Goudan was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he burst into tears. His father and mother were both pushed to the ground and beaten.
Aunt Li was still in the vegetable garden when someone shouted, “Aunt Li, there is a fight in your house! Go and have a look!!!”
What did Aunt Li think when she heard someone calling her? That’s a big deal. Did her son, Goudan’s father, hit someone again?
“Oh.” She was cold and indifferent, not caring. Seeing Aunt Li’s attitude, the person who came to inform thought that she didn’t care about her son and daughter-in-law fighting with others. Things are really strange.
Then, when Aunt Li returned home after pouring water, there was loud crying and shouting at the door. A chicken was held down by three children. Lin Chuxia stood there with an aura as tall as 2.8 meters.
Goudan’s parents were lying on the ground after being beaten. People never expected that the scene would end like this. After being beaten, he was not only beaten but also had one of the chickens at their home taken away.
Seeing that Lin Chuxia dared to take away their chickens, they went over to have another quarrel. Lin Chuxia pointed to her child and said, “Our child was so injured by your child, and he was also robbed worth two yuan, piece of candy worth two yuan. Don’t you plan to pay for it?”
“Besides, you two hit me, and I was injured. I need to eat some chicken to recuperate.” Lin Chuxia looked at the two of them with a smile; after the words fell, other bystanders felt that Lin Chuxia was shameless. How could she… say such shameless words and do such shameless things?
It was obvious that the person who was injured and beaten was a member of the Li family.
“Well, you little whore, you have come to my Li family to show off your power.” As soon as Aunt Li came back, she saw such a messy scene, and she was so angry that she almost exploded.
She pointed her finger at Lin Chuxia and cursed. Lin Chuxia had a cold look on her face when she heard the curse. She didn’t care at all how others scolded her. She was just a shrew. She thought she couldn’t solve it.
“Well, you old whore. Your uneducated son and daughter-in-law beat me together, and your grandson bullied my son. If I don’t come to seek justice, will I let you bully me at will?” Lin Chuxia seemed to be smiling very happily, but her eyes had already stared at Aunt Li, exuding a chill.
Aunt Li looked at her useless son and daughter-in-law with disgust. They were really useless. They couldn’t take care of a little daughter-in-law who didn’t even have the strength to farm.
“Put down my chicken. I won’t argue with you about this matter.” Aunt Li felt that she was very kind to let Lin Chuxia and the others go. She should be grateful to herself.
However, what Aunt Li didn’t expect was that Lin Chuxia didn’t follow her comands at all. On the contrary, she nodded calmly, “Indeed, we take the chicken as compensation, so we don’t care about your grandson robbing my son. He even beat my three sons and took the candy.”
After saying that, she still looked like, You don’t need to be grateful to me. This way, Aunt Li was really angry and unhappy.
She took a step forward and wanted to snatch her chicken back, but was stopped by Lin Chuxia. “Aunt Li, this is what your son said he would pay us as compensation. If you have anything to do, tell your son and grandson, Who are you? You didn’t teach them well before.”
When Aunt Li heard this, she immediately rushed over and wanted to beat Lin Chuxia. She was not the same as the two useless losers.
Unexpectedly, Lin Chuxia directly grabbed Aunt Li with her backhand, just like a policeman holding a prisoner, and held Aunt Li tightly. “Aunt Li, I think you are an elder, so I won’t argue with you. Don’t force me.”
Aunt Li yelled angrily, “Let me go. I will never let you go. How dare you hit me?”
Aunt Li really didn’t think that she was actually stopped by Lin Chuxia.
The captain also came late. He also heard that something happened again, and his face turned black. It was almost the damn harvest season, and they were still making trouble here. Everyone was worried.
As soon as they arrived, they saw a group of people gathered around. The captain knew that something was wrong and shouted inside, “Old Li’s family!!!”
The villagers who heard the captain’s voice subconsciously turned their heads. They stepped aside, leaving their position to the captain.
