It’s around 4:00 p.m. when the tube building is most lively.
The workers in the packaging factory all came back, some sat at the door chatting, some helped their wives wash vegetables and cook, and some took their children to play at the entrance of the alley. Especially at the sink on the first floor, it was crowded with women fetching water for cooking.
Everyone was still discussing the incident of Xie Yunshu beating her sister-in-law today.
"Hey, you didn't see it. Yun Shu was so ruthless! That girl's face was so swollen!"
"I heard that the Lu family's daughter is still a college student, why is she speaking so harshly? Although Yunshu and his wife are getting a divorce, they haven't divorced yet, have they? Fenlan is an elder after all, and she really deserves to be beaten for saying such things all the time!"
"But didn't Yunshu beat him too hard? That's a member of the Lu family. Would Lu Zhixing agree to that?"
Lin Cuiping had just returned, and she listened to the conversation of the aunts and sisters, and soon understood. Xie Yunshu, this lunatic, actually beat up Lu Zhixing's own sister, and beat her severely!
She pursed her lips. Xie Yunshu was a very strong woman. How could she not know that she had been beaten since she was a child? How could the spoiled young lady of the Lu family withstand a slap from her? She would probably cry for days!
She knew that Xie Yunshu had such a bad temper that Doctor Lu couldn't stand it at all. This time, they were bound to get a divorce!
Lin Cuiping was gloating in her heart: "Xie Yunshu is like a shrew all day long. She is not worthy of an intellectual like Doctor Lu! How can a good daughter-in-law hit her own sister-in-law? It's really a disgrace to our building!"
Aunt Liu who lived at the eastern end couldn't stand it any longer: "Cui Ping, you weren't here today, and that Lu family girl was really rude! Not to mention Yun Shu, I wanted to hit her! She looked down on the people in our building, she really thinks she's a big shot!"
Lin Cuiping didn't believe it: "Miss Lu is a college graduate, what is Xie Yunshu? Look, when Doctor Lu really wanted to divorce, she cried and refused!"
Aunt Liu frowned: "That's not necessarily true. When we were watching TV yesterday, Ren Yunshu said that she was determined to divorce Lu Zhixing."
Who believes this?
Lin Cuiping rolled her eyes in her heart and turned to go upstairs. It was just a crappy TV, but everyone was talking to Xie Yunshu! What was so good about Journey to the West? She didn't like watching it!
As soon as she left the bathroom, she turned around and met a man.
Lu Zhixing was wearing a black coat, standing on the first floor, frowning as he looked at the dark corridor. He had only been here twice, when he married Xie Yunshu and when he went there, and had never been here at other times.
He was very busy with work, and since Xie Yunshu didn't ask for it, he pretended not to know. There was no place to stay in a tube building, so it was normal that he couldn't remember where the Xie family lived.
Lu Zhixing happened to see Lin Cuiping coming, so he asked, "Zhi, which door is Xie Yunshu's home?"
He only remembered that it was on the first floor...
Lin Cuiping's eyes widened and her face immediately turned red: "Lu...are you Lu Zhixing, Doctor Lu?"
Lu Zhixing nodded calmly. Seeing the woman in front of him stuttering, he frowned slightly and asked, "Which room does Yunshu live in?"
Lin Cuiping suppressed her beating heart and pointed to the inside of the corridor: "It's the second door on the east side, Doctor Lu, are you here to take Xie Yunshu home? She has had a bad temper since she was a child, I'm used to it..."
Lu Zhixing had a good-looking appearance. In the 1980s, when most Chinese people were short, he was over 1.8 meters tall. Even if he didn't have the title of chief physician of Haicheng Hospital, he was undoubtedly popular with women.
Lin Cuiping once had a chance to go on a blind date with him, but due to other reasons, Xie Yunshu got there first. Later, when the two got married, she was always dissatisfied and felt that Xie Yunshu had robbed her of her "good marriage".
So the relationship between the two was already bad, and now it's even worse!
Although she couldn't beat Xie Yunshu, it didn't stop Lin Cuiping from saying something bad about her: "She even beat up your sister today. You'd better not be like her. If she gets mad, she might even beat you!"
She wasn't lying. Xie Yunshu was a bitch who didn't care about her life when she fought. When Xie Mingcheng was in junior high school, he was bullied by his classmates because he didn't have a father. At that time, Xie Yunshu, who was only ten years old, was like a lioness. She blocked the school gate and beat up the little boy in one breath.
Junior high school boys were already very good at fighting, but they could not withstand Xie Yunshu's desperate fighting style. She picked up a stick and beat several people until they cried for their parents. She dared to grin even though her body was covered in blood.
From that day on, Lin Cuiping also became afraid. Under normal circumstances, she would only provoke Xie Yunshu verbally, but she would never dare to actually use physical force.
Lu Zhixing looked so gentle and handsome, but he was deceived by Xie Yunshu's face! When she thought about this, she felt very upset. How great it would have been if she had been the one to go on the blind date first!
A hint of impatience flashed across Lu Zhixing's eyes, but he still bowed his head politely: "I'm here to take Yunshu home, thank you."
After saying that, he strode towards Xie's room, not taking Lin Cuiping's words to heart at all.
How could Yun Shu possibly attack him?
Lin Cuiping behind her screamed, and then she saw Lu Zhixing had already walked in, and then she stamped her feet in anger. He was actually here to take Xie Yunshu home? Humph, just now Aunt Liu said that Xie Yunshu was determined to divorce, and now she is slapped in the face, right?
Doctor Lu came to pick her up in person, why didn't Xie Yunshu just follow him?
Bah, no breath!
She didn't know whether she was jealous or just disappointed with Xie Yunshu, but she stopped on her way upstairs. When Xie Yunshu came, she had to take this opportunity to ridicule her!
The door of Xie's house was not closed. Xie Yunshu was cooking on the balcony and planning tomorrow's menu. "Mom, the weather is quite cold now. What do you think if I add another hot and sour soup to sell? Anyway, just add some gluten and vegetable leaves, and boil it with big bone soup. Those workers will definitely feel warm after drinking it."
Li Fenlan was mending Xie Mingcheng's clothes. She looked up at her daughter and said with a smile, "That's good, but can you handle it by yourself? Your Aunt Zhao and I can help with cooking, but you have to do it alone when selling food."
Besides, how much money can she make if she sells all the soup? She knows her daughter has a sharp tongue but a soft heart, and she does this just to let the workers eat better.
This is indeed a problem. Xie Yunshu brought the stir-fried cabbage and meat over and checked the time: "Mingcheng finishes school early today, so he should be back soon."
The door creaked open.
She thought it was Mingcheng, so she turned around with a smile and said, "We don't have meat to eat today, go wash your hands!"
Lu Zhixing stood at the door, blocking most of the light. He looked at the smile on Xie Yunshu's face with dim eyes, and suddenly an absurd idea came to his mind.
She seems to be very happy without him...
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