Qiu Jiayue sat up from her mother's arms, looking unhappy.
"Aunt Lu, what I said before wasn't just for me. I said it for everyone. Why didn't you appreciate it in the end and instead blamed me? My kindness is really not rewarded!"
Qiu Jiayue's face was grim, her brows furrowed, and she said with great dissatisfaction, "And I didn't say anything wrong. She lives in such a big house by herself. How can she live there? Such a big house is empty anyway. Why can't we live there?"
Qiu Jiayue had an ugly face and was in a bad mood, so her tone was rather harsh. The same was true for Lu Liqing. As an elder, she kindly reminded someone, but was confronted by a junior. Judging from the other person's appearance and tone, he almost jumped up and pointed at her nose and started scolding her. How could Lu Liqing be happy?
Her bad mood was written all over her face, and Lu Liqing frowned. "Jiayue, Aunt Lu doesn't blame you. But sometimes you should think carefully about what you can and can't say. When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. We're staying at someone else's house, so we should be polite. This isn't a hotel; how can we have as many rooms as we want? And even if you wanted to ask for as many rooms as you want, you shouldn't have spoken to them in that tone! With that tone, if you were someone with a bad temper, they might have kicked us out right then and there! Have you ever thought about where we'll need to live in the future? You have to think carefully before you do or say anything!"
Sitting in front of the stove, except for Dongzi who went to the bathroom to take a shower and He Zhennan who was not there, the rest of the people all gathered in front of the stove. Feeling everyone's eyes on her face, Qiu Jiayue's face was burning, and she became more and more irritated and dissatisfied.
She gritted her teeth, trying to suppress her anger, but her voice rose involuntarily. "Aunt Lu, I already said I'd give her food. It's not like she's living there for free! We agreed on 20 kilograms of food per month for one room. In this precarious situation, what's the most valuable thing? Isn't it food? During those days of heavy snow, the price of food per kilogram was almost as high as two taels of gold. 20 kilograms of food is 4 kilograms of gold! At 340 gold per gram, 4 kilograms of gold used to be enough to buy a house, not just rent it for a month! Are we losing money by offering this price?"
Lu Liqing's temper flared up at this point. She glared back at him bluntly, "You said it was during the snowstorm! Every winter when it snowed, even a thin layer of food would increase in price, not to mention the heavy snow that lasted for several months! Back then, food was precious. If you could offer 20 kilograms of food, you could choose any house, not just an empty one. You could even have a house given to you. There were plenty of people willing to do it! But what time is it now? Plants and animals mutate after a heavy snowfall! Just three or five corn cobs can cost 20 or 30 kilograms. Do you think food is still as valuable as it used to be?"
"The landlord has fields and land, and who knows how much grain matured overnight yesterday! Does he still need those 20 kilograms of yours?!"
As they traveled during the day, they saw many farmlands on both sides of the road, and large areas of crops had matured overnight.
Even though the fields were overgrown with weeds, the crops continued to grow. Rice plants were over a meter tall, and corn stalks were several meters tall. Corn cobs, which usually weighed less than a pound, now weighed several pounds each!
In a situation where food is extremely abundant, what does 20 kilograms of food matter?
Not to mention 20 kilograms of food, even 20 kilograms of meat would be a very easy thing to find. You can just kill some sparrows to get it!
Lu Liqing's words came crashing down on her, nearly knocking her head back. But how could Qiu Jiayue accept defeat? With so many eyes staring at her, Qiu Jiayue felt a burning sensation on her face.
She stared stubbornly at Lu Liqing, biting her lip as she angrily said, "Aunt Lu, whose side are you on?! We're clearly on the same page, so why are you siding with someone else? Are you just trying to curry favor with this woman because she has a nice house and plenty of food?"
Lu Liqing covered her chest with her hands, and was almost furious at Qiu Jiayue's words!
“You, you, you—!”
Lu Liqing pointed at Qiu Jiayue and was so angry that she could hardly speak!
Was she deliberately trying to curry favor? The other party hadn't even shown up, so why should she deliberately try to curry favor?!
In a split second, Pang Xiong didn't even have time to warm up the ham sausage he had just peeled. The atmosphere between the two women instantly became tense, and a sense of tension spread in the air, making Pang Xiong feel overwhelmed.
On one side is his friend's girlfriend, and on the other side is his friend's mother. As a rough man who has been in the army for many years, Pang Xiong has always liked to speak with his fists. When he can speak with his fists, he will never talk nonsense. But now...
Uh, no one can beat these two women!
His fists were of no use at all, so Pang Xiong stretched out his arm and poked Cui Wen in the stomach, signaling him with his eyes to quickly separate his girlfriend and Dongzi's mother.
