Chapter 121: This Woman Has No Sense of Propriety
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Qin Fang was soon brought around by the village doctor, though it took her quite a while to recover after waking. It was the first time she had ever been punished.
She simply could not understand it. Why had Qian Li’s favorability toward her suddenly dropped below zero?
“Little Seven, tell me what happened to Qian Li. What exactly happened on the way to work? Why did she suddenly lose all favorable feelings toward me?”
The system remained silent for a long while, unable to find the cause. It was merely an auxiliary system—how could it possibly know what was going on in Qian Li’s mind?
Still, the consequences were so severe that the host must have done something to bring them about.
The system did not know what Qin Fang had done, but it could analyze the correct result.
“Host, the charm you cast suddenly stopped working, allowing Qian Li to regain her senses.”
“Why did the charm stop working? Didn’t you say that as long as I kept using Charm Cards, my charm value would continue to rise and influence other people?”
Qin Fang’s gaze shifted toward Su Liang. “Su Liang’s favorability has dropped too. Is that also because my charm has decreased?”
This time, the system was not stumped. It quickly provided an explanation.
“Host, Su Liang’s declining favorability is due to your own actions and has nothing to do with your charm. After you parted yesterday, all the money and ration coupons on Su Liang were stolen. He became completely penniless and had to borrow money from someone for the first time in his life.
“This made him feel humiliated. He believes that his terrible luck was caused by you.
“You would do best to improve his favorability through money.”
As the system analyzed the situation, Qin Fang’s expression grew ugly.
What kind of nonsense was this? Was it suggesting that she support Su Liang?
But could she refuse to support him?
Did she dare refuse?
Qin Fang did not want Su Liang’s favorability to drop again. Su Liang was her primary target. If she could not win him over, there was no way she could complete her mission.
Alas, Qin Fang sighed inwardly. She felt that her life was truly too difficult.
“By the way, Xu Lin clearly received Qin Zonghan’s letter. Why hasn’t she shown any reaction at all?” Qin Fang asked.
She had been waiting since yesterday, yet Xu Lin still had not shown her any goodwill. This made Qin Fang even more annoyed.
The system fell silent once more. After a moment, it said, “Host, are you the one doing the missions, or am I? Why do you have so many questions?”
Qin Fang: “...”
Who had been the one claiming to be an omnipotent system?
After bringing Qin Fang around, the village doctor waved her away. She was built as strongly as an ox, yet she had the nerve to pretend to be some delicate little flower in front of him.
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Ugh, shameless! Every day she did nothing but try to evade labor.
The village doctor’s eyes flickered for a moment. He decided that he still had to remind the brigade about Qin Fang. That woman was far from simple.
When he remembered the kick his wife had told him about, unease stirred in his heart.
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Xu Lin was assigned to work alongside Han Hong that day. Han Hong dug the soil while she picked out grass roots and stones.
Qian Li and Fu Yaqin were working nearby, with Wu Siyu a little farther away. All the educated youths had been assigned plots close to one another.
Everyone worked at roughly the same pace, and no one mocked anyone else. Even if someone slacked off, nobody went out of their way to point it out.
After all, the more one worked, the more work points one earned; the less one worked, the fewer points one received. It was only fair.
Xu Lin chatted with Qian Li and the others as she worked, listening to the village gossip, when she saw Wei Dahuā sway past the edge of the field, her ample backside twisting with every step.
The exaggerated, lurching gait made Qian Li curl her lip. She hurried over to Xu Lin and whispered, “Linlin, see that woman? That’s Wei Dahuā. Stay away from her in the future. She has no sense of propriety.”
“What do you mean?” Xu Lin’s bright, almond-shaped eyes gleamed with curiosity. Could it be that she was not the only one who had discovered Wei Dahuā’s affair?
“I heard it from one of the village aunties.” Qian Li leaned close to Xu Lin’s ear and lowered her voice.
It turned out that Xu Lin was not the only person in the village to have caught Wei Dahuā in an illicit affair. Other villagers had seen it too.
