"You're looking for me?" Zhang Zeyu looked at the girl in front of him in surprise. He didn't know her at all.
Song Lili nodded. "Yes, if your mother's name is Wu Ru, then it's me looking for you." Song Lili was straightforward and didn't bother to explain further, she just said it directly.
Hearing Song Lili directly state his mother's name, Zhang Zeyu seemed to have a little idea of what was going on.
He nodded. "Then the person you're looking for must be me."
"In that case, come with me." Song Lili turned around and left without waiting for Zhang Zeyu to follow.
Zhang Zeyu watched Song Lili's figure recede into the distance, pursed his lips, and then silently followed.
The girl who had spoken earlier, Xue Jiao, couldn't help but mutter to herself, "When did these two meet?" as she looked at their strange expressions.
Although Song Lili was walking in front, she kept observing Zhang Zeyu behind her, eager to see what kind of person this cousin was.
Zhang Zeyu walked from the Third Brigade to the Fourth Brigade without asking any questions. Song Lili couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, thinking that he seemed like an interesting person.
Without saying a word, Song Lili took Zhang Zeyu home. "Uncle, I've brought him to you," Song Lili said to Wu Jiang as soon as she entered the main room.
Wu Jiang looked at the person who followed Song Lili in, and there seemed to be a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, as if he were looking through him at something.
"His eyes look a lot like your aunt's." Suddenly, Wu Jiang said this.
Song Lili also subconsciously looked at Zhang Zeyu's eyes. His eyes were not very big, and his eyelids looked slightly swollen.
On its own, it's not particularly attractive, but when placed on that face, it becomes unique.
Song Lili pursed her lips. She had never even seen what her aunt looked like, so how could she know if the two looked alike?
Since Wu Jiang said it looked like it, then it did. Song Lili had no other feelings about it.
"Uncle, please sit down. I'll go get you some water." Song Lili tried to slip away as soon as she could.
She's already found the person; the rest is none of her business anymore. Let's see what Wu Jiang does.
"Lili, where's your uncle? Why isn't he here?" It was only then that Wu Jiang realized Song Yongren wasn't home.
"Oh, my uncle's house is having its roof beam raised today, so my uncle went to help. He'll be back soon."
The so-called "raising the beam" is actually just laying thatch on the roof of the thatched house and covering it with mud to prevent the wind from blowing it away.
The roof beam raising usually takes place in the morning, and it's already noon, so they should be back soon.
"Did Jianshe go along too?"
"No, my older brother went to help out at his mother-in-law's house," Song Lili said in a less than pleasant tone.
Chen Erhua is quite a talent. After marrying Song Jianshe and Xia Niu, she seized every opportunity to have Song Jianshe do housework at home.
If it weren't for Song Lili keeping things under control here and Xia Jun watching over things there, the entire Song family would probably have had to go and help.
Sure enough, last night they came and said they needed to turn over the family's private plot of land, and asked Song Jianshe to go today.
Early in the morning, Song Jianshe left after breakfast, which made Song Lili very angry. He didn't even provide meals for the workers; he was really stingy to the extreme.
But what could she say? These were her in-laws; she couldn't say anything.
Since it wasn't her doing the work, Song Lili turned a blind eye.
"Is it just you and Fangfang at home? What about the chores around the house?" Wu Jiang frowned, his tone becoming somewhat unpleasant.
“Fangfang went out to play, so it’s just me and my sister-in-law at home.” Song Lili did not answer the following questions.
There wasn't much work to do at home, and even if there were, she could manage it herself. If Xia Niu hadn't been so pregnant and needed someone to stay home, she would have gone out too.
"This... has your mother-in-law always been like this?" Wu Jiang asked again, his brows furrowed.
"Occasionally," Song Lili said, not wanting to elaborate. "Uncle, please sit down and talk. I'll go cook lunch; it's almost noon."
With that, he went out.
She didn't want to talk about or bring up these unpleasant things; family scandals shouldn't be aired in public.
Song Lili was quick; she made a simple stir-fry of vegetables and a few potatoes. That was her lunch.
But everyone eats it this way now, so nobody minds.
After finishing the meal, Wu Jiang said, "Lili, it's confirmed now. This is your cousin. He'll be staying in Hongqi Village from now on. Help him out whenever you can."
Wu Jiang had considered it for a long time before speaking up. Originally, this was something he should have done, but since they lived in different villages, he was too far away to help and could only entrust it to Song Lili.
Song Lili secretly rolled her eyes; she knew it would turn out this way.
However, all he could say was, "Okay, I understand, Uncle."
Wu Jiang didn't see Song Lili roll her eyes, but Zhang Zeyu did. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, suddenly becoming interested in this girl with such expressive face.
"From now on, I'll need my cousin's help a lot," Zhang Zeyu said with a smile.
Song Lili replied with a forced smile, "No problem, no problem. My cousin is a grown man, he doesn't need my help with anything."
You're not a child, why should I help you? Even if you're a grown-up, you should find your own way to grow up.
"That's hard to say. Maybe one day I'll need my cousin's help?" Zhang Zeyu's smile brightened, and a hint of teasing appeared in his eyes as he looked at Song Lili.
Song Lili rolled her eyes seriously this time. "Let's talk about it on that day. I'm very busy." She didn't have time to bother with your trivial matters.
"Okay, you're family, you should help each other in the future," Wu Jiang said with a smile.
He didn't detect the tension in their conversation at all, and listened to them asking each other for favors, feeling quite pleased with himself.
Song Lili: "..." Three black lines appeared on her forehead. Uncle, did you understand?
Zhang Zeyu: "..." The smile on his lips froze for a moment.
"Hehe..." Song Lili couldn't help but sneer.
"Uncle, are you sure this person is really him?" Song Lili finally couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, how could your uncle mistake someone else? Just by looking at him, I can tell he's your aunt's child."
"Besides, I just asked, and it's definitely your aunt's child." Wu Jiang was in a good mood after finding the person.
"..."
Song Lili's mood wasn't so good. Looking at the smug Zhang Zeyu, she wanted nothing more than to punch him.
Seriously, what bad luck! All the people who come to visit are people she hates.
"Lili... Lili..." Song Lili was about to say something when she was suddenly interrupted by Xia Niu's somewhat shrill voice.
Upon hearing that voice, Song Lili's heart skipped a beat. Without thinking of anything else, she immediately ran out.
Judging from Xia Niu's voice, something must have happened, so Song Lili didn't dare to delay.
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