Qian Qing likes this little rabbit very much. Zhou Hao is a good painter. The cute little rabbit with its eyes closed is also adorable.

Qian Qing couldn't let it go for a while before putting it down: "I'll make a string around it tomorrow and wear it again."

Zhou Hao pulled out a red rope from the bottom of the box like magic: "I've prepared it a long time ago."

Tying the jade rabbit around his neck, Zhou Hao looked at his wife's beauty for a while before taking a bath and washing her hair. Qian Qing took this time to make Zhou Hao a bowl of noodles.

I also cooked a pot of ginger soup in a small pot. Both of them had been caught in the rain just now, so drinking some ginger soup could prevent them from catching a cold.

Zhou Hao put down his bowl. Just as Qian Qing was about to tell him about what had happened recently, Zhou Hao picked her up and went to the inner room.

Qian Qing: …

Okay, I guess Zhou Hao won’t be able to listen to what she says at this moment.

It was not until dusk that Qian Qing woke up from his sleep.

Zhou Hao did not show the weakness of someone who had stayed up all night. He cleaned the house thoroughly, washed clothes, and cooked dinner.

Zhou Hao is a pretty good cook, and he even learned a few tricks from Qian's mother, so there is no problem feeding Qian Qing.

I steamed a bowl of egg custard, fried some bamboo shoots, mixed a bowl of cold vegetables, and stewed winter melon, shrimp and rice soup. It was a light dinner. Qian Qing felt uncomfortable sitting, so Zhou Hao quickly took a cushion for her to sit on.

Qian Qing's desire to beat Zhou Hao up faded a bit, and she rolled her eyes, letting Zhou Hao experience the experience himself.

After dinner, the couple finally found time to talk about their recent events.

Qian Qing was a little unsure. She didn't tell Zhou Hao in advance that she was selling popsicles, and now the stall is so big. Would Zhou Hao be a little reluctant?

As a result, Zhou Hao listened seriously and remained silent for a long time.

Qian Qing was about to explain her motives and reasons in detail when Zhou Hao's face changed.

Unable to conceal his anger, he said, "Wang Hua just watched his wife bully you? He didn't even apologize to you?"

Qian Qing: ...Isn’t your focus a bit strange?

"What's going on in this family's mind? They're bullying you to no end, right?"

Zhou Hao became angrier and angrier as he listened. His wife, the sweet and soft wife he had just married, had to pedal a tricycle to earn money every day. He felt uncomfortable just listening to her. But he knew Qian Qing had her own ideas. She enjoyed making money. As long as his wife wanted to do something, he would support her.

But Qian Qing came up with the idea and started the business herself, so why did Wang Hua's wife interfere?

He had previously thought that Wan Zhenzhen was scheming, but now she was trying to harm Qingqing?

At this moment, Zhou Hao just wanted to go next door and drag Wang Hua out and beat him up. His wife was causing trouble, and he was adding fuel to the fire.

He just didn't believe that Wang Hua didn't pay for Wan Zhenzhen's tricycle. So all the front-line work was done by his wife, and Wang Hua just hid behind the woman to get the advantage, right?

Qian Qing held Zhou Hao down, her mind filled with confusion.

She originally didn't want to tell Zhou Hao about her dream because she was very scared.

The me in the dream was nothing like myself; it was simply another person in her skin.

She watched helplessly as "her" life fell into the abyss. There were opportunities for things to get better several times, but "she" lost herself in Wan Zhenzhen's childish tricks.

Every time she thought of the dream, she shuddered.

She was afraid that everything before her eyes was temporary, and one day when she closed her eyes, she would be back in the nightmare.

Zhou Hao saw Qian Qing's hesitation and held her hand instead.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Hao had always been so determined that Qian Qing felt a little hopeful.

She took a deep breath and told Zhou Hao about her dream intermittently.

Would Zhou Hao believe such an incredible thing?

If it were someone else, Zhou Hao would just ask that person to go home early and take a shower.

He has read a lot of books and never believes in these things like gods, ghosts, and monsters.

But this person is Qian Qing...

Zhou Hao's brows became more and more furrowed.

Qian Qing finished her words nervously and waited for Zhou Hao to ask questions.

She had thought it over. Even though Zhou Hao was skeptical, she told him the truth, firstly to make herself feel more at ease, and secondly to make it clear to Zhou Hao the danger posed by Wan Zhenzhen, and that everyone, including Wang Hua, should be careful in the future.

Just believe it a little, and you will have some confidence in the future.

As a result, after listening to what was said, Zhou Hao took out a piece of paper and a pen from the cabinet, and asked a question that almost stunned Qian Qing.

"Wife, tell me all the details of your dream."

If it was just out of jealousy that Zhou Hao was targeting Qian Qing, he could apply to change houses, or even apply to be transferred to H Province. As long as he took Qian Qing with him, those troubles would not be able to catch up with her.

But because of jealousy, someone's life would be ruined. It was so vicious that Zhou Hao didn't want to avoid it.

