Chapter 102: Chapter 102

Wang Jianjun saw Zhao Hongmei had left and called the five female heroes who were just fighting to his side.

"I won’t ask what caused this matter, but hitting people is wrong. I won’t make you apologize in front of everyone, but after work, you must go to the educated youth’s place to apologize! Remember! No more fighting!" he said sternly.

"Dad, it wasn’t our fault!" Wang Xuehua, the youngest daughter of Wang Jianjun, was used to acting spoiled. Now her dad wanted them to apologize to that foul-mouthed woman, no way she would agree.

"Exactly, Captain, it was that educated youth with a dirty mouth saying my eldest sister has something going on with Li Jianshe, ruining her reputation. It’s already generous we didn’t send her to the rectification office; why should we apologize?" Bai Ruxia also shouted discontentedly.

"Captain, making us apologize without asking the cause makes me upset. I won’t apologize! Just teaching her a lesson was light—apologizing would only encourage her to talk nonsense more recklessly in the future, right?" Bai Ruxue asked calmly, then loudly said to everyone, "It’s also because of my straightforward nature. If my reputation was ruined time and again, I haven’t sought a short-sighted end! Grandma said I had an affair with Zhang Yuan without a matchmaker, and Zhao Hongmei said I had something with Li Jianshe. If I were timid and weak, I’d have slit my throat by now! Isn’t this serious? Just giving her a beating is being lenient!"

"Exactly! She deserved to be hit; it was too lenient. A young girl having such filthy words come out of her mouth is unacceptable!" Third Granny glared fiercely at Grandma Bai before speaking.

Grandma Bai saw herself being dragged into this again, felt dissatisfied, and wanted to speak up.

Li Guihua pulled her aside, "Mom, clashing with that wretch now doesn’t do any good. If word gets out that you bullied your granddaughter, it’ll stick. Right now, Big Brother is working at the milk factory and everyone is trying to curry favor with their family!"

"That wretch!" Grandma Bai ground her teeth in anger but also took Li Guihua’s advice, staying put.

"Xiao Xue is right! No need to apologize! They did nothing wrong! They dealt with a tumor of our village!" People around also agreed.

"Captain, I support my daughter hitting that educated youth. I do not agree with making her apologize! If she’s wrong, she can apologize, but doing no wrong, she mustn’t apologize!" Sun Hong was quick with her words and heart. Quanzi couldn’t hold her back, and she blasted out like a cannonball.

"Sun Hong! Don’t be unreasonable! As a mother, how can you teach your children to fight?" The captain, having no words with these young girls, seized the chance to admonish Sun Hong with a harsh expression.

"Alright, calm down! Let the captain handle it!" Sun Hong wanted to say more but was stopped by Quanzi beside her.

"Xiao Xue! It’s wrong to hit someone, let alone send some gifts instead! Don’t let her escalate this to the commune! It reflects poorly on our village! In spring, when farming begins, our village needs to apply for a tractor!" The captain, having failed with orders, tried softer words to express his difficulties, "If Comrade Zhao Hongmei goes to the commune secretary, even if she’s wrong, it tarnishes our village’s name!"

"Dad..." Wang Xuehua shouted angrily.

"Captain, this way of resolving without discerning right and wrong would only encourage Zhao Hongmei further. If she starts spreading more lies about me, have you considered the effect on my reputation? If I’m in the wrong, I’ll apologize, but if not, I won’t wrong myself to do so! The team’s application for a tractor has nothing to do with a few girls fighting! It won’t affect it!" Bai Ruxue said loudly and turned away, no longer paying attention to Captain Wang Jianshe.

Wang Jianshe was stunned by Bai Ruxue’s words of unfair resolution.

Was she saying he was unfair as the captain?

The other four followed Bai Ruxue, not giving another glance to the captain, acting incredibly arrogant.

Especially Wang Xuehua, who gave her own father a fierce look before leaving.

"Captain, your way of resolving was unfair to these kids!" Third Granny, having watched from the side, said to the captain when the kids had left.

"Exactly, they’re not in the wrong!"

"Zhao Hongmei deserves to be hit!"

"Indeed! With such a dirty mouth, who wouldn’t hit her?" some women around started chattering one after another.

"Alright, alright! Everyone stop arguing! It’s the first day of work; do you all not want to work?" Captain Wang Jianshe shouted loudly.

Usually, the captain had quite an authority, but when it came to resolving fights among the girls, he was at a loss.

At this shout, everyone quieted down, no one speaking further.

Li Jianshe and others stood at the side, neither stepping forward to speak nor leaving, waiting instead.

Bai Ruxue hadn’t actually left but stood outside the crowd, listening.

They were here to work. How could they just leave without earning work points? Wouldn’t that be a huge loss?

"Starting today, dig up corn stalk roots, shake off the dirt cleanly! You can take the roots home to use as firewood! Ten work points for an acre! You can work alone or in teams, and divide the work points among yourselves! Go collect your tools! Start working," Wang Jianjun, having a bellyful of words he wanted to say on the first day, had no inclination to say anything more after Bai Ruxue’s involvement.

The captain’s wife was distributing the tools. Bai Ruxue and her group registered their names and took the tools as Bai Rushan and his brother also came over.

"Elder Sister, how should we do this? Separately or together?" Bai Rushan asked.

"Xuehua, Liangliang, how do you want to do this?" Bai Ruxue asked her two friends.

"I have to go find my parents to work with them!" An Liangliang said.

"I’ll also go to work with my brother and sister-in-law! One acre all on my own, that’d kill me!" Wang Xuehua exclaimed.

"Alright, go ahead then!" Bai Ruxue waved her hand. "Xiao Shan, Little Chuan, the five of us siblings will work together. Not sure if we’ll finish one acre today! The work points they give are too few!" Bai Ruxue arranged while complaining a bit. Googlᴇ search novel-fire.net

For one acre, they only gave ten work points. If they only finished one acre in a day, that would mean just two work points per person for five of them! The original could earn four work points in a day, and even the younger siblings could earn three.

"Elder Sister, we’ll work hard to finish two acres today! Then we’ll have twenty work points!" Bai Ruchuan said.

"Alright, let’s do it! Digging up roots isn’t easy!" Bai Ruxue said, feeling bitter. What luck is this? Others time travel and become princesses or commandery princesses with maids serving in droves. She ends up as a farm girl, and in a hard time period too.

Were it not for the supermarket space and... and the handsome men... hahaha.

As she thought this, she smiled; the benefits weren’t too bad. At least while others worried about starving, she had an abundance of food and handsome men around.

"Elder Sister, what are you smiling about?" Bai Ruxia pushed her elder sister, asking.

"Huh? Did I smile? No! Let’s hurry and get to work!" Bai Ruxue touched her face, pretending nothing had happened as she walked ahead.

Bai Ruyun, shocked into silence, didn’t say a word, just quietly followed her elder sister.