The captain’s voice that was about to scold him suddenly stopped because…the captain saw that it was not the Li family bullying the Lin Chuxia family, but Lin Chuxia holding down…the Li family.
this…
“Jingming family, What are you doing?” Most of the village is a group of people who fled the disaster. Most of the surnames are different. The captain frowned and expressed surprise at the scene before him, but as an old man, it’s not like he can’t see it.
The little daughter-in-law of Xie Jingming’s family is not really so delicate that she can’t do anything and will not let others bully her.
“Captain, we are wronged. Jingming is not at home, and everyone wants to step on us. It wasn’t easy for him to send some things back from the army. As soon as I gave them to the children, the Li family’s goon grandson snatched them away and beat up my children. You think, How wronged we must be.”
First, she was aggrieved. She pursed her lips and told about their grievances. They all focused on the three little children holding down the old hen. They were dirty and looked like they had been beaten.
“I brought my three children and came to Li’s house to ask for an explanation. Who knew that Goudan’s mother wanted to hit me fiercely just after I asked Goudan to apologize to my children? Then Goudan’s father also followed her; he, as a big man, isn’t even ashamed of beating up a little girl!”
Lin Chuxia eloquently referred to a deer as a lion, oh… No, it doesn’t mean that a deer is a lion; she just brushed off certain details: “They beat me so excessively. As the victim, they can’t afford to pay for the big candy. So, the only way to compensate is with their chicken.”
“Fuck you what candy costs one yuan.” Aunt Li, who was being held down, shouted at Lin Chuxia. She didn’t believe it at all and felt that Lin Chuxia was here to rob her.
You know, these days, pork only costs 50 cents a pound, and one yuam can buy a chicken.
“Why isn’t it worth it? You know, the candy our Jingming sent back was as big as a fist. Sugar from the supply and marketing cooperative cost one yuan a pound, at least seventy or eighty cents.”
Sugar was still very expensive in the 1970s because there are not many sugar factories; most of them are raw materials. How can we grow food when sugar crops such as sugar cane are grown in the fields?
“If your family beats us, you have to pay a cent or two, so it is completely reasonable to take one of your chickens as compensation.” After Lin Chuxia finished speaking, she nodded seriously.
The captain frowned after hearing what she said: “Jingming’s family, now the Li family; they didn’t hit you, and they were injured by you!”
He thought that Lin Chuxia was messing around here, and now that the harvest season is approaching, the Li family’s labor force is still very capable.
“Captain, they attacked me first; that is intentional harm. According to Article 20 of the Criminal Law Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, in order to protect the country and public interests, my own or others’ personal, property, and other rights from ongoing. If an action is taken to stop an unlawful infringement and causes damage to the unlawful intruder, it is considered legitimate defense and shall not be held criminally responsible. ”
Captain, I don’t need to explain this to you. You understand that this is legitimate defense, and the people from the Li family robbed my children’s property and caused harm to me by attacking me. I can still go to the police station and sue them.”
Lin Chuxia turned to the captain with a smile, seeming to be confident about her actions. The risk of injury to oneself, the losses caused by the other party, and the interests for oneself.
When the captain heard Lin Chuxia’s words, his face darkened. “Chuxia, the village’s affairs can be solved by the village. We don’t need to trouble the people at the police station.”
“Captain, it’s not me who is in trouble; it’s just that I just need an explanation. Let’s see how my children were beaten. When Goudan saw my children eating sweets, he grabbed them. If he can’t get them, he beats them. There are so many children in the village, and they always eat one sometimes; like that, he will beat everyone who has something unique.”
Lin Chuxia brought the topic to other children in the village. As soon as she said this, everyone looked at Goudan, who was frightened and was still sobbing.
Indeed, although their family is not rich, they can occasionally add an egg to their children or have relatives come and give them a pound of candy during the Chinese New Year…
“The Li family has gone too far. If victims come to ask them for an explanation, they beat them without saying a word. ” In fact, they were still far away at that time, but after saying a few words, Goudan got violent and beat someone.
