Chapter 116: Can't Lose Face
Qin Yu naturally had no objection. Although the family did not have meat and fish for every meal, they would cook eggs from time to time to provide nutrition for the younger generation.
As the youngest child in the family, she would of course get her share, but she would always give half to her nephews and nieces or her mother.
So even though she was craving eggs, she wasn't going to argue with Ji Yingying about a bite of them.
But now Nanzhi and Ding Zhiqing have come to my house, so they are guests after all. Even if I have to pretend on this first day, I have to politely ask them if they would like to eat eggs.
"Sister-in-law, I don't want to eat, but Nanzhi and Comrade Ding are guests, they want to eat."
Wu Shulan's face turned red at her daughter-in-law's petty behavior. She picked up the eggs in the bowl and was about to put them into Nanzhi's bowl.
Xiaojun, who was standing by, imitated his grandmother and wanted to give the eggs to Ding Xiaoli with reluctance.
Su Nanzhi was not shameless enough to ask for eggs from her elders, so she immediately waved her hand to refuse.
Ding Xiaoli didn't even think about taking the food from the child.
Because of the rejection, the scene suddenly became very lively.
"Stop arguing, Xiaoyu, go to the kitchen and boil a few more eggs."
Qin Dacang interrupted the actions of several people impatiently.
Qin Yu agreed crisply and was about to get up and go to the kitchen to boil eggs.
Ji Yingying spoke up, "Xiaoyu, how much rent did Nanzhi and Comrade Ding pay you to be so eager to serve them?"
Qin Yu touched the rent money that Su Nanzhi and the others gave her yesterday in her pocket, and her expression looked grim.
Although Su Nanzhi said yesterday that her room was small and the rent should be low, she actually received no discount on the rent, which was only slightly less than what Gu Zhiqing paid to the village accountant.
She knew that Ji Yingying was unhappy that Su Nanzhi did not pay the rent in person yesterday and was making things difficult for the two of them.
Of course, the best way is for her to take out the money to shut Ji Yingying's mouth.
But she was somewhat unwilling.
"But then again, is Comrade Su's illness contagious?"
Ji Yingying ignored Qin Dacang's ugly expression and spoke slowly.
"I'm pregnant with Lei Zi's first child, so I have to be careful."
"If anything bad happens to you, Nanzhi, you won't be able to pay for it."
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Qin Yu couldn't bear it any longer as Ji Yingying kept talking more and more outrageously. She was about to take out the rent money to shut her up.
Su Nanzhi laughed and said, "If it's really contagious, it's too late for you to ask now."
"But Mrs. Lei, if you're worried, you can lend me some money. I'll go to the hospital for a checkup, and then you'll be more assured."
"As for the first child? You're already pregnant after Lei Ge got married for a month. Lei Ge's seed certainly won't get into trouble so easily."
When she said the last sentence, Su Nanzhi showed a meaningful smile.
Ji Yingying's face turned pale and she looked at her with shock.
Did Su Nanzhi know something?
Qin Dacang, who was standing by, wanted to scold Ji Yingying, but after he keenly noticed her panic, he didn't know what he thought of and his face darkened.
After Su Nanzhi finished speaking, she stood up and went to Qin Yu's room, and took out the rice and flour she bought yesterday and a few braised chicken legs she took out from the space.
She put the oil paper package on the table, opened it and saw six tempting braised chicken legs. When she opened the oil paper package, the aroma of meat hit her nose.
"I bought it at the supply and marketing cooperative yesterday, but I forgot to eat it. Everyone, please eat one each, or it will go bad if you keep it for too long."
As she spoke, Su Nanzhi picked up a chicken leg and gave one to everyone, just enough for one person, except Ji Yingying.
Facing Ji Yingying's angry expression, Su Nanzhi took a bite of the chicken leg and said slowly: "I'm afraid that I might infect you with my illness, Mrs. Lei, you won't be angry, right?"
Ji Yingying met Su Nanzhi's clear gaze, but she didn't dare to say out loud the anger in her heart. She picked up the eggs and tortillas and went back to her room angrily.
Su Nanzhi had no self-awareness that she was bullying a pregnant woman. She asked everyone to eat quickly and then lowered her head to eat seriously.
"Nanzhi, how can you be so embarrassed? The braised chicken legs you bought at the supply and marketing cooperative cost quite a bit of money, right? Auntie will give you the money later."
