Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

No matter how angry she was, it was a fact that the wild vegetables were snatched away. While Chen Zhaodi was angry, she also had a deeper understanding that love was full, and it really was full of birds.

In her previous life, she was born in a poor mountainous area in the 21st century, in a family that favored boys over girls. However, no matter how poor they were, they had enough rice to eat, plenty of eggs on a regular basis, and milk distributed by the government at school. They could kill a chicken to eat during the New Year and other festivals. In the fields, as long as they put in a little effort, they could eat all kinds of vegetables. They could eat cornmeal steamed buns every day and still not be full. They never saw any oily food all year round, so when she watched TV, she didn't think it was a big deal when she saw Yan Bugui guarding the gate and taking advantage of his neighbors, begging for an onion or a garlic.

However, after actually living here for a month, being in a semi-starved state every day, I finally understood how vicious the Yan Bugui family's behavior was. Yes, it was vicious. The little advantage his family took might very well cause a member of a certain family to become a little more hungry!

This also made me understand more clearly how ridiculous it was that in the novels I read in my previous life, the time travelers would just let He Yushui and Huaihua eat at their homes for a long time, and give them White Rabbit milk candies from time to time, and they didn't attract neighbors to come to their door.

In an age when food is life, if you feed a person who has no relatives or friends every day, what else can you say except being a fool and taking advantage of him? The neighbors will surely come around to eat you, the fool and taking advantage of him!

And just now, she was accidentally forced to be the scapegoat.

Chen Zhaodi pinched her skinny arm and sighed. With this body and the situation of her original body, it was no wonder that Aunt Yan Bugui looked down on her and could easily snatch her wild vegetables. After all, how many adults who had come through the chaotic times were kind? It was their instinct to bully the weak and fear the strong.

If she wants to stop being bullied, she has to wait until she recovers and improves her situation. Otherwise, things like what happened today will happen again.

I didn’t want to dig anymore, so I just put on my backpack and headed for the city.

If you are angry, you must express it!

She hurried back to the compound, and by the time it was already noon, every household had started cooking.

There was no one at the gate. Chen Zhaodi knew that Yan Bugui would not be guarding at this time, so she entered the hanging flower gate, left the courtyard, went around the east corridor, and walked in front of the east wing. She wiped her eyes as she walked, and looked aggrieved. Aunt Jin in the south room of the east wing, who was about to throw water outside, saw her and asked curiously, "Zhaodi, why did you come back at noon today? Did you dig up so many wild vegetables again?"

Chen Zhaodi stopped, turned her head to look at Aunt Jin, sniffed, turned her head to look at the west wing, then turned back and said aggrievedly: "Aunt Jin, there are no wild vegetables."

Aunt Jin had very sharp eyes, and they immediately lit up. She called out to Chen Zhaodi, "What's wrong with you, kid? Have you been wronged? Talk to me." She then went back to the house and took out the firewood from the stove to prevent the pot from getting burnt.

Chen Zhaodi hesitated to speak, grabbed the straps of the backpack with both hands, glanced at the west wing, and shook her head at Aunt Jin with red eyes: "There are no wild vegetables."

Aunt Wang from the north room of the east wing also poked her head out and asked, "Zhao Di, you girl, why are there no wild vegetables left? Didn't you dig a lot in the past and dig until the afternoon? What happened today? You didn't dig anything in the whole morning?"

Liu Sanya, who was in the east room of the hall, interrupted and said, "That's not right. Didn't Zhaodi go to dig wild vegetables with Third Aunt this morning? Third Aunt just came back and she had dug up half a basket. Did someone steal your wild vegetables, Zhaodi?"

Chen Zhaodi simply stood at Aunt Wang's door, tears streaming down her face. She did not mention that the wild vegetables were stolen, nor did she deny Liu Sanya's question.

Now, several women became excited, especially Aunt Jin. She had just seen Chen Zhaodi looking at the west wing several times. Combined with Liu Sanya's words, the truth of the matter was obvious: the third aunt had snatched Chen Zhaodi away!

Aunt Wang was quick to speak and shouted in surprise: "Could it be that Auntie's basket of wild vegetables was stolen from you?"

They were talking in the front yard, and originally only the families in the front yard could hear it. But now when Aunt Wang shouted, almost everyone in the front back house and the left and right wing rooms in the middle yard could hear it.

The door to the west wing was suddenly opened, and the third aunt rushed out in a rage, shouting, "Wang Xiaohua, you are talking nonsense! When did I steal anything? Chen Zhaodi, your third uncle was afraid that you would be unsafe on the road, so he kindly asked me to give you a ride, but you turned around and slandered me! You are such a black-hearted girl!"

Chen Zhaodi shrank her shoulders, shook her hands desperately, shook her head rapidly, and backed away while denying: "No, I didn't!"

She was originally standing at the foot of the steps of the east wing. When she stepped back, her foot was blocked by the step and she lost her balance and sat down on the steps, with the backpack also hitting the steps.

Aunt Jin was quick-witted and took a step forward to look inside the backpack. Sure enough, there was nothing inside.

You know, usually this girl would at least bring back a basket of dry firewood even if there were no wild vegetables. It was so unusual that the third aunt accompanied her on this trip today. There was obviously something wrong.

She said sarcastically, "Yes, yes, it's so dangerous for us to go out of Dongzhimen. We wouldn't dare to go without a bodyguard."

As soon as she said this, Jia Zhang, who had just run out from the middle courtyard to watch the fun, laughed: "That's right, people in our courtyard don't dare to go to work alone, for fear of encountering bandits on the way!"

As soon as she said this, those who came over to watch the fun burst into laughter.

The third aunt put her hands on her waist and cursed: "Jin Dani, what has this got to do with you? Chen Zhaodi, explain it to me clearly. You were robbed on the way home, and you still want to blame it on me. You are really a black heart, girl. I will ask Chen Datou how he raised his daughter later!"

Chen Zhaodi quickly cried and denied: "I didn't, I didn't." She looked tongue-tied and only knew how to say these three words. When the people around her heard it, they were all speechless. However, because Yan Bugui was standing at the door of the west wing, they couldn't argue with the third aunt. After all, the victim only knew to say "I didn't", what could others say?

Aunt Jin thought about it and decided that it would be enough to say a few harsh words to Aunt San. There was no point in saying more and offending Yan Bugui too much, so she didn't say anything else.

Since she, the troublemaker, didn't say anything, Jia Zhang just wanted to watch the fun, and no one else would show up.

The third auntie immediately became angry: "Oh, it's not okay to be a good person these days. My third uncle shouldn't have been so kind. He saw that this girl was pitiful and it was unsafe for her to go out alone every day, so I said that I shouldn't have gone. I did a good deed, but I was still slandered. Third uncle, go talk to Chen Datou tonight. This girl needs to be taught a lesson. She can't just accuse others!"

Everyone knows that when nothing happens, Chen Datou either beats or scolds his daughter, and when something happens, he really beats her to death. What the third aunt said means that Chen Datou should beat Chen Zhaodi to death!

So, as soon as she said this, Chen Zhaodi immediately knelt down and kowtowed desperately: "Third Aunt, please spare my life. I don't want any of the wild vegetables you took away. Please don't tell my father about this!"

The front yard immediately became noisy. Didn't Chen Zhaodi mean that the third aunt really stole Chen Zhaodi's wild vegetables?

Such a grown-up man, not only did he steal the wild vegetables from a child, but he also slandered the child and accused him of lying, and even reported the child to evildoers. He even forced the child to kowtow and beg for mercy. He really has no conscience!