Zhao Family Village Team.
Yun Xiaoxiao was looking down at the potato seedlings, which temporarily couldn't be harvested—it seemed the potatoes hadn't fully grown—when she heard someone calling her.
It was a woman in her twenties.
She didn't recognize the person.
After all, in this book, she was the female supporting character, but many people were just extras, not even having names, far from being a mere walk-on part.
"Yun Xiaoxiao, don't you want to go back to the city?"
If she were the female supporting character, that would mean she was crazily obsessed with the idea of returning to the city.
She was the author's female supporting character, if not for her insistence on returning to the city, then what was the Main Female Character there for? Could the book even continue?
"Educated Youth Zhang...." Da Bao directly blocked in front of Yun Xiaoxiao, facing the woman as he called out.
Educated Youth Zhang was also a sent-down youth, but her luck wasn't as good as Yun Xiaoxiao's; after giving birth to two daughters, she wasn't well-regarded by her in-laws.
When the college entrance exam was reinstated, her in-laws refused to let her take it, fearing that if she passed and went back to the city, she would never return.
Educated Youth Zhang, who was supposed to be working, had come over after seeing Yun Xiaoxiao here.
Both educated youths, but Yun Xiaoxiao had married the team leader's son and had two sons in a row, and her husband wouldn't let her do field work.
Unlike Zhang, who was still toiling in the fields after marriage, disfavored by her in-laws and increasingly losing the patience of her husband because she had daughters.
She wanted to return to the city.
"Da Bao, your mother is a city person, and she will eventually return to the city. One day, she will leave you behind," the ordinary-looking Educated Youth Zhang said.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't stop Zhang from speaking. Besides stirring up trouble, what else could she do?
Look at her with eyes filled with envy?
"Whether I return to the city or not doesn't concern you, Educated Youth Zhang. Shouldn't you be working? Why aren't you busy? Standing here for what? You chose a man who can't provide for you, so you don't get to enjoy the good life, and yet you have the audacity to envy others. There are plenty of people better off than me, are you planning to go and envy each one?"
What a joke, she had become a director precisely because she wasn't a pushover.
"You..." Educated Youth Zhang was so angry she couldn't speak, her intention to ridicule Yun Xiaoxiao backfiring against her.
Educated Youth Zhang glared at Yun Xiaoxiao and left, in a terrible mood.
"Mom, let's go home!" Someone outside was bullying mother.
Not to mention, Da Bao and Xiao Bao had been well taught by their father, Zhao Tianlei, to protect Yun Xiaoxiao, their mother.
"Okay." She picked a few eggplants and chili peppers—it was time to head home.
The homestead wasn't very big, just a few dozen square meters.
"Mom, Educated Youth Zhang bullied you. I'll go and bully her daughter later."
The moment he said this, the smile on Yun Xiaoxiao's face stiffened instantly.
Why did Da Bao have such a thought?
It was a dangerous idea.
"No need, no need, her daughter didn't bully me."
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at them, "You two go play, but come back early for lunch."
Da Bao and Xiao Bao wanted to go out and play, but their mother didn't agree, so they stayed and worked with her.
Yun Xiaoxiao carried the vegetable basket home, and along the way, she encountered quite a few village women who regarded her with peculiar looks.
Yun Xiaoxiao couldn't figure out why, but she was also grateful that the homestead wasn't too far from home; otherwise, being stared at all the way would have made her quite uncomfortable.
Watching in silence as she passed by and then whispering about her when she was gone made her feel speechless.
Finally back home, she closed the large gate and, holding the vegetable basket, went to the kitchen, then into her room to check on her phone that was charging—a solar charger rapidly powering up her phone.