"Is Gensheng's father really gone?"
Zhang Juhua huddled on the bed like a quail, using a tattered sheet to cover herself. Hearing a creak, she cautiously peeked out through the gap in the sheet. Seeing that it was Lu Changgen returning, she quickly turned and asked him a question. Perhaps she had been badly frightened earlier, because this time she didn't call her husband by his full name as she used to.
Lu Changgen nodded quickly and said, "They're gone, they're gone. I watched them walk away from the slope before I came back."
Zhang Juhua was overjoyed. She knelt on the bed and bowed haphazardly, murmuring, "Amitabha, Bodhisattva, please protect me, that evil star is finally gone." After saying that, she bowed again, then lowered her hands, gently patted her chest, and said with lingering fear, "That fierce-looking guy scared me to death."
"It's good that you know how to be afraid." Lu Changgen nodded, thinking of Lu Zhimin's earlier instructions, and said, "You've escaped this time, but never mess with the Yun family again. I was on the slope just now and I saw that little nobleman talking to Yun Duo and her family at the village entrance. Although I couldn't hear what they were saying, I could tell from their actions that the little nobleman was very polite. If you really anger Yun Duo again, and she complains about us, no one in our family will be spared. I'm afraid it will even implicate Gensheng."
"Alright, alright, stop nagging. I'll just not bother them anymore." Zhang Juhua waved her hand impatiently. Thinking of her precious son, she couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had gone to his maternal grandparents' house yesterday. Then, she instructed Lu Changgen, "Let me tell you, no matter what, you absolutely mustn't mention this to Gengsheng, lest you scare him. Understand?"
"I know." Lu Changgen nodded, then looked at Zhang Juhua and said, "Pack up, let's go."
"Where are you going? What time is it? The sun is so bright, don't you want to sleep for a while?" Zhang Juhua asked, somewhat puzzled.
In the sweltering summer, if you don't take a nap at noon, you'll feel listless all day.
“Go to sleep.” Lu Laogen nodded and said, “So don’t dawdle. We can sleep a little longer when we get back.”
"So what exactly are you going to do?" Zhang Juhua asked Lu Laogen with a puzzled look on her face.
"What else can we do? Go apologize to Uncle Yun and the others. We were interrupted by that little nobleman before, weren't we? We have to go again. Brother Zhimin told me that before." Lu Laogen said matter-of-factly.
"Apologize?" Zhang Juhua's voice rose uncontrollably. "That brat Yun Duo caused me so much suffering. I've already been patient enough by not causing them any trouble. And you still want me to apologize to them? Lu Laogen, are you even a man?"
"Keep your voice down!" Lu Laogen quickly tugged at Zhang Juhua and said, "It's only right to apologize. You weren't thrown into the river by Yunduo..."
"If she hadn't spoken first, would I have been thrown into the river?" Zhang Juhua interrupted Lu Laogen, persisting in her argument.
“You’re an adult. So what if she’s thrown into the river and drowned? Yun Duo is just a child. If she hadn’t been lucky, she would have been dead long ago. Besides, even if you don’t apologize for this, you should apologize for the fight you had with Zhao Cuifen at their house today, and for what you said about Uncle Yun afterwards,” Lu Laogen said earnestly.
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