Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 305: Beheaded

Xiao Ding was busy too. After saying a word, he found a seat and started eating.

Yi Chichi ordered several dishes in a row, "Brother Class President, a little of each."

"Bringing food for Madam Lin again?"

The old class president’s surname was Wang, but no one knew his first name. Everyone called him Old Class President out of respect.

Yi Chichi came to the canteen every day for all three meals recently, and got to know Old Class President well.

Seeing her come over with four lunch boxes, he knew what was going on.

She mumbled, "Madam Lin’s belly is big now, and it’s hard for her to walk, so I’m bringing something for her."

"Sure."

As family members, when the men aren’t around, we have to support each other.

Otherwise, if something happens and there’s no one to help, it would be too tough.

Old Class President quickly filled the four lunch boxes, and was about to close them when Yi Chichi spoke up, "Brother Class President, can I have a spoon of the spicy sauce?"

Old Class President paused, looking up in surprise, "You eat it?"

"No, Madam Lin wants something spicy."

He was silent for two seconds, then reminded her, "Sis, that spicy sauce is super hot."

When they cooked, they only used a little bit.

If she ate a whole spoonful, he was afraid Madam Lin’s sister-in-law would get too spicy and cry, and when Old Lin came back and found out, they’d have a fight.

"How about just a little bit?"

"Alright."

He nodded, reminding her once more, "But sis, if Madam Lin’s sister-in-law can’t handle it, just don’t eat it."

Don’t upset the stomach trying not to waste food.

It’s too risky for pregnant women.

"I’ll watch over her."

With that assurance, Old Class President was relieved and scooped a spoonful of spicy sauce for her.

Ji Jian was really fierce. Even though she wasn’t someone who could handle spicy food, she ate the whole spoonful of chili sauce clean.

Still, she felt it wasn’t enough and hadn’t fully satisfied her craving.

Yi Chichi looked at the tear marks on her face, and the tears rolling down from the corners of her eyes. After two seconds of silence, she offered her a handkerchief, "Wipe your tears."

"Get me some more tomorrow."

While wiping her tears, she made a reservation for tomorrow’s chili sauce.

"We’ll talk about tomorrow’s matters tomorrow."

Yi Chichi tidied up the table and asked her, "Are you going to take a bath tonight?"

"I need to."

In this weather, not taking a bath is unbearable, all sweaty.

"I’ll go heat some water."

With the rain and no sun, you can’t rely on solar heating, so you have to heat the water.

"Let me do it."

Ji Jian held her waist and got up, but Yi Chichi quickly stopped her, "Please, rest up, okay?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"I fear if you work, Old Wen will come back and beat Old Lin."

"Just let him have a go, it’s not like he’s beating you, so what’s the harm?"

"Well, he is the father of my child after all, and we three rely on him to eat."

In other words, there’s a need to have some compassion.

Yi Chichi was too lazy to argue with her, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to boil a big pot of water.

She then helped Ji Jian wash up and change clothes, before bringing her back home to rest.

With the lightning and thunder, sleeping was simply out of the question.

Luckily, there was no power outage, so at night they had a casual chat between making shoe inserts and embroidering.

At dawn, a loud booming sound followed by a noisy commotion arose.

With Ji Jian’s big belly, frequent and urgent need to urinate was normal, she had to get up several times a night and occasionally experienced leg cramps.

When the noise came, she was cramping, and Yi Chichi was awakened by her pained moans and was massaging her.

"Thunder?"

Yi Chichi furrowed her brow as she listened, "Doesn’t sound like it, seems like a tree broke and hit something."

Saying this, the two exchanged a look and said in unison, "Old Zhao’s house."

Old Zhao was the company commander of the Third Battalion Second Company, and he drew a lot to get a house at the end of the row of houses they lived in.

In the yard, there was a big willow tree.

"Chichi, you quickly go check, Madam Zhao is no good."

"You stay home, I’ll go have a look."

Madam Zhao indeed wasn’t in a good state, not because she wasn’t capable, but because her health was bad.

During childbirth, she suffered from dystocia with excessive bleeding, and the hospital exerted all its efforts to save her life, but her body collapsed.

She’s like a porcelain doll now.

Because the child was suffocating in the stomach for too long, it caused brain hypoxia leading to intellectual disability and the inability to take care of himself.

Because of his wife and son, Old Zhao was deep in debt.

The families in the housing compound that were better off had lent them money and resources.

They often looked out for him too.

To pay off the debt, Old Zhao worked desperately and wasn’t home much.

This time was no exception; he wasn’t home.

When Yi Chichi and Sister-in-law Qi arrived, Madam Zhao and her wailing son, Zhao Ping’an, had already been pulled out of the house by neighbors.

The lightning had split the big willow tree in the yard. Luckily, it didn’t catch fire, but the tree broke.

The broken branches made a hole in the roof, and the tiles on top crackled down. People suffered only minor scratches, but were quite frightened.

After calming Madam Zhao and the crying Zhao Ping’an with the sisters-in-law, a group of them stood under the eaves, worriedly looking at the rain-soaked tree in the yard.

"What to do with this tree?"

"What else can we do? Wait until dawn and get the logistics to handle it. The roof also needs fixing."

That’s all they could do.

"How did this tree just break like that?"

"It’s been eaten by pests."

Staring at the tree for a moment and having checked it up close, Yi Chichi provided the answer, "The inside is almost eaten hollow, and it couldn’t withstand the lightning strike, so it broke."

Everyone, ’... Indeed, having a tree in the yard is quite dangerous.’

The group silently stared at the tree for a long while, and then Sister-in-law Qi looked at Lu Family’s Sister-in-law, who lived next to Zhao’s house, "Xiao Yun, for tonight, let Zhao’s mother and son stay at your place, is that okay?"

Lu Family’s Sister-in-law’s surname was Lei and her name was Yun. She was quite young, yet had a likable round face and was competitive, but she wasn’t a bad person.

Upon hearing this, she chuckled, "Sure, I’ll take good care of them, don’t worry."

Then, she shooed everyone away like chicks, "Alright, alright, go home and rest. We’ll handle everything in the morning."

And so, everyone dispersed.

When Yi Chichi got home, Ji Jian was waiting at the door. Seeing her enter, she quickly asked what had happened.

Yi Chichi briefly explained the incident. Ji Jian patted her chest in relief and said, "As long as everyone’s alright."

"Just a few scratches. Zhang Xin has already taken care of them."

Ji Jian nodded, seeing her clothes were pretty much wet, she urged, "You hurry up and wipe yourself and change your clothes."

Indeed, getting sick isn’t pretty.

Ten minutes later, Yi Chichi returned fresh and clean, and Ji Jian suddenly said, "Tomorrow, there won’t be a single tree left in the yard."

"It’s not to that extent."

Some of the shorter varieties wouldn’t be cut down, but the big tree in Zhao’s yard certainly wouldn’t stay.

As expected, the next day the logistics came in full force to handle the trees.

All the big trees were cut down and taken away, while the medium-sized ones were cut in half.

In Yi Chichi’s yard, there was a peach tree that was lush yet couldn’t bear fruit; its head was cut off, turning from tall and slender to short and stout.

The reason for its stoutness was that logistics only cut the top but didn’t trim the branches.

Then, the newly returned Wen Shi discovered that the housing area had undergone a transformation.

Standing at the door, looking at the peach tree in his yard that had changed beyond recognition, he was utterly perplexed, "I’ve only been gone for seven or eight days, and the peach tree lost its head?"