"Everyone in our brigade is too enthusiastic. If they mistakenly think that Meng Zhiqing is really disfigured, and rush to comfort her when she returns, wouldn't that be a joke? If Meng Zhiqing misunderstands that others are laughing at her, it will only add to the trouble and affect the relationship between our Zhiqing compound and the villagers."
Mu Ziwei looked at the group of aunties who were obviously dissatisfied, and Zhao Shuanglian, whose face was flushed, not sure whether it was out of anger or shame, and chuckled.
He politely greeted the aunties and uncles who were watching the fun, listened to the voices of people criticizing Zhao Shuanglian behind him, and walked leisurely towards the village entrance.
Li Lian'er and He Zhida watched the whole thing. They walked over side by side. Li Lian'er acted condescendingly, "Zhao Zhiqing is here too."
Others may not know about the relationship between Zhao Shuanglian and Li Ming, but she, as Li Ming's biological sister, knows it.
Zhao Shuanglian looked at Li Lian'er as if she was looking at a clown, and felt angry. After all, she was her future sister-in-law, but she didn't even get the most basic respect, let alone trying to please her.
In this case, if she is bullied by her husband's family in the future, don't expect her, her second sister-in-law, to help her.
But she still had to put on some superficial effort. She forced a smile and said, "I have nothing to do, so I came out for a walk. When did Sister Li get together with Brother He?"
"That's right, Lian'er, how come we didn't hear anything?" The onlookers opened their eyes wide, their eyes full of gossip.
Li Lian'er covered her mouth with her hands and smiled shyly, "This also happened a few days ago. My father thought He Zhiqing was quite good, so he asked me to bring him out for you to see."
The captain's vision is well-known. Even if he makes a mistake, he is the captain, not his own child. No one else will go against his words.
A group of people threw Zhao Shuanglian aside and praised the two of them for being a good match. He Zhida enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention and nodded to everyone with a proper smile on his face.
Zhao Shuanglian was so angry that she almost bit her teeth.
When Meng Zhiyu and his companions rode their bikes back to the village and passed by this place, they saw a lively group of people, and Zhao Shuanglian standing alone not far away.
"Hey, he's back, he's back, Meng Zhiqing is back." Someone shouted, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Then everyone turned around and stared at Meng Zhiyu who was sitting in the back seat.
Li Lian'er, enjoying the fun, said, "Meng Zhiqing, you don't know how much Zhao Zhiqing cares about you. He's afraid no one would know that you've got these egg yolk-sized bumps all over your body, and you're disfigured and can't get married."
What sister-in-law? As long as she doesn't recognize her, don't try to use your status to suppress her. She doesn't like He Zhida, but she remembers that Zhao Shuanglian chased after him before.
Mu Ziwei, who was sitting in the back seat of Li Zhengzhi, echoed, "Yes, yes, she said it just as if she had seen it."
Meng Zhiyu wasn't angry. It wasn't worth it. "Thank you for your concern, Zhao Zhiqing. I've never seen a lump the size of an egg yolk in my life. If you see one someday, please call me and let me know."
Mother Zhou jumped out of the car and stretched her stiff legs. "Hmph, you are so young and don't learn your lesson."
Then he smiled and invited Meng Zhiyu and the others, "Don't cook alone. The ones in the backyard will have dinner at Auntie's house tonight. San'er, you can ride fast, tell your two sisters-in-law."
Zhou Songbai nodded without objection, and without waiting for Meng Zhiyu and the others to refuse, he pedaled away.
Meng Zhiyu and the other two had no choice but to go back to the educated youth's yard to clean up first, especially Meng Zhiyu, who hadn't taken a bath for two or three days, so she needed to take a good shower.
With her friend away, the bored and moldy Li Qingqing was sitting in the yard with her chin in her hand, in a daze. When she heard some movement at the back door, she subconsciously went to check.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you recognize me?" Meng Zhiyu saw her dazed look and waited until Li Tingman stopped before jumping out of the back seat.
Li Qingqing reacted, screamed and rushed over to hug her. When she saw Li Tingman park the car, she screamed and hugged her again.
"Don't hold her yet. We just came back from the hospital and our bodies are dirty. Wait until we wash ourselves before holding her." Meng Zhiyu looked at her lively and excited appearance, and his heart suddenly relaxed. He felt like he was finally back, even though it was only three days.
When she heard that they wanted to take a bath, Li Qingqing rushed to help them boil water like a little bee.
After taking a comfortable bath, Meng Zhiyu found a basket and put in it six apples, two pounds of meat, six eggs, and a handful of milk candy.
Li Tingman brought a can of fruit and a package of snacks, knowing that they were going to Zhou's house for dinner. Li Qingqing looked through their baskets and then took out ten eggs and a small basket of chestnuts found in the back mountain.
Meng Zhiyu was a little surprised to see the plump chestnuts. When he heard that they were found in the back mountain, he asked, "Where did you find them in the back mountain? Do you have any more?"
"It's gone. There were a lot of people grabbing them, so I only picked up half a basket." Li Qingqing said, holding a chestnut.
"How about I trade you eggs for these chestnuts?" One of Meng Zhiyu's favorite snacks is fried chestnuts. She buys them every few days. But she has never eaten them once since she came here!
Li Qingqing naturally refused to take her eggs, as they were all picked up in the mountains. Eggs were good things, but in the end, under Meng Zhiyu's insistence, she only accepted a red apple.
Mu Ziwei was even more direct, holding up a half-grown rabbit that was still clinging to a piece of vegetable leaf and gnawing on it. "Yesterday when Zhang Yang and I went up the mountain, we happened to find a rabbit nest. We didn't see any big rabbits, but we did catch five or six half-grown rabbits. We split them in half."
A group of people came to Zhou's house, each carrying something. Zhou's mother stood at the kitchen door with her hands on her waist. The two daughters-in-law in the kitchen and Goudan and others in the yard were all under her command.
Seeing what they brought, Zhou Mu looked disapproving, "Just come, why bring so many things? If you want to take something, a handful of vegetables will be enough."
Although she said so, Zhou's mother was still very happy to see these things. What matters between people is the give and take of each other.
Mrs. Zhou, who was feeling a little uncomfortable at first, couldn't help but smile after seeing the good things like rabbits and canned fruits.
"This rabbit is still small, so let Goudan and the others find some tender grass to feed it every day, and put the canned fruit and this piece of meat on the plate." Zhou's mother let Meng Zhiyu and the others move around freely, and she took the things in the basket to the kitchen.
Looking at the eldest daughter-in-law who finally stopped looking so sullen, she snorted unhappily, "Are you happy now?"
Without waiting for her to say anything, he took out the meat and started cutting it, saying, "Not to mention Zhiyu, the others never come home empty-handed. Even if they meet them on the road, Gou Wa and the others will just say hello when they meet them in the village, but Li Zhiqing and the others will feel their pockets for candy."
Mrs. Zhou also wanted her family to eat more good food. If she didn't know that she had no bad intentions, Zhou's mother would not have allowed her to be so rude to her mother-in-law.
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