Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Zhou Jiaojiao and Wang Qingqi, along with Zhao Guifen, were all standing in the manure pile. No one else was around them.

The people who had been working earlier had stopped and gathered to watch the spectacle.

Zhou Jiaojiao, who had always been lucky, had never encountered such a miserable situation before. The stench made her squat down and start retching.

The other two weren't faring any better.

Seeing the three of them squatting and retching, Team Leader Chen Zhuangshi's patience was nearly exhausted: "Zhao Guifen, can you handle this? Your family seems to have a grudge against our team’s manure pile.

Last time, it was your family that messed up Shanghe Village’s manure pile.

This time, it’s your own village’s, and now three people have fallen in.

What exactly are you trying to do?

Zhao Guifen, are you planning to bully your younger daughter-in-law after bullying your elder one?"

Chen Zhuangshi was highly suspicious, given this old woman's past record.

Being questioned like this, Zhao Guifen couldn’t hold back her frustration: "Team Leader, how is this my fault? If these two unlucky things hadn’t suddenly rushed at me with such bad attitudes, as if I had wronged them, I wouldn’t have gotten angry.

And I didn’t push my daughter-in-law. It was them pushing and shoving each other that pushed me down."

Zhao Guifen felt very wronged.

She had high hopes for Zhou Jiaojiao, so why would she push her?

"Then how did she end up down there too?" Chen Zhuangshi was even more confused.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s eyes welled up with tears. The stench and the gazes of the people around her were driving her mad. What drove her even crazier was that she had been pulled down by Wang Qingqi!

If he hadn’t been pushed down by Zhao Guifen and then grabbed her in panic, she wouldn’t have fallen.

With her good luck, this wouldn’t have happened! He pulled her down!

But if she admitted this, she would be utterly embarrassed.

So many people from the village were here… Seeing Bai Xiuxiu and Wang Qinghe nearby, Zhou Jiaojiao decided not to say anything.

Zhou Jiaojiao made up her mind.

Wang Qingqi was about to admit that he had accidentally pulled his wife down.

Before he could speak, Zhou Jiaojiao took the blame herself: "I saw my husband and mother-in-law fall down, so I tried to pull them up, but I wasn’t strong enough and ended up being dragged down too."

The team leader’s expression improved; this girl from the Zhou family wasn’t bad.

"Then what about you? How did you end up down there?" The team leader looked at Wang Qingqi.

Wang Qingqi was touched that Jiaojiao hadn’t told the truth, surely to save him from embarrassment.

When questioned by the team leader, he quickly came up with an excuse: "I saw my mom fall down accidentally, so I tried to pull her up and ended up falling myself."

Zhao Guifen wanted to curse him right away. This ungrateful thing was completely misrepresenting the situation!

But before she could say anything, the team leader preempted her.

"You’re a grown man and couldn’t even hold onto an old lady. Can’t you be more capable?" The team leader was so angry it hurt his liver.

Bai Xiuxiu watched the commotion and finally understood how someone as lucky as Zhou Jiaojiao ended up in the manure pile.

Turns out she was pulled down by Wang Qingqi.

"Uncle Zhang is here."

Someone shouted in the crowd, and when Old Zhang arrived, he saw the three covered in manure. Pinching his nose, he approached: "Why is it always your family? Why are you still having issues with our team’s manure pit?"

The three of them looked worse than each other.

Old Zhang had already dealt with this once, so he quickly handled the situation. After confirming they were fine, he started asking for money: "This time, fifty cents per person. Bring it to me tomorrow."

He left without looking back.

Passing by Bai Xiuxiu and his new apprentice, Old Zhang gave them a smile.

Once Old Zhang left, the team leader, feeling frustrated, chased everyone back to work.

"You three, hurry home and clean up! Once you’re clean, come back and clean up around the manure pile."

Chen Zhuangshi quickly joined the others in their work.

The team’s work was the most important thing.

"Let’s go back." Bai Xiuxiu watched the three help each other up and walked away with her husband.

"You two, stop right there! Why are you running off? Come over and help me!" Zhao Guifen shouted when she saw them leaving after watching the spectacle.

Hearing this, Bai Xiuxiu turned back and glanced at them: "Mom, you seem perfectly fine. Besides, if I help you, I’ll just add another person who needs cleaning. You might as well help each other since you’re equally dirty."

"You!"

"Sister-in-law, how can you talk like that? We’re family. Even if you don’t care about us, don’t say such hurtful things," Zhou Jiaojiao said with a resentful look.

Bai Xiuxiu smiled unperturbed: "If you want to hear something even worse, I can say it."

"Shall we go?" Wang Qinghe saw that his wife was about to be disgusted by these people and didn't want her to get even angrier.

"Jiaojiao, are you okay? I just heard someone say you fell into a pile of manure... You stink to high heaven."

Before the two of them could leave, someone came running from a distance.

This woman breezed past them and stopped one meter away from Zhou Jiaojiao as she approached her.

She was so shocked that she couldn’t utter a single kind word.

Zhou Jiaojiao, seeing her third sister-in-law from her natal family run over, had initially been quite happy. But after hearing those words, the corners of her mouth drooped: "Third Sister-in-Law, if you can't speak properly, then don’t speak at all."

"I didn’t mean it. Tell me, how did you end up in a pile of manure? Mom thought someone was making up stories when she heard the news. How unlucky can you be to run into such a mess? By the way, Mom said that tomorrow, your eldest brother and second brother will be back.

Why don’t you go home and see them?

There’s not much meat left at home, so bring something when you go.

Mom also said she’ll help talk about your job situation this time."

Wednesday’s third sister-in-law tried hard to suppress her urge to vomit as she spoke to her younger sister-in-law.

She completely failed to notice how others were looking at her.

Bai Xiuxiu, seeing Wednesday’s third sister-in-law, felt a surge of hatred. In her previous life, it was Zhou Jiaojiao who had caused her downfall through Wednesday’s third sister-in-law.

They needed to act sooner so she could catch Wednesday’s third sister-in-law in the act.

"Dad..."

While Bai Xiuxiu was lost in thought, her daughter's voice brought her back. Wang Qinghe looked at Wednesday’s third sister-in-law’s back, and his expression made her feel a bit scared.

His eyes were beautifully shaped, with slightly drooping eyebrows that made him look gentler.

He usually looked at her with tenderness and indulgence.

But now, his gaze was deep and filled with a chilling hatred.