Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 224: A Bit Too Ruthless

A person with ambition but no ability or brains doesn’t need anyone else to push them into making a miserable mess of themselves.

For someone like her, if she continues living in the Youth Corps Courtyard, she really needs to be a bit worried.

Because she might get caught in the crossfire.

She needs to be cautious.

But if she has already moved out of the Youth Corps Courtyard and still gets caught in the crossfire, it’s not Xue Jiahuan being dumb, it’s her being dumb.

Mr. Song stared at her for a long time and sighed, "That young educated youth is trouble, keep your distance, don’t get involved with her."

"I definitely won’t get involved."

She’s not even looking to hide, she’d have to be crazy to willingly walk into trouble.

Wen’s mother said, "Or maybe we should find a way to get rid of her?"

"The less you do, the fewer mistakes you make. If you don’t do anything, you won’t make mistakes."

Mr. Song was startled by her suggestion and quickly advised, "Don’t act recklessly, the placement of educated youth is not managed by the brigade, and as long as she doesn’t make any obvious mistakes, causing trouble with her won’t be justified, and could create problems."

Wen’s mother thought for a moment and felt it made sense, but she really didn’t like Xue Jiahuan.

You could say that among all the members in Kao Shan Village, few have a good impression of her. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Oh, how did we end up with such an educated youth?"

Like a fly, not biting but very irritating.

It’s quite annoying.

"Just keep your distance from her."

"I’m just afraid she’ll come over of her own accord."

"If you can drive her away, do so, if not, just ignore her."

Yi Chichi laughed, "If it really comes to that, ignoring her won’t work. The right method is to find a way to make her make a mistake, and then take her down for good."

At this point, she spoke meaningfully, "After all, there’s no reasoning with a mad dog."

The crowd... She’s comparing Xue Jiahuan to a mad dog and stating the mad dog’s fate.

Suddenly, everyone’s gaze became strange, this girl seems to have a bit of a ruthless streak.

Either take no action, or when she does, she ensures it’s the end of the problem for good.

In her world, there’s no leaving things open-ended for future encounters.

After exchanging a glance, Mr. Song reminded, "Take it easy."

"As long as she doesn’t bother me, I couldn’t care less about her."

Whether she was reborn or transmigrated, as long as she doesn’t mess with Yi Chichi, Xue Jiahuan can do as she pleases.

If she does mess with Yi Chichi, sorry, she doesn’t take unfair losses from non-friends or relatives.

Mr. Song and the others could only pray silently that Xue Jiahuan wouldn’t come near her.

It turned out that Xue Jiahuan didn’t have time to get close to her because she had her eyes set on a young man from the Red Flag Brigade next door, who had recently returned and was assigned to the forestry.

The news came from Ge Sujuan, who was sitting on a small stool watching Yi Chichi cutting some sanqi, tossing one over casually, "Why did she suddenly change her target?"

Zhang Xiaoqin, being commanded to work vigorously, was earnestly digging the medicinal field with a shovel, wiping the sweat from her forehead, and said, "Even a persimmon knows how to pick the soft ones to pinch, you all exclude her and don’t pay attention to her, she just has to look elsewhere."

"Otherwise, how dull life would be."

Yi Chichi retorted upon hearing, "Are you living a fulfilling life now?"

Zhang Xiaoqin’s smiling face turned sour, she sighed, stepping out of the medicinal field, and Yi Chichi seeing this threatened, "Get back to digging, or I’ll call Aunt Mu."

Mu Da had a late shift today, not going to the commune until after three in the afternoon.

She was currently in the backyard kitchen cooking mung bean soup and baking pancakes.

But at a call, she’d promptly appear.

"Why are you like this."

Successfully intimidated, Zhang Xiaoqin almost cried out of anger, but still resigned to go back to digging the field.

Yi Chichi snorted, if she wasn’t harsh with Zhang Xiaoqin, Aunt Mu would be harsh with her.

Recalling what Aunt Mu said when they returned to the brigade’s infirmary, she couldn’t help but feel sorry for Zhang Xiaoqin and Qiao Jun.

Their godmother wasn’t standing by them at all, and instead was enraged by their sneaky behavior, determined to educate them.

Qiao Jun was being put to free labor by Uncle Yaozi, and since Zhang Xiaoqin was a girl and not suited to be taken around, nor was the hospital suitable for her, Yi Chichi was thus entrusted with the important task of supervising and educating Zhang Xiaoqin.

"Dig properly, make sure it’s deep enough, and remember to break up the dirt you dig up, otherwise it can’t be planted, got it?"

"...got it."

Zhang Xiaoqin replied weakly, continuing to toil in the field, feeling deeply regretful inside.

Had she known that sneaking off would lead to this result, she wouldn’t have used her father’s official seal to give herself introduction letters and travel permits no matter what.

But now it’s too late for regrets, just keep working.

As long as it doesn’t kill her, she’ll work as hard as possible.

So, Ge Sujuan saw her look feeble as an old person one second and then full of energy the next, with dirt clumps flying everywhere as she dug.

Turning to Yi Chichi, she whispered, "She acts like a little kid."

"That’s because she is a kid."

In her original world, children Zhang Xiaoqin’s age were still in high school classrooms.

Due to harsh conditions in this era, people tend to mature early, but Zhang Xiaoqin and Qiao Jun weren’t in that category.

They’re both the youngest in their families, receiving lots of love.

Their elder siblings had suffered, but the two of them hadn’t really.

Being pampered gives kids the right to be willful.

Therefore, they had sneaked off without telling anyone, even stealing the official seal to give themselves introduction and travel permits.

Glancing at Zhang Xiaoqin, who was diligently digging the ground, she praised, "Luckily, as mischievous as they are, they’re still teachable."

Ge Sujuan’s mouth twitched, "You threatened her with Aunt Mu, she wouldn’t dare not to listen."

Since Aunt Mu followed Uncle Yaozi back, they’ve never seen Aunt Mu get angry.

But on the second day Zhang Xiaoqin and Qiao Jun arrived, Aunt Mu returned from the commune.

She didn’t come back empty-handed but with a stick as thick as a baby’s arm.

One moment she was gently calling out Xiaoqin and Xiao Jun, the next she was hitting them with that stick as they ran around, barely escaping with their heads covered, after calling out "godmother."

She beat and scolded them, fiercer than her own mother had ever hit her.

"Is Aunt Mu really just their godmother?"

"Aunt Mu saved their lives, saying she’s a godmother is practically saying she’s their real mother."

Ge Sujuan acknowledged, "No wonder Aunt Mu dares to take action."

Talking about this, she reminded Yi Chichi, "You should respect Aunt Mu more from now on, I’m worried she’ll hit you too."

Yi Chichi, "...I’m a good girl."

Packing up the sliced sanqi, she urged, "Continue to talk about Xue Jiahuan, who did she originally set her sights on?"

"None of the people in our courtyard caught her eye, but she fancied Second Brother Liu from Liu Lan’s house."

"Who?"

"Second Brother Liu."

Yi Chichi was so surprised her jaw almost dropped, "Doesn’t she know Second Brother Liu is married, has a wife and kids, and they’re happily married?"

"She knows, but she said there’s no wall she can’t topple, and in the end, she didn’t succeed and got beaten up by Second Madam Liu."

This is really hard to judge.

"Did she give up then?"

"No, she later blocked Second Brother Liu two more times, got caught by Second Madam Liu each time, and got beaten up again. It was only after getting beaten three times in a row that she gave up."