Skinny Monkey recounted the incident of Wang Xinfeng fighting yesterday and how the Sang twins punished Deng Mazi. Sang Dazhuang’s face darkened and he was trembling in anger.
Sang Dazhuang knew that people in the village would make up stories about their family behind their backs.
It was not just their Sang family, those old and young women’s broken mouths would make up stories about everyone, so he never cared.
But he didn’t expect that such rumors would come out. He didn’t know anything about it for so long.
“Who spread these rumors in the first place?”
Skinny Monkey shook off the goosebumps on his body and took two steps back silently. “Brother Zhuang, I heard such rumors for the first time yesterday so I went to investigate. I found that it started a few years ago when Cui Xue, that bitch, asked sister-in-law to buy her a watch. After you taught her a lesson, she was so angry that she spread these rumors.”
That incident was not a small matter. Yu Zhi had just made money and Cui Xue was jealous to the point of madness. It happened that the three-year-old Sang Ye accidentally bumped into her, so she said that the watch was broken by Sang Ye.
She said that it didn’t matter, that children were ignorant and it was normal for them to be naughty, and asked Yu Zhi not to blame the child. No matter how expensive a watch was, it was not as important as the relationship between them.
In fact, she was just trying to make Sang Ye cry and asked Yu Zhi to pay for the watch to sow discord between the mother and daughter. She knew that Yu Zhi was proud and strong, and if she said that, Yu Zhi would definitely not let her suffer. Of course, Yu Zhi was like that at that time and she was very accurate in her judgment.
Watches were not made of tofu and air, and they would not just break after a bump from someone. No matter how stupid a person was, no one would believe it.
But Yu Zhi believed it that time. She was very angry and beat Sang Ye. The young child cried loudly and her eyes were full of hatred for Yu Zhi.
Yu Zhi might not have noticed, but Sang Dazhuang and others saw it clearly. Sang Shen and Sang Ye looked at Yu Zhi with indifference. From that time on, the twins no longer had any expectations for Yu Zhi.
It was because of this that Sang Dazhuang took action to teach Cui Xue a lesson, causing her to almost disfigure and lose her innocence, so she was angry and blamed everything on Yu Zhi and spread those rumors.
In fact, Yu Zhi didn’t believe Cui Xue’s words and didn’t intend to blame the child for breaking the watch. It was because the brother and sister were making a lot of noise during that period. She was exhausted and angry that they didn’t stop, so she took action to teach them a lesson.
Skinny Monkey continued, “Cui Xue, that bitch, is afraid of us. The old women in the village are also afraid of us. They all avoid our people behind our backs, but they don’t avoid Little Shen and Little Ye. The two children are very angry about this.”
Perhaps this was also the reason why the two children didn’t like their biological mother. They were afraid to learn that their biological mother was really not clean and they were bastards.
Skinny Monkey secretly looked at Sang Dazhuang’s face. Oh my god, he is full of fierceness like a hungry wolf. So, he silently retreated two steps.
Sang Dazhuang suppressed his anger and said with a dark expression, “Go find a local dog and get some good things.”
Skinny Monkey’s eyes lit up but he hesitated. “Brother Zhuang, my sister-in-law…”
Sang Dazhuang wanted to smoke and took a few deep breaths to suppress his urge to smoke. After a long silence, he said, “Don’t worry about her, just don’t let her know.”
However, Skinny Monkey was a little worried. How could he not know that the people who hated Cui Xue the most in the entire Gubai Village were the Sang family? If Cui Xue got into trouble, the first person to be suspected was Sang Dazhuang.
But Skinny Monkey looked at Sang Dazhuang’s gloomy and hazy face and dared not say a word.
Yu Zhi was his bottom line and his life. Cui Xue dared to throw such dirty water on Yu Zhi, so how could Sang Dazhuang bear it?
“Okay, Brother Zhuang. Are you sure you really don’t want the cigarette? This tastes really good.”
Sang Dazhuang endured it and shook his head.
“Okay.” Then, Skinny Monkey left with the cigarette.
Sang Dazhuang sat by the well for a long time and the heavy snow began to fall again.
Yu Zhi stood at the gate and looked out several times. Wang Xinfeng dragged Yu Zhi back to the kitchen, cursing her son for being a troublesome thing. Going to fetch water was like going to dig a new well, and he didn’t know how to come back quickly.
So, when Sang Dazhuang came back carrying a load of water, he enjoyed his mother’s love again.
Yu Zhi looked distressed and quickly stopped Wang Xinfeng, dragging Sang Dazhuang into the kitchen. “Your shoes are wet, take them off and warm them up, are you stupid? It’s so cold and there’s snow everywhere on the ground. Why didn’t you come back early?”
Before Sang Dazhuang entered the door, all the hostility he felt was gone, leaving only his stupidity. Listening to Yu Zhi’s concern, he smiled foolishly.
Wang Xinfeng looked relieved, but her face was filled with disgust. She gave birth to such a thing, which was really stupid.
