Ugly girl only wants to farm

Meng Jiuhe knew she was right, but he was still worried. The scene he saw last night was still vivid in his mind. He wondered how his little sister was doing. She was young and frail, and she must be covered in injuries. The silly girl was in pain but didn't even utter a sound.

Xu Chaoyan pointed to the bamboo strips in the yard: "Husband, why don't you stay home today and figure out how to weave a fence? Remember to take good care of my chickens and rabbits. If you're really bored, you can also gather some grass around the house."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade them any further, Meng Jiuhe stopped talking and escorted them to the corner of the road.

After the two left, he carefully followed them, keeping a distance from them, afraid of being discovered.

Since I can't get anything out of my younger sister, I'll go and see for myself.

Xu Chaoyan and the others arrived at the same place as yesterday. When the woman with the fierce face saw her, she spat at them a few times and told the other women to ignore them.

Xu Chaoyan looked at the basket and hoe on the ground and then realized that the woman had been looking so arrogant so early in the morning, and that she was waiting for them here.

"I'll exhaust you two little bitches." After saying that, he spat at the two of them a few more times.

Xu Chaoyan dodged aside, and a wad of phlegm landed on a woman's face. The two women were stunned for a moment before they came to their senses.

"Wang Guihua, you're doing this on purpose today, aren't you? You're just trying to provoke me, aren't you?"

The woman's face changed, she raised her sleeve to wipe the saliva off her face, spat a few times, rolled up her sleeves and started cursing: "Fat woman, I'm not done with you today."

Xu Chaoyan looked on with amusement, and as the woman ran past her, she stretched out one foot.

A scream rang out, and the woman fell face-first to the ground, lying there like a fat pig, unable to get up even after several attempts.

"Hahaha."

Xu Chaoyan couldn't help but laugh out loud. The woman next to her initially only dared to cover her mouth and chuckle. Wang Guihua was usually the most arrogant and domineering. She relied on having more laborers in her family and bullied them a lot. Today, seeing her suffer a setback, everyone wanted to clap and cheer, but they only dared to laugh secretly.

The woman groaned and scrambled to her feet, spitting out a mouthful of dust. She glanced back and said, "That bitch tripped me. She'd better step forward herself, or she'll regret it. This family is related to me. I'll make sure she has no work to do."

She glanced at Xu Chaoyan and the others, and saw them standing with several women, chatting and laughing, completely ignoring what she had said. Her anger flared even more, and she pointed at the women and shouted, "Was it you, you little hussy?"

The group quickly shook their heads; they hadn't noticed the commotion from this side.

The woman was unwilling to accept her fall and suffer in silence. She strode up to Xu Chaoyan, her face fierce, and pointed at her nose, yelling, "It must have been you who tripped me! I won't let you get away with this today!"

"What are you all standing here for? Don't you want to do the work today? Guihua, you're the one who started this trouble."

Wang Guihua's face changed, and two drops of urine squeezed out from her wrinkled face: "Nephew, look at these two sly and sneaky people. I caught them, and they even turned around and bit me, making me fall down. Ouch, my old back!"

The host looked at this person and that person, and everyone remained silent. Xu Chaoyan also knew that this was how the world was now. Everyone was trying to protect themselves. If they wanted to keep their jobs, they should say less and go along with Wang Guihua's words. They were all having a hard time.

The two worked diligently yesterday, which the employer noticed. He waved his hand impatiently and told them to stay: "If you want to continue working, stay here. Don't waste time dawdling around."

Everyone quickly grabbed their tools and started working. These days, a job isn't easy to come by, so no one just stood there watching the excitement and immediately got busy.

Xu Chaoyan warned her sister-in-law to stay away from the fat woman and to be careful of the person under her feet, who seemed to be very vengeful. If the woman did something bad, her sister-in-law wouldn't be able to handle it.

As expected, Xu Chaoyan was right. The fat woman was intentionally or unintentionally ostracizing her and trying to make her look bad, but she avoided it all. She was so angry that she stomped her feet and cursed, and then turned to Meng Jiuxia, deliberately looking for an opportunity to make things difficult for her.

