Chapter 044: The Big Effect of a Small Butterfly

Jingshu looked at Su Meimei, who was sitting in the corner in a disheveled state with messy hair. The wounds on her face had healed, but it was obvious that she had not taken a bath for a long time. Her clothes were so dirty that they could not see their original color and were stained with oil.

Su Meimei also looked up and happened to meet Jingshu's eyes. Her eyes were filled with hatred, and when she faced Jingshu's mother, her eyes immediately became misty and she cried out in grievance, "Sister, you are here."

Zhang Zhongyong's image was much better. He stood up and called out unnaturally, "Sister, brother-in-law."

Jing's mother nodded lightly and said nothing more. She moved a chair and sat with Jingshu to watch TV. Jing's father carefully sat on only one-third of the sofa and did not dare to talk to Su Meimei's family.

In their previous life, their family also came to their aunt's house to celebrate the Lantern Festival. At that time, Zhang Hanhan excitedly hugged Jingshu and cried, "I miss you so much," and left Wang Can aside. My aunt and Jing's mother also sat together and chatted enthusiastically. Everything has changed in this life.

There were fried dough twists, melon seeds and candies on the coffee table. Su Long poured tea attentively. My aunt and uncle were preparing the belated reunion dinner in the kitchen. Wang Gang and Jing's father were chatting casually. Liu Shufang was eating melon seeds like in her previous life.

"Yes, she was the one who framed my mother and caused the breakup of my parents' relationship."

"Her family is nothing but a bunch of idiots, but they look good on the outside. Her parents sold their house and car for her livestreaming, and even borrowed money from everywhere."

"I heard they spent millions hiring online trolls to promote her, but she still didn't become popular."

"They now live in the mountains thirty kilometers away. It's a place where no birds poop and no turtles lay eggs. I don't know how her family got here."

"I'm nothing like her. I'll be filming next year, and she's the type who can't even become an internet celebrity. Look at her ridiculous outfit, and the rain boots she wears. It's hilarious."

Jingshu heard Zhang Hanhan's slander against her clearly and felt inexplicably annoyed. What she hated most was people saying bad things about her behind her back. Either don't say it or don't let her hear it. On the one hand, they pointed at her openly and smiled, while on the other hand, they muttered under their breath.

She had an expression that said, "I'm saying bad things about you, come on and hit me!" Jingshu felt the urge to slap her a few times, and added the line, "What's the matter? What makes you think you can ignore me?"

It took a while to prepare dinner. The temperature dropped rapidly after seven o'clock. The air conditioner was turned off and everyone put on thick coats and pants. My uncle moved the dining table to the living room and prepared to eat dinner while watching the Lantern Festival Gala.

Jingshu's house is kept at a constant temperature of 2, so she didn't bring any clothes when she came. Jing's mother was a little embarrassed. Liu Shufang and Su Meimei's families both brought thick clothes.

"I'll get you two pieces of clothes." The uncle said first.

"No need, big brother. It's not too cold. It will warm up after you eat it." Jing's mother looked at their clothes, which were stained with unknown oil stains and various body odors, and it was definitely not washed for more than a month, so she quickly refused.

She wasn't so pretentious in her previous life. She was spoiled by her mother, Jingshu thought, but she was happy to spoil her own mother.

In addition to the dry goods brought by Jing's mother, which were made into fried meat with black fungus, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried bacon with garlic sprouts, stir-fried bean sprouts, and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, the new year's eve dinner and reunion dinner also included braised spare ribs, braised fish without onions, ginger, and garlic, stir-fried mushrooms, scrambled eggs with leeks, and a pot of quick-frozen glutinous rice balls prepared by my uncle.

Jingshu poured a paper cup of Sprite for each person, and the 2L bottle of Sprite was almost empty. The last bit was snatched away and hidden by Su Long.

The reunion dinner was so sumptuous for those who hadn't had a good meal in the past month. The uncle raised his glass and said, "I'm sorry for the poor hospitality today. Let's make it up to you after the Dark Day is over and have another one. Let's put aside all the grudges and eat first!" He looked at Su Meimei and Jing's mother meaningfully.

Everyone at the table clinked their paper cups together and the meal officially began.

The difference could be quickly seen at the dinner table. The dishes from Jingshu's family were the most popular and were finished in no time, while the dishes from her uncle's family were barely touched.

"Lao Jing, where did you get the vegetables? I'll exchange some for you with mineral water." Wang Gang looked at the empty plate with an unsatisfied look.

Jing's father smiled innocently and refused: "We grow some food in our house, but it's not enough to eat."

My aunt patted Jing's father and pointed upwards: "My eldest brother's internal news

"The news is that Dark Day is at least a month away, and water is in short supply. Mineral water is hard to come by, and only my eldest brother can get it. Are you really not going to change some?"

Jing's father thought to himself, "My prodigal daughter has stored four pools of water, and I haven't even boasted about it." Seeing Jing's mother's unhappy face, he immediately shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to change it, it's really gone."

Aunt Wang Fang started praising Wang Can, saying that he was able to get the position of clerk at such a young age, and he would be even more successful in a few years. He thought that he would follow the same political path as her father.

Wang Fang usually doesn't praise others. If she does, it means she has something to ask of them. Sure enough, she started to ask Wang Gang to distribute some water.

The plot was completely opposite to that of the previous life. In the previous life, the aunt praised Jingshu to the skies and asked Jingshu's mother to share the water with her. The aunt also took some water. Jingshu's father gave 200 bottles to each of their families, which led to her family running out of water later on.

In this life, Wang Gang gave 60 bottles of water, which made Wang Fang grateful and remember it for the rest of her life. Finally, the uncle proposed to give 10 bottles to Jingma and aunt each, but the aunt gave the uncle a killing look, and the uncle changed his proposal to 5 bottles.

"My dog ​​Su Long gets diarrhea whenever he drinks muddy water. I'm sorry, but I can only give you five bottles for emergency use," said Wang Fang.

Relatives who are willing to share one-sixth of the water are considered qualified in the last days, and such people are smart.

After dinner, before anyone even watched the Lantern Festival Gala, the eldest uncle started talking: "Okay, dinner is over, let's get down to business. Zhongyong, what's wrong with you? Not only did you find a woman outside, but you also have a ten-year-old illegitimate child?"

This remark shocked everyone at the table, including Jing's mother and father. Wang Gang also showed an expression that said: You are very good, kid.

"We all know about Meimei and Sun Yinrui's affair. She was wrong, but they've only been together for a short time. This is at most an illicit relationship. But what about you? How long have you been with that woman outside? At least a dozen years, right? And you even have a child!"

My uncle pounded the table. "As a civil servant, you make a mistake like this. Do you know how serious this is? It's bigamy! And it's compounding the crime!"

Jingshu showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. No wonder she saw Sun Meimei and Zhang Zhongyong having dinner together today. It turned out that Zhang Zhongyong's handle had been caught. The barefoot people are not afraid of those wearing shoes. Su Meimei was barefoot, and Zhang Zhongyong was wearing shoes.

In his previous life, Zhang Zhongyong’s affairs were not exposed until two years later. At that time, Zhang Zhongyong was not afraid of anything and had a bright future. But in this life, it was exposed so early.

Is it because Jing's mother sold the BMW to Su Meimei, but Su Meimei didn't get to drive the BMW, so she suspected that Zhang Zhongyong had someone else outside, and sent a private detective to find evidence and expose it?

It's true that a small butterfly can create a huge effect. Jingshu didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.