Chapter 063 Chapter 63 Undercurrents at the Dinner Table

Wang Xiuxiang originally wanted to remind Lin Yue to be careful of Zhang Xiaohui, but she didn't expect that Lin Yue was not only not in a hurry, but also hid behind the door and peeked in, with an expression of watching a show. She was immediately furious: "I really worried about you in vain. It seems that you are really not in a hurry at all!"

Lin Yue laughed and said, "Sister-in-law, with her condition, believe it or not, even if she does something outrageous, Zhang Yuandong will never even look at her. Besides, with Yuandong's stupid head, she is just flirting with a blind man!"

It's not that she is blindly confident in Zhang Yuandong, it's just that although they are now husband and wife, they don't have any relationship in reality, so she is not in a hurry.

She continued to lie on the door and peeked inside through the crack. She saw Zhang Yuandong sitting at the table on the floor with a look of forbearance on his face. He was eating his meal by himself and pretended not to hear anything Zhang Xiaohui said.

Liu Fang sat next to Zhang Xiaohui, staring at the excitement with a pair of big eyes and looking gossipy.

There were actually quite a few people at the table on the kang, listening to the noise. No one understood what had taken Zhang Xiaohui's madness to make her be so attentive to a married man, and the key point was that this happened in someone else's home.

Seeing that she was still watching the fun, Wang Xiuxiang laughed, punched her, and pushed her inside.

Seeing Lin Yue coming in, they all called out to him loudly: "Wanli's mother, come and sit down. I told you not to worry so much, but you've been busy for so long. How can you finish all these dishes?"

Lin Yue smiled and sat down on the edge of the kang: "This is not my work, it's all thanks to sister-in-law Xiuxiang. I haven't had any free time this morning, it's all thanks to my sister-in-law who has been running around for me. Everyone, enjoy your meals and don't be polite!"

Everyone laughed. Wang Xiuxiang was recognized as excellent by everyone. She was also the daughter-in-law of the team leader. Everyone praised her generously. Wang Xiuxiang was praised so much that she almost didn't have the courage to enter the house. Even Zhang Zhiqiang, the father-in-law, was beaming with joy.

Zhang Xiaohui glanced at Wang Xiuxiang and curled her lips. Even if everyone praised her to the height of beauty, what good would it do? She would still be an ordinary person all her life and waste her life in the countryside!

She thought of the task that man had given her, and moved towards Zhang Yuandong again. However, she did not dare to say anything because he had a wife next to her.

Zhang Zhiqiang had seen all kinds of evil spirits and had long understood Zhang Xiaohui's intention. He sat on the kang and saw Zhang Xiaohui's little action at a glance. With a bit of disgust in his eyes, he said to Wang Xiuxiang: "Yuan Dong has been busy since he came back and has no chance to talk to us. You sit down and eat, and let Yuan Dong sit here and chat with us old folks."

Wang Xiuxiang immediately understood what her father-in-law meant and agreed readily.

She pushed Zhang Yuandong next to Lin Yue and said, "You two should sit together!"

Being teased, Zhang Yuandong's face slowly turned red. He stood next to Lin Yue, shyly adjusting his haircut, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Everyone present was a veteran, and they were all amused to see him like this, and they started teasing the two of them even more.

Sister Jin laughed and said, "How can you be so shameless, Far East? You've been back for more than half a month, and you're still shy when you see your wife!"

Auntie Luo said with a smile, "Okay, don't make fun of him. They say that a short absence is better than a new marriage. These young couples have not seen each other for a long time. They must be embarrassed! If you ask me, when Wanli Niang gives birth to two more fat babies for Yuandong, they will gradually become thick-skinned!"

At this point, he changed the subject and asked Aunt Wang San who was sitting next to him, "Speaking of which, your Xiaohui is not young anymore. Has she found a marriage plan?"

Auntie Wang San is usually a talkative person, but she was dumb during lunch today. When she saw people asking about her, she smiled awkwardly: "Not yet..."

Her husband Zhang Zhiye interrupted and said nonchalantly: "Their generation now is not like ours. What they care about is freedom of marriage. She has positive ideas, so we don't have to worry about her!" After saying that, he picked up the wine bowl in front of him and took a sip happily.

He said that Zhang Xiaohui had a righteous idea, not a big one, and that one word showed his position. Aunt Wang San still had some shame, and her face turned red with embarrassment. She lowered her head and hunched her shoulders and sat there, feeling that she couldn't stay there for even a minute.

The atmosphere in the room froze immediately. Aunt Zhang slowly stood up, holding her waist, and sat down next to Zhang Xiaohui, blocking her line of sight from Zhang Yuandong: "Oh, my waist is so bad, I can't sit on the kang anymore, I'll sit here for a while!"

Someone broke the awkward silence and everyone started laughing again.

Zhang Xiaohui's face was terribly gloomy. These old guys who took advantage of their seniority just liked to meddle in other people's business.

