"Qingqing is a capable child. With her at home, we can go out to work without any worries."
Aunt Zhou's words made Meng Jiang come back to his senses and look away.
"Brother Zhou, please sit down for a while. I'll go cook for you."
"Auntie will go with you. Zhou Xing said that my cooking skills are not good. Auntie will cook the meal tonight. You and Jiang Ge'er will judge whether it is that boy who doesn't know the goods or Auntie's cooking skills are not good enough."
Qingqing smiled and went to the kitchen at the back with Aunt Zhou.
After the people left, Meng Jiang took a sip of water and asked, "Where did this girl come from? Is she a relative of yours?"
Zhou Xing shook his head and told Meng Jiang the whole story of his encounter with Qingqing.
After hearing this, Meng Jiang's brows were almost knotted, "How dare you bring someone of unknown origin back home, what if..." He didn't explain, but Zhou Xing understood clearly. They took Wang Furong in because they felt pity for her, but all they got was a painful lesson.
So after hearing Qingqing's background, he felt depressed.
"I know. Don't worry. I know what's going on."
Meng Jiang looked at Zhou Xing and saw that he didn't seem to be too averse to what he said and didn't seem to want to say more, so he didn't say anything else. It was enough for him to know what was going on.
Soon, the hot meals were served.
Tonight, Aunt Zhou prepared more dishes for the family. She caught an old mother-in-law in the backyard and made soup, fried a few eggs, and added a bowl of cold wild vegetables. This meal would have been a luxury during the Chinese New Year.
After a day's work, everyone was hungry and couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they smelled the aroma of chicken.
Meng Jiang was a little embarrassed, "Aunt, you are too polite. I just came to have a simple meal and you killed the chicken."
Aunt Zhou smiled cheerfully, "You have lost a lot of weight. I feel sorry for you, so I killed a chicken to give you some nutrition. Come and eat quickly."
Aunt Zhou picked up a big chicken leg for Meng Jiang and another one for Qingqing.
But Qingqing said she didn't want to eat anything, and in the end both chicken legs fell into Meng Jiang's bowl.
The meal was a pleasant one.
With Qingqing around, Meng Jiang didn't want to stay at Zhou's house for too long, so he went home after saying a few polite words.
Seeing Meng Jiang coming back with a greasy mouth, Tian Niu asked a few questions, and Meng Jiang told her the situation.
Tian Niu's reaction was the same as Meng Jiang's, but she didn't say anything. She just took some eggs and half a bag of sugar and put them in the bamboo basket.
"Meat and eggs are so precious. No matter if this chicken was killed for you or not, we can't take advantage of it. I'll send some food to your Aunt Zhou. You should go back and rest until you feel better."
Meng Jiang nodded. He had matured a lot after this experience. He knew that his mother had taken his words to heart and was probably going over there to find out what was going on.
The Meng and Zhou families have been friends for more than ten or twenty years. Mengzi was a good friend of Zhou Xing's father. After his death, the Meng family took good care of the Zhou family, but they were also worried that they would be exploited by others.
An hour later, Tian Niu returned from Zhou's house.
Meng Jiang was still weak and went to bed after returning. Meng Zi was the only one in the main room eating dry food.
"Why are you back so late?" Tian Niu packed her basket and poured him a cup of hot water.
Now Mengzi is responsible for repairing a section of the road. He is busy outside during the day and hardly goes home.
"Well, I heard from Jiang'er that you went to Sister Zhou's house?"
Tian Niu nodded and sat down next to him.
"Well, let's go check it out."
Mengzi has already heard some information from Mengjiang.
"Tell me?"
Tian Niu shook her head. "Sister Zhou is a simple-minded person, but Zhou Xing is not stupid. He said that he has checked the details of the girl named Qingqing and secretly asked her father to see her in secret. He confirmed that she is his daughter. She did come to the city a long time ago and did not suddenly appear recently."
"That girl's father is indeed a gambler. He sold everything that could be sold at home, and only did odd jobs to fill his stomach when he was too hungry to bear it."
There are no open gambling houses in Tiankui City, and they are not allowed to exist. However, many people play in private and will be fined if caught. However, because the punishment is not severe, this behavior will still exist.
"The girl was sold to a brothel more than half a month ago, but she ran away because she didn't want to, and Zhou Xing happened to meet her. I tried to test her, and she doesn't look like she knows kung fu, but I can't be sure if she is pretending. I have already reminded Zhou Xing, and I hope he will be more careful."
Before, Tian Niu thought she was pretty good at judging people, but after what happened with Wang Furong, she lost all her confidence.
Mengzi frowned and said, "Let's help keep an eye on it."
"kindness."
Aunt Zhou was not stupid. She understood everything Tian Niu said, both explicitly and implicitly.
They were all still feeling frightened when Wang Furong got into trouble. Who could have thought that a good person who had stayed in the Meng family for so many years could have such dirty thoughts.
"Xing'er, you said Qingqing wouldn't really be..." Aunt Zhou liked Qingqing very much and even wanted to make her her daughter-in-law, but if she might persecute Zhou Xing, she would never allow it.
Qingqing stood outside the main room door, listening to the conversation between mother and son, her heart gradually sinking.
The next morning.
When Aunt Zhou got up, she found Qingqing's door was open. She walked forward curiously and found that there was no one in the room.
She thought she was busy in the kitchen, so she turned and went there, but the kitchen was dark and there was no one there.
Just when Aunt Zhou was wondering, she heard a noise coming from the front yard.
She walked over and saw Qingqing coming back with a large bundle of firewood.
"Qingqing, where did you go so early in the morning?"
Qingqing smiled and said, "I saw that there was not much firewood in the kitchen, so I thought of picking up some more."
"I've already prepared breakfast. Auntie, come and eat if you're hungry. I've cooked multi-grain porridge and made multi-grain pancakes."
Aunt Zhou didn't expect that she had finished all the work.
"It's too dangerous for a girl like you to go out before dawn. From now on, let Zhou Xing do the rough work, okay?"
Qingqing smiled and didn't respond.
After eating, Zhou Xing went out.
Qingqing walked out of the house and came to Aunt Zhou.
Before Aunt Zhou could say anything, Qingqing knelt down and kowtowed to her three times.
"Hey, what are you doing, kid? Get up, get up."
Qingqing kowtowed before she stood up and said, "Thank you, Auntie and Brother Zhou, for taking care of me. I know I shouldn't stay any longer. This will only cause you more trouble. Today I am saying goodbye to Auntie and I am going back. No matter how bad my father is, I can't keep avoiding him. I was ignorant before, but now I have figured it out."
"Your father...what would you do if he wanted to sell you out again?"
Qingqing wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "It's okay, auntie. I'm not afraid anymore. I told him that Brother Zhou from the Security Bureau would come to see me from time to time. He wouldn't dare to do that."
Aunt Zhou was still a little worried, but Tian Niu’s words yesterday also scared her.
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