Chapter 34 I will teach you a lesson

Chang Suisui almost laughed at Li Chunhua’s little stunt. She had to admit, Li Chunhua’s emotional intelligence was seriously lacking, but… she was really useful! Those loud slaps sounded satisfying just by hearing them. Meanwhile, Chang Meili was sitting on the ground, completely stunned from being beaten. She looked at Li Chunhua in disbelief, then at Chang Suisui, her face twisted for a moment, about to lose it, when she noticed a crowd gathering behind her. Immediately, she lowered her head and started crying pitifully, “Cousin, I just didn’t get here in time to help you make breakfast, and you had Chunhua hit me, boo hoo hoo…”

Li Chunhua instantly lost her temper, “Chang Meili, you’re twisting the truth again! Chang Suisui—”

Before Li Chunhua could finish, Chang Suisui raised her hand to gently tap her shoulder, signaling that there was no need to explain.

Chang Meili became more emboldened, “Cousin, I know you’re upset because Brother Zhao broke off the engagement with you, but we’ll still live in the same village, seeing each other all the time…”

She wiped her tears with a pitiful look, acting like she was the one suffering.

Chang Suisui glanced at her and sneered, “Looks like you’ve been digging manure these past two days and got shit in your brain! Was Zhao breaking off the engagement? He got dumped!”

“Cousin, how can you be so vulgar?!” Chang Meili’s face fell as she heard Suisui say “manure” and “shit” one after the other. If it weren’t for Suisui, would she even have to do the manure work?! How dare she say that!

Chang Suisui snorted and grabbed a firewood stick, standing up. “Vulgar? I can be even more vulgar! Looks like living in the cowshed these days hasn’t taught you a lesson, so I guess I’ll have to teach you one myself!”

Chang Meili was scared out of her wits and immediately jumped up, screaming, “Chang Suisui! I warn you! If you lay a hand on me again, I’ll tell the village chief!”

Chang Suisui rolled up her sleeves, “Then go ahead and tell him after you get your beating!”

Just as she took a step forward, Li Chunhua suddenly flared up like a protective mother hen, “Chang Suisui, stop, I’ll do it, I’ll do it!”

Before Suisui could even make a move, Li Chunhua had already dragged Chang Meili around the yard, slapping her rhythmically.

Hearing Chang Meili’s pig-like screams, Chang Suisui was speechless: “…”

Chang Meili had expected that after all her crying, someone from the youth brigade would defend her. But she cried and cried, and nobody came to her aid. Some of the female youth even made snide remarks nearby.

“I’m telling you, little Chang Suisui, don’t invite Chang Suisui over at mealtime next time, or you’ll delay her cooking. We haven’t eaten breakfast yet!”

“Yeah, she’s busy cooking, no time to hit you. If you want to get hit, wait until she’s done eating.”

“If it’s really that bad, cry to Brother Zhao for a while. If that doesn’t work, cry to Brother Jianguo. Maybe…”

“I heard from Xiazi’s mom that the village chief’s family might be switching brides, and Jianguo even agreed…”

“Agreed? Then the village chief’s daughter-in-law must be…”

“Tsk tsk… If I were the village chief, I wouldn’t want such a fickle daughter-in-law either!”

Listening to the mocking voices around her, Chang Meili broke down completely. She covered her hair, messed up by Li Chunhua’s grabbing, and stormed out of the youth brigade dormitory.

Chang Suisui looked at the retreating Chang Meili and twitched the corner of her mouth. She really couldn’t understand why Chang Meili was so incompetent yet so good at stirring up trouble.

Chang Suisui glanced at the almost finished breakfast, about to be served, when she noticed Li Chunhua staring at her with sparkling eyes.

Chang Suisui: “…”

She forced a stiff smile and silently gave Li Chunhua a thumbs-up, “Well done.”

Li Chunhua puffed out her chest proudly like a victorious rooster, “Chang Suisui, anytime you need anything, just say the word! Our revolutionary friendship runs deep like the sea!”

Chang Suisui: “…”

Thanks, but she didn’t need a pig-headed teammate.

Though reluctant to develop a deep revolutionary friendship with Li Chunhua, Chang Suisui had to admit she was really handy and efficient. Especially after being treated like a lifesaver by Li Chunhua, who now wanted to do all the chores herself.

After breakfast was ready, Li Chunhua helped carry almost everything to the table.

Everyone looked at the vegetable dumplings, cold shredded potatoes, and wild vegetable soup on the table with obvious surprise.

After all, Chang Suisui had just arrived at the youth brigade recently. Most of what they’d heard about her was that she was useless and lazy. Now seeing her almost single-handedly prepare breakfast for so many people, they couldn’t help but be curious.

One youth took a bite of the vegetable dumpling and immediately brightened up, “Chang Suisui, your vegetable dumplings are really delicious!”

Others followed suit, trying the cold shredded potatoes.

“Oh my, this shredded potato salad is so good! Sour, spicy, really whets the appetite!”

“This wild vegetable soup tastes better than what we’ve had before—smooth and tender. Chang Suisui, did you add flour to it?”

“Did you put white flour in the vegetable dumplings too?”

They usually ate coarse grains, and everyone saved the fine flour for themselves, cooking it separately.

Chang Suisui smiled lightly, “No, the dumplings have bean flour, which tastes better than other coarse grains. As for the wild vegetable soup, I used the water from washing the potatoes, which contains starch, making it smoother.”

“You really know a lot, Chang Suisui!”

“Yeah, your cooking is amazing!”

“Next time you cook, can I learn how to make the shredded potatoes?”

Chang Suisui agreed one by one, “No problem. I know other cooking tricks too, I’ll teach you.”

She planned to keep eating at the youth brigade and improve everyone’s cooking skills, so she wouldn’t have to “suffer” anymore.

“Thank you, Chang Suisui!”

“You’re welcome~”

Compared to the warm atmosphere in the youth brigade, Chang Meili who had run away was full of resentment.

She had originally wanted to upset Chang Suisui but ended up with everyone siding with her!

What made her even angrier was that Xie Jianguo agreed to switch brides?!

If he was going to marry Chang Suisui, then what was she supposed to do?

She had to go ask Xie Jianguo for an explanation!