Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Mingze, she is not attracted to you...

Wang Jinbao didn't understand at first, but after a while he finally realized that these people were saying that he was not good-looking. This was nonsense. He had grown up, but no one had ever said that he was not good-looking. His grandparents, his parents, and his three sisters all said that he was handsome every day.

"No, who are you calling ugly or cunning? Is there something wrong with your eyes? I'm so handsome, and you call me ugly?"

He looked fierce, yet also very confident.

“…”

Everyone present had a look of confusion on their faces for a moment.

What the hell?

The old ladies suspected that they were hard of hearing due to their old age, otherwise how could they hear such outrageous words?

Shen Moer was very strict: "I said a sly look, not a sly look."

Wang Jinbao: "What's the difference? They all say I'm ugly!!"

Shen Moer: "It's good that you have such self-awareness."

Wang Jinbao was so angry that his blood boiled: "You, you, you, did you do it on purpose? You must have done it on purpose. You deliberately said this to belittle me, just to ask for more betrothal gifts. I tell you, it's impossible! You should be secretly happy that you can marry me. Don't ask for betrothal gifts. I won't give a single cent of betrothal gifts! With such good conditions, there are many people who want to marry me, but I won't give a betrothal gift when I marry a wife!"

He didn't think that the other person looked down on him. He had such good conditions, how could she not look down on him? It was obviously this woman who was scheming. She wanted to marry him but also wanted more dowry. Haha, he wouldn't be fooled.

Shen Moer: “…”

She could be considered well-informed. She would sneak into the Qionglin Banquet every year to see what was new. She had seen so many pedants who were arrogant and self-righteous, but none of them felt so good about themselves as the guy in front of her. He was so ordinary yet so confident, and he talked to himself to such an extent that she was speechless.

The others also had speechless expressions. The old ladies couldn't help but look at Tian Fang, they were all a little curious, where did she get such a funny thing from?

Aunt Chen couldn’t help but grab Shen Moer and whispered: “I just said that, but I didn’t mean for you to consider this guy. My god, it’s more worrying to have a problem with the brain than to be ugly.”

Tian Fang was speechless. She knew that her nephew was not very reliable, but she didn't know if he was this unreliable. After all, she only saw him once during the holidays, and she never thought he could be this unreliable.

She was regretting it now. The solution she had thought of with so much effort was about to fail. "Jinbao, why are you talking about this now? We can discuss the marriage, the gift and the dowry. Besides, you are the only son in your family, and Mo'er is the only one in her family. In the future, everything in the family will belong to you two, right?"

She hinted wildly, hoping that Wang Jinbao would understand what she meant and say a few nice words to calm the situation.

Wang Jinbao was not someone who would listen to advice: "Needless to say, can't we just exchange all her things for dowry? I don't think this house is worth much, so let's just sell it for a little bit."

“…”

I thought his previous remarks were shocking enough, but I didn't know that there is no most shocking, only more shocking.

It's really eye-opening.

The old ladies, who were in their forties, were also stunned by what they heard. They had seen people who schemed to get a girl's dowry, but they had never seen anyone do it so righteously and openly. This really opened their eyes.

Tian Fang's face turned pale, and she didn't think about anything else. She just hoped that the matter would end here. She wanted to take the man away directly, but she was afraid that he would say something scary again. Everything else would be fine, but if he took out the one hundred yuan that she had agreed with his mother, she would be doomed!

Just when Tian Fang was extremely anxious, Shen Moer glanced at her and said to Wang Jinbao: "Don't talk about these nonsense, I don't like you, go with your sister."

Wang Jinbao's eyes widened immediately and he said angrily, "This is my aunt, dear aunt! You stinky woman, what are you looking at? You really have something wrong with your eyes. You dare to say you look down on me!"

Shen Moer curled her lips, glanced at Tian Fang, whose face turned even paler, and nodded: "Oh, so it turns out to be your dear aunt, now that I have made it clear, follow your dear aunt and get out!"

She agreed to let Tian Fang come and take a look, simply because she wanted to find out what Tian Fang was up to. As expected, she instigated her family members to plot against her family's money and house.

