Chapter 153 A letter came from home!
Seeing that it was getting dark, Taotao called Xiao Qingjuan and asked her to go back and take care of the children.
Xiao Qingjuan thanked Taotao, borrowed a broom and dustpan from her, swept up all the hair on the ground, took it down the hillside to deal with it, and then went back happily with the 30 potatoes she had earned.
Taotao turned around and went back to the research institute.
After a while, she brought out two lanterns, picked them up with a clothes hanger, and hung one on the left and one on the right of the gate.
——Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi went to the county town today. They said at the time that if they could get a ride back, they would come back immediately; if they couldn’t find a ride, they would take other units’ water trucks back early tomorrow morning.
unexpectedly--
Less than a minute after Taotao entered, Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi shouted from the bottom of the hill: "Junior sister! We are back!"
When Tao Tao heard this, she quickly called Song Zhi, "They're back! Go down the mountain and pick them up... I'm afraid there are too many things!"
Song Zhi quickly took out a small flatbed cart used to transport the saplings.
After a while, the three of them came back, pushing the cart, talking and laughing...
——The cart was filled with all kinds of luggage, and there was not even enough space. Song Zhi, Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi had to carry a large bag each, and Deng Gaoyun was carrying two pieces of luggage in his hands.
This scene was seen by Aunt Cone Wang Meijiao who was hiding nearby.
She stared at the cart closely and saw that a sack at the bottom had a hole in it, revealing a... pig's trotter? ? ?
Wang Meijiao immediately clenched her fists, her eyes shining!
She thought to herself: It looks like this cart is full of food! Maybe it’s all meat! Bai Taotao is so rich, why can't she share some meat with everyone? Or you can give me a little bit! It’s been a long time since I last ate meat!
At this time, Song Zhi pushed the cart to the entrance of the research station, and he and Deng Gaoyun moved things in one trip after another.
Wang Meijiao saw Bai Taotao standing on the steps and heard her say, "I only gave you 60 yuan, are you guys... moving the market back?"
When Wang Meijiao heard the word "money", her heart started pounding.
Shi Yuxi smiled and said, "That's a long story! Oh, I'm so thirsty, Taotao, do you have warm water?"
"Yes! In anticipation of your return, I specially brewed a pot of black tea and put some brown sugar in it! Come in quickly!" Taotao said.
Wang Meijiao, who was hiding nearby, couldn't help but licking her lips: Bai Taotao even put sugar in the tea! My god, that would be so delicious!
She couldn't help but touch her deflated stomach.
Finally, she watched Song Zhi and Deng Gaoyun move all the luggage into the research station and close the door...
Only then did Wang Meijiao slowly return home.
When I got home, the house was empty, the kitchen was cold and the stove was out of use, and it was freezing cold.
"Hey, what are we eating today?" Wang Meijiao asked Hua Fugui.
Hua Fugui was curled up on the kang bed. He was shivering with hunger even though he was wearing a cotton coat and covered with a quilt. When he heard Wang Meijiao asking for food as soon as she came back, he thought...
"You ask me? I want to ask you something! As a woman, instead of staying at home to do housework and serve your husband by doing laundry and cooking, you are not home all day long. Do you have any shame or not?" Hua Fugui asked her unhappily.
Wang Meijiao was furious. "Marry a man, and you'll have clothes to wear and food to eat! I married you, shouldn't it be you who's going to find food to eat? You still want to rely on me? If you want to be a gigolo, you should also look at your own abilities!"
Hua Fugui became even more angry, "What did you say when I didn't divorce Niu's mother? You said that women should serve men! At home, you should do housework well, and when you go out, you should go out to find money and food to bring back! What? Aren't you my woman now? You go out to find money and food and come back! When you come back, give me the money, prepare the meal, and clean the house..."
Wang Meijiao: ...
She closed her eyes.
