Chapter 73: The Woman from the Neighboring Village Seeking Help

Afternoon.

The Liu family returned from the health center, this incident served as a wake-up call for the villagers, they became more careful and cautious when burning charcoal.

Aunt Liu stood at the door and cursed, “It’s all because of those two little sluts from the inspection team who encouraged us to close the doors and windows, they wouldn’t even pay for medical expenses, and they even wanted compensation, compensation for their grandma’s leg!”

Many people braved the wind and snow to come out and gossip, they found that she had thrown all their bedding out, she was really ruthless.

Zhu Po pretended to wipe her eyes and sighed, “It’s a pity that the two little girls are still lying in the health center, when they come back, they’ll find that their home has been robbed.”

Aunt Liu put her hands on her hips, “Don’t spread rumors, I didn’t steal anything from them.”

Zhu Po rolled her eyes, “Who doesn’t know that the women in the village who love to take advantage of others the most are Lin Meiru first, and you’re the eternal second. Maybe you rummaged through their things, threw out the worthless stuff, and then blamed it on others.”

Obviously, she had hit the nail on the head, Aunt Liu’s expression became a little unnatural, she raised her voice and shouted, “You old hag, you’re so vicious, don’t try to smear the Liu family.”

Then, she slammed the door shut.

Zhu Po spat on the ground, patted her butt and went to the Jiang family, she also mooched a bowl of ginger tea with brown sugar.

“You didn’t see, the people from the inspection team came to pick up their bedding, their faces were so long, I heard that several people moved to the educated youth point to stay in the afternoon.”

Jiang An’an thought to herself: This time, the inspection team must hate Nanxi Brigade.

She could imagine what they would say behind their backs.

“The villagers in this poor and remote place are so mean.”

At this time.

The members of the inspection team gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

“In the past, when we went to the countryside, the villagers were all polite and respectful, we only stumbled in Nanxi Brigade.”

“Can we really complete the task? Since we entered Yunnan Province, we’ve either taken a wrong turn or our car has broken down, we’ve never had a smooth journey.”

“It must be the undercover agent from the military, those of you who stayed at the educated youth point, did you find out anything?”

The few people who were asked shook their heads.

“The educated youths are very tight-lipped, they pretend to be deaf and dumb about everything except their daily life. Especially that woman named Yang Qing, she wouldn’t lend us her bedding, she only sold it, we almost froze to death.”

They had a bad start, everyone was dejected.

Old Sun finally concluded, “Some of you continue to monitor the educated youths, and the rest of you continue to inquire about the matter from sixteen years ago with the villagers.”

The snow fell for two whole days, and on the third day, the sun came out, the snow was knee-deep.

It was the biggest snowfall in thirty years, the older generation was worried, the last time there was a heavy snowfall, many houses collapsed and many people died.

Several houses in Nanxi Brigade also collapsed, neighbors helped each other, and the second family of the Jiang family also sent half a bag of sweet potatoes.

Although Lin Meiru was stingy, she knew right from wrong when it came to major issues.

This undoubtedly improved the reputation of the couple in the village.

“You still have to have a good daughter.” Luo Jiawang said to his wife at home, he valued his daughter more.

It wasn’t just the Luo family, most families in Nanxi Brigade were like this, what if they could cultivate another talent like Jiang An’an!

“Achoo.”

Jiang An’an sneezed several times in a row.

“It’s snowing so heavily, maybe you shouldn’t go.” Lin Meiru frowned.

What was this? Even the neighboring village had come to Nanxi Brigade to seek help from their daughter.

The woman had walked through the snow all the way, it usually took half an hour, but she had walked for over an hour to get there, her legs were numb from the cold below her waist.

“Comrade Xiao Jiang, please, please save my sister, she’s about to be frozen to death by her in-laws to be buried with her husband.” The woman knelt on the ground and begged helplessly.

“My sister was forced by her in-laws to be a widow, they wouldn’t let her remarry.

But my sister refused, she planned to elope with her lover, but the man changed his mind the day before they were supposed to elope, and the news was leaked to her in-laws.

Her in-laws and her family locked her in a cage and put her in the snow, forcing her to reveal who her lover was.

My sister refused to reveal a single word, so her in-laws decided to freeze her to death. Even in death, she had to be a ghost of the Zhao family, she had to remain chaste for her husband.”

Not only the Jiang family, but even Jiang An’an was shocked.

This was a village even more backward than Nanxi Brigade, feudal ideas were deeply rooted. After a woman married, she belonged to her husband’s family, she could never remarry.

“Many people are saying that if women have difficulties, they should go to Comrade Xiao Jiang. Please save my sister, they will kill her.” The woman’s forehead hit the ground with a bang.

No matter how much Jiang An’an pulled her, she wouldn’t get up, “You stay at my house for now, I’ll go rescue the damsel in distress, punish the wicked, and bring your sister back!”

Her expression seemed a little eager.

The woman was stunned, then she shook her head, thinking that she must have been mistaken.

“No, I’ll go with you, I can still walk.”

She raised her sleeve and wiped her face, stumbling to her feet, but she accidentally bumped into the chair behind her, her body suddenly went limp, and she sat down on the chair. Her cheeks were flushed, her whole body was burning hot, she was already starting to get a fever.

This wasn’t going to help her at all!

Jiang An’an tightened her small face, “Big Sister, she’s got a fever, don’t let her run out.”

Jiang Shulan gave her younger sister a reassuring look, she stepped forward and took the woman’s hand, she spoke to her softly, diverting her attention.

Jiang An’an put on two padded jackets, a hat and a scarf, only her eyes were exposed, she made sure she was warm before going out, she also took a stick from the wall, tested its hardness, and then her gaze fell on the iron rod next to it.

This was usually used to poke the stove, it was a waste of its talent!

Jiang An’an was going to put it to good use today.

If she had had an iron rod last time, she could have beaten the robbers, Jiang Desheng and the other hooligans, until they cried and begged for mercy, and became new people.

After choosing a suitable weapon, Jiang An’an was about to go to the educated youth point to find help.

Just then, Jiang Degui came in with Zhou Yinghuai and the others.

“We heard from Uncle Jiang, Huai Ge and Hongbin will go with you, there will be someone to look after you on the way.” Wen Hao held his drawings, he pulled the door curtain open and entered the room, heading straight for the brazier.

Wen Hao was sweet-tongued and considerate, his feelings were genuine. Lin Meiru had already treated him like her own nephew, seeing that his face was pale, she quickly made him a bowl of egg water.

“Thank you, Aunt Lin, it’s a problem I’ve had since I was born, it’ll be fine after winter.” Wen Hao sipped the egg water slowly, his eyes were filled with tears of gratitude.

Lin Meiru glared at him, “What are you being polite for? Treat this as your own home, don’t go back tonight, just squeeze in with your Uncle Jiang.”

Outside.

Hearing the commotion inside, Zhou Yinghuai’s heart settled, the conditions at the educated youth point were bad, Wen Hao had gotten sick last night, it would be more comfortable for him to stay at the Jiang family.

His gaze fell on the iron rod in Jiang An’an’s hand, a smile flashed in his eyes.

She has good taste.

An iron rod is indeed very intimidating!