We are brothers who have been through thick and thin together for so many years, so don’t create a rift between us because of such a small matter!
"Jiayue, stop making a fuss. Auntie didn't mean that before. It's all for our own good. Calm down." Cui Wen sighed. Even though he was a little angry because his girlfriend had made him lose face in front of the captain before, at this time, even if Cui Wen was angry, he had to speak up to persuade her.
"Cui Wen, is this my fault? Do you think it's my fault too? You really disappoint me! I abandoned my previous villa and followed you all the way here. Is this how you treat me?" Qiu Jiayue felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke. Even though she felt a little guilty about the original incident before, at this point, she had already thrown the guilt out of the window. Facing her boyfriend, she became more and more angry and aggrieved as she spoke, and she began to speak in a hoarse voice.
Qiu's father and mother sat aside without saying a word. In fact, they were a little unhappy. As Qiu Jiayue's parents, they also had some common parenting issues. That was spoiling their daughter. Even though they knew their daughter shouldn't be so spoiled before, and then spoke to the landlord, hadn't they already criticized her before?
This Lu Liqing is still complaining about her daughter's faults. Isn't this a slap in their faces?
Their daughter is no good, they have already criticized her before, and this person is still here nagging, just when they are parents, are they dead? Talking about the faults of someone else's child in front of their parents is not pleasant for anyone.
"What are you talking about here? Why is it so lively so late at night? If you have nothing to do, go to bed early. Don't waste time here. Everyone has been working hard on the road these days. Have a good rest and refresh your spirits." He Zhennan, who heard the noise, came over, patted Cui Wen on the shoulder, and said lightly to the people sitting around the fireplace: "We just moved here, and we will definitely be busy tomorrow. You must have a good rest tonight."
Obviously, Mr. Qiu, Mrs. Qiu and Lu Liqing were all elders, but they were always a little scared of He Zhennan, the younger generation. When Qiu Jiayue saw He Zhennan's cold face, she felt even more uneasy. She said a few words with a wry smile, and gradually lost herself under He Zhennan's cold gaze. She coughed dryly, pulled her mother, and turned to go upstairs.
The mother and daughter went upstairs, and Father Qiu naturally followed behind them. After taking a look, Lu Liqing took the dirty clothes she had taken off in the plastic basin and went outside to wash them.
For a moment, the whole kitchen fell silent again.
Pang Xiong wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and sighed exaggeratedly, "Oh, thank goodness you're here, Boss! Otherwise, I really don't know what to do... Hey, how did we start arguing out of the blue? This argument is so intense that it almost ripped the ceiling apart. Fortunately, I don't have a girlfriend, otherwise, it would be really terrible."
Seeing his brother being knocked down and scolded for saying a few words, Pang Xiong patted Cui Wen's shoulder sympathetically, with an expression that said, "It's so miserable for you to have a girlfriend."
Cui Wentie curled his lips, glanced at Pang Xiong, and turned to look at his boss, "Boss, go take a shower first. Fat Bear and I will be here later... I will be on duty for the first half of the night, and Fat Bear for the second half. Last night, it was all you, Boss, doing the night watch. You didn't sleep all night, it must have been tiring."
He Zhennan and his four companions, along with four ordinary people, were able to reach Wanxi Village safely all the way, not only because they had weapons and were skilled, but also because they were very alert. Even in a seemingly stable environment, they would still arrange for people to keep watch to avoid putting themselves in danger without knowing it.
He Zhennan glanced at Cui Wen, shook his head, chuckled, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. "No need, everyone should rest together tonight, you just need to sleep peacefully. There are guards here every night, and they guard much better than us."
"Better than us keeping watch? Who is it? Aren't there only eight of us and the landlady in this room? Boss, are you talking about the landlady?" Pang Xiong stuffed the roasted sausage into his mouth, chewing it while mumbling, "No, Boss, I think you're doing something wrong. How can you let a woman keep watch? We are originally staying at each other's house, and things like the homepage should be left to us... Hey, that's not right! The landlady was alone from beginning to end. Did she stay up all night before we came?"
"Eat your sausage—" He Zhennan scolded with a smile: "Even sausage can't shut you up. When did I ever say that she was the one keeping watch? She said before that they have dogs at home, so naturally, those dogs are keeping watch tonight."
"Dog? Boss, when did you become someone who is willing to entrust his life to a dog?" Pang Xiong was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped, and he looked at his boss with his mouth wide open.
However, at this moment, a heavy breathing sound suddenly came from behind him, and Pang Xiong's hair stood on end!
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