Wang Xiangxiu faintly smelled a fishy odor. She turned over, sniffed, and thought to herself that this was the right smell.
"Who is fishing?"
Before Wang Xiangxiu could speak, she heard her mother-in-law speak.
She turned over and asked, "Mom, you haven't slept either?"
His family had several rooms, which was more than enough for them to sleep separately, but he was reluctant to buy an extra bed. Besides, sleeping in separate rooms in winter would require a lot of coal briquettes to be burned, and most people would not do that, let alone his family.
Aunt Su sat up and leaned over to the window to look out. The two houses on the left had turned off the lights, but the one on the right was on. She said with certainty, "It's the old banker's."
She muttered in a low voice: "Where did he get the fish from?"
Wang Xiangxiu also sat up and said with a sneer, "Who knows? Maybe they bought it on the black market. They roasted the fish yesterday and cooked fish again today. They really gave it to them. Bah! Marrying a wife with good conditions is a big deal. How can you not show off?"
Aunt Su lowered her head and thought for a moment, then asked, "You guys had a fight today, did you see her family come out to watch the fun?"
Wang Xiangxiu thought about it and shook her head: "I don't remember, probably not."
At that time, she was only concerned about protecting her son, and didn't care whether others were watching or not. Who are they? Her son is the most important person in the world. Thinking of her son, she said angrily: "Auntie Zhou is really wicked. He ate a few of her peanuts, and he died. She even wanted to blackmail people with hairy peanuts. She will be cursed for the rest of her life."
She became angrier and angrier as she spoke, and she cursed again: "This banker is so heartless. We are in such a difficult situation, he should give us a fish if he has one! How can his family eat all the fish? Our boy is still growing and is lacking nutrition."
Aunt Su nodded in agreement and said, "That's right."
She wiped her face and said, "Alas, even if his family has it, they won't give it to our family. Zhao Guihua is such a fierce person, stingy and hard to deal with. It's difficult to get something from her. Let's forget about this good thing."
She said this, but she looked at her daughter-in-law expectantly.
Wang Xiangxiu: "No, even if it's hard to ask for it, we have to ask for it. If we don't eat it, how can the child not eat it? Mom, don't worry about it. I'll go talk to Aunt Zhao tomorrow. Although she is stingy, she is not completely uncontrollable. I can still control her a little by playing pitiful and crying. She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart."
Aunt Su laughed silently, then hesitated and said, "Ah, this, is this okay? What if she embarrasses you?" She reached out and held her daughter-in-law's hand, saying, "Mom doesn't want you to suffer this grievance. Although we are poor, we are not poor in spirit."
Wang Xiangxiu said firmly: "It's okay, Mom, don't worry, I can handle it."
She looked at the banker again, and just in time for him to turn off the lights, she said, "Okay, let's go to sleep, they must have bought it on the black market. Aunt Zhao is always stingy, I don't know how she could bear to give it away!"
Aunt Su suddenly remembered and patted her head and said, "Oh, I know why they bought fish today. Zhuang Zhixi should go back with his wife tomorrow. His family married Mingmei, which is marrying up, so they don't have to behave well."
Wang Xiangxiu: "Oh, you are biased. Why didn't I notice that she was so nice to Liang Meifen? It's because Mingmei's family is well-off."
She muttered jealously that Mingmei was the best young wife in their compound.
Aunt Su held Wang Xiangxiu's hand and said soothingly, "I don't care whether others are good or not. In my heart, you are the best. Not to mention our compound, how many wives in our street can give birth to three boys in a row? This is something that others can't compare to. I can't even envy you."
Wang Xiangxiu became pleased and smiled proudly. This was her proudest thing.
She snorted at the Zhuang family, thinking: So what if you have a good family background? Give birth to three sons in a row! If you can't give birth to a son, how can you still be so proud of your good family background! See if Zhao Guihua can still treat you as a good daughter-in-law, and see if Zhuang Zhixi can still love you! Wang Xiangxiu added a lot of drama to herself, and then she was satisfied.
