Chapter 3 The Silly Daughter of the Party Secretary's House
Did Meng Wanqiu fall?
Of course not.
This height was no problem for Meng Wanqiu, who had experienced various horse vaults and even cliff jumping in her previous life. She had only asked him to catch her to test his temperament.
If Pei Xingzhi had caught her and was a kind and gentle man as the villagers said, then she wouldn't have to carry out her subsequent plans.
But now Pei Xingzhi not only did not catch her, but also moved a few steps to the side. Meng Wanqiu realized that Pei Zhiqing's personality was not as harmless as he looked, but was very aggressive.
But this is just right, she is not looking for a good person. If he is really a good person, she would not dare to harm him.
Her grandmother often said, don't bully honest people and don't harm good people.
So, Pei Xingzhi's behavior was exactly what she wanted.
Seeing that Meng Wanqiu did not fall, a trace of regret flashed in Pei Xingzhi's eyes, but then disappeared in an instant, and he became a familiar face to the villagers.
Pei Xingzhi frowned slightly, his eyes filled with apology. "I'm sorry, I didn't eat anything this morning, and I'm feeling dizzy right now. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to catch it and might hurt you, so I just let it go."
What a great acting skill! If she hadn't been very sensitive to people's emotions, and hadn't just been secretly observing Pei Xingzhi for a while and seen his true emotions when he wasn't pretending, she would probably have believed his disguise like the villagers, Meng Wanqiu thought.
"It's okay. I'm so fat. It would be bad if I bumped into Pei Zhiqing. I was too reckless."
Meng Wanqiu adjusted the shoulder straps of the bamboo basket, tilted her head back and smiled brightly at Pei Xingzhi. The flesh on both sides of her cheeks bulged out, looking like pink succulents that had absorbed water, making people want to pinch them.
Pei Xingzhi raised his eyebrows slightly. This was an interesting statement. It sounded like the other party was blaming himself, but after thinking about it, it seemed like he was mocking his fragility.
Being able to say such words, Meng Wanqiu does not seem like a person who has been stupid for more than ten years as rumored in the village.
"Are you thinking I'm not a fool?"
"No, you are very smart." Pei Xingzhi said this sincerely.
"I'm not stupid, I'm just slow to react. My grandma said I'm smarter than anyone else. If I can still get into college, I will definitely be able to pass." Meng Wanqiu opened her pair of black, bright round eyes and looked at Pei Xingzhi seriously and said.
Meng Wanqiu looked a bit silly, but Pei Xingzhi didn't care. He smiled tolerantly, like a big brother tolerating his unreasonable sister. He agreed softly, "Yes, Wanqiu is very smart. She will definitely be able to get into university in the future."
It's so fake and perfunctory. The worse the person's mood is, the softer their tone of voice and facial expressions will be.
After realizing that Pei Xingzhi was getting impatient, Meng Wanqiu took a few steps forward and went straight to the point. "Since you think I'm smart, too, then marry me?"
“Wha-what!!!”
The girl's two sentences, which had no logical connection between them, shocked Pei Xingzhi so much that his voice broke. Then he raised the corners of his mouth in amusement, and then strangely turned into anger.
What happened recently? Everyone wanted to marry him. How could he not know how popular he was? Pei Xingzhi could no longer suppress his emotions after suppressing them for a long time. They were running rampant in his chest, rushing to his brain and then flowing into his limbs. His straight body was trembling slightly.
Meng Wanqiu was a little dumbfounded. It couldn't be that serious. He was shaking with anger. He hated her so much. Seeing that Pei Xingzhi's eyes were bloodshot, she was afraid that he would cause trouble for his popularity, so she quickly added:
"I'm not trying to force you. This is just a suggestion. Haven't you been in trouble recently? I also happen to need a marriage partner. If you marry me, my family can protect you and prevent you from getting into trouble."
"You, you, don't be angry. If you don't want to, forget it. Just pretend I never said anything."
