Zhou Songbai held the bicycle in one hand and the front wheel in the other, and led the way back to his yard.
Meng Zhiyu followed behind, held hands by Zhou's mother and two sisters-in-law.
"Auntie Zhou, Auntie Zhou and Second Sister-in-law, if you want to laugh, just laugh. If you hold it in and feel uncomfortable, it's not worth it." Meng Zhiyu looked at them with distorted expressions on their faces.
Zhou's mother was the first one who couldn't hold back her laughter. She pulled her hand worriedly and said, "Next time, you have to check your bike before riding, especially the wheels and the brakes. If any of these three get into trouble, it's a disaster."
Mrs. Zhou stopped laughing when she heard this. "That's right. Didn't that guy just crash into a tree on the side of the road because his brakes didn't work? He died."
This incident caused a huge uproar at the time, and many police officers came. After checking, they found that the brake had been damaged by someone. However, no one knows whether the murderer was caught in the end.
Zhou Ersao brought over a few benches and sighed, "That man was pitiful. Although he was a bit unreasonable, he was indeed a responsible person. After his wife and child disappeared, he ignored everything else and focused on finding them. He didn't find them, and then he died in an accident."
Zhou's mother felt that it was not a good idea to say this. "This happened two years ago. Why are you still talking about him?"
She asked her eldest sister-in-law to pour water, and Zhou Ersao went to pick up the watermelon. Mother Zhou sat next to Meng Zhiyu and said, "This watermelon is very sweet. My third child bought it for me. It tastes like sugar water."
Meng Zhiyu refused, "Auntie, just drink some water, I'm still full." Li Tingman and others also nodded.
Zhou's mother refused to listen and insisted that everyone have a piece.
After eating the watermelon, the wheels of the bicycle were installed. Zhou Songbai checked the entire bicycle again and stopped only after making sure that there was no problem.
"Where did you get this confident car?" It didn't look like it was bought. Not only did it have no front bumper, but the seat was also lower. He had never seen anything like it on the market.
Li Qingqing laughed heartily and said with some pride, "Of course she assembled it herself. If she hadn't brought it up, we wouldn't have known she could actually assemble a bicycle."
Zhou Songbai was a little surprised. She thought someone had helped her modify it, or had someone assemble it. She never expected that she had done it herself.
"Oh my goodness, Zhiyu, you can do this?" Zhou's mother was surprised. She thought Meng Zhiyu was short and small, and what impressed her most was that she could detoxify snake venom.
Meng Zhiyu, "I saw it in a book before, so I figured it out and did it myself."
Watched by Zhou's mother and others, Meng Zhiyu rode his bike for another round. This time it went smoothly. Li Qingqing, Jiang Zengzhi and others also lined up to ride.
The villagers who couldn't stay at home came out one after another at this time. Seeing a few people riding bicycles, they said jealously, "Look at them, they are so young, but they have bought confident bicycles."
They struggled for most of their lives, but they couldn't even touch a wheel, let alone a bicycle.
"Zhou family, who owns this self-driving car?" An aunt saw Zhou's mother on the side and asked in a hoarse voice.
Zhou's mother turned around when she heard the voice and said, "It's the one who knows about fish."
"This is the second car of confidence in the educated youth's yard!"
"Who says it isn't?"
"Hey, stop talking. Look, is it the Li family that has returned?" A maid pulled the maid next to her, pointed ahead and stretched her neck to ask.
"Really? Is this okay?"
It was Song Guangye's turn to ride a bicycle. Seeing the ox cart, he turned the handlebars and rode back, "Aunt Li and her family are back."
When the oxcart got closer, everyone gathered around and started talking at once, "Li family, how's the child?"
"Is the child really still alive?"
In addition to the hot topic of Mrs. Zhao's family these days, another hot topic is whether the grandson of the Li family is alive or dead?
The child was held in Mrs. Li's arms. Mrs. Huang held a piece of cloth over the child to block the sun. Mrs. Li's sister-in-law sat next to Mrs. Li with a headscarf wrapped around her head. Li Jian also held a piece of rag over her head.
Mrs. Li was obviously in a good mood, and she smiled with her big front teeth showing. "My dear grandson was drugged by that evil-hearted woman, so he hasn't woken up yet. Now he has been examined by a doctor, and he will be fine with careful care."
Although they had some quarrels on weekdays, most people were kind-hearted. When they heard that the child was fine, they all breathed a sigh of relief and congratulated Mrs. Li's family.
But not everyone wants the best for others. Granny Xu is one of them. "He was clearly dead at the time, how could he still be alive? Did you guys switch the baby?"
The surroundings were quiet. Mrs. Li, holding the child, did not dare to speak loudly. She signaled to her mother-in-law. Mrs. Huang stood up with a cloth in her hand and looked down at the sarcastic Mrs. Xu.
"You're saying we're buying and selling children. I heard you have a good relationship with that black-hearted Mrs. Zhao. From what you said, it seems you're very familiar with human traffickers. Could it be that you're also..."
Mrs. Huang stretched out her words and looked at Mrs. Xu meaningfully, as if to say, you are not a human trafficker too!
Mrs. Xu was anxious. "What nonsense are you talking about? Mrs. Zhao and I are not familiar with each other at all. We just exchanged a few words. My family has been poor farmers for three generations. We would never do such a conscienceless thing."
"Then what are you talking about here? We thought you were making trouble for us and wanting to avenge her because Mrs. Zhao was upset." Mrs. Li curled her lips, glanced at her grandson carefully, and looked at Mrs. Xu with a squint.
Mrs. Xu squeezed out of the crowd dejectedly. Mrs. Huang smiled at the onlookers and said, "The Li family has a new grandson, and I have a new grandson. This is a great joyous occasion. We will treat everyone to red eggs later to get rid of bad luck."
This was something they had discussed before. The eggs were precious, but the grandson was more precious. The newborn baby couldn't even stand steadily, so he had to be carefully protected everywhere, not to mention that he had encountered that bad thing, so he had to be even more careful.
Everyone was even happier to be able to eat eggs for free, and they praised Li's grandson with nice words without asking for any money.
Before leaving, Granny Li looked at Meng Zhiyu outside the crowd and said, "Zhiyu, when you have time, bring Li Zhiqing and the others to visit my house."
Meng Zhiyu knew her good intentions and agreed with a smile.
The protagonists have left, and everyone has dispersed. Those who are on good terms gather together to chat and gossip.
Goudan ran over with a group of friends, all covered in dirt, holding something in his shirt pockets with both hands.
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou Er looked at the clothes they had just put on today, which were now covered in mud. They were furious and said, "You are not allowed to finish your meal until you wash your clothes."
Goudan and Tiedan saw their mother getting angry, but they were not afraid. They ran to Meng Zhiyu with clothes in their pockets, laughing. Goudan held the clothes forward and said, "Sister Zhiyu, I'll treat you to bird eggs."
Looking at the five or six small eggs in Goudan's shirt pocket, she was not unfamiliar with these eggs. She had been beaten by her grandparents many times in the past for climbing trees to touch bird eggs.
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