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“Comrade Su Qiu, are you sure you want to register your younger sister for going down to the countryside? You’re not joking, are you?”
The comrades at the Educated Youth Station were astonished.
Earlier, it had been Comrade Su’s mother who came to register her. When they went to notify this comrade, she seemed completely unaware and broke down crying for a long time.
Su Qiu calmly replied: “Comrade, I am not joking. Right now, the countryside program needs the support of our young people. My sister and I are duty-bound. Please process the registration as soon as possible.”
The registrar at the Educated Youth Office hesitated. After all, no one wanted to go down to the countryside in those days, especially since the younger sister seemed to have a formal job.
These two sisters were not actually joking, were they? Otherwise, the whole family might come back to make trouble later.
“Comrade, perhaps you should still let your parents come to complete the registration.”
Su Qiu frowned and retorted: “An elder sister is like a mother. I am her sister. Besides, I have the adults’ identification documents. Why can’t I handle the procedures? Encouraging young people to actively participate in construction is a good thing.”
The registrar was momentarily speechless.
At that moment, the director passing by brought a group of inspection leaders. After hearing Su Qiu’s words, he immediately applauded.
“Oh my, it’s rare to see such a highly aware young girl. Both sisters want to go down to the countryside to support construction—how can we stop that? Xiao Liu, register her immediately.”
Seeing that it was a leader, the registrar quickly stood up and bowed, then replied: “Yes, Director. I will register her right away.”
Just like that, Su Ting was also registered to go down to the countryside.
Su Qiu considered this as using their own methods against them.
Poor Su Qiu had lost her job and was forced to go down to the countryside to endure cold and hunger. Now Su Ting could experience the same thing. With her precious daughter going to the countryside, the stepmother would surely cry herself to death.
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After finishing her business, Su Qiu found a deserted place.
She took out a portion of sweet and sour spare ribs and bok choy from her dimensional space, and ate them with steaming rice.
After eating and drinking her fill, her thin body was still somewhat unaccustomed, and her stomach felt a little heavy.
Su Qiu was somewhat speechless. Exactly how had this family mistreated the Original Owner? She could not even digest a few ribs properly—truly outrageous.
Helplessly, she took out a few digestive tablets from her dimensional space, tossed them into her mouth, and let them dissolve. They were sweet and actually quite tasty.
She stretched lazily and slowly walked back home.
Following the memory of the route, she returned to the house and saw the door wide open, with complaining voices coming from inside.
“Dad, we’re practically starving to death. Why isn’t there any food today?”
“Where is Su Qiu? Is she still unhappy because I took her job? As an older sister, she’s really too petty. We’re family—does she really need to calculate everything like this?”
Bang!
Su Qiu kicked the door open directly and looked at the girl speaking coldly.
“What do you mean it’s not necessary! Stop acting cheap and then pretending to be innocent after taking advantage. A ungrateful wretch like you should be the one going down to the countryside to eat hardship meals and wake your brain up.”
Su Ting did not expect Su Qiu to return, and even more so did not expect her to dare insult her in front of their father.
“You! Dad, look at sister. She actually called me an ungrateful wretch.”
Su Ting was sixteen years old this year, tall and well-proportioned, with fair and delicate skin. Her round eyes were lively, and her hair was tied into twin braids.
Compared with Su Qiu’s sallow, thin face, the contrast was stark.
Su Jiazhong had already experienced this unfilial daughter’s changes, so upon hearing this he only frowned and said: “Enough, Tingting, don’t bother with her. Let her throw her tantrum. She’s going down to the countryside in two days anyway.”
Su Baoming, however, was not willing to accept this. Normally someone who did not even dare to speak up now dared to bully his own sister.
At fourteen or fifteen years old, in the middle of adolescence, he rolled up his sleeves, walked toward Su Qiu, and pointed at her angrily.
“How dare you scold my sister! Apologize now, or I’ll beat you!”
Su Ting felt much more satisfied and deliberately added fuel to the fire.
“Forget it, brother. Sister is fine. After all, she is our Second Sister. Don’t hurt her and ruin your sibling relationship.”
Su Baoming became even angrier upon hearing this.
“She’s a useless coward, not my Second Sister! She’s been causing trouble at home these past few days, and Mom was driven away by her. I’ve long wanted to deal with her!”
After saying that, Su Baoming clenched his fist and swung it fiercely toward Su Qiu’s stomach.
Su Qiu stepped back, and without hesitation, lifted her leg and kicked hard toward the other party’s groin.
“You uneducated thing! I used my salary to support your education and your food, and you still want to hit me?! An ungrateful piece of trash like you will become nothing but a social tumor when you grow up!”
“Ah——”
Su Baoming let out a scream, clutching his groin and collapsing to the ground in agony: “Dad! Dad save me— it hurts so much……”
Su Jiazhong was terrified and hurriedly helped his son up, exclaiming: “Baoming! Don’t be afraid, Father will take you to the hospital right now.”
“Su Qiu, are you insane?! How can you be so vicious! If anything happens to Baoming, even your life wouldn’t be enough to repay it!”
After shouting, Su Ting quickly checked her brother’s condition with their father. “Dad, what do we do!”
“Send him to the hospital immediately.”
Su Jiazhong carried his son and rushed out, sweat beading on his forehead. Before leaving the door, he turned back and glared viciously at Su Qiu.
“You unfilial daughter! You plotted harm against your own brother—you are worse than an animal! When I come back, I will break your legs!”
Su Qiu sneered lightly and replied slowly: “I’ll be waiting. Hurry and take your precious son to the hospital. Don’t be late and affect your Su family lineage.”
She had trained in Taekwondo for two years. Although she was not an expert, she still controlled her strength.
The kick just now landed on the thigh, not a vital area.
But it was enough to teach him a lesson—he would be in pain for a while and remember it properly.
“You! You wretch! I’ll come back and break your dog legs……”
Su Jiazhong was furious, but had no time to deal with her and rushed his son to the hospital.
Su Qiu stretched and yawned, preparing to rest for a while. There would still be another hard battle later.
The balcony bed board was hard and carried a damp, moldy smell.
Su Qiu directly went into Su Ting’s room, found a clean bedsheet from the cabinet, and spread it over the large bed.
Only then did she lie down. Compared to the hard wooden board on the balcony, this was much more comfortable.
After eating her fill, her body felt sleepy. She yawned and fell asleep almost immediately.
She did not know how long had passed before she was awakened by urgent knocking at the door.
“Xiao Qiu! Xiao Qiu, open the door……”
It seemed to be the voice of the Original Owner’s elder sister.
Su Qiu rubbed her sleepy eyes, got up, and opened the door.
What appeared before her was a woman wearing a gray-blue plaid shirt and blue work pants.
Su Li was only twenty years old nominally. She had once been a pretty young girl, but after marriage and giving birth to a daughter who was disliked by her in-laws, her face had become tired and aged, looking like she was already in her thirties.
Right now, she looked frightened and anxious, grabbing Su Qiu’s hand as if to pull her away.
“Hurry, Xiao Qiu. Come hide with your sister first.”
Su Qiu rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked casually: “Sister, hide from what?”
Su Li looked at her in disbelief.
“Are you stupid? What do you think you did to Baoming? If you don’t hide, are you waiting for them to come and beat you?”