Yes, she did instigate Hua Fugui like this before, but in fact she was teasing Hua Fugui, and indirectly teaching Hua Fugui how to tease Xiao Qingjuan! So that Xiao Qingjuan can work hard, and get a share of the money and food she earns...so that Wang Meijiao can also have a share!
Now?
Wang Meijiao sneered, "You think you can let me serve you? No way!"
Hua Fugui was so angry that he gasped heavily, "Wang Zhuizi! If you hadn't instigated and provoked me, would Niuniu's mother and I have been able to divorce? I, I was so blind that I gave up my honest, hardworking and considerate original wife... I was fooled by you, a shoe horn spirit! My life has been ruined by you!"
The more Wang Meijiao looked at this man, the more cowardly and annoyed she felt. She also felt that she had made the wrong decision - since Hua Niu no longer helped the villagers wash clothes, she had lost the income from four or five potatoes a day, so she set her sights on Hua Fugui.
Because the production team leader Jiang Hongzhi said that the production team would give Hua Fugui 5 kilograms of flour every month.
Just for this reason, she agreed to marry him.
But 5 kilograms of flour a month, how can it be enough for two people? If you calculate it, each person only eats one or two ounces of flour a day, isn't that the same as waiting to die?
Think about it again, Bai Taotao and her friends bought a truckload of pork...
Wang Meijiao was angry and hungry, and she mocked Hua Fugui, "Oh, didn't you call me sweetheart and baby before? Why don't you take me seriously now that I'm married to you? I tell you, Hua Fugui, you must bring me a pig's trotter today, otherwise you won't be able to live like this..."
"Get up! Get up quickly! You loser! How dare you lie on the bed... Do you think I'm Xiao Qingjuan? Am I willing to serve a crippled person like you like an idiot? You xxx..." Wang Meijiao's scolding became more and more unpleasant.
Hua Fugui couldn't bear it any longer, so he threw off the quilt, picked up the door bolt as thick as an arm that he had prepared early in the morning and placed next to the kang bed, and knocked it down at Wang Meijiao.
Wang Meijiao was caught off guard for a moment, and of course did not expect that he would actually dare to attack her. She was hit hard and fell limply to the ground, almost fainting.
Hua Fugui slapped her ears a few times, kicked her again, and cursed: "You have half an hour to prepare the meal. If you don't see it within half an hour... I will beat you to death!"
Wang Meijiao was beaten black and blue, and was shocked and frightened.
Hua Fugui dragged Wang Meijiao to the kitchen and threw her directly into the kitchen. Then he returned to the main room cursing.
Wang Meijiao was stunned.
Her first reaction was - Is this how Xiao Qingjuan usually lives? God, how did she endure it?
Hua Fugui probably didn't hear any noise of cooking in the main room, so he yelled, "If you don't get some food, I'm going to beat you to death tonight!"
Wang Meijiao was frightened and groped in the dark, found a matchbox and dry firewood, lit the kindling sticks and stuffed them into the stove. Then she took advantage of the faint firelight to look around the poor... almost empty kitchen.
--sky! Where can she find food? !
Wang Meijiao huddled in front of the stove, staring at the sparks jumping in the stove, and fell into a daze.
She was shocked - it seemed as if she and Xiao Qingjuan had switched identities?
In the past, Hua Fugui was actually just a taciturn and dull young man. It was also she who turned this honest young man into a devil...
This is also because she is jealous of Xiao Qingjuan.
——When Xiao Qingjuan first got married, she was the only woman in the village who had no conflicts with her in-laws and whose husband loved her. She is very young, not very pretty but full of youthful energy and particularly shy.
Hua Fugui had an affair with Wang Meijiao before they got married.
His parents hurriedly arranged a marriage for him just to stop him from continuing to associate with her...
Wang Meijiao was not convinced.
She just wants to seduce Hua Fugui! I just want to see Xiao Qingjuan being tortured to death by Hua Fugui!
