I Became Rich by Eating Melons in the Era of Literature (1970s)

　　Zhao Rongguang's shouting woke up the sleeping people. Hearing someone setting fire, everyone put on their clothes, picked up their weapons and went out.

　　Xu Song and Xu Bai were both scared to death.

　　They came to the youth camp to set fire just on impulse, without thinking about the consequences. They also never thought about whether they would be discovered. They had a good relationship with Xu Baozhu, and they had done countless bad things since they were young, but they had never been discovered.

　　They thought that the arson would not be discovered this time either, so the two of them did not even try to hide and just rushed in.

　　When Wang Shanxi and his men rushed out and tied them up, Xu Song and Xu Bai were dumbfounded and could hardly believe it.

　　Zhao Yonglan hated him so much, she had never seen such a lawless person. She took advantage of the situation and beat Xu Song and Xu Bai each with a big beating. After beating them, she turned around and accidentally bumped into Zhao Rongguang's arms.

　　"Sorry." Zhao Yonglan quickly stepped out and apologized to Zhao Rongguang.

　　Zhao Rongguang quickly shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay."

　　As more and more people gathered, no one noticed this little episode, but it caused ripples in the hearts of both of them.

　　Zhao Rongguang had never been so close to a female comrade before, and his ears were so red that they seemed to be bleeding.

　　Jiang Youtao pressed Xu Manqiu, who was about to go out, onto the kang and said, "Stay in the room, don't go out."

　　Gu Nianwei also said: "Stay here, we will be back soon."

　　The two of them went out together. Xu Manyu listened to them and did not leave the house. Instead, she moved a stool and sat under the corridor, looking outside.

　　As soon as Liu Manzhu arrived, Accountant Xu and Uncle Xu and Third Uncle Xu also ran over breathlessly. When they saw Xu Song and Xu Bai tied up with their hands behind their backs, they felt a black screen before their eyes.

　　Liu Manzhu was furious when he saw them. Nowadays, every household has a wooden structure. If the family is poorer, they will cover the roof with thatch. In order to survive the winter, which family does not have a firewood shed?

　　When the educated youth lit the fire, the sparks were blown by the wind and all the houses in Liushugou were damaged.

　　Accountant Xu walked forward and slapped Xu Song's head to the side. Before Xu Song could react, he slapped Xu Bai in the face with his backhand: "Are you two courting death? Huh? Who gave you the courage to set fire?"

　　Accountant Xu heard Xu Song and Xu Bai say in the evening that they were going to set fire to the educated youth's site, but he did not take it seriously.

　　Who can take the angry words of young people seriously?

　　As the eldest grandson in the family, Xu Song had never been beaten by anyone. Accountant Xu loved him the most. Before he was three years old, he had never sat on a stool to eat a meal. Accountant Xu always held him in his arms while he ate.

　　From childhood to adulthood, Accountant Xu had never touched him: "Grandpa, why are you hitting me? They bullied Baozhu, I came to avenge Baozhu!"

　　Xu Bai loudly echoed his brother on the side.

　　Now, all those who were wondering why Xu Song and Xu Bai came to burn the educated youth site now know why.

　　Looking at the Xu Song brothers who had no idea they were wrong, everyone did not feel that they had a deep brotherly love, but only felt scared.

　　How did the educated youth at the educated youth camp bully Xu Baozhu? Wasn't it just because they didn't buy vanishing cream for Xu Baozhu? What else?

　　Jiang Zhiqing asked Xu Manqiu to stay overnight at the Zhiqing Point. Is this considered bullying?

　　What about them? They all live in the same village. Who says they must obey Xu Baozhu? Who can guarantee that they won't reject Xu Baozhu in the future? If they reject Xu Baozhu one day, will Xu Song and Xu Bai come to their house and set them on fire?

　　When their own interests were affected, they became indignant and demanded that Liu Manzhu hand over the Xu Song brothers to the police.

