Li Hongmei had gathered a few people and was badmouthing Gu Jiaojiao. Nearby, Aunt Leng, who was in charge of spreading manure, had just walked over and overheard them. Unable to resist, she chimed in.
"Isn’t that the truth! The brigade leader is just biased towards Gu Jiaojiao, but we’re just ordinary people. What can we do!"
She sighed.
"It’s all because she acts like some high and mighty young lady that my daughter-in-law ran back to her parents’ house. Isn’t this all her fault for refusing to work?"
No one cared whether the accusations against Gu Jiaojiao were reasonable or not; as long as there were accusations, that was enough. Li Hongmei, for her part, thoughtfully comforted Aunt Leng.
"Auntie, speaking of which, Gu Jiaojiao is family. She’s a daughter-in-law of your Leng Family. It’s really out of line for her to act this way."
"If she had any sense, she would go to their house, apologize to Sun Yeshu, and personally ask her to come back."
When Aunt Leng heard Li Hongmei’s words, it was as if she had found a kindred spirit. She grabbed Li Hongmei’s hand, her face beaming with a benevolent smile.
"Educated Youth Li, you’re the one who really understands things. You truly are a good girl."
One was jealous of Gu Jiaojiao for enjoying a life of ease, the other resented Gu Jiaojiao for driving her daughter-in-law away. The two of them got together and started trash-talking Gu Jiaojiao.
At the edge of the fields, a few kids who were running around and playing heard this and immediately ran to the hillside to find Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang.
The two of them were on the hillside gathering pig feed.
The feed they had gathered previously was for immediate use. Now, they were gathering it to stockpile for the winter, when grain would be scarce, to feed the pigs.
Their playmates found Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang and told them everything they had heard in the fields, word for word.
"Those people, they even said they’re going to go to the county to talk to the leaders together. What do you think we should do about this?"


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