The 1960s: The Story of a Country Girl's Journey to the City

"Who are you? Get lost."

Bao Ya said impatiently, "Although I like it when people fawn over me, they should at least act like human beings. This disgusting thing is not even as good as the big yellow dog in our brigade."

"Bao Ya, how could you forget your brother? I'm your cousin Jin Bao. We've met before."

This guy was looking at me with a resentful expression, which, combined with his appearance, made me even more disgusting.

Before Li Jinbao could speak, Gou Dan was already standing in front of Bao Ya, exuding an imposing aura.

"Li Jinbao, stay away from my sister, or I'll tell my uncle and he'll bring the whole village to beat you up."

Niu Dan didn't go forward. Instead, he searched around and finally found a thick branch that was more than a meter long. He picked it up, removed the leaves from it, and handed it to Bao Ya.

"Sis, here, use this to beat him up."

Uh... are you sure I can beat him? Bao Ya wasn't sure about her strength, after all, it was just her and her two children.

Even if she wasn't confident, she couldn't show weakness. Bao Ya took the stick, gripped it tightly, and looked at Li Jinbao with great force.

Li Jinbao didn't pay any attention to Gou Dan at all. His eyes were still glancing at Bao Ya's chest. Tsk tsk, that chest, that waist, that butt, paired with that gorgeous face, it's amazing.

He had spoken to his aunt several times, hoping she could act as a matchmaker for him, but his aunt and Bao Ya didn't get along, and she always spoke ill of Bao Ya in front of his mother, so even his mother didn't approve of the marriage proposal.

Niu Dan, after giving Bao Ya the thick branch, didn't stop there. He found a few stones around and put them in his pocket, then grabbed two more in his hand. His eyes were fixed fiercely on Li Jinbao, as if he would throw stones at him if he dared to move.

Bao Ya looked at Niu Dan's performance, then at her younger brother who was still chattering in front of her, and couldn't help but sigh. This good-for-nothing took after his cheap mother.

While she was doing this, Bao Ya moved a few baskets of pears to the side so they wouldn't get damaged when she turned around.

"Li Jinbao, get out of here!"

His gaze disgusted Bao Ya. As she cried out, Niu Dan threw the stone, which hit Li Jinbao squarely on the forehead.

"Ah~, you little brat, you're asking for it."

Enraged after being hit, Li Jinbao charged at Gou Dan, raising his hand to strike him. Bao Ya, determined not to let him touch Niu Dan, swung a thick tree branch at him.

"Aww!"

A sudden blow struck him on the bridge of the nose, and Li Jinbao quickly covered his face.

Bao Ya didn't stop, continuing to swing the branch at Li Jinbao's face. This thing didn't cause much damage to the body and was easy to be countered with, so Bao Ya kept slapping his face until Li Jinbao couldn't even open his eyes.

Although the original owner of this body never worked on the ground, she was a skilled worker and had plenty of experience fighting. So Bao Ya swung her arm and found her rhythm, striking very quickly, making Li Jinbao howl in pain.

But she didn't stop. This thing was disgusting, and she had to beat him so badly that he wouldn't dare to bother her again.

Niu Dan and Gou Dan first threw stones at it, and then they also found a tree branch to hit it.

Fang Mingda was still thinking of rushing over to save her, but he slowed down when he heard Li Jinbao's screams. Wang Xiao shook his head. He knew it. This girl would definitely not suffer.

She only stopped when Bao Ya got tired of hitting him. Hitting someone is hard work, and most people can't do it. After catching her breath, she kicked Li Jinbao twice more. The guy was covering his face, hunched over like a shrimp, so she couldn't kick him in the groin, which was quite a pity.

Fang Mingda and Wang Xiao also approached and looked at Li Jinbao, who was beaten to a pulp on the ground. They were speechless.

Is this guy really that weak? His face is covered in red marks, and even his eyelids are swollen from being slapped. It's an eyesore to see him like this.

Bao Ya slapped him across the face first, then followed up with slaps to the head. The slaps were incredibly fast. Li Jinbao covered his face and cried out, not even having time to retaliate. Now his face and hands were covered in bloody marks.

Bao Ya also noticed Fang Mingda and Wang Xiao. Had they been on this mountain the whole time? Could that thing on the ground have been lured here by them?

Those two grown men were just there to watch the show; they were really awful. I had at least helped them out.

Thinking of this, Bao Ya got angry and decided not to pay attention to them. She called Gou Dan and Niu Dan, and they carried the pears down the mountain.

"Hey, Comrade Kobayashi..."

Fang Mingda felt that she must have misunderstood and wanted to chase after her to explain, but then felt that it was inappropriate to do so, so he didn't continue.

Wang Xiao was quite pleased to see Li Jinbao lying on the ground; this saved them some trouble. He then told Fang Mingda to tie Li Jinbao up and take him away.

Bao Ya brought the pears home and started washing them one by one with water, while the two younger children helped. After washing them clean, they were placed in a basket to dry.

After drying, Bao Ya put the pears into a wooden basin, chopped them up with a knife, mixed them with yeast, and put them into a jar. The pears yielded a much higher alcohol content than sorghum wine.

When Bao Ya saw Jiang Yuan again, the autumn harvest had begun. He brought her a wine still, which was not common. She wondered where he had gotten it from.

"Why are you here so early? Have you eaten?"

Jiang Yuan handed her the meat he was holding, then took a burlap sack from the back seat of the car. Everyone in the family had gone to work in the fields early, leaving her alone at home to cook.

"Not yet, I brought you something. Take a look, do you recognize this?"

When Jiang Yuan saw his future wife, he couldn't help but smile, and proudly took the wine still out of the burlap sack. Bao Ya was delighted; she had been wanting to have a carpenter make one for her, and she had already drawn up the design.

"I was just thinking of having someone make a wine still. Perfect timing, the wine will be ready in a few days. Put it by the well for me, I'll clean it out in a bit."

"it is good."

Jiang Yuan took out the wine still, placed it on the stone slab beside the well, took off his coat, and prepared to go outside.

"Where are you going?"

Seeing him walk out, I asked him a question.

"I went to help with the work in the fields. It's harvest time now, so I came to help."

Bao Ya pouted. In this day and age, when a man is dating, he's supposed to go to the woman's house to do chores? Every time he comes, he does all the chores at her house. This has made Lin Laosan lazy, and he's always looking forward to his son-in-law coming over.

"Eat first, then we'll go. I need to bring them food later, can you carry it over for me?"

Everyone is busy during the autumn harvest. They go to work in the fields without having breakfast and work all day long, even eating their meals in the fields.

"it is good."

When Bao Ya told him to eat first, Jiang Yuan felt that his wife cared about him, and happily agreed.

Wash your hands in the basin and sit down at the small table in the yard.

Bao Ya gave him three cornbread buns, boiled some water, made two bowls of egg drop soup with two eggs, and put the bowl of pickled vegetables on the table.

Bao Ya took another cornbread for herself and sat down at the table to eat with him.

Jiang Yuan was happy to see her eating with him, and a blush rose on his wheat-colored skin. He then began to eat heartily.