Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 239: Shameless to the Extreme

Yi Chichi looked at the herbs by the door, and Qiao Jun, following her gaze, understood. This job wasn’t for them.

"Alright, sis, we’ll take Mr. Liu home."

Liu Lan felt that she was quite healthy and truly didn’t need someone to escort her.

"I can go back by myself."

"No way."

Before Yi Chichi could speak, Zhang Xiaoqin rejected her suggestion, "You’re pregnant, and you’re carrying two. We won’t feel at ease unless we get you home safely."

Saying this, she grabbed Liu Lan’s arm like a bandit capturing someone, "Let’s go, we’ll take you home."

Qiao Jun made a gesture with his free hand, leaning on his crutch, "Mr. Liu, after you!"

Liu Lan glanced at his foot, "Can you walk?"

Before he could reply, she turned to Yi Chichi and said, "Chichi, control them, I can go home by myself."

"Get home quickly." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Controlling them was out of the question, never in this lifetime.

"Mr. Qiao’s foot..."

"My foot is fine."

Qiao Jun quickly responded, showing her the crutch in his hand, "I have this."

Actually, he didn’t need it. His godfather was skilled in treating sprains and injuries.

The swelling had mostly gone down, and he could walk normally, just needed to be careful of pressure points while moving.

So, he was given a crutch.

"We’ll walk slowly."

"He hasn’t walked much today, he should move around a bit."

Zhang Xiaoqin, who had been running around for him today, was feeling a bit resentful.

Liu Lan picked up on it, and she had no other option; with the conversation reached this point, it wouldn’t be good to refuse anymore.

Helplessly, she could only chat leisurely on their slow walk home under their escort.

Yi Chichi waved her little hand to send them away, then started tidying up the herbs on the ground.

She checked other herbs as well, seeing that some were about ready, she brought in tools to cut and grind what needed to be cut and ground.

She packaged the sliced and ground herbal slices and powders, leaving some in the medicine cabinet drawers for easy access, while others needed to be sent to the herbal purchase station.

Once she was mostly done with her tasks, the snail-paced Zhang Xiaoqin and Qiao Jun, who had slowly walked back after escorting Liu Lan, appeared in front of her, their first words being, "Need help?"

"No need, you two sit and rest."

Pointing to a chair nearby, she said.

They agreed and obediently sat on the chair, watching her attend to her tasks.

The room quickly quieted down, with only the faint sound of the pestle grinding the herbs.

Zhang Xiaoqin couldn’t sit still, she rolled up her sleeves and approached, "I can do this work, why not let me try?"

Yi Chichi, "..."

She paused her movements, looked up at the expectant Zhang Xiaoqin, then at the pestle in her hand, and after a couple of seconds of silence, she stood and gave way.

"You do it."

"Okay!"

Zhang Xiaoqin’s eyes sparkled, and she eagerly took over the position, diligently and seriously grinding the herbs.

Occasionally, she would ask Yi Chichi if what she was doing was okay.

"You just focus on grinding, I’m watching."

Zhang Xiaoqin agreed and put her head down to work.

Qiao Jun, feeling eager to try, was just about to speak, when Yi Chichi, who had poured herself a glass of water, looked over, "How’s your dental work going?"

Zhang Xiaoqin burst out laughing, and Qiao Jun’s face fell.

Seeing their expressions change, Yi Chichi understood they hadn’t managed to get it done.

"What, can’t the commune get it done?"

"Couldn’t get it done, only a gold tooth will do."

But being a young man with a promising future, how does getting a gold tooth sound?

It sounds terrible.

He couldn’t live with that kind of shame.

"I’m planning to go back to Yangcheng to get it done."

Yi Chichi raised an eyebrow, "Yangcheng can do it?"

"Probably could."

Qiao Jun said this without much confidence, as he hadn’t received any information on this matter before.

He sighed, with some regret, "Had I known the price for sneaking out would be so high, I wouldn’t have let myself be coaxed by Xiaoqin into doing such a foolish thing."

Zhang Xiaoqin found this hard to hear, and angrily retorted, "What does it have to do with me? Clearly, it was your idea at the start, pushing the blame on me, you’re really shameless to the extreme."

She used to be blinded by infatuation, thinking he was great in every aspect, but it turned out to be an illusion the whole time.

"You’re just a scoundrel."

Yi Chichi, "???" Previously, it was "brother Jun" every word, and now he’s a scoundrel?

Qiao Jun shared her thought, "How am I a scoundrel?"

"Aren’t you a scoundrel? Coaxing me to do bad things and then refusing to admit it, not looking after me on our travels, frequently arguing with me, and you tricked me out of my egg candies as a kid..."

She poured out her grievances, exposing Qiao Jun’s dark history.

Yi Chichi listened in amazement, "Turns out you’re this kind of Qiao Jun."

Qiao Jun, being so spoken ill of by the two, broke out in a sweat and awkwardly explained, "I was young and naive then."

"Ha."

Zhang Xiaoqin sneered, "No matter what you say, I’ll surely tell Uncle Qiao about the things you did when we get back."

That threat hit hard, and Qiao Jun’s face changed immediately. Damn, if she really made such a report, would he still be alive?

Thinking of his dad’s belt and his mom’s powerful pinches, he instantly felt pain all over and started begging for mercy.

"I was wrong, for the sake of us growing up together, and me carrying your backpack and fighting for you, spare me this time."

The words themselves were fine, but the tone and attitude were not.

Although requesting, it sounded stiff, more like an invitation to fight a battle to the death.

Yi Chichi found it speechlessly unconvincing, thinking that Zhang Xiaoqin definitely wouldn’t agree.

But to her surprise, this girl didn’t play by the rules either, she giggled and said, "Beg me."

"I’m begging you."

Qiao Jun followed along smoothly.

Yi Chichi, ... I guess I’m old, can’t keep up with the young folks’ mindset.

"Not enough."

Zhang Xiaoqin continued to push, but Qiao Jun wasn’t annoyed, instead, he seemed ready for this, calmly saying, "Tell me, what else do you want me to do."

"...I want a radio."

Wow, now that’s asking a lot.

"I don’t have one."

A radio was a big item, besides that, it needed a ticket, he really didn’t have that kind of money.

There was no way he could ask his family, his older brother would kill him.

"I don’t want you to buy it for me, just get me a radio ticket."

Qiao Jun thought for a moment, finding the request acceptable.

"Alright, I’ll look around when we get back."

Though he said "look around," Yi Chichi felt his tone was overly confident, and Zhang Xiaoqin’s posture in asking for the ticket was quite assured, as if she’d never worry he couldn’t get it.

From this, it seemed Qiao Jun had ways to get tickets.

Curious, she asked, "Can you really find one?"

Zhang Xiaoqin just laughed, "It’s hard for others, but not for Xiao Qiao, his aunt has lots of tickets."

Yi Chichi uttered an "oh" sound, urging Zhang Xiaoqin back to work.

"If you’re going to grind the herbs, do it properly, otherwise give me back the spot."

"I’m grinding."

Realizing she had forgotten her tasks while chatting, Zhang Xiaoqin, spurred by the urging, transformed back into a diligent herbal grinder.

Yi Chichi nodded in satisfaction, now that’s a good kid.