Chapter 103 - 103

Chapter 103 Heavy Snow"I was worried you'd be anxious waiting. You probably won't be able to get home; the snow outside is too deep, and the car can't go any further.""If you can't come back, then don't! Do you think I don't know the situation? Why did you have to make this trip? You might get frozen. Come in and warm yourself up!" Yun Ting stepped aside to let him in, leaving the door wide open to avoid gossip.Duan Xingye, carrying a net bag, followed them into the house.Yun Ting poured him a bowl of ginger and jujube tea that she had brewed herself."Hey... have something warm to drink! Why did you bring so much stuff again?"Duan Xingye didn't stand on ceremony and downed the ginger in one gulp. Actually, he didn't like the taste of ginger, but he didn't want to offend Little Girl's kindness, so he finished quickly."Haha...Are you drinking this like alcohol?""Don't wander around in this freezing weather. I brought you some food. Eat something if you get bored. I'm leaving now; I have a lot of things to do.""Then be careful on the road! The snow is so heavy. Why don't you stay here for a couple of days and hang out with Educated Youth Zhouand the others?" Yun Ting frowned as she looked at the still-heavy snow outside."It's okay, I'll be careful." Duan Xingye didn't linger and left with his long legs.He didn't want Little Girl to be the subject of gossip because of him; sometimes, rumors can kill.Brigade Leader was also extremely worried at home. Looking at the heavy snow outside, he couldn't sit still any longer, so he put on his hat and went outside."Hey, husband, where are you going? It's snowing heavily." Aunt Meihua called out anxiously."I'll go check and tell everyone to be careful of the snow on the houses so it doesn't collapse and injure anyone."It must be said that the Brigade Leader's concern was indeed correct; two families in the village collapsed because they were too lazy to clear the snow from their roofs.These were all relatively lazy families, includingthe Xu Guifang family. When their house collapsed, Second Scoundrel... Li Baojun was still asleep at the time and naturally couldn't run outside. His leg was hit and he didn't know if it was broken. The heavy snow blocked the roads, so he couldn't be taken to the hospital. He could only have the village's barefoot doctor treat it with some herbal medicine.Xu Guifang cried and wailed. Her precious son's leg was broken. How could she not be heartbroken?"Oh dear! My life is so miserable! Heaven is blind! My son! Poor thing! He hurt his leg and there's no one to take him to the hospital!"" Xu Guifang, who are you yelling at? Whose fault is this? I told everyone a long time ago to be diligent in clearing the snow off the roofs, but you were lazy. Now that something has happened, you're blaming everything and everyone, even the village? The tractor can't even get out of this road. How are we going to get you to the hospital?" The Brigade Leaderwasn't going to tolerate her.The other family, surnamed Wang, was Wang Changsheng's family. They had two sons and a daughter. Most of the people in Xiangyang Brigade were surnamed Li, from the same clan, but there were also some from other clans. No one in their family was hurt. The room that collapsed happened to be Wang Erzhu's room. He happened to be out using the outhouse at that time. It has to be said that he was quite lucky."You all know why your houses collapsed without me having to spell it out, right? Do you still dare to be lazy now? Luckily no one died this time, otherwise, crying your eyes out wouldn't help."The Brigade Leader gave him another stern lecture before leaving.Even after this happened, the Brigade Leaderdidn't rest. He quickly gathered some able-bodied men from the village to clear the snow and check the roofs of the orphans and widows in the village.For example, there are Grandma Yao and Xiao Jun, a grandfather and grandson, and several other families that do not have able-bodied men.I'd like to emphasize this again: please pay attention to clearing the snow.With the example of Li Baojun having his leg broken, it goes without saying that no one dares to slack off now.The barefoot doctor said Li Baojun's leg was severely fractured, and this has delayed treatment. Even if it heals, he won't be able to walk normally.On the Educated Youth side, everyone was checking the roof and clearing the snow, taking great care.This is no joke. If it hits someone, they'll be seriously injured or killed. No one can afford that kind of loss.This year's weather is exceptionally bad.It was so cold that day. Many families with many members didn't have enough firewood, so the whole family slept together on one kang (heated brick bed) to save firewood. After all, at this time, no one had extra firewood to lend you, so you had to find your own way. It was freezing outside, and you couldn't go up the mountain to collect firewood!Among this educated youth, there are also lazy ones, such as Lin Xue. He Junjun and his wife were both incredibly lazy, and they simply didn't have enough firewood. He Junjun shamelessly asked everyone in the courtyard for help, but no one would lend him any.Even the usually generous Zhou Yang refused to lend it.Yun Ting retorted without any politeness, "HeEducated Youth, what about you two! You have one more pair of hands than us, yet you didn't gather any more firewood. We all worked hard to gather the firewood ourselves. In this cold weather, who wouldn't prioritize their own use? While we were working hard to gather firewood, you were just lying around comfortably. Now you realize that?"Even with his thick skin, He Junjun was still incredibly embarrassed by Yun Ting's blunt naming.Lin Xue, hiding in the house, was furious and gave Yun Ting another hard scolding.He Junjun didn't dare to go to the Educated Youth Institute to ask anymore. Predictably, the result would be the same. He could only slink back and drag Lin Xue to the back mountain to collect firewood. They couldn't just wait to freeze to death!" Hey Junjun, you useless man, I'm so unlucky to have married you! Go yourself, I'm not going!" Lin Xue cursed and refused to go gather firewood.But He Junjun didn't tolerate her and slapped her twice more.With Lin Xue's temperament, how could she tolerate it? And so, another fight broke out."Ah…you useless man, all you do is beat your wife, I want a divorce…" Lin Xue rushed out of the courtyard with a bruised and swollen face,and He Junjun didn't chase after her.Everyone else stayed in their rooms and didn't come out to interfere, just enjoying the commotion.They never expected that Lin Xue would talk about divorce so many times and then act like nothing had happened. Even He Junjun thought so too. But who knew that this time she would really mean it?Until Lin Xue brought the Brigade Leader andWomen's Director When Li Xiuhua arrived at the courtyard, everyone was surprised."He Educational Youth, Lin Educational Youthcame to us to seek justice for her, saying she wants a divorce and accuses you of always hitting her. What do you say?"" Brigade Leader, Director Li, this is just a minor squabble between husband and wife, it's not that serious, is it? I made you both come all this way, Xiaoxue is just throwing a tantrum! I promise, I'll be more careful in the future and won't hit you." He Junjun laughed it off."Who's throwing a tantrum at you? I'm telling you, He Junjun, I'm telling you right now, I'm getting a divorce today, and nothing you say will change that. I can't live like this anymore." Lin Xue said between sobs, and the bruises on her face made her look pitiful.The Brigade Leader and Women's Directorcouldn't stand this either, and immediately sided with Lin Xue.This time, Lin Xue was truly determined to get a divorce. He Junjun panicked, but no matter what he said, he couldn't change Lin Xue's mind. In the end, they agreed to get a divorce once the road was cleared.