Zhao Guihua went home cursing and feeling upset.
Even though she taught the bad boy a lesson, teaching a lesson doesn't mean she isn't angry. Zhao Guihua has a hot temper.
Mingmei secretly glanced at her mother-in-law, then quickly stepped forward and said to her, "Mom, don't be angry. Aren't we punishing the three children by making them sweep the yard? Let's see how they behave. If they dare to mess around again next time, we won't let them off easily."
She then said, "Mom, look, my mom brought us an old hen. Let's feed it for two days and have chicken soup for the New Year."
Zhuang Zhixi quickly stepped forward and showed the plump old hen in all directions, saying, "Look, it's so plump and delicious. It looks delicious at first glance."
Old hen: “Cluck, cluck, cluck~”
Zhuang Zhixi: "Listen, it says eat me quickly, eat me quickly."
The corner of Zhao Guihua's mouth twitched: "..."
You are not bullying the chicken, are you talking? Even if it is stupid, it will not make such a request. She rolled her eyes at her son and said, "Okay, stop playing tricks. Go get a cage for the chicken and raise it first."
"good."
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Guihua curled her lips and said, "This Liang Meifen, she's been out for the whole afternoon. The family can't rely on her."
Isn't it true that all coincidences in the world are like this? As soon as Liang Meifen came back, she heard her mother-in-law talking nonsense about her. She felt bitter in her heart and hurriedly walked into the house, shouting, "Mom, I'm back." Her eyes fell on the old hen and she was instantly surprised. This was a good thing.
Zhuang Zhixi immediately showed off: "Sister-in-law, this is what my mother-in-law gave me. My mother-in-law likes me very much. You can tell whether a son-in-law is valued or not by going to his father-in-law's house. Look at me, I came back with a chicken in my hand. Look at my elder brother... uh, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhao Guihua gave him a death stare, and Zhuang Zhixi stopped showing off for a second. He immediately said, "I'll go get the chicken coop."
Leung Mei-fun lowered her head in embarrassment.
Zhao Guihua: "Your dad and his family will be off work soon, so let's make some pickled cabbage with vermicelli tonight."
Liang Meifen immediately went to the small pickled cabbage jar at the door to scoop up pickled cabbage. The locals didn't eat much pickled cabbage. But Aunt Wang from their courtyard was from the Northeast, and she knew how to pickle pickled cabbage.
Zhao Guihua muttered: "If we put some pork belly in the pickled cabbage, it would be perfect."
Both daughters-in-law, Leung Mei-fen and Ming-mei, swallowed their saliva at the same time. They thought it must be delicious just thinking about it.
But they also knew that it was just a thought. How could they have a big meal every day? What kind of family is that? They could forget about it. However, Mingmei approached Zhao Guihua slyly and said, "Mom, our bus station used to give out two pounds of meat tickets during the Spring Festival."
Zhao Guihua's eyes lit up and she said, "That's great. Let's put more meat in the dumplings this year and have some affordable meat dumplings."
"Gudong." Mingmei swallowed.
Liang Meifen also looked at Mingmei with envy. Although she had also worked as a worker, the treatment in their textile factory was not as good as that in the bus station. Forget about the two catties of meat. They would not even give out two ounces.
Priscilla Leung: "This bus station is great, the treatment is good, and there are plenty of days off."
Mingmei has taken so many days off these days. If she leaves their factory, she will have no chance of success.
Mingmei was stunned and quickly said, "No, it's not that we have a lot of holidays. I had a reason for asking for leave." Mingmei explained, "Our bus station is different from ordinary factories. We don't have fixed holidays during the Chinese New Year. Although the number of buses has decreased during the Chinese New Year, there are still some. We crew members work in shifts. For example, I have asked for many days off recently because of my marriage. So I will work on days like New Year's Eve or the first day of the new year."
She rubbed her hands together: "It seems like I have to go back to work on New Year's Eve this year."