Unexpectedly, it was she who taught Hua Fugui bad things, and now it was her turn to experience... the feeling of being tortured by Hua Fugui.
Compared to Wang Meijiao, who was in deep pain and inexplicable regret...
The atmosphere at the research station is warm and cozy.
Shi Yuxi told Taotao and Song Zhi what he saw and heard in the city today.
"This blizzard... It seems to be okay here. We are just trapped at home and can't move around, but no one has been hurt. The two nearby towns are not so good. I heard that the blizzard crushed the house and an entire family was killed..."
Taotao gasped.
Shi Yuxi continued, "Many people in the county set up stalls because it was too cold. Some of the chickens, ducks, rabbits and pigs they raised at home starved to death or froze to death... Take this pig for example. They had planned to slaughter it before the New Year and sell it, but now it's frozen to death. There's nothing they can do! So they just sold it at a low price!"
"We bought this kind of pig! It's half the price compared to the usual price! Usually it's one yuan per pound, but today we went to buy it and they gave us half a pig for fifty yuan!"
After hearing what Shi Yuxi said, Tao Tao quickly said, "Then I'll give you two the money!"
"No, no!" Shi Yuxi said, "... Gao Yun and I have discussed it. Taotao, you see, we will stay here for four months. We also have 20 kilograms of flour and 10 yuan of living allowance per month, so don't talk about giving us the money for buying pork today... Don't we want to eat it?"
"We have taken advantage of you so much in the past, and you never care! Oh, as we have been talking about this along the way, it is becoming more and more boring! Anyway, if you mention this to us again, I... I will get angry!" Shi Yuxi said.
Deng Gaoyun also said: "Yes, little sister, don't bother with us about this little money..."
Tao Tao no longer insisted and asked worriedly, "Will this pork be infected with any disease?"
Deng Gaoyun said: "There is no peculiar smell. We smelled it when we bought it."
Shi Yuxi said: "It's okay. The weather in the northwest is cold, and many pigs freeze to death in winter. Everyone survives this way... For us, it's a bargain, but for the pig farmers, it's a loss!"
"It should be fine," Song Zhi said, "We'll salt all the meat tonight... and then eat a little bit every day, stew it, and cook it for a longer time."
Taotao nodded.
"Come on, have some tea first, then let's eat!" Tao Tao said, "After dinner, quickly clean up these things..."
After drinking the sweet and warm black tea, Deng Gaoyun and Shi Yuxi breathed a sigh of relief.
Tao Tao asked them again, "How did you two carry so many things back?"
Deng Gaoyun said: "We were lucky. We got on a transport vehicle that was delivering supplies, and it took us all the way to the intersection..."
Shi Yuxi interrupted him, "It's not that we're lucky, it's because once the snow stops, there are transport trucks everywhere! Everyone is rushing to deliver supplies when the snow stops, so that when the next blizzard comes, we won't be able to leave for another ten days or half a month!"
Song Zhi was over there inviting everyone to eat.
Taotao still prefers to eat rice.
So today Song Zhi made a proper rice with fried vegetables - there were three dishes: braised potato cubes with bacon, stir-fried cabbage, and pickled vegetables fried with lard.
Because it was cold, he set up a small charcoal stove, placed a casserole on it, and cooked white radish, kelp and egg skin without oil in boiling water.
If you feel the dish is cold, you can put it in a spoon and put it in a casserole to heat it up.
After a while, the clear soup slowly turned into oily soup. And because it was cooked for a long enough time, the white radish became soft and rotten, absorbing enough oil and soup. The kelp was especially delicious after being stained with the meat flavor...
The four big ones and one small one were sweating all over while guarding the small charcoal stove.
After dinner, Song Zhi and Deng Gaoyun went to deal with the half-pulled pork, while Taotao and Shi Yuxi sorted out other things on the side.
Shi Yuxi told Taotao in great detail where she and Deng Gaoyun had been and what they had bought...