Chen Moer had actually guessed it a long time ago, so she deliberately brought a few aunts along to help her, in case there were no other people present and Tian Fang would come back and spread rumors and throw dirty water on her.

She had heard about this kind of thing when she was in Daliang. Some people would do many dirty things that others could not imagine in order to marry a noble lady. Spreading rumors and throwing dirty water was the least of their worries. In short, they would use all means to force the woman to marry. In particular, the ethics were more stringent for women. Sometimes they could only marry with a pinched nose or be hanged to death.

Shen Moer believed that Tian Fang was capable of doing such a thing. Some people do not kill or burn people, but do things that would be morally condemned, yet they can still take other people's lives.

Being ridiculed again and again, Wang Jinbao was almost going crazy.

He had never suffered such grievances. He was originally in another brigade and was here for a blind date, so he was more or less reserved. But now, Shen Moer's words broke his defense and his expression became distorted: "Damn it, you stinky woman, I'll beat you to death!"

He rushed forward and wanted to hit Shen Moer.

Since Shen Moer had been deliberately using words to provoke him, she was naturally on guard against him suddenly attacking and hurting others. She was just about to pretend to be frightened by him and then "accidentally" kick him, but then she saw a figure flash by and kicked Wang Jinbao hard from the side, knocking him to the ground.

Quite neat and tidy.

It’s Fu Mingze.

Fu Mingze came here to return the basket, but when he arrived, he found that there were quite a lot of people here, so he stood by and waited for a while, and then he heard Wang Jinbao talking nonsense. He found this idiot annoying, and he felt a little irritated for no reason, but he didn't know that this idiot not only talked dirty, but he even wanted to hit someone.

Seeing Wang Jinbao rushing towards Shen Moli, Fu Mingze's heart skipped a beat. Without thinking, he took a few steps forward and kicked him.

It happened in a flash. The old ladies were still panicking when they saw Wang Jinbao wanted to hit someone: "What are you doing? Don't mess around. Why are you from the Shashan Brigade running to my Yangliu Brigade to make trouble..."

Halfway through his speech, the man was kicked to the ground.

The old ladies reacted quickly. After a moment of surprise, they immediately continued, "Well done! Hey, don't you see where our Yangliu Brigade is? Any cat or dog dares to come here and act wild. Come one and beat one, come two and beat two!"

Wang Jinbao lay on the ground and howled, "Damn it! You dared to hit me, you stinky woman, you bastard! I tell you, you are done! You are done!"

Tian Fang wanted to help him: "Hey, let's talk it out. Jin Bao was just talking. Fu Zhiqing, how could you really hit someone?"

Wang Jinbao tried to get up while cursing, but just when he raised his butt halfway, there came a loud thud, and he was kicked back to the ground by a big foot from behind.

This time it was not Fu Mingze who kicked him, but Shen Shaoyuan who was returning home from get off work.

Shen Shaoyuan saw a group of people standing at the door of his house from a distance. At first he thought they were just old ladies coming to visit. Then he saw Tian Fang and a strange man. He immediately felt something was wrong and quickened his pace. As a result, he saw that the man seemed to want to hit his daughter Moer.

Shen Shaoyuan was so angry. Where did this blind scoundrel come from and dare to bully his daughter?

Unfortunately, he was a little far away, and when he ran over, Fu Mingze had already kicked the man over. As a result, the scoundrel still spoke dirty words, and Shen Shaoyuan became angry and kicked him again.

Even so, Shen Shaoyuan was still not satisfied and was about to kick again. Tian Fang hurriedly held him back: "Seventh Brother, stop hitting me, stop hitting me. It's just a quarrel between children. It's all a misunderstanding."

Shen Shaoyuan glanced at Wang Jinbao and sneered: "He doesn't look much younger than you, right? He's still a child?"

Take the father and daughter for example. When they satirize people, their angles are exactly the same.

