Chapter 91 Chapter 91 1

"Hurry up and wash the diaper. You said you eat and live in my house, so you are here to serve me. You can't be lazy and dawdle like this."

As soon as Shen Moer and the others walked to the door, they heard Tian Fang's voice.

Tian Fang used to attach great importance to her reputation and always spoke softly to others. People in the village thought she had a mild temper and was a rare sensible, gentle and considerate woman among the old ladies.

But after Shen Moer nearly fainted from hunger in the field, everyone realized that Tian Fang had actually robbed Shen Moer's family of food together with Cao Mei. Then a series of things happened. The old Shen family stole Shen Shaoyuan's bricks, Tian Fang introduced her own unreliable nephew to Shen Moer who wanted to eat the whole family, and she got into a fight with her own sisters and was taken to the police station... until Shen Laoer's family went to the commune to catch an adulterer. Maybe because there were too many things, Tian Fang's reputation had long been shattered, and then Tian Fang let go.

She doesn't act anymore.

The jar is broken.

In fact, Chen Moer hadn't seen Tian Fang for a while. She used to be well-groomed every day, but now her hair was disheveled, the wrinkles on her face were obviously deeper, her clothes were wrinkled, and there was a trace of fatigue and sorrow in her eyes. She had completely lost her original spirit.

Seeing Shen Moer, Tian Fang's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly forced a smile: "Moer is here, come in quickly."

"Tingting, you are here too. Teacher Wang, please come in."

Shen Moer glanced at the woman squatting on the ground picking up dirty clothes. She had short hair and was very pretty. She was indeed the person she had seen on the road that morning.

Tian Fang curled her lips and said, "This is Junliang's cousin Fang Yuhua. His mother is not available, so his family asked his cousin to come and help take care of her after she has been pregnant. Taking care of her after she has been pregnant is the responsibility of the in-laws. We don't care who comes from their family. As long as they can take care of Lingling comfortably, it's fine. Our Lingling gave birth to a grandson for the Zhang family."

Fang Yuhua picked up the enamel basin filled with dirty clothes, smiled at Chen Moer and the others, and said, "Aunt is right. Junliang's brother had only daughters before, and this is their family's first precious grandchild. It would not be excessive for us to serve Lingling in any way we can."

She said this sincerely, and it was obvious that she really meant it from the bottom of her heart.

Chen Moer and the other three looked at each other in surprise. Not only were they shocked, but Zhao Tingting's eyes almost popped out of their heads. It was really like this. She had never seen anything like this before. She was having an affair with Zhang Junliang, yet she could still be so calm and say that it was not too much to serve Lingling in any way. This, this really made people speechless!

Fang Yuhua walked away briskly, holding the enamel basin, leaving behind a few people with dazed faces.

After all, Shen Moer came from a feudal society, so she was more accepting of this kind of thing. After all, if she thought of it as a maid serving the mistress, it would be much easier to accept. She quickly reacted and said, "Let's go see Shen Lingling."

The doors and windows of Shen Lingling's room were closed because of local custom that women should not be exposed to wind during confinement. Therefore, the room was a bit stuffy and there was a foul smell mixed with many strange smells.

Seeing Shen Moer, Shen Lingling's face really didn't look good. Shen Moer also said directly: "I came to see you as a former colleague of the brigade primary school."

Shen Lingling's expression became a little better, but she still muttered, "I don't believe you're not here to watch the fun."

Shen Moer nodded honestly: “Well, I mainly came to watch the fun and see you by the way.”

She and Shen Lingling didn't have a very good relationship, so it didn't matter if she didn't come. If her family's affairs weren't so weird, Shen Moer might have just chipped in a dollar or two from Wang Qiutong and Cheng Tao.

Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but perhaps because she had experienced a lot recently, her vision and patience had been trained, and she was not as angry as before. Instead, she took a deep breath and said, "It's okay. You gave me something, and I won't argue with you."

Shen Moer naturally did not come empty-handed. She brought some cakes and canned food, which was not a small gift.

Their family's debts have been paid off, and with three people earning wages, it is considered good even if you just look at the superficial conditions, so Shen Moer doesn't mind carrying some things for Shen Lingling.

