A scream rang out and Mingmei was startled as soon as she arrived in the yard.
Zhuang Zhixi held his wife's hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay."
Mingmei looked out and saw Tao Yuye standing at the door screaming. Soon, a crowd of people gathered. She immediately looked in the direction of the Su family reflexively and saw Su Jinlai's face.
She shook her head, gathered her clothes, and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay."
He parked his bike and before he walked over, he saw Tao Yuye had already started to walk out. She said bluntly, "I'm going to find the police. No matter if he's an adult or a child, you can't do things this way. How can he steal things while my family is in the hospital? How disgusting! If I don't teach him a lesson today, he will think I'm easy to bully. No one can visit our house casually!"
Tao Yuye talked as she walked.
Aunt Wang didn't stop him. If she did, she would be accused of protecting a thief. Wang Xiangxiu, who had returned from get off work earlier, looked worried. She looked in the direction of her home and said decisively, "Should we ask about this matter and see everyone who did it and ask them to confess."
After hearing this, Tao Yuye looked at Wang Xiangxiu with a half-smile and said, "What's the matter? Could it be your son who did it?"
"No, they can't do that." Wang Xiangxiu was excited: "They have learned their lesson before and know they are wrong."
"I don't think so. Sometimes, whether they know they are wrong or not depends on what they have done. Your son, haha!" Tao Yuye didn't have a good impression of children who stole things. This was not her child, so she said coldly, "Get out of the way!"
Wang Xiangxiu took a deep breath and immediately turned around to go home, while Tao Yuye went straight out the door.
When Wang Xiangxiu got home, she stared at Jin Lai and asked, "Is it you?"
Yinlai is still weak now, and even if he has the intention to do something, he doesn't have the ability to do it. If anyone were to say who it was, the most likely person would be Jinlai.
Jin Lai's eyes flickered, and he said with all his strength: "It's not me. It's not me at all."
Wang Xiangxiu: "Do you know that she went to the police? Do you know that? You kid, how many times have I told you to behave yourself? Why didn't you listen? You kid..."
Su Jinlai didn't take it seriously: "So what? It's no big deal. It's just a few criticisms anyway."
He has stolen so many times, but he has never been really caught. That's why Jin Lai is not afraid.
Anyway, he said they were just children, and no one would treat children harshly.
"You kid..."
Wang Xiangxiu's voice came, Zhuang Zhixi helped Mingmei go home, Mingmei raised her head: "I'm not that weak, am I?"
Zhuang Zhixi: "The ground is slippery."
It snowed last night, and although he cleared the snow early in the morning, there was a thin layer of ice on the ground after a day. The winter in this city is really cold. Zhuang Zhixi ignored the complaints of Wang Xiangxiu and her son, and ignored Tao Yuye who went to call the police.
Instead, he returned home with his wife and went straight to the main house.
They had already started cooking. The room was warmer than theirs. Zhao Guihua cut thin slices of meat and stewed pork belly with pickled cabbage and some vermicelli. Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows and said, "Mom, we still have meat at home."
Their monthly ration is really not that much, it's not a question of whether they have money or not.
Although he had money, he didn't have a ticket, so Zhuang Zhixi was still very surprised.
Zhao Guihua: "Your sister-in-law is also working, so we have more meat coupons than before. If it doesn't work, I'll think of a way."
At worst, I can go to the black market.
Zhao Guihua: "If you don't eat something good when it's cold, you won't be able to stand the cold. I'm fine at home, but you guys go back and forth to work, and Mingmei is a pregnant woman, how can I not be concerned?"
Mingmei coquettishly took Zhao Guihua's arm and said, "Mom, I know you love me the most."
She smiled coquettishly and said, "Don't say anything."
Her mother-in-law is really generous in food. Most cadres' families don't eat as well as hers. For example, in her family, her father is a long-distance deliveryman and has many opportunities to get good things, but the food is not as good as her mother-in-law's. Her mother-in-law is really generous.
Zhao Guihua's behavior surprised the whole family.
"Mom, I..."
Mingmei was just about to flatter the master a little more when they heard heart-wrenching cries coming from outside. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly leaned outside and saw that the sound came from the Su family. Wang Xiangxiu was beating the child.
Zhao Guihua: "She was willing to beat the child."
I was quite surprised.
But thinking about the different times now, she still agreed to teach Jin Lai a lesson. She didn't even go out to see the fun, but she knew it was definitely Jin Lai without even looking. There were no other thieves in their yard.
Mingmei leaned over to her mother-in-law and whispered, "I saw him go to the backyard when I went out this morning."
Zhao Guihua: "That should be him."
Mingmei: "How was your time at the hospital today?"
Zhao Guihua: "Both of them are fine."
She said: "Bai Fendou didn't even give his 100% strength, this is nothing."
If Bai Fendou really used all his strength, then Chen Yuan would not be a man now. So, scratching him like potato shreds was already showing mercy. But Bai Fendou's fighting style was really not very manly.
However, Zhao Guihua said, "I think Bai Fendou's marriage may be in turmoil again."
Mingmei: “Ah?”
She looked at Zhao Guihua in surprise, and Zhao Guihua said, "Really."
