Chapter 81 If you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear.
Shen Yuzhu and the others each held a bowl of ginger tea, while Zhang Jie and her younger siblings ate snacks on the side.
In the exchange of glances among the group, Liang Manxiu caught them red-handed.
"What are you doing? Just ask if you want to."
"Hehehe... I'll just be blunt then. What did Zhou Li just tell you? I saw him slip you something. What was it? What was it?"
Although Shen Yuzhu and Shen Yuming didn't say anything, they both looked at her with shining eyes, their gossip intent quite obvious.
Even though she had no feelings for Zhou Li, she still felt a little embarrassed being stared at like that by these girls.
He bought a pair of gloves to give to me, but I refused.
"Why? Don't you think Zhou Li is good enough?"
Liang Manxiu remained silent for a while, frowning as she pondered how to say it. Once she had sorted it out, she looked at the group of people again.
"It's not that I look down on them, it's just that I've never thought about finding a partner. Men are like finding pearls in the ocean. There aren't many that are big and good-looking, but there are plenty of ugly ones and even more rotten shells."
The three of them: "..."
This metaphor is quite apt!
“I was young when my mother died. She died in childbirth. My grandmother, that old hag, said she was a short-lived ghost who took away her precious grandson. She also cursed me, saying I was destined to be alone and that I would bring misfortune to my mother and brother. Before I even had time to grieve, the matchmaker found a wife for my father. That woman was also very gullible. She was easily fooled by a bowl of chicken soup and wontons. She was ugly and had a big butt. My grandmother and my father, who was full of shit, were very satisfied with her. They got married in less than a month. When evil people meet, they become evil together. They were like two bastards. Life after marriage was different from before marriage. The chicken soup and wontons were gone, and the smiles were gone. Every day, she was chasing after me to have a baby. When that woman had a hard time, she would beat me. My grandmother and my father, seeing that I could vent her anger, went along with her and sometimes even helped beat me. I don’t know what the point of marriage was!”
Silence spread among the group of women. They were different in that they each had their own troubles, but they all had the same thing: a troublesome stepmother.
The meaning of marriage, um... the benefits of marriage, uh...
Shen Yuzhu shrank her neck. She was the only one among them with a fiancé, and looking at her like this, she felt a little out of place.
"So, you don't accept his gloves because you're afraid he'll chase after you."
"Yeah, men's things aren't so easy to accept. If you accept them, he'll think you agree to date him, and you'll be happy that you have a good friend. Maybe in a couple of days, a matchmaker will come to propose marriage. You're so silly, you'll sell your whole life for something."
Qiao Wangshu: "..."
Shen Yuzhu: "......."
Both of them lowered their heads. Having both received gifts from men before, and having previously found it quite sweet, they now felt as if Liang Manxiu was cursing them!
Um? ? ?
Everyone turned their attention to Qiao Wangshu. What did this mean? Why was she bowing her head?
"Well then, Sister Yuming, thank you for the ginger tea. Manxiu and I will head back to the educated youth settlement now. We'll come visit you again later!"
Before Liang Manxiu could investigate, she was pulled away and ran. When they reached the door of the main room, she slipped on the melting icicles on the eaves and fell flat on her face. As the two of them helped each other walk, she was so angry that she kept cursing.
"Let's eat at home for lunch. Don't go back and cook. I'll cook the wild rabbit from home."
"Okay, I'll do it, I'll do it. I'll knead some more dough and make some noodles."
As Shen Yuzhu spoke, she stood up. She noticed that when she said she was going to cook, the little ones' eyes lit up like searchlights, which was quite dazzling.
Braised rabbit meat, with potatoes and tofu added, and noodles mixed with spinach, eggs, and bean sprouts, all drizzled with the broth from the braised rabbit meat—it smells so good it's almost intoxicating.
Ya Ya ate quite a bit, but Shen Yuming controlled her appetite and didn't dare let her eat too much. Before the meal, she still had a bowl of red date and millet porridge.
After raising her for so long, the little girl's face has finally gotten a bit fuller, and she's become much more cheerful than before.
After lunch, Shen Yuzhu held Yaya tightly and took a nap at Shen Yuming's house, only returning home in the evening.
At the educated youth settlement, Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu walked into the dormitory, and Zhang Shujuan, Wang Yanhong and Xia Zhenzhen came over. Yuan Mingcui and the others all looked at them.
"How are you? Is Wang Zhiqing alright?"
Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu scanned everyone's faces, and everyone looked somewhat uneasy. They all lived in the same house, and some of the newcomers had even received favors and help from Wang Liping.
She got into trouble, and not a single person offered to help. It's truly disheartening.
Zhang Shujuan and Wang Yanhong may not have genuinely cared; they probably just felt it would be unlucky if the child were to be miscarried at the educated youth settlement.
"have no idea."
"Don't know what that means?"
"I don't know, I just don't know. The pregnancy is so early, and the snow is so thick. They rushed her to the hospital and they're still trying to save her. The doctor is still observing her to see if she can survive. You're asking me? I'm already annoyed, and now they keep asking me questions."
Zhang Shujuan yelled "Hey!" and rolled up her sleeves, ready to fight Qiao Wangshu, but Wang Yanhong pulled her aside.
Seeing this, everyone else went about their own business, no one wanted to cause trouble at this time and end up making a scene again, which was very annoying.
Qiao Wangshu and Liang Manxiu exchanged a glance and both shook their heads slightly, neither of them showing any difference in expression.
"Oh, how unlucky is Wang Zhiqing? She hasn't even experienced the joy of becoming a mother yet, and this kind of thing has happened. She was in such a hurry to come back that she forgot to buy some paper money to burn."
"Um?"
“There’s a saying in my grandma’s hometown that if a baby is lost before three months old, it will become a vengeful ghost. If it’s because of something bad while in the womb, you can just burn some paper money to send it away. But if it’s because it was harmed, hehehe... then it will haunt you for a lifetime. No matter what you do, it will be hanging over your head, sometimes even riding on your head. That’s why some people are always unlucky and can’t find the problem.”
"!!!"
"......."
Don't scare me!
Everyone else shuddered upon hearing this, and they all thought of an old saying: "Little devils are hard to deal with," which perfectly captured the meaning of the saying.
Yuan Mingcui pointed at Liang Manxiu with some fear, "How dare you say such things? It's practically spreading feudal superstition. Be careful, or I'll report you."
"Why are you so nervous? I was just saying. It's not superstition. I'm not afraid at all. Wang Shu and I will help find someone to clear the road and help get to the hospital. As long as you have a clear conscience, what is there to be afraid of? The one who should be afraid is the one who did something wrong. As the saying goes, if you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear!"
"Ahhh!!!"
Everyone: "......."
In broad daylight, what the hell is making that wailing and howling like a ghost?!
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