Zhao Guihua had known about this for a long time, and it happened in her previous life. So she didn't feel surprised at all, and nodded and said, "Okay, I got it. It's okay to go to work, I'll wait for you to come back to eat dumplings together in the evening."
Mingmei smiled and said, "Okay."
She said happily, "Although I have to work on New Year's Eve, my boss is considerate of me because I just got married and didn't schedule me on New Year's Day. Hehe."
Zhao Guihua glanced at her daughter-in-law. She had to admit that she was a real optimist. She was so happy about a small thing. She said, "Your leader is a good guy. Go get a spoonful of cornmeal."
Mingmei: “Okay.”
Although they were chatting, Zhao Guihua did not stop working at all. She kneaded the cornmeal into oval-shaped small cakes and stuck them into the sauerkraut pot one by one. She said, "If there is a copper hot pot here, it would be nice to eat some sauerkraut pot in winter."
"Gudong." Mingmei started swallowing again.
Zhao Guihua laughed. You know what, Zhao Guihua had planned well. She had already cooked dinner and her family had all returned. The family was eating around the table. Zhuang Laonian asked, "I heard you had a quarrel with someone today."
Zhao Guihua rolled her eyes: "What do you mean by quarreling with others? I was the one who scolded him, you little bastard, and you still want to plot against me."
Zhuang Laonian said: "They must have smelled something yesterday."
Zhao Guihua snorted and said, "So what if I smelled it? I'm theirs! I'm telling you guys, don't go to the Su family to show your kindness. If I find out, I'll break your dog legs."
The three men in the banker's house immediately said cautiously, "I know, I know."
This old lady is not to be messed with.
Seeing that they had all listened to her, Zhao Guihua nodded with satisfaction. She knew the Su family better than anyone else. If they got involved, there would be no end to it. She didn't want her family to be involved with them.
Their family isn't prosperous yet, so why should they care about what others do?
Zhao Guihua scolded her family members and then started to think. The Chinese New Year was just around the corner and everyone wanted to have a good New Year. After working hard for a whole year, it would be a shame if they didn't have anything good to eat during the New Year.
However, Zhao Guihua also knew that the meat coupons her family had saved had all been used up when her youngest son got married. Even if Mingmei could get two kilograms of meat, it was enough for a family of eight to eat, but it was impossible to say that they could eat very well.
If it was Zhao Guihua a week ago, she would have saved one and a half kilograms of meat from the two kilograms, and just had some meat. But Zhao Guihua was reborn. She could quickly adapt to her current life, but she also wanted to eat a little better within her means.
Apart from other things, her old man had done manual labor all his life, and it was hard work, but he died after a few days of good life. Now, Zhao Guihua didn't want to let the old man suffer again.
But if you want to eat well, you must be capable. Even if his family has workers, it may not be possible. Now there are fixed quotas, and you can't buy them even if you have money. There used to be pigeon markets where you could buy some food and drinks, but now the pigeon markets have been canceled.
Although the pigeon market has been banned, the black market has re-emerged.
But the two are really different. In the past, the pigeon market was not managed by anyone, and farmers from the surrounding area came to exchange some things; but now the black market is under arrest. You may have to go to jail, which is risky. But risky is risky, and it doesn't mean that no one goes there.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and every household will cook fish, after all, it is a good omen for "abundance every year". If they sell a batch of fish and then exchange them for some meat... I think it will work!
"Mom, why don't you eat your food? What are you thinking? You're stunned." Zhuang Zhixi noticed that his mother was in a daze. "Are you okay?"
Zhao Guihua: "What can happen to me?"
She was not the kind of person who would cling to things. She made a decision immediately after making a plan. She asked, "Who among you guys can take a day off tomorrow?"
Ask for leave?
Several people in the family were very confused, but they still spoke honestly.
Zhuang Laonian said: "I definitely can't do it. It's the end of the year and there's a lot of work to do. I'm indispensable." He is a level 5 riveter, and riveters are less skilled than welders, so he can't ask for leave.