“Zhizhi, don’t pay attention to him. He is so big so he won’t freeze to death. His big feet are dirty and smelly. Don’t let you get suffocated. Be good and warm yourself by the fire. Little Ye, get a basin of water for your father to wash. The smell is so strong, I’m afraid we won’t be able to eat later.
“Little Shen, bring your stupid father a torn cotton-padded jacket to change. Your father is a bunch of idiots and none of them have any sense. Oh my god, I am so old and I still have to worry about this idiot. I don’t know what sin I have committed.”
I am now a bunch of idiots from the Sang family…
It’s fine, we all have the surname Sang anyway.
Yu Zhi was overjoyed and coaxed Wang Xinfeng not to be angry and helped her cook.
The small kitchen was so warm and cozy for the first time.
At lunch, Yu Zhi also sat at the table with everyone for the first time.
In the past, she hated the Sang family and didn’t want to sit together with them, and she also disliked the kitchen being dusty and dirty.
In those years of her taking revenge, besides hatred, there was only loneliness. When she woke up in the middle of the night, she regretted countless times that she didn’t cherish the days with her family.
After returning, she naturally had to make up for it one by one.
Sang Dazhuang and Wang Xinfeng were also very happy. Yu Zhi’s changes in the past few days gave them hope.
On the other hand, Sang Shen and Sang Ye didn’t feel anything. They didn’t believe in Yu Zhi from the bottom of their hearts.
After the meal, Yu Zhi went to rest. She was really weak. She waved the broom in the morning which felt like she plowed the field all day, so her whole body was in pain.
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After Yu Zhi fell asleep, Sang Dazhuang went out in the heavy snow and didn’t know what to do.
Sang Shen and Sang Ye were still in school. They asked for leave in the morning to pick up Yu Zhi and they had to go back to school in the afternoon.
Wang Xinfeng was mending some clothes in the room, watching over Yu Zhi.
At the educated youth dormitory, Cui Xue slowly woke up on the cold kang. It was already past three in the afternoon. She was cold and hungry, her face still hurt, and her nose was filled with the disgusting smell of feces.
There was no one else in the room, but laughter came from the dormitory next door. Cui Xue’s eyes darkened and her face was full of anger.
Bitch! You’re all bitches! She was injured like this, but no one took her to the hospital and no one helped to heat the kang. Not only did they not help, but they also walked away, leaving her to fend for herself.
That’s fine! One day I will make all of you bitches pay the price, especially Yu Zhi. If I don’t take revenge for today’s incident, I will not be surnamed Cui!
She got up with her painful and dizzy head and moved out of the door step by step.
The people next door saw her and their laughter stopped abruptly.
Cui Xue’s eyes darkened as she walked towards the kitchen.
She fetched a basin of water, brought it back to her room, and washed her face over and over with soap. The soap irritated the wound on her face, which was burning and painful, but she didn’t care.
She couldn’t help but retch when she thought of the shit on the broom.
She quickly ran to the kitchen and brought out another basin of water to rinse her mouth.
After a lot of trouble, her whole body was wet, her head became more and more dizzy, and the wound on her face was even more swollen and red, and her whole body was swollen and deformed.
Cui Xue cursed Yu Zhi fiercely in her heart again, changed into dry clothes, and took some money to go to the commune clinic.
Her face couldn’t be ruined.
When Cui Xue walked away, the educated youth dormitory became lively again.
“She is so shameless. She is usually so noble and looks down on everyone. But in the end, she got mixed up with trash like Deng Mazi.”
“She is also an ungrateful person. She fooled Yu Zhi around. When she saw that Yu Zhi was about to surpass her, she used mean and despicable means. She is so vicious.”
“What do you mean by about to surpass her? What ability does she have? She is average-looking, average in academic performance, clumsy, and pretentious. Anyone can be better than her. It’s just that she has no self-awareness and thinks she is superior to others, but in fact, she is nothing. Only Yu Zhi is stupid, being led by such a thing.”
“If you ask me, Yu Zhi is still lucky. The Sang family is not very good, but they treat her well. Based on her behavior over the years, if she were in another family, she might be beaten once a day, and she would be obedient after two more days. Let’s see if she can still do it. How can she be as fair and tender as she is now, like a city girl?”
Who said this wasn’t true? Although everyone despised, regretted, and even ridiculed Yu Zhi for marrying a bully, they were very jealous of her in their hearts.
If they could marry someone who was so tolerant of them, they would be content even if they had a bad reputation outside.
They would definitely not be like Yu Zhi, whose eyes were covered with shit and who didn’t know what was good for her.
After Cui Xue walked out of the educated youth dormitory, she headed towards the commune. On the way, she met villagers in groups of two or three. She always felt that the way these people looked at her was strange.
She frowned, pulled the scarf to cover her face, and walked faster.
Deng Mazi came out from nowhere, grinning and showing his big black teeth, and approached Cui Xue with a very strong smell.