Of course, she also told Taotao that she and Deng Gaoyun went to the post office to pick up Taotao's package - it was really a big package!
As she spoke, she pointed to the large sack with the note and the stamp on it.
Taotao quickly opened the package.
——Two-thirds of the package was food, all dried goods: dried bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, dried bitter gourd, dried cauliflower, dried beans, dried eggplant, dried sweet potato vermicelli, rice noodles, dried tofu skin, as well as dried meat made by Tang Liren herself, soybean paste, chili powder, stewed dumplings made with Chinese medicinal materials and spices, and a variety of condiments... There were even a few wine bottles filled with honey and sesame oil.
There was a small piece of paper attached to each item, with the name of the item written neatly on it.
At first glance, the handwriting is quite varied, and it is probably written by four little beans together.
There was also a package of clothes for Xiao Feibai, which were worn by the little Douzis before, but the material was relatively new and thicker. There were several overalls, woolen hats, bibs and other items.
Taotao's mind moved slightly.
She touched the old clothes and indeed felt something hard.
He took it back to his room, carefully unwrapped the child's old clothes, and sure enough, he took out rolls of banknotes. After counting again... there was actually 1,500 yuan!
Taotao was touched.
Cheng Zhujun said in the letter that someone had sent her 1,200 yuan, but now she received 1,500 yuan!
The extra three hundred yuan must have been collected by her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, because they were afraid that she would suffer here with her child!
Taotao felt warm and sweet inside.
At the same time, her family also wrote her a thick stack of letters.
——Almost everyone in the family wrote to her, asking about the situation in the Northwest. He also asked her, Song Zhi and Xiao Feibai whether they were adapting well. If Xiao Feibai doesn't adapt to this place, she can send a letter home immediately and her family will send someone to pick her up...
Bai Zhenggan personally wrote a letter that looked very much like a work report, admonishing Taotao to work hard and not forget her original intention of coming to the Northwest. He encouraged her to do what she loves and said that the greatest blessing in life is to turn a poor and blank place into the most beautiful home. But at the end of the letter, he wrote in a sloppy handwriting: "...If you miss home, you can look up at the starry sky at night and identify the direction of your hometown. Maybe someone is missing you too."
Taotao couldn't help but feel tears welling up in her eyes when she saw her father, who was as calm as a mountain, write such emotional words.
Tang Liren's letter was much simpler and more direct.
In the letter, she used simple sentences to describe the situation of each family member, and then wrote: "…Try to send a photo of your family of three. I need to see my little Feibai. If he loses weight, I will come and take him back to my hometown. Also, don't always bully Song Zhi!"
Taotao smiled and then pouted.
——How could she bully Song Zhi!
Then Taotao read the letters from her brother and sister-in-law, Bai Xingzi, Song Sui, and the four little beans one by one...
After reading it, Taotao discovered that her family had also written a bunch of letters to Song Zhi.
Why does it seem that the letters they wrote to Song Zhi were much thicker than the letters they wrote to her? ? ?
At this time, it was already late, and Xiao Feibai was very sleepy and kept rubbing his eyes.
Taotao had no choice but to take care of her son's washing and going to bed first.
She waited until Xiao Feibai fell asleep before running out to see Song Zhi.
I saw that he and Deng Gaoyun had divided half of the live pig into small pieces. Shi Yuxi was throwing the small pieces of pork into the basin and rubbing them with salt. The pork rubbed with salt was left aside. After being marinated overnight, it was taken outside to freeze in the snow.
From now on, take a small piece every time you cook. It tastes good whether stewing, frying or braising.
Taotao also went to help and asked Shi Yuxi if he had sent any letter back.
Shi Yuxi pursed her lips and said, "I called back when I was at the post office during the day... There was a phone in my dad's office, and I talked to him directly. My dad... was very happy, and said that I finally figured it out. He also said that after receiving the registered letter I sent, I should not worry about anything, and he and my brother would handle it. In short... they will definitely help me solve this matter."
