Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Jiang Dazhu's eyes were red with anger and cold sweat instantly dripped from his temples like rain.

Yang Xiulian didn't even know what was happening. She watched helplessly as a stone hammer hit Jiang Dazhu's leg. The moonlight shone through the gap in the window, and she saw a bloody mess there.

Her eyes rolled back and Yang Xiulian fainted.

"Does it hurt?" Jiang Yu took away the hammer and looked at the bloody wound, his inner malice surging with joy.

She seemed to have transferred her hatred for her own beheading to Jiang Dazhu, and couldn't help but want to torture him.

But he quickly realized his condition, took two deep breaths, and then walked away with disgust.

A fishy smell filled the air.

"I was so scared that I peed my pants. What a useless guy." I thought this man was so powerful, but it turns out he was just bullying the original owner because she was weak and skinny.

Jiang Yu kicked his injured leg twice again. Jiang Dazhui burst into tears in pain and sobbed with something blocked in his mouth.

Is breaking a leg enough? Jiang Yu was unsure, and then she saw Yang Xiulian who was unconscious next to her. She decided to let Jiang Dazhu go for the time being and let Yang Xiulian break a leg as well. Isn't it the husband and wife who follow the order?

There was another muffled sound, and Yang Xiulian woke up in pain. However, her wails were blocked in her throat. Her tightly bound body began to tremble wildly, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Okay, one of you has a broken left leg, and the other has a broken right leg. From now on, you two will have a pair of normal legs together. How about that? I'm pretty good, aren't I? I didn't make you paralyzed!" Jiang Yu was satisfied with the hammer he had smashed down, and looked at the other person's injured legs. Even the position was exactly the same.

My technique seems to be pretty good. Jiang Yu is somewhat satisfied.

Jiang Dazhu and Yang Xiulian were in so much pain that they were unconscious and kept whimpering. No one knew what they said.

Jiang Yu didn't care. She put down the hammer, bent down, picked up the two men one in each hand, dragged them into the woodshed, and took away all the hay that the original owner had collected. She left it to rot and refused to give it to them. She just made them lie straight on the muddy ground.

The temperature in early summer is also quite high. They are both bleeding. Whether they will be bitten by mosquitoes or get infected by the wound depends on their fate. Anyway, Jiang Yu doesn't care about it now.

The next morning, Jiang Yu took the household registration booklet he found in Jiang Dadu's room and went to the street to register himself and Yang Jianwei to go to the countryside.

"Are you going to the countryside too?" The aunt from the Youth Office frowned. It was very hard to be a youth in the countryside. Although Jiang Yu suffered in Lao Jiang's house, it was better than going to the countryside. And the girl had never been to school...

They also didn't know what kind of life Jiang Yu was living, and thought that if Yang Jianwei was sent to the countryside, Jiang Yu's life would be better. But her misery was caused by the three of them, and it would be useless if Yang Jianwei left alone.

"Yes, Auntie, can you help me? If I can't leave, I will have to be sold in exchange for the bride price..." Jiang Yu said as he pinched his thigh hard under the table, and he didn't stop until he burst into tears.

The people in the Youth League Office forgot about the character of Jiang Dazhu's family and they could actually do such a thing.

In this case, sending her to the countryside would actually save her. That's fine. The aunties have been handling the formalities for many years and know what's going on. It's not a problem to squeeze someone in. If the people don't sue, the officials won't investigate. "Have you thought it through?"

"Yes. I want to go to the countryside, that is... Auntie, can I go to the Northeast?" Jiang Yu had watched several encyclopedia programs before and knew that due to the influence of the weather, the north only has one rice crop a year, which is much better than the south with four seasons of spring.

But she was not sure whether she could go to the north, because according to regulations, educated youth were assigned to the countryside nearby, and without some connections, there was no way she could choose a place.

The aunt from the Youth Office didn't understand. Some unlucky families would use their connections to send their children far away. Why did Jiang Yu want to go to the north? "It will be inconvenient for you to come back in the future."

"It's okay. I heard from the garbage collector that life is better in the north, and I want... I want to have enough food." Jiang Yu lowered his head and said shyly.