　　They were scared to live in the same village with two such lawless people.

　　How could Xu Dazui be absent from such a lively atmosphere? She thought that Liu Manzhu wanted to let Xu Manqiu stay at their house this afternoon. If Jiang Youtao had not asked at that time, Xu Manqiu would definitely stay at their house, and the house that was set on fire would be theirs.

　　"Manzhu, send them to the police. If you don't consider our family, you should also consider other people in the village."

　　Liu Manzhu was going to give it as a gift originally.

　　This was the first major event that had happened since he took office, and it was a matter of life and death. If he failed to handle it well, he, as the team leader, would have no say in the village in the future.

　　Seeing that the villagers were asking him to hand Xu Song and Xu Bai over to the police, Liu Manzhu finally nodded.

　　Accountant Xu's eyes dimmed instantly, and his straight back bent. Uncle Xu had three sons, and two of them were already adults. He was reluctant to let them go: "Manzhu, Manzhu, please let them go. I will educate them well when I go back. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future, okay?"

　　His face was full of pleading.

　　Before Liu Manzhu could say anything, he was retorted: "You sound nice, but if you could really teach them well, would they be so bold as to say they would set fire to someone?"

　　"That's right. If it was a deep hatred, it would be fine. But what were they doing? They were trying to help Xu Baozhu. What did those educated youth do to Xu Baozhu? Did they beat her or scold her?"

　　The villagers didn't even need the educated youth to speak, they had already silenced Uncle Xu. Xu Song and Xu Bai were too lawless and had angered the public, and even when Uncle Xu knelt down and begged, the villagers didn't let him go.

　　Xu Song and Xu Bai were scared when they saw that Liu Manzhu was really going to send them to the police station. Before they were sent away, they shouted to Uncle Xu, "Dad, go find Baozhu and ask her to save us."

　　The Xu Song brothers were hanging around on the streets, and there were often many brothers who were taken to the police station for committing crimes. Whenever that happened, they would take Xu Baozhu to the police station, and they were always able to escape danger. So after the initial brief fear, they relaxed again.

　　As the victims, Wang Shanxi, Zhao Rongguang and Liu Yingjun went to the Public Security Bureau again.

　　The police officer Hu was still on duty. After taking the statement, he looked at Wang Shanxi and the other two and was speechless: "Tell me why these criminals are targeting you educated youths?"

　　Wang Shanxi and the other two were also embarrassed: "Maybe it's because we educated youth are unlucky?"

　　This was all Hu Gongan could guess.

　　He felt that the most unfortunate thing was not the educated youth center, but the village of Liushugou.

　　They found out a lot of things when they interrogated Xia Heyu last time. Now there's Xu Baozhu who is said to be very lucky. Public Security Hu thinks he has to investigate the village of Liushugou.

　　It was already midnight when Wang Shanxi and his friends returned. When they heard that Xu Song and Xu Bai had been detained, everyone at the educated youth site breathed a sigh of relief.

　　Zhao Yonglan couldn't figure out what was going on in these two people's minds: "Do they love Xu Baozhu so much?"

　　Xu Manqiu had come out a long time ago. Just now, Xu Dazui held her hand to comfort her, and then held Jiang Youtao's hand to thank her.

　　Judging from Xu Song and Xu Bai's behavior today, Xu Manqiu must have suffered a lot of grievances in the Xu family.

　　No one was a wicked person, and everyone felt very sympathetic towards Xu Manqiu.

　　Wang Shanxi and the others came back, and Xu Dazui and the others also dispersed.

　　After hearing what Zhao Yonglan said, Xu Manqiu said, "It's not that they love her, it's mainly because they are close to Xu Baozhu and can get benefits."

　　Just like when they were children, they tried to please Xu Baozhu, and Xu Baozhu would always share some of the things that Mrs. Xu and Xu Zhiqiang bought for her.

