Because it was quite far from home, Zhao Tiezhu volunteered to take them back.
Liu Chunhua did not object. She carried Ruyi all the way. The little kid had been complaining about the bumpy ride, and riding in a ox cart would save some energy.
On the way, Zhao Tiezhu seemed to be hesitant to speak, and Liu Chunhua laughed at him as she saw that he was a big man.
"Just say whatever you want to say. Don't be so hesitant. It makes me uncomfortable."
“S-Sorry.”
This sentence made Jiang Ruyi look at him with a higher opinion. It is a rare quality for people to be able to admit their mistakes and correct them.
"Sister Chunhua, I shouldn't have told them the location, nor should I have helped them, but I was forced to do this by my uncle. When they did it themselves later, I thought it was no big deal."
Zhao Tiezhu had regretted it a long time ago and didn't even dare to look at Liu Chunhua. Sweat was streaming down his dark face, and he was both anxious and panicked.
"I think we have to do what we promised, but I am a person..."
He didn't continue. His mother died early, and there was not much people in the family. It was all up to Widow Zhao and her family to support them. Since Old Man Zhao had asked, how could he dare to refuse?
Looking at him like this, Liu Chunhua knew that he had used all his courage to say this.
Besides, the thing has already passed, so there is no need to hold on to it.
"Okay, I'm not the kind of person who holds grudges. With what you said, this matter is over."
Zhao Tiezhu listened and thanked her repeatedly, "Sister Chunhua, I will definitely help you pull the cart from now on! I will never let anyone bully you!"
As he said this, his face turned red.
Although Jiang Ruyi has the body of a child, her soul is mature.
She subconsciously thought that maybe this shy Zhao Tiezhu had a crush on Liu Chunhua?
Not to mention Jiang Ruyi herself, even Liu Chunhua was stunned for a moment.
She subconsciously replied, "Don't talk nonsense, this is not nonsense."
Zhao Tiezhu was stunned by her sudden words, "Ah? Sister Chunhua, what did you say?"
Liu Chunhua knew that she had been misunderstood again, so she quickly waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, let's just keep going."
Zhao Tiezhu looked at her suspiciously.
At this moment, he felt that Liu Chunhua seemed to have something to say.
On second thought, why should they tell me about other people's affairs?
Thinking of this, he gave up the idea of asking further.
Liu Chunhua was relieved when she saw that he didn't ask any further questions.
He glared helplessly at Jiang Ruyi in his arms and finally could only lower his head and remain silent.
Jiang Ruyi also knew that what she said was a bit shocking.
After all, these days, relationships between men and women are very cautious. If you really mess with a married man, your ancestors will be cursed.
She coughed twice in her heart and didn't say anything else that she shouldn't have said.
Seeing that they were almost at the village, Liu Chunhua stopped and said, "Let's stop here. It's getting late. You should go back soon."
"Okay, I'm leaving now."
Zhao Tiezhu was also an intelligent man. He knew that Liu Chunhua was intentionally trying to avoid suspicion. After all, they were a single man and a single woman, and if someone really saw them, who knows what kind of gossip might arise.
Zhao Tiezhu didn't say much, pulled the rope of the ox cart, turned around and left.
But despite all the precautions, it still couldn't be prevented.
The scene of Liu Chunhua being sent back by a man was seen by someone, and most importantly, the man who saw it was a master at stirring up trouble.
Feng Chuchu stared at Zhao Tiezhu's back for a long time, and suddenly a cold smile appeared on her young face.
"Okay, no wonder you let two grown men eat and drink for free in my house, it turns out you have someone around!"
Feng Chuchu quickly found Jiang Zhize who was fighting crickets with others, "Brother Zhize, come here."
"What are you doing? Can't you see I'm busy?"
Jiang Zhize was in a bad mood and spoke in an aggressive tone.
Feng Chuchu rolled her eyes in her heart. She originally wanted to go directly to Jiang Chao, but unfortunately she didn't see him, so she had to settle for the next best thing and go to Jiang Zhize.
"Brother Zhize, just come over here, I have something important to tell you."
Feng Chuchu was pretending to be serious. Seeing that she seemed to be hesitant to talk, Jiang Zhize became curious. He threw down the weeds in his hand and walked towards her.
"What's going on?"
The two walked a few steps to the side, and Feng Chuchu said, "Brother Zhize, did Aunt Jiang take Sister Ruyi out to play again? I just seemed to see a man sending them back. Did Aunt Jiang make some new friends? Friends like my mother and Uncle Jiang."
Jiang Zhize's face turned dark instantly. Even at the age of a teenager, he already vaguely understood the things between men and women.
He didn't believe that Liu Chunhua had any friends of the opposite sex, so he looked at Feng Chuchu with gritted teeth.
"Are you serious? Someone really sent them back? How old was that person?"
When Feng Chuchu saw him smiling unnoticeably, she knew she had succeeded.
"Brother Zhize, what's wrong with you? I, I'm scared."
She took a step back in grievance.
Jiang Zhize suppressed his emotions and asked through gritted teeth, "Tell me quickly, is it true or not!"
"Yes!" Feng Chuchu said with her eyes closed, "I also saw Aunt Jiang holding your sister and talking to him. The two of them were talking and laughing, and it seemed that they were reluctant to leave that uncle."
"I killed her!"
Jiang Zhize really took the bait and rushed home roaring.
Feng Chuchu looked on with a smile and touched her hair proudly.
Go ahead and make a fuss. The more intense the quarrel in your family, the better. It would be best if the family is broken up and disintegrated. Only in this way, everything in the Jiang family will belong to them, mother and daughter.
Liu Chunhua returned to the house and had just scooped some water from the vat to wash her hands when the courtyard door was kicked open again.
"Evil woman! How dare you come back here!"
Liu Chunhua turned around with an angry look on her face.
The eldest brother spoke ill of her time and again, showing that he did not take her, his mother, seriously.
"No wonder you refused to give the money to Dad, no wonder you refused to go back to the factory to resume work, it turns out you had changed your mind a long time ago, you don't want Dad and me, and you don't want this family anymore!" Jiang Zhize became more and more furious as he spoke, and started punching and kicking in the yard. He swept all the winnowing baskets with beans drying on the rack beside to the ground, and Jiang Zhize, still not satisfied, stomped on them again and again.
[What a lunatic.] Jiang Ruyi was disdainful. How is such an explosive and irritable person different from a psychopath?
Liu Chunhua could no longer bear it and grabbed him by the collar, "Jiang Zhize! Come here!"
"Let go! You fickle woman!"
Liu Chunhua was stunned. Her big watery eyes showed the hurt after being humiliated by her own son. "What do you think I am?"
"You are so fickle and shameless! You are fooling around with other men outside!"
Jiang Zhize spoke without thinking, and suddenly——
With a "slap", Liu Chunhua slapped him hard.
The crisp sound stunned everyone, including Jiang Chao who had rushed back.