Meng Wanqiu was frightened by Pei Xingzhi's violent reaction and wanted to hold his hand to feel his pulse. However, as soon as she got close, Pei Xingzhi took a step back and his body trembled.
Meng Wanqiu didn't dare to speak anymore, nor did she dare to stay here any longer. If she really made Pei Xingzhi angry and got sick, her grandmother would definitely scold her to death if she knew.
So she took a few steps back, fixed the shoulder straps of the bamboo basket with her hands, turned around and left without looking back. Her movements were so fast that it seemed as if a ghost was chasing her.
Seeing Meng Wanqiu's figure disappear from his sight, Pei Xingzhi released his hands that were covering his chest. In fact, he was only angry for a while at the beginning. After Meng Wanqiu finished speaking the rest of the words, he had recovered and even seriously considered the other party's proposal.
As for why she continued to pretend to be very angry, with an idiotic look as if saying, "If you say one more word, I'll be pissed to death in the next second," it was purely Pei Xingzhi's evil interest.
Seeing Meng Wanqiu's panicked look, Pei Xingzhi felt inexplicably relieved.
However, thinking of the marriage proposal, Pei Xingzhi supported his chin and fell into deep thought.
Meng Wanqiu returned to the village and carefully avoided people and came to the back door of her house. She did not rush in, but leaned on the door with her butt sticking out to listen to the movement inside. After making sure that there was no movement, she opened the door quietly.
She stuck her head out to confirm again, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no one there. She had sneaked out, and because of what the white-bearded Taoist said, her family wouldn't let her go out, so every time Meng Wanqiu found a chance to sneak out, she would come back like a thief.
The Meng family's house is the only blue brick and tile house in the village. It has a front yard and a back yard. The front yard is an empty yard where some sundries are placed. It is also where the family eats in the summer. There are two plots of land in the backyard where some vegetables are planted. They also raise chickens and a large sow, which are fewer in number than the number of people.
She put the green pig food on the top of the bamboo basket into the trough in the pigpen, revealing the colorful pheasants underneath, two of them, fat and plump. Meng Wanqiu slurped her saliva, and her round eyes turned into crescent shapes when she smiled. There was no reason for her to return empty-handed.
However, it seemed that Pei Xingzhi's relationship was over. Meng Wanqiu was slightly disappointed, but soon she smiled again.
It doesn't matter. Her biggest advantage is that she can look at things in a positive way.
Even though she was adopted by a killer organization in her previous life, and was unable to practice martial arts due to her lack of talent and poor physique, and was almost killed, Meng Wanqiu did not lose heart. After a brief period of depression, she regained her energy and looked for a way out.
Knowing that the organization would not keep useless people, Meng Wanqiu worked day and night to learn other skills, and finally got the recognition of the leader of the killer organization and became the only logistics staff member of the organization without any combat power.
But Meng Wanqiu still had a hard life. She needed to deal with the internal work of the organization and also go out to assist other killers in assassination missions. For every mission others gave, she needed to do three, four or even more.
Even so, Meng Wanqiu still finds time to taste local delicacies, buy herself nice clothes and comfortable shoes, drink delicious drinks, and even explore haunted places...
Perhaps the organization's system was too cruel and inhumane. Not only did they not give people any rest time, they were also not allowed to talk about love, and even the remuneration was divided into 10:90. In the end, the organization's killers colluded with people from the outside world to destroy them.
Meng Wanqiu heard that it was a female killer in the organization who fell in love with a powerful and noble prince from the outside world. When the prince learned about the fate of his beloved, the organization was destroyed.
Meng Wanqiu was hated because she had delivered several inhumane missions on behalf of the leader, and she died as expected.
I thought my life was over, but I didn’t expect that I would be reincarnated into the future without drinking Meng Po soup.
In Meng Wanqiu's view, this era is simply an incredible era. There is no imperial oppression, only a basic policy that puts the people first; there is no male superiority over women, only women can hold up half the sky.
Bicycles, electric lights, and the train that Dad said was longer than the village... Everything dazzled and overwhelmed the ancient soul in Meng Wanqiu's young body.