As he spoke, a smile from the bottom of his heart appeared on Shi Yuxi's face.
Taotao also smiled.
In the past, Shi Yuxi's expression was always gloomy and silent. This was the first time Taotao saw her so happy.
The four of them worked until late at night and finally packed up all the pork, then went back to their rooms to rest.
Taotao proudly showed Song Zhi the thick stacks of banknotes she had taken out of the child's old clothes, and handed him the letter her family had written to him.
Song Zhi was also a little surprised.
Tao Tao said sourly, "…They are obviously my family, but they are dressed up like your family! The letters they wrote to you are much thicker than mine! And, it's really weird! Why does everyone write a sentence at the end of the letter when they write to me: Don't bully Song Zhi!"
Song Zhi smiled.
Tao Tao questioned him, "Did I bully you? Did I? It's obvious that you are the one bullying me..."
Song Zhi smiled even more, hugged her, and said softly: "Okay, okay, I was wrong before, I bullied you. So I will let you bully me tonight, okay?"
Then he bit Da Baitao's earlobe and exhaled softly, "Whatever you want, I'll listen to you."
Da Baitao's pretty face was flushed with rosy clouds. She said "Pooh" to him and cursed him softly, "...You are so beautiful!"
After a pause, she squinted her soft and charming eyes and smiled at him, "That's what you said!"
Song Zhi chuckled, "Yeah, I said it."
The two quarreled for most of the night.
Dabai Tao was sweating from the heat and kicked towards Song Zhi with her slender legs.
He held it firmly and tried to press forward again—
Tao Tao scolded him breathlessly, "Is this the end yet? I... my whole body aches. Go get me some water!"
Song Zhi was still not satisfied, so he coaxed her, "Let's do it again."
"Get lost!" Dabaitao was angry. "Didn't you say... that you would listen to me tonight?"
Song Zhi had no choice but to kiss Dabaitao's sweaty forehead, jumped off the bed, unscrewed the kettle and poured hot water into the basin, and took a towel to serve the sleepy Dabaitao until he was wiped clean. Only then did Dabaitao snore comfortably.
Song Zhi cleaned himself up with the remaining water and was about to go to bed.
Suddenly, there were angry dog barkings outside the research station?
Song Zhi was somewhat alert.
He put on a cotton coat, pushed the door open with a flashlight...
As soon as I walked to the office, the warehouse door at the back opened.
Deng Gaoyun also came out wearing a cotton coat and rubbing his eyes. When he saw Song Zhi, he asked, "Song Zhi, what are Da Huang and Da Hei calling out for in the middle of the night?"
Song Zhi shook his head, "I don't know, you stay here, I'll go out and take a look."
He opened the door and went out, just in time to see Dahuang and Dahei running up the hillside. After a while, the two dogs ran up to him. Dahei had something in his mouth, but he spit it out, then barked at Song Zhi, sat down, puffed out his chest, and asked for praise.
Song Zhi looked closely——
Is it a shoe?
Women's handmade cloth shoes, dirty and torn.
He couldn't recognize whose shoes they belonged to.
But there must be someone... It must be the owner of the shoes who just approached here and acted sneakily, which is why he was driven away by the big yellow and big black dogs. And this person remained silent and chose to run away? It can be seen that he really has bad intentions.
Song Zhi thought the shoes were dirty, so he went back to find a pair of tongs, carried the shoes into the yard, then picked out two small pieces of pork that had just been pickled with salt. He squatted on the ground and used snow water to wipe off the salt on the surface of the pork, and gave one piece each to Dahuang and Dahei as rewards.
The dogs wagged their tails excitedly.
Song Zhi rubbed the dogs' furry heads, returned to the yard and closed the gate.
Deng Gaoyun asked him, holding his cotton coat, "What's the matter?"
Something must have happened, otherwise Song Zhi wouldn't have to run back and forth so many times. Then, Dahuang and Dahei obviously ran out to chase...
