Ge Mei obviously came with bad intentions, so Meng Qidi naturally would not let her continue to provoke the villagers to target her.
"Ge Zhiqing, do you want to cause us trouble? Did you lead the people from our village to come to our house to cause trouble?"
Meng Qidi spoke in a cold voice. She pushed through the crowd and walked over, leading Ling Cheng to Ling Xiao's side and looking at Ge Mei.
The little girl stood in front of the two men, looking at Ge Mei warily, as if protecting a child.
"I..." Ge Mei took a deep breath, glanced at Ling Xiao, and spoke softly, as if afraid of angering him.
"Xiao Qi, you misunderstood. I heard from Brother Youwei that your family was building a house, so I wanted to come and help. It's not that I saw your bridge, so I wanted to give you a suggestion. Xiao Qi, you just..."
"How do you know that steel bars are put into cement? We have never heard of this, right, folks?"
Meng Qidi questioned, which was originally a problem she was worried about, but now she threw it directly to Ge Mei.
This woman is good friends with Meng Yuzhen, and it's obvious that she came here with bad intentions.
Then she would naturally not let her go out of her way.
Ge Mei was stunned, a barely perceptible contempt flashed across her eyes, and then a look of grievance appeared on her face.
"Xiao Qi, this is reinforced concrete. You may not know this in the countryside, but in big cities, we all use reinforced concrete to irrigate reservoirs."
Meng Qidi raised her eyes and looked at her. You have all these now?
She was locked up in the mountains for decades and knew very little about the prosperous times of later generations.
Ling Xiao sneered, "What you said seems to be the technology of our army to repair the hydropower station. How did this female comrade know it? Do you know how many years of sentence will be imposed for leaking secrets?"
Several villagers nearby were stunned and subconsciously stepped back to avoid Ge Mei.
This is a secret. If you know it, you will go to jail. I should not have gotten close to this woman.
There was a trace of embarrassment on Ge Mei's face, and her face turned red. "I didn't, I just heard it from someone."
Meng Qidi understood that there were indeed quite a few troops responsible for repairing hydropower stations these days. As to whether it was a secret or not, it was unknown.
"How dare you point fingers just because you heard it from others?" Ling Xiao said indifferently, his dislike for Ge Mei clearly shown on his face.
Glancing at Zhao Youwei who was running over breathlessly, he said coldly, "Zhao Zhiqing, keep an eye on your own woman. Trouble comes from the mouth, so stop meddling in other people's business."
Zhao Youwei was slightly stunned and subconsciously looked at Meng Qidi, wanting to explain, but met Ling Xiao's indifferent gaze. He withdrew his gaze, and the two smiled apologetically and pulled Ge Mei away.
When they reached a deserted place, Ge Mei angrily shook off his hand, "Why are you pulling me? He's a retired soldier, who's afraid of him?"
This was the first time she was forced to suffer a loss in person.
Zhao Youwei sneered, "Who told you that he had retired? Didn't I tell you not to go to the west of the village?"
"Why are you so nervous when I go to the west of the village?" Ge Mei looked at him suspiciously, as if she remembered something. She said sharply, "Let me ask you, are you interested in Meng Qidi?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Meng Qidi is married! Don't ruin her reputation for no reason!"
Zhao Youwei became angry and embarrassed when his thoughts were revealed, and quickly walked towards the village.
Ge Mei's face darkened a little. She turned her head to look at the west side of the village and hurriedly caught up with Zhao Youwei.
"Brother Youwei, I didn't say that on purpose. I was just so mad. If you don't help me, I..."
West of the village.
As soon as Ge Mei and the villagers left, Meng Qidi pursed her lips and asked, "What on earth is this woman doing here?"
Although she knew that the other party had ill intentions, she probably just wanted to accuse her of being a profiteer.
However, she really didn’t remember how close she was to Ge Mei in her previous life. From the time she was sold to the time she died, she never saw Ge Mei again…
Meng Qidi paused. Or maybe the other party was here to cause trouble for Meng Yuzhen?
"You've read too much, and you may have hypochondria. Why are you here? Why don't you get some more sleep?"
From the moment he saw Meng Qidi, Ling Xiao's eyes were full of smiles, and his tense jawline softened unconsciously.
"My neck hurts from sleeping."
Meng Qidi patted her neck. When she was busy building the bridge, she was only thinking about finishing it as soon as possible. After she finished, the aftereffects came and she suffered from back pain.
Although drinking Yuquan water relieved the pain a little, my neck still hurt.
"Squat down."
"What?" Meng Qidi squatted down suspiciously.
Ling Xiao reached out his hand and gently kneaded the soft flesh at the back of her neck, "What now?"
The man's fingers were a little cold, but his palms were warm. The strength was moderate. Meng Qidi wanted to close her eyes in comfort. "Not bad, the pinch is quite comfortable."
"Don't be so hasty next time. My leg is healed and I can help you."
Meng Qidi glanced at Ling Xiao who was sitting in a wheelchair. "No, that won't work. Although your leg is healed, didn't the doctor tell you to take good care of it? Then you are not allowed to work, unless you want it to be useless."
Ling Xiao chuckled, "You still think this leg is a treasure of gold and silver, it's really okay."
He really couldn't bear to watch her busying about, especially since he was the one who was supposed to do it.
"Isn't it just a treasure?"
Meng Qidi muttered, she had already spent two drops of lotion, not to mention countless amounts of Jade Spring Water, her legs were simply priceless treasures...
"Auntie, let me help you too." Little Orange came over with a smile.
Ling Xiao glanced at her dirty little hands and blocked them with his hands, "Don't move, go play with stones."
The little girl pouted, "Uncle, you bad guy!"
Meng Qidi glared at Ling Xiao, flipped her hand, and a candy appeared in her palm.
The little girl was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, "Wow, Auntie is so awesome!"
Ling Xiao twitched his lips. From this angle he could clearly see the candies she hid between her fingers. It must be something she used to coax a child.
For fear that someone would step on the bridge, Meng Qidi and her partner waited until lunch time and sprinkled water on the bridge to prevent the cement from cracking.
After making sure that it was almost done and that it wouldn't leave footprints even if they stepped on it, the two returned to the auditorium to eat.
I met Meng Daqiang in the village who was carrying fish.
As soon as he entered the auditorium, Meng Daqiang said, "Xiaoqi, I'm here to help you."
He came the day after the accident at his daughter's home and suggested that the girl move back home. He even thought it would be better to let the two of them build a house next to his own.
However, this girl was very stubborn and insisted on building another house at the same place. So he was worried and took two days off to come and help.
Ling Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you, Dad. However, we have hired someone at home, so we don't need to trouble you."
It was the busy farming season, and the family hired a worker from the town who was provided with food but not accommodation.
"How can that be possible? I can help supervise the work."
Meng Qidi glanced at him and asked, "Are you not going to keep your job?"
"The work is not as important as you. I'll help you finish it as soon as possible so it won't rain again."
He came here just to help, how could he go back?
Meng Qidi...
She didn't know what this suddenly loving father had done...
Ling Xiao reached out and pulled Meng Qidi, "Let's eat first. Dad can help if he wants. We just happened to be digging river sand recently and we are short of manpower."
After Ling Xiao said this, Meng Qidi had no choice but to agree.
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