Chapter 50

Seeing that Shen Hongying was still hesitating, Song Shishi spoke again, “Life is only once. Are you willing to gamble?”

Shen Hongying stared at her, silent for a long time. It wasn’t until there was a sound from outside the courtyard that she hurriedly said, “I agree to this. I hope you don’t break your promise.”

“Of course!” Song Shishi smiled in response.

Hearing the noise outside, Shen Hongying’s face changed. She got up and said, “They must be back. You should go now.”

Song Shishi didn’t want to have anything to do with Chen Shanhe either. She nodded, got up, and followed Shen Hongying out.

As they walked out of the courtyard, they passed Chen Shanhe.

Chen Shanhe’s eyes lingered lasciviously on Song Shishi.

Shen Hongying stood aside, her eyes filled with disgust when she looked at Chen Shanhe.

If it hadn’t been for the commotion caused by the previous incident, she would have been trapped here with no way out, and she wouldn’t have chosen to marry Chen Shanhe.

Suppressing the nausea rising in her heart, Shen Hongying said coldly, “Let’s eat.”

Chen Shanhe retracted his gaze and quickly caught up with Shen Hongying, “Was that Song Zhiqing just now? Why did she come to our house?”

“She asked me to borrow something, and I didn’t lend it to her.” After that, Shen Hongying reached out and grabbed Chen Shanhe’s ear, “You wouldn’t dare to have any other thoughts about Song Zhiqing, would you?”

Chen Shanhe had been scared by Shen Hongying for a while now, and he dared not admit his thoughts. He quickly denied it, “No, I was just asking casually. I didn’t mean anything else. You misunderstood, you misunderstood.”

Shen Hongying snorted coldly and let go of Chen Shanhe.

Actually, she knew in her heart that she couldn’t control this man she was about to marry.

She just hoped that she could live a better life and fill the void in her heart.

A few days later, Shen Hongying was in the threshing ground, rubbing corn kernels with others.

She glanced at Jiang Cuihua not far away, then chatted with the aunt next to her.

“Auntie, I heard that some people do the same work as us but get almost the same work points as the men. I don’t know if that’s true.”

The aunt was shocked and exclaimed, “What?” Realizing that her voice was too loud, she lowered her voice and asked, “Who did you hear it from?”

“I know about this.” Hearing their conversation, an aunt wearing a black shirt next to them came over and said, “Last time, my son, Da Jun, went to get farming tools, and he saw that Jiang Zhiqing only handed in a little bit of pigweed, but…”

At this point, the aunt glanced at Zhou Xingxue, who was patrolling, and then lowered her voice even more, continuing, “But that Zhou family girl gave her ten work points.”

“What?”

The aunts and several older educated youths who were gathered around rubbing corn kernels all heard this.

Widow Wang had a hot temper. She threw the corn in her hand to the ground, stood up, and muttered, “I’m a widow raising two children. For a bite to eat, even my five-year-old second son is cutting pigweed to earn work points.

I work hard all day, and I can only earn eight work points at most. Why can she earn so much just by cutting pigweed?”

After that, Widow Wang turned and went towards Zhou Xingxue, who was walking towards them.

It was a coincidence that Zhou Xingxue was registering work points for Jiang Cuihua.

The pigweed wasn’t even half full of the basket.

But Zhou Xingxue just glanced at it casually and wrote a 10 in the notebook.

Widow Wang saw everything.

Anger burned like a flame, getting hotter and hotter.

With a “slap”, the threshing ground instantly fell silent.

Zhou Xingxue covered her swollen cheek and stared at Widow Wang in disbelief.

“Wang Xiulan, what are you going crazy about?”

Her face, which she had just nursed back to health, was swollen again.

“I’m going crazy? I’ll let you know what going crazy is today.”

Widow Wang went up and grabbed Zhou Xingxue’s hair, forcing her to lean back.

Then Widow Wang took a few quick steps, and Zhou Xingxue fell backwards onto the ground.

“Ah…”

The muffled sound of the fall made everyone present tremble.

Widow Wang wasn’t stupid either. While Zhou Xingxue and the others were still stunned, she went straight up and started pinching Zhou Xingxue.

She knew best where on a woman’s body hurt the most, but it was inconvenient to show the injuries.

Zhou Xingxue screamed, but no matter how she struggled, she couldn’t escape from Widow Wang’s grasp.

At this time, someone in the crowd shouted to Widow Wang, “Widow Wang, stop it! The captain is coming. If you have anything to say, tell the captain.”

Widow Wang paused, looked up.

She saw Zhou Jianguo pushing through the crowd towards them.

A flash of calculation crossed her eyes. She immediately let go of Zhou Xingxue, sat down on the ground, and started to wail.

“Oh, this life is unbearable.”

“Some people take advantage of their status and completely disregard those of us who work hard. They’re always abusing their power. How can we live like this?”

Widow Wang was also a formidable person. It was unknown whether she was sincere or acting, but her tears came instantly.

“What’s going on?” Zhou Jianguo walked to Zhou Xingxue’s side, helped her up, and asked Widow Wang with a frown.

“Captain Zhou, you really raised a good daughter. She takes advantage of her status, abuses her power, and is unfair in her accounting. We work hard all year round, and we rely on these work points to make a living.”

Widow Wang spoke directly, not giving Zhou Jianguo a chance to react. She continued, “We work hard all day and can only earn eight work points at most. My second son cuts pigweed all day, and the pile of pigweed on the ground is higher than anyone else’s, but he only gets three work points. Why does Jiang Zhiqing only cut less than half a basket of pigweed, and Zhou Xingxue gives her ten work points?”

A flash of panic crossed Zhou Xingxue’s eyes. She gritted her teeth and argued, “Wang Xiulan, stop slandering people. I’ve recorded the work points according to the rules. When have I ever abused my power?”

“I saw it with my own eyes. Are you saying I’m wrong?” Widow Wang wiped her tears and roared fiercely.

“What evidence do you have?”

Zhou Xingxue stiffened her neck and refused to admit it easily.