Chapter 5

“A-choo!”

Shen Jiao was halfway there when she suddenly sneezed loudly.

“Who is this bastard scolding me?” Chen Jiao rubbed her nose and muttered, then continued walking towards the dam.

Dajiang Village is located in a hilly area, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a river runs through the village.

In addition to the terraced fields at the foot of the mountain that were reclaimed by the villagers, the fertile fields in the valley are collectively called dams.

This period was when the corn had just been harvested and the sweet potato vines were being turned over and fertilized. The work assigned to the female comrades and educated youth was generally the lighter task of turning over the sweet potato vines.

The strong laborers were assigned to fetch water and manure to irrigate the fields.

Chen Jiao had just arrived at the dam, and before she saw Wu Guilan and the two little kids, she saw Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang who were slacking off at work.

The two of them were huddled together, not knowing what they were doing.

Seeing Chen Jiao coming, Zhang Fangfang poked Chen Haoyu.

The others followed suit.

“Chen Zhiqing, you are still charming.

Yes, the person who helps you with the work is here again. ”

“Hey, Chen Zhiqing is holding something in his hand. He must be bringing delicious food to you, Chen Zhiqing.”

“When I got off work at noon, I passed by the Lu family and smelled the fragrance coming from the yard. It was so fragrant!

Chen Zhiqing, you are the only one among so many of us who has this blessing. ”

…

Chen Haoyu was very pleased to hear the envious voices all around him.

Seeing Chen Jiao approaching, he immediately stood facing the wind and smoothed his hair, but his face showed an angry and serious look.

Humph, he had his eyes on that watch, but Chen Jiao hadn’t bought it for him yet.

He couldn’t talk to Chen Jiao too straightforwardly later. He had to teach her a lesson and make her feel a sense of crisis.

Chen Haoyu posed in the wind for a long time, but saw Chen Jiao walking out not far from him with a basket on her shoulder.

“Hey, why did Shen Zhiqing just leave?”

“Isn’t the delicious food she mentioned meant for Chen Zhiqing?”

As soon as this guess came out, someone immediately called out to Chen Haoyu and teased, “Chen Zhiqing, has your charm decreased recently?

If Shen Zhiqing has something delicious, he won’t send it to you! ”

Chen Haoyu’s stomach growled twice.

At noon, he heard Zhang Fangfang say that Chen Jiao was making delicious food to please him, so he did not eat from the big pot with the other educated youth. He saved his stomach for Chen Jiao to bring her chicken!

Who knew that when I went to work in the afternoon, Chen Jiao hadn’t been delivered yet.

He was just thinking that since Chen Jiao brought it to him so late, he had to give her a warning.

But now, he decided that as long as Shen Jiao honestly brought the delicious food to him, he would forgive her.

“Shen Jiao!”

Chen Haoyu called Chen Jiao very honestly.

Shen Jiao paused.

Chen Haoyu sneered in his heart.

Haha, the ugly guy wanted to challenge him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he stood still obediently.

Chen Jiao was thinking about the two children, and originally wanted to send the mung bean soup to the two children to cool down before coming to settle the score with Chen Haoyu.

Since Chen Haoyu is so ignorant as to get close to her, don’t blame her for being rude!

When Chen Haoyu saw Chen Jiao stop, she did not immediately run over to please him as usual.

I suddenly felt annoyed.

The bitch Shen Jiao is still throwing a tantrum!

Doesn’t he know that this will embarrass him in front of other educated youth?

He walked towards Chen Jiao with a sullen face and said directly: “Okay, Chen Jiao, I know you didn’t do my job well, and you feel guilty and dare not face me.

I’ll accept these foods and won’t argue with you.

Please hurry up and do that, as long as you get it done before I go to the commune meeting. ”

Chen Haoyu was really hungry, so he tried to snatch the basket from Chen Jiao’s hand.

“Bang!”

Shen Jiao’s eyes flashed, and she raised her hand and slapped the scumbag hard on the face.

After she finished slapping him, she quickly hugged the basket tightly in her arms and shouted in panic, “Chen Zhiqing, what do you want to do?

Are you going to rob me in public? ”

Shen Jiao’s panicked voice was sharp and thin, with great penetrating power.

