Chapter 149: What Kind Of Person
“I’ve seen it and understand it. At this time, everyone is busy, and no one will have time to run to this back mountain hollow.”
“Put the things down first. I’ll wait for you over there.”
She casually pointed to a slightly hidden spot, where there were several large fir trees that could provide good cover.
Su Ning smiled and turned around, carrying the back basket as she climbed up the small dirt slope first.
Her slightly parted lips helplessly closed and pursed tight. Yan Bei had no choice but to quickly put down the things and closely follow behind her.
She picked a soft spot with lots of fir needles and sat down, then took out the things one by one from the back basket placed beside her.
“Here, use the water in this bottle to wash your hands and face first. It’s boiled water I filled. Try the temperature—it shouldn’t be hot anymore.”
“Mm, good.”
He washed his hands with the clean water from the water bottle, wiped his face again, and Yan Bei silently folded the handkerchief she had handed him—which he had just used—and tucked it into his pocket.
“I made some small steamed buns this morning, filled with fried fat and cabbage.”
Seeing him finish washing, she hurriedly handed over the lunchbox containing the steamed buns.
Compared to the fist-sized large meat buns in the state-run restaurants nowadays, she herself preferred these small steamed buns that could fit exactly one in the mouth.
“Have you eaten?”
“Not yet. I was thinking of eating with you.”
The hand picking up the steamed bun was scalded by her casual words. Yan Bei unconsciously rubbed his fingertip, then came back to his senses and chuckled.
“Next time, eat while it’s hot. Don’t wait for me—it’s not good for the stomach when it’s cold.”
“We’ll see.”
After getting used to having someone to eat with, eating alone again really didn’t taste good, as if nothing was flavorful.
Su Ning casually replied and opened her own lunchbox. With a glance from the corner of her eye at the three old men below who were still busy with their own tasks and completely ignored their behavior without any reaction.
“Want some?”
“Not yet.”
Before getting familiar, not only them, she herself also had concerns. Yan Bei didn’t want Su Ning to face any danger.
The story of the farmer and the snake—adults all understand it.
……
After breakfast, despite Yan Bei’s strong opposition and excessive urging, Su Ning had to pack up the things. She left only a water bottle for him and went down the mountain.
Seeing his calm mindset that seemed to have adjusted quickly, without any bad ideas or negative emotions from these matters, she felt somewhat relieved.
Since he wouldn’t let her help with work, it was perfect—she could tidy up that broken house before Grandpa Yan and Grandma Yan arrived, at least making it livable.
“Hey, you stop!”
“I’m talking to you. Do you have something wrong with your ears?”
Stopping her thoughts, she frowned and looked at the person who suddenly appeared blocking her way. The light in Su Ning’s eyes sank a bit.
“What kind of look is that!”
Seeing her like that made Yuan Qing uneasy. She subconsciously hugged her arms and took a small step back.
But realizing she had shown weakness in front of this country bumpkin, fire flared up in her eyes again.
However, thinking of needing her help, she forcibly suppressed her anger, quickly pulled out several fruit hard candies wrapped in shiny colored paper from her pocket, and glanced at her arrogantly with an indescribable sense of superiority all over her body.
“This is for you. Go to the mountain and pick two leaves of guai zi for me.”
Guai zi?
What guai zi?
This female comrade must have some serious illness?
Su Ning couldn’t be bothered with her and turned to leave.
Seeing her instantly reach out to grab her, she quickly pulled over a branch of prickly berry fruit to block it.
“Ah! My hand! How are you so vicious, using prickly berry fruit to stab me?!”
Yuan Qing cried out in shock, looking at the row of fuzzy fine thorns stabbed into her palm, feeling both aggrieved and furious.
“Look clearly, you dirtbag country bumpkin—this is your favorite fruit hard candy! Such a big handful in exchange for two leaves of guai zi is totally you making a profit, and yet you don’t know good from bad and hurt me?”
“I’m definitely going to tell the Brigade Leader about you!”
Dirtbag, country bumpkin?
Her?
She lowered her gaze to scan herself. For convenience going up the mountain, she had specially changed into deep-colored, dirt-resistant clothes and pants.