After all, this was a case of catching an adulterer and giving birth prematurely, so Shen Lingling was really unlucky. Let's just sympathize with her situation.

Wang Qiutong actually had some old grudges with Shen Lingling, but she was a nonchalant person and didn't take these things to heart.

Shen Lingling used to be jealous of Wang Qiutong because she came from the city, was good-looking and had a good family background. But since she married Zhang Junliang, she felt differently about herself. She saw Wang Qiutong as a female educated youth with slightly better conditions and no longer wanted to compete with her.

So they actually got along pretty well in school.

Therefore, Wang Qiutong was not polite at all and asked whatever she wanted: "Shen Lingling, what's going on with you? Why did you let Fang Yuhua take care of you during your confinement? I heard that the police station was alerted that night. How come she didn't get arrested for having an affair?"

Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and said, "You must have heard rumors outside. They are all false rumors and cannot be believed. We misunderstood that day. She was giving Junliang a massage. She had consulted an old Chinese doctor. Junliang had a backache, so she was giving him a massage. They explained everything clearly at the police station, and they released her. It wasn't an affair, that didn't happen."

Zhao Tingting was still too young. After hearing what Shen Lingling said, she blurted out: "Didn't they say they were caught with nothing on?"

Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but she still controlled herself firmly and said, "It's not like that. It's all rumors. They were wearing vests and shorts. The weather was quite hot, and they had to have a massage, so they wore less. That's why people misunderstood them. It's not like that."

Zhao Tingting was surprised: "So that's how it is! That rumor is a bit outrageous!"

Shen Moer and Wang Qiutong couldn't help but twitch their lips. Zhao Tingting was really too young to believe this. Didn't you see that Shen Lingling's back teeth were almost broken? If it was really like what she said, would her expression be so ferocious?

However, this also explains why Fang Yuhua was not arrested and sent to labor camp.

Most likely they changed their statements when they arrived at the police station. Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua are cousins. If they said they went to treat their back disease, even if they wore less, they would have to say so. In fact, the police would not necessarily put a accusation on them.

The police station is different from the Revolutionary Committee. If this matter falls into the hands of the Revolutionary Committee, even if there is an excuse of massage, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua will still be in trouble.

The police don't like to care about these things. If it's robbery, theft, or fighting, they will definitely not let it go easily, but if it's an adultery, especially when both parties change their stories and the pregnant woman is in premature labor, the police may turn a blind eye.

But there were too many people watching the fun, so the news got out.

If this matter continues to spread and attracts the attention of the Revolutionary Committee, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua may still be in trouble. However, the commune Revolutionary Committee has been overwhelmed recently because of Sun Yaozu's incident. It is fully committed to investigating enemy spies and bad elements, and probably has no energy to deal with such a mess.

So, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua are still lucky.

I don’t know what conditions they reached with Shen Lingling’s family.

Not to mention Shen Lingling, Tian Fang and Shen Yongjun are both not easy to deal with.

When Chen Moer and the others came out of the house, they met Fang Yuhua who had just come back from washing clothes. Fang Yuhua was hanging the clothes neatly, smiled at Chen Moer and the others, and said, "Come and visit me when you have time." She was very generous and generous.

After walking for a while, Wang Qiutong couldn't help but say, "I felt quite embarrassed, but I didn't expect that they weren't embarrassed at all."

Zhao Tingting was puzzled: "Didn't they say that they were all rumors? If they were rumors, she definitely shouldn't be embarrassed."

As soon as she finished speaking, she found that Shen Moer and Wang Qiutong were looking at her with indescribable eyes. Zhao Tingting thought about it and understood: "So Sister Lingling lied to us just now?"

"ah!"

She immediately covered her mouth with her hands.

This, this, this, so what is spread outside is actually true, right?

No, no way?!

It was a rare opportunity for Chen Moer to take a break from her busy schedule. After leaving Shen Lingling's house, she carried a basket and a hoe and went up the back mountain with Wang Qiutong and Zhao Tingting.