I don’t know whether it is a human or a beast.
Song Zhi said softly, "Someone did come. It should be a woman. She was chased away by Gouzi."
Deng Gaoyun's eyes widened. "Is it... a woman?"
He felt inexplicably panicked.
Could it be a female ghost or something?
Song Zhi pondered and said, "This woman must have been scared by the dog. At least she won't come again tonight. But we must find out who this person is and why she comes here in the middle of the night."
——This concerns Taotao’s safety, he must not take it lightly.
Deng Gaoyun was also frightened awake and said, "She really won't come again tonight? Do you want us to take a night shift or something?"
Song Zhi thought about it and shook his head, "Not tonight, go to bed early and talk about it tomorrow."
After saying this, he checked the doors and windows to make sure they were all closed tightly before returning to the room to lock the doors.
Deng Gaoyun swallowed involuntarily.
He walked slowly back to his room.
Oh no, he doesn't have a room, he now lives in a large warehouse in the research station.
There are two ways to enter the research station. One is to go through the front door, and the other is to go through the back door.
The back door is in... the warehouse where he lives.
If a bad guy who is familiar with the terrain wants to enter the research station, he might go through the back door if there is a dog guarding the gate.
It was also very easy to go through the back door. All he had to do was destroy the greenhouse, get to the back door of the research station, and then climb over the wall... He could then kick open the back door of the warehouse where he lived, and then enter the research station openly.
Deng Gaoyun looked at the tightly closed back door of the warehouse and shuddered for no apparent reason.
He stared at the door, climbed onto his bed, and got into the tent, feeling extremely nervous, afraid of hearing a slight sound that shouldn't have happened...
No.
Everything is silent.
A sudden idea flashed through Deng Gaoyun’s mind - Song Zhi said, a woman approached the research station just now? There are more men than women in this village, and if you exclude the old and the young...
There are not many adult women who are able to go out alone.
It should be easy to guess.
No wonder Song Zhi said calmly, let’s talk about it tomorrow!
Deng Gaoyun then closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, Song Zhi woke Taotao up and told her what happened last night.
Taotao woke up immediately, got up, put on her clothes, and went out to see -
There were obvious signs of a fight at the door. It should be that the dog chased someone away, and someone sat down in the snow... leaving a circular hole, and a handprint was left next to it!
Next came a series of traces of escape towards the oasis, accompanied by the footprints of running dogs.
Taotao and Song Zhi followed the footprints down the hillside. After walking for a while, the two footprints of the man turned into one... They thought that the man's shoes were lost here and taken back by the dog.
Taotao stood there and looked into the distance for a while, then returned to the research station.
At this moment, Shi Yuxi and Deng Gaoyun also got up. Deng Gaoyun must have told them what happened last night. Shi Yuxi's face didn't look very good either.
After Song Zhi brought Taotao back, he showed her the shoe that Dahei brought back last night.
Taotao and Shi Yuxi stared at the dirty and torn women's handmade cloth shoes for a while...
"They are Aunt Awl's shoes!"
"It's Wang Meijiao."
The two girls said in unison.
Song Zhi was not very familiar with the villagers here, so he asked, "Do these two people have shoes like this?"
Tao Tao, "A person, Awl is her nickname, Wang Meijiao is her real name."
Song Zhi understood.
After all, Xiao Qingjuan and Taotao are good friends, so Song Zhi still heard about what happened between Xiao Qingjuan, Wang Meijiao and Hua Fugui.
But he didn't understand, "Taotao, does she have any dispute with you?"
Taotao recalled that when she first came, Wang Zuizi dared to kick down her kitchen door and steal the milk powder, walnut sesame powder and other things she prepared for her son...
So she said, "I just caught her stealing my stuff!" Taotao said, "...She and Hua Fugui are a pair of lazy bums, and they instigated Hua Fugui and Qingjuan to divorce. I guess Wang Zhuizi has narrowed his own path, and he can't make ends meet anymore, so he wants to steal some things from me..."
