Chapter 740 - 736: Not Eating Their Rice

Li Hongmei had gathered a few people and was badmouthing Gu Jiaojiao. Nearby, Aunt Leng, who was in charge of spreading manure, had just walked over and overheard them. Unable to resist, she chimed in.

"Isn’t that the truth! The brigade leader is just biased towards Gu Jiaojiao, but we’re just ordinary people. What can we do!"

She sighed.

"It’s all because she acts like some high and mighty young lady that my daughter-in-law ran back to her parents’ house. Isn’t this all her fault for refusing to work?"

No one cared whether the accusations against Gu Jiaojiao were reasonable or not; as long as there were accusations, that was enough. Li Hongmei, for her part, thoughtfully comforted Aunt Leng.

"Auntie, speaking of which, Gu Jiaojiao is family. She’s a daughter-in-law of your Leng Family. It’s really out of line for her to act this way."

"If she had any sense, she would go to their house, apologize to Sun Yeshu, and personally ask her to come back."

When Aunt Leng heard Li Hongmei’s words, it was as if she had found a kindred spirit. She grabbed Li Hongmei’s hand, her face beaming with a benevolent smile.

"Educated Youth Li, you’re the one who really understands things. You truly are a good girl."

One was jealous of Gu Jiaojiao for enjoying a life of ease, the other resented Gu Jiaojiao for driving her daughter-in-law away. The two of them got together and started trash-talking Gu Jiaojiao.

At the edge of the fields, a few kids who were running around and playing heard this and immediately ran to the hillside to find Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.

The two of them were on the hillside gathering pig feed.

The feed they had gathered previously was for immediate use. Now, they were gathering it to stockpile for the winter, when grain would be scarce, to feed the pigs.

Their playmates found Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang and told them everything they had heard in the fields, word for word.

"Those people, they even said they’re going to go to the county to talk to the leaders together. What do you think we should do about this?"

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang had toys and a lot of picture books, and the other kids were all envious of the good things they had. The two of them had practically become the kings of the kids.

The child who had brought the news to Sweet Girl finished speaking and then looked at her with hopeful eyes. "Sweet Girl, I helped you find out what’s going on. Can you lend me a picture book to read?"

The picture books were all black and white, filled with one short story after another. For children who only had rocks and beanbags to play with, they were simply irresistible.

When Sweet Girl heard that people were trying to cause trouble for her sister, she was furious. ’Why can’t these people just leave it alone?’ But facing the playmate who had brought her the news, she was very generous. "Everyone who came here today to tell me this can read them. But you can’t damage them."

Hearing this, the kids immediately promised they wouldn’t damage the books.

Sweet Girl told Xiao Yang to watch the pig feed, while she ran straight home.

When she got home, she heard a crowd of people standing by the entrance. They seemed to be gathered around something. Sweet Girl got closer and saw the brigade leader standing there, holding the reins of a donkey cart. The cart was piled high with a large heap of junk...

Everyone was helping to unload the cart.

Sweet Girl only glanced at it for a moment before running into the courtyard to find Gu Jiaojiao.

"Sister, I have something to tell you."

Gu Jiaojiao knew the college entrance exam was still over a year away, and she had been constantly practicing problems. She was focused on her work, so when she saw Sweet Girl come in, she spoke without even turning her head. "Go on."

Sweet Girl immediately repeated the news her playmates had found out.

Sweet Girl had a good memory. Even though her playmates had all been talking at once, she relayed what they said to Gu Jiaojiao without missing a single word.

Before Gu Jiaojiao could even speak, Sweet Girl exploded with anger. "Sister, these people are going too far! What business is it of theirs whether you work or not? It’s not like you’re eating their family’s rice."

Having been with Gu Jiaojiao for so long, Sweet Girl’s personality had opened up and become cheerful. Not only that, but she had also learned quite a few trendy phrases from Gu Jiaojiao.

For example, the phrase, "It’s not like you’re eating their family’s rice."