Chapter 31 : Fighting

Jiang Li ate it with gusto, the love of the older generation was still sweet.

She pedaled the bicycle so hard that Qin Xiaoting, who was behind her, jumped into the air several times. When she got off the bike, she felt like she was motion-sick.

Qin Xiaoting covered her chest and said , “Lizi, how can you be so strong when you are so thin?”

Jiang Li smiled bitterly. The only golden finger she gained from traveling through time might be increased strength.

The two went to a grocery store to buy pork and ran into an acquaintance.

Zhuang Guoliang’s face was livid, and behind him followed a middle-aged woman carrying a basket. She had high cheekbones, triangular eyes, and several deep wrinkles between her eyebrows. She looked like someone not to be trifled with.

“Is there any pork left?”

The pork salesman was bored and listlessly swatted flies with a fly swatter.

“The pork belly and fat are all sold out, but we still have the big bones and lean meat, pig tails, pig trotters, and pig offal.”

“Do you want it? No, don’t pick it.”

Zhao Xiangyu smiled at the salesperson in a flattering manner, “Yes, can you make it cheaper?”

“It’s all this price. If you don’t buy it, there are plenty of people who want it.”

“Cut two pounds of lean meat,” she stared at the fair scale, “put a higher number on this scale.”

“I’ve already bought two kilograms, can you give me this pig tail as a gift?”

Without waiting for the salesperson to reply, Zhao Xiangyu grabbed the larger pig’s tail on the chopping board and threw it into the basket.

“What’s wrong with you? This is public property. You are stealing. You are fleecing the public, don’t you know that?”

Zhao Xiangyu was shocked. “Comrade, look at what you said, it’s not that serious. I’ll just put it back.”

She took out the pig’s tail and reluctantly touched all the meat on the chopping board, leaving her hands covered with pork.

“When you get home, get a basin of water and wash the lard in it. Then pour it in when cooking, and the vegetables will be covered with some oil.”

“Son, take these two pounds of meat to the Jiang family in Dashuping and tell them to bring the person back tomorrow. A shameless prostitute, I don’t think they would dare to ask for a betrothal gift.”

Zhao Xiangyu was very familiar with handling this kind of matter. After all, her son was good-looking, and his previous wife was a gifted match for him.

Not only did she not ask for a penny of betrothal gift, but she also brought in a lot of dowry, and her parents’ home even sent her money checks from time to time.

The current daughter-in-law was much worse. Not only was she a country girl, but I heard she was also uneducated and ugly.

‘I don’t know how much dowry the Jiang family can give. I feel heartbroken when I think about her!’

Originally, Jiang Li was the one his son had his eye on. She was a poor girl whose parents had both passed away, so she had to bring all the money she had to her husband’s family.

She heard that there are several dozen pensions a year, although the money is held by her uncle’s family.

But once a woman gets married, there is no reason for her to leave money at her uncle’s house next door. She has to bring the money back home, and she already figured out how to spend it.

Now everything is gone.

Zhuang Guoliang had money in his hands. He had recently been slaughtering pigs at a pig farm, earning more than 30 yuan a month in hard-earned money, and had saved more than 100 yuan.

But he didn’t want to marry Jiang Hongmei at all, so he just did whatever his mother arranged.

“Got it,” he nodded impatiently, his eyes darting around, and he saw Jiang Li who was behind him.

She was wearing a white floral blouse today and white leather shoes with heels.

Her black hair was tied into a bun at the back of her head, revealing her smooth forehead and straight nose. She was standing on tiptoe to look at the spices behind the counter, like a jasmine bud about to bloom.

The male salesperson who was talking to her was in his thirties, his face was red. The young men who passed by her would not even walk away, but just stare at her.

“Xiaoting, is this the spice you want?”

“Yes, give me some of this star anise, cinnamon, and peppercorns.”

Qin Xiaoting was very generous. Having money in hand gave her confidence.

After buying the spices, the two of them queued up to buy pork and ordered the remaining pig’s trotters, offal, and large bones.

Zhao Xiangyu felt uncomfortable after seeing this. “If you don’t manage the household, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are. What’s the point of buying these things that you don’t eat or drink? You are really extravagant.”

The two groups of people happened to pass by each other. Qin Xiaoting naturally heard what Zhao Xiangyu said. She frowned and muttered to Jiang Li, “Lizi, this woman must be mentally ill. We didn’t spend her money.”

Jiang Li was very calm. This was Zhao Xiangyu’s personality in the original novel. She was extremely stingy and couldn’t stand anyone enjoying themselves. She loved to criticize others the most.

“Some people just love to be whoever they want to be. They can’t even teach their own sons well, and they still have the nerve to teach others.”

The sound was neither loud nor soft, just right for Zhao Xiangyu to hear.

“How dare you talk like that, you loser! I saw that you were young and wanted to give you some advice, but you kept spouting nonsense!”

Zhao Xiangyu became anxious and said that she could do it, but her beloved son could not.

She squeezed over and grabbed Jiang Li’s collar, “You dressed up so seductively! Today, I will teach you how to respect your elders on behalf of your parents.”

Jiang Li pushed Zhao Xiangyu’s hand away and started pulling her hair, causing her entire face to be deformed.

Qin Xiaoting rolled up her sleeves and joined in. She first grabbed Zhao Xiangyu’s moving hands and then took the opportunity to pinch the fat on her chest.

While grabbing her, she cursed, “You are such a disrespectful old woman. You taught your son to have affairs with both men and women and sleep with people before getting married. Your whole family is full of scumbags! Bah!”

“What do you mean by promiscuous? Is it the couple that rolled into bed at Dashuping?”

“Of course he did. Didn’t you just hear him say he was going to the Jiang family to bring the girl back? I guess he was proposing marriage!”

“You have to bring two pounds of meat when you propose marriage?”

“You don’t know, they rolled onto the bed and were seen by the entire team. This girl has been slept with by someone else. This gay man’s mother is very smart. It would be strange if she could give a betrothal gift!”

People didn’t have much entertainment these days. If there was any gossip in a production team, it would spread to several nearby villages by the afternoon. There were even married women who would take leave specifically to go back to their parents’ homes to tell the gossip.

Such a big scandal happened in Dashuping. In the past few days, not only the people in the commune but also the people in the county had heard about it.

Zhuang Guoliang saw that his mother suddenly started fighting with Jiang Li, and wanted to stop them but was embarrassed to do so.

However, he didn’t expect that Jiang Li, her companion who wasn’t very careful with her words, would actually bring up the matter between him and Jiang Hongmei.

He was so angry that he stepped forward and tried to pull a few people apart, but was stopped by another young man in the queue, “Woman are fighting, why are you, a man, intervening?”

“That’s right, are you trying to take advantage of this opportunity to act like a hooligan?”

“Son, come and help me, I’m going to be beaten to death by these two bitches.”

Two people fighting one, Jiang Li’s strength was incredible.

The result was that Zhao Xiangyu was beaten until her hair was disheveled and her body was bruised. She couldn’t even describe the pain.

The battle was a great victory. Jiang Li and Qin Xiaoting tidied up their messy clothes, picked up their things, and left leisurely.