Meng Jiuhe stood outside listening to the cursing coming from inside. He originally wanted to go in and take a closer look, but after taking a few steps closer, he saw that everyone had already dispersed, so he gave up the idea of ​​going in. He wanted to see what they were doing and why their shoulders were like that.

He was filled with mixed feelings. Watching his wife and sister being bullied, he couldn't help them at all. He dug marks into the wall with his fingers, and dirt filled his fingers, which flew down the corner of the wall.

He really wanted to rush over, pull them away, and just let it go, but he resisted the urge. They certainly didn't want to see this.

He walked along the road in a daze, ignoring the people who bumped into him. One person even turned around and looked at him several times, muttering that this man must be crazy.

After returning to the courtyard, Meng Jiuhe sat there without saying a word. Looking at the tidy courtyard, he felt a mix of emotions and indescribable sadness. The scene from just now was still playing in his mind.

He felt a pang of self-reproach for his inability to provide a better life for his family, forcing the two women to do manual labor. He beat himself in frustration, trying to numb himself with pain.

Zhang Xuyang happened to be carrying some tofu over when he saw Meng standing there in a daze. He was a little curious and said, "Brother Meng, what brings you to the courtyard today? Why don't we discuss an article together? There are some parts I don't understand, and you're a bit smarter than me."

After saying that, she placed a large bowl of tofu on the table next to her: "My mother asked me to bring this over. Please don't mind it; you can stew it."

Zhang Xuyang looked embarrassed and said he didn't want to bring the broken tofu over, but his mother insisted that it could be used to make porridge and that there was no need to waste it.

Seeing that Meng Jiuhe remained silent, he assumed that Meng Jiuhe was being disliked and felt extremely regretful. He regretted not listening to his mother; it was so embarrassing.

He scratched his head: "I'm sorry about that! Maybe we should just forget about it!"

Meng Jiuhe suddenly spoke up: "Brother Zhang, is there any work to do right now? I'm idle all day and don't want to waste my time like this. Thank you for the tofu; it's delicious with porridge, we really like it."

He walked over, took the tofu, and planned to take it back first, as there was too much dust outside.

Zhang Xuyang was stunned. He had always thought that the man despised this kind of thing, but now he was puzzled. Why would he want to find work? Besides, he probably couldn't find any in town now, and he wasn't feeling well either.

He looked Meng Jiu up and down, seemingly casually, thinking that with such a thin body, he probably couldn't do anything.

After Meng Jiuhe came out, he asked again, "You are more familiar with this place than I am. I am a bit unfamiliar with it. Can you help me this once?"

He spoke the last sentence a little softly, knowing he was making things difficult for someone.

Zhang Xuyang finally realized what was happening and said, "Well, don't rush things. Let's get fully recovered first."

Meng Jiuhe sighed softly, "There's nothing wrong with my health. I just wanted to help out at home. I don't have much to do all day, and I don't want to be a freeloader like this. If this continues, I'll get moldy. I hope you'll forgive me."

Zhang Xuyang was surprised that Meng Jiuhe, who had never said these things to him before, was talking to him a lot today, unlike before, which surprised him.

He quickly offered some words of advice: "Take care of your health first. The town is under reconstruction and things are unstable everywhere. There's not much work suitable for you. The bookstore collapsed a lot last time, and I heard that many of the books inside got wet in the rain. I'll ask you about it next time I go. We can work together anyway, since I'm just a lazy bum at home."

After saying that, he chuckled a few times.

Meng Jiu and the other man took out a few books and discussed them somewhat absentmindedly. Zhang Xuyang could clearly sense his state and would glance at him from time to time.

Meng Jiuhe originally intended to use the discussion of schoolwork to distract herself from thinking too much, but instead, her mind became increasingly uneasy.

Around noon, he cooked some tofu and vegetable porridge, intending to deliver it to the two of them later.

Xu Chaoyan spent most of the morning avoiding that fat woman, making it impossible for her to find an opportunity. She didn't want to cause trouble, and she still wanted to earn some money because her family would soon be struggling to make ends meet.