Tian Fang was really in a dilemma, but no matter what, she couldn't let Wang Jinbao get beaten here. Not only would the Wang family, but her sister Tian Cui would also tear her apart. She was so tired, very tired, but she had to force herself to say something nice: "Yes, yes, he doesn't look like a child, but he is indeed a child, and he doesn't know much. I'll take him away, I'll take him away now."

She hurriedly tried to help Wang Jinbao, but Wang Jinbao didn't appreciate it at all and directly shook her hand away: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who is a child and who is ignorant? I must show you how powerful I am..."

When he got up, he clenched his fists and wanted to fight back, but he saw six people on the opposite side, two of them were men, and the older one was holding a stick. "Come here, let me see how powerful you are."

Wang Jinbao: “…”

He immediately got scared and subconsciously took two steps back: "You, you, you, don't mess around!"

Tian Fang quickly tried to smooth things over: "Forget it, forget it, let's forget about it. I'll introduce you to a better one later. The family should have prepared the meal, let's go home and eat first. I bought half a pound of meat for you to come over, let's go eat."

Tian Fang wanted to take the man away quickly. She was afraid that this guy would say something shameless and anger Shen Shaoyuan, and Shen Shaoyuan would strangle him to death with a hemp rope.

Wang Jinbao looked at the others and then at Chen Moer. He actually liked Chen Moer very much. Not to mention their team, even in the surrounding villages, he had never seen such a beautiful girl!

He was pulled by Tian Fang, wanting to leave but unwilling to do so, mumbling: "Do you want a betrothal gift? If not, a small betrothal gift is fine, but the dowry must be a little more..."

Shen Shaoyuan was furious: "How dare you! You idiot, you dare to dream of swan meat! Look at me, uh, look at me, I will beat you to death!"

He was so angry that he almost cursed me, and he swung the stick with all his strength.

"You, you, you, how dare you hit someone!"

Wang Jinbao was hit by a stick and screamed in pain. Tian Fang stepped forward to stop him, but Shen Shaoyuan didn't care and just hit Tian Fang as well.

Anyway, it's obvious that my cheap sister-in-law has no good intentions by bringing such a person home.

"Hey, Lao Qi, stop hitting me. Hey, let's go, Jinbao, let's go—"

Tian Fang screamed, Wang Jinbao howled, and at this moment, Wang Jinbao still hadn't forgotten how to trick his good aunt. He howled and cursed: "It's all your fault. What a lousy marriage you found. I'll tell my mom, my grandma, and my grandmother. And you still want to extort a hundred yuan from my family. Damn it, you're dreaming, you're dreaming!"

Tian Fang was really crazy. It was only at this time that she realized that if they couldn't avoid the stick, couldn't they just run away?

In fact, what she wanted to do was to block Wang Jinbao's mouth, but she was too tall to reach him. She had no choice but to drag Wang Jinbao out and say, "Fuck you, you little bastard, what nonsense are you talking about? Stop talking nonsense. If your mother hadn't begged me to find a partner for you, I wouldn't mind your business!"

She quickly distanced herself from the matter and then used all her strength to pull Wang Jinbao away.

After the two men ran away, Shen Shaoyuan leisurely put the stick back at the door.

The scene was quiet for a while. The old ladies looked at each other, feeling very complicated.

What happened today is so disgraceful.

They are all old hands of Dongting Lake. Even though Wang Jinbao did not explain it clearly, just those few words and the connection between the previous and the next were enough for them to understand the cause and effect.

It was obvious that Tian Fang was eyeing the 300 yuan and the house from Shen Laoqi's family, and she wanted to keep the money within her family so she could take it to her own family... And as for the 100 yuan that Wang Jinbao mentioned at the end, although Tian Fang denied it, everyone actually had their own judgment.

Tian Fang had always had a good reputation in the team. Of course, the old ladies were not as easy to fool as the men. They just thought that she was very good at saving face, but they really didn't expect that she could do such a thing. Thinking about it this way, the food robbery might not have been Cao Mei's idea as she said.

The old ladies secretly decided to talk about this matter with their other old sisters, and went back home on the pretext that it was getting late.

