Chapter 188 Lu was surprised that something was wrong with you

It was obvious that Xia Qingshu really liked books. He was smiling as he held a pile of books.

On the way home, Xia Qingshu kept his promise to Qingcao and bought Xia Qingshu a popsicle. Xia Qingshu also ate the sweet popsicle.

A few people were carrying things. As soon as they arrived in the yard, they saw several aunties washing vegetables around the faucet. When they saw Xia Qingliu with her family and carrying large and small bags of things in her hands, an auntie greeted them warmly:

"Lu Er's wife, you took your family to the department store to buy things."

Hearing the stranger greet her, Guo Yumei felt very embarrassed and didn't know what to say. She could only smile politely, but that smile also seemed particularly embarrassed.

The brothers Qingshu and Qingcao on the side and Guo Yumei looked equally reserved.

"Yeah." Xia Qingliu smiled and replied, "I bought some food and daily necessities."

"That's great, great." The auntie replied.

After Xia Qingxi and the others entered their own yard, Zhao Cuilan, who was standing in front of the dragon head, retracted her stretched neck, pouted her lips, and said to the aunt next to her with a sense of superiority:

"Oh, that's why you should never marry a country girl, don't you think so? If you marry a country girl, you will have a lot of poor relatives."

Originally, she thought the aunt next to her would agree with her, but she didn't agree with her at all, and directly said back to her:

"What's wrong with poor relatives? We are poor but ambitious. We are not like some hypocritical city people who look down on poor relatives but at the same time miss the gifts from them."

They were talking about "some city people" and didn't mention her by name, Zhao Cuilan. Zhao Cuilan naturally couldn't get angry, so she continued to talk about Xia Qingxi, whom she had always looked down upon:

"Why didn't I see it before? The Lu family is so capable. They kicked Mingfang out and took their own mother back. Wow, their methods are really not comparable to ordinary people."

"Oh, Wang Mingfang is such a kind person, how could she do such things? I think there must be some misunderstanding. Maybe that country girl Xia Qingxiang did something."

The auntie next to her frowned unconsciously after listening to what Zhao Cuilan said, and continued:

"Yes, Wang Mingfang is so good. It's a pity that you didn't marry your daughter to her son as a daughter-in-law."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhao Cuilan was instantly furious. Everyone in the courtyard knew what kind of person Lu Lidong was. Isn't it a curse to let your daughter marry him?

"Didn't you say that just now? Wang Mingfang is a good and kind person." The auntie next to her said innocently.

"I was talking about Wang Mingfang, not Lu Lidong," Zhao Cuilan said in defense.

"Like father, like son. Rats' sons can dig holes. Sons are all taught by their mothers," said the aunt, glancing at Zhao Cuilan.

"That's right." Another auntie next to her also agreed:

"What Wang Mingfang did is already a done deal. She has been taken away by the police. If you think she was wronged, Zhao Cuilan can go to the police to help her redress her injustice."

"What injustice should I redress? It's none of my business." Zhao Cuilan didn't want to get involved in this mess. She just wanted to squeeze Xia Qingxi and said a few words for Wang Mingfang. She didn't expect that she would be attacked by everyone. She hurriedly said:

"If I have that time, I might as well go home and cook two more dishes." After that, she didn't stay any longer, picked up the dishes and walked away quickly.

Looking at her back as she walked away, everyone thought it was a joke.

Since Xia Qingxi proved her innocence in front of everyone last time, everyone in the yard, except Zhao Cuilan, has changed their views on her and feels unfair for what happened to her. Now, whenever someone says something bad about her, they will directly fight back for her, just like they did to Zhao Cuilan just now.

Xia Qingxi and the others returned home and took a rest for a while. Xia Qingshu couldn't wait to go to the room to read the books they bought.

Seeing that he was no longer entangled in the matter of his legs, Xia Qingxi felt relieved and took Xia Qingcao to the yard to start learning to drive.

Maybe boys are more talented in learning to drive. Xia Qingcao had already gotten familiar with the bicycle yesterday. After Xia Qingxi's current instruction, he learned very quickly and could pedal half a circle by himself before long.

After learning how to drive for almost an hour, the two pushed the car back home. They wanted to eat out in the evening, so there was no need to rush to cook.

The man at the phone booth yesterday said that Lu Jingzhe would call at six o'clock today. Xia Qingning looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was almost time, so she got up and went to the newsstand to answer the phone.

When I left, I was afraid that Qingcao and her mother would be bored at home, so I turned on the radio at home and let them listen to relieve their boredom.

The radio at home used to be Yao Hongmei's dowry. After the separation, Yao Hongmei took it away.

Lu Xiaoxue usually listened to stories every day when she came back. Now that the radio suddenly disappeared, she was naturally very dissatisfied and asked Lu Baichuan to buy a new one.

Xia Qingcao was very curious about the radio, which she had never used before. When she heard the story of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" being played on it, she found it very interesting and soon became fascinated.

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As soon as Lu Jingchen arrived at the unit, he went to the leader and wrote a report on the family members accompanying the troops and applying for housing in the family compound.

The report was submitted one level at a time, usually first undergoing a background check and review, and then after the first level of review was approved, the guards would send it to the next level of leadership.

This set of procedures would take about ten days.

After submitting the report, in order to shorten the review time, Lu Jingchen even went to personally greet the comrades in the investigation department and asked them to move faster.

Su Beinan, the second cousin who lived in the same dormitory with Lu Jingxie, knew that he was going to bring his wife over. He also saw that he had changed his usual indifference and was running around for the approval of the report. He couldn't help but tease him:

"Captain Lu, I found that something was wrong with you after you came back from visiting your relatives."