Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Before the heavy snow fell, the villagers had to be organized to go to the town to pay their grain taxes.

Early in the morning of that day, the loudspeakers began to play songs. The team leaders gathered most of the strong laborers and carried the grain stored in the granary out bag by bag. Some used ox carts, some used donkey carts. When there was no more space, they picked up their own shoulder poles, put the grain in baskets and carried them out.

The large group left the village in a mighty manner, and for a moment, only a few women were left in the village, gathering together and gossiping.

Jiang Yu wandered around the village quietly. The families she targeted all had people staying behind. Uncle Six never left the yard and always stayed in the house smoking opium.

Judging from the situation, it is definitely impossible for him to die of natural causes. The most likely cause is lung cancer.

Tsk, it seems that we can only wait until night when everyone is asleep. Jiang Yu sighed, she turned around the messy path, came down the mountain with firewood, and pretended to be just back.

Suddenly, a figure on a bicycle whizzed past him.

Jiang Yu watched Xiong Lijin rush towards the educated youth point as if he was running for his life, got off the car, picked up his bicycle, and disappeared.

Sure enough, not long after, a female educated youth slowly came from the village entrance.

Although it is just the beginning of winter and the temperature has not yet dropped to the terrifying level of minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius, this female educated youth is wearing a thin cotton jacket and insists on showing off her superior figure as if she doesn't feel cold.

"Hey, you who's there, have you seen Brother Li Jin?" Yang Xiaoling saw Jiang Yu in front of her and hurriedly called her, fearing that Xiong Li Jin had not entered the village and turned a corner and ran away to who knows where.

Jiang Yu didn't even look back, and quickened his pace to go back to the educated youth point.

Yang Xiaoling looked at her in disbelief as she walked away, stomping her feet and following her. What's wrong with this person? How rude! She thought unhappily.

Jiang Yu brought the firewood into the educated youth's site, then plugged the plug at the gate and went straight back to the backyard.

Xiong Lijin poked his head over and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was Jiang Yu. "This is really annoying. Why is this woman clinging to me like a follower?"

Jiang Yu put down the firewood and asked him, "Do you want me to help you beat her up? If she feels the pain, she will be scared and naturally won't dare to provoke you."

"Isn't this...not good?" Xiong Lijin hesitated, mainly because he was taught since childhood that women should not be hit. Women are inherently weaker than men, so he just needs to reason with them. Hitting people at every turn is a bit too much.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Yu felt a little disgusted, "With your dithering look, no wonder she hasn't given up yet."

Xiong Lijin sighed, "I'm really scared. It's no use hiding for such a long time..."

Xue Li rubbed his eyes and came out of the room, "What are you talking about?"

Jiang Yu was too lazy to say anything and just looked at Xiong Lijin.

Xiong Lijin had no choice but to answer her, "That Yang Xiaoling came to see me again. I've been hiding for half a month, but I can't get rid of her..."

"When you came back, you carried so many bags as if you were moving house. Everyone in the village saw it. She must have heard about it too. She came to me because you were rich. Now that she has a more intuitive understanding of how wealthy you are, how could she give up?" Xue Li understood this kind of person better. After all, she had met many weird men in her previous life. Naive men were afraid to fall in love because they were afraid of being cheated. After all, she knew very well that she was not smart.

Xiong Lijin let out a wail and squatted on the ground. This wail attracted several people who were left at the educated youth site.

Fu Biao stretched lazily and went out, "What are you doing? Screaming like a ghost."

"My life is miserable, and my heart is miserable!" Xiong Lijin wanted to cry but had no tears. What else could he do? Should he really beat Yang Xiaoling up? That would be too unmanly!

Jiang Yu took out a hatchet and chopped the firewood into uniform lengths one by one. His movements were quick, fierce and accurate, as if he was performing a mechanical operation.

Xue Li squatted aside, his mind not fully clear yet, "Generally speaking, to deal with this kind of person you can only use despicable means. He will be afraid and retreat if you are more brutal and cruel than him. Otherwise, the more you hide from him, the more excited he will be, and he may even use the voice of public opinion to put pressure on you." These are all personal experiences, and it brings tears to my eyes when I talk about them.

"Public opinion?" Chen Jinghan didn't understand. It was just a small matter, how could it involve public opinion?

"People are gossipy and usually believe everything they hear. If Yang Xiaoling were to resort to some tricks, coupled with the villagers' gossip..." Xue Li thought for a moment and gave an example, "Didn't Grandma Yang and the others say that there was a nurse in Linshan Commune over the mountain who had an affair with a soldier? The soldier originally had a fiancé, but now he had to marry the nurse due to social pressure and moral condemnation."

Xiong Lijin shuddered, "No way, are you going to play so hard?"

"Is it cruel? Isn't it worth it to be cruel once in order to gain a brighter future?" Yuan Jiaojiao had been listening for a while and also came out to join the topic. Luo Xinci nodded in empathy and did not forget to glare at the closed door of the next room.

Xiong Lijin didn't expect that they were there too. His face turned red with shame and he huddled on the ground, worried.

Jiang Yu put the firewood away, took out the box of snacks, and ate while watching the show.

There was only one honey sandwich left, and she didn’t know if there were any for sale in town. She wanted to buy some and eat them slowly.

Seeing this, Xue Li went into the house, drank a glass of water, and came out with a box of snacks.

Yuan Jiaojiao and Luo Xinci also had milk biscuits as snacks.

Xiong Lijin looked at the group of women with hurt feelings. What kind of plastic relationship is this? Yuan Jiaojiao and Luo Xinci are fine, but Jiang Yu and Xue Li actually took the lead in eating his melons. They are so heartless!

Chen Jinghan patted his brother on the shoulder and said, "I think you should relax your moral bottom line a little bit. After all, people don't talk about morality, so why do you still stick to your bottom line? You will only make people feel that you are easy to bully." Will you do business like this in the future? There will be more and more unreasonable people in the business world, and it will be more difficult.

Fu Biao waved his fist and said, "It's not that I can't hit a woman. Tell me, do you want me to help you?"

Wu Aiqing was also eager to try it. "I have medicine for constipation here. It can be ground into powder and used."

Xue Li looked at Wu Aiqing with burning eyes. I didn't expect that you are such a person, Wu Aiqing?

Luo Xinci was somewhat tempted by this medicine. That damn Li Fenfang hadn't come out yet, and her brother hadn't made any movement either. Maybe the two of them had gone out together again! When would my mother's reply come? Otherwise, all the medicine would be wasted, and they would just stay indoors for the winter!

Just when Xiong Lijin was in great distress, someone knocked on the door of the educated youth camp. After a while, "Brother Lijin, Brother Lijin, are you back? Are you there? I'm Xiaoling, please open the door~"

The ghost-like call made Xiong Lijin tremble all over, then he clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, and stretched out his hand to Wu Aiqing, "That medicine, let me try."

Wu Aiqing smiled brightly, "Just wait, I'll use the medicine grinder to grind the powder for you, it'll be quick!"

Xue Li raised his hand and whispered, "I'll sprinkle it, I'll sprinkle it! I promise to sprinkle it all over my head and face, and not waste any of your medicine!"