Fu Mingze returned the basket and was about to leave, but was stopped by Shen Moer: "Fu Zhiqing, you still have something to take away."

Chen Moer went into the house and took some clean vegetable leaves to carefully wrap the half rabbit that she had cooked before, and took it out to Fu Mingze: "It's the half rabbit that we agreed on. If you don't want to come over, I'll send it to you when I'm done preparing things. The other one needs to be dried and roasted, and I'll send it to you later."

This was all discussed in advance, and Fu Mingze did not shirk: "Thank you for troubling Comrade Shen."

Shen Moer smiled and said, "It was all thanks to you just now, otherwise I might have been beaten."

Fu Mingze shook his head: "It's just a piece of cake."

It was a conditioned reflex caused by anxiety at the time. In fact, later on, seeing how skillfully Shen Shaoyuan beat people, and thinking about how quickly Shen Moer reacted when she caught the rabbit, Fu Mingze inexplicably had a hunch that if he didn't take action, Shen Moer might not suffer a loss.

Fu Mingze said hello to Shen Shaoyuan and left with half a □□.

Looking at Fu Mingze's back slowly walking away, Shen Shaoyuan narrowed his eyes, turned his head and asked Shen Moer: "Xiao Moer, when did you become so familiar with this Fu Zhiqing?"

Chen Moer: "I asked him to draw the blueprints. Also, I went to the mountains to pick mushrooms with Aunt Chen and the others today. Fu Zhiqing also went. We caught the rabbit together."

Shen Shaoyuan said sourly: "Why did it become you two?"

Shen Moer laughed. Her father was like this in the past. He was worried about her marriage and wanted to find a good husband for her as soon as possible. But he was also picky about those young men and always felt that he was not satisfied with any of them.

"Well, if it weren't for the sudden change, your marriage should have been settled." Shen Shaoyuan sighed, then said seriously, "You can pick the son-in-law you like. There is only one thing, you have to find a live-in son-in-law. I have to see you by my side, and I will feel at ease."

In the past, it was always in the capital. Even if his daughter was married, he, a free prince, would dare to stop him even if he visited his daughter's home every day? But now it is different. It is better to marry in the village. If she marries far away, can he rush there every day?

The father and daughter chatted while going to the kitchen to get some food.

The rabbit was cooked long ago, and braised with mushrooms, red oil and red sauce, fresh and fragrant. The wild vegetables were mixed cold, and it was refreshing to eat in the hot weather.

While eating, Shen Moer told Shen Shaoyuan everything that happened during the day, and Shen Shaoyuan also told her what he saw and heard in the commune.

They have been doing this for some time, on the one hand to understand each other's situation, and on the other hand to learn more about the world.

Chen Moer also told the father and daughter about Liu Yinshuang. Both father and daughter felt that there might be something strange about Liu Yinshuang.

*

On the other side, Fu Mingze returned to the educated youth site and the others were already eating in the main hall.

Today we harvested a lot of mushrooms and wild vegetables. The educated youths cooked two dishes and also cooked rice. Of course, each person only had a small bowl of rice, so it was impossible to eat enough.

Zheng Jiamin helped Fu Mingze prepare the meal. As soon as Fu Mingze sat down, he began to mutter, "It's just a basket, why did you take so long? If I hadn't served you the meal, you would have almost had to eat the rice crust."

As he said this, he winked in the direction of Zhang Zhiqiang.

Although he lowered the volume, the problem was that the whole table was only that big. How could Zhang Zhiqiang not hear it?

Zhang Zhiqiang couldn't help but say, "I just forgot that there was one person left."

Zheng Jiamin curled his lips and looked like, "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what it is." Zhang Zhiqiang could only grit his teeth and bear it.

After dinner, Fu Mingze asked Zheng Jiamin to take a walk with him. After walking a distance from the educated youth point, Zheng Jiamin whispered, "I suspect Yang Qingqing stole your soap. I saw her washing clothes today. The soap looked new, but it was only half finished."

