Chapter 5: Settlement of Accounts and Repayment of Debts

When Qian Changcai heard that his wife was beaten by the Gu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he was running over with Gu Changshun and his son when he heard the captain shout:

“Sun Hong spends money to make money, you guys are awesome!

When Qian Xiaolan was arranged to live in your home, she brought food rations with her. She also earned work points, and received 500 yuan as compensation from the brigade for her parents who sacrificed their lives to protect the food. This money was enough for a girl like her to eat in your home for another ten years.

You have received so many benefits from her parents, can't you be nicer to her?

You also ask people to do all kinds of work for your family. Do you think that Xiaolan not only gives you money to spend, but also has to be your maid and let you beat and scold her?

What is the difference between your behavior and that of the landlords?

Haven't you seen what happened to those people over the years? Or do you also want to experience the feeling of being thrown rotten leaves and rotten eggs?"

When Qian Changcai thought of the fate of those people, he shuddered all over and quickly got himself out.

"Captain, you are wronged! I didn't touch Xiaolan at all. How many men in our team go home to work?

Isn't it the same as everyone else? How can it be considered as the behavior of a capitalist? "

The captain was immediately so angry that he blew his beard and glared. He stretched out his hand to point at Qian Zhangcai, turned to Qian Xiaolan, and said in a gentle voice:

"Xiaolan, what are your plans for the future? Will you continue to live in their house and wait until you get married in a few months, or will you move out and live with the educated youths?"

That’s great! This girl finally stood up for herself.

Qian Xiaolan answered none of the questions raised by the captain: "Captain, I want to move back home."

Her home is at the foot of the mountain at the end of the village. It is very quiet, which is very suitable for her now that she has a secret.

Hu Guifen objected immediately upon hearing this: "No, no, your house has not been lived in for five or six years, it must be in a state of disrepair.

Besides, there are no other villagers nearby, and it’s not safe for a girl like you to live there.”

Qian Xiaolan thanked Hu Guifen for her kindness and said firmly: "I have returned to clean that house whenever I have time over the years, so it is now ready for living without much tidying up.

I am not afraid of being alone. Ever since my parents got into trouble when they were escorting public grain, I have been secretly practicing the Kung Fu that my father taught me over the years. With my current skills, I have no problem defeating three or five strong laborers!

Besides, there are other people living nearby, and there are people in the mule shed, right? "

Everyone was shocked by her words that she could beat three or five strong laborers, and they were stunned for a long time before they came to their senses.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Gu family glanced at her thin figure and couldn't help but said:

"Sister Xiaolan, stop bragging. You are so weak that a gust of wind can blow you down. How can you beat three or five men?"

Everyone nodded.

Qian Xiaolan knew they didn't believe her, so she looked around, hoping to find an opportunity to prove herself.

The captain was silent for a while, then suggested, "Why don't you continue to live in Qian Changcai's house? If they dare to bully you again, just come to me and I will take care of them."

Hu Guifen nodded in agreement: "Yes, continue to live here. If they dare to bully you again, tell me and I will take Lao Ba's brothers and sisters-in-law to teach them a lesson."

As they were talking, Qian Xiaolan suddenly ran to the side, and someone was walking towards them carrying a load of buckets.

Qian Xiaolan was eager to prove herself, so she ran over when she saw the two large buckets. But when she got closer, she realized that they were two buckets of manure!

She frowned for an instant, but thinking that as long as she picked up the two buckets of dung, she would be free in the future, she held her breath and went over to take the two buckets of dung, carrying one in each hand and placing them at the destination.

When she was done, she washed her hands in the sink and walked towards the stunned crowd.

"Captain, uncle and aunt, I can carry a dung bucket with one hand and walk such a long distance without even breathing hard. Does that mean I have great strength?

If you are still worried, you can let the brothers of the Gu family fight with me."

Upon hearing this, the three brothers of the Gu family immediately retreated.

This was a female warrior, and also their future sister-in-law, so they would not fight with her.

Finally, the captain sighed and said, "Well, never mind. Then just move back."

Qian Xiaolan thanked him happily.

Sun Honghua looked unhappy. Qian Xiaolan had been doing all the housework in the past few years. Now that she was not living in her house anymore, who would do the housework in the future?

However, there was something else that made her look even uglier.

Qian Xiaolan walked up to her and stretched out her hand: "I'm about to move out, shouldn't you return my parents' money to me?"

Hearing this, Sun Honghua and Qian Changcai said in unison: "No money, all the money is gone!"

Hu Guifen and her mother-in-law: "Shameless!"

Qian Xiaolan curled the corners of her lips, squatted in front of Sun Honghua and her husband with a branch, and started drawing on the ground.

"I have only tolerated you all these years for my father's sake, but you really think I am stupid and easy to bully, right?

I lived in your house for less than six years. My two meals a day were sweet potato porridge without any rice. The food I brought from home was enough to last me two years.

Then when I was 13, I ate your family's meals for a whole year, which cost 70 yuan more.

Since I was 14, I earned seven work points a day. The vegetables I ate were either wild vegetables I dug or vegetables I grew myself. How much could I spend in a day? Not a cent!

Although I live in your house, I do your laundry, cook for you, serve you tea, clean up the house, and grow vegetables, which is enough to pay my rent.

As for the furniture you moved from my house, forget about it. After all, although I have had a hard time in the past few years, at least I am safe. Consider it as compensation to you."

Sun Honghua and his wife were so angry that they couldn't speak. They could only stare at Qian Xiaolan with sullen faces.

Qian Xiaolan ignored them. After she settled the bill, she looked up at the captain with a twitching mouth and said, "Captain, let them return me 400 yuan of my parents' 500 yuan.

My work points for most of this year have already been recorded in their account, so I don’t need them anymore.

I also want to give away the vegetables in the garden, the three chickens I raised, and the pile of firewood in the backyard, as a way of repaying them for taking me in. "

Hu Guifen secretly praised Qian Xiaolan in her heart. She was afraid that the captain would not agree, so she hurriedly said:

"Xiaolan is such a good kid, you are letting them off too easily.

I heard that in the past, people would pay a nanny at home more than 10 or 20 yuan a month, with food and accommodation provided, but she didn’t earn work points.”

After hearing what Hu Guifen said, the team leader thought about it and agreed. He asked Sun Honghua to go home and get the money for Qian Xiaolan.

Of course Sun Honghua refused and threw a tantrum, saying that all the money had been spent and she had not only no money left but also no life.

Qian Changcai also said that he had no money, as all the money was used up by Sun Honghua to subsidize her younger brother from her natal family to marry.

Qian Xiaolan laughed and said directly to the team leader: "Since they don't have money to pay me back, I won't make it difficult for them. I can just use their things at home to pay it back. If it's not enough, just deduct my work points."

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