In the evening, Ling Jinyue ran back with a face full of joy, "Sister-in-law, it worked. No one actually accused me of speculation."
Meng Qidi put down the work in her hands. Of course no one would say anything. After all, they were not selling anything. Even if they were, it was the villagers who forced them to buy. It had nothing to do with them.
"Sister-in-law, are you making a guardrail?" Ling Jinyue helped carry a bucket of cement.
"Well, this bridge is not safe without guardrails." Meng Qidi poured the last bucket of mud on the bridge and repaired the pillars neatly.
"Luckily, Xiao Chengzi is not tough. If it was the wooden bridge before, I don't know how many times he would have fallen down."
The two of them squatted on the bridge and chatted intermittently.
"Aunt, my uncle said there are lotus roots in the pond!" Ling Cheng's excited voice came from the yard.
Ling Jinyue quickly stood up and asked, "Are we digging lotus roots today?"
"Your brother Xiao asked to see if the lotus roots have grown." Meng Qidi put away the tools at hand, stood up and went into the yard.
Ling Jinyue followed him in, "Then I'll go take a look."
"Wait, bring a fish basket over there and ask your brother to catch some fish. You can have lunch here."
"My brother is here too? Doesn't he have to go to work today? He's being lazy again!"
Ling Jinyue expressed her dissatisfaction, but she quickly went to the utility room to get the fish basket and headed towards the pond.
Meng Qidi took a look, then picked up a hatchet and went to the bamboo forest. She also wanted to work on the guardrail behind the hill.
The guardrails on the bridge were made purely of reinforced concrete. The ground behind the mountain was dirt, so she simply used bamboo stakes instead.
It took a long time to cut a lot of bamboo, measure the size and drill holes. When Ling Xiao and the others came back from the pond, she threw the job directly to him. He was better at handicrafts than her.
For lunch, we had a roasted fish, spicy and sour diced lotus root, and lotus root stewed with pork ribs. The meal was pretty good.
Before the sun set in the afternoon, the guardrail on the cliff at the back mountain was finally repaired.
Time passed by quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the day for the Ling family's housewarming banquet. Compared to when I first came to the Ling family, the place was completely different now. Except for the western hilltop which was still barren, the entire west of the village had become a beautiful scenery of Lingjia Village.
In rural banquets, apart from relatives and friends, almost all villagers will come together, and the yard will be filled with tables and chairs the day before.
A flood destroyed the Ling family, but they recovered and built a house just like the ones in the city.
Naturally, there were many jealous people, and some even took advantage of the day's drinking to sneak to the pond and break off a couple of lotus leaves.
"Brother Jin Liu, please think carefully about whether or not to reach out."
Ling Jinming appeared at the pond below at some point. He pointed to the right side of Ling Jinliu, where a warning sign stood: "Anyone who picks the flowers without permission will be fined five yuan."
Ling Jinliu curled her lips, took back her hand and muttered, "This is robbery! Two lotus leaves for five dollars!"
"If you don't touch it, it can't be five dollars."
Ling Jinming walked over and sat down next to the warning sign. He said that the people in the village must be jealous. Look, some people can't control themselves.
"Brother, just watch over there. I'll go to the kitchen to help my sister-in-law."
Ling Jinyue crawled out from the other side. Fortunately, this pond was the only one in the aunt's house that had something, otherwise they would be unable to cope with it.
Back in the kitchen, Ling Jinyue angrily told what had just happened.
Meng Qidi smiled and said, "It's okay. From now on, once we lock the door, no one will be able to get in."
However, she had to get back a few local dogs. She could predict that someone would take advantage of the situation to cause trouble today, so she was afraid that someone would wade through the water in the middle of the night next time.
The Ling family's backyard is tightly fenced and surrounded by water, but the water under the bridge has dried up a lot, so those who are brave enough can actually come directly over.
“By the way, they won’t cause trouble upstairs too, right?” Ling Jinyue couldn’t help asking as she helped cut vegetables.
Auntie’s eyesight is not good, and they didn’t ask anyone to help with the banquet today. Only she and her sister-in-law were at the kitchen, and Brother Xiao had to entertain the guests. If someone ran upstairs and messed around…
Meng Qidi chuckled, "It's locked. Don't worry, no one can get in."
When she made the doors and windows, she was more thoughtful and made a door in the stairwell, which she locked directly.
Sure enough, just as she finished speaking, there was a commotion outside. She could vaguely hear someone cursing at the Ling family for being stingy. They invited people to dinner and then locked the upstairs. Who were they guarding against?
Some people even said that it might be to prevent the mother-in-law?
Wang Jinhua's voice of explanation came one after another, and halfway through explaining she asked her daughter-in-law for the key.
Ling Jinyue was happy, and gave Meng Qidi a thumbs up, lowering her voice, "Sister-in-law, Auntie is soft-hearted, why did you tell her not to come and ask for the key?"
If this happened to any mother-in-law who was a little bit petty, she would definitely be accused of caring about this matter and would feel very embarrassed.
I guess he has come to ask for the key.
Meng Qidi glanced at her and said, "I'm going to cook today. The valuables in the house are all upstairs. Ling Xiao is busy. Your aunt has poor eyesight. It's safest to lock it up."
"that's all?"
"What else?"
The old lady was not stupid. She spent a lot of money to build the house. She was most short of money at that time. She only had a few electrical appliances and furniture. It would be safer to lock the house upstairs.
Two people were busy in the kitchen. In the yard, Ling Xiao was greeting the villagers. They were probably afraid that he had been a soldier. Now that his legs were healed, no one dared to come and cause trouble.
At most, a few men would gather together and whisper sourly about how Ling Xiao was lucky.
"Ling Xiao, congratulations!"
Meng Daqiang walked in from the courtyard gate with a rosy face, followed by the awkward Zhao Hong, both of them holding hands full of gifts.
Ling Xiao turned around when he heard the voice and saw Meng Daqiang, who immediately greeted him with a smile, "Dad is here."
As for Zhao Hong, he simply ignored her.
Meng Daqiang glanced at Ling Xiao's legs, and then he was overjoyed, "You can stand up? That's great!"
Ling Xiao smiled and nodded, "Let's go in and talk."
Calling Ling Fugui, who was doing nothing nearby, to help greet the guests, Ling Xiao led the couple to deliver the gifts for registration.
After sending the gift to be registered, Meng Daqiang looked around with amazement in his eyes, "I heard that this house was painted by Xiaoqi... Bah! Designed?"
Ling Xiao nodded, "Yes, we went to Beijing and saw the courtyard houses in Beijing. She said that she got inspiration and started to learn to paint."
He had no doubt about Meng Qidi's explanation. That girl would go out whenever she had time in Beijing, so it was normal for her to be jealous of the courtyard house.
"She is worthy of being my daughter. She is so talented! If I had known this, I would have built the house later and asked Xiaoqi to design it for us." Meng Daqiang looked proud.
Zhao Hong, who was standing by, curled her lips in disdain, "Where is she? On such an important day, she doesn't come out to greet the guests, but sits in the embroidery building?"
The mother-in-law spoke harshly, and Ling Xiao's eyes flashed with displeasure. "She's busy in the kitchen. She has been busy since yesterday."
Zhao Hong was slightly stunned and said dryly, "She has become more diligent after getting married. She used to be incredibly lazy at home."
Meng Daqiang's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "If you don't know how to speak, shut up! And don't go talk to your mother-in-law."
Xiaoqi is so bad at speaking that if her mother-in-law misunderstands something, her life will be miserable.
Ling Xiao chuckled and lowered his head. It was true that there was always someone stronger than you.
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