Even though she has lived here for more than ten years, Meng Wanqiu still admires the leader who pioneered all this.
This is the society suitable for the people to live in. Even if there is endless work to do every day, as long as there is no war, this is happiness.
"Meow~"
The sudden meow brought Meng Wanqiu back to her senses. She looked down and saw that it was Da Mi rubbing against her legs. Da Mi was adopted from her grandmother's house by her second brother Meng Mingxia when she was young. Because she couldn't go out, she asked Da Mi to accompany her.
Thinking of her second brother, Meng Wanqiu sighed. She missed him.
Meng Mingxia joined the army when he was seventeen years old. He has been away from home for four years. The letters he sent home every few months only reported good news and not bad news. He saved his monthly allowance to buy gifts for his family. After Zhuangzhuang was born, he even sent a few cans of precious and scarce milk powder. I heard that the cadres in the commune couldn't buy it. I really don't know how he got it.
There are nine people in the Meng family, including Grandma Meng, Father Meng Aiguo, Mother Meng Li Lanxiang, four siblings Meng Wanqiu, and the only grandchild Meng Dongran, nicknamed Zhuangzhuang, who is three years old this year.
My eldest brother Meng Yanchun and my eldest sister-in-law Dong Hanyun both work on the farm at home.
The second oldest brother, Meng Mingxia, is a soldier in the army. The third oldest brother, Meng Wanqiu, has been a homebody for more than ten years. The fourth oldest brother, Meng Fengdong, is fifteen years old and goes to school in the county. He only comes back on weekends.
The eldest of the family is Old Lady Meng, Meng Wanqiu's grandmother. She's seventy-two years old this year. In her youth, she was the village's only teacher, highly respected throughout Hongshan Commune. In the decades before, when Hongshan Commune struggled to even get enough to eat, Grandma Meng persevered in teaching. It's an exaggeration to say that anyone within dozens of miles of Qinghe Village could have been one of her students.
Grandma Meng is the head of the family. Meng Wanqiu's parents listen to her very much. At the same time, she is also the person Meng Wanqiu fears the most and likes the most.
Something went wrong with her practice and she became stupid for more than ten years. It was Grandma Meng who took her to see doctors everywhere. Finally, she met an old Taoist priest with a white beard. It was not known what he said to Grandma Meng. Anyway, after that visit, Grandma Meng never took Meng Wanqiu out again.
Although Meng Wanqiu thought the old Taoist was just bullshitting her, and only knew how to torment her, during those years of stupidity, her mind was actually clear, but her body was disconnected from her brain, and she did everything slowly, so everyone called her a fool.
She regained consciousness later because of her own efforts to adjust her body, and it had nothing to do with the Taoist master White Beard.
But her grandmother insisted that it was the Taoist's credit, because he had calculated the time it would take for her to return to normal. At the same time, he also told Grandma Meng that she must see fewer outsiders before getting married, and only go out openly after the wedding, otherwise it would affect her lifespan.
That's why the entire Meng family didn't allow Meng Wanqiu to go out. And how could Meng Wanqiu, who had stayed at home for more than ten years, sit still after waking up?
However, since Meng Wanqiu had been stupid for more than ten years, everyone nearby knew about it. No one wanted to marry such a stupid daughter-in-law. What if it affected the next generation?
Those who come from well-off families are unwilling to take the risk of marrying a stupid wife, and those who come from poor families are looked down upon by the Meng family, so they turn a blind eye to Meng Wanqiu's behavior of sneaking out from time to time.
Only Grandma Meng always insisted on not letting Meng Wanqiu go out. Every time she was caught, she would be scolded and her monthly pocket money would be deducted.
After having her pocket money deducted for three months, Meng Wanqiu couldn't bear it anymore. She decided to find a marriage partner on her own, get married and start a family as soon as possible, once and for all.
Pei Xingzhi was her first target, but after what happened before, this target was probably ruined.
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