Zhuang Zhixi raised his hand: "I can't do that either. I've taken a lot of leave recently because of my marriage. Although our clinic doesn't have much to do, they are all older than me and have families to support. They will definitely take leave to buy New Year's goods, so it won't be my turn."
Mingmei: "It's even worse for me. If I ask for leave, our leader will go crazy."
Zhao Guihua: "I didn't count you at first!"
Mingmei: “…Oh.”
At this time, everyone looked at Zhuang Zhiyuan. Zhuang Zhiyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I can't do that either. I haven't said anything yet. I have to go out tomorrow. I'm on a trip to Fengtian. It will take six days to go back and forth."
It won't delay the New Year at all, but I definitely can't take a leave tomorrow.
Zhao Guihua saw that none of them were good enough and cursed, "Fuck you, okay, it's just the two of us tomorrow."
She looked at Leung Mei-Fun, who said: “???”
She had no idea what her mother-in-law was going to do, and Zhao Guihua didn't want to explain anything.
Zhuang Laonian: "Osmanthus, what do you have here..."
Zhao Guihua said to him, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
She glanced at the two children who were eating wheezingly and didn't want to say anything in front of them.
Zhuang Laonian uttered an "oh" and after dinner he sent the two children back to the house. Zhao Guihua then said, "I plan to get some fish and sell them on the black market, and then buy some meat."
This statement almost scared the rest of the family. Zhuang Laonian hurriedly stopped him, "Wow! You are too bold. Is the black market a place we can go to? We have to be careful when buying things. Do you still want to sell things?"
Zhuang Zhiyuan's eyebrows were so tight that they could pinch a fly to death. He nodded and said, "No, this definitely won't work. It's too dangerous."
Zhuang Zhixi also nodded and said incredulously: "Mom, you are quite wild now. You even want to go to the black market."
Mingmei blinked: Grandma is really grandma! Zhao Guihua glared at the men at home and said, "Isn't it for the sake of a better life for our family? Is the pond on the mountain unique to our family? If we can find it today, it will be discovered by others tomorrow. We should take advantage of the fact that no one has seen it yet and there are many big fish in it. We should make some money first. Isn't this better than anything else? Otherwise, when more people know about it, what will we do? We won't even be able to see the fish bones."
Zhao Guihua was not making this up. How did she know there was a pond with fish on the mountain? Wasn't it because something like this happened in her previous life? A few months later, in the summer after the Chinese New Year, a group of kids from a big courtyard went to the mountain to play and found this pond.
How could these 15- or 16-year-old boys compare with an old sparrow like her from Dongting Lake? These boys were not very good at planning and didn't know how to hide. They each caught a bucket and went home, showing off along the way. The news spread immediately. Well, in just two or three days, there were no big fish in the pond, not even the fish fry.
I really caught all of them.
Zhao Guihua and her friends had heard that they lived in this courtyard house, but when they left, there was nothing left. She was so sad and distressed at the time. She had been thinking about this opportunity for a long time, so much so that she still remembered it decades later.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have remembered this after being reborn and immediately went up the mountain to find this pond.
It's strange, this pond is not hidden, but no one paid attention to it before, and no one knew there were fish in it. I have to say that some things are really up to fate. But if it were to happen again, Zhao Guihua didn't want to miss it.
She said: "We will sell some while the market is good before the New Year."
Zhao Guihua was ambitious and had great aspirations, but the other people in the Zhuang family were grinning and scratching their heads. This was dangerous for him, who could bear it? Zhuang Zhiyuan tried to persuade his mother, saying, "Mom, if you get caught..."
Zhao Guihua: "Bah, I can't run?"
She said, "Besides, we have to be desperate at that time. If all else fails, I will hit them with the fish. Do you think they will catch the fish or chase me? You guys are all old men, but you really don't have the courage to do anything."
Several men in the banker's house were implied, but they were all still miserable and really didn't want me to take any risks.
Zhao·Eight oxen can't pull it back·Osmanthus: "It's settled!"
"Oh no, Mom..."
"Wait a minute, old lady..."
