes on Qin Xiaoxiao, do you think he'd side with me?
Su Zhiyuan? Yes, the father and son are not getting along now, but they are still father and son. He is their own son. How can he speak on their side?
There's also Luo Hongxing, but he's always been on good terms with the two above and basically doesn't get involved in anything, only dealing with the village's accounts. How are they supposed to find him?
None of the three of them are any good. Do you think they can report this to the commune over such a trivial matter? Are you crazy? Don't you want to stay in the village anymore?
So, the parents of these children hated the two men, but they couldn't do anything about it. They hoped that the two men would take leave from work every day, so that although the children wouldn't get candy, they could help with a lot of chores at home.
Qin Xiaoxiao and Su Lu had no idea about any of this. In their opinion, buying some cheap fruit candies to ask the village children to do chores was a really good deal and a mutually beneficial thing.
The key point is that the two of them earned thirty or forty yuan just by hunting this month, and they don't have to pay for the fruit candy for the time being. Isn't this a business with no capital?
The two of them were having a good time for over a month, working with great enthusiasm every day. They would always be at the threshing ground when the bell rang. The only days they were not seen were when someone asked for leave. But no one knew that they were hunting in Cat Ear Mountain and couldn't come back, otherwise they would definitely have been there.
With Qin Ye and Su Yun's wedding approaching, Su Lu and Qin Xiaoxiao stopped selling the pheasants and rabbits they hunted. Instead, they prepared to take the rest to the Qin family to serve as two main dishes at the wedding banquet.
Su Lu originally wanted to hunt a wild boar, but Qin Xiaoxiao vetoed the idea.
“Catching wild boars is too dangerous. We can’t risk our lives just to make money, not even for my brother. He doesn’t need the money for meat. It’s not worth the risk.”
Heh, do you think she's stupid? She hasn't forgotten that in one of the five books, she died because she was gored by a wild boar. Now, three of those near-death experiences have passed, and the other one is suicide. Suicide is impossible, so the most dangerous thing is the wild boar.
Cherish life, stay away from wild boars.
She's destined to never have anything to do with wild boars in this lifetime!
Seeing that Qin Xiaoxiao disagreed, Su Lu knew that she didn't want him to take any risks, so he stopped asking questions and instead picked Qin Xiaoxiao up and laid her down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
After a harmonious night, Qin Xiaoxiao got out of bed the next morning, her hand on her lower back, her eyes never leaving Su Lu.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Su Lu personally helped Qin Xiaoxiao dress and put on her shoes, and then personally fed her, thus preparing her to live a life where she could be waited on hand and foot.
"Honey, you stay home and rest today. I'll go to work by myself. Don't worry, I'll definitely do my best and try to earn four more work points."
Qin Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes. "Alright, then you can go by yourself today."
She is now powerless and cannot even go to work. Su Lu almost killed her last night. She is still conscious now, thanks to the spiritual spring water she has been using to nourish her body every day for the past year. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't be awake by now.
Feeling guilty, Su Lu blew a kiss to Qin Xiaoxiao while clinging to the door frame, then turned and ran out of the educated youth compound.
After Su Lu left, Qin Xiaoxiao made herself a cup of spiritual spring water. After a while, she felt much better and got up to go to the front yard.
After wandering around the educated youth compound and finding no one there, Qin Xiaoxiao got bored and returned to the backyard before leaving through the back door.
Qin Xiaoxiao walked towards the Qin family home. Qin Ye was about to hold his wedding with Su Yun, and she wanted to see if she could help in any way.
When they were about a hundred meters away from the Qin family's house, Qin Xiaoxiao keenly heard a familiar sound.
There was no way around it; the commotion was so familiar that it was hard for her not to recognize it.
Qin Xiaoxiao looked towards the source of the sound, her brows furrowing slightly.
Isn't this Aunt Liu's house? Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu are out in broad daylight... wait, Aunt Liu has hardly taken any days off in recent years, how could she not be at work? Then, could this be Liu Mingyu and his wife?
Qin Xiaoxiao pouted.
She was already quite bold, but I didn't expect Liu Mingyu and his wife to be even more open-minded, doing this in broad daylight.
Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't one to eavesdrop, so she guessed what was going on and quickly left.
As she walked into the field, she saw her uncle standing at the edge of the field scolding someone from afar. When Qin Xiaoxiao saw that there were melons, she quickly ran over and happily approached Qin Feng.
Qin Feng was glaring angrily at an old educated youth in front of him, his hands trembling with rage.
"Xiao Zhenzhen, this is my last warning to you: stay away from Qin Ye. He's getting married soon. If you keep hanging around him, don't blame me for being disrespectful."
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