Widow Zhang’s husband is Yu Xinguo, a villager of Qingshan Village. A few years ago, the village organized a hunting trip, but he was gored to death by a wild boar because he disobeyed the village’s command.
Widow Zhang was left alone to take care of four boys. The family was so poor that they could barely make ends meet. In order to take care of her, the team agreed to let her raise a few more chickens and sell some eggs, so that they could barely make ends meet.
Shi Aihong and Chu Jingqiu planned to go to Widow Zhang's house to buy eggs. As soon as they went out, they met several young men.
When they saw Chu Jingqiu, they blushed and greeted him, "Chu Zhiqing, have you eaten!", "Chu Zhiqing, go out!", "Chu Zhiqing, go for a walk around the village!"
Chu Jingqiu nodded politely in response. Shi Aihong found it a little funny. "Jingqiu, these people seem to be looking at you. I think they are all attracted to you."
"You're just laughing at me. I don't plan to find a partner here. I'm planning to go back to Beijing!" Chu Jingqiu rolled her eyes at her.
"I won't look for a partner here, and I don't want to marry far away from my parents. But can we still go back to Beijing?" Shi Aihong sighed, "I don't see any hope!"
"Aihong, when you have nothing to do, read your high school textbooks more. Maybe one day you can take a job recruitment exam and return to the city, and you can use them then!" Chu Jingqiu reminded her kindly, but he couldn't say it so clearly. He couldn't tell her that she could return to the city after the college entrance examination was resumed.
She could only encourage Shi Aihong to study high school textbooks well and lay a good foundation for the college entrance examination.
When we arrived at Widow Zhang's house, she was squatting under a big tree at the door, eating and chatting with several women next to her.
Seeing the two people coming to buy eggs, she quickly stood up and welcomed them in. Widow Zhang's house was tidy and there were some vegetables planted in the yard, all growing lushly. It can be seen that she is a hardworking woman.
Eggs were five cents each. Shi Aihong bought twenty eggs for one yuan. Chu Jingqiu also bought twenty eggs. Although she had eggs in her space, she had to buy some occasionally to show off.
Widow Zhang specifically picked a big one for the two of them. Chu Jingqiu felt that this woman was quite honest, so he took out a few pieces of candy from his pocket and gave them to her youngest son.
The child was well-educated by Widow Zhang. He looked at his mother and only accepted it after her nodded.
As they walked out of Widow Zhang's house, Shi Aihong whispered, "Do you know why so many people come to Widow Zhang's house to buy eggs? It's because she's honest and the eggs she gives are big and fresh.
There's a widow named Feng in Team Three. Her mouth is as sweet as honey, and she always says nice things. When I go to her house to buy eggs, she'll pick out the small ones for me. Last time, there was a rotten egg in my purchase, and I asked her to exchange it for it, but she refused to acknowledge it.
"Shi Zhiqing, did you buy some eggs?" A man came out of the alley and greeted Shi Aihong.
The man looked to be about 25 years old, not tall, with sparse hair, small eyes, a flat nose and protruding ears.
"Who is this?" Chu Jingqiu asked in a low voice.
"Du Erleng." Shi Aihong answered in a low voice.
Shi Aihong pulled Chu Jingqiu and walked forward, pretending not to hear.
"Shi Zhiqing, don't go. I have something to talk to you about." Du Erleng chased after him and shouted.
"Oh, it's Comrade Du. What can I do for you?"
"Can we talk alone?" Du Erleng stared at Shi Aihong with eyes like poisonous snakes.
"If you have anything to say, just say it here. There are no outsiders here." Shi Aihong said with a cold face.
"I don't want anyone else to hear what I want to say, so you'd better come with me over there and talk!" Du Erleng pointed to the alley next to him.
"No need. We are not familiar with each other. It's not good for a man and a woman to be alone together. We have to avoid suspicion." Shi Aihong refused him and pulled Chu Jingqiu to continue walking forward.
Du Erleng became anxious and stood in front of the two of them.
"What do you mean? Are you being a hooligan?" Chu Jingqiu was cold as ice and intimidating.
"This is none of your business, go away." As he said this, he reached for Shi Aihong's hand, trying to pull her away. Shi Aihong dodged, and he actually wanted to hug Shi Aihong's shoulders.
Chu Jingqiu kicked out in the air, kicking Du Erleng two or three meters away. Du Erleng fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
"Not everyone can be bullied by you. Stop bothering us, or we'll sue you for hooliganism. You know that hooliganism is a serious crime." Chu Jingqiu warned him.
After saying that, he took Shi Aihong and left without looking back.
"How can Du Erleng be so shameless? People are ignoring you, but you can't see it, yet you shamelessly force others to talk." Shi Aihong said angrily.
"Otherwise, he's just a scoundrel, shameless and invincible. He just thinks we're from outside and have no one to back us up.
If our family was from here, do you think he would dare to do that?
If he keeps pestering you all day, or uses force on you, over time the villagers will think you seduced him, and your reputation will be ruined, and you will have no choice but to marry him. That's what he's planning." Chu Jingqiu patted Shi Aihong's shoulder.
"How can people even live like this? It's totally unjust. It's more unfair than Dou E's!" Shi Aihong's face turned pale with fear.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Thousands of years of feudal remnant thinking means leaving messages is bad for women. But we're not afraid of him.
In addition to being more vigilant, from today on, I will teach you some women's self-defense techniques every day, which will help you lose weight and protect yourself."
Shi Aihong was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. "Jingqiu, I'm really touched. A friend in need is a friend indeed!"
After returning to the educated youth point, Shi Aihong went straight to Jingqiu's room with a basket and asked her to start learning self-defense immediately. She was scared by what happened today.
Chu Jingqiu first told her about several weak parts of the human body: eyes, throat, crotch, etc. When encountering danger, attack the opponent's weak parts first.
Then he taught her some of the most direct and effective methods: hitting the chin with a palm, lifting the knee to hit the crotch, kicking the crotch, stepping on the toes, hitting the crotch with the arm, kicking the crotch while falling to the ground, digging out the eyes with fingers, etc.
She demonstrated it first, and then told her that she should exercise more and increase muscle strength when she has nothing to do in the future.
Shi Aihong studied very seriously and even wrote down some key points of the movements in detail on paper.
The two of them also made a sandbag and tied it directly to a big tree in the yard. Chu Jingqiu performed several Taekwondo moves for her on the spot, including spinning kicks, back kicks, and side kicks, to help her exercise her leg muscles.
Zhang Pingping saw this and said that she wanted to practice it too, but Qin Yilan curled her lips and said that she didn't want to practice this. Not only was it tiring, but she also looked like a man when practicing it, which was not ladylike at all.
Qin Yilan believes that women need men to protect them. Dressing yourself up more beautifully and like a lady and finding a good man to marry is better than anything else.
Zhang Pingping and Shi Aihong were practicing very enthusiastically. They attracted several male educated youth to come over. The male educated youth made a few sandbags themselves and started practicing with them.
Under the leadership of Chu Jingqiu, the Youth League Institute ushered in a fitness boom.
Lin Zishan sat on the doorstep, looking at the lively scene in the yard with envy. She was now in a cold war with her mother, and she didn't know how to solve the current dilemma.
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