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The thin wooden planks and the dilapidated lock couldn't stop Wang Shuitao from violently breaking down the door.
Under her gaze, the others fell silent, except for Wang Datong, who, though stern-faced, questioned, "What are you doing? How did your mother raise you?"
Wang Shuitao's gaze traveled from Feng Shuiyun to the faces of her three children. After carefully examining them, she found no trace of smugness or arrogance, only guilt and fear.
Looking at Wang Datong again, his grinning expression revealed nothing but a ridiculous sense of self-importance.
"I've come to collect the grain."
After Wang Shuitao finished speaking, she didn't make a move. She noticed that the five people in the room didn't even try to stop her; they just stood there blankly.
I can finally relax.
Wang Datong probably didn't know about his sister-in-law Sun Miao's background.
After hearing what she said yesterday, Wang Shuitao immediately suspected that her mother had lost her mind and told the secret to them.
Even when she was at her grandparents' house, she didn't dare to tell them the whole story; the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
But when she came in and took a look, she keenly noticed something was wrong. Sure enough, after a little probing, she realized that her sister-in-law had definitely been deceived by her mother.
No one here knows that Sun Miao ran away from home.
There were only leftovers on the table, but Wang Shuitao didn't take them. She pointed at the locked cabinet door and said, "Open it yourself, or I'll smash this too."
Hearing such a threat, the three bastards who had previously dared to glare at her just lowered their heads and acted like quails.
It was Feng Shuiyun who, with a timid and ingratiating smile, tremblingly came over and opened the cabinet.
The food was really good; there was even a fair amount of refined grains. Wang Shuitao stared at the variety of grains inside and sneered.
Feng Shuiyun immediately walked away and stopped pretending to be pitiful.
Put the basket filled with sweet potatoes, dried corn cobs, some millet, and a little soybean into your kitchen.
Seeing Qian Lijuan's defiant expression, Wang Shuitao didn't give in and slammed her hand on the table: "Mother, I went to the county town, not died, you know that?"
Qian Liju was startled and started spitting, trying to get her daughter to swallow the unlucky words she had just said.
But this did not move Wang Shuitao. No matter how well she spoke, she would only repeat her chilling behavior over and over again.
She whispered in Qian Lijuan's ear, "You can't reveal your sister-in-law's secret. If you ruin your brother, you'll have no one to take care of you in your old age. Your corpse will be covered in maggots, and they'll eat you up. If I find out you've been sending food over there again next time you come back..."
Wang Shuitao stopped talking and just looked at Qian Lijuan meaningfully.
The most intimidating warnings are those that are left unspoken.
She then instructed Sun Miao, who was hiding in her room and too afraid to come out: "If Mother takes the food and goes over there, tell her I'll be back every two weeks, understand? Talk to her."
Sun Miao nodded vigorously: "Understood."
Then, clutching the hem of her clothes, she stammered, "My, my little thing, Mother, it's just..."
Seeing that she was struggling to speak coherently, Wang Shuitao was understanding and comforted her, saying, "Your matter will affect your older brother, so Mother dares not tell anyone. You should keep it a secret, don't worry. We'll find a way to resolve it later."
Sun Miao breathed a sigh of relief and didn't take the last sentence to heart. It was easier said than done.
After resolving the mess at home, Wang Shuitao headed to her grandparents' house.
Upon seeing her arrive, Wang Dayin immediately took out the wooden box that had already been prepared.
Wang Shuitao was meticulous; she touched every surface and found it to be very smooth, with no sharp edges or prickles even where there were carved details.
Since she hadn't convinced Director Sun yet, she didn't make any promises and simply walked back to the sugar factory with the two boxes in her arms.
When she arrived at the dormitory, it was still dark. Wang Shuitao suddenly turned around and thought she saw a figure flash by.
Unlike the other people loitering outside, this figure appeared somewhat furtive, exuding an air of guilt.
After entering the house, Wang Shuitao, as usual, leaned the table against the door and used the wooden strips from the back of the chair to block the door. After carefully observing the contents, she placed the box on the table.
I'll take it to Director Sun tomorrow.
When Wang Shuitao woke up the next day, she was still sleepy and tied her hair into a low ponytail. Braids were too much trouble.
She persisted with dressing up for two days before giving up and instead singing praises to the ponytail that could save five minutes of sleep time.
Touching the long lock of hair behind her back, Wang Shuitao thought that if she let it grow a little longer, she could sell it and then get a neat and clean short haircut.
There are too many machines here, and she thought the shorter the better.
After Li Yuanhong took Wang Shuitao to the cafeteria for a few days, seeing that she was familiar with it, she stopped coming and Wang Shuitao went by herself after that.
When I opened the door today, I saw Meng Songying waiting outside with something in her hand.
Seeing her come out, he nodded to her and handed her the folded paper he was holding.
This paper has a very obvious fiber texture, and it feels rather rough to the touch, even with a slightly bumpy feel.
It's a light grayish-yellow, but very soft. Judging from the dents at the folds, it's not brittle and seems quite flexible.
Wang Shuitao opened it, revealing words inside.
The list above outlines some ways to become a worker-peasant-soldier student and attend university, followed by a string of names with their identities listed after each name.
He should be a successful person.
Below are the methods for getting into the county's workers' night school. Wang Shuitao looked at them and thought these were easier to implement.
Although junior high school students can directly become worker-peasant-soldier students, she should not be too ambitious and should first complete her high school education.
Wang Shuitao waved the paper in her hand at Meng Songying, who was waiting quietly there: "Thank you, Engineer Meng. It's really too much trouble for you. I'll get the food today, let's eat together."
Meng Songying: "No need."
Then he stood still. Wang Shuitao, seeing this, felt that it was just a polite gesture, so she walked forward with great momentum and waved.
"Come on, don't be so polite with me."
As he spoke, he put the paper into his shoulder bag, which also contained a wooden box.
Seeing that she was walking very fast, Meng Songying had no choice but to purse her lips and stride forward to catch up.
He didn't actually want to be treated to a meal.
Seeing him walk to her side, Wang Shuitao patted her crossbody bag and asked, "Engineer Meng, why is this paper yellow?"
In her memory, the papers handed out by the junior high school here were also white, not bad at all.
Meng Songying didn't hold back this time: "The sugar factory uses sugarcane bagasse."
Wang Shuitao: "Wow—our factory also makes paper! That's amazing!"
Meng Songying: "Hmm."
Remembering the candy wrapped in kraft paper that Factory Director Sun had given her that day, Wang Shuitao asked curiously, "Can this paper be used to wrap candy?"
Meng Songying simply shook her head.
Wang Shuitao nodded solemnly, indicating that she understood.
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