Song Zhi frowned when he heard this.
——This is the most difficult to deal with.
It would be difficult to say that Wang Zhuizi committed a crime, because she neither broke into the house nor took anything. Even if he confronted her with the shoe, she could have another explanation, such as she had something urgent to ask Taotao in the middle of the night, or she wanted to borrow something...
But we can't just let it go.
If you don't take care of it, problems will arise sooner or later.
Song Zhi fell into deep thought.
Taotao thought about it and decided to put the matter aside for the time being.
——Yesterday Jiang Hongzhi came to her and talked about resuming winter vacation classes. Today she and her senior classmates are going to give classes to the villagers.
Let’s take one step at a time and see how it goes.
Tao Tao was very calm. She directed Song Zhi to cook breakfast. After breakfast, she went to the greenhouse. She first performed practical exercises and recorded data according to the requirements of the log, and then went to greet the villagers who came to class with her senior brothers and sisters.
While Deng Gaoyun was teaching everyone, Shi Yuxi came over and whispered to Taotao, "Wang Zhuizi didn't come! Is she feeling guilty?"
As soon as the words fell——
Wang Zuizi approached the greenhouse with his chin raised, holding a piece of firewood in his hand... which was as thin as a chopstick.
She threw the thin wooden stick that served as a teaching material into the sack at the door of the greenhouse, then stepped into the greenhouse and saw Taotao and Shi Yuxi at a glance.
Wang Zhuizi came over with a fake smile, "Hey, Comrade Bai, Comrade Shi, did you eat meat this morning?"
Shi Yuxi's concentration was not as good as Bai Taotao's. After hearing what Wang Zuizi said, she was stunned and her eyes widened, as if asking, "How did you know?"
Wang Zhuizi saw through it at a glance and felt envious and jealous.
Tao Tao stared at Wang Zhuizi and asked, "Aunt Zhuizi, did your man beat you?"
——Wang Zuizi’s head and face were covered with wounds! One of his eyes was black and a little swollen, and there were spots of purple where his eyebrows were. She had injuries on her hands and the shoes she was wearing were not the same pair she used to wear.
Yes.
One of the shoes she used to wear is now in the yard of the research station!
Taotao's words made Wang Zuizi feel a little embarrassed.
She was furious for no reason and said bitterly, "Oh, how can I compare with you, Comrade Bai! You are a high-ranking intellectual who can eat meat three times a day, but I am just a poor proletarian! So what if I am beaten by a man? Which woman in the world has not been beaten by a man?"
Taotao frowned.
She didn't like to hear that.
However, to deal with someone like Wang Zuizi, you must use courtesy before force.
Tao Tao said, "Aunt Cone, if your man hits you, you'd better report the situation to Captain Jiang. Regardless of whether you and Hua Fugui are married or not, men cannot hit women... Of course, women cannot hit or scold men casually."
"A woman hits a man?"
Wang Zhuizi acted as if he had heard a big joke. "How can a woman hit a man? Have you ever hit one? Tsk, do you really think I'm as lucky as you? Or is it because you have meat to eat every day that you have the courage to hit your man?"
After a pause, Wang Zhuizi continued, "If you let me eat meat three times a day, I would also dare to beat a man."
Tao Tao said patiently, "Wang Zhuizi, our winter break classes will be assessed and evaluated soon. There will be prizes for those who are rated as excellent!"
When Wang Zhuizi heard this, his eyes sparkled, "The prize is pork?"
Taotao: "It's flour, and some other things..."
Wang Zuizi snorted again, his face full of disapproval.
At this point, Taotao has already used courtesy before force.
——There are many bad habits in the countryside, and many men think that beating their wives is commonplace and nothing strange; of course, there are also women who are unwilling to work on their own, and without a main and stable source of income in the family, their status in the family is low.
