Thinking of Mo Qiaolin's actions, Wen Xi's shoulders trembled involuntarily. If Jin Changfeng really married such a troublemaker, he probably wouldn't have a future.
Anyone with good character and sound values would never scheme to get someone to marry them.
"Brother Jin, I'll head back now." Wen Xi said and ran off. She was soaked to the bone and felt so cold. She needed to hurry back and boil some water to take a bath.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue have been back for quite a while now; hopefully they have already boiled the water.
"Xiaoxi, what happened to you?" Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue were very worried when they saw Wenxi come back soaking wet.
"I saw a girl fall into the water while I was washing wild vegetables, so I rescued her," Wenxi asked anxiously. "Is there any hot water in the pot?"
"Yes, the water just boiled, and I haven't added any more to the thermos yet. Hurry up and get your clothes, I'll bring the hot water to the bathroom," Shen Jiaojiao said.
Wen Xi nodded and went straight to her room. She grabbed some clean clothes and went to the bathroom. Shen Jiaojiao had already prepared the water for her. She quickly took off her wet clothes and went to take a bath.
I took a hot shower as fast as I could, and it really made me feel so much better.
As Wen Xi came out of the bathroom, Shen Jiaojiao immediately brought her a bowl of brown sugar water. "Xiao Xi, drink something hot, or you'll catch a cold."
While drinking, Wenxi said, "There's a bathhouse in the alley behind the supply and marketing cooperative. We don't have to work in a couple of days, so let's go to the bathhouse and have a good soak and a good scrub! Every time I just wash up, I always feel like I haven't gotten clean enough."
Shen Jiaojiao nodded in agreement, "It's really too cold to take a shower at home. I was shivering as I got dressed. I also want to take a more comfortable shower, but the conditions don't allow it!"
The water cools down quickly, so you have to shower as fast as you can. And when you're done showering, you have to get dressed as fast as you can, but clothes aren't easy to put on right after a shower. Showering at home in winter is such a pain.
Wenxi had previously signed for a shower tent that could keep the room warm for several hours, allowing her to soak in it slowly. However, the carpenter hadn't finished making the hooks yet, so she didn't have any hooks to hang the tent.
Wenxi lowered her head to drink brown sugar water, when suddenly her eyes lit up. There were no hooks, but she could use bamboo to build a support frame and hang the tent up, so she wouldn't have to suffer while taking a bath.
When she doesn't have to work anymore, she'll go up the mountain to cut some bamboo and build a support frame to try it out.
"Jiaojiao, when you go to work tomorrow, please tell Captain Qian that I caught a cold and fever after rescuing someone in the water, and I'm feeling weak all over, so I need to rest for a day." She has been working for several days in a row, but she hasn't even dug up the fish and shrimp nets and traps in the stream yet, and she doesn't even know if the fish inside are alive or dead.
And because she hadn't been there for a few days, she really lost a lot of fish.
If these fish were exchanged for money, they could probably fetch a lot!
Shen Jiaojiao nodded, "Xiaoxi, I'll put in a good word for you then."
After finishing her brown sugar water, Wenxi went to the kitchen to cook dinner. She got tired of eating sweet potato rice every day, so tonight she cooked regular rice, stir-fried shredded cabbage stalks with cured meat, steamed a bowl of egg custard, and made salted fish with three flounder. That solved dinner.
In the pitch-black room, Liang Zhaodi forced herself to keep her eyes wide open, refusing to fall asleep. When she heard someone get out of bed, she knew it was Nie Xiulan who had gotten up. She quietly peeked out from under the covers and saw a dark figure leave the room. Liang Zhaodi then carefully got out of bed as well.
After Nie Xiulan left the educated youth settlement, Liang Zhaodi cautiously followed. Watching Nie Xiulan enter the hooligan's house, Liang Zhaodi was puzzled. Wasn't Nie Xiulan supposed to be high-minded and look down on these peasants? Why was she running over to meet someone in the middle of the night?
Seeing the light coming through the courtyard gate, Liang Zhaodi knew it wasn't closed. She tiptoed over, pressed her ear to the door, and listened until the footsteps faded away. Knowing that Nie Xiulan had gone inside, Liang Zhaodi gently pushed open the gate. After waiting a while and seeing no movement, she mustered her courage and went inside.
Anyway, it was pitch black, so no one could see who she was.
After entering the room, Liang Zhaodi squatted down and slowly moved towards the house. She then went to the window, pressed her ear against the wall, and heard strange noises coming from inside. Liang Zhaodi was so surprised that she opened her mouth wide. She never expected that Nie Xiulan would be so depraved as to have an affair with a country bumpkin.
Even a city girl like her, who was not favored, did not intend to marry a peasant from the countryside, but unexpectedly Nie Xiulan did.
What right does such a scoundrel have to possess Lu Xiaoyun? Lu Xiaoyun can only belong to her.
She was determined to find a way to make Lu Xiaoyun see Nie Xiulan's appalling appearance with his own eyes.
Having caught Nie Xiulan red-handed, Liang Zhaodi was about to leave when she overheard Nie Xiulan's conversation with Qian Liang. So she squatted back down and continued listening.
Nie Xiulan said, "Don't act rashly yet. Wait five more days for me to arrange everything. Then you can make your move on Wenxi. No matter how much dowry or what her family wants, once you've consummated the relationship, if she doesn't marry you, you can sue her. Then she'll have no choice but to marry you. And if you can win Wenxi over with such high demands from the Wen family, the whole brigade will envy you. Just think how glorious that will be, how much face you'll have..."
Upon hearing this, Liang Zhaodi covered her mouth in surprise. She hadn't expected Nie Xiulan to seek revenge on Wen Xi. Wen Xi had ruined their reputation last time, and she had also wanted to get back at Wen Xi, but she hadn't thought of such a method. Now that Nie Xiulan had reminded her, she would secretly take action behind the scenes, first helping Nie Xiulan resolve the Wen Xi issue, and then dealing with Nie Xiulan herself.
For her, this was a win-win situation, as Lu Xiaoyun would only have her as his choice.
Hearing the noise inside the house subside, Liang Zhaodi hurriedly climbed out of the yard, left Qian Liang's yard, and then ran quickly towards the educated youth settlement.
Along the way, the cold wind howled past her ears, and Liang Zhaodi's heart was pounding so fast, as if it was about to jump out of her chest. She was so happy and excited. With Nie Xiulan leading the way and her pushing from behind, if the truth came out, only Nie Xiulan would be found out, and it would be impossible to trace it back to her.
Therefore, she would not tell Lu Xiaoyun about Nie Xiulan's affair with Qian Liang for the time being. She would tell Lu Xiaoyun after she had resolved Wen Xi's matter, so that Lu Xiaoyun could see for himself and Nie Xiulan would have no chance to defend herself.
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