Zhao Guihua: "Who are you calling an old woman? I'm still young. If you can't help me, don't make trouble for me. Go away."
Zhao Guihua felt that in this family, you can't listen to men. Men always think before and after doing things. They always think they have thought it through, but by the time they figure it out, it's too late.
It's really hard to eat shit while it's hot.
At this time, the two daughters-in-law, Liang Meifen and Mingmei, could not and dared not to interrupt.
The three men in the old man's family are not good enough, not to mention their wives, who are always one level lower. Didn't you see that the three men were frowning with worry? “Mom, you think this is going to be a problem…”
"Don't give me a bad mouth." Zhao Guihua was very persistent. She looked at's worried eyes again, sighed and said, "Okay, I promise you, we will sell this batch before the New Year, and I won't go to the black market after we sell it, okay? We can both take a step back."
Let 's each take a step back? Where are you retreating? But just based on this, everyone also saw that Zhao Guihua couldn't be persuaded. Zhuang Zhixi sighed and said, "Mom, you are really amazing. Will you have to move your family to the Forbidden City tomorrow?"
Zhao Guihua: “…”
Death stare.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Then you have to promise us that it will be before the New Year."
Zhao Guihua rolled her eyes: "Why can't I agree to this? Okay, I promise you!" We can talk about the future later, there's nothing wrong with agreeing to it first.
Because Zhao Guihua was particularly stubborn, the old men left with a heavy heart. When the two couples left, Zhuang Laonian's hair was greasy with worry. He said, "You old woman, why are you so stubborn?"
Zhao Guihua glanced at him and said, "Why should I do this? It's for our family. I don't want to take any risks to keep the fish, but you see, the fishy smell will attract greedy people. If we keep doing this for a long time, we will definitely be targeted by others, and then the pond on the mountain will have nothing to do with us. If we can go there, others can too. Besides, even if it wasn't leaked from us, what if someone else found it? It doesn't make sense for us not to seize the opportunity when we encounter a good thing."
As far as she was concerned, she really didn't think going to the black market was a big deal, but seeing that her family was so worried, she naturally had to say a few words to comfort them.
"The eldest and the third brother don't understand, but you don't understand me either? I'm not a careless person. Since we're going to the black market, I'll be careful and disguised. No matter what, let's make some money first." Zhao Guihua sighed, "You do physical labor, and there's not much money to make on weekdays. How can you handle it? Hu Tou and Xiao Yan Zi are also lacking in nutrition."
When Zhuang Laonian heard this, he was moved. He whispered, "I know. I know you are doing this for this family and for me."
His eyes were red and he started to wipe away his tears. How could his old lady be so good to him? No other family had such a good wife. He was really blessed in eight lifetimes.
This time, he couldn't say anything to stop it.
Zhao Guihua: "I'm glad you know!"
Seeing that Zhuang Laonian no longer objected, Zhao Guihua opened the drawer and took out the cash box. She said, "Our family's total assets are now 650 yuan. I've thought about it. If they don't hand in their wages in the future, we will save money slowly. They hand in 10 yuan or 20 yuan a month. There are eight people in our family. Thirty yuan is not enough to eat well, let alone twenty yuan. In the future, we old couple will have to support the children. Didn't I just say that you are not young anymore. You can't just sit there like before. You have to eat something good. The same goes for the children who are still growing up. We have to take out at least 20 yuan a month. If we say that 40 yuan a month is the food expenses for eight people, then the food should be about the same. don't care whether I dress well or poorly, but in this cold weather, the cotton-padded jacket is not windproof and I should add some cotton to make a new one. This money cannot be saved, otherwise when I get older, I may get cold legs. There are also some living expenses. We really can't save much in the future."
Zhuang Laonian: "Just a little savings will do."
He was a contented person, and said, "More is better, less is better, and our children are not ungrateful, and they will not ignore us."
Zhao Guihua nodded and said, "I know that."
The old couple were counting their "property" in the room, and the young couple were doing the same. The young couple here were referring to Zhuang Zhixi and his wife. Mingmei was sitting cross-legged on the bed, counting the money carefully, and Zhuang Zhixi was lighting the stove.
