Northeast: My Absurd Woman

Chapter 182: If your hands are covered in mud and you're reaching into your pocket, even if it&

Reeking of alcohol, he rambled on and on, scolding Liao Zhi.

Liao Zhi's anger was instantly ignited by Hu Xianjun.

"You little brat, don't talk like that without knowing how it hurts."

You fucking come and lie here for a few days and see if you can enjoy a life of leisure?

Why don't you enjoy this peaceful life? If you're so fond of it, let's switch places.

You enjoy this peaceful life, while I suffer the hardships you endure.

I am a top student who graduated from a prestigious university. I have a job and an apartment of over 100 square meters.

If I were willing to lie here, then I must be crazy.

You country bumpkin, how would you know what the world I used to live in was like?

You're just a country bumpkin, a country bumpkin who's never seen the world.

It's utterly useless; one step and it crumbles into clods of dirt.

Liao wanted to provoke Hu Xianjun, this drunkard, because only he could help him get out of trouble.

He waited day after day, but there was no news of Lin Qiu. He thought he had become a person who had been abandoned.

They were worse than dog poop, yet Lin Qiu dumped them into this already impoverished family.

Although Zhang Changyao and Yang Wuni did not look down on him or mistreat him.

But his fragile heart had become like thin ice in early spring, unable to withstand even the slightest bump.

"You paralyzed bastard, how dare you curse? I'll strangle you."

Hu Xianjun had clearly fallen for Liao Zhi's provocation and rose from his knees to grab Liao Zhi's neck.

"Xianjun, why did you actually resort to violence? Come on, let's go to that room."

Sensing something was wrong, Zhang Changyao pushed open the door and pulled Hu Xianjun back to the east room.

"Uncle, don't stop me. Why are you still supporting someone who looks down on us like this?"

"Go find his family tomorrow and make him move his potato and roll his ball."

Hu Xianjun was making a lot of noise and gesturing on the ground.

Zhang Changyao had already pulled him to the door.

His body was tilted as if he was about to fall, his legs stretched out over the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), as if he was about to kick Liao Zhi.

"Xianjun, listen to me, your aunt and the child are asleep, and you don't want to make a noise."

Zhang Changyao brought the quilt back, spread it out, and pressed Hu Xianjun down to sleep.

Hu Xianjun was exhausted from all the tossing and turning, and he started snoring as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Zhang Changyao was not sleepy; he was pondering the deeper meaning behind Liao Zhixing's actions.

Finally, he made a decision: he took out the letter paper and envelopes he had left over from writing letters for others, and forged a letter.

After writing the letter, he deliberately placed the envelope under the kang mat and buried it in the soil. Only after doing all this could he sleep peacefully.

"Zhang Changyao, you can keep this a secret for now, but what will you do then?"

After waking up, Yang Wuni listened to Zhang Changyao explain the reason to her and asked worriedly.

"It's better to keep it a secret for now than to have no hope at all."

Now that he's come to our house, we can't let him do anything rash.

Didn't you see which father he had? While he's alive, they don't care, but once he's dead, they might say we killed him.

With hands covered in yellow mud, reaching into his pockets, even if it's not shit, it'll still look like shit.

Try to coax them for a while, and if that doesn't work, then we'll leave it to fate.

Since God gave him to us, there must be a reason.

Let's just treat him well and not go against our conscience.

Zhang Changyao turned to his side, stroked Yang Wuni's hair, and gently patted her to lull her to sleep.

Zhang Changyao got up early to help Hu Xianjun saw the wood, and he wasn't needed for any other work.

He went to the Lin family in Zhongguan with the crumpled letter tucked in his pocket.

I heard that Guan Yuxiu's wedding date has been set. I'm wondering if you need any help.

Before they even reached the corner, they saw Zheng Meizhi, heavily pregnant, walking towards them with another woman.

"Zhang Changyao, what are you doing? I remember your wife is almost a month old, right?"

This is Director Miao, who's in charge of family planning in the township. We're going to your house now to see when your wife can get sterilized.

Zheng Meizhi, with an air of authority, held her head high and looked down at Zhang Changyao.

"Miao Yu! It's you!" Zhang Changyao pointed at the woman next to Zheng Meizhi, looking surprised.

"Zhang Changyao, what are you doing in this village? I remember Lin Qiu saying you lived in town?"

Miao Yuzhong was of average height, with a student-style haircut, and a pair of captivating phoenix eyes on his round face.

She playfully pouted her sexy thin lips and deliberately straightened her curvaceous body.

Upon seeing Zhang Changyao, he mentioned the lies Lin Qiu and her female classmates had told back then.

"Miao Yu, that's an old almanac, why are you still looking at it?"

What does it matter where we live? We're no less than you working-class kids.

"You two go to my house first. I have something to do at my second brother's house, I'll be right back."

Zhang Changyao felt intimidated when he saw Miao Yu. He didn't know if the certificate Liao Zhi had given him could handle this tough woman.

Miao Yu harbors a grudge against Zhang Changyao because she made a bet with Lin Qiu and several other female classmates.

Let's see who can win over Zhang Changyao, this handsome, bookish guy who excels in his studies. The loser will buy a gift for the winner.

In the end, Lin Qiu won, and the other female classmates harbored resentment towards Zhang Changyao.

Because of this, Zhang Changyao was often cornered in the alley by these women and questioned about it.

In fact, Zhang Changyao had no idea that Lin Qiu had said his family lived in the town.

Looking back now, he thinks that if he had let them know earlier that he was a poor country bumpkin, none of these things would have happened.

The Guan family set the date for Yang Wuni's one-month celebration.

It was Guan Yuxiu's idea; she said she would have her third aunt take her.

Without her third aunt's advice, she really wouldn't have dared to marry Wang Fugui.

The girl even went out of her way to buy Yang Wuni a new headscarf and asked Zhang Changyao to take it back to Yang Wuni.

"Yang Wuni, don't say those useless things, like proof or anything. If you don't dare to produce it, then you don't have it."

You have to get this tubal ligation done, whether you want to or not.

Zhang Changyao returned home in deep thought, and before he even entered the house, he heard Zheng Meizhi making a huge fuss inside.

"Zheng Meizhi, you're just a complete idiot. I'll show you how you can read, what are you going to do?"

"Don't you dare dance the tiger god in my house. My Zhang Changyao isn't coming back, and none of you are getting any proof of ownership of my house."

Yang Wuni, holding the child, hid inside the kang (a heated brick bed) and argued with Zheng Meizhi without giving an inch.

"Wu Ni, are you stupid? How did I tell you that?"

We can't be like dogs; dogs can bite us, but we can't bite dogs.

If we fight back against a dog, wouldn't we become a dog just like her?

Zhang Changyao pushed open the door and pretended to be angry as he scolded Yang Wuni.

"Zhang Changyao, I knew you'd side with me. You can't spoil a wife like that."

Unable to discern good from bad, Zheng Meizhi pressed herself against Zhang Changyao, startling him into quickly moving away.

"Zhang Changyao, your wife says your family has proof that the government has approved your having a child."

In all the years I've worked at the family planning office, I've never heard of such a certificate.

Zhang Changyao, you understand how strict the family planning policy is now without me having to explain.

We are all educated people; you should know the consequences of going against the country.

Don't take chances; cooperating with the government is the wisest choice.