Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s
Chapter 217 Gao Taohua’s Decision

Chapter 217: Chapter 217 Gao Taohua’s Decision

But no matter how hard Gao Taohua knocked on the door, Lu Yichen’s front door did not open.

Gao Taohua said to the inside, "Lu Yichen, I know you can hear me. Do you want to see me die? My parents are selling me off, and I don’t want any betrothal gifts from you now; I just want to start a life with you.

What else are you unwilling to do? I earn full work points every day at the brigade. I don’t despise you for being a cripple. Can you open the door and save me?"

No sooner had she finished speaking than a bucket of water was thrown over her from inside the courtyard wall, and Lu Yichen’s cold, angry voice said, "Scram."

The onlookers in the distance sighed but felt that Gao Taohua had brought it upon herself.

Gao Taohua, drenched by the bucket of water, came to her senses and started to walk back dejectedly, just as her big brother Gao Rumu came looking for her.

Seeing his sister’s state, Gao Rumu asked, "What’s all this about?"

Gao Taohua, as if she hadn’t heard him, continued her uneven walk home and said, "This is all your doing. Not one of you is any good."

The crowd, realizing there was no more drama to watch and that it was getting late, mocked for a bit before dispersing. It had been a day full of spectacles.

Only in the brigade office did the light stay on until late into the night.

The next morning, Luo Qiao got up early to prepare breakfast and headed to Brigade Leader Gao Jiefang’s home, then to the brigade office where she opened the introduction letter. The Brigade Leader gave her half a month off right away. In fact, now that she had a place in the city, the letter didn’t matter much to her.

But considering her household registration was still there, it was safer to get one. With more than twenty days until school started, she thought it would be nice to take the opportunity to travel.

After successfully obtaining the introduction letter, she heard Gao Jiefang say, "Come to the brigade office when you leave. Let Accountant Sun give you eighty yuan. That’s the Secretary’s Home’s compensation for you.

We’ll deduct it from their account after the autumn harvest when we settle the grain distribution and work points. And also, the village has given you half a month off; during this period, the Secretary’s Home will cover your work points."

The Brigade Leader didn’t explain that they had secured these concessions for her; the Secretary had initially only wanted to give fifty yuan. However, the Women’s Director said Luo Qiao was seriously injured, and he, along with the Women’s Director, fought to get Luo Qiao an additional thirty yuan.

Luo Qiao didn’t refuse. After expressing her thanks, she left.

She felt she deserved it. If it weren’t for her agility, she would have certainly been in trouble. She considered the money a consolation for her fright, but she was unaware of the extra amount that the Brigade Leader and the Women’s Director had fought for on her behalf.

Previously, Luo Qiao had planned to wait until the land redistribution was complete, claim her share, then leave the village and transfer her household registration. Most importantly, she wanted to contract the Thorn Forest at the Foot of Daqing Mountain to cultivate fruit.

But now she was uncertain whether to transfer her registration now and say goodbye to this place or to wait until after the land distribution and move when she started university. She needed to think it over again.

Today was destined to be an unrestful day, and no one expected the explosive news that came the next morning. Gao Taohua and Li Dahe, a widower from the village, had been caught together, becoming the center of a public spectacle.

Those in the village who loved gossip were so busy they wished they had two mouths to talk with, as they were overwhelmed with discussions. Some women didn’t even bother with breakfast; they all gathered under the big willow tree near the bridge, chattering away.

With a dark expression, Gao Shunyi dragged Gao Taohua back home from the crowd, locked the front door, and beat her while she screamed and howled. There was a considerable commotion in the yard.

But what was done was done, and Gao Shunyi had no choice but to accept it. In that era, Gao Taohua had only one path, which was to marry Li Dahe, or she would be drowned in spit.

In an age when one needed an introduction letter even to leave home, Gao Taohua didn’t have the courage to stage a runaway, defying arranged marriages.

Thinking that if Lu Yichen was not an option, she would choose someone else for herself since she refused to marry that ugly man.

As the situation continued to ferment, people from the commune arrived.

Secretary Zhang Dezhen had planned to go to the commune after cleaning up but did not expect several officials from the commune to arrive in the village so early.

Brigade Leader Gao Jiefang and Secretary Zhang Dezhen, having received the news, hurried over and accompanied them to the brigade office.