Then Lin Chuxia fiercely fought one against three. Now, with that delicate and complaining accusation, Lin Chuxia’s gentle facial features were a little white, and her smart eyes were accusatory. People, although their memories are long, they are easily forgotten. So, they have forgotten what Lin Chuxia did just now.
“That’s true. The Li family went too far.”
Of course, not all of them were fooled by Lin Chuxia. There were also a few who felt that Lin Chuxia already beat them up, so why did she want to rob their chicken? “My children are suffering. They were robbed of their only candy, and they still have to be bullied by him. My Jingming, wuwuwu…why haven’t you come back yet?”
Lin Chuxia, who was full of tears, lost all her toughness just now; she looked aggrieved, like a pitiful little girl who had been bullied.
“Goudan, take out the candy quickly.” The captain frowned and said to Goudan.
Goudan, who was ordered, now knew that he was in trouble. He didn’t dare to disobey the captain’s order, so… he quickly ran back to the room, hesitated for three seconds, and then ran out again, holding the candy he snatched.
Because it was stuffed in the quilt, it was stained with black stuff, but it was clearly exposed in their eyes like a fist-sized wave candy.
“My Jingming said that he bought it for our three children. One look at it, and he knew that the children liked it. Wu wu wu, it’s me who’s useless, but Jingming who’s more useless and can’t protect our children.” Lin Chuxia stated crying again.
Goudan could only return the candy to Sanzai because he had really caused a big disaster. He, he, he didn’t want this candy anymore…
“Captain, you saw it too, this candy… One grain can be worth a pound, and it’s still from the sea market!” Anyway, the further away, the better. It’s not just the capital city; it’s the sea market. The more prosperous the place, the more expensive it is.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at the big candy again. Indeed, such large candy was generally not available, and even the supply and marketing cooperative in their town was not allowed to sell it.
“Then you still beat us!” The Li family members were unconvinced, pointing at Lin Chuxia, and retorted, Why could you still take away our chickens?
“Aunt Li, when we fought, it was my self-defense. Don’t worry about it, but your Goudan took our candy; you have to pay it to us. Since Goudan ate the candy and made it so dirty, my third son won’t want it.”
Lin Chuxia seemed to be very generous. She gave the candy to Goudan, stretched out her hand, grabbed the chicken’s feet, and picked up her three children. “Goudan beat my son like this, Aunt Li; it was your Goudan who paid it to our family.”
The Li family members were so angry that they couldn’t have imagined that piece of candy would actually cost them a chicken.
“By the way, captain, comrades from the Jingming came to our village today, saying they wanted to see our children. It’s true, I’m taking care of the child; what can happen?” Lin Chuxia seemed careless, but in fact she was reminding the captain that my Jingming might be coming back soon.
“Indeed, you take good care of the children.” The captain also knew that Xie Jingming was now the deputy captain, a high position, so he turned his head and scolded the Li family with a serious face.
“You are really going too far. How can you bully other orphans and single mothers… Ah, you are bullying others when their men are not at home. You should compensate them. Also, teach your own children well and don’t always bully others outside!”
After the captain said this, the Li family looked sad and wanted to refute, but they closed their mouths under the captain’s gloomy expression.
That night, the neighbors of the Li family heard the sound of them beating their children, crying, and cursing…
……….
And Lin Chuxia, who brought three little children and an old hen home, thanked and praised the captain. The captain was fair and strict and went home happily.
The three cubs didn’t expect that Lin Chuxia could fight so fiercely, and they actually got an old hen back. They didn’t raise chickens at home!!!
The eldest cub’s eyes were filled with light, full of admiration for Lin Chuxia. If you can read the favorability bar, Dazai’s current favorability is going up the bar, and it’s about to explode.