However, considering that they are both women, Taotao has already made some suggestions on behalf of Wang Zhuizi.
——She advised Wang Zuizi to tell Jiang Hongzhi about Hua Fugui beating his wife.
After all, Jiang Hongzhi was a brigade cadre and an educated youth, and he understood the law. Wang Zuizi was beaten by her husband, but if she didn't tell him, he would definitely turn a blind eye to it. It's better to keep things simple than to make trouble. Because that's the custom. But if Wang Zuizi reported the matter to him, he would have to go out and help the villagers resolve family disputes no matter what. Because it is his duty.
——She persuaded Wang Zhuizi to participate in winter vacation class activities. If she was rated as excellent and received a prize, not only would she be respectable but also have an income. When Hua Fugui beat or scolded her again, others would think that Hua Fugui was wrong. Wang Zhuizi was rated as an excellent person, a very outstanding person. You are wrong to spend your wealth to beat her!
But now, Wang Zuizi turned a deaf ear to Taotao's advice...
In other words, she is simply unwilling to listen to Taotao's advice, does not change from the root, and insists on being a lazy and bad person. Then there is no need for Taotao to be polite to her.
Taotao no longer paid attention to Wang Zuizi and pulled Shi Yuxi away.
Wang Zuizi just felt extremely angry.
She felt that her life had always been good: she did the lightest work in the production team, and although she got little food, there were always a few men in the village who came to her from time to time with potatoes and flour. In addition, she could also get some potatoes and other things from Hua Fugui regularly every month.
Occasionally I would take some potatoes to the villagers to exchange for eggs, meat and other things to eat, and then I would just play every day and live a very happy life.
Until Bai Taotao came here.
Bai Taotao started to have bad luck on the first day she arrived! To this day...even she herself can't believe that she would marry a useless man who only knows how to beat his wife and live off him just for five kilograms of flour a month!
If Bai Taotao was a man, she could approach him with a smug look on her face and ask for some meat...
But Bai Taotao is a woman!
She has no other options! There are obviously a lot of food at Taotao's place!
Wang Zhuizi was so angry that he lost his mind and shouted at Taotao's back, "We are all proletarians, why do you eat meat every day? Didn't you come here to serve us people, but to eat meat for us to see?"
Taotao was both amused and confused, and turned to look at Wang Zhuizi.
——She really couldn’t understand. There was obviously no obvious conflict between her and Wang Zhuizi, so why did this guy still rely on her? Yes, with her current wealth, she can afford to eat meat every day. But she earned all these through her own efforts, okay?
At this time, many people heard Wang Zuizi's almost neurotic roar.
Qiao Yingniang couldn't help but said, "Comrade Bai is different from us! She gets a salary, and she can buy whatever she wants. You don't care if she eats meat or chicken every day! If you want to be like her, then you can also become a worker-peasant-soldier student and go to university to do scientific research!"
"If you don't have that fate, just accept your fate and be a farmer! But farmers are divided into different levels! Look at the whole village... Among the nearly 200 people in the entire brigade, you and your husband are the poorest! Have you ever thought about why? Because you two are the laziest!"
"Look at Xiao Qingjuan. She was driven out by you and Hua Fugui in the cold winter! When you left, you and your mother didn't have a single potato! Now, you and your mother have much more food than you two!"
"You want to compete with Comrade Bai? Comrade Bai is so wronged! You should compete with Qingjuan! You are not even worthy of carrying Qingjuan's shoes!"
Qiao Yingniang is Hua Fugui's neighbor. She sympathizes with Xiao Qingjuan very much, looks down on Hua Fugui and Wang Zuizi, and speaks to them mercilessly.
The people around were laughing and making sarcastic remarks about Wang Zhuizi.
Wang Zuizi was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped Qiao Yingniang!
Qiao Yingniang was not the obedient Xiao Qingjuan. She immediately swung her hand and slapped her hard. Then she slapped her again, and then again, and again...
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