Upon hearing this, Li Chunhua instantly exploded, "Huang Xiuying, I already said that my nephew was just slightly injured and would be fine after some rest. You're the one who's crippled!"
Huang Xiuying's eyes were still scrutinizing Fu Ming's legs. At that moment, Fu Ming felt no different from a boar waiting to be bred in a pigpen.
He hadn't gotten a good look at the girl earlier, but now that she was bullying his family like this, he wouldn't want her even if she were a goddess.
"Auntie, let's go back!"
Li Chunhua was both angry and annoyed. She was angry because Huang Xiuying had praised her daughter so highly, and annoyed because she had lost face by bringing her nephew along.
“Auntie, my aunt brought me here to say that I have no intention of seeing this, and I am not worthy of your daughter. Whether I am a cripple or a normal person is none of your business.”
They are neighbors after all, so we can't let things get too ugly.
Fu Ming grabbed Li Chunhua and turned to leave, but Huang Xiuying was still muttering behind their backs.
“A cripple isn’t out of the question, but the bride price has to be 100 yuan, and your divorced sister-in-law can’t live at home.”
Unbeknownst to her, in the afternoon she saw Fu Wan with a little girl catching those worthless mantis shrimp in the field.
Now it was Fu Mingqi's turn to laugh. "I already said I didn't want your daughter. Can't you understand human language? My sister can live at home if she wants, and I'll build her a big house if she doesn't. Who do you think you are, acting like you're in charge?"
Li Chunhua nodded and said angrily, "Huang Xiuying, are you out of your mind for money? Even if my Fu Ming had that much money, my family wouldn't give it to you!"
"Let's leave it at that. I'll wait and see what kind of good family your daughter can find!"
After saying that, she pulled Fu Ming away.
Huang Xiuying was also furious. Staring at Fu Ming's back, she belatedly realized that this man did not look like a cripple at all.
Damn it, that Wang Pandi who was asking for information was just lying to her?!
Let's see if she doesn't settle the score with her!
Ye Guilan was busy in the kitchen when she saw Fu Ming and the others through the window. She smiled self-deprecatingly.
She's quite good-looking, but unfortunately, her background will only bring trouble to others.
When Li Chunhua and Fu Ming arrived home, Fu Wan and her cousin-in-law Chen Guifang had just served the crayfish.
Ye Jianguo's two sons had arrived home long ago and were just coming out after taking a shower.
"Auntie, brother, hurry up and prepare dinner."
Li Chunhua quickly went over to help. If she hadn't wanted to try the garlic and spicy dishes that Fu Wan had mentioned, she would have been too embarrassed to let Fu Wan do all that work.
Although Bai Qianzhou's intelligence was not what it used to be, he still knew that he was a guest in someone else's home.
Seeing that Fu Wan and the others had brought out the dishes, he quickly ran to get the other dishes as well.
Ye Jianguo looked a little embarrassed when he saw that the guests who came to his house all did the work themselves.
Without any hesitation, everyone sat down, filling two square tables to capacity.
"Xiao Bai, thanks to you this afternoon, otherwise that little kid next door would probably be in serious trouble!"
Ye Jianguo held up a bowl to thank Bai Qianzhou. Ye Jianguo's two sons also asked what was going on, and Fu Ming, Fu Wan and the others were also full of questions.
Bai Qianzhou still looked rather dim-witted, and when he saw Ye Jianguo raise his bowl, he thought he was asking Ye Jianguo to pour him some wine.
Upon seeing this, Ye Jianguo quickly put down his bowl. It turned out that they had been catching loaches in the village that afternoon when a boy somehow got hold of a hard candy. Seeing that many children had gathered around, he swallowed it in one gulp.
As a result, the candy got stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down, and he suddenly started choking and yelling.
The adults around were startled. Bai Qianzhou quickly went over, made a fist and placed it on the child's stomach. Then he hugged the child from behind and performed a series of actions. In no time, the child spat out the candy.
Ye Jianguo now truly believed that Bai Qianzhou was the miracle doctor who had cured Fu Ming.
Fu Ming and Fu Wan exchanged a glance. "Dr. Bai, you've recovered?"
Bai Qianzhou didn't understand what it meant, so he scratched his head and said, "Call me Xiaobai."
Fu Wan was speechless. Well, she was still the same idiot.
This might be what they call muscle memory from the internet in my past life!
The two large platters of crayfish on the two tables received high praise from everyone, especially Ye Jianguo's grandson, Ye Zhenxing, who preferred the spicy version. He ate the spicy crayfish while gulping down water, yet he couldn't bear to put down the crayfish in his hand.
Ye Jianguo and his two sons ate and drank, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
"I wish I could eat this shrimp every day!"
"I wish my aunt could stay at my house every day!"
Granddaughter Ye Xiaofeng sighed, while Chen Lingling proudly stood protectively in front of Fu Wan.
"My mom doesn't have time to cook for you every day; she's busy catching big fish!"
Ye Xiaofeng pouted, but Fu Wan had an idea.
"Auntie, would you like to learn how to cook mantis shrimp?"
Li Chunhua shook her head, "This stuff uses a lot of garlic and chili peppers, I'm too lazy to bother with it."
Fu Wan disagreed, "We have garlic and chili peppers at home. Aunt, haven't you thought about making them yourself and selling them at the market?"
Qingshan Village also has its own market, but the market mainly sells rare items like pork, and no one sells mantis shrimp, which are readily available everywhere.
"Aunt, you can give it a try. It's a pity we don't have a bicycle at home. Otherwise, you would definitely sell it better in town."
"Mother, it just so happens that tomorrow is market day, why don't we give it a try?"
Li Chunhua didn't mean it that way, but Chen Guifang did. Although she only had one son, she also wanted to earn more money to ease the burden on her husband.
After all, she could see how tiring it was to work on the dam every day.
"Auntie, why don't you give it a try? These mantis shrimps are free. You can cook them and take them out. If you don't sell them all, you can eat them yourself!"
Li Chunhua was a little worried, "Won't this violate the rules?"
Having witnessed that period of strict crackdown, she was genuinely afraid to take the risk now.
"It's alright, those pork sellers at the market do it openly and honestly, don't they? The policy is different now!"
Li Chunhua was somewhat tempted by the persuasion, "How about we try it tomorrow?"
Ye Jianguo listened to the whole thing from the side. Although he had drunk some wine, he was not drunk.
"I'll go with my eldest and second eldest brothers to catch some shrimp in the fields later. You guys can cook them and try it out first thing tomorrow morning."
Fu Ming got excited as soon as he heard that, and now he and Bai Qianzhou were joining the shrimp-catching team.
As for Fu Wan and the others, they stayed at home preparing the seasonings they needed, and went to sleep when they were almost done, planning to help again early the next morning.
Meanwhile, Liang Cuifen, who was at her parents' home, was being scolded by her own mother.
"You've been back for a day or two now, why hasn't your son-in-law picked you up yet? You're married now, but you still go back to your parents' house every day. Haven't you noticed that your sister-in-law doesn't look too happy?"
Liang Cuifen said weakly, "Brother Gangzi went to work on the dam..."
His mother was even angrier now, "My son-in-law works so hard and you're still causing trouble. Go back home right now tomorrow, and stop acting like a queen all day!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com