The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s

he tried to stand up.

Besides, she didn’t want all the bruises on her face to bee seen by others.

He Baogen sneered and said, “Stop with the acting already.
Get up and make dinne!”

Having said that, he didn’t even greet Huang Xianglan before he turned and left.

Huang Xianglan was so angry that she was shaking.
“That, that was outrageous!”

Tears rolled down Su Xiuying’s cheeks.

He would at least hold back a little in the past.
But when he saw that her family never stood up for her, the beatings had been getting worse.

There was silence in the house and even Huang Xianglan didn’t know what else to say.

Su Xiuying worried that He Baogen would yell at Huang Xianglan too so she quickly said to her, “You be on your way now.
I will give it some thought!”

Huang Xianglan sighed and left.

Su Xiuying watched her cousin took off and her hands, resting on both sides of her, started clenching into fists.

***

Over the next few days, the members of the Tong family from the old village could not have been happier.

They had fish and meats every day and would head over to the government-operated restaurant from time to time.
They made all the other people in the compound jealous.

They had talked about taking over the two positions at the factories immediately at the beginning but Tong Xuelu told them that they should take a break first.
They would not be able to take time off once they started working.

Sun Guilan figured that make sense.
The positions, after all, belonged to their family and nobody could take that away from them anyway.

They had lived such a rough life in the village.
It was only right for them to enjoy themselves a little now.

What still baffled them was why did the others in the compound didn’t like hanging around with them.

The women and children, in particular, would turn and run away when they saw them.

Those from the home town enjoyed a few happy days.

Tong Xuelu’s plan was to wait for a couple more days before she acted but she saw Tong Xuelu with Tong Mianmian in his arms as he stroked her on her face when she returned from the factory.

Her face dropped immediately.