When I returned to the backyard of the educated youth, I saw a group of people sitting in the yard, and Mu Ziwei and others were still busy pouring water.
"Sister Zhiyu is back." The sharp-eyed Mrs. Zhou saw Meng Zhiyu and patted her mother-in-law.
The group of people who were chatting animatedly all turned their heads to look over. Zhou's mother beckoned her to come and sit down. "Tell me, what's going on?"
Originally, she wanted to wait outside with her son and daughter-in-law, but Li Zhiqing and the others felt that it was too hot outside in the sun, and Meng Zhiyu didn't know when she would come out, so she dragged them to the Zhiqing yard.
Meng Zhiyu walked to the center of the crowd like a star, took the bowl of water handed to her by Li Tingman, and recounted the cause and course of the incident.
Zhou Songbai was also a little surprised, "That Sister Hong is her daughter?"
"That's what Mrs. Xu said." They had both seen what Sister Hong looked like, but they couldn't see any resemblance between them and their mother.
Zhou's mother and the others didn't understand and were extremely anxious. "What do you want to say clearly? What do you mean by Sister Hong?"
Meng Zhiyu had been traveling for a long time and had wasted a lot of water. She was already very thirsty. She lowered her head and drank the water "gulp gulp". Zhou Songbai recounted the story of saving Tuwa that day with some deletions and revisions.
Finally, he asked, "Mother, have you seen the second daughter of Mrs. He's family?"
Meng Zhiyu was also very curious about this, holding the empty bowl and looking at Zhou's mother.
Mother Zhou, Aunt Wang, and Aunt Niu looked at each other and said, "I've heard of it, but I've never seen it."
Aunt Wang also nodded. "I haven't seen her, but I've heard a lot about her. Many people say that the second daughter of the He family is very capable, making a lot of money in the county, and is very filial to Mrs. He and Old Man He."
Mrs. Niu continued, "Their second daughter and second son were born in the same womb."
Jiang Zengzhi found it a little unbelievable. "Just to avenge his daughter, he didn't hesitate to use his own son. This is too..."
Although he hadn't finished speaking, everyone knew what he meant. Li Qingqing had a different opinion, "That's because Mrs. He knew the snake wasn't poisonous."
It's like taking poison. If you know it's not poisonous, you won't worry about it.
Aunt Wang laughed and said, "Whether it's poisonous or not, her second son is definitely alienated from her."
Indeed, no one could accept that someone would make himself a target in order to avenge his sister.
Meng Zhiyu sat there quietly, listening to the others complain about Grandma He's strange behavior. After they had their fill, he said, "Grandma He gave me ten yuan for the consultation. We're going to start the busy farming season tomorrow, and I thought of buying some mung beans and boiling them in a big pot for the people in our team to drink."
Although money is important, if you are not short of money, it is more cost-effective to use a little money to buy some people's hearts.
Especially now she was full of doubts and anxieties, whether it was Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhang's twins, the missing girls and children from several brigades, or Mrs. Xu today.
It is still necessary to communicate with the people in the team and build some goodwill. Moreover, the ten yuan is called a medical fee, not a red envelope, and it is even more impossible to be airtight.
Li Qingqing was puzzled. "Why? This is ten yuan."
One dollar can buy a lot of things, let alone ten dollars. Wouldn’t it be better to keep it for yourself?
Jiang Zengzhi also nodded in agreement. Li Tingman was young on the outside but experienced on the inside, and she understood what Meng Zhiyu meant after a quick thought.
Not to mention Zhou's mother and the other two, they were so thoughtful that they couldn't count them all. They took the ten yuan and said seriously, "Zhiyu, don't worry, Aunt Zhou promises to help you with everything."
Meng Zhiyu had gotten to know Zhou's mother better over this period of time. He smiled and thanked her, "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Zhou. I'll go to the back mountain to pick some herbs to relieve summer heat. You can boil some water to drink later to prevent heatstroke."
Zhou's mother and Li Tingman must have said a lot on her behalf about what happened today. Relationships can only last long if there is give and take.
Aunt Niu and Aunt Wang were pleasantly surprised. "Thank you in advance. If you need anything in the future, just let me know. If I can't help you, your uncle and the others can help you."
Although everyone is used to going to the fields every year, there are still several people who fall down from heatstroke every year because of the non-stop work of harvesting wheat under the scorching sun.
Now that they can escape the summer heat early, they naturally want it more than ever.
Mother Zhou didn't thank her. She pointed at her third son behind her and said, "It's not safe for a little girl like you to go to the back mountain. Your third brother Zhou has nothing to do, so let him go with you and give you a hand."
Meng Zhiyu had a treasure in hand and was not afraid of prey that frightened others. When he was about to refuse, Zhou Songbai said, "I just need to go to the mountain to collect some firewood."
Meng Zhiyu glanced at Zhou Songbai and saw him secretly wink at her. She knew he might have something to say, so she said, "Then I'll trouble Brother Zhou San."
Seeing that it was getting late, the two men left the excited people behind and went to the back mountain with their backpacks.
The herbs she was looking for could be found outside the back mountain. With Zhou Songbai, a tall and strong man, around, she didn't use the repeller and instead wanted to see if she could catch a rabbit or a pheasant.
As he got closer to the back mountain, Meng Zhiyu could clearly feel that the surroundings were much cooler. This was the charm of nature, a natural air conditioner!
Zhou Songbai slapped the grass with a stick and said, "I suspect there's something wrong with that old lady He."
"I also have some doubts. Sister Hong is a human trafficker. The behavior of that old lady He today is obviously to kill me and make me hated by others." Meng Zhiyu also expressed his thoughts.
Zhou Songbai said, "Well, that Sister Hong might not be her biological daughter."
She wasn't his biological daughter, yet he cared so much about her, even going so far as to use his own son. Meng Zhiyu frowned and thought, "Perhaps, the two of them were the connection points?"
Apart from emotions, there are only courtesy and interests that make people risk their lives and lose their minds.
He Pozi and Hong Jie were liaisons, working together to kidnap people. That's why she tried to take revenge on Hong Jie after she was arrested. However, "ruining my reputation and making people dislike me—what good would that do her?"
It can't be just for fun, right? Thinking of this, Meng Zhiyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and blurted out, "She's not trying to kidnap me, is she?"
Zhou Songbai broke off a drooping branch, stopped and turned his head, "It's possible."
"It won't work this time. She might do it again. You'd better be careful next time." Zhou Songbai said with a serious face.
Meng Zhiyu nodded tiredly. Although he was a little nervous, he felt much more at ease when he thought that he had space and Wangcai.
Wangcai took the opportunity to say, "Host, don't worry, Wangcai will protect you!"
Meng Zhiyu bent down to look for herbs, "Thank you, Wangcai, but please ask your fathers if they can give you a body."
"You can have a body, but there are two conditions. The first is that the host's store must have a turnover of more than one million."
"Secondly, the cost of the materials used to create Wangcai's body needs to be paid by the host."
One million gold coins? She had only earned a little over eight thousand gold coins so far, so a million would take a long time.
"Then I will work harder." Meng Zhiyu and Wangcai said.
Wangcai gave her a cheer!
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