I didn’t go further inside. I just dug some bamboo shoots and picked some mushrooms near the foot of the mountain. Then I went home to cook.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I ran into Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin. Zheng Jiamin was holding a piece of bacon in his hand and said with a grin, "Director Shen, I'm here to have a meal at your house!"

Shen Moer: “Don’t shout, deputy director.”

Zheng Jiamin smiled and said, "That's what we can see right now."

There was not much bacon, only about half a pound, but these days no family can enjoy eating meat to their heart's content, so having this piece of meat was good enough.

The bamboo shoots were peeled and cut into strips, the mushrooms were washed and cut into small pieces, and I happened to have dug some potatoes from my private plot a while ago, so I cut them into pieces, added them to the bacon and seasonings and fried them first, then added rice and water, covered the pot and simmered it, and soon the tempting salty aroma mixed with the aroma of bacon and rice spread in the yard.

Zhao Tingting swallowed her saliva and said, "It smells so good!"

Others felt the same way.

"Did you go to see Shen Lingling and see Fang Yuhua?" Zheng Jiamin asked curiously when he had nothing to do.

Wang Qiutong knew him very well and asked immediately, "Did you hear anything?"

Zheng Jiamin is a gossiper. Even though he is an educated youth, he knows more about the news in the village than the average village member.

Zheng Jiamin showed a mysterious smile: "Hasn't their family been saying that Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua were doing some kind of massage and were misunderstood? In fact, it's not true. Isn't Peijun's brother-in-law from the police station? His brother-in-law was at the scene at the time. It is said that it was as the rumor said, but Shen Yongjun and his wife had negotiated the terms with Zhang Junliang on the way, so they changed their story when they arrived at the police station. The police have been working overtime every day recently because of the enemy's affairs, so they don't have the energy to take care of their trivial matters, so they just turned a blind eye and released them without much arguing."

"Also, it is said that Fang Yuhua gave birth to a daughter after she got married, but she never got pregnant with a second child. Her original in-laws couldn't tolerate her, so they kicked her out. She left the house with nothing, and her in-laws didn't want the daughter either, so they asked her to bring her back. But she is a weird person. She actually thinks that her in-laws did nothing wrong, and she tells everyone that it's her fault for not giving them a son."

Zheng Jiamin: "It seems like she is not in a good mental state."

After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "Fang Yuhua has actually been quite close to Zhou Gencai recently. Fang Yuhua even praised Zhou Gencai's family for being able to give birth to a son."

Zhou Gencai was about the same age as Shen Shaoyuan, and was also a widower. His wife died quite early, leaving him with two sons. Their family had four generations living together, and there were a lot of people in the family. The brothers all had several boys, so there were always a lot of boys in the family.

Because his family has many strong laborers and earns a lot of work points, their conditions are pretty good. At least compared with the former widower Shen Laoqi, they can be regarded as a "control group" for widowers.

The one who can earn work points has a son and his family is united and he can speak with confidence, while the one who works averagely has no son and is bullied by his brothers at home and doesn't even dare to speak loudly.

It turned out that the villagers often compared the two behind their backs.

Wang Qiutong waved her hands: "The noise in their house sounds disgusting. What kind of people are they? Forget it. I don't care about these people with unclear brains."

Zheng Jiamin's face was full of confusion. "Indeed, it sounds quite disgusting. The captain is worried to death. He is afraid that they will fight or Fang Yuhua will do something weird again. He also wants to strive for a place in the excellent team this year."

The Yangliu Brigade is now thriving, and Zhou Mancang is eager to strive for excellence, but there is always someone holding him back.

Wang Qiutong sniffed: "Is the meal ready? It smells so good, it should be ready. I'll go check it out."

Zheng Jiamin stood up immediately and said, "I'll go, I'll go and take a look."

The rice is indeed ready. With the addition of bacon, this pot of stewed rice is so, so delicious!

In the end, everyone ate at least two large bowls, and everyone had a round belly.

Zhao Tingting patted her belly and said, "I wish I could eat bacon stewed with rice every day!"

Yes, it would be nice if I could eat bacon stewed rice every day——

Shen Moer, who used to be tired of eating delicacies from land and sea every day, couldn't help but sigh.