Published at 7th of December 2020 02:35:07 PM
Chapter 182: 182
Chapter 182: Younger Aunt Is Getting A Divorce (1)
During the new year, most women visited their natal homes around the second day .
Although Gu Qingyao waited until the third day, Younger Aunt did not return .
She remembered that Younger Aunt had not come back last year either .
That day, the Qing River and the Southern Lake Brigades were both busy dredging the river . She heard there was some problem with the Qing River, but Gu Qingyao was not too clear as to what it was . In her previous life, she had always stayed home to do the chores when she was young . Later on, after the incident, she seldom left the house .
So she did not know much about agriculture .
Later on, when she grew up and her father brought up the subject, he said that the people of this era had made the greatest contributions . Many engineering projects to build roads and divert rivers had been performed by human labor in this era .
In later years, people would enjoy the fruit of their forebears’ labors .
Gu Qingyao did not need to go to work . Besides her grandmother who was in the cowshed, her grandfather, father and Gu Jinlin all went to help .
Gu Qingyao thought that she might as well visit her younger aunt . She could see how they were faring and give them some things .
Her younger aunt, Gu Yunshuang, had married into a different commune . Although it was not too far from here, it was still a two-hour journey by foot .
Gu Qingyao went to the cowshed to tell her grandma, but did not see her . She left a message for her grandmother with the old people . Then she put her basket on her back and headed for her younger aunt’s house .
The weather had been fairly good for the past two days and most of the snow on the road had melted . But it was still early and the sun had just risen . It was still cold and the roads were frosty .
That made walking easier .
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When the frost melted, the muddy roads would be difficult to travel .
Younger Aunt had married into the Poplar Brigade, which was part of the Dawn Commune . It got its name from the large stand of poplar trees there .
About ten years ago, the Poplar Brigade was one of the richer areas in the Dawn Commune . Living conditions there were better than the surrounding areas . But for the past few years, things had declined .
It had slowly become the most impoverished brigade in the Dawn Commune .
Gu Qingyao walked for two hours before she reached the Poplar Brigade .
She was unfamiliar with this place . In her previous life, she had only been here a few times, perhaps once or twice after she turned fifteen . She herself could not recall the incidents clearly . Now that she was standing here, she did not even know where her younger aunt’s house was .
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Fortunately, she still had some vague impressions .
Her younger aunt’s in-laws had the surname of Li . Her younger uncle was called Li Dahai . She still remembered that .
After entering the brigade, she asked for directions from an older woman who was sunning herself and stitching soles for her cloth shoes . The woman hospitably led her there .
But before they reached, they could hear the crying and wailing of a woman and child .
Gu Qingyao frowned and the older woman’s footsteps paused, before they hastened over .
“Oh no, that old woman is probably beating your younger aunt again!”
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Gu Qingyao hurriedly ran over . She saw many people gathered nearby, gesticulating and discussing the matter .
An old woman was shouting . “How dare you steal, you useless scum . How dare you steal food! I’ll beat you to death!”
Gu Qingyao rushed over to look . She saw her thinly clad younger aunt, Gu Yunshuang, lying in the snow . A scrawny little girl lay in her arms and she was trying to shield the girl . Next to her, an old woman was holding a tree branch, beating and scolding her younger aunt .
The little girl in her arms was wailing non-stop . She huddled in her younger aunt’s arms, not daring to move .
“Stop it!”
Gu Qingyao was enraged . She rushed over and snatched the tree branch from the old woman’s hand . “What are you doing?”
Gu Qingyao shielded her younger aunt while glaring balefully at the old woman .