As the days passed, winter soon arrived.
The winters in the south are very wet and cold, especially since it has been raining recently, the coldness almost penetrates into the bones.
Lin Xiangyi was afraid of the cold, and her belly was getting bigger day by day, so it was inconvenient for her to move around. Xie Qingxiao and her father and mother asked her to stay at home and go out less often.
Lin Xiangyi only went to the workshop occasionally and seldom went out at other times.
Xie Qingxiao was not as free as Lin Xiangyi. Especially after Lin Xiangyi stopped taking care of things, he took over her share of the work and became even busier than before.
As for Xie's father and mother, although there is not much work to do in the fields after winter, they are both busy people and still dream of going out early and returning late every day.
When Lin Xiangyi got up today, just like usual, there was no one at home.
There was hot water in the stove, as well as breakfast, all heated with coal.
Lin Xiangyi washed her face with hot water, then took a brazier, put some coal in it, and put the unburned coal into the brazier. She brought it to the main room and then brought breakfast over.
Today's breakfast is meat porridge and steamed buns.
Last night, Lin Xiangyi told Xie Qingxiao that she wanted to eat steamed buns, and asked him if he could help buy two meat buns from the state-owned restaurant when they passed by the restaurant with the people who were transporting goods this morning.
Xie's mother heard it and told her that she didn't need to go to the state-owned restaurant to buy it, she would make it for her.
It was really well made, and the taste was as good as that of state-owned restaurants.
Lin Xiangyi was eating meat buns and drinking meat porridge, feeling particularly satisfied.
While they were eating, Pengfei came over. He looked a little unhappy, but he calmed down a lot when he saw Lin Xiangyi: "Sister-in-law, did you just have breakfast?"
"Yeah," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile, "It's too cold, I don't even want to get up. I only eat breakfast when others are almost having lunch."
After saying that, noticing Zhang Pengfei's dusty look, she laughed again: "Compared to you, I'm too lazy."
Now that the braised food shops in the county town have stabilized, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi have turned their attention to the surrounding county towns and villages, and are now slowly expanding outward.
The distributors take their braised food to sell in the surrounding counties and towns. If their braised food meets the surrounding market demand, they can attract wholesalers to join.
It is still in the trial stage, led by Xie Qingxiao and Zhang Pengfei, both of whom have been very busy recently.
In comparison, Lin Xiangyi is really comfortable staying at home every day.
Zhang Pengfei laughed, "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? You give us instructions on everything. You use your brain, and you are the one who works the hardest. We just have to do what you say, which is easier by comparison. I am afraid of doing things that require the brain."
Although Lin Xiangyi seldom does anything, she is involved in many decisions.
Of course, the main reason for the current pregnancy is still Xie Qingxiao, and Zhang Pengfei's words are meant to compliment her.
Lin Xiangyi smiled and asked, "Why did you look so angry when you came in just now? Did something happen?"
Zhang Pengfei paused, without hiding it from Lin Xiangyi, and said with a gloomy face: "He Ting came to me."
"Who is He Ting?" Lin Xiangyi asked.
"My stepsister..."
Lin Xiangyi suddenly realized that she didn't know much about the He family, but she still remembered the past between He Ting and Zhang Pengfei.
After all, Zhang Pengfei was kicked out by the He family because He Ting was molested by Zhang Pengfei.
Lin Xiangyi frowned. Zhang's mother came to see Zhang Pengfei many times, simply because Zhang Pengfei could make money now. Now He Ting came to see Zhang Pengfei, could it be the same reason?
It’s true.
Zhang Pengfei was completely defenseless against Lin Xiangyi and told her about He Ting's past directly:
"…Their family has never liked me. I didn't understand why before, but later I learned that they were afraid of having to build a house for me and marry me off, so they tried every means to drive me away."
He was willing to sacrifice his daughter's reputation for this.
How ironic.
"That's too much," Lin Xiangyi said coldly. The He family's selfishness was beyond her understanding.
That would be fine, after all, the He family has no blood relationship with Zhang Pengfei, but Zhang's mother is Zhang Pengfei's biological mother, and she actually joined the He family in bullying him?
"He Ting came to me just to get money, and she also said..." Zhang Pengfei said gloomily: "Go and expose me to Xiaolan."
Lin Xiangyi: "You didn't agree to her, did you?"
Zhang Pengfei: "No." He was so angry. If he didn't have principles and didn't bully the elderly, the weak, women and children, he would have beaten up that disgusting woman He Ting. Damn it!
It’s not enough that he has been bearing the infamy for so many years, and now they want him to give them money? Where does the face come from?
Lin Xiangyi nodded. It was good that she didn't agree, otherwise she wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she was right.
"What's true won't be false, and what's false won't be true. As long as Xiaolan doesn't believe it, she has no choice," Lin Xiangyi said, "Have you told Xiaolan?"
"I haven't had the chance yet. I plan to go back and talk about it tonight," said Zhang Pengfei.
"Well, you must tell her when you get home tonight, otherwise it will be bad if He Ting tells her first," Lin Xiangyi said, "Xiao Lan is a person who can distinguish right from wrong. You tell her about it first, and I will go talk to her later."
"Okay, thank you sister-in-law," Zhang Pengfei also planned so.
Although he knew that Xiaolan might not believe what He Ting said, Lin Xiangyi was a good friend of Shen Xiaolan, and if she spoke for him, Xiaolan would definitely trust him more.
"By the way, how is the decoration of your house now?" Lin Xiangyi thought.
After she came back from her prenatal check-up, she gave Zhang Pengfei an advance of her dividend so that he could renovate the house first.
At present, the decoration of Zhang Pengfei's house has begun. The Shen family was very satisfied when they heard the news. They happily said that once Zhang Pengfei has finished decorating the house, they will put the marriage of Zhang Pengfei and Shen Xiaolan on the agenda.
Zhang Pengfei is very positive about the decoration, and so is Shen Xiaolan. Zhang Pengfei has been very busy recently, and Shen Xiaolan is also keeping an eye on the decoration.
"It's almost finished, and Xiaolan is currently watching over it. Sister-in-law, you, Brother Xiao, and godfather and godmother can go and have a look someday," Zhang Pengfei said with a smile, "I've also decorated your room."
"Okay," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile, and after thinking for a while, he reminded her, "Remember to explain He Ting's matter to Xiaolan tonight."
Zhang Pengfei: "Okay."
The next day, Lin Xiangyi asked Shen Xiaolan to go to the supply and marketing cooperative.
There are a lot of people in the supply and marketing cooperative today. I wonder if it’s because it’s cold and there’s less work to do in the fields.
Lin Xiangyi and Shen Xiaolan walked hand in hand in the middle of the crowd. Lin Xiangyi asked Shen Xiaolan in a low voice: "Pengfei has told you about his family affairs, right?"
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