Zhu Hong happily took all the things away. Meng Fuyan went to the new house to take a shower, washing her hair as well. When she came out, Gu Tingzhi had only prepared half of the meal. Meng Fuyan was holding a towel and drying her hair. She went over to take a look and found that it was quite a feast.
"You've done so much!"
Gu Tingzhi looked up at her.
The girl, who had just taken a shower, looked incredibly fresh and radiant. She already had fair skin and hadn't experienced much hardship in the city; her family had always pampered her, which made her look even more youthful and radiant.
Her long, glossy black hair, usually braided, was now loose, making her look even more charming.
Gu Tingzhi couldn't take his eyes off her; his eyes revealed an undisguised amazement.
Looking at his boss's eyes, Xu Jing was absolutely certain that his boss had fallen in love.
Gu Tingzhi's gaze fell on Meng Fuyan, and his voice softened considerably, "You like to eat meat, right? I stewed some ribs for you. You must be exhausted from climbing the mountain today. This is a good way to nourish yourself!"
Meng Fuyan took a look and saw that there were indeed spare ribs; she could even smell the aroma.
In the 1970s, being able to eat meat every day was a very happy thing.
There were stewed pork ribs and braised rabbit meat.
Xu Jing and Fu Chaosheng went up the mountain today and caught some game. When they got back, they stewed the rabbit.
The aroma of the meat was incredibly strong, filling the entire educated youth compound. The three Wu siblings naturally smelled it as well, and the tempting aroma made Wu Chengye extremely hungry.
Life in the Meng family used to be so wonderful. It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Suddenly falling from heaven to hell, life is just too hard to bear.
"This is outrageous! They're eating meat every day! That damned Meng Fuyan! It's all her fault! We just wanted her to go to the countryside to make some contributions, but she's sent all of us there! We don't know how to do farm work at all. She's deliberately getting revenge on us. This little bitch is so vengeful. We absolutely can't let her get away with this. She'll only get more and more arrogant."
Wu Meixiang was also tempted by the aroma of the meat.
When they were at home, it was during the time her mother was pregnant and giving birth. During her pregnancy, she was constantly taking care of her body, and then she went through postpartum confinement and gave birth to triplets. The father was overjoyed and never stopped eating delicious food.
After all, she was her mother's biological daughter, so she naturally benefited the most from her mother's good fortune. For the past few months, she had almost never run out of good food. Now that she had suddenly become poor, she couldn't stand it at all.
“Brother is right. We can’t go on like this. Winter is coming soon, and we don’t have many supplies for the winter. How are we going to survive? Mom hasn’t been able to send anything over, and we’re almost out of money. What are we going to do?”
The letter from home meant that it was probably impossible to send them anything, so if they wanted to get through this winter, they would have to find a way on their own.
Being unfamiliar with the place, the only solution they could think of was Meng Fuyan.
Wu Meixiang bit her lip. "How about... we try to reconcile with Meng Fuyan? After all, we're family. Even if we just coax her into giving us the supplies first, that would be fine! At least we can get through this winter first."
“She has money and ration coupons, and so many cotton-padded clothes and quilts. If she’s willing to take them out, even if she doesn’t buy any new ones, it should be enough for the rest of us. She used to have a lot of quilts…”
"Are you going to beg her?" Wu Siyu's sinister voice suddenly rang out.
Wu Meixiang was startled and shrank back, explaining, "It's just a discussion, nothing more. Big sister, we need to find a way to get through the winter, don't we? We've said nice things to Meng Fuyan before, and now that we need her supplies, why can't we say a few nice words to coax her?"
“We’re all family. She wouldn’t just watch us freeze and starve to death. If she did, the brigade leader wouldn’t let her neglect us like that. If something really happens to us, the brigade leader and the villagers will definitely blame her for being too heartless. That would ruin her reputation. Let’s go talk to her. Maybe then we’ll have a better life. Isn’t that better?”
Wu Siyu sneered, "Don't your injuries hurt anymore? Have you forgotten how she beat you?"
"I..." Wu Meixiang pursed her lips and remained silent.
Wu Siyu looked at Wu Chengye, "Chengye, do you also think we should try to befriend Meng Fuyan? Go and ask her for help?"
Wu Chengye's face was fierce. "How could that be? You want me to beg her? Who does she think she is?"
Wu Chengye looked down on Meng Fuyan. "She's a pampered young lady with no one to rely on. Everything she eats and wears is given to her by my father. She's a worthless piece of trash with a capitalist's attitude. Why should I have to beg her?"
"We took her too seriously before, which is why she became so arrogant and unruly. What daughter is as arrogant as her? She has no one to rely on, so what gives her the right to act like that? Back in Changning City, there were still some old fogies in the factory who could barely speak up for her. Now that she's in Banqiao Brigade, far away from the central government, she's all alone and there are four of us. She should be begging us. Taking anything from her is already doing her a favor. If she doesn't know what's good for her, then we can't blame her."
Wu Siyu smiled slightly, clearly satisfied with Wu Chengye's attitude.
“You’re right, that’s what I meant too. We’ve spoiled her too much before. She’s the one who’s all alone, so why should we be afraid of her? This house is ours now. Her Meng family is all dead. She should be respectful to us and act subservient in front of us.”
This was her long-held dream, which she thought would come true the moment Meng Fuyan's mother died. However, she waited for three years and still couldn't achieve it. Meng Fuyan even ruined her good office job and sent her to this godforsaken place in the countryside. She hated her to death.
At this point, you expect her to beg her? How could that be possible?
She'd had enough!
With his sister's support, Wu Chengye's confidence immediately soared. "Okay, I'll find a way to teach her a lesson."
Wu Meixiang bit her lip, her face contorted in distress. "But...but...what if we can't beat her at all?"
Wu Chengye: "..."
Wu Siyu: "..."
"Can you stop just boosting others' morale and belittling your own?" Wu Siyu shouted, her face flushed with anger. "You can't help at all, you're just a hindrance, and you're still making sarcastic remarks at a time like this. Did you come here just to cause us trouble?"
Wu Meixiang's tears of grievance flowed down her cheeks, but looking at her sister's gloomy and somewhat frightening face, and then at her brother's equally fierce expression, she dared not say a word.
Yuan Yi listened to their conversation from beginning to end. He, who had been silent the whole time, couldn't help but ask, "Was your house really robbed so thoroughly that there wasn't a single item to help you?"
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