The women working in the fields were all talking about the Huo family. Their house was huge, and everyone envied it. They never expected that Yun Zhiqing was so rich; he could just take out five hundred yuan at once.
Are all people in the city this rich?
When Aunt Ma heard about it, she was very envious. Who wouldn't want such a big courtyard? They both married daughters-in-law from the city.
Other people's daughters-in-law spent 500 yuan to buy a house, but her daughters-in-law didn't have a single penny. She's even poorer than this old woman!
The more he looked at Song Pandi, the more displeased he became. He took off his shoe and slapped Song Pandi's buttocks a few times, saying angrily, "Other people's daughters-in-law are so rich, and you're a city person too, where's your money? Are you hiding it!"
Song Pandi covered his bottom, not daring to cry out, "Mother, Yun Ningyan has swindled all my money! She has swindled all the money in our family!"
Aunt Ma said, "If others can swindle your money, why can't you swindle her? I don't care, my son wants to live in a big house, you go and find me the money! Otherwise, you won't get dinner tonight!"
Song Pandi hated Yun Ningyan to death. Why did she have to buy a house? Buying a house only made her suffer beatings and scoldings.
But she dared not resist Granny Ma, otherwise Granny Ma would beat her even harder. She nodded repeatedly and promised, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely trick Yun Ningyan out of her money!"
She verbally agreed, but in her heart she was cursing Aunt Ma and Ma Lao Er, hoping they would die soon!
She has to do four work points in one afternoon. If she doesn't finish, she won't have anything to eat when she gets home at night. She didn't eat last night.
After finishing work in the afternoon, Song Pandi dragged her tired body home. On the way, she ran into Lin Mengmeng and Yun Ningyan. She glared at Yun Ningyan with resentment.
Yun Ningyan was surprised to see Song Pandi looking so disheveled after only a few days at the Ma family's house. Her face was sallow, clearly indicating malnutrition. Although they ate coarse grains at the educated youth settlement, they were still able to eat until they were about 70% full each day.
This old lady Ma really knows how to torment people. Her son eats so well, but her daughter-in-law isn't even given a full meal. This kind of family is perfect for Song Pandi. Song Pandi can finally understand what kind of life the original owner lived before.
Tsk tsk tsk, that's really tragic!
Song Pandi used a great deal of effort to resist the urge to go to Yun Ningyan, suppressing her venomous and cursing gaze, and lowering her eyes to avoid looking at her, afraid that she would lose control if she saw Yun Ningyan.
Yun Ningyan walked past her, glanced at her out of the corner of her eye, scoffed, and left with Lin Mengmeng.
She was relieved to see Song Pandi living such a miserable life.
When Song Pandi returned to Old Ma's house, she was ordered by Aunt Ma to cook. After cooking, Aunt Ma only gave her a cornbread and said, "This is your dinner. If you don't earn ten centimeters tomorrow, you won't even get a cornbread!"
Ma Lao Er was just about to suggest she have some food, since she would have to serve him that evening!
Aunt Ma said, "Son, you can't spoil this woman, or she'll start riding on your head."
Ma Lao Er immediately fell silent. He felt that his mother was right. If Song Pandi couldn't satisfy him, he could go to Widow Wang. Widow Wang's skills were no worse than Song Pandi's!
Thinking about this made him really itchy, and he hadn't gone to see Widow Wang for several days.
He pointed to the dirty clothes on the side and shouted at Song Pandi, "Go wash these clothes! Don't use the water from the water tank at home, go wash them by the river."
Song Pandi dared not resist; she picked up the large basin of clothes and left.
As soon as they arrived at the riverbank, they saw Huo Junshan being blocked by the newly arrived educated youth. He was covered in water vapor and looked like he had just taken a bath.
As soon as Meng Zhenzhen finished work, she secretly followed Huo Junshan to the riverbank. She hid far away so that Huo Junshan would not find her. When he came out of the river with a fish in his hand, she stepped forward and blocked his way.
"Huo Junshan, did you catch this fish for me? We're old classmates, no need to be so polite. Let's make a fire and grill it together!"
Huo Junshan's expression was cold and fierce. He didn't even glance at her and walked straight past her.
Meng Zhenzhen called out from behind him, "Huo Junshan, why are you still such a blockhead? Did you even receive the love letter I wrote to you?"
She had already seen Song Pandi, and she deliberately said the last sentence to let everyone in the brigade know that she had a special relationship with Huo Junshan.
He didn't believe that woman wouldn't cause trouble for him. He thought that she could seize the opportunity to steal Huo Junshan away when the two of them were arguing.
Huo Junshan listened to her innermost thoughts, his eyes filled with disgust. He had to find a way to get rid of this woman!
Otherwise, having someone jumping around in front of him every day would be really annoying.
He took the fish to the educated youth settlement, and Yun Ningyan asked in surprise, "Where did you get the fish?"
"Caught in the river."
"Huo Junshan, go and scrape the fish scales clean. We'll have fish soup tonight."
The educated youth from the settlement have all returned by now, and everyone is immune to Huo Junshan being here every day.
Huo Junshan started the fire, and Yun Ningyan first poured a little oil to fry the fish until golden brown on both sides. Then she poured in boiling water, and the pot began to bubble. In a short while, the fish soup turned milky white.
She secretly added some spiritual spring water when Huo Junshan wasn't looking.
Add salt and MSG, and finally sprinkle with white pepper powder.
The whole courtyard smelled of white pepper, making everyone at the educated youth settlement drool.
Liu Zhijun and his family were determined to finish building the house as soon as possible so they could cook for themselves and never have to suffer like this again.
Yun Ningyan served Lin Mengmeng a bowl and asked her to take it away. Lin Mengmeng also brought over a bowl of the braised pork she had made that night.
The dinner was plentiful, and she stir-fried some shredded potatoes.
Song Pandi arrived right after we finished eating.
When she saw Huo Junshan there, she hesitated before speaking, "Ningning, I want to talk to you about family matters. Come with me."
Yun Ningyan had no idea what kind of trouble she was up to this time, so she followed her into the woods nearby.
"Yun Ningyan, you don't know yet, do you? The newcomer Meng Zhenzhen is here for Huo Junshan. I don't know what kind of magic this country bumpkin has, but you all rushed up to him."
Yun Ningyan chuckled lightly, "A peasant? Didn't you marry a peasant too?"
Song Pandi clenched her fists, suppressing the urge to tear her to pieces. "I saw the two of them meet by the river. You'd better watch yourself! Anyway, I don't want to fight with you anymore. We're family."
She sighed deeply, seemingly sincerely saying, "I was wrong before, and I won't go against you anymore. You can believe me."
Yun Ningyan wouldn't believe her nonsense. She was probably up to some scheme to get back at her and was just pretending to be weak.
As for what Song Pandi said, she believed it to some extent. She knew that Meng Zhenzhen really was after Huo Junshan.
However, she was not worried about Huo Junshan being taken away by someone else.
When she returned, Huo Junshan had already washed the dishes. He said worriedly, "Yanyan, you'd better not see her alone. That woman is malicious, and I'm afraid she'll hurt you."
Yun Ningyan nodded and asked, "Did Meng Zhenzhen bother you today? I don't know why there are so many flies around, it's so annoying."
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