Mingmei was excited: "Tell me about it quickly."
Zhao Guihua: "I saw Guan Guiling from your company. She looks like a tough girl. She is a bit like Wang Xiangxiu, but smarter than her. I saw her staring at Chen Yuan today. She might have other intentions."
Shrugging: "It's hard to say though."
Mingmei: “…”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting about daily life, while the two children were lying in the room doing their homework. To be precise, it was the little brother doing his homework while Xiaoyanzi was watching.
At this time, the two children had finished writing and were leaning over the window to look into the Su family's house. Xiaoyanzi was shocked and said, "They got beaten."
Tiger Head nodded and said, "If you don't obey, you will be beaten."
"Being beaten hurts."
"yes."
Both children patted their chests with lingering fear, feeling lucky that they were not beaten.
Nowadays, beating children is very normal. Whose children don't get beaten? Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi have also been beaten, so the little ones look out the window in fear. When winter comes, the two children basically stay in the main house.
Their house has three and a half rooms, and the half room is for the two little ones. When the weather is warm, the two children sleep by themselves. But when it is cold, they will move to Zhao Guihua's room and live with the two old people.
Zhuang Zhiyuan often goes on business trips, and when he is not at home, the two children live with their mother Liang Meifen.
Of course, there are times when I go back to my room to live alone, but not very often.
Zhao Guihua was not very willing to let them live alone in the winter, because one room would waste coal briquettes, and she was also afraid that they were too young to operate the stove. Now, the two children moved to live with Zhao Guihua. Zhao Guihua and her children slept on the kang, which was not uncomfortable in the summer, but comfortable in the winter.
Mingmei chatted for a while, then went in and sat cross-legged on the kang. Hutou and Xiaoyanzi said sweetly, "Hello, auntie."
Xiaoyanzi came close to Mingmei, looked at her belly and said, "Baby, when will you come out?"
Mingmei smiled and said, "When does Xiaoyanzi want them to come out?"
Little Swallow tilted her head and said, "I hope it will be soon, so that I can have a brother or sister. Auntie, is this a little brother or a little sister?"
Mingmei: "I don't know either. My aunt has two babies. Maybe there are brothers and sisters."
Xiaoyanzi's eyes lit up and she said, "Yes, if I have brothers and sisters, I want them all."
Mingmei laughed softly, she rummaged through her pockets and gave each of the two children a piece of candy.
There is no child who doesn't like to eat candy. The two of them happily took it and said, "Thank you, little auntie."
"Lard candy."
Mingmei nodded: "That's right."
Children love any kind of candy.
"Aunt, when I grow up and make money, I will buy candy for my brothers and sisters."
Mingmei laughed and said, "Okay."
She suddenly remembered something and asked, "Where's your mother?"
Tiger Head raised his hand: "I know, I know."
Mingmei: "Then you tell me."
Tiger Head: "My mother went out to buy groceries. Aunt Jiang came over and told us just now."
Mingmei was puzzled. Zhao Guihua heard it from the outer room and said, "It's not about buying vegetables. Jiang Lu said that the supply station had some new cornmeal. I asked your sister-in-law to take the grain certificate and go over there quickly."
There is indeed a food shortage this year. The food doesn't come all at once, and every time it comes in, you have to line up to get it. So when we heard the news, no one cared about delaying. Mingmei: "Mom, fortunately you are knowledgeable and our family has made some preparations. Otherwise, there are so many people in our family, and life is not easy. I have a colleague who has not divided the family. There are almost 20 people in the family. They say that they can't get enough to eat at home. Each person gets a steamed bun for a meal."
Mingmei felt that it would be really uncomfortable to live like this.
During those three years, life was extremely difficult. Every household was starving and skinny. She was only about ten years old at that time, and her parents could only give her one steamed bread for a meal. The steamed bread could also be mixed with some fine grains.
Life is much better now than it was back then.
If we only have one steamed bread for each meal, it will not be enough.
Zhao Guihua: "We have many workers, so the quota is higher than others."
It is said that everyone wants to be a worker nowadays. Being a worker is much better than digging for food in the soil. The status of workers is also high now. Therefore, it is rare to see workers often going to places like the black market.
The more difficult life is, the more they have to fight hard. They are doing pretty well and won't do anything reckless.
If this involves losing your job, it will not be worth it.
Zhao Guihua: "We'll have dinner when they come back."
Mingmei: “Okay.”
She said, "Mom, do you think it would be okay if we had a kang in our house?"
Zhao Guihua: "What?"
She thinks young people like to sleep in bed.
Mingmei was straightforward: "It's warm in winter to sleep on a kang. It's warm and comfortable. Besides, a bed only has so much space. If we use a kang, we can at least expand the space by half. I'm pregnant with twins. When the time comes, my husband and I will sleep with two children. I always feel that the bed is a bit small, but if we sleep on a kang, the space will be larger. It's not so crowded. In addition, when the children grow up a little and can crawl, they can move around more than on a bed."
This is true. When children are young, they have to sleep with their parents. If other families have only one child, it may be fine, but they have two. If they stretch a little, there will not be enough space. This cannot ignore the actual situation. Zhao Guihua remembered that in the previous life, although their family did not have a kang at this time, they still had one next year. Don't think that children don't take up space just because they are young.
She thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll contact someone and I'll make a kang for you tomorrow."
It is better to do this sooner rather than later. If you have to do this sooner or later, it is better to build a kang now so that you can enjoy a warm kang in winter.
Mingmei immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Mom."
Zhao Guihua: "I'll let the old man and the third child live in the small house. You can come and live with me. Just hold out for two or three days."
Mingmei: “Okay.”
Although I haven't considered it early, it's a little impractical now that the weather is cold, but it's not impossible. Mingmei smiled and said, "I haven't slept on a kang yet."
Zhao Guihua glared at her: "What if you don't like it after you change it?"
Mingmei smiled and said angrily: "No, besides, I did it on my own accord."
Zhao Guihua: "Okay."
Mingmei: "Wait for me to get the money for you."
Zhao Guihua didn't say no. She was only responsible for the family's daily matters of food and drink, but she didn't say she wanted to take care of this. Therefore, when Mingmei asked for money, Zhao Guihua didn't refuse.
"I'll give you this..."
"Please, please forgive him, he knows he is wrong, I have beaten him, he really knows he is wrong..." A burst of crying was heard, and the banker's people all leaned on the window to watch the excitement, and saw Wang Xiangxiu crying loudly. It turned out that the public security comrades wanted to take Su Jinlai away.
Su Jinlai lowered his head, and no expression could be seen.
In fact, it is not easy for the public security comrade, because the amount of things he stole was not large, and the child is still injured. But the problem is that he is a habitual offender and has cut off the pig's tail before. This kind of behavior of digging into the corners of socialism and fleecing socialism is deeply hated by people.
"We have to take him away this time. This is not his first time. If it was the first time, I believe everyone would give the child a chance. But he is a repeat offender. Last time, we did not pursue the matter because he was injured. But it is obvious that this child does not know how to repent. In this case, we have to send him to a more appropriate place for education."
"No, please, please let the child go, he is still a child."
Wang Xiangxiu knelt down and cried very hard.
Hu Tou swallowed his saliva and said, "Is Su Jinlai going to be arrested?"
These children have seen more than other children. Nowadays, children are very scared when they see the peaked hat, but the children in this alley have seen it many times and are quite calm.
Although, I am also afraid, but I am not like others who have never seen the world.
Mingmei leaned over the window and said, "It looks like she's going to be arrested."
Wang Xiangxiu cried so hard that she saw there was no hope. She crawled to Tao Yuye's side and said, "Little Nurse Tao, please forgive him. I swear, I swear I will lock him up well in the future and will never let him make any mistakes again, let alone steal things from your house. Please. How much is the money for the things you lost? Just tell me how much, and I will compensate you. I will definitely compensate you."
Tao Yuye was unmoved. If it were another time, Tao Yuye might have let it go, but not now.
She was beaten and embarrassed early this morning, and her heart was filled with rage, which she couldn't suppress. When she came back in the evening, she found that her things were missing, and the rage she felt was so intense that it surged high.
She would never let it go until the thief was caught.
And when she came back, she asked who did it and asked them to hand over the things. But no one admitted it. In this case, it's really not her fault.
She shook off Wang Xiangxiu and said coldly, "I can't believe you. I believe everyone knows that your son is a habitual offender. If I let him go today, he might do it again tomorrow. Can I still watch him at home every day? Don't say anything soft. I don't believe you can control him. If you can control him, he won't do it again and again. He is more than ten years old, not a child. Don't just say he is a child."
Tao Yuye was very indifferent.
Wang Xiangxiu cried loudly: "I'll do anything you ask me to do, please let my son go..."
Tao Yuye was even more dissatisfied after hearing this. She said, "What are you talking about? What do you mean you can do anything? Wang Xiangxiu, I'm not a man, you should speak decently. If you knew you were wrong, why didn't you admit it when I asked you just now? Didn't the public security comrades see the deep and shallow footprints of the child and determine that it was your son? You are so kind to come and admit your mistake? Get out of here. Public security comrades, I don't forgive their family. Moreover, I demand severe punishment. If this kind of child is not severely punished, I'm afraid there will be no end in the future."
"Wow, how can you be so cruel? How can you be so cruel!"
No matter how much Wang Xiangxiu cried, it couldn't stop Su Jinlai from being taken away.
Su Jinlai had never thought that this matter would actually be investigated. He had done many similar things before and had never been investigated, but this time, he was investigated. He cried and shouted, "Mom, save me, please save me, I won't dare to do it again..."
"Jin Lai..."
With Wang Xiangxiu and Jin Lai crying hysterically, the child was finally taken away. Wang Xiangxiu collapsed on the ground, crying like rain.
Tao Yuye snorted coldly, turned around and left.
This naughty kid actually ate up all the food in his house. What a bastard.
She didn't care about Wang Xiangxiu's crying at all. She was a woman, and she didn't have any sympathy for women. Tao Yuye went back to the backyard directly, and no one went to comfort Wang Xiangxiu. There was not even any sympathy.
It’s not that everyone is so cold-blooded, but Su Jinlai is a really useless child.