Erzqi put on a shy smile and secretly grabbed Lin Chuxia’s clothes with one hand. Mom is so kind…
Only Sanzai was still a little confused about his candy…
“Come, come here, boil water; we are ready to kill chicken; make a very fragrant old hen soup tonight!!” Lin Chuxia called her son over to help. Soon, the third son forgot about his candy because the old hen soup was so fragrant. .
Wuwuwu… It’s more fragrant than pork bone soup, and the important thing is that it has chicken!
After they left the majestic scene of Lin Chuxia, the villagers who were still watching also moved their steps, preparing to go home to make dinner.
However, the discussion about Lin Chuxia did not stop because of this: “I didn’t expect that the daughter-in-law of the Jingming family could be so vicious.”
“I used to think she was delicate and weak, so maybe she didn’t show it in front of Aunt Luo Tang; after all, they are all members of the same family, and it’s not good to beat your elders.”
The Xie family also came during the scene, and Aunt Luo Tang hoped that the bitch Lin Chuxia would be beaten up by the Li family to vent her anger. As a result…
Aunt Luo Tang hid in the crowd and secretly swallowed her saliva. Fortunately, Lin Chuxia didn’t beat herself like she did the Li family. Otherwise…
Aunt Luo Tang subconsciously touched the wound on her forehead. It had already scabbed. She thought it must have been a dream at that time. But it wasn’t her dream; Lin Chuxia was really so cruel.
“Okay, everyone, go back, eat, and sleep early! We have to work tomorrow, and the collection will be done in two days. Everyone must come, especially you.” The captain spoke seriously and stopped their discussions.
Then he set his sights on a few gangsters, and everyone in the village must be mobilized.
Those bastards regretted that they came to watch the show. If they had not come, the captain would not have caught them to make trouble, and they could have pretended to be lazy during the harvest.
Now haha… They could only nod tremblingly under the sharp eyes of the captain and say, “We will definitely work hard when the time comes!!”
After Lin Chuxia boiled the chicken soup, she specially spooned it out and gave a big bowl to the sister-in-law who helps make clothes, especially since she doesn’t know how to sew, and she had to ask the sister-in-law to help make underwear for her children.
She specially bought light-colored fabrics, and the three children watched Lin Chuxia go out with a large bowl of chicken soup.
“We must learn to be grateful. Do you still remember the old aunt who made our clothes?” Lin Chuxia took the opportunity to educate the three little children on their gratitude.
When she mentioned the old lady who made the clothes, they thought of their three fabrics that had not yet turned into clothes. Oh, plus Lin Chuxia’s piece; there were four pieces in total. They immediately nodded obediently, “Yeah.”
Carrying a bowl of fragrant chicken soup when going out, the villagers would definitely see it. So Lin Chuxia closed the bowl and then put it in a vegetable basket, and a vague fragrance wafted out from it.
When she arrived at the old aunt’s house, her face was full of smiles. “Aunt, I’m here. I bought a few more pieces of cloth in the market town today. I need your help.”
As she said this, she put some things out from the vegetable basket; when she opened it, it was full of chicken soup.
The old aunt had not yet reached the point where her eyes were dim, and she saw the big bowl full of chicken at a glance. “You don’t need to bring so much. Besides, you have three children at home. You need to replenish their body so that they can grow up healthily.”
When she said this, she thought of her child, who died young. If it hadn’t been for not eating…
“Aunt, don’t worry about this. I still have it at home, but we didn’t bring the cloth over today. I’ll bring it to you late. It’s been cooked tonight. If it goes bad overnight, it won’t taste good.”
She heard from the old aunt. She just put down the bowl and left with her vegetable basket. “Aunties, I will go now. The three naughty little children at home are still waiting for me.”
When she got home, the three little children ran over with their short legs when they saw Lin Chuxia coming back. They were afraid that Lin Chuxia would be bullied when she went out. For example, the people of the Li family were unwilling to give in and wanted to make a sneak attack.
“From now on, when you go out, I’ll accompany you.” Even with Lin Chuxia’s heroic performance just now, the eldest son was still a little worried for some reason. When he said this, he looked left and right, but he was embarrassed to look at Lin Chuxia.
