Shen Mengli clenched her fists and was about to step forward, but was grabbed by Wang Hongxia.
Niu Juxiang looked at Shen Mengli being stopped by Wang Hongxia and became even more arrogant. "Why, you still want to hit someone? Did I come true?"
Although Wang Hongxia had always disliked Shen Mengli, thinking she had a spoiled little girl's temper and was cunning and domineering, they were all educated youth after all, so she said, "Auntie, Shen Mengli was indeed saved by Li Guodong. Not only do we educated youth know this, but the team leader also knows it. If you don't believe me, ask the team leader. As for the pregnancy you mentioned, that's even more impossible. After all, Shen Mengli didn't know Li Guodong before this."
Lin Jianwei echoed: "Exactly, who knows who that Li Guodong is? Auntie, please don't slander people!"
Niu Juxiang glanced at Lin Jianwei and said, "Hey, my lover is here to support me. Lin Zhiqing, what is your relationship with Shen Zhiqing?"
Lin Jianwei was stunned by the question, then he said, "What's your business about my relationship with Shen Zhiqing?"
Wang Chunmiao: "Why doesn't it have anything to do with us? Guodong will be miserable if he becomes the victim in the future."
Lin Jianwei was so angry that he was about to go forward and pull Wang Chunmiao, but was stopped by Li Qiang. Then he saw the team leader coming over.
Li Tiezhu got up in the morning and originally planned to go to the township to report that the educated youth had returned to the city without permission. However, he was informed that Shen Zhiqing had been rescued by Li Guodong. Although he was very angry, based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more, he did not say anything except asking about Shen Mengli getting lost in the mountains.
However, what Li Tiezhu didn't expect was that the gossipy old women in the village said that Shen Zhiqing and Li Guodong were fooling around. Not only that, they now said that Shen Zhiqing had a bad behavior and was hooking up with other people. So when he heard about this, he came here immediately.
Li Tiezhu immediately saw the arrogant Niu Juxiang and several educated youth standing nearby with their faces turning blue with anger.
Captain Li Tiezhu glared at Niu Juxiang. "Niu Juxiang, what's wrong with you? You're the only one who's always bothering me!"
Niu Juxiang complained: "Captain, it's really not me who's looking for trouble. I just said a few words about Shen Zhiqing, and she came over to quarrel with me." As she said that, she glanced at Wang Chunmiao who was standing beside her.
Wang Chunmiao understood what Niu Juxiang meant and immediately continued, "That's right, Captain. You said that Shen Zhiqing did such a shameless thing. Isn't this a disgrace to our Dongfeng Brigade?"
Shen Mengli listened to the two old women slandering her in front of the captain, and she was shaking with anger. "Captain, you know, this is not the case at all."
Li Tiezhu glanced at the other eavesdroppers. "Chen Zhiqing was rescued on the mountain purely because she was lost, not because she was fooling around. Everyone knows Guodong, that kid. Is he the kind of person who would do such a thing?"
Niu Juxiang interrupted, "Why did Shen Zhiqing go up the mountain? If not to meet his lover secretly, what else could he be doing?"
Li Tiezhu was impatient. "Why do you say that? It's because of you guys, you keep talking nonsense all day long, saying that Xiaoxi is not doing well and scaring Shen Zhiqing. Anyway, Shen Zhiqing didn't do anything shameless. If I hear someone using words to criticize others again, don't blame me for being rude. Okay, let's get back to work and stop causing trouble for me."
After hearing what the team leader said, the members stopped talking about it. Instead, they were curious about what had happened in the Li family. Why were they all sick yesterday, but so happy today? It was not until they got off work at noon that they found out that the Li family had split up.
For a moment, the entire village was in an uproar. Why? Because in this era, splitting up families was rare. Some people said Niu Cuihua and Old Man Li were fools, saying they were living a good life, why would they split up? Others said it must have been because of Li Mingxi's incident, causing disagreements in their family. Regardless, everyone believed it was Li Aijun's sons who were angry. Otherwise, why would they split up when their lives were getting better and better every year?
Seeing that the matter was getting more and more outrageous, Niu Cuihua directly stood up and said that she was old and did not want to be in charge of the family anymore. This sentence caused a huge uproar, making all the daughters-in-law of the Dongfeng Brigade envy Zhang Xiuzhi and her sisters-in-law. After all, the separation meant that they would no longer be under the control of their mother-in-law and would no longer have to endure her bullying. At that time, they only needed to take care of their own small family.
The other wives scoffed at Niu Cuihua's actions, and even resented her. If she hadn't taken the initiative to split the family, none of the wives would have thought of splitting up. Which mother-in-law didn't start out as a daughter-in-law? Now, before she'd even had a chance to enjoy herself, the wives were already clamoring for a split. Who else could she blame but Niu Cuihua?
Niu Cuihua knew exactly what these people were thinking, but she didn't say anything because the Li family now had an important thing to do, which was to build a house.
The next day after the family split, Li Aiguo told Old Man Li and the others that he was going to build a house. He had a good idea at first. He would build the house and then divide it among them so that everyone would not have to live together every day after the family split and cause conflicts. However, he was strongly opposed by Niu Cuihua and Old Man Li.
Old man Li said that he would build a house as soon as the family was divided. It would attract too much attention. The eldest and the third son would definitely make a fuss, causing disharmony in the family. Although Niu Cuihua didn't say anything, she meant the same thing. For this reason, Li Aiguo had to suppress his thoughts and wait until next year to talk about building a house. Li Mingxi also agreed with his grandparents' thoughts. After all, there is some truth in the saying that wealth should not be shown off.
The days passed quietly one by one, and in the blink of an eye, the Li family had been separated for several months. Although there were occasional minor conflicts during this period, because Niu Cuihua's influence was still there, no major quarrels broke out.
That day, Li Mingxi saw that everyone had gone to work and his two younger brothers had gone out to play, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was around and entered the space. As a result, when he entered, he saw Yue Ze lying in front of the ancient building. He thought that he had not seen Yue Ze for a long time.
Li Mingxi hurried forward, "Yuezhe, are you waiting for me?"
Yue Ze rolled his eyes and said, "You think too much. I wasn't waiting for you. I was just bored."
Hearing this, Li Mingxi suddenly felt lost, "Oh, if you're fine, I'll go in and read."
Yue Ze nodded. Seeing that Yue Ze really ignored her, Li Mingxi felt a little depressed. However, when she thought of the storybook she had read a few days ago, she forgot about this little thing again. Unexpectedly, just when she read the key part, she heard someone shouting outside, and she had no choice but to leave the space.
Li Mingxi opened the door and saw Erwang, so he asked, "Erwang, what's wrong?"
Erwang spoke incoherently, "Erni, she fell into the river!"
Li Mingxi was shocked when he heard this. "What? How could Sister Erni fall into the river?"
Erwang looked panicked. "Oh, I don't know either. As soon as I heard she fell into the river, I ran and called for help!"
Li Mingxi immediately said, "Well, Erwang, let's go and take a look."
By the time Li Mingxi and Erwang ran to the river, a group of people had already gathered there. Erni had already been rescued by the educated youth Yang Qiangjun. However, because Erni had just drunk a few sips of water, Yang Qiangjun was performing chest compressions on her.
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