His wounds hadn't healed yet, and he was still stealing things. If he wasn't caught, he would definitely come after them. Thinking of this, naturally no one felt sorry for him. Instead, they felt like they were getting rid of a scourge for the people.
Everyone will sympathize with him the first time, but the second time, the third time, and countless times... everyone just hopes that he will get out of here as soon as possible.
Wang Xiangxiu was crying miserably. Yinlai was lying on the kang at home, his face pale. Tonglai came up to him and said, "Second brother..."
Silver: "Copper."
He hugged his brother, and he didn't expect that he would really arrest someone.
"I don't want to squat on the fence."
"Neither do I."
"We're all good."
"good."
The two brothers hugged each other for warmth. Wang Xiangxiu was still crying outside the door. Lan Sihai watched the excitement for a while, but he was unusually not sarcastic. Instead, he said, "You still have two children, one is sick and the other is young. You can't ignore other children who need more care just because of one child who doesn't understand."
After saying that, he turned around and went home.
Wang Xiangxiu was stunned, then hurriedly stumbled into the house: "Silver comes, copper comes..."
"What do you mean by this?"
"There are too many things going on in our compound."
"Of course!"
"Our compound can forget about getting any honors as an outstanding compound."
"Oh my god, don't dream on. Anybody can get an excellent hospital, but we can't..."
"Oh no, isn't Bai Fendou getting married today? Is he married yet?"
"What? He's in the hospital..."
Everyone went home talking about it.
Mingmei watched the excitement for a while, listened to the gossip for a while, and then sighed: "Children can be naughty, but they can't do things like this."
Hutou and Xiaoyanzi nodded in fear. It turned out that the police would also arrest children.
Su Jinlai was arrested.
"We must all be the best and most obedient children in the future."
Everyone in the Zhuang family laughed.
Mingmei wanted to make a kang, which was not uncommon at this time. Although it was cold and difficult to get up, this was actually the best time to make a kang. After all, when it was not cold, no one would expect it.
But the weather is cold now, so everyone will think of this. Mingmei's family has a kang, and Zhao Guihua found the all-round aunt Lian. Although Aunt Lian's fee is not cheap, she can really find some strange people and things, and she does a great job.
In fact, Zhao Guihua herself also knows someone who does this, but his skills are not as good as those of Aunt Lian's old acquaintance.
This kang can be made in one day, but it takes a few days to burn the fire and dry it thoroughly. At the same time, it is also very important to test the flue. Fortunately, everything went smoothly and it was done very well. Mingmei and Zhuang Zhixi moved back to the house and suddenly felt that their sleeping place was much bigger.
They used to have a 1.5-meter double bed.
Nowadays, double beds are usually 1.5 meters long, and 1.8 meters long beds are very rare. After all, every household is not spacious, and the actual situation must be considered. A 1.5 meter long double bed is good for a couple, but it will be too tight if you put two kids in it.
But now it's different. The kang is good enough to accommodate five people.
Although their house is not as big as Zhao Guihua's, and is divided into two rooms, they built a semi-partition of one and a half meters in advance. Now that it is connected to the kang, the partition is not as cold as before. As long as the kang is heated, the partition will feel warm to the touch and have hot air.
Mingmei said cleverly: "We can put all the gloves and hats on it to keep them warm. They will be warm when we wear them to work in the morning."
Zhuang Zhixi: "My wife is really smart."
Just after Zhuang Zhixi and Mingmei moved into the northern heated kang, Bai Fendou and Chen Yuan from their compound were finally discharged from the hospital. However, although he was discharged from the hospital, Chen Yuan did not return to the compound, but returned to his parents' home.
Tao Yuye also went to take care of her husband, and there was a big padlock hanging on the door of his house.
It was also at this time that they heard that Su Jinlai was sent to a juvenile detention center, reportedly for three months.
Well, don't even think about spending this New Year at home.
Three months is not a long time, but for a mother, Wang Xiangxiu is still very uncomfortable. She has not been in a good mood these days and has a sullen face when meeting people. But Bai Fendou is very happy. He is in a good mood when he sees that the people in the Su family are not doing well.
Although this incident delayed his wedding, it also indirectly forced the little bastard to undergo reform. How could he not be happy?
Bai Fendou was so happy that he couldn't help but go to the police station to ask about Aunt Su.
The grandson of this old lady has been punished, when will this old lady be sentenced! This is a coincidence, Aunt Su was really sentenced recently. This matter has been involved for several months, and finally there is a result at the end of the year. Originally, this old lady wanted to eat peanuts. She was involved in forcing and organizing women in the old society... and was also involved in the accidental killing of the old man Bai.
Don't think she was innocent just because she was only fourteen or fifteen years old in Bada Hutong. She was not innocent at all. Her mother was a brothel owner, so she targeted those disobedient girls. She had been doing it since she was six or seven years old.
Otherwise, it can be said that Wang Xiangxiu was really let off at that time, because if they really wanted to investigate and dig, they would have to get rid of all the hidden secrets like Aunt Su. According to what Aunt Su Gou Lanxiang said, she wanted to eat peanuts.
