Chapter 58 : Three Hands

Qi Yupeng did not let her off. If this unhealthy trend was not stopped, gossip would spread everywhere in the village, and it would be impossible to carry out the work.

“If you don’t have money, you can offset it with work points. At the end of the year, your points will be transferred to Jiang Li’s name.”

“Okay, meeting adjourned!”

Sun Xiufang was stunned. She could choose not to pay, but that meant she had to go to work. How would she eat if she didn’t work? Even if she worked 8 work points a day, she’d only earn 30 cents after a hard day’s labor. Now, she’d lost seven days’ worth of work points. Sun Xiufang slapped the ground in frustration and burst into tears, cursing as she cried!

Jiang Li took the money and handed it to Chen Xianyun, “Mom, use this to buy some meat.”

Chen Xianyun was about to refuse, but seeing the hateful look from Chen Qiuxiang, she immediately accepted and said loudly, “Okay, my Lizi has been wronged today, so I’ll buy you some meat to nourish you. This free meat will taste delicious!”

Chen Qiuxiang cursed under her breath, “Eat, eat, eat… I’ll eat you to death!”

Perhaps because of her swearing, her mouth twitched, causing her to gasp in pain. Every part of her body was sore.

Jiang Hongmei was beaten again by Zhao Xiangyu with a broom. “You troublemaker. Nothing good has happened since you married into this family. It’s bad enough that you gossip about others, but now you even bring people to our door. You’ve brought shame to our family!”

“Yes, Mom, my sister-in-law has to go to the meeting tomorrow and make a self-criticism!” Wu Meili added, fueling the fire.

“It’s all because of you, this unlucky star. If you hadn’t seduced our Guoliang, he would never have married a woman like you. You have nothing and aren’t even pretty, much worse than Jiang Li!”

Zhao Xiangyu was filled with regret. Jiang Li had taken all the betrothal gifts back to her husband’s home. She had heard that her mother also left her something, a huge sum of money. Originally, if Guoliang had married Jiang Li, there wouldn’t have been any worries about tuition fees, and they could even prepare the betrothal gifts. But this woman ruined everything.

Jiang Hongmei, beaten all over, was forced by Zhao Xiangyu to make lunch. She cried many times that day.

Had she really made the wrong choice?

Jiang Li took the finished hairband and went to the Dashuping Youth League Center to find Qin Xiaoting. Before she could enter, a porcelain bowl fell at her feet.

“Xu Caixia! How dare you touch my braised meat?” Qin Xiaoting pounced on Xu Caixia and grabbed her hair, but due to her height disadvantage, she was easily overpowered and beaten by Xu Caixia.

However, Guo Haifeng was still taking sides, saying “stop hitting her,” but in reality, he was tying Qin Xiaoting’s hands and feet and letting Xu Caixia continue to hit her.

Jiang Li put down her things and kicked Guo Haifeng away. Then she pulled Xu Caixia, who was riding on Qin Xiaoting, off her and held her hands and feet. “Xiaoting, hit her hard!”

Qin Xiaoting didn’t hold back and slapped Xu Caixia several times in the face, then punched her hard in the eye.

Guo Haifeng flew three meters away, holding his stomach and bending over like a shrimp, feeling like his internal organs were about to burst. He took several deep breaths before recovering. “Jiang Li, are you a mad dog? You bite whoever you catch. I was trying to stop the fight, why did you hit me too?”

“A man who takes sides. If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll hit you again!”

Jiang Li waved her fist, which was small and pink, but Guo Haifeng shrank back. This damn woman was incredibly strong, and he had suffered twice at her hands.

Xu Caixia was beaten so badly that she screamed, “Qin Xiaoting, I only looked at your braised meat, I didn’t eat it!”

“You didn’t eat it? The dog did! Wipe the marinade off your mouth before you make up more lies. You’re a starving dog, and I caught you red-handed today. Come with me to the captain!”

When Xu Caixia heard that she was going to the captain, she struggled and screamed desperately. Qin Xiaoting, panting from exhaustion, couldn’t hold her down for a moment.

Jiang Li took action and dragged Xu Caixia out. Xu Caixia slammed against the wall and door like a rag doll, wailing nonstop.

“Isn’t this enough? It’s just two pieces of meat.”

A female educated youth was standing by the kitchen holding a bowl of rice, gloating. “Qin Xiaoting, your family is so rich, what’s wrong with giving Xu Caixia two pieces of meat?.”

Jiang Li said nothing. She knocked the bowl to the ground, and rice scattered across the floor. The chickens at the educated youth site quickly gathered and started pecking at it. Soon, not a grain of rice was left.

Zhou Hong screamed. These were the peanuts she had stolen over time while working and had just exchanged with the villagers for some rice. “Jiang Li, are you crazy? You have to pay for my rice!”

“Isn’t it just a bowl of rice? Since you have money, what’s wrong with giving the chickens some food?” Qin Xiaoting chuckled.

“Zhou Hong, you better change your bad mouth, otherwise my Lizi won’t let me suffer any loss. Also, don’t think I don’t know where you got this rice from. You’re fleecing the team and stealing public property. I suggest you keep a low profile in front of me. If I get upset one day, I’ll report the peanut thief to the captain.”

Zhou Hong was indignant but dared not speak back. She went into the house cursing and slammed the door.

Guo Haifeng stood up with a dark expression. “Qin Xiaoting, your friend beat me up. You’ll have to pay for my medical treatment.”

Qin Xiaoting glared at him. “You are shameless, aren’t you? Trying to blackmail me. Go pick up your own shit!”

Guo Haifeng was so angry he felt like dying. This damn woman always picked on him. Carrying manure was the most humiliating thing in his life, but she kept bringing it up to hurt him.

He swore he wouldn’t let her off easy. “Qin Xiaoting, just wait for me.”

The two women took Xu Caixia to the team leader, Jiang Baoshan, who was shocked to hear that Xu Caixia had been caught stealing.

Jiang Baoshan immediately decided that she would have to review herself at tomorrow’s members’ meeting. He was concerned there might not be enough people to criticize!

“There’s her, the bluffing guy, the three-handed guy, and the hooligan. The two of them are enough to make up the quota.”

“Make sure to compensate them for the braised meat.”

Xu Caixia had eaten it twice, taking several pieces each time. Qin Xiaoting demanded six yuan without hesitation.

Xu Caixia was unconvinced. “How could I have eaten so much?”

“Every time you ate secretly without using chopsticks, your saliva dripped onto the meat. Who would want to eat your saliva? It’s only six yuan, I’m being kind. Otherwise, you’d have to pay for all the ingredients and the meat.”

Xu Caixia reluctantly paid six yuan. After working in the countryside for so long, she had saved just over eight yuan by living frugally, this was almost all she had.

After sending Xu Caixia out, Jiang Baoshan called to Jiang Li, “Lizi, wait a minute!”

He took out a pack of peach biscuits from the drawer and handed them to Jiang Li with a smile. “Here, this is my uncle’s way of thanking you.”