"Qingmei, where have you been so early in the morning?" Qi Fusheng was getting ready to go to work when he saw Qi Qingmei coming back from outside and asked in confusion.

He thought Qingmei hadn't gotten up yet.

Qi Qingmei smiled and said, "I ate a lot last night. It's cool this morning, so I'll go outside and move around."

Qi Fusheng didn't think much about it. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he had to quickly shout at those people to speed up the repair of the canal.

Before leaving, Qi Fusheng said to Qi Qingmei, "I will arrange an easy job for Zhu Yinling today to thank her."

Qi Qingmei nodded. After everyone in the Qi family went to work, Qi Qingmei thought about it and went to the field to find Zhu Yinling.

Zhu Yinling was picking grass in the field with a bamboo basket. She was very satisfied with this job.

Seeing Qi Qingmei coming over, he asked with a smile, "Qingmei, why are you in the field? Zhiqing Jiang is repairing the canal and is not here."

She thought Qi Qingmei had gone to the wrong place and kindly reminded her.

Qi Qingmei forced a smile and walked to Zhu Yinling. Several aunts nearby greeted her.

Qi Qingmei was in no mood to deal with them. She didn't answer any of their questions but just smiled.

The villagers also knew that Village Chief Qi doted on her daughter and spoiled her to no end. Recently, she seemed to have her eyes on her head and ignored these aunties and ladies.

They smacked their lips and lowered their heads to work.

She didn't dare say any words of blame, for fear that Qi Qingmei would tell her father about it.

Zhu Yinling's heart skipped a beat when she looked at Qi Qingmei. Wasn't that matter over?

"Aunt Zhu, you make great shoe patterns. I'd like to borrow yours to make a few pairs of shoes." There were people all around, so Qi Qingmei could only wink at Zhu Yinling.

Zhu Yinling nodded, "Then come home with me and I'll get it for you."

Qi Qingmei smiled and nodded, then followed Zhu Yinling towards the village.

Looking at the two people walking away, an aunt smiled.

"With Zhu Yinling's craftsmanship, Qingmei is not afraid of being embarrassed when wearing the shoes she made."

Another person who understood pursed his lips and said, "When have you ever seen Qing Meiwa do anything?"

The man was stunned.

Several people looked at each other, it seemed that he was trying to coax them.

"Qingmei, what do you want from me?" When they reached the main road and saw that there was no one around, Zhu Yinling asked anxiously.

You've just assigned her an easy job, so don't assign her a heavy job later.

"Aunt Zhu, do you remember our agreement?" Qi Qingmei turned around and looked at Zhu Yinling steadily.

Zhu Yinling felt uneasy when she looked at her, wasn't it just helping to tell a lie?

Shen Qinghe was fine, and Jiang Zhiqing was just beaten up, so it was no big deal.

It's all in the past, why bring it up again?

"I remember it." Zhu Yinling whispered, "Qingmei, don't worry, Auntie is tight-lipped."

Qi Qingmei didn't believe a word Zhu Yinling said about her gossiping ways.

"Aunt Zhu, where did you go on the morning of the 15th of last month?" Qi Qingmei asked slowly.

Zhu Yinling's face changed, and she pretended to be calm and said, "Go to work, where else can I go?"

"The small woods on the east road of the village." Qi Qingmei said.

Zhu Yinling panicked and grabbed Qi Qingmei's hand, "Qingmei, since you saw it, I won't hide it from you.

My husband died early, and as a woman, I always have those needs.

He and I are in this relationship on our own terms, and I don't mean to destroy his family.

Just pretend you don't know, okay?"

Qi Qingmei actually didn't see clearly who the man was, she only saw his back.

Seeing Zhu Yinling's face turn pale with fear, Qi Qingmei smiled and said, "Aunt, look at what you said, how could I tell anyone.

As long as you don't tell anyone what I told you to do, I won't tell anyone about your affairs either."

"I definitely won't tell you!" Zhu Yinling said with a pale face.

If this matter were to be exposed, she would not be able to survive.

Qi Qingmei nodded with a smile, "Remember what you said."

Watching Qi Qingmei walk away, Zhu Yinling said angrily, "How come this guy saw it?"

Thinking that she also had something on Qi Qingmei, Zhu Yinling was no longer afraid and turned around to go back to work.

"Yinling, give Qingmei the shoe pattern you made."

Seeing Zhu Yinling coming back, someone joked.

Zhu Yinling said with a smile, "Qingmeiwa has high standards and didn't like it."

Everyone around burst into laughter.

Zhu Yinling knew what they were laughing at. They were laughing at the ugly shoe pattern she cut and the shoes she made were not presentable to wear out.

Under normal circumstances, she would have definitely argued with them, but now she was very confused and felt that something was going to happen.

When she looked up to wipe the sweat off her face, she saw the village chief walking towards her, as if he was looking for her. For some reason, she felt so nervous that her hands began to tremble.

Qi Fusheng was busy directing the repair of the canal when two policemen came to him and said they wanted to find Zhu Yinling to find out some information. They guessed that it was about Jiang Zhiqing.

I kept wondering how they knew about this.

Upon learning that it was Jiang Chunlin and Shen Qinghe who reported the case, Qi Fusheng took a long time to figure it out.

Shen Qinghe is safe and sound, and hasn't been harmed by that group of people, so why should she report a case?

Things that can be resolved internally should not be expanded to let several nearby villages know.

Qi Fusheng took the two police officers home, poured them some water, and asked them to wait at home while he called Zhu Yinling.

The two police officers did not make things difficult for Qi Fusheng, knowing that if they appeared in the fields, it would cause an unnecessary commotion.

"Zhu Yinling, I have something to talk to you about. Come with me." Qi Fusheng walked over and shouted to Zhu Yinling.

"Hey!" Zhu Yinling responded, pointing at the bamboo cage and saying to Aunt Liu, "Sister-in-law, help me take the bamboo cage to the team to keep score later."

"Okay, go ahead." Aunt Liu looked at Zhu Yinling in confusion, then at the village chief who seemed to be suppressing his anger.

Zhu Yinling walked to Qi Fusheng with weak legs, her smile uglier than crying, "Village Chief, hasn't everything been made clear?"

"It's no use for you to explain it to me clearly. When the police station come to question you, just tell them the truth." After saying this, Qi Fusheng walked home with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Yinling sat down on the ground with a thud.

Why did the police come to look for her?

"What's wrong with you?" Qi Fusheng heard the noise and turned around to see Zhu Yinling sitting on the ground with a pale face.

Thinking that she was scared because it was her first time seeing people from the police station, he walked over, grabbed her arm and pulled her up.

"What are you afraid of? You haven't done anything bad. If someone comes to ask you a question, just tell them what you know."

Looking at Qi Fusheng's old face, she remembered what Qi Qingmei had warned her about.

Zhu Yinling pursed her lips and said nothing, her whole body weak as she followed Qi Fusheng.

"Aunt Zhu, what's wrong with you?" Qi Qingmei was standing at the intersection. She saw Zhu Yinling following Qi Fusheng with a look of fear stricken look on her face. She walked up to her and took her arm affectionately.

He said with a hint of meaning, "I was also shocked when I saw the police just now, but then I thought, we haven't done anything wrong, so even if what we said is not right, it's not a big deal. They are public servants and they won't bully us."

Zhu Yinling glanced at Qi Qingmei.

She had a smile on her face, but her eyes warned her.

She nodded timidly, "Qingmeiwa is right."