But this person was very cunning. She had hidden a lot of things, and now that she had confessed everything, it became a big case. She helped to uncover a lot of parasites in the old society, and these people were still making some small moves now and were not so honest.
Thanks to Aunt Su's revelation, others were arrested.
Because she had made a contribution in exposing the crime, she was sentenced to life imprisonment instead of eating peanuts.
Although it was a life sentence, Aunt Su was relieved. At least her life was saved.
He actually mentioned several times that he wanted to see Wang Xiangxiu, but Wang Xiangxiu ignored him. So Aunt Su did not mention it again. No one knows what she was thinking, but after being sentenced, she could no longer stay in the local area.
It is said that she is going to plant trees in the Gobi Desert.
Life sentences like hers are served in very harsh places. Her daughter Su Pandi was sentenced to seven years for having promiscuous relationships.
This is because it happened this year. If it was a time of severe crackdown, everyone would have to eat peanuts. The people of the Su family had such a fate. Bai Fendou was very happy. He bought some wine and went home happily, wishing he could tell the world.
He drank too much and sat in the yard singing loudly. In the middle of the night, there were ghosts howling.
No one in the yard was upset with him. This was really unacceptable. After all, the old man was really dead. His father was murdered, and now the murderer has not had a good ending. It is normal for him to be happy.
But if I go to the Gobi Desert to plant trees now, I will suffer a lot. So I think this is not bad.
This is really a living hell.
After all, Aunt Su is not young anymore, and Bai Fendou feels relieved when he thinks that she will suffer for the rest of her life.
Bai Fendou couldn't keep secrets. If he knew, everyone would know. It must be said that when everyone thought of Aunt Su and her daughter ending up like this, they were really sad, especially Su Pandi.
She is really the unlucky one, in fact, she is the one implicated.
But, it was because she took everything on herself, thinking that she could have an easier time, that she ended up like this.
Because Bai Fendou brought news about Aunt Su, everyone's topic recently has revolved around this person.
During the day, the old ladies who are not working get together to chat about work, and they can't help but talk about it.
Aunt Sui: "I have a distant relative who lives in the area where Su Pandi lives. I heard that Su Pandi's husband, her ex-husband Yuan Jun, took the child away."
Zhao Guihua: "Gone?"
Aunt Sui: "I heard that he applied for a transfer to another place, and left with his children half a month ago. I guess it's because too many stories about Su Pandi have spread. It doesn't matter to him as a grown man, but the two children are always affected and discriminated against. As a father, he can only think of a way."
Zhao Guihua: "It's not easy to transfer."
This is not the future, where it is easy to go anywhere.
If I want to leave my hometown now, I may not have such an opportunity even if I want to.
"I heard that he went to support the counterpart unit. But it's good that he left, at least the environment for his children will be better." Although Sijiu City is the capital and has better development, given their family's current situation, it would not be good for the children if they didn't leave.
Sometimes adults can be more restrained, but children are bad for no reason.
"I heard that the two children in their family were bullied at school because of Su Pandi's matter, so Yuan Jun applied for transfer."
"It's not easy for him because of his children."
"So, Su Pandi is guilty of a sin. He has ruined his own children. Although the outside world is not bad, how can it compare to our place?"
"I think it's Aunt Su's bad character that caused this result."
"Oh, by the way, wasn't Bai Fendou going to get married? Why is there no news about it again?" Zhao Guihua suddenly remembered something and asked.
“I don’t know!”
The old ladies looked at each other in bewilderment. Although they were all from the intelligence team, no one knew what was going on with Bai Fendou. Bai Fendou was going to get the marriage certificate that day, and he had been back for several days, but he hadn't gone yet?
"Let me ask him." Aunt Wang volunteered.
Zhao Guihua: "Is this going to be impossible?"
"Ah, not really?"
"Who knows?"
No matter what happened to Bai Fendou, it seemed nothing was strange.
Fortunately, Jiang Lu only had a brief thought about it at first, but finally gave up completely. If he had really introduced Wang Zhaodi to Bai Fendou, he would have harmed people.
"Oh, by the way, where is Wang Zhaodi?" Aunt Wang then realized that Wang Zhaodi was not there.
Zhao Guihua: "She borrowed a fishing rod from our family early in the morning and went fishing in the moat."
Aunt Zhou was very proud and said, "My daughter Zhaodi is very hardworking and a good person. Last night Jiang Lu said that her mouth was tasteless and she wanted to eat fish. So she went there today."
Aunt Wang was speechless: "Can't you just go buy some?"
This matter really cannot be wrongly accused. Aunt Zhou said: "I want to buy it, but can I buy it? The grain stores and various shops are all empty now. I can't buy it even if I want to."
She said: "I asked Zhaodi to ask this morning, but they don't have the product in stock now."
"It's so cold, even if you go there you may not be able to catch anything."
Aunt Zhou: "Let's give it a try. By the way, I think her skills are pretty good. Oh, right, I'm not going to tell you guys anymore. I have to buy her a fishing rod. Otherwise, it won't work if I always borrow it."
Wang Zhaodi borrowed a fishing rod from Zhao Guihua almost every time she went fishing.