In order to save coal briquettes, they didn't light the stove in every room during the day. Only the big room of my parents had a stove, and they would hang out there when they weren't working. They would light the stove themselves when they got home at night. Zhuang Zhixi was busy, and Mingmei was doing her own thing: "Don't peek."
Zhuang Zhixi: "...Hey, my wife, this is for you to show off. Do you believe I dare to snatch it?"
Mingmei: "Come on, come on, come on, see if I'm polite or not."
Zhuang Zhixi: "...Oops, I forgot you are a master."
He already knew from Mingmei why Mingmei's salary was higher. He had known that Mingmei's salary was higher than his, and thought it was because of the succession. However, he did not expect that it was not the case, but because Mingmei had caught a thief, received a commendation and had her salary raised by one level.
"Hey, it's not my wife, are you afraid of catching a thief?"
Mingmei: "What am I afraid of? Of course I'm not afraid. You don't know how much I hope that another blind person will show up, so that I can make another contribution. Catching thieves can increase your salary much faster than waiting for years of service. I've been waiting for them to come to me and give me performance. Alas!" She sighed and said, "Who would have thought that there are no thieves left? They have learned their lesson and don't even go to the bus where I sell tickets."
She missed a great opportunity to get another salary increase!
Mingmei looked up: "That's right, I'm pretty good at it."
At this point, she suddenly clapped her hands and said unhappily: "Zhuang Zhixi, you are so annoying, why are you talking to me, I counted wrong!"
Zhuang Zhixi: “Puff!”
He said jokingly: "Do you want me to help you count?"
Mingmei immediately put on a vigilant face: "Get out of my way."
She moved to the head of the bed, with her back to Zhuang Zhixi, and continued to count the money. Zhuang Zhixi couldn't help laughing even harder at her money-grubber look. His wife looked quite smart, but in fact, she was really simple-minded.
Any sensible young wife would not count her pocket money in front of him.
However, Zhuang Zhixi didn't expect that Mingmei dared to do this because she was sure that this man was no match for her. In fact, Mingmei didn't intend to count the money today. Isn't it... she went back to her parents' home today!
In fact, Mingmei had always kept the money at her parents' house and never took it back. She is not a naive person without any ulterior motives.
However, because of the "dream", Mingmei probably knew what kind of person her mother-in-law was. At least her mother-in-law had good character, so there was nothing to worry about. Even if Zhuang Zhixi was not a good person, her mother-in-law would not let it go. So she felt much more relieved.
Mingmei went back to her parents' home today and took out the pocket money she had saved over the past few years. She took over her mother's job and worked for about two and a half years. Her parents didn't ask for her salary, so the money was all in her own hands. Mingmei saved a total of 400 yuan.
When she got married, the banker gave her 50 yuan as a betrothal gift, and her mother gave her another 50 yuan as a dowry, making a total of 100 yuan for her to keep as pocket money. So Mingmei now has 500 yuan.
That’s all the whole ticket, the rest are just some small change.
The total is forty-eight dollars.
Mingmei took out eight yuan and put it in her small purse, then put the rest of the money into the wooden box and locked it. After locking it, she was still worried, so she locked the wooden box and the bed together, then she slipped on her shoes and got off the bed, folded her arms and looked at Zhuang Zhixi, and asked, "Are you okay? Are you asleep?"
Zhuang Zhixi raised his head: "It's early, I'm waiting for you, right?"
Mingmei raised her chin and smiled coquettishly. Zhuang Zhixi felt his heart melt at once. His wife was so pretty. He held her hand and was about to walk to the bed. Mingmei held him back and said, "Go get a pot of water."
Zhuang Zhixi laughed: "Okay."
He carried the kettle to the yard and quickly filled it up, then put it on the stove and took his wife to "rest". The newlyweds really didn't stop all night, and soon the bed creaked...