She worked for that man, and everyone around her was vying to show her courtesy, but she was repeatedly frustrated by Zhang Yuandong, which made her extremely upset.

But she had a mission to accomplish, and couldn't just say she wouldn't do it. Thinking about the benefits that person had promised her, and the pros and cons that Miss Zhou had analyzed for her, she gritted her teeth, ignored the various looks in the room, and sat firmly on the stool, refusing to leave.

Sun Hongmei had just drunk a lot of wine, and now she was intoxicated and started to scold Lin Yue: "How do you act as a daughter-in-law? There are so many guests at home, but instead of serving them tea and water, you even snatched food from the guests. Xiaohui knows how to take care of others, but you are not as sensible as an unmarried girl!"

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere in the room, which had just recovered a little, suddenly became silent again.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what had suddenly gone mad on her.

The veins on Zhang Yuandong's forehead popped. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a deep voice from outside the door: "From what you said, you don't like your current daughter-in-law and want to change her?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall figure walking in from the door. He was handsome and elegant, and his coarse clothes could not hide his scholarly air. The years had left a few traces on his face, which made him look mysterious and old. He stood there like a nobleman from the old times.

He was a nobleman from the old times, the dream lover of many young girls in that era. The figure of this man slowly merged with the person in her memory before Sun Hongmei's eyes. She seemed to have returned to that summer of that year. This man looked at her with cold and disgusted eyes, and uttered cold words: "My family doesn't need such a shameless servant like you. Go pack your luggage and leave!"

Sun Hongmei was shaking all over, and she was almost sober in an instant. She didn't dare to look at the man again, her eyes were dodging, she sat there with her shoulders hunched, and didn't dare to say another word.

Everyone greeted him: "Principal Xu is here, come up and sit down, let's have a drink together!"

Lin Yue saw all of Sun Hongmei's reactions, and then he went to greet her: "Teacher, you are finally here. If you don't come, I will go and invite you!"

Father Xu smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "You are moving today, how could I not come? I have to see if you are doing well!"

His eyes moved around the crowd and suddenly stopped at Zhang Yuandong's face. He was shocked for a moment. He turned his head sharply and stared at Sun Hongmei, his eyes were so complicated that it shocked people.

Sun Hongmei didn't dare to look Xu's father in the eye. Her whole body was trembling and for the first time, an expression of shame and fear appeared on her face.

Everyone present knew that Sun Hongmei had worked as a maid in Principal Xu's home before liberation, and seeing the two's reactions now, it was hard not to be curious. There were a few who knew more, and their eyes moved back and forth between the two, and finally fell on Zhang Yuandong, as if they suddenly understood something extraordinary, and their mouths opened wide in an instant.

Lin Yue could roughly guess what people were thinking by looking at their expressions. In fact, her mind was also full of wild imagination at this moment, thinking that if Zhang Yuandong was really her half-brother, then the two children...

She quickly stopped thinking about it. Father Xu had clearly explained before that he had no relationship with Sun Hongmei. What did he say then? It seemed that he failed to climb into bed.

So why was he so shocked after meeting Zhang Yuandong?

Zhang Yuandong was confused by the stares he got from the crowd, and he felt a little uneasy. He took the initiative to greet them, "Hello, Principal Xu. Come over and have dinner. I'll make room for you!"

Father Xu slowly recovered from his shock. He smiled and greeted everyone. He pushed Zhang Yuandong back to his chair and drove Lin Yue to the table below: "Go sit over there. I'll talk to your husband."

He had originally planned to stand up for Lin Yue and question Sun Hongmei, the mother-in-law, but now he had forgotten all about it and only saw Zhang Yuandong in his eyes.

Lin Yue sat next to Aunt Zhang, and like everyone else in the room, he quietly listened to the conversation between Xu's father and Zhang Yuandong. Actually, it couldn't be called a conversation, it was mainly Xu's father asking questions and Zhang Yuandong answering them in a serious manner.

This was the first time Zhang Yuandong had met Principal Xu. He had been a soldier since he was sixteen, and before that, he had only returned twice, once to get married and once a few months ago.

Due to time constraints, he never had the chance to meet this legendary principal. He only heard that he was a famous red capitalist in Rudi, who had spent all his family's assets a few years ago and secretly helped many hungry children.

Zhang Yuandong had a very pleasant chat with Xu's father. Xu's father asked him a lot of trivial questions, but Zhang Yuandong did not feel disgusted. Instead, he felt very happy.

Father Xu had many of the characteristics that were unique to the literati of that era—firmness, gentleness, tolerance, and the ability to make people let down their guard and reveal their true selves. Not only Zhang Yuandong, but almost everyone present except Sun Hongmei was infected by him, and soon the atmosphere at the dinner table returned to normal.

Zhang Xiaohui, who was sitting below, curled her lips in disdain. She had a very deep impression of this Principal Xu. In her previous life, during that crazy era, he was the first person to be criticized to death in Dacangshan Commune, one step earlier than Widow Liu.