Chapter 182
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Usually, daughters would visit their parents on the second day of the new year.
But Gu Qingyao waited until the third day and still did not see her youngest aunt.
She remembered that her youngest aunt did not come back last year.
Today, the Qing River Brigade and the Southern Lake Brigade were busy dredging the river. She heard that there was a problem at Qing River. Gu Qingyao did not understand. In her previous life, she had been doing housework at home when she was younger. After that incident, she rarely went out.
So she did not know much about farming.
When she grew up, she heard her father talk about it. He said that people in this era contributed the most. Many roads and river projects were done by manpower in this era.
The people of the future were enjoying the fruits of their ancestors' labor.
Gu Qingyao did not need to go out to work. Besides her grandmother at the cowshed, her grandfather, father, and third brother, Gu Jinlin, had all gone to help.
Gu Qingyao thought that she might as well go to her youngest aunt's house and see how they were doing. She could also give her some gifts.
Her youngest aunt, Gu Yunshuang, was married to another commune, but it was not too far from here. It took about two hours to walk there.
Gu Qingyao went to the cowshed to look for her grandmother. But she did not see her, so she told the old folks and asked them to pass on the message. Then she carried a small basket and went to her youngest aunt's house.
The weather was good these two days. The snow on the road had melted a lot. But it was still early. The sun had just risen and the temperature had not risen. So it was still cold.
It was convenient to walk.
Once the ice melted, the dirt road would not be easy to walk on.
Her youngest aunt was married to a Poplar Brigade under the Dawn Commune. It was named after a large poplar forest.
About ten years ago, the Poplar Brigade was considered a relatively wealthy place in the Dawn Commune. Their living conditions were better than the surrounding areas. But in recent years, it had gotten worse.
Gradually, it became a poor brigade in the Dawn Commune.
Gu Qingyao walked for two hours before she arrived at the Poplar Brigade.
She was unfamiliar with it. She had only been here a few times in her previous life. After she turned 15, she seemed to have been here once or twice. She could not remember clearly. Now that she was standing here, she did not even know where her youngest aunt's house was.
But fortunately, she had a vague impression of it.
Her aunt's in-laws' surname was Li, and her uncle's name was Li Dahai. She still remembered this.
When she entered the brigade, she asked an auntie who was sunbathing and sewing the soles of her shoes. The auntie enthusiastically brought her over.
However, before they reached the place, they heard the cries of women and children.
Gu Qingyao frowned. The auntie's footsteps also paused for a moment, then she quickened her pace and hurried over.
"Oh no, that old woman is probably beating your aunt again!"
Gu Qingyao hurriedly ran over and saw that not far ahead, there were many people gathered there, pointing and discussing.
An old woman yelled, "I told you to steal, you filthy piece of trash. How dare you steal food? I'll kill you!"
Gu Qingyao rushed over to take a look. She saw her aunt, Gu Yunshuang, wearing very thin clothes, lying in the snow. She was protecting a skinny little girl in her arms. Beside her, an old woman was beating her with a tree branch and scolding her.
The little girl in her arms kept shouting and hiding in her aunt's arms, not daring to move.
"Stop!"
Gu Qingyao was furious. She rushed over and snatched the tree branch from the old woman's hand and threw it away. "What are you doing?"
Gu Qingyao stood in front of her aunt and glared fiercely at the old woman.
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