The biggest difference between the newlyweds and the old married couple is that one always wants to stay together to explore the mysteries of "life" and "living people", while the other can argue for an hour over trivial matters.
This is exactly what happened in the old Zhuang family. The young couple was training the "bed" to withstand the load, while Zhuang Zhiyuan and his wife were just dealing with trivial matters.
Zhuang Zhiyuan is leaving home tomorrow. Liang Meifen can't help feeling a little sad. She muttered, "Why leave at this time instead of earlier? You know how hard it is for me to be alone at home..."
She then prepared some clean clothes for Zhuang Zhiyuan to take with him before leaving home.
"Your mother still has to go sell things, and I don't know if she will drag me along when the time comes. What do you think we should do if something goes wrong? Why is she so troublesome?"
She sighed and continued, "I went to the street office to look for a job today, but no one paid any attention to me. It must be your mother who wentssips about me outside. Otherwise, how could they look down on me? I ran into her when I came back today. She was talking about me to the third son's wife. Do you think it's easy for me to live in this family? I am hardworking and I..."
"Are you done yet?" Zhuang Zhiyuan said seriously, "If you have time, you should invest your limited time into endless learning. Look at how you have become so vulgar now? You keep talking about trivial things all day long. Don't always imagine that my mother treats you badly. I think my mother treats you very well. Look at our courtyard. Who is as honest as my mother? You can't be ungrateful."
He turned sideways and continued to read the Railway Weekly in his hand. He said, "Look at me, I never stop learning."
Liang Meifen: “…”
She took a deep breath and said, "Look, this is useless. It's not even worth eating or drinking!"
Zhuang Zhiyuan: "Life cannot just be about eating and drinking, we must aspire to a broader spiritual level. You are just vulgar, too vulgar!"
Miriam Leung: “Woo woo woo…”
Why can't her man be down-to-earth? He is just pretending to be a fool!
It's hard for her! It's so hard for her to be someone's wife.
"Why are you crying again? Look at you..."
Leung Mei-fun could no longer bear it and said, "I'm going to the toilet!"
Afraid that this person would follow, he directly said, "Go big!"
She quickly went out and ran to the bathroom. Once she entered the bathroom, she couldn't help crying again. Woo woo woo, why can't he understand her at all? Her life was so difficult. Why was it so hard for her?
Liang Meifen did not dare to speak loudly, for fear that people would hear her. She could only cover her mouth and sob. The more she cried, the more she felt that she was really wronged. Only here could she cry without worry. Her life was too hard! Sob! In the men's restroom, drunk Zhang Saner staggered to the restroom. As soon as he entered the restroom, he felt a chill. It was no wonder that he was making a fuss. Last time, he encountered a ghost in the restroom, and he didn't dare to tell anyone when he went back.
This time it was finally... Oh, no, a humming sound came again.
Zhang Saner shuddered and almost fainted. He immediately held onto the wall, pressed his whole body against the wall, and trembled. Ghost... There really was a ghost! The ghost came out and cried again! He heard it all, he really heard it!
Zhang Saner covered his mouth again. Woo! He couldn't make a sound.
However, this time he was bolder than last time. Last time he didn't dare to move, but this time he covered himself and slowly moved out. As soon as he reached the door, he screamed and ran away, crying: "Mom...!!! It's haunted!"
Liang Meifen was crying when she suddenly heard someone yelling. She stopped crying and hurried out of the toilet. She saw Zhang Saner, a drunkard from the next door compound, running away quickly. Liang Meifen was puzzled: "What's going on? What are you yelling about?"
She made a puzzled sound and said, "This drunkard doesn't know what to do after drinking a little."
She had almost finished crying and felt much better. She wiped her tears and hurried home. The sky was gloomy and it was going to snow! Liang Meifen didn't know the mental damage she had caused others. She came back and said, "Hutou Dad, it's going to snow outside. Don't let the water pipe freeze. Get some water."
Zhuang Zhiyuan: “Okay!”
Although everyone uses water in the yard, almost every household has a water tank prepared. Their family is no exception. The water tank is in the main room of the big house, and usually contains a tank of water.