But she didn't lend it for free, every time she had a harvest, she would give Zhao Guihua some slack. Although she didn't have much harvest herself, she never lent it for free. Although Aunt Zhou felt bad, she knew it was necessary, otherwise Zhao Guihua, that vicious woman, would definitely make trouble.
But recently she did some calculations and felt that it would be more appropriate to buy one for her own home.
It's not very convenient to always borrow from others.
Zhao Guihua glanced at him and said, "Oh, you finally decided to buy it?"
Aunt Zhou: "I'm not the one who manages the accounts at home. Jiang Lu didn't expect that. I can't use my own money to help him out, right? I was the one who reminded him. Okay, I'm leaving."
She left quickly. Aunt Wang was moved: "The government is good at educating people. Look at Aunt Zhou. She has become a better person."
Everybody laughed.
Zhao Guihua thought to herself: It depends on what kind of person he is. She remembered that Su Jinlai had been in there several times in his previous life, but he didn't receive much education.
"I don't know if Wang Zhaodi can gain anything."
Wang Zhaodi rode a bicycle to the moat. Jiang Lu doesn't ride a bicycle now. After her belly got bigger, Zhou Qun walked to and from get off work with her every day. The bicycle was useless at home, so Wang and Zhaodi went out fishing by bicycle.
Braving the north wind, she panted her way to the moat.
She herself never thought that one day she would be able to ride a bicycle!
This is a bicycle. The team leader is the only one in their village. He is not allowed to touch it. He is very precious. But now she can ride a bicycle. Sister Jiang Lu even lets her learn to ride a bicycle with her bicycle.
Wang Zhaodi just felt warm in her heart. She was clumsy in learning to drive and accidentally crashed the car, but Sister Jiang Lu didn't say anything to her!
Sister Jiang Lu is a very good person.
She locked the car not far from her and found a place where people were fishing in winter. There was less ice here. She found some stones and started smashing them. Whoosh! Whoosh! “Bang!”
She turned around and saw a familiar-looking older brother helping her break it open.
Wang Zhaodi scratched her head and said, "Thank you."
The man smiled and said, "What are you thanking me for? Just hit it bigger. I'm fishing here too."
He glanced at Wang Zhaodi again and said, "Hey, you look familiar."
Wang Zhaodi also felt that this elder brother looked familiar. She said, "I think you look familiar too. You are..."
"You are Jiang Lu's follower."
"You are from the compound next door."
Both of them recognized each other.
Wang Zhaodi: "My name is Wang Zhaodi. I am Aunt Zhou's goddaughter. I now live in Sister Jiang Lu's house."
"Oh, my name is Daqiang. I'm from the next yard. You should have heard of me. Everyone calls me Qiangdare."
Wang Zhaodi nodded: "I've heard of you."
Because she always follows the old ladies in the courtyard, Wang Zhaodi knows everyone in this area. She may not be able to match some of them by face, but as long as she hears their names, she knows the situation of some people.
Zhaodi knows this strong and brave man.
This man was 26 or 27 years old, and he was married once. However, his wife died of illness four years ago. Because of the medical treatment, the family was left with nothing. He had an old mother who lived with his brother and was not in their area.
Qiang Dadan is a laborer who works in a machinery factory for loading and unloading. He has a room in the yard next door where he lives alone.
Compared to what Wang Zhaodi knew about Qiang Dadan, Qiang Dadan didn't have a very deep impression of Wang Zhaodi. The only impression he had was Jiang Lu's tail.
He asked casually, "Why are you living in someone else's house instead of going back to your own home?"
Wang Zhaodi: “…”
She thought for a moment and said, "My family is poor, and I can have enough food here."
Daqiang nodded, but didn't continue the topic. He said, "Oh, do you know how to fish?"
After hearing this, Wang Zhaodi raised her chin and said with a little pride: "I can do it! I can do it."
She was actually a coward before, but she didn't dare to speak like that.
She was so confident now, in fact, she learned it from the female comrades in the hospital. Without anyone telling her, she had secretly observed Mingmei.
Because Mingmei was the only one slightly older than her, and the others were much older, she was happy to secretly learn from Mingmei. She discovered that Mingmei was a very confident person, and others hadn't praised her yet.
She will praise herself and others.
Everybody was so happy.
Moreover, Mingmei never peeks at people timidly. She is not very tall, but she looks people in the eye when she speaks to them, and she never feels embarrassed at all. Wang Zhaodi is so envious that she unconsciously follows suit.
She doesn't brag, but she really knows how to fish.
Wang Zhaodi: "When I was at home, there was a small river in our village, and I would secretly go there to catch fish. I was quite good at it, and when I came across a deep river, I would even make a fish basket myself."
"Then you are pretty awesome." Daqiang praised.
The two of them were not sitting together, there was at least two meters between them, but it didn't affect their conversation much.
"Aren't you going to work today?" Wang Zhaodi asked curiously. Today is working time.
Daqiang: "We didn't have a day off last week, so we got a day off today. It happens to be connected to tomorrow, Sunday, so we can have two days off."
Wang Zhaodi said, "So that's how it is. It's great to have a job and I can make up for the holidays."
Daqiang chuckled and said, "My job is not comparable to others. It's just physical labor, hard work."
