Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 145: None of My Damn Business

"Hey Da Li, are you staying home with me today or going out to have fun?"

Da Li meowed at her, then leisurely walked towards the nearby woods.

There he goes, out to have fun.

Yi Chichi quickly reminded, "Remember to come back for dinner, and if you encounter danger, run away quickly. You’re a cat; running from danger is nothing to be ashamed of."

"Meow..."

Da Li replied with a long meow and then disappeared without a trace.

Yi Chichi withdrew her gaze, turned around, went into the house, and picked up the sewing basket to make clothes for Liu Xiaocao.

She had just finished one sleeve when an unexpected person arrived.

"Yi Zhiqing!" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Yan Wanwan?

Yi Chichi raised her eyes, sized her up, saw her face was normal, and sniffed the air—no smell of blood.

Since everything seemed fine, what was Yan Wanwan doing here?

Full of doubt, she looked at Yan Wanwan, "Yan Zhiqing, are you sick or not feeling well anywhere?"

Yan Wanwan’s face briefly flashed with displeasure. Why couldn’t she just wish her well?

"No, I’m here to ask Yi Zhiqing for help."

As she spoke, she bowed to Yi Chichi. Her movements were so swift that Yi Chichi, sitting behind the medicine cabinet, couldn’t even stop her, and she had to reluctantly accept the gesture.

Suddenly, she felt as if she’d swallowed a fly, and said flatly, "If you have something to say, just say it. This gesture is pointless."

What, trying to use a bow to manipulate me morally?

Sorry, I’m not falling for that.

"Go ahead, what do you want from me?"

"It’s a bit hard to say, it’s just that..."

"No more hemming and hawing. If you say it’s hard to talk about, then don’t say it."

Yi Chichi cut her off, not giving her a chance to say it out loud.

Probably didn’t expect her to be so blunt, Yan Wanwan’s expression was frozen, "You’re not going to even listen to what I want to say?"

"No, and I don’t want to know either."

Classic case of being immune to both flattery and coercion.

Yan Wanwan was driven to desperation, bowed to her again and stated her request, "Yi Zhiqing, could you lend me twenty bucks?"

"??? How much? Twenty?"

"Yes."

Yi Chichi got interested, "If I may ask, why do you need the money?"

Yan Wanwan was hesitant, but Yi Chichi insisted, and then she blurted out, "Just tell me if you will lend it to me or not. Why are you asking so many questions? It’s not convenient for me to say, why are you being so dense, inconsiderate, and unsympathetic?!"

She said it with such grievance, and the more she talked, the louder she became, as if she was entirely justified.

Yi Chichi looked at her as if she were an alien. Wow, in all her life, this was the first time she’d seen someone borrow money like this.

Quite the eye-opener!

"No, I won’t lend it to you."

"How could you not have it? You obviously have money!"

Upon hearing her refusal, Yan Wanwan was flustered and said anxiously with a red face and white lips, "If you lend it to me, I’ll pay you back; I really need it urgently."

"It’s none of my business!"

Losing interest in the argument, Yi Chichi pointed to the snake wine soaking on the medicine cabinet, "Yan Zhiqing, I’m not a very patient person, and the snake used for soaking in the wine jar is still alive. You get my drift, right?!"

Her face was emotionless, her tone icy, and her voice even colder.

Yan Wanwan bit her lip, her face full of resentment, "As fellow zhiqing, you are so heartless."

Before the words were even finished, she covered her face and left.

Liu Dongmei came over carrying a carp and sunflower seeds, looking at the departing figure of Yan Wanwan, she walked in and asked Yi Chichi, "Did you hit Yan Zhiqing? Why did she leave crying?"

"??? She cried?"

Yi Chichi thought it was quite inexplicable; she neither hit nor scolded anyone, what’s there to cry about?

"Oh, she cried, and even looked quite pretty while doing it."

Unlike her, her mom said she cried like a pig wailing.

Her face would crumple like pickled vegetables.

"So, why was she crying?"

Yi Chichi’s forehead was full of black lines, she would not rest until she got to the bottom of things.

"I don’t know, she came to borrow money, opened her mouth and asked for twenty, but wouldn’t say what she wanted the money for, and even said I was being dense, unsympathetic, and inconsiderate."

Liu Dongmei, accustomed to pouring herself a glass of water, sprayed a mouthful upon hearing this.

Yi Chichi handed her a rag, "Wipe the counter clean."

"Okay."

She handled her own messes, she was accustomed to this task.

Liu Dongmei took the rag and wiped the glass counter vigorously, pondering for a long time, unable to find the right word to describe Yan Wanwan, finally blurting out, "Maybe she has something wrong with her head!"

"Whether she does or doesn’t, we can’t be friends anyway."

With one thread used up, she deftly threaded another and continued her work, "Aren’t you going to the fields today?"

"I am, bringing you a fish."

Yi Chichi’s gaze fell on the carp and sunflower seeds, then slowly looked at Liu Dongmei, gritting her teeth, "Did you go into the water to catch fish again?"

"No."

She waved her hand, "My dad caught it, brought back over ten pounds, I thought I’d bring you one."

"Did your family agree?"

"Of course they did, you brewed such a large glass of brown sugar water for me last time, it’s so sweet. My mother knew it was for you, and she didn’t say a word."

A bit of brown sugar for a fish, she’d definitely profited.

Yi Chichi smiled and clasped her fists towards her in thanks, "I just love girls like you who are sensible and considerate."

Liu Dongmei was amused by her playful banter, picked up the carp, "It’s still alive, would you like me to kill it or keep it for now?"

"Kill it."

"I’ll go kill it for you, and after it’s done I’ll hang it in the well water, right?!"

"Thank you very much!"

She expressed her thanks verbally, following her as well.

While killing the fish, Liu Dongmei shared some gossip, "Xiao Cao’s wedding might not go smoothly this time."

"What’s wrong?"

Liu Dongmei looked around, made sure no one was there, then lowered her voice, "Her mother is looking for trouble."

It’s exactly the kind of thing Big Mouth would do.

Not all parents in this world are competent, some children and parents indeed have shallow connections.

But——

"The team leader and others will step in, right?!"

After all, when Liu Xiaocao set up her own household, the team cadres all intervened, and Mr. Liu oversaw it. Big Mouth would have to weigh whether she could afford to offend so many people.

"That depends on whether Xiao Cao will find the uncles."

"Xiao Cao isn’t that foolish, she definitely will."

True.

Just talked about it in the morning, and by evening Liu Xiaocao’s mother, Big Mouth, had made a scene.

At the time of the incident, Liu Chen happened to be back from school to report on the situation, his first words were——

"Sis, you were right, many of our schoolmates got food poisoning, even two teachers collapsed, and they’re still in the hospital."

He patted his chest, looking terrified, and remarked, "We only ate a little, so our symptoms were the mildest."

Yi Chichi raised her gaze, "Did you guys tell the teachers that beans can cause food poisoning?"

"Yes, we told the principal. The principal said they won’t accept beans from students anymore."

Yi Chichi didn’t know about other places, but over here at Baoshan Commune, students had to bring grains and vegetables from home to school, and the teachers acted as chefs, cooking for all the teachers and students.

Now that they won’t accept beans anymore, they were obviously spooked.

"Then send radishes and cabbages instead, safer options."