“Oh, Comrade Cui is awake? Are you okay? You were very dizzy, so I carried you back to the educated youth clinic. I wanted to find a barefoot doctor for you, but the people in the clinic didn’t like me and didn’t let me in.”
Cui Xue’s quickened pace suddenly stopped and she glared at Deng Mazi fiercely. “What did you say? You carried me back to the educated youth clinic?”
Deng Mazi was not afraid of Cui Xue at all, and his hippie smile was particularly playful and innocent. “Yes, I carried you back myself. I went around the whole Gubai Village and was almost exhausted. I met many people along the way, but none of them were willing to help. I could only carry you back from beginning to end by myself.”
Cui Xue was panting heavily. No wonder those people looked at me so strangely.
Deng Mazi, this disgusting beast, dared to carry me around? He actually dared to carry me around?! She raised her hand and slapped Deng Mazi. “You are a toad who wants to eat swan meat. You are overestimating yourself. You don’t even look at what kind of person you are. Am I someone that a dirty person like you can touch?”
Deng Mazi was on guard against her, so he caught Cui Xue’s hand quickly and touched it obscenely.
He approached her with a grin and said, “I know what kind of person I am, but do you know what kind of person you are? Lowly, vicious, shameless, and you are really despicable. We are a perfect match.”
Cui Xue pulled her hand back in disgust and glared at Deng Mazi angrily. “Who do you think you are? How dare you say that to me? Believe me or not, I will—”
“Hmph! Go ahead, go and tell the leader how you poisoned people, how you tricked people to let you go, and how you treated me, your lifesaver. So, go and let everyone be the judge for me when the time comes, and see if I, Deng Mazi, was wrong to save people and whether I can no longer be alive and do good deeds in the future.”
Cui Xue was so angry that her face turned purple and blue, and she wished she could swallow Deng Mazi alive.
“Okay, very good, just you wait!”
Deng Mazi shrugged, not afraid at all, and shouted provocatively, “Go quickly and come back early. It gets dark early so it’s not safe outside.”
Cui Xue suppressed her anger and rushed to the commune clinic without looking back, and asked the doctor for medicine. As soon as she came out, she was splashed in the face by several children playing with water, and her cotton jacket was soaked.
She opened her mouth to scold them, but the children ran away and quickly disappeared.
Cui Xue was so angry that she couldn’t help shivering. She turned around and went to a dark and damp alley and knocked on a shabby door.
After waiting for a long time in the door, a scoundrel came out. The man had a stubble on his face and his appearance could not be seen clearly. He was wearing a shabby jacket, which was dirty and smelly.
The man looked for a long time before recognizing that the monster with a purple face was Cui Xue. He curled his lips in disgust and lost his usual interest in flirting.
Leaning against the shaky door, he asked impatiently, “What are you doing here?”
Cui Xue tried her best to ignore the man’s attitude and replied coldly, “Find someone to break Sang Dazhuang’s legs for me. Also, have someone guard the post office. Once the notice comes, intercept it, and don’t let anyone know.”
The man sneered and looked at Cui Xue like an idiot. “Are you okay? Have you been beaten stupid and forgotten what you are? You still come here to order me around. I don’t have the habit of not beating women.”
Cui Xue almost vomited blood in anger. Today, everyone said that she didn’t see clearly what she was.
What didn’t I see clearly? Why did they look down on me? What was wrong with me? I am just unlucky! Just wait, I will not let go of any of you who have ridiculed and belittled me in the future!
Suppressing her anger and gloominess, she looked at the man. “Don’t forget, we are in the same boat.”
But the man was unmoved. “Don’t forget that I am just a messenger as well. You are stupid! You are more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. Don’t try to drag me down.
“Who is Sang Dazhuang? And you asked me to break his legs? How many lives do I have to live? Do you think I have a long life and are you deliberately harming me? Why don’t you go and do it by yourself? You can find someone else to do it. If you don’t have money to find someone, just open your legs and sell your body. There must be a man willing to die for you, idiot!”
Listening to the man’s dirty words, Cui Xue’s face darkened. “Keep your mouth clean!”
The man sneered and said nothing.
Cui Xue took a deep breath and calmed down.
“Forget about finding someone to break Sang Dazhuang’s legs, but you have to go to the post office and keep an eye on the head office, okay? Don’t think you can really stay out of it. If Yu Zhi really returns to the capital, it won’t be good for you either.”
The man narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, “Didn’t you feed her a poisoned bun? How could she pass the exam?”
Cui Xue was unsure and panicked in her heart. “Just in case.”
“Okay.” The man didn’t refuse anymore.
Then, Cui Xue said, “Send a message back for me to GWH and say that I need their help.”
The man raised his eyebrows and smiled. “You want to borrow GWH’s help? Do you have the ability? Don’t get yourself into trouble when the time comes.”
“Don’t worry about it and just pass the message! Isn’t that your job?”