Sometimes there are a lot of people in the morning, or it is too cold in winter and the water pipes are frozen, so we still have to be prepared.
Fortunately, the water is rarely frozen and cannot be used, so most people are used to being outside. Zhuang Zhiyuan stood up to get water, and Zhuang Laonian came out to help. It was really going to snow, and he said, "It's not cold when it's snowing, but only after it's over."
Zhuang Zhiyuan sang: "Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest."
Zhuang Lao Ni glanced at him and said, "You're just writing a poem. Is that enough? You have to go out tomorrow. Go back to your room and rest. I'll watch over you."
Zhuang Zhiyuan was not polite and said yes with a smile. He was not wearing a coat and was feeling a little cold.
Zhuang Zhixi and Mingmei had no idea what was going on outside. The young couple was exhausted after the exercise and had fallen asleep. The next morning, they heard voices in the yard and realized that it was snowing.
Mingmei added some hot water and came out to wash up. Just then she heard a distant pigeon whistle from outside. There were many people raising these in the morning, but they have disappeared in recent years. Now the control is very strict and people are not allowed to tinker with these things. However, some people still go against the wind and do it secretly.
Mingmei was an old Beijinger. When she heard the familiar voice, she looked up and smiled, saying, "You are really brave."
"Of course not!"
Someone answered, and Mingmei looked over and saw that it was Zhou Li's daughter-in-law Jiang Lu. Jiang Lu smiled at Mingmei, looked at her water cup, and said, "This young couple has a good relationship. They even prepared hot water."
Mingmei smiled and said, "The water is too cold for me to handle."
When Zhou Li heard this as soon as she went out, she muttered quietly, "It's just pretentious."
Mingmei didn't bother with this bad-mouthed old lady, she just shrugged and went back to her room. You see, her mother-in-law Zhao Guihua's words are not pleasant to the ear, but Zhao Guihua will not target you if you don't offend her. But this Zhou Li is like a snake with a snake's spirit.
She still remembered that on the first day after she got married, this man came up to her and said something unpleasant. It was obvious that he was a bit mad. Biting whoever he caught, what else could he be but mad? He didn't have the time to chat with her so early in the morning.
Everyone has to go to work and is very busy. To be honest, Mingmei really thinks her mother-in-law is very nice. Who doesn't want to sleep a little longer in the morning on such a cold day? But every day when they get up, her mother-in-law has already prepared breakfast for them, which saves them a lot of trouble.
For example, this morning, her mother-in-law got up early to steam buns.
Mingmei ate the fragrant steamed buns and muttered, "Even if I don't eat the vegetables, I can eat three or five of these steamed buns!"
Zhao Guihua sneered and said, "Your name is Mingmei, but don't let your imagination run wild! Three or five of you, do you think I'm a landlord? Even a landlord doesn't have any surplus food!"
Mingmei burst out laughing, but she was not annoyed. She knew that her mother-in-law was just a bad-mouthed person, but she had no bad heart. She was nothing like the old ladies out there. She ate breakfast happily and said, "I'm going to work."
Zhuang Zhixi: "Can you leave the car to our mom for a few days? I'll pick you up after get off work."
Mingmei blinked and said quickly, "Okay."
She immediately thought that her mother-in-law wanted to go to the suburbs to do something, and agreed without hesitation that since she couldn't go to work, she had to contribute. Her bicycle would take her place in the labor.
But... Mingmei looked at Zhao Guihua eagerly and said, "Mom, my car is new. Can you promise me to treat it well? You must treat Xiaohong well!"
There's nothing I can do about it; her bicycle is so precious to her.
Zhao Guihua: “…”
She was quite speechless: "Can you not name the bicycle?"
Mingmei blinked innocently and said, "Its name is Xiaohong."
With a name, it sounds like something very important and should be valued. She vaguely knew that her mother-in-law didn't think the bicycle was precious, but she was different. In her heart, the bicycle was very precious.
