Lu Xiaolan's wedding with Zhao Mingzhe is just around the corner. She has been so busy with wedding preparations these past few days that she has no time to think about anything else. She is eager to marry Zhao Mingzhe and become his rightful wife.
"Dad, could you find someone to clean up that old house for me? It's so dilapidated and drafty. How can anyone live in it? If Mingzhe and I live there after we get married, we'll freeze to death!"
Lu Mingcai frowned in annoyance after hearing Lu Xiaolan's words. He had no mind to care about the house right now.
"You can just find a few people to handle it yourself. Why do you need me to get involved in such a small matter?"
Lu Xiaolan got angry just thinking about it and couldn't help but complain, "Dad, do you think I didn't go looking for help myself? But those people didn't give you any face at all, not a single one of them offered to help!"
They had several families who were usually close to them, but when she came to ask for help, they either said they were too busy at home or that they had caught a cold and couldn't go out.
However, when she came back from outside, she saw them chatting enthusiastically around Huo Hai, and they didn't seem to be in any trouble at all!
She memorized all those people's names; they'll get what's coming to them when they start work next spring!
Upon hearing Lu Xiaolan's words, Lu Mingcai understood everything, and a flash of malice crossed his eyes.
He's still the captain, but they don't take him seriously anymore; they've all gone to fawn over the Huo family!
They're trying to promote that brat Huo Xiao to take his place!
How could those cowards surnamed Yang be so useless!
A group of people couldn't even handle Huo Xiao, and they even got themselves into trouble, making him happy for nothing!
"Alright, stop making a scene at home. Are you ashamed enough? Let Zhao Mingzhe clean the house. We can't put in all the effort and host the banquet while he does nothing and just waits to enjoy the benefits."
At this point, Lu Mingcai also had a lot of opinions about his son-in-law, Zhao Mingzhe.
Although his affair with his daughter was due to some trickery by his family, wasn't it Zhao's own fault?
He only has himself to blame for being greedy. He wanted to gain an advantage without paying anything in return. There's no such thing as a free lunch!
When Lu Xiaolan heard Lu Mingcai ask Zhao Mingzhe to clean the house, she immediately objected, "Dad, what are you saying? Mingzhe's hands are for writing with a pen, how can he do such rough work?"
Upon hearing Lu Xiaolan's words, Lu Mingcai was so angry he almost couldn't breathe.
"If he can't do this kind of rough work, then you do it! What? You expect me, your old man, to do it for you? Get out of here! Don't hang around me, just looking at you annoys me!"
Lu Xiaolan didn't expect that just speaking up for Mingzhe would provoke such a big fuss from Lu Mingcai. She was immediately annoyed and muttered as she walked out, "Fine, I'll do it!"
Unable to get anything from Lu Mingcai, Lu Xiaolan went to her mother, Aunt Zhang, and after much pleading and cajoling, finally managed to get five yuan and a few ounces of grain coupons from her.
She'll take Mingzhe to the state-run restaurant in town tomorrow for braised pork to help him recover.
Mingzhe has lost weight lately. Yesterday, when we were doing *that*, he couldn't last long, leaving her only getting a taste before he was done.
After they get married, she'll have to take good care of his health.
Meanwhile, Huo Xiao was also considering how to help Ye Weiwei recover.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to invite people to meals from house to house, I exchanged them for a small basket of eggs.
He calculated that these eggs would last for half a month, with two for his wife and one for Xiaoxing every morning.
He had already made arrangements with these families; they could save eggs for him, or send him ten at their homes—he would take them all.
He offered a price two cents more per unit than the town's supply and marketing cooperative's purchase price, and it saved everyone a long trip, so everyone was happy to accept it.
After he left, everyone envied Ye Weiwei's good fortune.
Some daughters-in-law are quite sarcastic and inevitably say a few sour things.
Aunt Zhou's youngest daughter-in-law was one of them.
Her husband is about the same age as Huo Xiao, and they grew up together. But look at how warm Huo Xiao is to his wife, and then look at her husband...
"Ye Zhiqing is from the city after all, and being good-looking is an advantage."
Aunt Zhou glared at the troublesome boy and said, "Is it just because she's good-looking? Even the doctors in the county praise Ye Zhiqing's medical skills. Who among you can compare?"
Didn't you see what Huo Jiang looked like when he was dug out of the mud? Everyone who saw him thought he was going to die!
The town hospital didn't even dare to admit him, and the doctors in the county were even more hesitant to operate. It was only thanks to Ye Zhiqing's return that he was pulled back from the brink of death.
Today, it seems like everyone can go out and move around.
"Stop staring at how much good life others are enjoying. A person's capacity is limited. You're only looking at what others have, but why don't you consider whether you have their abilities? All this sour talk is just a waste of time!"
After being reprimanded, Aunt Zhou's youngest daughter-in-law wisely shut her mouth and dared not say another word.
Thinking about how Ye Zhiqing had kicked a grown man to the ground with ease today, dislocating his arm with such practiced skill, she felt like slapping herself.
How could they be so bewitched as to dare to compare themselves to Ye Zhiqing!
Even ten of hers tied together couldn't compare to Ye Zhiqing!
Dinner was served at Ye Weiwei's new house, with four tables set up.
This is still the case for some families who only sent a representative, not all of them.
Otherwise, with so many people coming, almost half the village, there simply wouldn't be enough room in one's home.
The meal was prepared with the help of Liu Guilan, Su Xuemei, Zhao Yue'e, and Aunt Zhou.
Fortunately, Ye Weiwei and Huo Xiao had hunted some meat in the mountains a while ago, and there were still more than ten pounds of roe deer meat left. Liu Guilan also brought a few pounds of wild boar meat from home.
Huo Xiao, along with Wu Dayou and Zhao Dabao, went to the river to break the ice and caught half a bucket of fish, which they planned to braise.
Liu Guilan rummaged through the things in the house and figured she could barely put together six dishes.
Just one meal like that, and the family's food supply will be significantly reduced.
These are all men in charge of their respective households; these grown men are quite shrewd.
Just as Liu Guilan was worrying, someone shouted, "Wild boar! A wild boar is coming down the mountain!"
Startled, Liu Guilan dropped the vegetables she was washing and ran outside.
She hadn't forgotten that there were many people at home, and Weiwei found it noisy, so she was playing outside with Xiaoxing, Xiaoshan, and Xiaochuan.
Upon hearing that the wild boar had come down from the mountain, the men who were talking inside hurriedly came out of the house and ran outside.
As soon as they ran outside, they saw a wild boar rushing towards Ye Weiwei's house.
"Ye Zhiqing, be careful!"
"Weiwei, get out of the way!"
"Oh my god! Run!"
Just as everyone was screaming in fright as the wild boar charged toward Ye Weiwei, the boar ran past Ye Weiwei and crashed headfirst into the wall of her house!
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