Zhang Qiang lowered his head and gently kissed her on the cheek. Lin Mengmeng glared at him fiercely and said, "Don't take advantage of me!"
Zhang Qiang smiled, got up and left: "I'm going back. Call me if you need anything."
Lin Mengmeng nodded.
However, none of the Ma family members could sleep that night.
The stench of the cowshed, the straw beneath them, and the thin cotton quilts made them unbearably cold.
Ma Lao Er wrapped the quilt around himself, and Ma Da Niang also wrapped herself in a quilt.
Song Pandi huddled alone in a corner, shivering, and shrank closer to Ma Lao Er's blanket.
Just as Ma Lao Er was beginning to feel a little warmth, a sudden gust of cold air rushed in, and he shivered.
He shoved Song Pandi aside and shouted, "Get out of here! This blanket is mine!"
Song Pandi shivered from the cold, her voice trembling slightly: "I'm carrying your son in my belly, and you don't even want your son anymore?"
Ma Lao Er sneered, "Son? You've ruined my own life, and you still want a son? I wish you were dead! If it weren't for you, how could we have been driven to the cowshed?"
Song Pandi lowered her head, huddled in the corner, and stopped talking. She tried to curl up and get some warmth.
It's so cold!
The cowshed had no gate, and the biting cold wind blew directly into her cowshed.
She was shivering from the cold.
With no food in her stomach, she felt she could die there at any moment.
After thinking for a moment, she pulled back Ma Lao Er's quilt again. Before Ma Lao Er's fist could fall, she shouted, "Ma Lao Er, if you hit me again, I'll go find the brigade leader. Do you think you'll get away with that? Besides, it's warmer for the two of us to be together."
Aunt Ma glared angrily at Song Pandi, but it was too dark for Song Pandi to see.
She shouted, "You damned little bitch, you're a jinx, making us suffer like this! If it weren't for the fact that you're carrying my son's child, I'd beat you to death!"
Song Pandi has now given up on everything.
"You old hag, if you weren't so mean and vicious, making me work while I was pregnant, I wouldn't have dragged you all to your deaths!"
Aunt Ma was almost asleep, but when Song Pandi said that, she immediately got up and started hitting Song Pandi.
Screams rang out from the cowshed as Aunt Ma grabbed Song Pandi's thigh and pinched it hard!
The Huo family's backyard.
After having dinner, Yun Ningyan and Huo Junshan washed up and prepared to rest.
After washing up, Huo Junshan went straight to the kang (heated brick bed).
Huo Junshan also blew out the candles lit on the table.
He climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), pulled Yun Ningyan into his arms, kissed her forehead, and then kissed her lips. Yun Ningyan pushed against his chest with her hand: "I don't want it today."
Huo Junshan smiled and said, "I just want to kiss you. Go to sleep! I'll hold you."
Yun Ningyan snuggled closer to him.
Huo Junshan patted her back: "Alright, don't worry. With Zhang Qiang here, Lin Zhiqing will be fine. Go to sleep."
Yun Ningyan then closed her eyes and went to sleep.
The next day, Zhang Qiang got up very early. He wanted to call home and write a letter, but the heavy snow kept falling. He looked up at the sky and realized he couldn't go to the commune.
Hearing the noise, Lin Mengmeng came out of the house and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I promised you, you can't run away!"
Zhang Qiang smiled awkwardly: "I'm just anxious to tell my family as soon as possible, after all, my marriage is a big deal!"
Lin Mengmeng snapped, "Shut up! Everyone heard us!"
Zhang Qiang smiled again and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't say anymore. Let's talk about it when the weather is better. I'm just in a hurry."
Lin Mengmeng turned around and went back into the house to get a few peach shortbreads.
Zhang Qiang followed her into the house, and she handed him two pieces: "Eat up, it's too cold to cook breakfast!"
Zhang Qiang nodded, took the peach shortbread, and seeing that she had returned to being the cheerful little girl she always was, he felt relieved.
In the afternoon, the brigade leader arrived at the educated youth settlement with a smile.
Upon arriving at the educated youth settlement, they shouted loudly, "Educated Youth Lin, Educated Youth Lin, there's good news!"
Lin Mengmeng and Zhang Qiang came out of the house: "Captain, what's wrong?"
The captain laughed and said, "The news from above says that Wang Mazi has been imprisoned! As for Song Pandi, she said she is pregnant, so she will be kept in the cowshed."
Lin Mengmeng nodded; this was an outcome she had anticipated.
The captain left after he finished speaking; he still needed to talk to Lao San and Ning Ning about this matter.
The captain left, puffing on his pipe.
He knocked on the door of Huo Junshan and Yun Ningyan's house.
Huo Junshan welcomed him inside.
This was his third time here. He looked him up and down as usual, and said with a smile, "I've come to talk to you."
Huo Junshan asked him to sit down and poured him a cup of spiritual spring water: "Is this about Wang Mazi?"
The captain took the cup, took a sip, and nodded: "Wang Mazi is in jail. I don't know how many years he'll be out this time."
Yun Ningyan asked, "Wasn't Song Pandi an accomplice? Wasn't she punished?"
"The police officer said that she is currently pregnant and it is difficult to punish her, so it will be fine to just lock her up in the cowshed for now. This is also a form of punishment!"
Yun Ningyan nodded: "She got off easy."
The captain sighed, "She deserves it. Our brigade is also unlucky. One is Song Pandi, and the other is Meng Zhenzhen. They're all after you!"
Yun Ningyan waved her hands repeatedly: "Hey, Captain, Meng Zhenzhen didn't come for me. She came for Huo Junshan. She wants to marry Huo Junshan! It's just that she doesn't like me and is just making trouble for me as usual!"
The captain nearly spat out the water he had just drunk: "What? Meng Zhenzhen wants to marry the third brother?"
Huo Junshan quickly stood up to block Yun Ningyan, afraid that the captain would spray her.
The captain swallowed the water in his mouth and said with a smile, "Ningning, if you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that she actually had feelings for the third brother!"
He chuckled, patted Huo Junshan on the shoulder, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "You're something else! Meng Zhenzhen's only been here a few days, how come she's already done *that* to you?"
Huo Junshan sighed and rubbed his forehead: "Uncle, please go back now and stop gossiping! There's nothing between her and me!"
The captain's curiosity had clearly been piqued, and he asked again, "Really nothing at all? Let me tell you, don't let those colorful things dazzle you. If you do something wrong to Ningning, I won't forgive you!"
Huo Junshan sighed helplessly, "I understand, don't worry!"
Huo Junshan smiled as he saw the captain off, then closed the gate and locked it from the inside.
He turned to look at Yun Ningyan, who was standing under the eaves with a smile on her face.
He shook his head with a smile, strode over, and then ruffled Yun Ningyan's fluffy head: "Naughty!"
Yun Ningyan pouted: "I didn't say anything wrong. She's just delusional about you."
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