The next day.
It was indeed a sunny and nice day.
Ning Jia swept an area of the yard clean with a broom, spread a piece of mat, took out the bag of millet, and began to dry the millet under the sun.
As soon as Old Mrs. Xu went out, she saw Ning Jia squatting on the ground busying herself.
"Oh, you come to dry the millet so early in the morning. What happened to the millet of the sixth wife?" Old Mrs. Xu was happy to see the misfortune.
"My millet is damp. Mom, how could the millet be damp in such dry weather?" Ning Jia looked at her in confusion, with a serious expression as if he was really seeking an answer.
When Old Lady Xu saw that Ning Jia was not worried about what was going on, she was delighted: "How should I know? If it's damp, just dry it in the sun. It's no big deal!"
"Oh." Ning Jia nodded.
Old Mrs. Xu held back her laughter as she walked out the door, not forgetting to turn around and curse softly: "It's what you deserve! It's what you deserve! Who told you to go against me? You're the one who's going to make me eat rice soaked in urine!"
Ning Jia sat in the yard, drying the rice in the sun.
After a while, Liang Lanlan came out of the house holding Yingdi. Seeing the situation in the yard, she smiled, greeted them and was about to leave.
"Third sister-in-law, why do you smile when you see me?" Ning Jia glanced at the smile on Liang Lanlan's face and always felt that something was wrong.
"I'm just happy to see you. What else can I say?" Liang Lanlan said casually, then went out to visit friends while holding Yingdi in her arms.
Not long after, the fourth brother and his wife also went out with a smile on their faces.
An Ye could see everything clearly from inside the room. She came out and wandered around Ning Jia: "It seems like something is not right."
Ning Jia frowned: "I feel the same way."
The two were talking when Liang Nengneng came out from Li Chuan's place. As soon as he entered the front yard, he turned around and saw An Ye.
"Stop." Ning Jia shouted at him.
Liang Nengneng stopped immediately. The last time he saw An Ye lose her temper, he had some psychological trauma and was inexplicably afraid of this woman.
"What's wrong?" Liang Nengneng turned around and hurriedly clarified himself, "I didn't do it. This is not my intention. You can't cause trouble for me."
Ning Jia and An Ye looked at each other, and both felt that these words had a bit of a "there is something fishy here" feeling.
"Come here, I'll give you something delicious." Ning Jia smiled, got up and went back to the house, took out a piece of peach biscuit from the cupboard and waved it in front of Liang Nengneng, "To be honest, there is something delicious."
An Ye rubbed his wrists and cracked his ten fingers. "If you don't tell the truth, you'll get a beating! If you lie, I'll break your butt!"
Liang Nengneng shuddered with fear and quickly took the peach cake: "I say, tell the truth!"
Although Ning Jia didn't know what Liang Nengneng was going to say, she didn't ask and just let Liang Nengneng speak for himself: "Just say what you know, and make it clear."
"Rice." Liang Nengneng pointed at the rice on the ground and stammered, "You can't blame me for this. Aunt Qi asked me to pee and gave me candy. I just peed, I didn't do anything else. She poured the urine into her body herself."
When An Ye heard this, his face turned red with anger and he wanted to beat someone up right away.
Ning Jia continued to ask: "Who knows about this?"
Liang Nengneng whispered: "Except you, they all know it."
"Who are they?"
Liang Nengneng counted the number of people on his fingers: "My aunt, my aunt... my brother Pan... my grandmother, my fourth uncle, my fourth aunt, my seventh uncle..."
"Oh, I have such a bad temper!" An Ye couldn't help it. When he was working as a slave in a big factory, he had never suffered such anger. "My hands are itching to hit someone!"
She usually does weightlifting, mountain climbing, cycling, and has even practiced Muay Thai and Taekwondo. At this moment, her restless genes are clamoring and she wants to vent her anger.
"Okay, you did a great job! I'll give you two more candies as a reward! But you can't tell anyone!" Ning Jia said.
"He dares to say it!" An Ye rolled up his sleeves, "If you dare to say it, I will twist your ears off, do you believe it?"
Liang Nengneng hurriedly patted his chest and promised: "I promise, I won't say a word! If I tell anyone, I will be a turtle bastard!"
"Okay, I believe you!"
Ning Jia gave Liang Nengneng a reward and sent him out to play.
"What are you going to do?" An Ye asked.
Ning Jia chuckled: "What should we do? Just chill! Come on, let's go get something big!"
Old Mrs. Xu was so busy laughing at others that she forgot that she was the one who locked the cabinet in the kitchen.
The key to lock the cabinet was in the drawer of the north room. When Old Mrs. Xu asked Ning Jia to cook to entertain Lin Xiaoxi, she took out the key from there.
When Ning Jia used the key to unlock the kitchen cupboard, An Ye finally understood what she was going to do.
"Here, hold the bag."
Ning Jia poured out the millet from Old Lady Xu's rice bag first, and then poured in the rice that had been soaked in urine. After the change, she put the key back and took the rice back as if nothing had happened.
By the time Old Lady Xu came back, Ning Jia had already put away all the things in the yard.
"Sixth wife, is the rice ready to dry?"
