Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 438: I Just Have to Fight Her No Matter What
However, Yi Chichi refused, she was hell-bent on getting abalone.
No choice, Yang Qing had to go home and bring her twenty sun-dried abalones.
Not too big, but not small either, the dried quality is especially good.
"Is this enough?"
"It’s enough!"
Yi Chichi beamed as she took them, "Just in time for dinner tonight."
Watching her bustle around, Yang Qing couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Didn’t you already collect a lot of abalone before? Why are you still short?"
"I didn’t prepare them well, the taste wasn’t great."
Speaking of this made her angry, "If I’d known they’d end up like that, I would have just taken them directly to the station."
Yang Qing’s mouth twitched a bit, this task isn’t even hard.
How did she manage to mess up the abalone?
"I’ll help you dry them next time."
"Alright!"
Yi Chichi took out needle and thread and started patching up some fabric, Ji Jian came back sweating profusely with a flushed face.
Seeing the two sitting by the yard gate, she didn’t hurry home but ran over panting, "Chichi, give me a glass of your mint water quickly."
"Go get it yourself."
Old friends, no need for formalities, do it yourself and you’re self-sufficient.
Soon, Ji Jian poured herself a glass of mint water and chugged down most of it before exhaling with a sense of revival.
"Oh my gosh, I’m exhausted and overheated."
She sat on a chair, gasping for air, while Yang Qing handed her a handkerchief, signaling to wipe her sweat, "What happened to you?"
"Don’t even ask," Ji Jian started with a disgruntled face, "A family in the Dalin Production Team not only abuses the wife but also mistreats the baby. The woman couldn’t take it anymore and jumped into the sea. We saved her, but she doesn’t want to live with him anymore and wants a divorce. We were called to mediate."
Yi Chichi glanced at her, "Your mediation isn’t about urging reconciliation rather than separation, right?"
Old Ji works at the Women’s Federation, encountering many frustrating issues.
Women’s and children’s rights advocacy is quite challenging in today’s society.
It’s not that the Women’s Federation isn’t doing its job; it’s just that the bigger environment forces many women to lack the courage to leave.
So, Ji Jian and her team’s work is really tough.
"All our persuasion is futile, the key lies with the woman."
Talking about it made Ji Jian feel helpless, "She had the courage to jump into the sea but not to divorce..."
"Are you sure it wasn’t your persuasion?"
Yang Qing was skeptical about this, Ji Jian snapped, "We’re not so morally confused. Someone jumps into the sea, obviously, we wouldn’t advise reconciliation."
There’s no way to advise, given how badly it’s going.
If they really sent her back and she ended up beaten to death, it’s on their conscience.
"We’re supporting her divorce and willing to help her fight for her rights. Initially, she was moved, but then when her parents and brothers showed up, she changed her mind."
She slapped her thigh in frustration, "We’re left being the bad guys."
"Frankly, if there weren’t a tight job market, no one would do this job."
It’s just too emotionally draining.
An incident could take days to recover from emotionally.
Yi Chichi sighed, "Luckily, I don’t have a regular job."
The statement was provoking.
Especially when comparing her job to theirs, Yang Qing felt a bit dissatisfied, "How I envy that you don’t have to clock in, but even if you did, it wouldn’t be as stressful as ours, with never-ending issues."
This is true.
At work, there’s always something troubling, maybe from the job itself, maybe from people.
Life is full of complexities, no one is without their own challenging people around.
Not necessarily the worst, but dealing with people can be frustratingly speechless.
Since they started venting, Yang Qing didn’t hold her tongue, "We have a new recruit, did you hear?"
"Didn’t hear."
No way to know, given that Yang Qing works at a seafood factory, where the work isn’t light but the benefits are decent.
She enjoys it and gets along well with colleagues.
But suddenly coming out with this...
"Is the new person difficult to deal with?"
Yi Chichi asked out of curiosity.
"More than difficult, she’s a total drama queen."
She then detailed the newcomer’s ’accomplishments.’
Acting delicate, talking as if she had a candy in her mouth making it hard to understand, and prone to crying and stumbling on flat ground.
Once, we just finished packing the fish for shipment, and she turned around and tipped over the crate, making us start over.
Say anything to her, and she cries like a piglet being slaughtered, claiming she’s being bullied.
If not, she gossips behind people’s backs and when caught, innocent faced, she claims she was joking, saying so-and-so won’t mind.
Leaves people no choice, can’t get mad, can’t laugh either.
You think that’s it?
Nope, then she goes, ’I’m still young, you’re all like aunts, too serious with someone my age.’
Her words insinuating they’re old.
Yi Chichi, "..."
This girl seems like a low-grade combination of white lotus and green tea!
Yang Qing was getting increasingly embarrassed and flustered, "Honestly, if it wasn’t for not wanting to trouble my family, I’d surely have it out with her."
Letting her slack off all day causing us trouble.
"Report it to your boss."
Ji Jian suggested, "Get management to transfer her out or have a talk with her."
It’s indeed a method, Yi Chichi thought it feasible too.
But Yang Qing dejectedly said, "Tried, but it’s useless, boss said she has connections."
Not sure who exactly, but apparently, she’s got some backing.
"So you still want to fight with her?"
Ji Jian’s question was piercing, leaving Yang Qing crestfallen, clutching her chest, she gasped, "I can endure for now, but when I can’t endure anymore..."
She paused, Yi Chichi, quicker to speak than think, added, "Endure a little longer."
Yang Qing was left speechless, Ji Jian burst into laughter.
"Endure it and endure a little longer"—that’s too funny.
"Chichi said it, haha, Old Yang just haha endures it a bit more."
Yang Qing, "..."
These two troublemakers really have no love.
Frowning, she complained, "I can’t even not endure?!"
This really pissed her off.
Yi Chichi quickly reassured, "Of course you can, but dealing with someone who has backing, my advice is unless you’re absolutely sure, don’t make enemies."
Because you never know how powerful the person backing her is.
So she softly advised, "You should try to avoid conflict with her, otherwise there’s just more trouble later."
Ji Jian could relate, interpersonal relations are complicated.
Especially for families like theirs, they can’t be reckless.
There are so many things to consider.
She sighed, helplessly, "Chichi’s right, either find out who’s behind her and see if you can handle it, or avoid conflict."
Yang Qing, "..."
She understood the logic, and indeed operated this way, but she still felt pent-up.
"Endure it, with such burdens, Old Huang and I have no choice."