With many bugs on the mountain and afraid of bites, she had tied her trouser legs tight and tucked them into her socks. This outfit was indeed a bit…
But even if she really was a girl from the village, there was no reason for someone to inexplicably insult her like this.
“How about it, scared now? Forget it, I’m generous—go pick three for me…”
“If you’re going to report it, go quickly. But please stay away from me now, or I’m worried there’ll be another charge later: abusing animals.”
“What do you mean?”
“Turns out you really are missing a string in your brain and an eye in your heart. No wonder.”
“You! You actually say I’m stupid and heartless?!”
“You have to be direct with insults for you to understand. Your IQ matches that face—both equally touching.”
“You, you…”
She pushed the person aside with the branch, ignoring her shrill screams that were about to crack, and Su Ning quickly walked away without looking back.
As if staying one more second would infect her with some serious disease.
Stomping mad in place, Yuan Qing yelled at her back at the top of her lungs, “If you dare say it, dare not to run!”
This yell was loud enough for people at the foot of the mountain to hear, showing just how furious she was.
Yan Bei, who was shoveling manure into a wooden bucket, suddenly heard the roar from nearby. His eyelid twitched as he shouldered the shovel and ran madly toward it.
Turning the two bends on the way down, he saw a woman screaming shrilly, seemingly in rage as she bent down to pick up a stone to throw at Su Ning.
“What are you doing!”
The shovel in his hand swung out even before his words finished, landing squarely on her hand and the back of it.
“Ah!”
Although Yan Bei only used thirty percent strength, the blow still hurt so much that Yuan Qing immediately let go of the stone, tears bursting out.
Her hand and arm visibly swelled up, bruised and terrifying.
“Ah!!”
She was about to scream that her hand was broken, but seeing on her hand and arm, even on her clothes and face, the black, yellow, green stuff with the nauseating… manure?!
She immediately let out a wail even more miserable than the hit, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted stiffly backward.
Glancing at the woman who was still bubbling from her mouth after fainting, Yan Bei was stunned for a moment. “What happened? Su Ning, are you okay?”
“Pfft~”
Waving her hand, Su Ning pointed at the person on the ground. “I’m fine. She’s the one in trouble.”
Seeing her quietly bubbling, without that arrogant, aggressive look, she actually seemed a bit more pleasing.
From her clothes to the watch on her wrist and the fruit hard candies earlier, this one on the ground should be an educated youth from the brigade.
Thinking of Yan Bei’s current identity, Su Ning suppressed her smile. “I’ll call someone to help send her to the health clinic. You go back first.”
“Okay.”
After thinking, Yan Bei nodded. He couldn’t show up now, but he wouldn’t shirk the responsibility he should bear. “If the Brigade Leader asks…”
“Rest assured, I know what to do.”
There were only three of them here, two against one—of course, whatever she said was what happened.
Young but with such a vicious mouth, and needing a beating. Without a few ‘lessons,’ how would she learn to behave?
Right at the foot of the front mountain was a terraced field. Su Ning went to the field, found a few people to help, and carried the slumped person down the mountain.
Hearing that an educated youth was in trouble, Su Qingshan exploded like a lit firecracker, his face flushing red with rage, almost spurting fire.
These educated youths who came down—useless at everything, number one at causing trouble!
Especially the last two batches—how long had they been here and how much trouble had they stirred up for him?!
“Where? Who had the accident? What happened!”
“Brigade Leader, it’s Yuan Zhiqing. Looks like she fell into a manure pit—hand injured!”
“What the hell?”
Su Qingshan pushed through the crowd and unexpectedly saw the two in the center—one lying, one standing.
“Ning Ning? Why are you here?”
“Old man.”
Simply greeting him, Su Ning pointed at the person on the ground. “I just went down the mountain for a bit, and this educated youth who popped out of nowhere insisted on stopping me to pick some guai zi for her.”
“Hm?”
Have Ning Ning pick guai zi for her? What was she trying to twist?
Su Qingshan tried to suppress his anger and asked following her words, “And then?”
“Of course I refused—I don’t even know her. She tried to smash me with a stone, but failed to lift it and smashed her own hand instead. The stone was full of manure underneath, which grossed her out and made her faint.”