What she was thinking, the person involved had no idea. Mingmei and Zhuang Zhixi had just finished their evening exercise and were cuddling together. Mingmei had no idea that the other person was muttering about her in his heart. Who could have thought of this? She hadn't even had any contact with him, but she was treated as an imaginary enemy. I have to say that was a bit of a big deal.
Mingmei had no idea at the moment. She was curious about something else. She leaned on Zhuang Zhixi and said, "I have something I want to ask you. You must tell me."
Zhuang Zhixi's forehead was covered with sweat, but he still stroked Mingmei's long hair from time to time and said, "What's the matter?"
Mingmei looked up, her eyes sparkling: "Who are the four tigresses?"
Zhuang Zhixi: “Puff!”
He never expected that Mingmei would ask this. He quickly laughed: "So what do you think?"
Mingmei blinked, her long eyelashes flickering slightly, and said, "It must be your mother anyway."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Yes, what else?"
Mingmei: "There must be Mrs. Zhou Li, that Aunt Zhou, there is no way she is not there. I have only been married for two days and she has already performed several shows."
Zhuang Zhixi: "You guessed it right again. Guess again?"
Mingmei thought for a moment and said, "Auntie Wang? She looks very strong."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed even harder and said, "Look, you've guessed three correctly, right? The remaining one shouldn't be that hard to guess, right?"
Mingmei hesitated: "... Could it be Aunt Su?"
Although I heard that Aunt Su is not easy to mess with, but she looks so fragile and speaks so softly. If she were 30 years younger, she would definitely be a weak little white flower. So Mingmei always feels weird when she talks about tigress.
However, Zhuang Zhixi nodded and acknowledged Mingmei's words.
Mingmei's eyes widened immediately, and she said, "She doesn't look like that."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Not looking like that doesn't mean it's not true. I haven't seen it very often, but my mom and her family said that when Aunt Su was young, she once used a kitchen knife to harass a male co-worker who had molested her."
Mingmei: "Wow! I never expected that!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "There are many things you can't imagine."
Mingmei: “Hmm?”
Zhuang Zhixi: "I'll tell you some gossip later. Let's go to the second half?"
He looked at his wife with bright eyes. Mingmei rolled to the side, the quilt wrapped around her body, snoring: "Huff, huff, huff~"
Zhuang Zhixi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You are obviously pretending to be asleep, you are taking me for a fool."
Mingmei: “Huff, huff, huff~”
No matter, I fell asleep anyway.
Cocoon Xiao Ming refused to let go and seemed to not trust him at all.
Zhuang Zhixi: "I just want to sleep here, I really won't touch you, believe me... I have to go back to your mother tomorrow, I know my limits."
Mingmei muttered quietly, "You didn't act like you had any sense of propriety in the second half."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed: "Hey, you're still looking for trouble, right? Do you believe that I would be even more out of line?"
Mingmei decisively: "Huff, huff, huff~"
Okay, I’ll just pretend to be asleep for ten thousand years.
Zhuang Zhixi smiled, curled Mingmei in his arms, pulled open the corner of the quilt and locked her in. It was very cold, so it was warmest to sleep together... He hugged Mingmei, covered her small hands with his big hands, and held her in his arms, saying, "Go to sleep."
Mingmei hummed softly.
Zhuang Zhixi saw the moonlight coming in through the gap in the curtains, and saw the corners of her mouth curled up. He whispered, "Wife, you are so nice."
Mingmei smiled even more and said softly, "You are also very good..."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Don't bother me, or I'd think you'd still like to come to the second half..."
Mingmei: “Huff, huff, huff~”
Zhuang Zhixi laughed, hugged her and closed his eyes. His wife was so nice, warm, plump and tender. Mingmei looked very thin, not fat at all, not even a little bit, but in fact she had a small frame and still had some meat on her body. Outsiders couldn't see it. As her man, Zhuang Zhixi really liked this type of her.
"Have a good sleep~"
Mingmei chuckled and shrank into his arms.
Zhuang Zhixi was holding his wife and had not fallen asleep yet. He heard the sound of the door opening and closing gently. He knew that it was his elder brother who had returned. His elder brother had just gone out to give gifts in the dark, acting like a disgrace.
