Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 199 Disappointment

Chapter 199: Chapter 199 Disappointment

Only Zhang Qiaoyan seemed to take pleasure in others’ misfortune as she said, "Hmph, the Shang Family is truly formidable. Well, let her, Shang Hongying, stay at her parents’ home. I don’t believe the Shang Family can keep her forever. If they really can, it will just save our household some food."

Zhang Dongze stared at his sister with disbelief. He had not expected that this was the same person who’d always talk about having finished high school, never considering how difficult it was for their parents and Big Brother to be caught in the middle. And here she was, making cold remarks at such a time.

He remembered what his wife had said to him yesterday, that she wanted to split the household because life had become unbearable. His younger sister-in-law did nothing at home, always stirring up trouble, and his wife was tired, no longer wanting to ’stir the same pot.’

So he stood up with a mocking laugh and said, "Dad, Mom, aren’t you going to do something about this? Do you really feel comfortable only once you’ve completely disrupted my little family?"

After saying this, he grabbed three buns from the table and started walking out. Zhang Qiaoyan said, "Big Brother, what am I supposed to eat if you take the buns?"

Zhang Dongze replied, "These are what I’m entitled to; I earned work points for them with my labor. You should earn your own work points if you want to eat. Aren’t you a high school graduate? You can’t even sort out such a simple matter."

Without looking back, he left, leaving the Branch Secretary couple stunned in place.

Zhang Branch Secretary could no longer eat; he sighed and said to Wang Chunnian, "Bring some things over today and go to the Shang Family to bring our daughter-in-law back. You and Qiaoyan go together."

Zhang Qiaoyan was unhappy to hear that she had to go too, slammed her chopsticks down, and said, "Why should I have to go? If she doesn’t want to come back, then she doesn’t have to."

Zhang Branch Secretary was truly angered by this response and slapped Zhang Qiaoyan across the face, shouting, "If your sister-in-law doesn’t come back, you won’t have a school to attend. You’re sixteen or seventeen years old and you still don’t understand anything."

Zhang Qiaoyan, clutching her face, shouted back, "Then I just won’t go to school!"

After shouting, she ran out of the yard.

By the bridge, villagers were discussing the division of farmland into individual households. These past few days, the commune cadres had been preparing for it, saying that after the autumn harvest, the land would be distributed. Each person could receive 1.8 mu of grain land, but at the moment, everyone was debating the issue of these responsibility fields.

Luo Qiao, hearing the discussion about the division of land to households, looked towards Daqing Mountain. At the foot of Daqing Mountain, there lay an uncultivated hillside because, on the one hand, it was close to the mountain and often visited by large animals.

On the other hand, the yield of that sloping land was low, and heavy rains often washed away the crops. Furthermore, there had once been a small forest there, where villagers had regularly gathered firewood for years. But as time passed, there were few large trees left on the slope, which was now covered with thorns and brambles.

She had already made up her mind that if possible, she would contract that hilltop. She could use the water from the pond up there, lay a pipeline down from the mountain, and lead the water down.

These days, everyone was looking forward to the division of land, and no one felt like working. It was said that some places had already completed the division, and the village had been buzzing with talks of this for days.

As Luo Qiao was engrossed in the conversation, she felt someone’s gaze upon her. Without making it obvious, she glanced around and realized it was Zhang Qiaoyan from the Secretary’s Home. She didn’t know what was up with her.

Luo Qiao had never offended her. What could she possibly want? It really seemed like she thought just because her father was the Branch Secretary, she could do whatever she wanted.

The work assignments began, and Zhang Qiaoyan, having been sent out to work by her mother, chose to herd cattle because she didn’t want to do heavy labor.

Today, Luo Qiao was assigned to follow the women’s team leader to the hillside in front to pick plums. There was a plum orchard there, and the plums were ripe for the picking.