"Tomorrow, we'll go to Liu Dazhu's house." Shen Qiqi said firmly.
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "Go to Liu Dazhu's house? Qiqi, you know who Liu Dazhu and his wife are! If you go, aren't you asking for trouble?" Before, because of some trivial matters, the two families had a very unhappy quarrel, and Liu Dazhu's wife even spoke ill of the Lu family everywhere. Is Shen Qiqi going to take the initiative to break the ice?
Lu Qing was very nervous. Will this melon be ripe?
"I know," Shen Qiqi held Lu Qing's hand, "but we can't keep staying in this stalemate, right? We'll meet each other sooner or later. Besides, it's better to resolve a feud than to create one. I'll go and try first, maybe there will be a turning point." Shen Qiqi gave Lu Qing a reassuring look, but she knew better than anyone else that this Hongmen Banquet was probably not that simple.
The next morning, Shen Qiqi packed up simply, took a deep breath, and walked towards Liu Dazhu's house.
With every step she took, she felt her heartbeat quicken.
How should I describe this feeling? It's like going to see the head teacher to report my grades. I didn't do anything, but I feel inexplicably guilty.
Liu Dazhu's low adobe house was not far away. Before he reached the door, he heard a sharp and sarcastic voice coming from the yard.
"What bad luck! Seeing it so early in the morning..." Liu Dazhu's wife's harsh face was full of disdain, and her tone was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
She stood with her hands on her hips, blocking the door like a fighting cock, as if Shen Qiqi owed her millions.
Shen Qiqi tried hard to force a smile: "Sister-in-law, are you at home?"
"Hey, isn't this the third daughter-in-law of the Lu family? What brings you here?" Liu Dazhu's wife said in a sarcastic tone.
Shen Qiqi was not annoyed and still kept smiling: "Sister-in-law, I was wrong about what happened before. I came here today to apologize to you."
"Apologize?" Liu Dazhu's wife sneered as if she had heard a joke, "You think you can let the matter go with just an apology? You wish!" She began to talk incessantly about everything that had happened before, as if she wanted to vent all the resentment that had accumulated over the past few months.
Shen Qiqi listened quietly, feeling as if a huge stone was pressing down on her heart, heavy and heavy.
Liu Dazhui sat aside, smoking his pipe silently. The smoke obscured the expression on his face, making the already awkward situation even more depressing.
"Sister-in-law," Shen Qiqi finally found a chance to interrupt, "I..."
"What do you mean?" Liu Dazhu's wife interrupted her impatiently.
Shen Qiqi took a deep breath, "I saw..."
Shen Qiqi was not scared off by the barrage of complaints. Instead, she smiled even brighter, suppressing all the anger of Liu Dazhu's wife.
"Sister-in-law, I came here today not only to apologize, but also to say something else." She changed the subject with a hint of subtle cunning, "I noticed that your fields have been short of water recently, haven't they?"
Liu Dazhu's wife was stunned, and her originally fierce expression froze instantly, just like an old-fashioned TV that suddenly lost its signal and the picture was distorted. She didn't react at all.
Her eyes, which were originally wide open, were now full of confusion, as if asking: What on earth is this woman planning?
Liu Dazhu finally raised his head, his eyes emerging from the smoke, staring at Shen Qiqi suspiciously, as if he was looking at a UFO that suddenly appeared.
Shen Qiqi didn't intend to give them time to react, and continued to drop bombshell news, "The canal near my house has a lot of water recently. If sister-in-law doesn't mind, I can bring some water from my house to quench your thirst." After she finished speaking, she blinked, looking innocent as if she was saying, "I'm really a good person."
Liu Dazhu's wife was completely stunned. This was the first time in her life that she had encountered such an "unconventional" situation.
This plot is wrong!
According to her thinking, shouldn't Shen Qiqi quarrel with her, and then she would humiliate Shen Qiqi?
How could this development be so unexpected?
"Our family doesn't seek any reward, we just hope that everyone can live in harmony with their neighbors." Shen Qiqi took advantage of the victory and extended an "olive branch of peace."
These words sounded like a declaration of "world peace", which silenced the "machine gun" that Liu Dazhu's wife had prepared.
She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but found that her throat was stuck as if by a fishbone and she couldn't utter a word.
Liu Dazhu also put down the pipe in his hand, frowned slightly, and looked at Shen Qiqi with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
The complex expressions on his weathered face are intertwined, making it look like an abstract oil painting, which is very intriguing.
Just when the awkward atmosphere had eased, Shen Qiqi said something that completely baffled Liu Dazhu's wife: "Sister-in-law, don't thank me yet. I have a presumptuous request..."
At this moment, a sarcastic voice came from not far away like a ghost, "Hey, what are you doing?" Zhang Gossip, a famous "intelligence center" in the village, is always there wherever there is gossip.
Her eyes were like radars, always able to accurately capture all kinds of "clues".
No, she immediately detected the "abnormal fluctuations" from Shen Qiqi and Liu Dazhu's wife.
"Hey, what are you doing? The sun is rising from the west? The third daughter-in-law of the Lu family actually ran to Liu Dazhu's house. This is... not a good intention, right?" The gossipy voice of Zhang Chang went into Shen Qiqi's ears like a poisonous needle.
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