The two people beneath the bus struggled for a long time but couldn’t get their belongings onto the roof. Someone on the bus started to curse, "Damn it! How much longer do we have to wait?" Official source is ɴovelfire.net
The driver, also getting impatient, opened the door and stepped out. "You’re a big guy. How can you not even handle this little thing?"
With that, he took the bedding roll from the man below and swung it onto the roof with one heave.
However, the person on the roof got such a fright that he not only failed to catch the roll but nearly fell off himself.
The driver, both angry and scared, said, "Alright, alright! Come down quickly."
Wu Bing, on the roof, was so scared his face turned pale. He had almost been knocked off by the thrown bedding roll. Hearing the driver, he quickly moved towards the edge of the bus, but his legs were shaking so much he didn’t dare climb down.
Seeing his cowardly display, the driver was too angry to even know how to scold him.
Finally, an older man on the bus couldn’t stand it any longer. He climbed the ladder at the back and pulled Wu Bing down.
Then, he climbed onto the roof in a few strides, caught the large and small packages the driver tossed up, and quickly arranged them all, covering them with the cargo net on top and securing it.
After efficiently climbing down, he said to the two men still standing below, "What are you dawdling for? Get on the bus quickly! You’re just holding things up."
The two hung their heads and followed him onto the bus. The ticket seller began to shout, "Alright, everyone, buy your tickets!"
As he spoke, he started from the front, collecting money and handing out tickets. He squeezed his way from the front to the very back and then back again—it truly wasn’t an easy job.
The man who had helped with the luggage looked at the two young men. "Are you new educated youths?"
The two nodded. "Yes."
"It’ll soon be time to hunker down for the winter. Did you come here to slack off?"
These words frightened the two young men. "We can’t accept such an accusation. After all, we came to the countryside in response to the nation’s call."
The man tutted and paid them no more attention.
Yunyi watched them, thinking to herself, It seems they aren’t well-connected, nor did they get into trouble in the city that forced their relatives to send them here. But I also wonder why no one came to pick them up; why did they have to report by themselves?
When the bus reached Hua’an Farm Reclamation, the two got off. However, instead of entering Hua’an Farm Reclamation, they walked in the opposite direction, toward the boundary of Zhang Family Village.
As Yunyi approached the clinic, she saw from afar that it was surrounded by a crowd. Someone was saying, "That old woman of the Zhang Family is truly inhuman, condoning her son’s mistreatment of his wife. It’s just wicked."
"He was too heavy-handed! Zhang Chunshan is a terrible person. Guo Buyu followed him from the city to this remote backwater, and this is how he treats her."
"This is why they say you shouldn’t marry someone far from home. Look what happens! If things go well, it’s fine, but if they go badly, you don’t even have anyone to help you."
Zhang Chunshan regretted hitting her, but whenever he recalled that person’s words, he couldn’t suppress the rage in his heart.
It turned out his discharge from the army due to injury was his father-in-law’s doing. The intention was for him to bring Guo Shuiyu back here, away from the turmoil of the outside world. But did his father-in-law ever consider what *he* wanted?
Now, his elder brother’s family had been dragged into this mess because of the Guo Family. Mother was right: Guo Shuiyu is a jinx. If I hadn’t married her, I might still be advancing in the army, with a bright future ahead. My elder brother and sister-in-law wouldn’t have been exploited. The Zhang Family wouldn’t have become the laughingstock of the area, nor would we have to endure the strange looks from others. Whenever I think that all of this is because I married Guo Shuiyu, I wish I could beat her to death!