Upon hearing this, the aunt sighed heavily. She hesitated for several times and finally nodded, "Okay, I'll arrange for you to go to the Northeast. Give me your household registration book." Every family has its own suffering. Everyone knows that Jiang Yu has not had a good life in recent years. Any help is appreciated.

"By the way, where is the burden brought by your stepmother?" asked another male clerk, holding an enamel pot.

"He didn't want to come, so he asked me to sign him up." Jiang Yu pulled the corners of his mouth and answered dryly.

The male staff member snorted, "What the hell! Sister Liu, let him go to the northwest! We need strong men like this to build our country!"

Jiang Yu hadn't made up a lie yet, and she had been watching Yang Jianwei's careless work for a long time, so she made the decision directly. She was a little surprised, but also very happy.

"Take it. The educated youth who go to the countryside will receive resettlement compensation. In addition to the 50 yuan we give you, the place where you are sent to work will provide you with food and accommodation. There is also this enamel pot. Yang Jianwei doesn't have it, so this is yours. Hide it. You can use it for drinking water and eating in the countryside." The aunt counted out ten 10-yuan bills from the drawer. These were for Jiang Yu and Yang Jianwei, and there was also an enamel pot with a big red peony flower printed on it.

Jiang Yu took the money and the porcelain bowl, and the other party handed him a train ticket.

"This is your ticket. It's for the train at 4 a.m. four days from now. Keep the ticket and don't lose it. We will pick up Yang Jianwei directly on the same day, and he will go to the northwest next Wednesday. Don't say anything to him, he will definitely be reluctant, we will handle it." The aunt said this because she was afraid that Yang Jianwei would take his anger out on the ginger fish.

He has always been like this. Everyone on the street knows that he just has the face of an honest man, but in fact he doesn't do anything that ordinary people do.

Jiang Yu seemed to be relieved. He took the ticket and smiled with relief. He bowed to the two clerks and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. Take the money and go buy some things to prepare. Remember to bring dry food. Although the meals on the train do not require a ticket, they are quite expensive." The aunt reminded her again before she left.

Jiang Yu thanked him again and left in a hurry.

She returned to the Jiang family and heard banging noises in Yang Jianwei's room. He must have been tossing and turning after waking up.

Jiang Yu didn't care about him and went straight into the main room to find food in the cupboard.

Last night, before the supply and marketing cooperative closed, Yang Xiu Lian went to buy flour, vegetables and meat, preparing to make dumplings to celebrate for her son today.

This was a good opportunity for Jiangyu. She took out all these things without hesitation, kneading the dough, chopping the stuffing, and making dumplings.

Not long after, white smoke began to come out of the Jiang family's chimney.

After eating the dumplings stuffed with cabbage, tofu and meat, Jiang Yu took out all the tickets he had collected yesterday and sorted them.

During this time, two loud dull noises were heard from Yang Jianwei's room, and no one knew what he was doing.

30 jin of local grain coupons, 30 jin of national grain coupons, 2 jin of meat coupons, 2 jin of sugar coupons, 8 liang of oil coupons, 1 jin of wine coupons, 2 cigarette coupons, half a jin of cake coupons, and a lot of miscellaneous food coupons... There was also a bicycle coupon, a sewing ticket, 3 industrial coupons, and 20 jin of coal coupons. Most of the coupons expired on December 72, 12.

Jiang Yu put aside everything she needed, such as sewing machine tickets and coal tickets that she wanted to sell. She didn't know how to operate a sewing machine, and coal tickets were local tickets. There was no place to buy coal now, and it was hard to say whether she could buy coal in the countryside. These tickets could not be used anyway.

As for food, the more the better. Jiang Yu likes to eat. People who have lived through natural disasters probably like to stock up on food.

Because he was worried about being recognized if he bought things nearby, Jiang Yu planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the north of the city, where there was also a department store.

After giving each of the three people in the room a bowl of water, Jiang Yu put all the bicycles in the house into the space and went out.

She walked for about half an hour and felt she had walked far enough, so she took out Team Leader Liu's bicycle in a remote and deserted alley and headed towards the north of the city.

On the other side, Team Leader Liu finally woke up.