She shook Zhao Guihua's arm and said, "Anyway, you treat Xiaohong well. I'm leaving first."
After saying that, he quickly jumped out the door.
Zhuang Zhixi: "Hey, wait for me."
He stuffed the remaining steamed bun into his mouth and said, "Let's go together. I'll walk you a little way."
Mingmei looked at his face and smiled softly, "Okay."
She shook her coat and said, "Put your hands in my pockets. They are warm."
Zhuang Zhixi raised his eyebrows and smiled, saying, "Okay."
The couple quickly held hands in their pockets and went to work side by side.
Zhou Li came out to use the restroom and saw the two people walking away from a distance. She pouted and said, "Not dignified at all."
He pouted again and said, "They are not good at all."
"Hey Aunt Zhou, don't go."
Aunt Zhou stopped and asked, "What?"
This is Old Lady Chen from the next yard. Old Lady Chen winked and said, "Hey, have you heard? Our toilet is haunted!"
Zhou Lishi: "What!!!"
She was shocked and said quickly: "It's not appropriate to talk about this now..."
"Just between us, don't tell anyone else. Don't disbelieve me, this is real, it's a female ghost, Zhang Saner from our yard said it, he was so scared last night that he screamed for his mother... Don't disbelieve me, this is not the first time he has encountered one, he didn't dare to say it at first because he was worried about the inappropriateness, but he was so scared yesterday that he was confused, and he came back and started talking..."
Zhou Li's eyes lit up: "Then you have to tell me in detail..."
In their compound, if there is any little thing, as long as Zhou and Li know about it, then everyone in the compound will know about it. As for what it is, we just know about it and won't tell anyone else.
Haha, that's impossible.
Zhou Li couldn't wait to go back: "Old sisters, have you heard? Let's..."
Balabala!
The young girls, young wives and old ladies in the yard were all amazed when they heard it.
Liang Meifen was shocked when she heard this, and patted her chest and sighed: "This is too scary. It seems that I really can't go to the toilet by myself in the future." But this matter sounded a little familiar, so forget it, don't think about it, and go to the toilet less at night in the future!
"That's not the case!"
Zhao Guihua glanced at Liang Meifen silently and looked away.
"Don't tell me, if there is a ghost in the toilet, I believe Zhang Saner. Once I went there, I vaguely heard some noise, but I didn't dare to go in..."
"Ah, me too."
"But I haven't heard of anything happening here. How could there be a ghost? Here we are..."
Everyone was discussing this, but Aunt Wang quickly stopped them and said, "Alright, stop talking about this. These are all feudal superstitions. Don't believe in them, and don't spread them. You can do something else but spread these things. If you are caught, you will be taken to school and taught a lesson on New Year's Day. Is it worth it?"
She said, "It's all gone."
Zhou Li curled her lips, very unconvinced.
Aunt Su smiled softly, and then followed Aunt Wang's footsteps: "Old sister, I'll go sit with you for a while."
Aunt Wang: "Okay, let's go. I'm winding the yarn, can you give me a hand?"
"Okay."
Mrs. Zhou Li: "Bah." She looked down on Aunt Su in the courtyard. Well, she also looked down on Aunt Wang; uh, Zhao Guihua was no match for her either. Anyway, no one was better than her! She curled her lips and turned back home.
Everyone dispersed quickly, which was exactly what Zhao Guihua wanted, as she had her own important things to do. She quickly locked the door and drove out with Liang Meifen. Liang Meifen sat in the back seat of the car, carrying a bamboo basket on her back, and sang bitterly: "The north wind is blowing, the snowflakes are floating..."
She is suffering, very miserable, just like Xier.
Zhao Guihua frowned: "Can you stop calling out to the soul? What kind of nonsense are you singing? If you can't sing, don't sing! It's so ugly!"
Leung Mei-fen sighed softly, and a feeling of melancholy and misery dissipated in the wind.
Zhao Guihua rides her bike very vigorously, but she is not very proactive in making money and there is something wrong with her thinking.
She still has to lead this family! (End of this chapter)
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