According to Qingqing's dream, in some unknown world, Qingqing was pushed into such a hell against her will. Zhou Hao felt cold in his teeth when he thought about it.

He could not imagine how scared and confused Qian Qing had been in the past half month since she had this dream. He was on a business trip, Qian Qing was alone at home, and there was such a covetous creature living next door.

Zhou Hao couldn't take this as a joke. Now all he could think about was how to change the ending of Qingqing's dream.

According to my wife, Wan Zhenzhen's so-called system thing doesn't speak, it just tells Wan Zhenzhen where to get the money.

Zhou Hao sneered, money? Let Wan Zhenzhen dream!

Qian Qing finally couldn't hold back her tears: "I'm telling the truth, Zhou Hao, we need to move faster."

She was afraid that the force that pushed her to do stupid things would come from nowhere and she didn't know when it would come upon her again.

Zhou Hao stroked her head: "I believe you, wife."

The power that made his wife act stupid? Zhou Hao thought, what if he stood at a higher place?

What if he stood in a place that Wang Hua and Wan Zhenzhen would never be able to go in their lifetime?

He didn't believe that by that time, Wan Zhenzhen would still be able to pull them down.

The couple went through it carefully, and Qian Qing told them everything that happened in the dream, leaving out no details.

Zhou Hao stroked the paper on which most of the writing had been done, and he already had a plan in mind.

"Don't worry about Wang Hua. I'll keep an eye on him. I'll also pay attention to the rewards for those who happened to solve the technical problems. As for Wan Zhenzhen, she will be quiet for a long time as you said. It's not convenient for us to move this house this year. I'm going to find a way to move to another place next year."

"Qingqing, just do whatever you want to do. We also have our own lives to live, and we can't just revolve around Wan Zhenzhen's family."

The focus of life should always be on yourself. Placing your expectations and goals on others is bound to ruin your life.

"I will work harder and improve myself. Just focus on making money and don't worry about anything."

Qian Qing slept very soundly that night. No matter what storms lay ahead, as long as Zhou Hao was with her, she would never be afraid.

****

Zhou Hao successfully solved the technical problem, and the maintenance team leader Zheng Xian was also generous and gave him a week's vacation.

A rain failed to bring down the hot weather, and the sky was clear for a few days, but the annoying cicadas came out again.

With Zhou Hao around, Qian's mother just came to take a look and left. The couple had just gotten married, and it was inconvenient for her to live here.

Before Zhou Hao came back, some people in the building were also speculating about how Zhou Hao would react when he came back. After all, his new wife had gone out of her way to become a self-employed business owner, and any man would feel ashamed if he told anyone about it.

But Zhou Haohun didn't care. It was as if he had taken over the baton from his wife. He worked harder as a self-employed person than his wife!

He took on almost all the hard work, buying popsicles on a tricycle, delivering popsicles on a bicycle, and even found an acquaintance to make an appointment with the security guard of the single dormitory for a week's supply at the end of summer.

Qian Qing was given a long vacation after a long absence. Every day, apart from counting money, she would sit in the small house at the gate, fanning herself with air and listening to the radio.

A week later, Qian Qing calculated her income and officially announced that her popsicle business had come to an end.

In less than four weeks, she earned 1,800 yuan, plus the 200 yuan she gave to Qian's mother, it should actually be counted as 2,000 yuan.

This number is considerable in the entire factory. The highest paid eighth-level worker in the factory earns less than two hundred yuan a month!

On the last day of Zhou Hao's vacation, the two finally made up for their belated visit.

Zhou Hao brought a bunch of stuff, five pounds of meat, a chicken, three pounds of sausage, a bag of dried shrimps, a big bag of milk candy, and two pounds of peach cakes...

The two of them returned to her parents' home with lots of bags. When they got downstairs, the gossipy women who had been talking didn't even say hello when they saw Qian Qing.

Qian Qing didn't think anything of it and was even a little happy in her heart.

Her mother saw them coming back upstairs and came out to greet them, her face full of smiles that she couldn't hide.

"Hey, why did you bring so many things? Qianqian, Qianqian! Ask your mother to come over and help!"

After a while, a thin woman with a sallow face appeared. She came up swiftly and took the bags. She smiled heartily and said, "It's been so long. It doesn't matter if you send a little more. Qianqian, call me uncle."

A little kid who looked like a bean sprout blinked his eyes and stared at the candy in the bag, saying sweetly: "Uncle! Aunt!"

Qian Qing held her sister's hand, and said with great distress: "Why are you so thin? How did the Huang family support you and your daughter?!"

She is seven years older than her sister, and her sister has been raising her since she was little. Seeing her sister so skinny that there is no flesh on her hands, she is angry and annoyed with her brother-in-law.

Qian Yu pulled her into the house: "Your brother-in-law is very kind to us!"

Qian Qing is upset, but it's the good that makes people feel helpless.

If her sister married into the Huang family and her wife was not good, Qian Qing would get her sister out of the Huang family even if it meant losing her reputation. The key point was that the Huang family was not good, except for her sister's wife.

