Chapter 10: Leave for Whatever the Reason

Mrs. Li's gold ring was lost. She said she took it off the night before and placed it on the bed, but it was gone when she woke up in the morning.

She insisted that it was her second daughter-in-law who stole it.

Because her second daughter-in-law asked her for this gold ring, but she was reluctant to give it to her.

The second daughter-in-law of the Li family was also very strong. She refused to admit it and asked the old lady to call the police. Then the street office also helped to look for her, but unfortunately they didn't find her.

So the dispute was shelved for several days.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law blamed each other and were about to become enemies.

Lu Qiage turned his eyes away from the swallow's nest, introduced himself to Qi Shuang with a smile, and then went into the house with Qi Shuang.

Seeing Qi Shuang's sad and painful expression, Lu Qiaoge said straight to the point, "This morning I summarized several possibilities for him not touching you. Sister Qi, take a look."

After saying that, he took out the paper from his pocket and handed it to Qi Shuang.

Qi Shuang glanced at Lu Qiaoge suspiciously. She was relieved that Lu Qiaoge didn't ask questions as soon as she came in like the others did.

Taking the paper and unfolding it, Qi Shuang's eyes suddenly widened. The pain he had just shown disappeared, leaving only disbelief.

I saw 12345...29 items written on a piece of ordinary white paper.

These are not just a few.

Qi Shuang covered his chest with his hands, his eyes full of confusion.

How can there be so many possibilities?

"Sister Qi, how many can you rule out?"

Lu Qiaoge took out a pencil and said, "Tick off the ones you think are impossible."

Qi Shuang hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

While Lu Qiaoge was drinking water, Qi Shuang had already frowned and crossed out half of it, leaving only half.

Lu Qiaoge asked softly, "What was your husband's attitude when your mother-in-law said you were infertile?"

Qi Shuang gritted his teeth: "He doesn't care, just let my mother-in-law scold me."

Lu Qiaoge: ...

Whatever the reason, this marriage is suffocating.

She glanced at Qi Shuang calmly and asked, "If he told you the reason and still wanted to live with you, what would your attitude be?"

Qi Shuang: "One of the reasons above?"

Lu Qiaoge nodded.

Qi Shuang hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Divorce, no matter what the reason is."

That's easy.

Lu Qiaoge suggested: "Then you should write a divorce application. If he disagrees, you can go to the Women's Federation."

Lu Qiaoge took the paper away before leaving, but Qi Shuang also copied it down.

Qi Shuang decided to confront Yao Kai one by one.

At this moment, Lu Qiage had just walked to the door and suddenly jumped forward. This action brought back Qi Shuang's scattered mind, and then a pool of bird droppings fell on the ground at the door.

This is also where Lu Qiaoge was standing just now.

Qi Shuang hurriedly asked: "Qiao Ge, are you okay?"

Fortunately, I dodged in time, otherwise it would have been pulled on my head.

Lu Qiaoge looked up at the swallow's nest.

A swallow flew over my head: [Oops, I missed the target. ]

Another swallow poked its head out of the nest and said affectionately, "Dear, you are naughty again. Go find me something to eat."

This season should be the hatching period for swallows, and the little swallows have not yet hatched.

Lu Qiaoge rolled his eyes and looked at his neighbors who were becoming more and more lively.

She said, "Sister Qi, your swallows are so abominable. I'm going to teach them a lesson."

Without waiting for Qi Shuang to stop him, Lu Qiage had already picked up the ladder from the corner, placed it under the eaves and climbed up.

The swallow was still watching the fun, but it didn't expect that the human would climb up and stare at it.

【Ah…Ah!】

Lu Qiaoge: "Come on, your dear, is he so naughty?"

【Ah?】 Yan Zi’s whole body froze.

Lu Qiaoge looked inside and saw that in addition to the three bird eggs, there was actually a gold ring next to it.

Lu Qiaoge didn't take it, but whispered to Yan Zi: "I can understand what you are saying, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, but don't touch the gold ring, someone will come to take it later."

[You...you really understand? ]

Lu Qiaoge hummed, then nodded at Yan Zi: "Tell your husband that if he dares to fly over my head and shit again, I will pluck all his feathers!"

Yan Zi stared with her black eyes: [Hmm...it...it definitely won't dare to do that.]

Lu Qiaoge thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let your naughty husband go to Guzitun in the north of the city and help me check what vegetables the members have in their gardens. When they are ready, I will give you millet to eat."

Guzitun is the brigade closest to the military factory, located in the suburbs in the north of the city.

Every family has a vegetable garden and a private plot of land.

Lu Qiaoge likes to eat meat, but he also likes to eat vegetables.

But nowadays, not to mention eating meat, even eating vegetables is not as easy as we imagined.

Not to mention the tube-shaped buildings, even the bungalow area has no vegetable gardens.

The Lu family only planted a row of green onions in the corner of the wall, and they have almost been eaten up now.

Grocery stores actually stock green leafy vegetables every day, but it’s hard to get them. I heard they’re all taken away through the back door. There are only a few hundred kilograms on the counter, but there are thousands of people buying vegetables.

As for why there weren't more purchases, the grocery store had a new manager this year and no one knew what was going on.

Anyway, I have to go in and grab it every day...

Lu Qiaoge also had an idea and prepared to let the naughty swallow fly over to take a look.

Whether it works or not, you won’t know until you try it.

When the swallows heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, as they often went there, so they nodded vigorously in agreement.

Lu Qiaoge got down the ladder, pulled Qi Shuang over, and whispered, "Did you know about your neighbor losing his gold ring?"

Qi Shuang: “I know.”

Lu Qiaoge pointed to the swallow's nest and said, "There is a gold ring in there."

Qi Shuang covered his mouth in shock.

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When Lu Qiaoge returned home, Su Hui, who had just returned from doing odd jobs, was cooking.

Because of their journey, Old Lady Lu and Lu Qiaoling were very tired and were sleeping at this time.

It was almost the end of May and the weather was a little hot, so Lu Qiaoge hurried to get some water to wash his face.

Old Lu came back at the same time as Lu Qiaoge. He was holding a lunch box filled with braised pork and stewed potatoes.

Meng Xia took the lunch box and pointed to the west room: "Our mother and Qiao Ling are back."

Without waiting for Lao Lu to show his emotions, Meng Xia quickly told him the reason why they came back.

Finally, Meng Xia frowned and said, "I don't know which rude person called Qiao Ling. It's too mean."

Lao Lu thought for a moment and waved his hand: "This phone number is not easy to check, so let's leave it this way for now."

Then he said, "I think Qiao Ge has become more sensible after falling into the water. Even if they don't have jobs, they won't starve to death if they stay at home and make paper boxes for the time being. I will apply for overtime tomorrow." Then he frowned and said, "Qiao Ling, how did they deal with it back home?"

Meng Xia rolled her eyes. "Your mother was lying in the brigade headquarters, covering her chest and saying that she and Qiao Ling were dying. How could Fifth Uncle not dare to keep them and sent them to the train overnight..."

Old Lu glared and said, "How can this be a lie?"

Meng Xia didn't bother to pay attention to him: "Then go and report it!"

Old Lu has always been law-abiding and responded to calls for help. He never uses backdoors to ask others for help, otherwise he wouldn't have encountered such difficulties.

Old Lu felt a headache and was about to say something when Meng Xia said, "Don't forget to go to Old Jiang's house tonight to borrow some food. When our mother and Qiao Ling come back, there won't be enough food. Return it to him next month."

(End of this chapter)