Seeing Xiaojun had already taken a large bite of the chicken leg, Wu Shulan said apologetically, "There's no reason for you, a guest, to spend money."
Since Su Nanzhi had taken out the braised chicken leg, she had no intention of taking it back, so Wu Shulan had no choice but to accept it.
Not to mention how delicious these chicken legs are, she will buy a few for her children to try during the next holiday.
However, while she was eating, she also noticed Qin Dacang who had been silent on the side.
After Su Nanzhi and the others finished their meal and left, she looked at Qin Dacang who was in a daze and immediately asked.
"Old man, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qin Dacang frowned and looked at Wu Shulan and asked, "Is the child from the third family really only three months old?"
Wu Shulan looked puzzled. "Yingying has only been married into our family for three months. How can this child be four months old?"
"But her belly is a little too big..." Qin Dacang's expression did not look any better because of Wu Shulan's words.
Wu Shulan also realized that Qin Dacang suspected that the child in Ji Yingying's belly was not the third child's.
She wanted to refute, but when she thought of Ji Yingying's belly, which was bigger than that of other pregnant women in the third trimester, she said nothing.
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Su Nanzhi didn't know that because of her words, the Qin Dacang couple had become suspicious of the child in Ji Yingying's belly.
After she finished her breakfast and left Qin Dacang's house, she went straight to the threshing ground.
After a night, Huang Xiumei and the other two looked extremely embarrassed, but their eyes when they looked at Su Nanzhi were all unified and full of malice.
Soon the village chief appeared, walked to the front platform and began to announce the actions of the three people.
The incident happened suddenly at night, and many villagers were unaware of it. However, after the village chief's narration, they immediately understood the whole story and looked at the three people with unfriendly eyes.
Among them, the look he gave Huang Xiumei was the most displeased.
Huang Xiumei is a rotten apple who has ruined the reputation of their village.
Although they sometimes sneaked around to see fortune tellers, they were never caught red-handed.
It also caused them to be unable to go to work early in the morning when it was cooler, and they had to watch several people being criticized.
The bad-tempered villagers picked up the rotten vegetable leaves on the ground and threw them at the three people.
Some people who couldn't pick up rotten vegetable leaves didn't mind the dirt and picked up the cow dung on the ground to join in.
The three of them lowered their heads and listened to the insults from the surrounding villagers without moving at all, fearing that the villagers' attacks would become more violent.
Looking at Huang Xiumei, who had been showing off in front of her in her previous life, Su Nanzhi couldn't help but reveal a happy expression on her face.
Just as she was admiring this scene, she saw a familiar figure walking towards the village entrance.
Qin Youliang looked much older after being squeezed on the train for a few days.
But he didn't care about the pain all over his body. He was still thinking about his son Qin Lie, whom he had high hopes for, who had just been promoted from deputy battalion commander to squad leader.
He had been a soldier when he was young, and knew how difficult it was to climb from a private to a deputy battalion commander, but he also knew that if Qin Lie had not made a mistake, the organization would not have demoted him to a squad leader.
However, he felt that everyone makes mistakes, and his son just made a mistake that all men in the world would make. It was the organization that was ruthless, and it was Su Nanzhi who was cruel and made the matter worse.
Qin Youliang, who was originally hesitant about Qin Lie's proposal to marry Su Nanzhi off in exchange for a huge betrothal gift, lost the last bit of friendship he had for Su Nanzhi after learning that Qin Lie was demoted.
With this money, Qin Lie can use it to smooth things over, and he can recover from being a squad leader to a deputy battalion commander, or even a regimental commander sooner.
When he was young, he felt that his talent was not recognized and was not appreciated, so his son had to fulfill this wish on his behalf.
Thinking this, Qin Youliang ran straight back to Qinjia Village as soon as he got off the train.
But before he reached the village entrance, he heard some noise coming from the edge of the valley.
Although Qinjia Village is very close to the county town, the people there are very simple and honest, without the messy atmosphere of the county town.
He hadn't seen this kind of commotion for many years. Although he still had something on his mind, he couldn't help but move closer out of curiosity.
But before he reached the threshing ground, because the terrain was higher, he saw Huang Xiumei and his mother-in-law Qian Juhua standing in the front.
Qin Youliang's face darkened. Although he didn't know what the two had done, his first reaction was to leave so as not to let others discover him.
He can't afford to lose face.
Just as he turned around and was about to run, Su Nanzhi called him.
"Uncle Youliang, you are finally back."
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