Lin Zhengran paused and motioned her to look at the wheel. Su Meilian lowered her head, then looked up after a while and asked, "Is the car broken?"
Lin Zhengran didn't say anything.
Su Meilian said with disbelief in her voice, "Don't tell me I broke this car yesterday."
"It's usually fine." Lin Zhengran said, "But yesterday it broke down as soon as you sat down. What do you think?"
Su Meilian was furious at her words, "Your car is already a piece of junk, and now it's broken you're blaming me?"
"Did I say it was you?"
Su Meilian became even angrier.
You didn't say it was me, but your expression told me it was me who wrecked your car.
Lin Zhengran was going to make an appointment with someone to leave the island tomorrow, so he told her to go back by herself and rode his bike away in a flash.
She knew without thinking that Su Meilin was cursing at her behind her.
The dinner was very rich. After Qin Shouguo knew that his wife had a job, he added two more dishes and ordered some wine.
Lin Nanfeng continued to squat aside and eat.
No words were spoken that night.
The ship hummed as it sailed on the sea, and Lin Zhengran leaned against the side, enjoying the sea breeze.
"Oh! Hua Dingxiang won't have a good meal today. This is your first time treating us!" Gao Erniang said with a smile.
Since her two sisters-in-law reminded her of this job, Lin Zhengran decided to treat them to delicious food with her first month's salary.
Although the salary has not been paid yet, the job has been confirmed. Lin Zhengran was happy. He happened to be going out of the island to get his harmonica today, so he asked them to come with him.
"Da Fu is in the hospital and she has to go take care of him. We'll buy her a skirt later as a thank you gift."
Gao Erniang waved her hand and said she was too polite, but she couldn't stop smiling in her eyes, she was too happy.
This was the first time in her life that someone invited her to a restaurant for dinner.
The two chatted and time passed quickly. It was almost noon when they got off the boat. They were not hungry yet, so they planned to buy a skirt before going to eat. After that, they took the harmonica and went back.
The principal ordered twenty-five harmonicas, which together are quite heavy.
When he arrived at the state-owned store, Lin Zhengran found that the fabrics inside had fewer patterns and colors than last time. The most common colors were still green, blue, black, gray, and green military uniforms.
Neither of them was very interested in the green military uniform, after all, they saw it every day. They went for the patterned fabric.
An adult's skirt would require 2.4 meters of fabric. Lin Zhengran selected two patterns and asked Gao Erniang to choose one.
"You've already treated me to dinner, so forget about the skirt. Besides, a skirt wouldn't look good on me with my figure."
Gao Erniang is from the south and is short, about 1.58 meters tall. She is not as tall as Hua Dingxiang, but when it comes to wearing a skirt, it doesn't mean that tall people will look good in it.
Besides, 1.58 meters is not short at all. This height is considered normal in the south.
Lin Zhengran is also from the south, but she has good genes. She is about 1.68 meters tall, thin, and good-looking. Gao Erniang's face is full of envy when she looks at her.
Although they were not clear about Lin Zhengran's identity, she and Hua Dingxiang both felt that she was definitely not a country girl.
But she was very good at farm work and never had to ask anyone.
For example, when Aunt Su came to the island to grow vegetables, she asked a lot of people!
Lin Zhengran never asked them, and she had been on the island for several months.
Now I have a yard full of vegetables planted in the yard, and I am more capable of it than these country people.
"Who said that?" Lin Zhengran gestured with the fabric on her body, and before she could answer, he said to the salesperson, "Comrade, please get me another one with this pattern."
Afterwards, Lin Zhengran said to Gao Erniang, "This color suits you."
She had already said so, and it would be embarrassing to refuse. Seeing the salesperson was about to place the fabric, Gao Erniang hurriedly said:
"Two meters will do."
She herself is quite open-minded. "Being short has its advantages. It saves fabric."
Lin Zhengran was amused by her.
It was a rare opportunity to go out, so both of them bought a lot of things in the store, some of which were for their sister-in-law on the island.
The round trip boat ticket costs only a few cents, and the island has basically everything, so some sisters-in-law don't go out for several months to save money.
The two were carrying a lot of things and were about to go out to eat. When they passed by the square, they saw that it was full of people.
Lin Zhengran had seen this scene when he was in Jiang Yuan. It was nothing more than someone being knocked down again.
Gao Erniang also knew about this, and it was not the first time she had seen this scene. Neither of them wanted to get close, as they could not help and could not bear to see such a scene.
The two were walking along the wall when they suddenly saw Su Meilin trying to squeeze in like crazy and rushing to the square to stop them.
Who are those people? To put it nicely, they have a very high level of class consciousness. To put it bluntly, they are a bunch of irrational lunatics.
Regardless of whether they are a husband and wife or a family, as long as one party does something bad, those people will not care whether you are their relative or not, they will take sides at the first moment, draw a clear line, and criticize and fight you together.
What did Su Meilian want to do by rushing forward like that? Did she want to die?
There is no way to not get through this time!
It would have been fine if they hadn't seen Su Meilan and hadn't gone over, but after seeing her, they still wanted to help.
If no one spoke up for Su Meilan today, she might have died here.
"what to do?"
Gao Erniang didn't even notice that her voice was still trembling.
Lin Zhengran stared at the square, stunned for a moment, then said to Gao Erniang:
"They went up and pulled her down, saying she had just given birth and the baby died in childbirth, and she had gone crazy."
Gao Erniang didn't hesitate, she put down the basket in her hand, and rushed forward, saying loudly:
"Why are you so mad? Can't you see that others are busy? Your child is dead. You have to accept this fact."
Lin Zhengran and the others reacted quickly and rushed forward when Su Meilin said her second sentence on the stage.
Gao Erniang jumped onto the stage and pulled her off the stage, covering her mouth tightly with her hands.
Lin Zhengran followed behind to explain, his eyes still red with anxiety.
"My sister-in-law gave birth to a child two weeks ago, and the child died. She's a little mentally unstable. When she sees other people's children, she thinks they're hers."
Some people didn't believe it, because the man was holding a bamboo stick in his hand, which he used to beat people.
She was stepping on the cow dung thrown by those people. A family, both old and young, was squatting next to her, trembling with fear.
"She told us to stop right away, and she doesn't look crazy. Does she know these people?"
The man was about thirty years old, with a big mole on his eyebrow and a fierce look on his face.
"How is that possible?" Lin Zhengran denied. "We are military wives and have lived on the island all year round. We came out today to take her to see a doctor."
"There's a hospital on the island. Do you still need to take her out for medical treatment?" another woman questioned her.
"Her husband is the deputy head of the group."
Lin Zhengran said calmly, "Soldiers are not allowed to leave the island without orders. We sisters often help each other. Is there any problem?"
Lin Zhengran asked her solemnly, "Do you think there's something wrong with us, or are you questioning us on behalf of the country?"
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