He looked back furtively a few times and continued, "She often comes here to look for Shi Wei. It's possible that she stole something at that time. Besides, I just checked and saw that when we came out, Yang Qingqing was still peeking around the kitchen. Hey, come to think of it, she seems to be paying attention to you."

Shi Wei and Yang Qingqing are from the same hometown and they are usually very close.

Fu Mingze looked at him and couldn't help but say, "If you keep sneaking around like this, I think you look like a thief."

Zheng Jiamin stood up straight in an instant and scratched his head: "I'm afraid of being heard. After all, there is no real evidence. What if I wrongly accuse someone? It won't be good if someone hears it."

As they talked, they walked to the yard of Uncle Zhang, a five-guarantee household. Outside his yard, there was a tree that was struck by lightning and was half dead. Fu Mingze took out half a rabbit wrapped in vegetable leaves from the hole in the tree, cut it in half, and handed one half to Zheng Jiamin.

Zheng Jiamin was shocked: "You, you, you hid the food here?"

Fu Mingze calmly explained: "This place is remote and no one comes here. Uncle Zhang is hard of hearing and can't hear normally, so it's not easy to be discovered." In fact, it doesn't matter if he is discovered. Uncle Zhang is a kind person. At most, he will smile and won't tell anyone.

Zheng Jiamin gave a thumbs up, took a big bite of the meat, stuffed his mouth full, and said while chewing: "Hmm, this is really delicious, so delicious!"

Fu Mingze looked at him with disdain, took a bite of the meat and ate it slowly. It was indeed fragrant, without any grassy smell. Comrade Shen Moer's cooking skills were very good.

Zheng Jiamin ate most of it in one breath before he slowed down and asked curiously, "Did you catch the rabbit today when you went up the mountain? You're amazing. You've even gotten along with the villagers. Even though we all went up the mountain, the villagers are more familiar with the place than us and know where the good stuff is." He said that Fu Mingze brought back more mushrooms and wild vegetables than them today, not to mention that he even caught a rabbit.

In the darkness of the night, Fu Mingze looked towards the direction of the village entrance, and unconsciously curled the corners of his lips. After a while, he retracted his gaze and reminded: "It was also caught by chance. You can eat it, but don't go out and talk nonsense."

Zheng Jiamin patted his chest with his greasy hands and said, "Don't worry, I swallowed it all along with the meat."

As he spoke, he nudged Fu Mingze with his elbow again, his voice carrying a hint of teasing: "Who made the rabbit? Was it Comrade Shen Moer? Tsk tsk tsk, Comrade Shen Moer's craftsmanship is really good. Hey, Mingze, I found that she treats you very well. Could it be that she has a crush on you?"

Fu Mingze kicked him and said, "Stop talking nonsense and go back quickly after eating."

Zheng Jiamin: "Wait for me to chew the bones again... Hey, I'm just chatting casually. Comrade Shen looks much better these days, as if she has grown up and is getting more and more beautiful. You don't know, they all say behind her back that she is prettier than Shen Lingling. Tsk, they were the ones who said that about Comrade Shen behind his back before, they are all fence-sitters."

They were referring to several other male educated youth, of course, not including Zhang Zhiqiang, Shen Lingling's ultimate supporter.

After they finally finished eating, Zheng Jiamin thought of something else: "But Comrade Shen Moer is not suitable for you. Not to mention that after getting married in the countryside, there is probably no hope of returning to the city. As for Comrade Shen Moer's family, I heard that they want to recruit a live-in son-in-law, and I don't think you look like someone who can be a live-in son-in-law."

Fu Mingze was really impatient this time, he raised his leg and kicked him: "Hurry up, go back!" Then he took a step with his long legs and left first.

Zheng Jiamin brushed his trouser legs and muttered, "It's great that I have long legs. Tsk, why are you so angry all of a sudden?"

Hurry up and catch up.

What Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin didn't know was that while they were talking about Yang Qingqing, Yang Qingqing was actually also talking about them to others.

In the vegetable garden behind the educated youth site, Yang Qingqing and Shi Wei were squatting in the corner. Yang Qingqing slapped mosquitoes and lowered her voice.

