This is an old hen that Widow Li at the west end of the village has raised for almost three years. Its claws are so thin that only a layer of skin is left. They are as hard as steel and almost broke Shen Xiu'e's teeth. She even gnawed the tendons on the bones until they were clean, and the chicken claws she gnawed out are like works of art.
Shen Xiu'e's eyes turned around and her sight fell on the pottery jar again. Like a hungry wolf that had never eaten meat, her eyes glowed green. She gulped down the chicken soup without noticing the taste at all. She said with a shy face, "Mom, I..."
"Bang, bang, bang!" There was a sudden knock on the door. Wang Guifen said in a vague voice, "Second brother's, go open the door."
"..."
Shen Xiu'e's face turned green.
Hungry.
Su Zhaodi licked the grease from her lips and volunteered, "I'll go!"
She moved swiftly and opened the locked door in no time. The young man standing outside the door smiled ingratiatingly and said in a clear voice, "Sister Zhaodi, I heard that she is back? Is it true..."
Su Niannian's peach blossoms are as flourishing as ever.
Su Zhaodi's mouth twitched, "Yes, but what does it have to do with you?"
If it were someone else, she would have rolled her eyes, but the young man was the captain's son, so she didn't dare to act rashly. This group of young people in the village treated Su Niannian like the apple of their eye. It was only because Gu Zhiye left in a hurry to pick up the bride, otherwise these two people would have caused a scene!
Su Kui smiled brightly and quickly raised the bamboo basket in his hand.
"Don't you want to exchange eggs, Grandma Wang? My mom specially asked for them to be sent to you. They are guaranteed to be the best."
The late autumn mist gradually dissipated with the sunlight. Su Zhaodi quickly understood what Su Kui meant by "the best". She saw more than a dozen young men squatting or standing outside the Su's yard. They all held baskets or sacks in their hands, all filled with eggs.
The dark-skinned man standing on the outermost side was tall and big, with stiff features. When Su Zhaodi saw him, her body suddenly stiffened. The temperature in her eyes quickly dropped, and she spat and cursed, "You...you guys are really bored!"
She slammed the door and walked into the room, earning Wang Guifen's cold look.
After knowing that there were young men gathered outside the door, Wang Guifen was ashamed. She wiped her mouth and went out, and said to Su Kui directly: "A Kui, you took the trouble, the eggs are good, my Nian Nian likes this kind of eggs, how much is it, grandma will give it to you right away."
Su Kui was so happy. There were so many people, but Wang Guifen only accepted his. Doesn't this prove something? He said excitedly, "No money! Let Nian Nian eat as much as she wants! My family will provide enough!"
"..."
The others looked at him in silence. Wang Guifen didn't care what others thought. She took out the handkerchief with money from her trouser pocket, counted out a dollar and two cents bill according to the price of an egg, and handed it to Su Kui. She smiled and her attitude was impeccable. "You still have to give it. My grandson-in-law took the living expenses to buy food for Nian Nian. He is an officer, has money and bills, so he doesn't need your money."
Su Kui's smile froze: "Nian... Comrade Su Niannian is divorced, isn't she?"
"Oh my! Which filthy woman spread those rumors? I'll tear her mouth to pieces if I know about them. My Nian Nian is pretty and sensible. Xiao Gu loves her so much that she can't bear to divorce! Look at what you said. She just missed home and came back to stay for two days. What do you mean by this?!"
It is illegal to destroy a military marriage, and the other young men are sweating profusely at this moment.
Shen Xiu'e appeared behind him without anyone noticing and said quietly, "You all came to see Zhaodi, right?"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
A group of young people nodded in unison.
Shen Xiu'e blended in like a fish in water and questioned the family backgrounds of all the people she liked. After sending everyone away, she happily walked into the yard. When she raised her eyes, she saw Su Zhaodi glaring at her as if she were an enemy.
"Aren't you ashamed? You knew that group of people came for Nian Nian, but you still tried to match me up. Is that interesting? I said I won't get married! There's no point in talking!"
Shen Xiu'e drank her fill of soup and was full of confidence: "You didn't feel ashamed when you got pregnant by someone, so why should I be ashamed? I just want to marry you off now, or you can ask that man to come back and marry you, or you can just hope that someone will want you. I think you're almost like a husband-waiting stone, and that man may not come, bah!"
Su Zhaodi's tears fell heavily.
She remained tight-lipped about the father of her child.
This incident made Shen Xiu'e very dissatisfied. No one wanted to do a business that would lose both the wife and the army. The atmosphere at home became tense. Wang Guifen observed the situation and immediately told her two granddaughters to follow her to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. All the housework was thrown to the talkative Shen Xiu'e. All the way from home to the village entrance, Wang Guifen never stopped talking and chatted with everyone she met.
"Go to the supply and marketing cooperative! Cut two pieces of pork for my granddaughter to make dumplings. What?! Wild vegetable dumplings, I can't swallow them. My granddaughter's husband gave her money, so she has to eat and drink well..."
"Not divorced! Of course not divorced, my grandson-in-law loves her!"
"Those who use foul language should have sores on their buttocks and pus on the soles of their feet..."
If Su Niannian hadn't been thinking about buying some caozi cakes to satisfy her appetite, she really wanted to turn around and go home. Fortunately, there was an ox cart in the village that went directly to the town and the supply and marketing cooperative. When the three of them arrived, there was already a long line outside the supply and marketing cooperative.
Su Zhaodi, who was always active, was rarely left behind. Even after being scolded by Wang Guifen, she did not step forward to help. Su Niannian noticed something and looked forward following her cousin's dull gaze. She actually saw a tall and graceful young man in a blue work shirt standing in the line.
The other person avoided looking in the direction of the Su family. When the old Su family member walked to the back of the team, he directly gave the basin in his hand to the round-faced woman in front of him, and staggered away, as if he was hiding from someone.
The woman in the fashionable shirt rolled her eyes and cursed, "Lin Jianmin, you are such a troublemaker!"
Wang Guifen half-squinted her eyes and asked with a smile: "Is that Jianmin?! I almost didn't recognize him. Is the woman next to him his wife? She looks more aggressive than the girls in our village, and seems to be a little older than him..."
"..."
Su Niannian didn't know Lin Jianmin. When she arrived at Xiangyang Village, there was no such person in the village. But it did not prevent her from noticing that something was wrong with Su Zhaodi. The other party was on pins and needles. Her rough hands kept rubbing her face and eyes, and her head almost dropped to the ground. Especially when she met the round-faced woman, Su Zhaodi was visibly panicked.
Su Niannian didn't like the sun, so she simply pulled her cousin under the shade of a tree. She glanced at Lin Jianmin who was also hiding in the alley. The other person's eyes were always on this side, or to put it simply, on Su Zhaodi. Su Niannian lowered her eyelashes and spoke abruptly.
"Cousin, what is your relationship with that Lin guy?!"
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