"That's great too." Wang Zhaodi said seriously, "In our village, a family may not be able to save a month's salary of a city dweller in a year. Even if it's a manual labor job, if there's an opportunity, I believe everyone will fight for it."
Daqiang: "That's right. It's very difficult to have a formal job nowadays."
Wang Zhaodi: “That’s right.”
"Hey, hey, hey, there's a fish biting my hook..."
"Ah, hurry up!"
In the winter in the city, it snows a lot during the coldest days of winter.
Look, snowflakes are falling again in the afternoon. Qiang Dabao looked at the three little fishes in the bucket and asked, "It's snowing, are you going home?"
Wang Zhaodi had even fewer than him, only two. She hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll stay for a while."
"It's snowing heavily. You'll catch a cold easily. You can go back home soon. If you get sick from the snow, you'll have to pay for it. You don't look like a wealthy person."
Wang Zhaodi smiled and nodded: "That's true."
"Let's go together."
"good!"
The two of them rode back together.
The two of them rode back to their alley, and by coincidence, they ran into Zhuang Zhixi. Zhuang Zhixi glanced at them and said, "What are you doing...?"
Qiang Dadan: "I met him while fishing. Why did you come back at this time? Are you lazy?"
This person's emotional intelligence is somewhat touching.
Zhuang Zhixi: "I asked you to say this. I came out to do some work and will go home directly after I'm done."
It was snowing and there was a document to be delivered to the city. No one wanted to run. As a young man, Zhuang Zhixi was definitely the one who took the lead. Wouldn't it be nice to get off work early? He looked at Daqiang's bucket and said, "Your level is not good enough."
Daqiang: "...I don't have much time. If it hadn't snowed, I wouldn't have been able to harvest so little. I'm the only one at home, so three fish are good enough. I'll go home and make some fish soup tonight, which will keep me warm."
Zhuang Zhixi: "You and I are different."
He smiled: "When I go home, my mother cooks for me."
Daqiang: “…”
What kind of person is this? He's showing off.
"snort."
Everyone went into their own yards. Wang Zhaodi handed the fishing rod to Zhuang Zhixi and said, "Brother Zhuang, here's the fishing rod. Here, I have two fish, and I'll give one to your family as well."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay."
He smiled and said, "Your fish looks bigger than Daqiang's fish."
Wang Zhaodi was happy: "I'm lucky."
She really felt that she was lucky. If she wasn't lucky, how could she have come to the city from the mountain valley? She came here with 1.2 million points of trepidation. But she didn't expect that after coming here, she would see more and meet nice people.
"Please thank Aunt Zhao for me."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Okay."
He went home carrying his fishing rod and a small fish.
He came back early today. His wife hadn't gotten off work yet, so he wasn't in a hurry to go over. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the old ladies in the yard were having a discussion at his house. He put the things down with a smile and said, "This is what Wang Zhaodi gave me."
Zhao Guihua said sincerely: "This girl is really nice."
"That's not true. She is diligent and capable. Whoever marries her in the future will be very lucky."
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows and thought of Qiang Dare...
But maybe it's just a coincidence.
He lazily leaned over and said, "Make room for me..."
Zhao Guihua: "Why did you come back early..."
Zhuang Zhixi came back early, so he didn't have to rush to pick up Mingmei. But Mingmei hadn't gotten off work yet, so she put one hand on her waist and walked around the house. She was already very pregnant, so in order to make it easier to give birth, she would walk more every day as exercise.
"Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming. Come and see! Come quickly!" The elder sister sitting by the window suddenly called out. Ming Mei slowly came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Guan Guiling from our unit was having an argument with a man downstairs."
"ah!"
As soon as these words were spoken, not only Ming Mei, but everyone else also stood up quickly. In a moment, seven or eight people stood at the window, without missing a single one.
Everyone looked out at once. Mingmei said, "Oh, that guy is Bai Fendou."
"Bai Fendou? The god-like person in your compound?"
"The one who cut off Jiang Baohong's roots?"
Mingmei nodded: "That's him, why is he here?"
Then he thought about it and slapped his head again.
It's true that a woman becomes stupid for three years after pregnancy. With the relationship between Bai Fendou and Guan Guiling, it's not strange for them to appear here.
Besides, they are both going to get married.
"I heard that Guan Guiling had issued a letter of introduction for marriage preparation, but I didn't see her showing any affection afterwards. Did she get married or not?" Someone spoke up at this time.
Mingmei shook her head: "I don't know."
She couldn't really tell whether it was registered or not. She thought it wasn't, but she wasn't sure. After all, if it was really registered, Bai Fendou would have announced it to the world. He was someone who was so eager to get married.
"Ah, is it really okay to keep pulling and tugging like this?"
"Who knows?"
Everyone was talking about it, and Guan Guiling, who was standing downstairs, felt embarrassed. She had always had a good reputation in the unit, and she was a person who cared about face. But she didn't expect Bai Fendou to come. It was really embarrassing for her.
Although she had thought about remarrying this man, Guan Guiling looked down on Bai Fightun.
