Liu Yuan shook her head and said, "Don't let Liu Wan's lack of work skills fool you, she has high aspirations."
Yun Yi, who was walking in the kitchen to get a drink of water, paused upon hearing Liu Yuan's words. He had already guessed that what happened between Tan Jian and Liu Wan must have been another case of Tan Jian not being able to resist sneaking a peek at a woman's underwear, and this time Liu Wan had caught him.
Clearly, Liu Wan and Jiang Caiqin are not the same kind of people. Jiang Caiqin is loud and boisterous, and although she has some ulterior motives, she is afraid of damaging her reputation in this matter, so she did not make any excessive demands.
Liu Wan appears gentle and delicate, like a delicate white flower, but her scheming is far deeper than Jiang Caiqin's, and she is highly likely to do something to threaten Tan Jian. After hearing Liu Yuan's account of the events between the two, Yun Yi is now 90% certain that Tan Jian has been threatened by Liu Wan.
However, such a situation is like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai—one is willing to hit and the other is willing to be hit. If you haven't even figured out your own situation, you naturally won't pay attention to others.
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the village slaughtered the New Year's pig.
The whole village was very excited, and everyone eagerly took their basins and lined up at the brigade headquarters to get their meat.
Qian Duoduo lined up behind He Ying again. He Ying smiled and said, "Today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and your mother still hasn't come back. It looks like she'll be spending the New Year at your second brother's place."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "Auntie, my mother asked my second brother to write a letter back. He said that we will spend the New Year at his place because my second sister-in-law is also in her late pregnancy and their living conditions are not as good as here."
Fortunately, my fourth brother and sister-in-law went too. With three people taking care of my second sister-in-law, things should be relatively secure, right?
He Ying nodded and said, "I wonder what the second son's wife does?"
Qian Duoduo said with a smile, "My second brother wrote back saying that my sister-in-law's grandfather is a high-tech elite who returned from overseas."
Besides, he only has one granddaughter, his second sister-in-law, so it's good for her to spend the New Year there; at least the old man can have a lively and festive New Year.
He Ying nodded and said, "Your mother is a kind-hearted person. If it were one of those wicked mothers-in-law who tormented their daughters-in-law, she would definitely take all of the daughter-in-law's belongings back."
Qian Duoduo laughed and said, "Like Aunt Zhao in your front yard? Third Brother's daughter has only one son, and this son is just relying on Third Brother's daughter to support him? Auntie, she doesn't even mention that I'm the only girl in our family. It makes my teeth ache just looking at her. She's a freeloader, it's so uncomfortable!"
He Ying laughed and said, "Old Zhao's family, those are all top-notch. Humph, look at his neighbors, they're all annoyed to death by them, there are even fights. But she doesn't dare to come and act up in front of me, because she knows I definitely won't tolerate her!"
Qian Duoduo immediately smiled and said, "Auntie, there's an old saying that goes, 'Birds of a feather flock together.' You're so capable, and my brother has also found you a capable daughter-in-law. They say that like father, like son, they fight side by side. With my sister-in-law standing behind you, see who dares to show off in front of you? Watch my sister-in-law slap them away with one palm."
He Ying listened to Qian Duoduo's words and laughed happily. She tapped Qian Duoduo's forehead and said, "You're good at making me happy. You probably got your mouth from your grandpa."
Qian Duoduo chuckled and whispered to He Ying, "You and my uncle have been together for so many years, which shows that you two are like a big iron pot with a perfectly fitting lid. No matter what kind of dish you cook in the pot, it can't escape the hands of the two of you."
He Ying particularly liked Qian Duoduo's analogy and said with a smile, "This big iron pot is quite valuable now."
Qian Duoduo nodded. This wasn't the first time she'd witnessed such a blatant display of affection.
The Qian family members all seem to have a tendency to subtly show affection for each other. This is true for the Qian Cai family and the Qian Sheng family as well, which has led to the married Qian Feng and Qian Yu, as well as Qian Xiang, showing affection openly or subtly!
Qian Duoduo carried the New Year's pork he had been given as a gift and walked briskly home. People on the way greeted him, perhaps wondering how much meat was in his basket.
However, Qian Duoduo is a slippery little eel. If an outsider has such intentions, she will definitely not let you achieve your goal so easily.
Back home, Qian Duoduo saw Qian Mao, who was rarely home, and said, "Third Brother, it's been so cold these past few days. I just want to eat something hot. Today we're distributing pork for the New Year, so let's start making dumplings today."
Qian Mao was organizing the details of the year's work when he heard his sister's words and said happily, "Our Secretary Lu can't go home for the New Year either, so he's alone in the county committee dormitory. I'd like to invite Secretary Lu to our house so we can celebrate the New Year together."
Anyway, Mom, my fourth brother, and his wife aren't home, so it's no fun with just the three of us alone.
Qian Duoduo nodded indifferently and said, "You can handle this yourself. But you'd better tell Dad, otherwise, Dad might be a little nervous if your Secretary Lu shows up at our house."
Qian Mao smiled, tidied up the things in front of him, and said, "Sigh, organizing all the things from this year is really a headache."
Qian Duoduo asked, "What are you doing?"
Qian Mao said, "It's about organizing all the events that happened in Shangzhi County this year. Before Secretary Lu, Secretary Fan's secretary had made a mess of things, and Secretary Lu was disgusted with it. So, he asked me to reorganize it."
Qian Duoduo nodded and said, "That really is a tough job. But Third Brother, I have a small suggestion, see if you can use it."
Qian Mao smiled, picked up another stack of documents, and asked, "What suggestion?"
Qian Duoduo: "I think this sorting can be categorized. For example, the first is agricultural sorting, the second is commercial sorting, and the third is factory sorting."
Upon hearing Qian Duoduo's words, Qian Mao stopped what he was doing and asked, "If we categorize it this way, how do we search for county annals according to the timeline?"
Qian Duoduo said, "Third Brother, for example, Secretary Lu might ask you something like: 'Qian Mao, can you check the county annals from March 28th?'"
Qian Mao shook his head with certainty: "He wouldn't be that bored."
Qian Duoduo then said, "Third Brother, what if Secretary Lu asked you this: 'Qian Mao, when did our county start spring plowing last year?'"
Qian Mao said, "Last year it was March 11th, the first day of spring plowing."
Qian Duoduo smiled: "Third Brother, how is it?"
Qian Mao said, "That makes sense!" Then he looked at the stack of county gazetteers he had just finished and felt a headache coming on. He said, "Looks like I'll have to work overtime and start over again."
Qian Duoduo looked at it and said, "I'll help you."
Qian Mao glanced at it and could only nod; otherwise, he would still be working on these things even by the New Year. He just hadn't expected his younger sister to be so excellent at organizing documents. Things that he found tedious seemed very simple in her hands.
Qian Mao felt that the compilation of the county annals went very smoothly. He learned a lot from the compilation methods, which made him realize that his younger sister had really grown up and was able to teach him a lot!
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