Zhou Songbai's family and Zhou Dabo's family sat together at two tables. They were quite far apart, so they didn't get together to talk.
"What's wrong with your stomach?" Although the crowd was crowded, Zhou Songbai still saw her touching her stomach. "Did you eat too much?"
"Um."
"It just so happened that I went to the county town this morning. I bought you two pieces of snacks with hawthorn slices in them. You go back first and I'll bring it to you later." Zhou Songbai carefully protected her partner behind her, trying her best not to be squeezed by others.
Meng Zhiyu also wanted to go back quickly. Although all the villagers were going out, there were still many standing there talking and chatting, making it very noisy.
Meng Zhiyu and his friends returned to the educated youth's backyard. The weather was warm today, so Mu Ziwei took out the good tea he had gotten and brewed a pot to share with his friends.
Meng Zhiyu cut up a few apples, Li Tingman took out some raisins, and Li Qingqing took a look and took out a bag of melon seeds. "These melon seeds were sent to me by my mother. We fried them at home and they are delicious."
Jiang Zengzhi looked at it again and again yesterday, then ran to the front yard to get two bags of dried meat. "This is also what my mother sent me. One is spicy and the other is not spicy."
Seeing that he was the only one left, Song Guangye also wanted to go back and get something to reflect on himself. Yun Zhiping, who had been silent all the way, spoke up, "We just had lunch and we're not hungry yet. There's no need to take too much food."
Meng Zhiyu and others agreed. Zhang Yang rarely came to the backyard, but the friendship between them was still good. "I benefited from it. Before, I asked him for dried meat, but he was reluctant to give it to me."
"I don't have much left." Jiang Zengzhi snorted.
"Didn't I exchange something with you?" Zhang Yang picked up the small teacup and took a sip of tea.
"I have everything you gave me."
As everyone listened quietly to the two bickering, Zhou Songbai came in from the back door carrying a small package. Yun Zhiping was facing the door and was the first to see him, "Songbai is here?"
Meng Zhiyu turned around and Zhou Songbai placed the small package in her arms. "Snacks."
Meng Zhiyu smiled at him happily, feeling sweet inside. Mu Ziwei started to tease him, "Hey, sister Zhiyu, open it quickly and let us see what delicious food your boyfriend bought you again?"
He had heard about Zhou Songbai buying food for Meng Zhiyu in the county town from time to time. "Don't buy things for him all the time. Money shouldn't be spent like that. It won't be noticeable now, but it will be expensive when you get married."
Zhou Songbai was confident, "It's okay, it's not expensive, and it doesn't cost much. It's just a snack, I can still afford it."
Yun Zhiping nodded at him with satisfaction. That's right. If you can't even afford snacks for your partner, or are reluctant to spend money, it's better to break up early.
Zhou Songbai did a good job on this point, so I give him one point.
Meng Zhiyu opened the package, found the hawthorn slices, and took out a small packet to share. "Anyone of you who is full, take two slices to whet your appetite."
"It's not that I'm full, but it's a bit greasy." Li Tingman reached out and pinched four pieces, giving two to Song Guangye.
Meng Zhiyu agreed. At that time, everyone liked to eat fatty meat, thinking that fatty meat was the best meat among thousands. Three meat dishes on the table were all fatty meat slices, but fatty meat did taste delicious and fragrant.
After they had some snacks and fruit, Yun Zhiping suddenly asked, "Do you know your captain's daughter?"
Everyone was puzzled. Why were they talking about Zhao Shuanglian for no reason?
Meng Zhiyu was equally puzzled, but that didn't stop her from answering, "I just know she's the captain's only daughter. Everyone in the captain's family dotes on her. She's rather arrogant and a bit overbearing."
My cousin is not a boring person. Since he asked, he must have his reasons.
"Yes, she pursued Brother Mu before." Li Qingqing continued.
Mu Ziwei said, "...Don't drag me into this. I don't like her. Besides, she's married. It wouldn't be good if the news got out."
Li Tingman, who had spent two lifetimes with Zhao Shuanglian, had a deeper understanding of her. She frowned and said, "Although she's arrogant, she's not stupid. On the contrary, she's quite shrewd. I always feel that some of the things she does are inconsistent with her personality and a bit contradictory."
Meng Zhiyu didn't have the same feeling as her, but he could find a word that matched her feeling, "Protective color?"
Li Tingman paused, thought for a moment, and said, "Yes, it does feel a bit like a protective color."
Zhang Yang's face was serious. "Comrade Yun, just say whatever you want to say."
His sixth sense told him that what Yun Zhiping wanted to say must be related to what they were investigating. It was said that only women could have a sixth sense, and he had it too.
Everyone present looked at Yun Zhiping, who was drinking tea. He was conflicted. "I'm not sure either, but if I don't tell you, I feel a little uneasy. Zhang Zhiqing, Mu Zhiqing, I know you two are not simple people. I also heard about your arrest of human traffickers before."
"What I'm about to tell you is somewhat related to this matter. It all started a year ago. I was on a train to another city on business, and on the train I encountered a case of human traffickers abducting children. The traffickers accidentally revealed their identities and were caught on the spot. The traffickers were both young and old, and they were women."
"Because of this incident, I told my family to keep an eye on the children, and then I put it aside. But today, when I saw your team leader's daughter, Comrade Zhao, I felt that she was a bit similar to one of the women in the group who were arrested."
After Yun Zhiping finished speaking, he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued, "I just think they look very similar, but I'm not sure if there's any connection between the two. After all, there are so many people in the world who look alike."
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