Among the Zhou family's siblings, Zhou Yuanyuan disliked her younger sister Zhou Zhimei the most. When Zhou Zhigang and Zhou Zhiqiang saw Zhou Yuanyuan and her siblings, although they weren't happy with their expressions, they wouldn't scold them.
Only Zhou Zhimei would lash out at them every time they met, regardless of the consequences, implicitly and implicitly saying all the bad things about Zhou Yuanyuan and her brother. Zhou Yuanyuan had no masochistic tendencies, and would avoid Zhou Zhimei whenever she saw him.
After Zhao Yunxiang returned home, Zhou Zhimei's exclamation informed Zhou Yuanyuan. Zhou Yuanyuan hurried out of the room on her short legs. With her mother around, Zhou Yuanyuan seemed to have endless strength.
Unfortunately, Zhou Yuanyuan's calves were short, and Zhou Zhimei was so focused on getting the bike that she took quick, hurried steps. The two of them were so close that Zhou Yuanyuan actually fell behind Zhimei. As soon as Zhou Yuanyuan entered the backyard, she heard Zhou Zhimei asking for Zhao Yunxiang's bike.
Two years ago, Zhou Zhimei got married and took away Zhao Yunxiang's new bicycle.
Back then, a bicycle cost 170 yuan, plus a bicycle voucher. In an era when the average worker earned only a dozen yuan a month, a bicycle was a real luxury.
Zhou Yuanyuan was nearly driven to death by Zhou Zhimei's shamelessness. Her mother didn't owe Zhou Zhimei anything, so why should he give her whatever he wanted? Worried that Zhao Yunxiang wouldn't be able to accept the offer outright, Zhou Yuanyuan rushed to reject Zhou Zhimei on her behalf.
"Zhou Yuanyuan, you little brat, why are you butting in when adults are talking? Get out of here!" Zhou Zhimei was furious when she saw Zhou Yuanyuan. Especially when she saw that Zhou Yuanyuan was wearing fashionable clothes and shoes, Zhou Zhimei was extremely jealous.
Today, Zhou Yuanyuan wore a white, low-cut, multicolored polka-dot smock made of corduroy, a look she'd only recently worn. She paired it with bright red corduroy pants and a pair of red leather shoes, looking clean and cute.
Zhou Zhimei had seen the two colors of corduroy sold in the supply and marketing cooperative, which cost one dollar and twenty cents per foot. She had been thinking about it for several months but couldn't bear to buy it. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yuanyuan wore it.
In reality, Zhou Zhimei had wronged Zhao Yunxiang. The clothes and pants Zhou Yuanyuan wore were scraps of cloth left over from a piece of cloth sold at the supply and marketing cooperative. They were only two or three feet long, costing 2.5 yuan per foot. A child could make a shirt or pair of pants, but not an adult.
These scraps of cloth are in great demand. The quality is the same as the ones sold before, just a little shorter. They're so cheap! Everyone with children is eyeing them! Unless you're an insider at the supply and marketing cooperative, you can't buy them.
Zhao Guohui is the director of the supply and marketing cooperative, so he has some convenience. If he sees any beautiful cloth, especially one that is suitable for Yuanyuan and her sister, he can just tell the counter.
Zhao Yunxiang was a quick-witted person. The day before yesterday morning, when she went to the supply and marketing social fish balls shop, she brought some cloth home and made a new set of clothes for Zhou Yuanyuan that afternoon. Zhou Yuanyuan was also a vain person. She didn't save the new clothes for the New Year and happily put them on.
Zhou Yuanyuan was also frightened by Zhou Miaomiao. If she didn't wear new clothes or shoes, and Zhou Miaomiao took a fancy to them, she would urge Wu Jinfeng to take them away. For the sake of her mother's ears, Zhou Yuanyuan now wore new clothes as soon as she saw them, and would never save them for Zhou Miaomiao to snatch.
