Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Moving in with Xu Qinghuan

Xu Hongtu felt like the other person’s hand was an iron clamp. He glared fiercely, but faced with Dai Yifeng’s murderous gaze, and Zheng Siqi watching like a tiger, his arrogance quickly deflated.

Dai Yifeng released his grip, and Lu Nianying was delighted, proving her mother’s advice to both of them was indeed useful.

“You know very well yourselves whether I slandered you or not!” Lu Nianying mocked.

Xu Manman cried out and ran outside, “I can’t live anymore, how can I face anyone?”

Xu Hongtu saw Jiang Chengxu standing still and angrily said, “Aren’t you going after her? If anything happens to her, you won’t have it easy either.”

This hit Jiang Chengxu’s soft spot. If Xu Manman truly died, he could forget about having a good reputation for the rest of his life. Jiang Chengxu felt both agitated and helpless.

He had no choice but to run after her. Lu Nianying stomped her foot in anger, still unaware that Xu Manman was doing it on purpose!

About half an hour later, Xu Manman returned with Jiang Chengxu following her. Jiang Chengxu’s face was livid. Xu Manman lifted her head and proudly passed by Lu Nianying.

Lu Nianying felt her fighting spirit stirred. Even if Jiang Chengxu abandoned her, she wouldn’t let Xu Manman have him.

“Jiang Chengxu!” Lu Nianying shouted, “You should have a day off tomorrow. Remember to go to the warehouse to collect your supplies, thirty pounds of food per person, ten pounds of fine grain, and twenty pounds of coarse grain.”

Zhang Tieshan heard and laughed, “Ah, I was supposed to tell you that. I just got out of the hospital, and you all arrived a bit late. Here’s the thing, female educated youths take turns cooking, and male educated youths fetch water and gather firewood. Tomorrow, you new ones get a day to rest, and work starts the day after.”

Jiang Chengxu wasn’t particularly interested, “Thank you!”

Xu Manman entered the room and laughed, “Qu Educated Youth, didn’t you say Lu Educated Youth and Kong Educated Youth wouldn’t team up with us?”

Kong Lijuan roared, “What’s it to you? I just made an occasional mistake, but you, a little slut who stole your sister’s fiancé, everything you cook stinks, and I don’t even want to eat it.”

“You… Who are you saying stole my sister’s fiancé? How dare you slander me!” Xu Manman started crying, teary-eyed, “Just because others say so, does it mean it’s true? What did I do wrong to make you misunderstand me so?”

Kong Lijuan laughed, “So you’re saying your sister was wrong, huh? Was Xu Qinghuan’s wedding canceled not because of you?”

Xu Manman was stunned for a long time, “Is that really what my sister said? She broke up with Brother Chengxu because of me? How could she do this, what reputation do I have left? Sob, sob, how could my sister misunderstand me like this!”

Lu Nianying had to now take Xu Manman seriously as a competitor, feeling she was as dark and cunning as a venomous snake, waiting for the right moment to strike lethally, not to be underestimated.

In the night, screams erupted again from the female educated youths’ room as Xu Manman jumped off the south kang, leaping three feet into the air.

“Bugs, there are bugs biting me, so many bugs!”

Everyone woke up from the noise, Qu Qiongfang had no choice but to light the lamp. Seeing the bedbugs crawling on Xu Manman’s neck gave her quite a fright. She hurriedly said, “Don’t move!”

Xu Manman couldn’t restrain herself, both terrified and afraid, as the places where bedbugs bit swelled up and itched, she screamed, “Hurry up, hurry up, you idiot!”

Qu Qiongfang, upon hearing this, didn’t even want to help, but seeing so many bedbugs on her, had no choice but to pick up a rag and hit the bedbugs off.

Duan Qingmei lifted Xu Manman’s bedding and found several bedbugs crawling about, making her feel nauseous, almost to the point of vomiting, “Quickly, you all get up, kill these bedbugs first.”