Everyone had tacitly agreed not to let the matter reach Wei Dahuā or her family, but in private, the rumor had spread like wildfire.
Qian Li was not short of money and often traded food with the village aunties. Her relationship with them was not especially close, but it was certainly not bad either.
Thus, the aunties who traded with her would secretly warn her to stay away from Wei Dahuā, lest she be dragged into the mess.
Xu Lin felt relieved after hearing this. Since the rumor had spread throughout the village, it was only a matter of time before it reached Wei Dahuā’s in-laws.
There would soon be another spectacle to watch.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye amid Xu Lin’s anticipation.
Those ten days went exceedingly smoothly for her. Qin Fang no longer dared to cause trouble, Su Liang did not dare approach her, and there were always people to help her at work.
It was not only Qian Li and the others who lent a hand. Tiger Boy’s mother and Erwa’s mother also came over from time to time to help.
As a result, Xu Lin’s time spent slacking off increased dramatically. While everyone else was exhausted after a day’s labor, with weak hands, aching backs, and sore legs, Xu Lin looked radiant.
Not only did this fail to affect her daily six work points, but she also advanced her spatial ability to Level Two.
Xu Lin discovered that although the spiritual energy in this world was thin, it was remarkably conducive to cultivating supernatural abilities.
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She cultivated even faster than she had in the apocalyptic world. Of course, perhaps it was also because she was cultivating again after having done so once before.
In any case, her progress was so smooth that Xu Lin celebrated by eating three large bowls of rice.
In high spirits, Xu Lin rode her bicycle to the commune, bought chicken, duck, fish, and pork, and hurried home to cook. Before long, the entire educated-youth compound was filled with a tantalizing aroma.
The educated youths in the compound were nearly driven mad with hunger. Chen Zhaodi and Liu Pandi now had a little money in their hands, and they could not resist swallowing their pride and coming over to buy meat.
“Comrade Xu, um... could you trade me a bowl of the meat dishes you’ve made?” Liu Pandi asked, saliva practically streaming from her mouth.
“Of course. Which would you like—chicken, duck, or fish?” Xu Lin glanced at the dishes on the table and did not act stingy.
Liu Pandi swallowed. She disliked duck because it was too tough, while fish was something she could catch in the river herself and therefore did not need to buy.
After thinking it over, Liu Pandi traded for half a bowl of braised pork and half a bowl of chicken. Breathing in the rich aroma, she wore an expression of utter bliss.
“I don’t want your money. I know you’ve stored quite a lot of mountain produce. Use that to trade instead,” Xu Lin said with a smile.
“All right, all right!” Liu Pandi happily agreed. The snow on the mountain had already melted, so there would be no shortage of mountain produce in the future.
As long as she worked hard enough, she could certainly gather more than enough to last the entire year.
Chen Zhaodi was tempted when she heard this. She could not help raising her hand and asking, “Can I trade mountain produce too?”
“Of course.” Xu Lin smiled and agreed.
Last time, Auntie Guihua had not only written her a letter but had also sent her twenty yuan.
Xu Lin knew that Auntie Guihua felt sorry for her and was afraid that after sending so much mountain produce, Xu Lin would have no money left to spend. But how could Xu Lin take advantage of Auntie Guihua?
Of course she could not. She would have to send back some mountain produce that was difficult to buy in the capital.
Whenever others treated her well, she returned their kindness.
The three of them soon reached an agreement. Before long, Chen Zhaodi and Liu Pandi arrived carrying half a sack of mountain produce.
Seeing how desperately the two women craved the meat, Xu Lin did not hold back. There was far more meat than vegetables—a truly generous serving.
The two women were delighted, praising Xu Lin repeatedly as an honest and kindhearted person.
Xu Lin felt nothing in response to their praise, but inwardly she knew that neither of them was particularly honest.
After seeing them off, Xu Lin settled down and began to eat to her heart’s content. She was enjoying herself immensely when a commotion broke out in the courtyard. Only after listening carefully did she realize that Hu Changming had returned.
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