Erzai saw that Lin Chuxia was fine and still looked the same as when she went out. He felt relieved and grabbed Lin Chuxia’s clothes. Come on, go home for dinner.
Sanzai had already lost a big piece of candy and could not lose his chicken no matter what. Regarding Lin Chuxia’s protection and love, children were the most sensitive and knew who was good to them.
“Mom, eat, eat chicken…” The soft little voice reminded Lin Chuxia with a bit of shyness and embarrassment not to stay here in a daze.
“Yes, yes, let’s eat.” Lin Chuxia thought about her three children, but she only had two big chicken legs. Finally, she chopped up the two big chicken legs and the two small chicken legs on the chicken wings… And cut into small pieces.
It was another full night, and the three little ones were still asked by Lin Chuxia to push a trolley to carry water; otherwise, they would not have water to take a bath.
The three little children knew that this was the water they were going to use for bathing, so they hummed and helped push it. They were so hot that they were sweating all over. After taking a refreshing bath, they fell asleep with the tranquility of the night.
The next day, after cutting the pig grass, she dragged some firewood back from the mountain; otherwise, there would be no firewood to boil water.
She met someone on the road, and they asked Lin Chuxia out of curiosity, “Chuxia, why is your house always closed?”
When they passed by by chance, they thought there was no one in their house.
“It’s because of Jingming’s aunt. If they suddenly burst in one day at home, their family has several strong laborers. What will we do?” When talking about this, Lin Chuxia shook her head, showing fear on her face.
“Oh…” Speaking of Aunt Lou Tang’s family, they don’t like them very much. They always like to take advantage, thinking that their family is the biggest in the village, and they rely on their little tricks.
…….
At this time, Xie Jingming, who had completed his border mission, first reported to his superiors to apply for a dormitory. No matter what, the children had to be taken to the military building of the army.
There were only single dormitories before, and there were no empty ones. They couldn’t kick out other comrades and his family members.
Later, a new dormitory was built. This time, he had applied for a two-bedroom and one-living room or a three-bedroom and one-living room. The children had to grow up in love.
He got the approval and had more than a month of vacation. Finally, he bought new clothes and snacks such as pastries, dried meat, candies, malted milk, and other things, and embarked on the train back home with his bags packed.
The village was already busy with harvesting. Xie Jingming took the night train again. By the time he arrived at the county town, it was already daytime. It was already noon when he traveled from the county town to the market town and then to the village.
The sun was shining brightly on the earth, and the villagers, who were very tired from harvesting, had no intention of wandering outside. They just wanted to go home quickly, drink cool well water, soak their feet, and so on, and then eat.
At this time, the location under the big tree next to the stream was the most popular. It was cool, had water, and was crowded with people. Some people came here to eat with their rice bowls. Then, in the distance, they saw a person walking this way with large bags and small bags.
After taking a closer look, he said, “Hey, isn’t that from the Xie family… Xie Jingming?”
“Really… I guessed it right; he’s back at this time.”
“Jing Ming hasn’t been home for so long; what’s so strange?”
Just then, Dazai went to Uncle Wang’s house to repair his straw hat. There was nothing he could do. The firewood branches were too messy in the morning, and they were scratched, so when he heard them discussing this matter,.
Dazai, wearing a repaired straw hat, listened to what they said, and his eyes drifted in the direction over there, where he saw a slender and straight man, carrying large and small bags of things.
Dazai’s eyes suddenly widened. The next second, he ran back towards home. The person sitting on the stone slab by the stream over there saw Dazai’s figure and was about to say something. But he ran away.
At this time, Dazai felt a little nervous and panicked. His short legs were walking very fast. When he got home, he panted and urged Lin Chuxia, “Dad is coming back. He’s by the stream. He’s almost home.”
Quick, put everything away!!!
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Mini theatre
Dazai: Don’t let others see the things at home!
Xie Jingming: So, I am someone else.
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