Guan Guiling said seriously: "Bai Fendou, don't pull me. This is my unit, and all around me are my colleagues and friends. How can I live my life in the future if you keep pulling me like this?"
Bai Fendou also felt wronged. He said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. You haven't looked for me recently. I can only come here to find you. Didn't we agree to get married? I don't blame you for not coming to the hospital to see me. But I have been discharged from the hospital for a while now, and you are still avoiding me. What are you doing?"
Guan Guiling took a deep breath and said, "I want to think about our relationship again."
"What!" Bai Fendou was shocked: "We have already agreed to get married, why do we have to reconsider our relationship?"
When Guan Guiling looked up, she saw the window was full of heads. She didn't know how many people were looking at her. She hated them more and more, but there was no place for them to hide. She tightened her lips and said, "This is why I need to reconsider our relationship. Look, you don't care about my face at all. You come to my unit to make trouble. How do you want others to see me? hospital for a small matter. If we get married, how can I say that you won't beat me? Bai Fendou, I like you very much and want to live a good life with you. But I am also afraid that after we are together, you will be violent to me! I am not alone, I have children. I can't fall down. So I have to think about it carefully."
Bai Fendou: "No, I don't beat my wife. It was Chen Yuan who beat my wife."
Guan Guiling: "He looks gentle and polite, but he beats his wife. You beat her up just because you disagree with me. How can I dare to say that you don't beat your wife?"
She said, "I've asked around. This isn't your first fight. You've fought so many times. How can I be at ease? That's why I want to think about it carefully."
Bai Fendou felt that he was really wronged. Everything was going well, so why did Guan Guiling hesitate? But he understood Guan Guiling. She didn't want to find a man who beat his wife. He was just that kind of person.
But how could I doubt him? He felt very aggrieved: "You are really wronging me by saying that."
Guan Guiling: "Whether I have wronged you or not, I need to think about it carefully. Don't come to see me during this period."
"What!"
Bai Fendou excitedly grabbed Guan Guiling's arm: "How could you do this? How could you just let your imagination run wild? We have already agreed on this, everything is settled... What should I do if you do this..."
He also wants to have a happy New Year with his family.
This was clearly an agreed thing, how could it change so quickly? "Let go, you let go, you're hurting me." Guan Guiling frowned, "Look, you said you're not the kind of person who beats his wife, you must be that kind of person."
She was excited: "You say you are good, but look at what you have done. I am not alone, I have a child in my belly. If anything happens to me, it will be two lives, I can't afford the risk! Go, go away! I don't want to see you!"
"Guan Guiling, you..."
"Go away! Go away!"
"No, you have to explain clearly..."
The two of them started pulling and tugging at each other.
The people upstairs were also terrified, and one said, "Guan Guiling is pregnant, nothing can happen to her, right?"
"Who knows?"
"This Bai Fendou is really scary. He can definitely beat his wife."
"I feel the same way. If he is really a good person, he would not be like this..."
Mingmei looked at Bai Fendou downstairs and felt that there were new rumors about this person...
Soon, everyone saw the security department coming over. As expected, there was chaos downstairs. Guan Guiling squatted down and cried with her hands covering her face. Bai Fendou was pushed out of the door by the security department...
"Why is Bai Fendou like this?"
"That's right. Marriage is a free thing. Can't I reconsider it?"
"He loves fighting so much, who dares to say that he doesn't beat his wife?"
"that is."
Mingmei didn't join in on the discussion, but she did enjoy watching the fun.
Bai Fendou stood at the gate, snowflakes falling on him, looking extremely bleak. He himself did not understand how Guan Guiling could conclude that he would beat his wife just because he had a fight with Chen Yuan.
Where did this conclusion come from? Obviously, it is not reliable at all! But Guan Guiling is very stubborn, and I don't know what this person is thinking.
He felt very uncomfortable, squatted down, wiped his face, and wanted to wait for Guan Guiling to talk. But at this time, the security department came out, and the leader said bluntly: "Comrade, you are Bai Fighting from the machinery factory, right? We also know who you are. If you continue to pester Guan Guiling here, we will arrest you. Now is a new society, marriage is free, don't think about forcing marriage or hurting female comrades."
"I am not..."
"Comrade Guan Guiling said she doesn't want to associate with you anymore, so please stop harassing her."
"I'm not, I'm not that kind of person! Why do you all misunderstand me..."
Bai Fendou was completely stunned. After a long while, he finally couldn't stand it anymore as he saw that was hostile to him. He looked up to the sky and said angrily, "Oh my God, you are too bullying! Why? What's wrong with me, Bai Fendou? Why is it that such a good man like me always has bad luck? I just want to get married, I just want to get married! Why, oh my God! Why!"
Security Department: “…”
Mingmei and the others had no idea what was happening outside, but they were stunned when they saw this man opening his arms and yelling to the sky.
What are you doing? …………
Guan Guiling stood alone in the toilet, taking deep breaths and exhaling, encouraging herself: "Guan Guiling, don't be afraid. If you dump Bai Fendou, your man will have a temporary job. If you discredit Bai Fendou, you will have fifty yuan. Bai Fendou, don't blame me. You are not having a bad life. Don't blame me for only caring about myself!"
(End of this chapter)
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