Chapter 18: Taking the blame

Liang Jinyu made an awkward gesture expertly, then shook her head and laughed when she heard the words.

She is a bride, so it is better for her to dress a little ugly to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"I'm going out. If the guy inside asks you, just say I went to the fields to pick radishes." Liang Jinyu warned.

Chen Dani nodded: "I know."

As long as he doesn't threaten her, Chen Dani doesn't care what Liang Jinyu does. After all, he is just a cannon fodder. No matter how hard he tries, he will die in the end.

Thinking of this, Chen Dani felt uncomfortable.

"What a rubbish novel! Why do others have to become the hero's stepping stones?" Chen Dani complained in a low voice, and the apricots in her mouth suddenly felt even more unpalatable.

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"It's not even the New Year yet, but it's already snowing for quite a while. It's really cold."

"Yes, it's okay if it rains now. I just hope it won't rain next spring. I have three acres of wheat planted at home and I'm afraid of freezing."

"I think we should plant less wheat. It won't sell for a good price. All the hard work we put in for the whole year is in vain."

Several women were sitting under the eaves, doing their needlework and chatting idly.

There is also a brazier in the middle, with a few old tree stumps on top, which can keep burning for a long time.

"Look who's coming." Someone with sharp eyes immediately noticed Liang Jinyu walking towards them.

Liang Jinyu naturally noticed them as well. She was familiar with all of them, but she could only name two of them.

"Hey, it's snowing, why are you here, Mrs. Liang? What a rare guest." A short and plump woman in the crowd greeted with a smile.

In fact, Liang Jinyu is younger than all of them, but because Chen Laifu is older, everyone calls her " " when they see her.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person. The other party was smiling, and Liang Jinyu also smiled and replied: "I came to talk to the village chief about something. Everyone is here."

"I have nothing to do, so I came to the village chief's house to warm myself by the fire. Come over and warm yourself up, it's very cold today." The woman said, standing up and moving to the side.

Liang Jinyu declined, saying, "No, I'll just talk to the village chief and leave."

"What do you want from the village chief? He's chatting with someone in the house." someone said.

Liang Jinyu thought that she came at the wrong time, but since she was already here it was not good for her to just leave.

"My son Chen Laifu has been out for two days. He didn't take his shirt with him when he left. I thought of asking the village chief to find someone to deliver the clothes to him." Liang Jinyu said the excuse she had prepared in advance.

The company where Chen Lai-fu worked was a large kiln factory, and there were many young people from the village helping out there.

After hearing this, several women started to make fun of him.

"Mrs. Liang is really kind and beautiful. No wonder Brother Lai Fu protected you so much before."

"In the end, you are lucky, Sister Liang. Men only mature after going through some things. I think Mrs. Xu didn't have such a good life as you."

"Oh, why did you mention her?"

Xu was Chen Lai Fu’s ex-wife. It was said that she died of illness not long after giving birth to Dani.

Liang Jinyu used to think that Xu must have been weak, but now she thought that she might have been tortured to death by the Chen family.

"I'll go find the village chief and talk to you later." Liang Jinyu said with a smile and walked into the house.

The women behind her were chattering, still talking about her and Chen Lai Fu.

The smile on Liang Jinyu's face faded and she followed the sound to the inner room.

The village chief must have heard the noise, because he came out before Liang Jinyu could go in.

"Looking for me?" asked the village chief, with droopy brows and a listless look.

Liang Jinyu also came to see the village chief in her previous life, and that was also to divorce Chen Laifu.

At that time, she had not received her household registration certificate for a long time, and she gradually became suspicious of Chen Lai Fu. She tried to take Ding Fang away, but was discovered by Chen Lai Fu.

Ding Fang was beaten up by him and almost died.

And she, she was defiled by Chen Lai Fu.

The next day she struggled to escape to the village chief's house for help, but the elderly man looked at her with indifference.

He told her that couples may fight at the head of the bed but make up at the foot of the bed, and that there is no overnight grudge between husband and wife. After that, he asked someone to call Chen Lai-fu over and take her back.

Everything that happened in my previous life seems to have happened just yesterday, and is still vivid in my mind.

"I'm asking you a question." The village chief spoke and knocked on the table.

Liang Jinyu pursed her lips and repeated what she had just said.

"What were you doing so far? The mountain is closed due to heavy snow, who would run to the city?" The village chief said unhappily and turned away without saying anything more.

"By the way, Chen Lai Fu said there will be news about the household registration certificate in the next two days?" Liang Jinyu asked tentatively.

The village chief turned around and said sternly: "Who said that? It's not even a start yet. People have so many things to do every day, how can they care about you?"

"What the village chief said is true, but you also know that my brother has been following us in and out of the city. It is really inconvenient without a household registration certificate. Could you please talk to Li Zheng and ask him to be flexible?" Liang Jinyu took out a small silver ingot from his sleeve.

The village chief opened his eyes instantly and weighed it in his palm. It was about the size of a fingernail, not much, but not too little either.

"After the matter is accomplished, I will ask Chen Lai-fu to treat the village chief to a drink, and then I will cook a few of my specialties." Liang Jinyu's voice was very soft and her smile was gentle, which made people easily like her.

The village chief pretended to cough and said seriously, "We are all family, no need to be so polite. Don't worry, I will go and ask after the snow stops."

"Hey." Liang Jinyu said happily, and after thinking for a while, he asked again, "Village Chief, how long will it take for this household registration certificate to be issued?"

"I can't say for sure. You'll have to ask Li Zheng. It could be as fast as three months or as slow as one or two years."

The village chief stroked his beard and saw that Liang Jinyu looked unhappy, so he added, "If you are really anxious, go find him yourself."

Liang Jinyu had thought about it, but Li Zheng was not in Yanghe Village, and Li Zheng was an official of some rank, so she couldn't see him whenever she wanted.

The village chief turned around and took out a yellowed piece of paper from under the altar at the back: "He lives in Liuhe Village. By the way, he likes this kind of thing."

The village chief made a drinking gesture.

Liang Jinyu was very happy and said with a smile, "Thank you, Village Chief."

When going out, Liang Jinyu was stopped and had to chat with those women.

Just as she was thinking of finding an excuse to leave, she heard a child crying from the slope outside.

"Tiedan's mom, your iron egg fell into the ditch." A child ran over and said.

"What? What happened? How did it fall into the ditch? Didn't I tell you to be careful?" Tiedan's mother was a tall woman. She immediately put down the dustpan and ran over.

Liang Jinyu took the opportunity to say, "I'll go over and take a look."

Several other women also stood up and clamored to go together.

Liang Jinyu felt depressed for a moment.

There is a small path outside the village chief's house. On the left side of the path is a paddy field, and on the right side is a ditch.

Several half-grown children were standing by the ditch and making a lot of noise. There was a boy sitting in the ditch, crying loudly.