　　If they bullied her and made Xu Baozhu happy, Xu Baozhu would reward them.

　　In this way, wouldn't they love Xu Baozhu?

　　Xu Manqiu was just curious about how long their love could last after Xu Baozhu no longer had the blessing of good luck.

　　Xu Manqiu glanced in the direction of the commune, but perhaps she would never get the answer to this question.

　　They went back to their own rooms, and Xu Manqiu and Jiang Youtao slept together.

　　Xu Manqiu was very tired today. She lay on Jiang Youtao's kang, smelling the soothing scent, and fell asleep soon.

　　Jiang Youtao only had time to open the system now. She didn't pay much attention to the rewards brought by eating melons. She felt that Xu Manqiu's melon was similar to Wang Yuan's. They were both very bitter and there was no joy in eating melons.

　　She clicked on the system's query results.

　　After reading it, she glanced at Xu Manqiu beside her and sighed deeply.

　　The investigation report said that Xu Manqiu was a good person for all her lives, so when she reincarnated, her luck was particularly strong, and her good luck also attracted the covetousness of some monsters. But they were monsters after all, and even if they used all their tricks, they could not hurt Xu Manqiu at all, and they would even be attacked by Xu Manqiu's luck.

　　In Xu Manqiu's previous life, she was an old lady who was kind and generous. She did countless good deeds in her life. Xu Baozhu was a koi carp she kept in the house. Before she was salvaged, she had consciousness. In the old lady's room, she bathed in the good fortune of a kind person, and her cultivation became higher and higher.

　　But the old lady was old and was about to pass away. Xu Baozhu was used to getting something for nothing and didn't want to work hard to practice.

　　So before the old lady died, Xu Baozhu used her only talent for koi to calculate Xu Manqiu's next life, and was reincarnated as well.

　　When Xu Baozhu was reincarnated into the Xu family, she still had her memories with her. The Taoist priest who came to the Xu family and talked nonsense was a catfish who was forced by her to practice in the deep mountains near Liushugou.

　　Long before he successfully fooled Old Lady Xu, Xu Baozhu had given the catfish spirit a quick death. Now the grass on the catfish spirit's grave is probably two feet high.

　　Old Mrs. Xu believed the catfish spirit's words without a doubt. Xu Baozhu fought hard to be the first when she was born. With the help of the Xu family, Xu Manyu's luck was completely plundered by Xu Baozhu.

　　Xu Manqiu was sold to the mountains when she was sixteen years old. It was the last move made by Xu Baozhu to follow her inner thoughts. Before Xu Manqiu was sent to the mountains, Xu Baozhu gave the unconscious Xu Manqiu a bowl of her own blood. They finally shared the same fate. The more miserable Xu Manqiu's life was, the more comfortable she would live.

　　But a person with great luck is a person with great luck after all. She will eventually kill the smuggler Xu Baozhu. Even after her death in her previous life, her obsession has not disappeared.

　　Yesterday afternoon, when Xu Manqiu returned from the educated youth camp, Xu Baozhu forced her to wear clothes to borrow her luck. Xu Manqiu's reluctance resonated with her obsession that had not yet dissipated. The emotions and consciousness in the obsession had a great impact on Xu Manqiu now.

　　[ So is Manqiu now reborn or awakened? ] Jiang Youtao asked.

　　The melon-eating system replied: [ Neither. Rebirth means going back to the past, and awakening means knowing what will happen in the future. In her case, neither is true. She has no memory of the future. At most, her temperament has become more decisive than that of the girl in the book. ]

　　Jiang Youtao breathed a sigh of relief.

　　Xu Manqiu's previous life was too miserable, and she hoped that she could be happier and more joyful in this life, and have a sweet life for the rest of her life.

　　The melon-eating system said again: [ Before that obsession dissipated, she said thank you to Weiwei. She felt the warmth you gave her. ]

　　Jiang Youtao's eyes were filled with tears.