After listening to the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Zhao Jingyu pushed his bicycle and walked out. Yang Yuelan called out to him, "Jingyu, where are you going?"
"I'm going out to buy a stove." Zhao Jingyu didn't say much and went straight to the staff reading room. Tang Wenya wasn't there; Chen Meili was looking at a fashion magazine by herself. When she looked up and saw Zhao Jingyu, she was startled. "Who are you looking for?"
Didn't Zhao Jingyu get into trouble?
Why did you suddenly come back?
"Where is Tang Wenya?" Zhao Jingyu asked her.
"She...she took leave and is resting at home." Seeing Zhao Jingyu's strange expression, Chen Meili knew that the visitor was up to no good, and quickly asked him, "What do you want with her?"
Zhao Jingyu said nothing, turned around and left.
"Something's wrong!" Chen Meili muttered under her breath.
After leaving the staff reading room, Zhao Jingyu went to the residential compound of the Third State-owned Cotton Mill.
It was lunchtime, and the family of three was having lunch when they were surprised to see Zhao Jingyu arrive. Xu Jianguo quickly asked, "Why are you here? Where's Qingning?"
“Uncle Xu, I’m here to see Tang Wenya today.” Zhao Jingyu sat down on his own. Xu Jianguo frowned: “Jingyu, Qingning is already married to you. You should change your address.”
After not seeing him for half a year, Xu Jianguo was surprised to find that Zhao Jingyu was like a completely different person. He was wearing a sharp black suit, a brand-new gray-green sweater, a light purple shirt underneath, and shiny black leather shoes.
Just like actors in movies.
He's changed so much in the past six months; he's completely different from his carefree self.
However, he had a scar on his forehead, which made him look a little more dangerous.
"But you don't agree with our relationship, do you?" Zhao Jingyu crossed his legs and asked Tang Wenya directly, "Tang Wenya, when I came back, I heard from the old ladies in our courtyard that you spread the rumors about my accident. How do you plan to apologize to us?"
"You're talking nonsense, I didn't say that." Tang Wenya instinctively denied it, her face flushed with anger. "Everyone's talking about it, what makes you think it was me?"
I understand, he came here just to cause trouble.
He was just like Xu Qingning; she disliked him.
“They say it was you who spread the rumor.” Zhao Jingyu looked at her expressionlessly. “You can deny it, but everyone thinks it was you. I’ve already spoken to the company leaders about this, so you need to be prepared to deal with it.”
"Zhao Jingyu, what do you mean by this?" Jiang Yumei was displeased. "Your affair has been widely publicized, and many people are talking about it. How did it become the fault of our Wenya? Do you think that because Xiao Tingshen is not at home, we Wenya are easy to bully?"
“If Xiao Tingshen comes back, have him come find me. I happen to need to speak with him.” Zhao Jingyu didn’t want to talk to Jiang Yumei and asked Tang Wenya again, “Tell me, what did you go to my house for today?”
“My dad has been worried about you because of this. I heard you’re back, so I wanted to go see you and say a few words to Qingning. Is that not allowed?” Tang Wenya didn’t expect Zhao Jingyu to come to her because of this. She looked at Xu Jianguo and continued, “Qingning is my dad’s daughter after all, and he cares about you both a lot.”
"Alright, enough with the high-sounding words." Zhao Jingyu stood up and straightened his clothes. "Tang Wenya, those sample garments you saw today are what my wife is preparing for a fashion competition. If you leak them out, we will definitely call the police."
"Zhao Jingyu, don't pin everything on me." Tang Wenya was annoyed that her thoughts had been exposed. "Your clothes are just lying on the kang (heated brick bed), anyone can see them. Even if they get leaked, it has nothing to do with me."
Then, she looked at Xu Jianguo with a pitiful expression and said, "Dad, you saw it too. I went to see Qingning with good intentions, but they suspected me of sneaking a look at their sample clothes. How was I supposed to know that they were going to participate in some kind of fashion competition?"
“Jingyu, Wenya just came back and said that she did see Qingning.” Xu Jianguo hadn’t heard about the fashion competition. “We don’t know anything about fashion. She just happened to see it by accident.”
"Tang Wenya, that's all I have to say. Take care of yourself." After saying that, Zhao Jingyu got up and left.
"Jingyu, I'm entrusting Qingning to you. You must treat her well." Xu Jianguo escorted him to the stairwell and said in a low voice, "If I did anything wrong before, please tell her not to hold a grudge against me."
"Qingning is my wife, so of course I will treat her well." Zhao Jingyu looked at him indifferently. "I'd appreciate it if your family didn't show up in front of her again. We'll be better off without you."
Xu Jianguo: "..."
Actually, this incident wasn't really Tang Wenya's fault.
She did indeed go to visit Xu Qingning.
Unfortunately, this kind of thing is hard to explain.
When Zhao Jingyu returned home, he had an iron stove and several chimneys on his bicycle, which he planned to install in their house.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and it's impossible to live without a stove.
In the afternoon, Liang Yufeng and Chen Baichuan arrived. A few days ago, Liang Yufeng's mother-in-law fell ill, and she took half a month off to take care of her at home. After returning to work, she heard about Zhao Jingyu's situation and then heard that Zhao Jingyu had returned.
Chen Baichuan was very skilled at installing furnaces, so Zhao Jingyu became his assistant as soon as he arrived.
In less than two hours, the two of them had installed the stove.
I tried lighting it, and the fire was very strong with very little smoke.
Yang Yuelan was relieved; it wouldn't have been good if it had been smoking.
"I was relieved to see him come back." Liang Yufeng was still a little shaken. "I didn't know about this."
“He was fine to begin with; it was just rumors spread by others,” Xu Qingning said with a smile. “It’s fortunate you didn’t know; you would have worried too if you had.”
"By the way, your household registration has been officially registered in our village. If there's a homestead available, I'll keep an eye out for it for you." Liang Yufeng brought up the household registration matter. "They'll probably release one or two quotas early next year, which is usually around that time."
“Okay, keep an eye out for any available spots.” Xu Qingning readily agreed. She had already saved enough money to buy land and build a house. Building a big house was no problem at all.
Wutong Village is an urban village, not a rural village in the true sense. According to the plot of the book, Wutong Village will be demolished in 20 or 30 years and become the new city center.
In the future, one bungalow can be exchanged for two apartments, so after the child is born, she will find a way to put the bungalow in the child's name so that he will never have to worry about housing for the rest of his life.
Furthermore, individual businesses will begin to emerge next year, and various policies will gradually be relaxed. At that time, she can apply for a shop, open a clothing store, and sales will definitely not be a problem.
The couple, concerned about their home, helped install the stove, discussed the household registration matter, and left after sitting for a while.
The newly bought stove had a strong fire, and Xu Qingning was in the room in her pajamas. The temperature was just right, as warm as spring.
Zhao Jingyu even went out and bought two pots of longevity plum blossoms, placing them on the windowsill, saying that the warmth shouldn't be wasted.
In the evening, Zhao Jingwen, Yang Zhibin, and Yang Yuexiang and her daughter Wu Huihui arrived. They had heard that Zhao Jingyu had returned and came to see him.
Yang Zhibin was stunned when he saw Zhao Jingyu.
After several years, Zhao Jingyu was clearly different from before. His clothes were more fashionable than before, making him seem unreliable and giving people the impression of being a womanizer.
He couldn't understand why Xu Qingning would choose such a man, even though he was her cousin.
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