"Zhimei, what are you talking about? You're such a grown-up, but you're arguing with a child? I think you're going backwards." Zhao Yunxiang was upset. Zhou Zhimei had just arrived and wanted to take her bicycle. Zhao Yunxiang was already unhappy, and when she saw Zhou Zhimei scolding Yuanyuan in front of her, all the thorns in Zhao Yunxiang's body stood up.
"Third sister-in-law, how come it's wrong for me, as her aunt, to teach my niece a lesson?" Zhou Zhimei was surprised. She didn't expect that the usually silent Zhao Yunxiang would become so powerful now?
However, Zhou Zhimei was not a good-tempered person. Although she was surprised, she was unwilling to give in in front of Zhao Yunxiang. Otherwise, if the other two sisters-in-law followed suit, Zhou Zhimei's status in her natal family would be completely gone.
"I'm not dead yet! Yuanyuan has someone to teach her a lesson," Zhao Yunxiang replied indifferently. The implication was that if she wanted to teach Zhou Yuanyuan a lesson, she, as her mother, would do it herself, and it wasn't the turn of Zhou Zhimei, her aunt, to tell her what to do in front of her.
"Third sister-in-law, you're going too far!" Zhou Zhimei was so angry that she jumped up three feet high. What was going on? She hadn't been back to her parents' home for just over a month, and the once-soft-as-a-bun sister-in-law had changed so much? No wonder she hadn't been in the kitchen to help her mother cook!
No! This trend can't continue! Zhou Zhimei must stand up for her mother today.
"I don't think I have done anything excessive. On the contrary, you, my aunt, set your eyes on my bicycle as soon as you returned to your parents' home. I think that is too much." Zhao Yunxiang replied slowly, ignoring Zhou Zhimei who was jumping up and down in the local area. Holding the basin and holding Zhou Yuanyuan's little hand, the mother and daughter walked into their kitchen to cook.
"Well, you're really good." Zhou Zhimei sat by the well and sulked for a while, feeling completely wronged today. He didn't get the bike, and Zhao Yunxiang even taunted him. Zhou Zhimei stood up, walked around the yard a few times, and stopped in front of the shiny bike. "You won't give it to me? If you don't, you'll have no chance of getting away with it!" Zhou Zhimei kicked the bike.
I don’t know if Zhou Zhimei was too angry or confused, but when he kicked the bicycle tire, not only did he fail to knock the bicycle over, but he also got most of his foot stuck in the steel wire string of the tire.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhimei quickly retracted her foot.
Zhou Yuanyuan followed Zhao Yunxiang into the kitchen, but her ears perked up, listening for Zhou Zhimei's movements in the yard. After hearing a slight "crack," Zhou Zhimei screamed in shock: "Oh my God! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Zhou Yuanyuan stretched her neck to look at the backyard, and saw that Zhou Zhimei had one foot on the ground, while the other foot was stuck in the gap between the bicycle tire strings. She was bent over, holding the instep of her foot in the air with both hands, and howling with her mouth wide open.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Zhimei, what happened?" When Wu Jinfeng heard Zhou Zhimei's call, she didn't even care about the dishes being fried in the pot. She threw down the spatula in her hand and ran out.
Wu Jinfeng ran to the backyard and saw Zhou Zhimei's bizarre appearance. She was both angry and amused. Judging from her posture, Zhimei must be mad at Zhao Yunxiang for having a new car and was planning to kick her.
Frankly, Wu Jinfeng was furious for two days after seeing Zhao Yunxiang's new bicycle. This bastard hadn't given Zhixin two months' salary, only to buy him a bicycle!
When Wang Xiaoqiang heard Zhou Zhimei's cry, he hurried over holding Wang Xi.
When Zhao Yunxiang heard Zhou Zhimei's call, she was about to go out to see what was going on. Zhou Yuanyuan pulled the corner of Zhao Yunxiang's clothes and shook her head.
Yes! If I ran to Zhou Zhimei at this time, my mother-in-law might think I was the culprit! From a distance, my mother-in-law couldn't force the blame of causing her sister-in-law's injury on me, right? Zhao Yunxiang came to her senses and ignored Zhou Zhimei's earth-shaking screams in the yard. She was busy making lunch.
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