Ning Jia smiled and said, "It's almost done drying. My son is going to town. The rice can't be left hanging out to dry. It has to be put away, otherwise it will be troublesome if someone misses it."
In the past, Mrs. Xu would have cursed, but instead of cursing, she smiled and said, "Yes, it's better to put it away. Put it away so that if something goes wrong later, no one can explain it clearly."
"Who said it wasn't!" Ning Jia agreed with a smile.
After finishing all this, Ning Jia and An Ye went to the town together. Thinking of Jin Feng who had informed them of the incident, Ning Jia felt that he needed to go and remind her as well.
"Sister-in-law." Ning Jia knocked on her door. "Let me remind you, if we cook millet porridge at home in the future, you must not drink it."
Jinfeng was a little confused at first, but when she saw Ningjia's smile, she suddenly understood the meaning of that sentence.
"You...you can't be..."
Ning Jia grinned: "Yes, sister-in-law, thanks for reminding me, I have to remind you too."
"Xiaoxiao, don't worry." Xiao Jinfeng agreed with a smile. Although the rice was not good, she thought that she would follow Ning Jia to make money in the future, so she suddenly felt that it didn't matter if she didn't drink the two mouthfuls of rice porridge. "Sixth wife, I plan to go to the mountain to cut thorns and weave baskets tomorrow. How many baskets do you think I should weave?"
"The more the better, the more you edit, the more you earn."
"Okay, that's great!" Jinfeng smiled happily, "I'll soak the mung beans and put them by the fire to grow bean sprouts tonight."
Ning Jia and An Ye wanted to go to the town to purchase supplies, but they definitely couldn't do it on foot alone, so they went to the cow shed to find Old Yang.
When Old Yang heard that the two men were going to the town, he harnessed a bullock cart to give the two men a special trip.
After arriving in town, Ning Jia first went to the supply and marketing store to buy a box of cigarettes and gave it to Old Yang.
After receiving the cigarettes, Old Yang smiled happily: "Don't worry, you two can take your time to look around, I'll wait here, and we'll go back when we've bought enough!"
"Thank you, sir."
Ning Jia thanked him and started shopping with An Ye. It was almost the end of the year, and they had to buy a set of pots, pans, and utensils. They had to have enough for their future life.
Daily necessities such as soap, toothpaste and vanishing cream are also indispensable to buy, and food is the most important thing.
Ning Jia wanted to buy some meat and food, but couldn't.
You needed tickets to buy things at the supply and marketing department in town. In the countryside, grain and meat were distributed to each household after the production team mixed up the public grain and meat, so there were no grain tickets or meat tickets. If you wanted to buy these things, you had to exchange them with others.
In the end, the two of them could only buy some side dishes and go back.
Old Yang saw the two people buying so many things, so he smiled and asked, "Are you tired of living?"
Ning Jia looked aggrieved: "After the family was divided, my mother-in-law didn't give us anything, but we still have to live! We can't buy food and meat, so we can only buy some random side dishes to fill our stomachs. As long as we don't starve to death, that's fine."
Old Yang also knew about the Li family's affairs. He thought for a moment and said, "When we go out to do business, we farmers always bring our own food. We don't have food coupons to buy food outside. However, if we don't have enough food to eat when we go out to do business, we have to find a way to buy it. Therefore, people often secretly exchange food coupons with people in the town. It's a bit expensive, but at least we can have food to eat."
Ning Jia understood that Old Yang was giving her some advice.
"I understand, thank you, sir."
After returning to the village, Old Yang enthusiastically helped Ning Jia and An Ye deliver the pile of things to their doorstep.
In order to thank Old Yang, Ning Jia brought out another bottle of wine and forced it on Old Yang: "Uncle, please accept this!"
Old Yang felt embarrassed after accepting the cigarettes and then the wine, and he refused to accept any of them, saying that he didn't want any of them.
"Uncle, please don't be polite to us. We will have to trouble you in the future!"
Seeing that Ning Jia was really willing to give it to him, Old Yang accepted it and said cheerfully, "From now on, if you two need the car, just ask me. I will give it to you no matter who I choose!"
"Okay, I'll remember this!"
Both parties were very happy about this trip.
Ning Jia and An Ye got the job done, and Old Yang got a bottle of wine and a box of cigarettes. He was filled with emotion along the way. Everyone said that the two daughters-in-law of the Li family were immature, but he thought they were quite sensible and generous.
After returning home, Ning Jia found that Li Yao had not come back yet. The room had been cold for two days. If he didn't light a fire, the room would be completely cold.
She tried to tinker with it for a long time and finally got the fire started.
For dinner, she didn't cook. She just opened a can of luncheon meat and ate it, drinking two gulps of water.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ning Jia went to the kitchen to boil a pot of hot water, took a shower in the room, and went to sleep under the quilt.
She estimated that Li Yao would be back in the evening, so she could not stay in An Ye's room.
Fruit.
She had slept for most of the night and was in a daze. Suddenly, she felt someone lift the quilt and crawl in.
Just as she was about to turn over, she felt someone pressing against her from behind, with a hard and cold body.
Ning Jia opened his eyes and was about to speak.
Then I heard Li Yao's deep and magnetic voice: "Wife, I'm back!"
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