Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 105: No Code of Honor

"Then go die, let me see you die right here if you have the guts!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Yi Chichi knew things had gone awry.

Sure enough, the next second she saw Liu Xiaocao crying and running out like a gust of wind, heading towards the pond.

Yi Chichi was so scared she shuddered all over, and hurried after her.

"Xiaocao, calm down."

"...I’m going to die, nobody wants me to live, it’s better to die, dying will end all..."

Her choked voice floated through the wind, and she quickened her pace.

Yi Chichi was chasing with a face full of despair, Liu Xiaocao’s determination to seek death was very strong, or she couldn’t have run so fast.

There was no other way, she had to find outside help.

She shouted at the top of her lungs, "Help, Xiaocao is trying to kill herself, is there anyone who can stop her?"

She ran and shouted, at this time though it was still early, most people in the team had already gotten up.

The villagers who heard the shouts, no matter what they were doing, all ran out.

"Chichi, what are you saying?"

Aunt Niu doubted whether she was hearing things, asking loudly.

"Xiaocao is trying to commit suicide."

She pointed to Liu Xiaocao with speedy legs in front of her, emphasizing once again.

"Oh, shit!"

The crowd followed her gaze, and their expressions changed drastically all at once.

Liu Xiangqian lifted his feet and chased after her.

"Big girl, come back, don’t run towards the pond."

"Xiaocao, listen, whatever it is, you can say, what’s with the seeking death."

"Xiaocao, Xiaocao, stop quickly, don’t run..."

A group of people couldn’t catch up with her, while the speeding Liu Xiaocao was submerged in the sorrow of a father who doesn’t care, a mother who doesn’t love, and a useless brother needing sacrifice, determined to seek death.

No words could reach her.

"It’s over, with her speed we definitely can’t catch up."

Aunt Niu was running out of breath, and Yi Chichi wasn’t much better off.

Just at this time Uncle Yaozi appeared, and Yi Chichi quickly shouted, "Uncle Yaozi, stop Xiaocao quickly..."

A loud bang, Uncle Yaozi, hearing Yi Chichi’s call, acted faster than thought, sticking out a foot to trip Liu Xiaocao, making her fall to the ground.

Face down.

The world fell silent.

The crowd was speechless; this fall seemed kind of terrible.

Should they approach, or should they approach?

Liu Xiaocao, dazed by the fall, was stunned for a few seconds, slowly lifted her head, and immediately felt two warm streams flowing, falling onto the hard ground.

She lowered her head, the warm red blood blossoming brilliantly on the ground.

She reached out to touch it, her hands full of blood.

Looking at the blood in her hands, she sniffed, and the surging nosebleed partially flowed back into her throat, bringing a mouthful of metallic taste.

Her eyes, already brimming with tears, immediately overflowed like an open sluice gate.

She bawled out loud.

Crying her heart out, full of sorrow and despair.

Uncle Yaozi was almost scared stiff, quickly soothing her.

"Big girl, wipe your face quickly, uncle was wrong, uncle shouldn’t have tripped you on Chichi’s request, uncle..."

As he wiped her tears and nosebleed, he apologized.

Hearing this, Yi Chichi nearly spat out blood, a giant black pot falling from the sky, threatening to suffocate her.

Uncle Yaozi lacked integrity.

She glared resentfully at Uncle Yaozi, her eyes fierce enough to eat people.

A guilty Uncle Yaozi pretended not to see, continuing to talk softly and comfort Liu Xiaocao.

Not soothing was alright, but the more he soothed, the louder she cried.

The noise made the ears buzz.

"Stop crying, it’s not that big a deal to be life and death over it."

Hearing this, the crying Liu Xiaocao immediately lifted her head to look over, her rabbit eyes red, still full of tears.

"Easy for you to say, you’re not the one forced to marry a fool, you’re not the one going to die."

"Lucky it’s not me."

Yi Chichi snorted, retorting unkindly, "You have the guts to shout at me, why don’t you shout at your mom, shout at your invisible dad and brother."

"Your mom tells you to die and you go die, you’re really something, if it were me..."

"If it were you, what would you do?"

Liu Xiaocao choked, sniffing, truly desperate, truly sorrowful.

Hoping to grasp at any straw.

And Yi Chichi gave her that hope.

Looking at her eyes filled with anticipation and pain, Yi Chichi grinned, revealing a chilling smile, "That would depend on how you want to resolve this."

"??? What do you mean? I don’t understand."

The captain and the others didn’t understand either.

Yi Chichi sighed, "The marriage law promulgated in 1950 has a clause on the freedom of marriage for men and women, forced marriages are illegal, if you go the literate route, you can seek help from the team captain, seek help from the women’s federation, seek help from the police comrades, etc."

"As for going the martial route..."

She paused, waving her hand, "That path doesn’t suit."

Only suitable for her.

She has the confidence to settle those who bully her and handle the aftermath gracefully.

Liu Xiaocao is different, she has too many constraints.

"Does the women’s federation handle this?"

"Yes!"

The team has a women’s federation cadre, precisely Liu Dayang’s wife, Huang Xiuying.

Hearing Liu Xiaocao’s words, she stepped out of the crowd to help Liu Xiaocao up, "Explain to us in detail what exactly is happening, we’ve all watched you grow up, we can’t just watch you seek death."

"Exactly."

Liu Xiangqian was frightened into a cold sweat, he still wanted to win the outstanding production team award, if a life is lost because of an arranged marriage, forget about the award, not being implicated would be considered luck.

Thinking about Liu Xiaocao’s troublesome mother, he gritted his teeth, "Just speak honestly, as long as you have reason, we will stand by you against your mom and them."

"...Alright."

Liu Xiaocao wiped her tears, her face a mess of tears and blood, making her unbearable to look at.

Uncle Yaozi sighed, "Let’s go to the clinic, wash your face first, and talk slowly."

With that, the crowd headed to the clinic.

Under Uncle Yaozi’s direction, Yi Chichi was busy moving benches, boiling water, and such.

Liu Xiaocao washed her face, then started speaking between sobs.

The situation wasn’t complicated, to sum it up, during the winter, her brother couldn’t stand staying home and went out, caught a gambling addiction.

By the end of winter, he hadn’t won a penny, even stole his parents’ money and lost it all, ultimately owing nearly thirty yuan in considerable debt.

Last year, the Kao Shan Village team distributed a total of only three or four hundred yuan.

Per household, the most got over ten, the least five or six, some families even owed money to the team and fell into deficit.

Liu Xiaocao’s family worked hard for a year and got a bit over ten yuan, you can imagine how terrifying the nearly thirty yuan debt was.

But that’s not the point, the point is the creditor came to them via the commune.

In this day and age, those bold enough to demand gambling debts publicly usually have connections behind them.

After some threatening and smashing, the creditor gave them an ultimatum, three days to repay, or he’d break Xiaocao’s brother’s arms and legs.

Liu Xiaocao’s parents couldn’t bear their son’s limbs being broken, but they indeed couldn’t repay so much money.

What to do?