novellhall Chapter 28 The Incorrigible Mu Family
Chapter 28 The Incorrigible Mu Family
On her fourth day working at the police station, Qiao An took the tricycle out of her storage space.
After Haozi and his gang were caught by the police station, the Dongjiawan black market stopped charging the 50-cent entrance fee and has now become active again.
Qiao An kept the bicycle ticket but didn't need it, so she sold it for a hundred yuan when she went to set up a stall on the black market.
These past few days, Joan has been keeping an eye on the cowshed not far from their home.
The original owner was sent down to Lianchi Village with the Mu family, and that's where she slept.
This time, the difference is that Qiao An was not among those sent down.
I rode my tricycle home in the evening, and as soon as I entered the village, I realized something was wrong.
The old ladies who used to gather at the base of the wall and chat were gone.
A group of children skipped and hopped towards Qiao An's house.
"Iron Citizens?" Joan grabbed one of the boys. "Where are you going?"
"Did something happen in the village today?"
Tiemin, Tian Yongfu's grandson, said in a deep voice, "The capitalists have been sent down to our village. They're in that cowshed in front of your house. Everyone went to see them."
"They say they're from big cities!"
"Tsk~" Joan couldn't help but chuckle to herself.
They actually came.
Qiao An stood up and started pedaling; her legs no longer hurt, and her back no longer ached.
He rode home in just a few minutes, parked the tricycle in the yard, and without even saying a word to Huo Chen and Huo Ning, ran to the cowshed.
From afar, she saw a group of people gathered around the cowshed, chattering about something.
Joan leaned closer.
"We haven't had any capitalists come to our village for several years. This time, a whole family came. It's quite a novelty."
"Your little girl is fair-skinned and pretty."
"What good is Jun? If he works in the fields for two months, he'll be just like us."
"Exactly, they're capitalists; they didn't come here to enjoy themselves."
Pushing through the crowd, Joan saw what was happening inside.
The cowshed hasn't been inhabited for several years.
There were only a few pitiful frames, covered with two layers of corn stalks.
There wasn't even a decent door or window paper.
There weren't many houses around to block the wind.
The weather is like this now; there's a strong wind outside, but a light breeze inside.
It's only November; in another month or two, it might freeze people to death.
No, it's definitely freezing people to death.
After all, the original owner of this body froze to death here.
Inside the cowshed, Mu Linjiang, wrapped in a patched dark blue woolen overcoat, sat on a hard wooden bed.
Mu Yu looked at the people outside the cowshed with some fear, and kept backing away.
Fang Hui, who was standing to the side, was busy helping Mu Zhiyuan and Mu Zhifeng.
Although they were sent down to the countryside, the village committee still provided them with some basic living supplies.
For example, pots, pans, and the like.
But there's absolutely no way they'd give us an iron pot; those things are too precious.
Tian Yongfu stood in front of the cowshed, hands on his hips, a typical leader's demeanor.
"It's the off-season for farming now, so you're lucky. But don't think you can escape reform. Starting tomorrow, you'll be working with the brigade to dig ditches. We'll leave at five in the morning. No slacking off."
"Don't say I didn't warn you in advance. If you're not proactive, don't even think about getting any vegetables or grain. You'll have to figure out how to get any this winter."
Fang Hui no longer resembled a wealthy woman; she wore inappropriate coarse cloth clothes and wore a fawning smile.
"Yes, yes, thank you, Secretary Tian. We promise we will reform ourselves properly."
As Fang Hui spoke, her gaze swept over the group of villagers who were watching the commotion, and after a moment of surprise, her eyes fell on Qiao An.
"Mu An!" she screamed.
Upon hearing this name, everyone in the Mu family looked up.
Following Fang Hui's gaze, she saw Qiao An.
She was wearing a clean and crisp coat and brand-new cotton gloves.
Two long ponytails hung down in front of her chest, tied with colorful hair ties.
In just one week, Qiao An looked so presentable, without a trace of the embarrassment and unease she had felt at the Mu family.
"Mu An, what are you doing here!"
Ignoring everything else, Fang Hui rushed in front of Qiao An, "Why are you here? Are you here to laugh at us?"
"You little bitch! You ungrateful wretch! I brought you home, fed you and took good care of you, and this is how you treat us?"
Fang Hui, used to being domineering at home, actually swung her arm, trying to hit Qiao An.
Unfortunately, she was the original owner's biological mother, not Qiao An's biological mother.
Joanne dodged by tilting her head, straightened up, and slapped him across the face.
Fang Hui had been living a life of luxury for many years, and these past few days she hadn't been eating or sleeping well, so her body was already very weak.
Joan used all her strength to slap him.
The slap made Fang Hui stagger and almost lose her balance.
"You...you actually dared to hit me? You dared to hit your own mother!"
Tian Yongfu looked at Qiao An; not only him, but everyone was looking at Qiao An.
Everyone in Lianchi Village knows that Qiao An abandoned her child two months ago and was taken to Shenzhou to meet her biological parents.
Could her biological parents be capitalists who were sent down to Lianchi Village?
If she really is a capitalist's daughter, then she can't stay in the village.
How could Qiao An not understand what Tian Yongfu and the others were thinking?
"What kind of excrement are you spewing?"
Qiao An stepped forward. "You brought me to Shenzhou just to send your own daughter to the countryside, didn't you?"
"Even now, you're still incorrigible. Be careful, or I'll report you to the Youth Committee and have you dragged to the commune for public criticism!"
When the Youth Committee was mentioned, Fang Hui's shoulders trembled.
Clearly, the Youth Committee left an indelible and terrifying shadow on her in Shenzhou.
"Sister, why did you do this? We're all family. What you did really hurt Mom and Dad."
Mu Yu's eyes went into a frenzy the moment she saw Qiao An, and it took her a long time to recover.
Heaven has eyes, and she actually met Qiao An here.
As long as they insist that she is Mu Linjiang and Fang Hui's biological daughter, given the narrow-mindedness of rural people, they might kick Qiao An out of the village and make her sleep in a cowshed.
Mu Yu couldn't stand Qiao Anhao.
She was clearly the Mu family's biological daughter, so why was she the one sent to the cowshed?
"Who's your sister? Stop trying to flatter yourself, I spit on you!"
Joan spat on the ground in annoyance.
Even after all that, they still couldn't resist dragging Joan down with them.
It's like a bunch of green-haired eggs entering a family, they're all bastards.
"My return ticket was bought by the director of the Shenzhou Youth Committee. Who am I? Who are you? Stop trying to pull this stunt, or you'll regret it!"
"If you come to our Lianchi Village, then reform yourselves properly, instead of biting people like mad dogs."
Qiao An's words reminded Tian Yongfu.
He had tested Joan that day, and Joan's answer was flawless and confident.
If she really is Mu Linjiang's daughter, she would feel guilty no matter what.
No matter how domineering and fierce Qiao An is, she is still just an uneducated village girl. She doesn't have the guts to lie about this matter.
Tian Yongfu's face darkened. "What's all this commotion!"
"Do you know where this is? Qiao An is from our Lianchi Village. Her husband is a worker who went to support the construction of the Northwest. How dare you slander her like this?"
"I see you haven't done a good job of reforming Shenzhou. You're not sleeping tonight either, go to the village and collect manure!"
"If you don't collect at least fifty pounds by tomorrow morning, you're not allowed to eat lunch!"
Fang Hui panicked immediately. They had been traveling for a day and a night, and their bodies were almost falling apart from the jolting.
They finally arrived at their destination and wanted to rest, but they didn't even let them catch their breath. They had to collect manure late at night.