Without his mother as his support, Li Xiaobao could only learn to work obediently.
Today his father gave him the job of cutting grass for pigs, a job he had never done before.
The other kids of his age all went to work with hoes, but he was the only one who wanted to cut grass for the pigs. He didn't know where to find it, so he had to follow along shamelessly.
Chen Jiaojiao didn't like playing with Li Xiaobao, let alone cutting grass for pigs. With one more person, they would have to walk a lot more.
When Chen Jiaojiao heard that Li Xiaobao was going to follow them, her face fell.
"Go away, we girls are working together, why are you, a boy, following me?"
Xiaohua also said: "I don't want to go with you. If you fall or get hurt, your mother will ask us to take responsibility. What should we do? You'd better go somewhere else!"
Niu Niu peeled a candy and put it in her mouth, pursed her lips and smiled, and instantly felt that the candy was very sweet.
She said, "You petty-minded Li Xiaobao, we are not the same kind of people. Why are you following us? Go ask Aunt Hongxiu to help you cut grass for the pigs!"
Li Xiaobao is used to being thick-skinned, so he doesn't get angry when being excluded.
"You guys go your own way, and I can just follow from a distance, right?"
None of the little girls liked Li Xiaobao and refused to let him follow them.
Jiang Baige would not bother with a child. She is almost half the age of Li Xiaobao, so she still has some tolerance.
She said, "Let's go! We have to mow twice in the morning! Let's finish it quickly so we can come back and rest."
She was ambiguous and didn't say that Li Xiaobao couldn't follow her, so she led the way forward.
Several girls went to the river behind the mountain together. The river had dried up a lot in recent days, so they could cross to the other side of the ditch.
If they want to cut grass for pigs now, they often have to climb over several hills to finish the harvest.
Chen Erlaizi slept one night at the home of Widow Wu in Xiaohekou Village. When he woke up in the morning, he remembered that he had to go to work today, so he hurried back.
When we arrived at the ditch, we happened to meet Jiang Baige and a few other girls crossing the river.
The two sides met, and when Chen Erlaizi saw Jiang Baige, he lowered his head in fear.
He thought to himself: "This ancestor, oh no, this living devil, it's better for him to stay away from her. If he provokes her, his life may be in danger.
Jiang Baige took one look at the sloppy Chen Erlaizi and wanted to raise her fist to punch him.
He was in this state, and he still dared to think about herself. She felt disgusted no matter how she looked at such a person.
After Jiang Baige and the other girls crossed the river hand in hand, Li Xiaobao was still alone in the middle of the river. He looked like he was about to fall, stumbling.
When Chen Erlaizi saw several girls crossing the river, he hurried down to the river as well.
Jiang Baige saw that Li Xiaobao had not come over yet. He was the youngest here and she was afraid that something might really happen to him.
He hurriedly called out, "Hey, you wait a minute."
When Chen Erlaizi heard the voice of the Living King of Hell, his shoulders trembled with fear.
I thought to myself, “Is this calling me?”
Not daring to look back, I continued walking back.
Seeing that he didn't react, Jiang Baige picked up a stone and threw it over, hitting Chen Erlaizi on the calf.
Chen Erlaizi felt the pain but didn't dare to make a sound.
My heart suddenly started beating fast, I felt a little scared, and started to have all sorts of wild thoughts.
I thought to myself, "It's over, it's over! Could it be that Zhang Yan has gone back to the educated youth center to complain? They're in this together. Is the devil going to punish me?"
Seeing him stop, Jiang Baige said, "Bring the child to me."
After hearing this, Chen Erlaizi breathed a sigh of relief, and his voice was a little trembling.
“Alas~~”
"I see."
He took a few steps forward and picked up Li Xiaobao.
Li Xiaobao was also a little stunned. Why would this annoying educated youth want to help him?
Chen Erlaizi held Li Xiaobao in his armpits and whispered in his ear, "Xiaobao, you have to be obedient and don't mess with the young educated youth, or she will punish you and no one will be able to help you."
Li Xiaobao stared at Chen Erlaizi blankly, "Second Uncle, why?"
Chen Erlaizi didn't dare to say anything. He went to the river, put Li Xiaobao down, and left in a hurry.
He left a message, "Children don't have to ask so many questions, just be good and listen."
Li Xiaobao scratched his head and took a few quick steps to catch up with the team cutting grass for pigs.
Seeing Li Xiaobao following them, Jiang Baige and the others walked forward while cutting grass for the pigs.
Chen Erlaizi returned to the threshing ground trembling with fear. He didn't know whether Zhang Yan had reported him. When he came back to get his work, he was still a little scared.
Chen Defu had just divided up today's work when he saw Chen Erlaizi arriving late and sighed.
"Hey, look at you, you're already in your twenties or thirties, can you please have some sense of time? You come so late every day."
"Go get a hoe. There's still room for one of the educated youth. Work faster and keep up with them."
Seeing that the village chief didn't say anything else, Chen Erlaizi also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was fine.
I happily agreed, "Hey, I'll go right away."
He came to the educated youth with a hoe on his shoulder and greeted the people in front of him with a thick face.
"Comrade Zhang, I'm late. You have to wait for me."
Zhang Hongyang looked back at him and said politely, "It's okay, just follow us slowly. We'll come back to help you when we're done."
When they heard that there were villagers coming, the educated youth turned around to look at him.
These days, the educated youth and the villagers were two different gangs.
The educated youth looked down on these villagers, who were illiterate, old-fashioned, and could not read a few words, and they always liked to point fingers at them.
Except for Zhang Hongyang who answered Chen Erlaizi, the other educated youth ignored him.
Chen Erlaizi knew that the educated youth disliked him, and he also found it very boring.
While working, he was thinking that he should finish the work quickly and go to the pig farm to find Zhang Yan later.
Yesterday, he took advantage of Zhang Yan's sleep and ran away because he was afraid that she would wake up and be angry with him. He didn't know whether his mother had dealt with Zhang Yan.
Old Mrs. Chen steamed a big bun early in the morning, stuffing it with meat and some wild vegetables.
She couldn't bear to eat the buckwheat noodles, but today she gritted her teeth and made some buns. It's like being unable to catch a wolf without risking her wife, and she was going to use the buns to trap her wife.
She just couldn't believe it. How could this daughter-in-law run away when she was provided with good food and drink?
Old Mrs. Chen took out a handkerchief from her pocket, inside which was a bun the size of a fist.
"Girl, did you have enough this morning? I brought you a special bun with meat! Come and try it."
After what happened yesterday, Zhang Yan didn't want to bother with anyone from the Chen family.
This old woman is not a good person either. She took advantage of the situation and acted ungratefully. Her son raped her, but she acted as if nothing happened.
Seeing that she didn't take it, Mrs. Chen handed it to her again, "It's a meat bun. If you don't eat it now, it will go bad later."
When Zhang Yan heard that it was made of meat, she swallowed.
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