"They must have gone to have a snack, and now I don't know where they are hiding to eat meat. I told you before that Fu Mingze is just pretending. He looks so delicate and tender, does he look like a child from a poor family? Moreover, he goes to the commune every few days, and I have never seen him buy anything. Why does he go to the commune? I followed him several times, but he was thrown away when there were too many people. Why would he throw me away if there was no trick? And look at him, he is so extravagant, buying such a big bar of soap to wash clothes. Is this something a poor child would do?"

Shi Wei was a little impatient. His ears were almost callused from listening to Yang Qingqing say these things.

At first he was skeptical, but after months of observation, he couldn't find any clues. Either Fu Mingze was too powerful to reveal any flaws, or the so-called Fu Mingze was actually very rich and pretended to be poor, which was purely Yang Qingqing's hysterical idea.

"Even if they went to have extra meals, how can you be sure that it was Fu Mingze who paid for it? Why couldn't it be Zheng Jiamin? He went to the commune every now and then. He himself said that he knew someone from the textile factory. People occasionally invited him to their home for dinner and asked him to help write a letter. There's nothing strange about that, right? As for the soap, wasn't the soap ticket given to him by Zheng Jiamin? Besides, who would buy a bar of soap instead of half a bar? The salesperson wouldn't agree to that!"

Shi Wei couldn't help but say, "Zheng Jiamin's family is obviously well off. If you want to find a sucker to serve you, why don't you just find Zheng Jiamin?"

Yang Qingqing: "What do you mean I want to find a sucker? I want to find a partner! If Fu Mingze is rich, why should I settle for Zheng Jiamin, that short guy? Isn't it good to have both wealth and good looks?"

In the darkness, Shi Wei couldn't help rolling his eyes. Why bother with that dwarf Zheng Jiamin? It's still unclear whether Zheng Jiamin likes you or not.

Shi Wei slapped another mosquito and said, "No, let's talk about it tomorrow. It's stupid to sit here and feed mosquitoes for no reason."

Yang Qingqing grabbed him and said, "I have decided. No matter whether Fu Mingze has money or not, I will find him a girlfriend first. If he really has no money, I can just dump him later. He keeps avoiding me. You have to help me!"

The two of them talked in whispers for a long time before they walked away, swatting mosquitoes.

After they left for a long time, a very slight voice was heard from the other side of the vegetable field: "Ouch, my legs are numb, and I was almost carried away by mosquitoes."

After a long time, the man staggered to his feet. He did not dare to go directly to the educated youth site. Instead, he used his hands and feet to climb over the fence of the vegetable garden with difficulty, deliberately ran away, and then entered the educated youth site from another direction.

As soon as I entered the educated youth site, I ran into Yang Qingqing: "Qiutong, where have you been so late at night? Why is your face red? Were you bitten by a mosquito?"

That’s right, the unlucky girl who had been squatting in the vegetable garden for a long time and didn’t even dare to swat a mosquito was the female educated youth Wang Qiutong.

Wang Qiutong once had an argument with Shen Lingling in the county department store over a beautiful piece of blouse. It can be imagined that her family conditions are very good.

So in fact, she often sneaked out to have extra meals, but unfortunately, because of the village meeting today, the meal was late, and when she found a chance to go out, it was already dark. Wang Qiutong didn't dare to go far, so she simply hid in the vegetable garden.

The vegetable garden is surrounded by a fence, and broom grass is planted in the four corners. It is difficult to be found if you hide in it at dark.

The problem is that everyone thought so, so Wang Qiutong ran into Yang Qingqing and the others.

When Yang Qingqing and Shi Wei were talking, Wang Qiutong didn't even dare to move, especially when the two of them were discussing how to harm people, Wang Qiutong was even more afraid to move.

Wang Qiutong had always thought that Yang Qingqing looked kind but was actually not easy to get along with. Today, after listening to her conversation with Shi Wei, she realized that she had underestimated her. It’s not that she was difficult to get along with, she was just a very bad person!

So when she first saw Yang Qingqing, she was so frightened that her whole body trembled.

