Xiaocao blushed and smiled. Although Aunt Biyun had eaten half of the delicious bun, it was great to have a friend like Yuanyuan by her side to comfort her.
"Xiaocao, this bun is dirty, throw it away!" Zhou Yuanyuan looked at the half-eaten bun in her hand, and thought of Wang Biyun's big yellow teeth, feeling sick.
"No, the buns are still edible." Xiaocao was immediately anxious when she heard Zhou Yuanyuan say she wanted to throw away the buns. How could she waste such soft white flour and meat filling?
Zhou Yuanyuan was stunned. She had forgotten that this era was not the prosperous era of later generations, where everything was plentiful. In this era, a family could cook a bowl of braised pork, and the sisters would each take a bite of the meat, and they would still enjoy it.
Sigh! We're still poor! Zhou Yuanyuan sighed, carefully peeling off a little dough from the bun next to the tooth mark and handing it to Xiaocao. It might seem a bit like "stealing the bell while covering one's ears," but it was better than nothing.
Xiaocao ate the half bun that had been "poisoned" by Wang Biyun, and her heart was bubbling with satisfaction.
The buns made by Yuanyuan's family are very solid, with more meat and less vegetables. It is the first time in Xiaocao's life that she has eaten such delicious food. In her heart, she regards Yuanyuan as her best friend, nothing else.
Wen Ziqing held a few round stones in his hands and followed Zhou Yuanyuan and the others, wandering all the way into Daqing Mountain.
Wen Ziqing saw everything Wang Biyun did just now. He was a step too late, and Wang Biyun had already taken a bite of Xiaocao's bun.
Wen Ziqing did not show up. He found a few round stones nearby, hid aside, and watched Zhou Yuanyuan deal with it herself.
Wen Ziqing had originally planned to wait for Yuanyuan and Wang Biyun to confront each other, then he would sneak in and make a move. Never mind that he was a man bullying a woman, he would definitely protect his little girl.
In his past and present lives, Wen Ziqing has practiced hidden weapons well and his accuracy is pretty good. Wen Ziqing has made a plan that if Wang Biyun continues to bully Yuanyuan and Xiaocao, he will use Wang Biyun to practice.
The reason why Wen Ziqing chose round stones was so that Wang Biyun would feel some pain, but it would not cause head injuries and bleeding like sharp stones.
Seeing that Yuanyuan had let Wang Biyun go, Wen Ziqing had no intention of taking action. Although Wang Biyun was a bad person, her offenses were minor. As long as she didn't offend Yuanyuan, she wouldn't be punished enough.
Let’s not talk about the three children who entered the mountain two after the other, let’s just talk about Wang Biyun.
Wang Biyun was frightened by her mother-in-law, and picked up the bucket and ran to the stream in one breath.
"Old bastard!" Wang Biyun cursed inwardly. She had fought Tiezhu's mother for seven years, and she had rarely won. Even though Tiezhu's mother looked sickly, when she got angry, the Gu family was afraid.
If it weren't for the old man's burden, their family wouldn't be so poor! Wang Biyun curled her lips and muttered in her heart. Even if she said these words to her mother, Wang Biyun would not dare to say them. Who in Zhaojiagou doesn't know that Gutiezhu is a filial son? If Tiezhu's mother said east, Gutiezhu would never go west. If Tiezhu's mother asked Tiezhu to teach his wife a lesson, it would be strange if Wang Biyun didn't get a good beating.
Wang Biyun never made up stories about her mother-in-law in front of others, for she was afraid that if Gu Tiezhu found out, a beating would be the least of her problems. If he divorced her and sent her back to her parents' home, she would be doomed.
In those days, rural weddings usually consisted of a banquet, inviting relatives, friends, and neighbors to a meal, and that was considered the end of the ceremony. Few people went through the formal process of registering and getting a marriage certificate with the government, a characteristic of that era.
In rural areas, when a couple separates, they don't need to get a divorce certificate. The two families can just have a quarrel, a serious fight, and then sit down and talk it out face to face. From now on, the marriage will be dissolved, and the children will go their separate ways.
This is also one of the reasons why people in rural areas are so patriarchal. If there are not a few strong and robust sons to keep the family in check, what if someone comes to the door unreasonably and hits the house, won’t they just be able to cry?
In rural areas, it is rare for a couple to get divorced because they can't get along. If they get divorced, the man will not suffer any consequences, but the woman will be drowned in spit.
Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Zhixin got their marriage certificate and held a wedding ceremony. After all, Zhao Qingshan had a lot of experience and would not let his daughter suffer any loss.
However, no matter how powerful her family is, once a woman gets divorced, she will be inundated with all kinds of rumors. Zhao Qingshan and Zhao Guohui, considering Zhao Yunxiang, would not easily ask their daughter (sister) to divorce.
Wang Biyun fetched two buckets of water from the upper reaches of the stream and placed them on the roadside, then walked directly to Zhao Qingshan's house at the village head. Thinking back to the bun she had just snatched from Xiaocao's hand, Wang Biyun felt extremely greedy.
"Yunxiang, Yunxiang!" Wang Biyun stood at the door of Zhao Qingshan's house and called out twice at the top of her lungs.
In the yard, Zhao Yunxiang was shaving the hair off a pig's trotter. Yuanyuan and Ziqing's appetites had increased significantly over the past few days, so Zhao Yunxiang had to take great pains to provide them with nutritional supplements.
Recognizing Wang Biyun's voice, Zhao Yunxiang didn't want to pay attention to it, but Wang Biyun seemed to be arguing with her and shouted a few more times at the top of her voice.
Zhao Yunxiang put down the trotter in her hand, fetched some water from the well, washed the blood off the trotter on her hands, and went to open the yard door.
"Yunxiang, why don't you invite me in to sit down?" Wang Biyun stretched her neck and saw that there was no sign of Zhao Qingshan in the yard, and her heart immediately calmed down.
Every time Wang Biyun came to the Zhao family, as long as Zhao Qingshan was not at home, Zhao Yunxiang would ask her to take something back, sometimes two bamboo tubes of rice, sometimes a small bowl of noodles, and sometimes half a small bowl of lard.
These things weren't actually given to Wang Biyun by Zhao Yunxiang. Instead, Wang Biyun would take some of what she saw at the Zhao family's place. Zhao Yunxiang was shy, and every time Wang Biyun took something, she was too embarrassed to say no. As a result, Wang Biyun had become accustomed to looking for Zhao Qingshan whenever she came to the Zhao family's house.
"Just tell me what's going on." Zhao Yunxiang blocked the door and didn't intend to invite Wang Biyun in.
When they were young, Wang Biyun would tell Zhao Yunxiang all day how pitiful she was at home, how she didn't have enough to eat, had to work harder, and was often scolded. Zhao Yunxiang thought they were friends, so whenever Wang Biyun took something from her house, she never made a fuss.
A few days ago, at the creek, Wang Biyun, in front of several aunts and young wives, mocked Zhao Yunxiang for her poor relationship with her mother-in-law, implying that Zhao Yunxiang was disliked by her mother-in-law and could not live there anymore, so she came back to her parents' home to take advantage. Zhao Yunxiang did not retort at the time, but she crossed Wang Biyun off her list of friends.
During this period, Zhou Yuanyuan often instilled in Zhao Yunxiang the idea that "a good horse is ridden by others, and a good person is bullied by others". Although Zhao Yunxiang did not completely accept Yuanyuan's brainwashing, she would not try to avoid a breakup with a two-faced villain like Wang Biyun as she did before and would condone her.
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