The male educated youths heard about the bedbugs on the kang at the female educated youths’ side but didn’t pay much mind. Bedbugs weren’t anything rare here, just like lice on a person’s head, they were common enough, just needed to be dealt with.

Qu Qiongfang and Duan Qingmei took the lead in exterminating the bedbugs. After killing them all, they were exhausted and climbed back onto the kang to sleep.

Xu Manman didn’t dare sleep, “I want to sleep on your kang.”

Lu Nianying refused, “No.”

Xu Manman started crying again, softly whimpering, making it impossible for anyone to rest in peace.

Eventually, the people on the north kang allowed Xu Manman to squeeze in.

Otherwise, staying up all night with work the next day, who could handle that!

A compromise had to be made.

Duan Qingmei was still cursing as she fell asleep.

The next day, as Xu Manman got up, she saw several bedbugs crawling on the south kang, making everyone anxious that they would soon invade the north kang.

Originally delighted to have a kang to herself, Xu Manman now cried even more bitterly.

Qu Qiongfang brought over some male educated youths, who lifted the kang mats to reveal countless bedbugs crawling densely together, enough to make someone vomit their last meal, and would kill anyone with trypophobia on the spot.

The male and female educated youths quickly began smashing the bugs with whatever they could find until they were all exterminated, sweeping up the bedbug eggs and tossing them into the stove, where they crackled and popped as they burned.

“Brother, I don’t want to live here anymore. Let’s go find my sister and move in with her,” Xu Manman said with red-rimmed eyes.

Xu Hongtu nodded, “Mm, we’re family after all, living together we can look after each other.”

Jiang Chengxu also wanted to see Xu Qinghuan, so the three of them went together.

Yu Xiaomin got up early in the morning and made cornmeal porridge, with a steamer on top containing three meat buns and mixed grain steamed buns.

Xu Qinghuan had just woken up, washed up, and changed into an imitation military uniform, came out and spoke to Yu Xiaomin, “It’d be nice to get the sewing machine back soon, after the fall, I don’t have any clothes to wear.”

Qiao Xinyu said, “I went to the county town yesterday to call my mom, told her about our situation here, they’re going to send us money, and my dad said he’d send us some flawed fabric. If there’s extra, we could make some clothes and see if we can sell them.”

“Sure, I’ll take some time to draw some fashion designs,” Xu Qinghuan replied.

If it meant making money, Yu Xiaomin was full of energy. She brought the food to the table, “Eat up, we have to go to work later.”

“Xu Qinghuan, Xu Qinghuan, come out!” Xu Hongtu shouted at the gate.

Early in the morning, they hadn’t gone to open the gate yet.

Qiao Xinyu was a bit annoyed, “Who is that?”

Xu Qinghuan knitted her brows, feeling a bit irked, “Ignore it, let’s eat!”

Outside the gate, the three waited for a while with no one coming to open it. Xu Manman’s eyes reddened, “Brother, is it because I’m here that she’s not opening the door?”

Xu Hongtu got mad and kicked the door twice, “Xu Qinghuan, are you going to open the door or not?”

A large “dog” rushed over, growling fiercely at the three, causing them to step back in unison. Jiang Chengxu, looking at the dog, couldn’t believe his eyes, “Is that a wolf?”

Xu Manman was shocked and looked up at its owner. The young man’s figure was tall and handsome, wild yet charismatic, making her heart race uncontrollably.

In her life, she had never seen such a good-looking man, rendering her utterly captivated.

But his sharp features were as fierce and brutal as the wolf.

“Get lost!” Jiang Xingye glared fiercely.

Xu Manman shuddered, snapped back to reality, and quickly looked away, feeling regretful in her heart, thinking if only he weren’t a country bumpkin, he truly was much better than Jiang Chengxu.

The door opened, and seeing Jiang Xingye, Xu Qinghuan’s originally cold eyes turned warm with a smile, “What brings you here? Have you eaten?”

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