Chapter 168 Miao Ying kowtows and begs Wang Yuqing
Ji Xuening hasn't been home these past few days.
Because the commune's armed forces department summoned all the core militia members of the commune for intensive training.
Wang Yuqing noticed a problem: she used to feel uncomfortable sleeping in the same room as Ji Xuening, but now that his bed wasn't on the floor, she felt strange.
I can't sleep soundly anymore.
That day, she was busy with the non-staple food team until 8 p.m. before going home. Because all the snails in the nearby fields had been collected, she held a meeting with her team members to discuss spending money to collect snails from other places.
She was already quite tired, and when she got home, she saw Miao Ying kneeling at the door.
Ji Daming, Ji Xiaoming, and Ji Meimei watched anxiously from the side. Ji Meimei whispered, "Auntie, get up, don't kneel."
Miao Ying said to Ji Meimei, "Meimei, why don't you go and talk to your mother and ask her to agree to let me join the non-staple food team?"
Ji Meimei is still young and doesn't understand much.
Ji Daming said, "We're still young, we don't concern ourselves with adult matters."
Ji Xiaoming felt sorry for Miao Ying, but he kept listening to Wang Yuqing: "My mom won't let you in, there must be a reason."
Miao Yin smiled, "What could be the reason?"
Grandma Ji reached out to help her up, saying, "Child, get up. What are you doing? Can't you talk things out instead of humiliating yourself like this?"
Miao Ying forced herself to kneel on the ground, covered her face with her hands, and her shoulders trembled violently: "I don't want to do this either, but I have no choice, I really have no choice."
Grandma Ji tried to pull her up again, scolding, "The Zhou family is truly wicked. They've forced such a good daughter-in-law like this; she's so pitiful."
She added, "Child, get up quickly. We'll talk about this when Yuqing comes back."
Upon hearing Grandma Ji's words, Miao Ying quickly grabbed Grandma Ji's arm and pleaded, "Grandma Ji, I beg you, please put in a good word for me and your granddaughter-in-law... I really have no choice. If I don't join the food processing team, my mother-in-law and husband will beat me to death and starve me to death."
"I am in so much pain."
"I could just die and be done with it, but I have a younger brother, I can't die."
"Grandma Ji, actually Wang Yuqing can help me. She's the captain of the non-staple food team. With just one word from her, I can get in."
"I swear, I will work hard. I am very diligent and I am also very good at making snails. I will listen to her in everything, even if she pays me less every month."
Grandma Ji said with difficulty, "It's not as simple as you say. I know you're pitiful and I know you can't do anything about it, but Yuqing has her own ideas about this. I'm just an old woman, I don't understand anything."
Miao Ying's voice was sharp and hoarse: "You are her grandmother, you are her elder, how dare she disobey you? Besides, you can ask Ji Xuening to persuade her."
"Who doesn't listen to a man?"
She suddenly showed all her injuries to Grandma Ji, her sallow face streaked with tears: "Look, here, here, and here, they beat me all like this. If I hadn't joined the food processing team, I would have been beaten to death..."
"Grandma Ji, can you bear to watch me be beaten to death?"
"It's just to get me into the non-staple food team. It's not that difficult. So many people have gotten in, so I can too."
Grandma Ji couldn't see clearly at all.
It took Miao Ying a while to notice, and she said, "Are you blind?"
The next second, she grabbed Grandma Ji's hand and placed it on her own wound: "Then touch it, can you feel it? Aren't there many wounds..."
Grandma Ji was originally kind and gentle, and she couldn't bear to see pitiful people and things.
She softened and said, "My goodness, how did it get like this? It's such a tragedy."
Miao Ying burst into tears: "Grandma Ji, I've been forced into this situation and have no other choice."
Grandma Ji sighed, "When she comes back, I'll talk to her. But I'm just speaking on your behalf. Whether she agrees or not is up to her. Don't blame her for this."
Miao Ying smiled and said, "Thank you, Grandma, thank you."
Wang Yuqing happened to witness this scene.
She didn't expect that after being rejected last time, Miao Ying would kneel at the door again this time.
Ji Meimei was the first to see Wang Yuqing and ran up to her, saying, "Mom's back."
She led Ji Meimei to Miao Ying and looked at Miao Ying seriously: "You are very pitiful, and your in-laws are also very vicious. However, even if you join the food processing team, it won't solve this problem. I can help you, but as I said before, if you want to escape all of this, you should stand up and fight against them."
Miao Ying was puzzled: "What am I rebelling against? Joining the non-staple food team is already a form of rebellion."
Wang Yuqing said, "The non-staple food team doesn't belong to me alone; it belongs to the collective, and everyone's interests are involved."
Miao Ying looked at Wang Yuqing and said, "But it's up to you. You can let whoever you want in come in, you can pay everyone whatever salary you want, and you can take whatever salary you want."
"It all depends on your mood, on your word."
"I heard that the old Party Secretary said that you can manage whatever you want here."
"Yuqing, please have pity on me, help me, you've saved my life..."
Wang Yuqing: "..."
Her face turned cold: "I don't want to help you."
Miao Ying panicked and quickly grabbed Grandma Ji's leg: "Grandma, you said you would help me persuade her."
Grandma Ji felt sorry for Miao Ying, so she pulled Wang Yuqing aside and tried to persuade her for a long time. Wang Yuqing whispered, "Grandma, didn't you hear what she said? I feel like she has bad intentions..."
Grandma Ji said, "She's just a pitiful person, forced into this situation by her in-laws."
Wang Yuqing still refused.
She helped Grandma Ji into the house: "Grandma, let's live our own lives. There are too many pitiful people in this world. We can't possibly take care of them all, can we?"
Upon hearing this, Miao Ying suddenly knelt on the ground and began to kowtow frantically, as if her life depended on it.
He banged his head so hard it bled.
Ji Meimei was terrified and started crying.
Ji Daming and Ji Xiaoming both exclaimed in surprise.
Grandma Ji couldn't bear it any longer and pleaded with Wang Yuqing, "Yuqing, please help her. She's so pitiful. My heart aches for her. If I don't help her, I can't eat or sleep well."
Seeing Grandma Ji like this, Wang Yuqing looked at Miao Ying, who was still kowtowing, and nodded: "Okay, I promise, Miao Ying, stop kowtowing."
Miao Ying raised her head, blood streaming down her face, and smiled, "Thank you, thank you Grandma Ji, thank you Captain."
Miao Ying thus joined the non-staple food team. She was indeed a very good worker, hardworking and conscientious, never complaining. She was always the first to arrive at the non-staple food team and the last to leave.
She took on almost all of everyone's work, and she was meticulous in her work. She was also quiet and reserved, and would just bury herself in her work.
At first, people had some complaints, but after seeing her like this, they accepted her.
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