Fortunately, Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin also came back at this time, and Yang Qingqing's attention was immediately diverted. Wang Qiutong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Fu Mingze with some sympathy in her eyes.

It's too miserable for Fu Zhiqing to be targeted by someone like Yang Qingqing.

*

The news that Tian Fang arranged for her nephew to go on a blind date with Shen Moer and allegedly asked for a hundred yuan as an introduction fee spread throughout the village the next day.

There's no way around it, the old ladies are really good at spreading gossip.

In fact, another factor was that Tian Fang's unlucky nephew was so weird. Everything he said and did was outrageous. When the old ladies imitated him in a vivid and emotional way, they shocked everyone else.

Especially those who live near Tian Fang's home, some saw Tian Fang dragging someone back yesterday, and some saw Tian Fang sending someone out of the village this morning. In short, they saw with their own eyes how ugly this guy is, and they felt that his inexplicable self-confidence was really outrageous.

Of course, it is extremely outrageous that Tian Fang helped her nephew to make connections with her own niece, and even charged her a huge commission of one hundred yuan.

Tian Fang's reputation in the village plummeted, and as a result, the entire family of the second branch of the Shen family could not hold their heads up in the village and dared not go to places with more people.

As the weather got hotter, Shen Moer finally saved up enough materials to build a new house. Her father's work at the kiln factory had just come to an end, and the factory gave him several days off, so the father and daughter decided to start work.

The main reason is that the house must be built before the autumn harvest, otherwise there will be no one to help with the work once the autumn harvest begins.

The day before work starts.

Chen Moer, carrying a bamboo basket, met Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin at the foot of the mountain.

In this day and age, you don't have to pay for hiring someone to help build a new house, but you have to provide food. After all, Shen Shaoyuan had only been working for less than two months, and he could get some tickets for oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. from Xu Weiguo, but he really couldn't get meat tickets.

After much consideration, Chen Moer decided that she might as well go up the mountain to have a look. What if she came across a pheasant or a wild rabbit? Wouldn't that provide her with some meat?

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet them. You can pick some mushrooms, dig some wild vegetables, or get some bamboo shoots, and add one or two dishes.

Even though she has only been here for about two months, Shen Moer has already understood the survival methods of the poor. The old ladies always say that if you don't have enough food and clothes, you will be poor. If you don't plan ahead, you will be poor. The poor have to calculate every aspect of life.

As for why Fu Mingze was called, if they really caught pheasants or rabbits, wouldn’t he have to take the blame?

She is a weak woman who is powerless.

This is the good thing about Fu Zhiqing. If you ask him to take the blame, he will do it and never ask why.

Zheng Jiamin who came with him was a buy-one-get-one-free bonus—

He himself strongly requested to go together, and coincidentally, Shen Moer and Fu Mingze also felt that it was not appropriate for only the two of them to go up the mountain together.

"Just the three of us? Comrade Shen Moer, don't we need to call some other people, like those who are particularly familiar with the terrain, those who are particularly flexible, or those who have particularly good aim?"

Zheng Jiamin made crazy hints.

Ever since he ate the rabbit meat that Fu Mingze gave him, he could not forget the taste of braised rabbit meat. When he heard Fu Mingze say that he was going up the mountain, he hurriedly followed him.

Of course, he didn't think that Fu Mingze or Shen Moli could catch the rabbit. They didn't look like they had such skills. As for him, it was even more impossible.

So he wanted Shen Moer to call the person who led them to catch rabbits last time, so that they could also benefit from it, right?

Shen Moer looked at Zheng Jiamin with a smile. She could tell that this guy was greedy for meat without him saying anything: "No need, let's just try our luck."

Zheng Jiamin looked at Fu Mingze for help: "Mingze?"

Fu Mingze curled his lips: "Well, no need."

Zheng Jiamin: “…”

Lust can make one lose one's mind, lust can make one lose one's mind!

I didn't expect you, Fu Mingze, to be such a person!

But it didn't take long for Zheng Jiamin to discover that it was actually him who was "blindsided". It was him!