Chapter 12

“Comrade An, are you misunderstanding something? Why are you always clinging to me?”

An Jinsheng was startled, he explained, “I’m not, I’m just concerned about you, I don’t have any ill intentions.”

“Please keep your distance from me in the future, it’s easy for people to misunderstand you. To put it bluntly, what you’re doing is no different from being a hooligan.”

Song Shishi’s face was serious, there was a hint of impatience in her eyes.

An Jinsheng took a step back and glanced at the other educated youth in the courtyard.

Seeing that not many people were paying attention to them, he said, “Song comrade, why would you think that? I’m just expressing pure revolutionary friendship.”

“I don’t care what you have in mind, please stay away from me!”

Song Shishi didn’t want to listen to his nonsense, she finished speaking and left.

As soon as she entered the room, Su Yu excitedly pulled Song Shishi and stuffed a handful of candy into her arms.

“This is milk candy I brought from home, it’s so sweet.”

After saying that, she looked at the other people in the room and whispered, “No one else has it.”

Seeing her so happy, Song Shishi guessed that the cabinet matter must have been resolved.

“Thank you.” Song Shishi didn’t make a fuss, she whispered her thanks.

…

They had been working for several days, the blisters on Song Shishi’s hands had already scabbed over because she had applied medicine and wore gloves.

Since that night when she talked to An Jinsheng, he had calmed down a lot.

But every day, after finishing his own work, he would help her harvest wheat.

Song Shishi didn’t bother to care about him.

As long as An Jinsheng didn’t get close to her, she didn’t care what he did.

Without her help, An Jinsheng’s hard times were still ahead.

This day at noon, Song Shishi had just finished her dry food and was about to continue working in the field when she saw Yang Huifang running to find her in a hurry.

“What’s wrong, why are you so flustered?”

Yang Huifang pointed to the direction of the educated youth point, “I just came from the educated youth point, I saw… I saw Xu Li being beaten by her aunt, she seemed to be saying that she was going to marry her to the fool from the next village.”

Xu Li and Song Shishi had a good relationship, this was known to all the educated youth at the educated youth point.

As soon as Song Shishi heard this, she dropped her sickle and ran to Xu Li’s aunt’s house.

Thinking of Xu Li’s pale appearance after soaking in the river, Song Shishi was extremely anxious.

Xu Li, you must hold on, wait for me.

“You little brat, if you don’t marry, I’ll tie you up and send you there!”

As Song Shishi reached the entrance of Xu Li’s aunt, Xu Guiying’s house, she heard scolding and Xu Li’s muffled groans coming from inside.

“Sister, if you don’t go, how can I have money to marry a wife?”

“How old are you, already thinking about getting married? Besides, you marry yours, what does it have to do with me? I’m waiting for my brother to come back, I’m not getting married!”

“Anyway, as long as the other person is alive, even if I beat you up today, they won’t say anything.”

“Bang!”

Song Shishi kicked open the courtyard door.

Xu Guiying was holding a tightly wrapped bamboo stick, ready to hit Xu Li.

Song Shishi’s eyes swept over a piece of wood on the ground, she didn’t hesitate, she picked it up and threw it at Xu Guiying.

“Ouch!”

The piece of wood hit Xu Guiying’s hand holding the bamboo stick, the sudden pain made her let go.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Song Shishi rushed to Xu Li’s side.

She protected Xu Li in front of her, she turned around and glared at Xu Guiying.

“What did she do wrong, why are you hitting her so hard?”

Xu Guiying covered her hand, which was red from being hit, she looked Song Shishi up and down, she gritted her teeth and pointed at Xu Li, “I said you little bitch, why are you so stubborn today, you think you have this female educated youth as your backer, don’t you?”

“I worked hard to raise you, now you think you’ve grown wings, and now you’re ganging up with outsiders to bully me?”

Xu Guiying’s voice grew louder and louder.

Xu Li was scared, her body hurt so much that she couldn’t straighten up, she could only curl up on the ground and cry.

“You’re just her aunt, first of all, Xu Li hasn’t lived with you for a few years, and in these few years, have you ever let her eat a full meal?

The allowance Xu Qiang sent back, wasn’t it always embezzled by you?

You still dare to say that you worked hard to raise her? I think you’re just shameless.”

Song Shishi was also angry, she stiffened her neck and argued with Xu Guiying.

“Our family matters, what do you, an outsider, know? She eats and lives here, how could I not raise her? In this world, everything costs money, the allowance her brother sent back, it’s only right that I take it.”

Xu Guiying wasn’t someone who would easily give in, after refuting Song Shishi, she turned around and picked up the bamboo stick again, pointing at Xu Li and scolding, “You ungrateful wretch, you’re just watching an outsider say this about your aunt? Are you mute? Talk to me!”

Seeing that Xu Li didn’t say anything, Xu Guiying made a move to hit her with the bamboo stick again.

Song Shishi didn’t think twice, she closed her eyes and threw herself at Xu Li.

“Sister!” Xu Li’s tears couldn’t stop flowing.

She was so useless, now she had even implicated Sister Shishi.

If she died, would she be free?

Would she never have to suffer like this again?

She didn’t want to marry that fool…

Song Shishi took the hit, her back burned with pain.

“Jialiang, go, tie your sister up for me, even if you talk until you’re blue in the face, we have to send her there.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Guiying’s son, Chen Jialiang, rolled up his sleeves, went forward and grabbed Song Shishi’s arm, pulled her away from Xu Li, and with a forceful movement, threw her away.

Song Shishi couldn’t control her body, she was about to fall onto a sharp wooden stick that was stuck in the ground, she closed her eyes, resigned to her fate.

But the expected pain didn’t come, she only felt herself being caught firmly by a pair of strong hands.

She opened her eyes and slowly looked up, Meng Xunzhou’s resolute outline appeared in front of her eyes in the sunlight.

Meng Xunzhou seemed to be angry, at that moment, her heart skipped a beat.

Before she could savor her reaction at that moment, a pig-like scream came from the other side.

“Ah…”

With Meng Xunzhou’s support, Song Shishi stood up and looked in Xu Li’s direction.

“Qiang… Qiangzi, why did you come back, let go of Jialiang, it’s all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding…”

Xu Qiang was twisting Chen Jialiang’s wrist, pressing him against the wall.

Xu Guiying saw Xu Qiang, she immediately lost her composure, her previous arrogance and domineering were gone, leaving only fear.

“Misunderstanding?”

Xu Qiang glared at Xu Guiying, “When I sent Lili to you, I was afraid that she would be bullied because I was in the army and no one could take care of her.

I saved every penny I could, and sent the allowance back every month, afraid that Lili would be living poorly.

Aunt, how did you promise me? This is how you take care of her?”

“Qiangzi, listen to me, this is really a misunderstanding. I’m doing this for Lili’s own good, you don’t know how long I begged the matchmaker to find this wealthy family, this marriage is something others would beg for.”

Xu Guiying waved her hand, her face was full of flattering smiles, but her eyes kept stealing glances at Xu Qiang’s hand, afraid that he would be angry and break Chen Jialiang’s hand in a fit of rage.