His eyes had been like ice in the third month of winter, enough to make anyone shiver.
This man usually treated people gently and looked harmless. But now, Su Jianguo felt that Tang Chen was simply good at pretending.
“Hmph. Just you wait. I’ll definitely get all the money from your family.”
After returning home, Su Jianguo casually threw the red plastic bag onto the floor, then lay down on the bed.
The left side of his butt hurt terribly. He touched it with his hand, and the sharp pain made his backside twitch.
“Ouch! That damned bastard. I should have asked him for medical expenses. It hurts so much.”
If he couldn’t walk for ten days or half a month, then their family really would be too poor to open the pot.
Su Baobao, who had been playing outside, also returned.
As soon as he came back, he saw the White Rabbit milk candies in the plastic bag. He immediately picked one up and chewed it in his mouth.
“Dad, you’re back. Give me fifty cents. I want to buy sandpaper rolls.”
Sandpaper rolls were new goods recently brought in by the supply and marketing cooperative’s owner. Children all loved eating them, but for ordinary families, they were still a little expensive.
One bag cost ten cents.
This time, Su Baobao directly asked for fifty cents. In his mind, Su Jianguo must have brought back quite a bit of money.
After all, with Su Yu’s cowardly personality, she would surely hand over money without hesitation.
“You little brat, all you know is money, money, money! Can’t you see your father is in so much pain he can’t even get up? Don’t you know to pour me a cup of water?”
It was bad enough that no one showed concern when he got home.
His own son only knew how to ask for money.
For the first time, Su Jianguo felt a sour bitterness in his heart.
Seeing him like this, Su Baobao pouted and looked as if he was about to cry.
After that, Su Baobao ran straight into the kitchen and smashed the thermos full of hot water onto the ground.
The loud crash startled Su Jianguo, who was lying on the bed resting.
“You little brat! What are you doing now?”
He limped out of bed and came to the kitchen.
When he saw the mess everywhere and the thermos he had bought from the supply and marketing cooperative a few days ago shattered into pieces of glass, Su Jianguo became furious.
He grabbed a willow switch from the corner and chased him out the door.
“Just watch if I don’t beat you to death today!”
Su Baobao was so frightened that he immediately ran outside.
He ran faster than a rabbit.
When they reached a field ridge, Su Jianguo had gone out in such a hurry that he had not put on shoes.
His feet were covered in mud and became too slippery.
He directly tumbled into a muddy pit.
The foul stench all over his body nearly made him vomit.
Seeing this, Su Baobao burst into laughter.
“That’s what you get for chasing me! You fell into the mud pit!”
After saying that, he left at once, not intending to help Su Jianguo at all.
Su Jianguo was as miserable as he could possibly be.
He had no shoes on and could only drag himself ashore while covered in heavy mud.
He panted heavily.
Just then, several people came along the field ridge, carrying hoes on their backs. They were probably heading to the production team to earn work points.
“What is that thing?”
One of them, wearing a white towel, pointed ahead.
At that moment, Su Jianguo was covered entirely in mud. Sitting on the field ridge, he looked like a mud-covered monkey.
“Oh no. Below there are the wheat seeds we planted not long ago. Could that be a wild monkey from the mountain?”
“Wild monkey” was what they generally called anything that ruined wheat fields, rice paddies, or vegetable plots.
One farmer had poor eyesight. Carrying his hoe, he rushed forward and kicked Su Jianguo right in the backside.
That kick landed directly on Su Jianguo’s injury.
His scream instantly pierced the sky.
“Are you all crazy?! What are you doing?!”
Su Jianguo rolled back into the mud he had just scraped off himself.
Some tiny grains of sand in his mouth scratched the inside of his mouth, making him taste blood.
After hearing a human scream, the farmer in front of him began doubting his life.
“You… You’re Jianguo?”
Once he realized this, he hurriedly helped Su Jianguo up.
The other farmers quickly came forward as well, checking whether Su Jianguo was injured.
“How did you end up in such a sorry state? Don’t tell me you like playing in the mud like those children?”
These people usually loved joking around.
If not for the mud covering his face, they would have seen that Su Jianguo’s face had turned the color of pig liver.
“What nonsense are you all talking about? I just lost my footing and fell in. I’m not wasting words with you.”
After saying this, Su Jianguo limped away.
He no longer had the slightest bit of his earlier arrogance.
“Tch. Still shouting at us. He probably went to steal from someone again, got caught, and was beaten up.”
Such things happened often, so they were not surprised.
After chatting for a while, they carried their hoes and left.
Whenever the villagers had nothing to do, they liked discussing recent events.
“Su Yu, have you heard? Yesterday, no one knows what your brother was doing, but his whole body was covered in mud. I heard there was even pig manure in it.”
Hearing this, Su Yu burst out laughing.
Actually, she had already known last night.
Tang Chen had heard those people discussing it at the production team yesterday. By now, more than half the village probably knew.
“He probably fell by accident.”
Trying hard to suppress her laughter, Su Yu felt that even Heaven could no longer stand Su Jianguo and wanted to take that evil man back.
Since it was farming season, some people prepared fertilizer in advance to irrigate the wheat fields.
The mud pit Su Jianguo had fallen into was mixed with pig manure.
It would probably disgust him so much that he wouldn’t be able to eat for days.
Just thinking about it made Su Yu feel delighted.
“Alright, I’ll head back first. If your brother comes over again in the future, tell me. I’ll have my man beat him up.”
This woman’s name was Li Xiuling. She lived next door to Su Yu.
Her husband was tall and strong, a retired soldier, and he had also attracted the jealousy of many people in the village.
Because of that, the two women had ended up getting along.
Looking at Li Xiuling, Su Yu felt that in this life, she truly needed to build a good relationship with her neighbors.
After all, in her previous life, she had spent all her time being jealous and fighting with women who admired Tang Chen.
She had had no brains at all.
That night, Su Yu entered the space again as usual.
“001, are you there?”
There was still no answer.
She was very puzzled.
Just how busy was this 001?
It had already been several days since it last appeared.
Helpless, she could only continue exploring the secrets of the space on her own.
Last time, Su Yu had scattered more wheat seeds into the space.
When she came in this time, they had already matured.