The companion who came with Li Shuixian was Zhou Jiayi, Bai Lu's high school classmate. She was from the city and looked at Bai Lu with disdain when she saw her weeding in the vegetable garden.
"Look at the kind of life you're living. You're pregnant and still have to work in the fields. You good-for-nothing don't know how to care for others. You're so poor that you can't even afford a few vegetables. In the city, there are huge red brick houses, but you still live in a house with blue bricks and black tiles. If it's windy and rainy, a tile might fall and kill someone."
"Exactly!" Li Shuixian said with a mix of disdain and pride, "I'm so lucky to have married well. My husband's family owns a general store, and I, as the boss's wife, don't have to do anything."
Both were her high school classmates. Bai Lu knew what kind of people they were, so she just smiled and didn't say anything.
Zhou Jiayi is still a senior in high school, while Li Shuixian, like the original owner, got married before graduating from high school.
After a long boast, she didn't forget the purpose of her visit: "Lulu, now you know how good Lin Jinfan is, right? He got into university, and who knows how much money he'll make in the future. He's nothing like that scoundrel Xiao Cheng."
Li Shuixian launched into another motivational speech, detailing how wonderful Lin Jinfan was after getting into university.
This further tramples Xiao Cheng, who only graduated from junior high school, into the dust, creating a stark contrast.
Finally, he coaxed Bai Lu into giving him money: "Lulu, the Qingming Festival is coming soon. There will definitely be a lot of people traveling back and forth from other provinces, and tickets will be hard to come by. If you want to go see Lin Jinfan, you'd better book your tickets early, otherwise even standing tickets will be sold out, and that will be difficult..."
Li Shuixian and Zhou Jiayi walked around the fence for a long time before entering the vegetable garden, where they earnestly advised Bailu.
To be precise, only Li Shuixian was earnestly trying to persuade her; Zhou Jiayi had specifically taken leave to watch Bailu's joke so she could go back to school and spread it around, so of course she wouldn't advise her.
Bai Lu has already gotten all the money back, so she no longer needs to pretend to be innocent and speaks casually.
"I'm not going to see Lin Jinfan."
Li Shuixian's heart sank. She couldn't believe that the 1,500 yuan that was almost in her hands was gone just like that: "Are you kidding me? If you don't go to Lin Jinfan, are you going to stay with Xiao Cheng and this dilapidated house for the rest of your life?"
Bai Lu touched her belly, her face radiating genuine maternal warmth: "I'm pregnant."
The implication is that we should live a good life.
Who will you spend your time with?
Who else could it be besides the child's father!
Zhou Jiayi had an "I knew it" look on her face. Children from poor families are just hopeless.
Li Shuixian was stunned.
She had begun to suspect that Bai Lu had changed after what happened at the market yesterday, but she managed to brush it off with an excuse she made up herself.
Now, hearing Bai Lu's answer, and recalling the fleeting, cold, and distant smile she gave when she first came to the store to pick up something, it was clear that she was different from before.
Bai Lu has been assimilated by that scoundrel Xiao Cheng, and has become someone who uses tricks and schemes to cheat her out of money!
Li Shuixian suddenly realized that she had already spent the more than 500 yuan that Bai Lu had given her. The money she gave Bai Lu later was her own private money, and now it was gone just like that. She was filled with rage and raised her hand to slap Bai Lu.
Unfortunately, Bai Lu grabbed her hand and flung her away, knocking her to the ground beside the vegetable patch.
The training these past few days, with its big chicken drumsticks and extra bowls of rice, has definitely been effective.
That incredible strength was a world apart from his previous frailty.
Not only was Li Shuixian stunned by the fall, but even Zhou Jiayi looked incredulous, her expectant gaze turning into one of horror.
Li Shuixian stumbled to her feet, her face devoid of any sisterly affection. "You, Bai Lu!"
"You just wait..."
Before she could finish speaking, a bamboo broom swept across the room and landed squarely on Li Shuixian's leg.
Zhou Jiayi also suffered the consequences. When she turned around, she saw Xiao Wei holding a bamboo broom that was taller than her, sweeping back and forth.
He even said, "Get out of the way, don't block my way while I'm sweeping!"
The bamboo broom had been used for sweeping the floor a lot, and the end of it was worn down to a sharp point. When it swept people, it felt like being pricked with needles. Li Shuixian and Zhou Jiayi cursed and jumped around.
He wanted to fight Xiao Wei, but was wary of Bai Lu's sudden display of power, so he had no choice but to slink away.
As Li Shuixian was crossing the river, she indeed fell in, splashing water more than three feet high, soaking her newly bought cotton coat. She thrashed about in the river, swallowing water.
Zhou Jiayi's precious jeans were also soaked by the water. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and struggled to drag Li Shuixian away.
Bai Lu gave Xiao Wei a thumbs up: "Awesome!"
Xiao Wei, carrying the broom, turned around with an air of arrogance.
Considering that she helps feed the old hens and take care of the vegetable garden every day, I'll lend her a hand.
On West Third Street in the town, there is a red brick shop where many military green six-wheeled brick trucks are parked.
When the drivers are delivering bricks to their regular customers, they will stop here for a while to wait for new customers. If a new customer comes to buy bricks and needs them urgently, they will take the bricks from their truck to the new customer and then go back to deliver a new load of bricks to their regular customers. If the new customer doesn't need the bricks urgently, they will note down the address and quantity first, and after delivering the bricks to their regular customers, they will deliver the bricks to the new customer.
When Xiao Cheng arrived, the entire brick-lined street was deserted, with not a single brick truck in sight.
There are usually at least a dozen cars parked on both sides.
Old Hu passed by on his way home from grocery shopping and told him that Li Chengbin had brought people to the brick shop early this morning.
It's obvious without even thinking that Li Chengbin is behind this again.
Fortunately, when the owner of the brick factory came here from out of town to open the factory, he had to bribe many people and was short of funds. He had borrowed money from the big boss behind Xiao Cheng. When he couldn't repay the loan on time, Xiao Cheng gave him some leeway and left him with a favor.
So even though Li Chengbin had gone to the brick factory owner this morning, when Xiao Cheng came to buy bricks, the brick factory owner still had someone load them onto the truck, as a way of repaying Xiao Cheng's favor.
The red bricks were purchased, and Xiao Cheng and Luo Shiliu's expressions turned cold.
Wang Hao clamored that he was going to teach Li Chengbin a lesson, otherwise he wouldn't know who was in charge here, coming here to cause trouble every day. Xiao Dazhuang also clenched his fists and agreed.
During dinner, Bai Lu noticed that Xiao Cheng was absent-minded and assumed he was exhausted from running around all day, so she put a large, meaty braised pig's trotter on his plate.
Xiao Cheng glanced at her several times with a strange look in his eyes, and finally silently ate the pig's trotter.
After we finished eating, I also gave Bailu a big pig's trotter.
When Xiao Wei came home from school today, he saw Luo Shiliu and Wang Hao talking to their older brother from afar. They looked very angry and looked like they were about to hit someone.
He had seen this situation many times before.
Not long after each time, his older brother would return injured. He had tried to bring him some liniment, but was refused the first time, so he never dared to bring it again.
Although he knew what was going to happen, Xiao Wei didn't dare to say anything, since Bai Lu wouldn't care anyway.
She's been living with us for almost three months now, and every time her older brother comes back injured, she doesn't ask him a single question.
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