Zhao Yunxiang felt a little regretful that she had refused her brother's offer to come pick up the goods. The person who came to inform her from the supply and marketing cooperative said that their director had returned from the county town this morning and could come to Zhoujia Village in the afternoon to help pick up the goods.
At the time, Zhao Yunxiang was thinking about her brother Zhao Guohui's busy work. He was busy all day, running around the reservoir and the county. Zhao Yunxiang didn't want her brother to have to deal with her affairs after finishing his own work. After all, she couldn't always rely on her brother for help in running her business.
Besides, the town is quite far from Zhoujia Village, and it takes more than 20 minutes to ride a bicycle. Zhao Yunxiang feels sorry for Zhao Guohui and doesn't want him to be so tired running around every day.
"Yunxiang, what's wrong?" Aunt Qiuju helped clean up the kitchen and saw that Zhao Yunxiang looked worried, so she couldn't help but ask.
"Aunt, I have to go to town. Yuanyuan and Jiasheng are at home. I..." Before Zhao Yunxiang finished her words, Aunt Qiuju understood.
The girls and boys from the other two branches of the Zhou family are all mean and bad. Yunxiang is worried about the two children!
"Yunxiang, go ahead! There's nothing to do at my house, and I'd like to stay a little longer!" Aunt Qiuju offered to stay and help. Yunxiang was a good girl, always thinking of herself when something good happened! After helping with some cooking and having lunch at her house, Yunxiang paid her fifty cents as wages.
Fifty cents a day, while a full day's work in the production team only earned a little over ten cents. Yunxiang's wages were several times higher than those in the production team! Besides, staying to look after the children wasn't tiring.
"Mom, go and do what you need! My brother and I will stay at home and not go anywhere." Zhou Yuanyuan saw the struggle on Zhao Yunxiang's face and hurriedly comforted her.
Zhou Yuanyuan knew that Zhao Yunxiang was frightened by the last time she fell into the water.
During the time since returning to Zhoujia Village, Zhao Yunxiang always took her two children with her wherever she went. Even when cooking in the kitchen, the three of them did it together.
If Zhao Yunxiang was busy and couldn't leave, as long as Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng were out of her sight, she would call out loudly and would only feel relieved after hearing the children's response.
"Mom, I'm a little man. I'll protect my sister." Zhou Jiasheng puffed out his chest and patted it, his tone full of pride. After learning martial arts from his grandfather, Zhou Jiasheng felt that his fighting power had increased a lot. Now, he could definitely beat Zhou Jiaqin and the others.
"Yunxiang, don't worry. Everything is fine at home. I'll definitely stay until you come back." Aunt Qiuju emphasized again. She felt uncomfortable being paid so much for doing so little. She wished she could do more for Zhao Yunxiang. Between people, there's always a give-and-take approach.
"Well... okay! Aunt Qiuju, thank you for your trouble." Zhao Yunxiang saw that both children were full of confidence, and she couldn't really leave so many fish balls at home. Her brother said that as soon as these fish balls were ready, they would be put on the shelves at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Several county leaders had tasted the fish balls yesterday and were eager for Zhao Guohui to deliver them quickly. It was still early, so if she worked quickly, she should be back in less than an hour.
However, Zhao Yunxiang wasn't stupid enough to say she didn't need Aunt Qiuju's help. After all, with an adult watching over them, the children from the other two rooms wouldn't dare to hit anyone.
Not long after Zhao Yunxiang left, Zhou Jiaqin from the eldest wife's house came wandering over. Seeing Aunt Qiuju accompanying Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng in the backyard basking in the sun, Zhou Jiaqin rolled his eyes and turned away.
Zhou Yuanyuan saw Zhou Jiaqin but ignored him. If her mother hadn't been reluctant to leave the Zhou family, Zhou Yuanyuan wouldn't have wanted to see any of these "extreme" people. Now, no matter who she saw from the Zhou family, Zhou Yuanyuan would automatically ignore them.
Not long after, Baozhu, the eldest grandson of Aunt Li next door, ran into Zhou Yuanyuan's house, yelling, "Oh no, oh no, Sister Qianqian fell flat on her face and her mouth is full of blood."
Zhou Qianqian is Aunt Qiuju’s granddaughter and is the same age as Zhou Jiasheng this year.
"Baozhu, what did you say?" Aunt Qiuju heard it and stood up from the stool with a "whoosh".
"Grandma Qiuju, Sister Qianqian fell down and is crying on the side of the road!" Although Xiao Baozhu was only five years old and his voice was still a little babyish, at least he spoke clearly.
"This...this..." Aunt Qiuju was anxious. Did Qianqian fall? Was she badly injured? It would be troublesome for a girl if she got disfigured. She wondered if her daughter-in-law was home. Her mouth was full of blood. She should be rushed to a barefoot doctor.
But... Yunxiang hasn't come back yet! Since I promised Yunxiang that I would wait for her to come back, how could I leave halfway?
"Auntie Qiuju, please go see Sister Qianqian quickly! My mom's been out for a while and it's almost time for her to be back." Zhou Yuanyuan saw the worry on Auntie Qiuju's face and probably guessed her dilemma. Auntie Qiuju was a very responsible person and would do what she promised to do without any compromise.
"This...this..." Aunt Qiuju hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'd better wait for Yunxiang to come back. Xiao Baozhu, can you run an errand for mother-in-law and ask Qianqian's mother to come over and take a look?"
"Oh, okay." Xiao Baozhu agreed and ran away.
"Auntie Qiuju, let's go and take a look together!" Seeing that Aunt Qiuju didn't understand, Zhou Yuanyuan had to remind her.
That's right! I promised Yunxiang to look after the two children, but I didn't say I had to stay at home with them! Now that Qianqian is busy, it should be okay for me to take Yuanyuan and Jiasheng out to see Qianqian, right?
When Aunt Qiuju thought of this, she took Zhou Yuanyuan's hand in one hand and Zhou Jiasheng's hand in the other and walked out the door.
On the side of the road not far from Zhou Chunping's home, Zhou Qianqian cried until she was hoarse.
Her grandmother didn't come home for lunch, so her mother asked her to go to Aunt Yunxiang's house to see if her grandmother was hungry. Unexpectedly, she was unlucky and ran into Zhou Jiaqin here.
How abominable! Zhou Jiaqin, that bastard, actually stabbed her in the back, causing her to fall and lose one of her front teeth.
Actually, Zhou Qianqian wasn't crying because of the pain. The tooth she'd knocked out was the same one she'd been replacing. It was just that the blood in her mouth frightened her, and with no family around, the frustration she felt was like a surging river, and she couldn't stop crying.
"Qianqian, Qianqian..." As soon as Aunt Qiuju came out, she saw her granddaughter's mouth full of blood. She was so scared that she almost flew away and rushed over. She didn't even notice that she had let go of Yuanyuan and her brother's hands.
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