Not only the educated youth who were nearby heard it, but even the members who were turning over sweet potato vines a little further away heard it.

When they saw something exciting going on, everyone put down their work and gathered around.

When Chen Haoyu saw this situation, he panicked.

Not even caring about the pain on her face, she gritted her teeth and rebuked Shen Jiao in a low voice: “Shen Jiao, what are you doing?”

Chen Jiao saw that the cooking was almost done.

He sat down on the ground like a loser and started to cry loudly, “Wow, wow, wow… Chen Zhiqing, my family has no money and no food!

No matter how much you force me, I can’t afford to buy you a watch! ”

“Shen Zhiqing, what’s going on?”

The villagers who gathered around asked curiously with gossip gleaming in their eyes.

There were not many entertainment activities in this era. The biggest entertainment in the countryside was the gossip about other people that was passed on by word of mouth.

As a married woman, Chen Jiao has been at the center of the gossip organization in Dajiang Village for a long time due to her unclear relationship with Chen Haoyu.

It’s just that Chen Jiao is arrogant. Usually, apart from talking to the people at the educated youth site, she doesn’t bother talking to these country people.

Therefore, it was the first time for them to eat the freshest melon from Chen Jiao’s mouth, so they were naturally very enthusiastic.

Chen Jiao aimed at Huang Xiuhua, the women’s director in the crowd, and stood up with her fat body rolled.

She grabbed Huang Xiuhua and cried, “Director Huang, you have to make the decision for me!

I once recalled the affection between Chen Zhiqing, Zhang Zhiqing and I as we grew up in the same compound and went to Dajiang Village together.

I couldn’t bear to see them starving and freezing, so I lent them money and food.

Who would have thought that not only were they ungrateful, they also threatened me every time not to pay me back the money and food. ”

“I was also timid, afraid that I would not be able to get back the money and grain I had lent them before, so I gritted my teeth and lent them money every time.

But…but…wuwuwu…”

Chen Jiao became sadder and sadder as she spoke, and she cried more sincerely.

Everyone was enjoying the melons.

Seeing that Chen Jiao was just crying and didn’t say anything else, he couldn’t help feeling anxious.

“Shen Zhiqing, what? Tell me now!

Only if you tell us, Director Huang can make the decision for you! ”

Chen Jiao cried loudly and said, “But I really have no money and no food now, and Chen Zhiqing has taken a fancy to a watch and wants to borrow it from me.

I said I had no money, but he and Zhang Zhiqing actually wanted me to… to sell my child, wuwuwu…”

Chen Jiao cried heartbrokenly, “My two children were born after ten months of pregnancy. They are the apple of my eye!

But Chen Zhiqing wants me to sell them to buy him a watch. This is going to kill me, wuwuwu…”

Most of the members present were married women with children of their own.

Of course, I understand better than anyone what a child means to a mother.

He immediately felt sympathy for Shen Jiao and hated Chen Haoyu.

“How immoral! How lacking in virtue! Forcing people to borrow money and food, and when they have no money left, you force them to sell their children.

The bandits in the old society were not so immoral! ”

“Bah! They are called educated youth and intellectuals! They are just stinking ninth category and stinking cancer!”

…

The aunts and sisters-in-law began to denounce Chen Haoyu.

Chen Haoyu’s face turned pale and blue. Although he was usually quite eloquent, he was instantly reduced to ashes by the absolute fighting power of this group of aunts and sisters-in-law.

After a long while, he finally managed to utter, “Chen Jiao, don’t spit blood on me!

Those money and food were clearly given to me by you in order to please me!

I never asked you to sell the child. It was you who took the initiative to say that you wanted to sell the child and buy me a new watch! ”

As soon as Chen Haoyu said this, everyone’s suspicious eyes returned to Chen Jiao.

After all, it was well known that Chen Jiao shamelessly followed Chen Zhiqing around like a lapdog all day long.

Before today, they all thought that it was Shen Jiao who took the initiative to give the money and food to Chen Haoyu. As for selling the child to buy a watch for Chen Zhiqing, according to their understanding of Shen Jiao, it was something that Shen Jiao could do!