He found a comfortable angle and closed his eyes...
Young people have good physical strength. Although Zhuang Zhixi is full of energy at night, it does not affect his getting up in the morning at all. To be honest, no one sleeps in nowadays. Every family can get up early in the morning, so no matter how deep the sleep is, one has to get up.
Zhuang Zhixi brought hot water for his wife to wash up early in the morning. Mingmei was not polite and let him serve her attentively.
The young couple dressed up neatly and went out with the gifts. As soon as they went out, they met Wang Xiangxiu. Wang Xiangxiu's eyes were immediately glued to the fish. There were four big fish, each of them was quite big!
She laughed dryly, stepped forward and said, "Oh, this fish is really good. Is it supplied by the grocery store? We don't have one at home. The New Year is coming soon. If we don't have fish during the New Year, it will feel like we haven't had enough. Do you think this fish can be eaten..."
Zhuang Zhixi interrupted her: "Sister-in-law Su, we are in a hurry to go back to our parents' home. We are leaving first."
He put his arm around Mingmei's shoulders and said, "Let's go. We still have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
Mingmei blinked and waved: "Goodbye!"
The couple, Zhuang Zhixi and Mingmei, turned a corner and disappeared without a word with Wang Xiangxiu. Wang Xiangxiu stamped her feet in anger: "Why did they just leave?"
You little bastard, I'll kill you with my digging! No wonder I smelled such a strong fishy smell yesterday, these four big fish! Even if it's a return visit, is it necessary to take so many? Bai Fendou rode out proudly, and saw Wang Xiangxiu stamping her feet, and asked: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Wang Xiangxiu rolled her eyes, showing an aggrieved attitude, and said, "It was Zhuang Zhixi. He brought four big fish, and I wanted to ask him where he bought them, but he rode away on his bike, as if I could ask him for more. You said this kid has been selfish since he was a child, why hasn't he changed at all?"
Bai Fendou: "Hey, why are you arguing with him? It's just a fish. Oh, that's not right. Didn't my family buy the fish for your family?"
Wang Xiangxiu said angrily, "How can that be enough? My three boys are just at the age of being able to eat. How big is your fish? Didn't you see Zhuang Zhixi's fish? It's quite big. Fight, you know how difficult it is for me, can you help me?"
Her eyes were full of spring, and she said coquettishly, "I will never forget your kindness."
Bai Fendou suddenly perked up, as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened: "Oh, what are you talking about? It's okay. We are all good neighbors, and you are still my sister Xiu. It's okay for you to help me. Wait for me to find time to go to the lake today and take a look. If there are any, I will exchange them for two. The ones that are just caught are all big."
Wang Xiangxiu: "Okay, I know you are a good person."
Bai Fendou smiled shyly and patted his head: "We are just following each other."
He said quickly: "Sister, get in the car, I'll take you for a walk."
Wang Xiangxiu: "Okay, I'll try your new bike, too. It's always different. A man like you should ride a good bike like this..."
"That's not the case."
The sound of the two people talking drifted away with the wind, but they didn't notice that there were two people standing against the wall at the corner of the alley, with a bicycle parked next to them. The two people's ears were perked up high, and they were grinning at what they heard.
These two people were not other people but Zhuang Zhixi and Mingmei.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Did you see it? Did you learn something new?"
Mingmei was deeply moved: "I've seen it!"
Zhuang Zhixi: "It's more natural than acting in the movies, right?"
Mingmei nodded in agreement: "Of course."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Look at how much Sister Su has, you can't think of her as a good person."
Mingmei nodded vigorously: "I understand!"
Mingmei sighed again: Is this the acting I can watch without paying? Well, these two people are also idle, and they are still secretly watching the gossip.
"No, I have to go home and remind mom that his family is eyeing our family, so we have to be more careful. His three naughty kids are not honest!"
Mingmei: "Let's go back."
Anyone who dares to steal her big fish, come and try Wing Chun! (End of this chapter)
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