Chapter 98 Finding Trouble Again

He Wanqing’s words, whether from her past life experiences, or from her mother and grandma, all told her that a woman shouldn’t rely on a man who could change his mind at any time. Moreover, there was a real-life example right in front of her. How much Xu Weijun and the Xu family had liked He Cao before, including He Daniu’s family. But after He Cao had no money, Xu Weijun had been so dismissive and disgusted with her, and the Xu family had been so dismissive and hateful of her.

And He Cao’s own parents, openly and honestly replacing her dowry, which one didn’t remind her that a woman had to have something of her own? If she really stayed at home and waited for his monthly allowance to live, she would be useless in no time. She would forget the skills she had been taught by her mother since she was a child, and she would lose her self-worth, daydreaming at home all day. If one day, he disliked her, or in the future, when he went back to his family, his family disliked her for being good-for-nothing, what would she do? Cry? Impossible, He Wanqing had come back for a second time, not to regret and cry in the future.

She could slack off, live a leisurely life, and go to the black market to sell things less often, but when it was time to make money, she couldn’t not make money. Seeing her serious face and expression, Gu Cheng’an’s eyes flashed with surprise and admiration. “Then don’t work too hard, if you feel tired, rest, remember, money can’t be earned endlessly, but you only have one body.” He didn’t mention what had upset her just now, he kept giving her food while reminding her. “I know, I won’t risk my health.” Having come back for a second time, she cherished life more than anyone else. She also planned to leave this place with her family after the reform and opening up, so how could she let her body break down? “That’s good, no matter what, your health is the most important.”

“Yes. Eat quickly.” She gave him a piece of pot-braised meat and urged him with a smile. The couple chatted as they ate, and it took more than an hour to finish the meal. Because of the chat, they also got to know each other better. After cleaning up everything and lying on the kang, the two of them chatted for a while before resting. After a night of spring breeze, Gu Cheng’an’s eyes were bright and he looked happy. After breakfast was done, he called her up to eat. He Wanqing, whose body was sore and stiff, got up, washed up, and ate with his help. After eating, she said goodbye to Gu Cheng’an and went to work with renewed energy. For several days in a row, as the gossip in the village became more and more outrageous, Gu Cheng’an and Su Weiguo finally stopped taking leave and honestly went to work in the field. Looking at the two of them being teased by the aunties, she shook her head and looked again at the Xu family and He Cao, who were being urged by the squad leader.

 Thinking that it had been two days since she had added fuel to the fire, she changed direction, wrote down the work points of the two people who had called out to her, and walked towards He Cao. As she walked, she looked at the weeds in the soybean field to see if they had been weeded clean, and if any soybean seedlings had been deliberately weeded out. “San Zhu Shu, He Cao and the Xu family are too bad at working, if they continue like this, they’ll weed all the soybean seedlings in this field as weeds!” She bent down, reached out and picked up a wilted soybean seedling, and held it up high so that the people working nearby and the squad leader could see it.

 I don’t know if it was the Xu family or He Cao who was unlucky, or if the brigade leader heard her words and came over. Just as she put down the soybean seedling, ready to show it to the squad leader, she heard the brigade leader shout from behind: “Wanqing, wait a moment.” Hearing this, she stood still, looking at He Cao and the Xu family who were glaring at her. “

San Zhu Shu, look at the way Zhu Sanni and the others are looking at me like they’re going to eat me, you’d think I was framing them. I think they’re reducing our team’s output every day like this, why don’t you send them back to the fourth team, let the fourth team leader teach them the importance of food and seedlings. And He Cao, don’t look at me pitifully, it’s my job to check the progress of the work, you look like I’m trying to make things difficult for you. Besides, if I were trying to make things difficult for you, would I need to do this?

” She met He Cao’s gaze, her lips curved into a smile. With all the mud on her body now, she could just say a few words, and her beating tonight wouldn’t be less than half an hour. “He Cao, put away those red and swollen eyes of yours, why can’t people talk about what you’ve done?” The brigade leader, who had been walking all the way, had a black face. Looking at the soybean seedling in He Wanqing’s hand, his temples throbbed with heartache. Damn it, just by looking at it all the way, there were so many that had been cut off, if he checked all the land they had worked on, what would happen? He Shuibai, who was getting angrier and angrier, pulled the squad leader, He Sanzhu, and walked into the ridges where the others were working to start checking.

 “He Cao, you jinx, tell me, did you see us working easily and deliberately cut off those soybean seedlings?” Zhu Sanni, after the two of them turned around to check, threw down her hoe and went straight to He Cao. “You’re really a jinx, you can’t do your work properly every day, and your heart is so black, our family is really unlucky for eight generations to have married you back. God, why don’t you take this jinx away, you’re constantly harming our family, and you’ve even made my good son so exhausted that he can’t even get out of bed!

He Cao: “······” Everyone: “······” Is this something they should be hearing? Zhu Sanni, who was scolding and beating her, looked at He Cao, who was lifeless, and a fire burned in her heart, her pinching actions became even more forceful. The sound of her pinching her skin could be heard from far away, and the people who came to watch shook their heads, but no one stepped forward to help. Zhu Sanni was just too unreasonable, whoever helped He Cao, she would ask if they had been dragged to roll in the haystack by He Cao these days, otherwise, why would they step in when she was disciplining them. And this was also He Cao’s own fault, didn’t you see that her father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother didn’t come to help? If she hadn’t plotted against her cousin first, He Wanqing wouldn’t have come to see her so often.

He Cao, who was almost numb, let Zhu Sanni pinch her and pull her, but she didn’t dare to resist. Because she knew that once she spoke, she would be beaten and scolded by Zhu Sanni and her daughter. Listening to the gossip of the people watching from the side, she was also curious why she was being tortured like this, but the child in her belly was still stable, there was no sign of miscarriage at all. Thinking that all this was supposed to be happening to He Wanqing, but now it was her, the hatred in her eyes was fixed on He Wanqing in the opposite ridge. She clenched and unclenched her hands repeatedly, but she didn’t beg for mercy, because Zhu Sanni wouldn’t listen to her pleas.

 He Cao’s hatred was not only seen by He Wanqing, but also by the people watching from the side. They thought about He Cao’s appearance, shook their heads and turned back to work. As for her, who was always wronged by others, they would leave her to Zhu Sanni to discipline. It would save them from being plotted against by her if she was unhappy one day. They didn’t have He Wanqing’s intelligence to avoid it.

He Wanqing’s actions were a calculated move. She knew that by drawing attention to the shoddy work of the Xu family, she could create a situation where they would be held accountable. She was also aware that He Cao, in her desperation, would be blamed for everything, further isolating her and making her an easy target for Zhu Sanni’s abuse. He Wanqing was playing a dangerous game, but she was determined to win. She had learned from her past mistakes, and she was not going to be a victim again. She was going to fight back, and she was going to use every tool at her disposal to ensure her own survival and success.