Her sister has a good relationship with her brother-in-law, and she has Qianqian, so how could she possibly leave everything behind?

Mr. Qian was still at work and hadn't come back yet, so the family sat together. Zhou Hao wasn't so aloof anymore and called her "Mom" all the time, more affectionately than Qian Qing.

Qian Qing sneaked up to her mother and asked a little nervously, "Why did Aunt Yang look at me in a weird way when I went upstairs just now?"

Qian's mother held a kitchen knife in her hand and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"Who cares about her? She came to my house a few days ago and wanted to borrow my grate. I was steaming buns on it, so I said I couldn't borrow it. But she was sarcastically saying I was stingy. So I had to lend her the grate even though I didn't cook for myself? I closed the door and she left. Now she tells everyone I meet that I'm stingy."

"What about Grandma Zhao?"

"The grandson of their family got along well with Wanbao Jin and was used to eating and drinking at our house. A few days ago, I stopped letting him eat, and of course his grandmother was not happy."

"It seems that Sun's wife didn't say anything either."

"I borrowed money from you. If you didn't lend me the money, we would become enemies."

…

Mother Qian has felt truly happy these past few days. She has lived in this building for twenty years, and there has never been a year in which she has been as happy as she is now.

Don’t give things you don’t want to give, don’t lend money you don’t want to borrow, and if you don’t want someone to eat for free, get out!

She was a little worried at first that she would be left with no one to talk to in the whole building, but recently a few women liked to come to her house to chat and do some needlework with her.

Mother Qian thought about it and understood. In the past, no matter whether others treated her well or badly, she treated others the same. No one would take her kindness seriously. They just thought, "What if I don't give anything? You will always help me when I encounter problems."

Qian Qing had said this when she was teaching her a few days ago, saying that her behavior would make others feel that her kindness was worthless and that it was not worth maintaining a relationship with her.

Now that she acts like she is "clear about gratitude and resentment", some people think that she has changed her character and look up to her.

Furthermore, most of the people who came to her house were there to take advantage of her. Some families with better reputations did not dare to get too close to her, lest they be misunderstood as taking advantage of her. Moreover, Qian's mother was always too polite to others. Last time, she put out all the good things at home. People were embarrassed to eat and simply stopped coming.

Now it's all right, everyone gets along very happily, visitors bring some tea, and those who have the conditions can grab a handful of peanuts. A few people sit together, do some needlework, eat a few bites of food and drink a few sips of wine.

On the contrary, the relationship gradually became harmonious.

Mother Qian felt a little ashamed that even at her age she still didn't understand things as well as her little daughter.

Qian Qing thought for a moment and asked again, "Where is the Wan family?"

Wan Zhenzhen should have come to her mother's house, right? Will she be naughty again?

Qian's mother was in a mixed mood: "Wan Baojin doesn't come anymore. His mother did come over and cry, but I didn't take it seriously. Now neither family talks much."

Only then did Qian's mother realize how heartbreaking it was. She was the one who helped the Wan family the most in this building.

The two families were in similar situations. Both had two daughters, which was the subject of gossip in those years.

Later, Qian's parents decided not to have any more children. Two daughters would be enough, as Qian's mother's health could not handle having another one.

But the Wan family was not like that. They tried to have two more babies, one of which was lost, and the other one was Wan Baojin, who was treated as an eyeball.

Because of this late-born son, Wan's mother's health deteriorated and the Wan family's assets were emptied.

Sometimes, Qian's mother thought about her own situation, so it was inevitable that she would be nicer to Wan's mother.

Who knew that it was just to not invite her son to eat for free, and when Wan's mother cried and saw that it was useless, she turned around and showed her true colors. The words she said were so harsh that they pierced her heart.

"They are two losers but they are still holding on to the money. They are just jealous of us, the Wan family, and they are picking on a child. We are old neighbors."

"How much can a child of his eat? He is really an old man who only cares about money and has no human touch at all."

Qian's mother's heart turned cold and she could understand her little daughter's words even more.

Don't think about what these people are thinking. Some people are just like that. Even if you cut your meat for them, they will still think it tastes fishy.

You don't need to understand the motives of this kind of person, because normal people would not do such a thing. Similarly, normal people don't need to make close friends with such people.

Qian Qing listened to it all, but still didn't hear what happened to Wan Zhenzhen.

She asked again, and Qian's mother also shook her head.

"She said she was back at her parents' home, but I haven't seen her many times. I heard her mother scolding her a few days ago, but she has been silent these days. I saw her mother bringing her food."

Qian Qing felt a tingling in her heart. It was not normal for Wan Zhenzhen to stay back to her parents' home for such a long time.

Wan's mother also brought her food?

This is simply the sun rising from the south.

"I'll go check it out later."

She wasn't afraid of Wan Zhenzhen's mischief, but she'd better understand what Wan Zhenzhen was doing. Now that she hadn't moved away yet, as a neighbor, she naturally had to keep an eye on this family.