A minor incident occurred at the state-run restaurant, but apart from Grandpa Tan, the others only sighed a few times.
Bu Ling and Wu Yuanyuan had no idea that something big had happened in their courtyard.
It's still a tangled mess between Widow Liu and the Shen family.
Bu Ling dropped Wu Yuanyuan off at the alley entrance and rode his bicycle into the courtyard.
The courtyard was quiet, without a sound. Usually, this time of day was the liveliest time in the courtyard, with women cooking, men smoking and chatting, and children running and jumping around.
She waited a while, and Wu Yuanyuan followed. Seeing the quiet courtyard without a single person in sight, she was also quite surprised.
She had originally planned to go for a walk in the park with the stingy guy today, but after what happened with Tan Xiao this afternoon, she decided to stand him up and went home with Bu Ling instead.
The only sounds in the large courtyard were the footsteps of two people and the crunch of a bicycle on the bluestone slabs.
Wu Yuanyuan and Bu Ling exchanged a glance, said nothing, and went home separately.
Bling put his bicycle inside, took a few pieces of lard candy, and knocked on the door next door.
"Aunt Tian, are you there?"
With a creak, the door in front of Bling opened a crack.
"Buling, come in quickly!"
Aunt Tian pulled Bu Ling into the house and closed the door.
Seeing how cautious Aunt Tian was, Bu Ling also became wary.
"Aunt Tian, what's wrong? What happened? Why is there no one in the yard?"
Aunt Tian pulled Bu Ling to the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and made her sit down, then moved a stool and sat opposite her.
"Little Bu, you don't know, something big happened in our yard today!"
Buling asked cooperatively, "What's the big deal? Aunt Tian, please tell me quickly?"
"At noon today, Widow Liu returned. Granny Shen asked her for grain, but Widow Liu stubbornly refused to give it to her. Of course, Granny Shen couldn't stand it, so she and Yang Pingping, mother and daughter-in-law, fought fiercely and scratched Widow Liu's face all over."
Buling thought to herself, "Isn't this something I expected?" But she didn't interrupt Aunt Tian and continued listening.
"I don't know what that bastard Jiang Sheng was thinking. He actually called the police to arrest his mother and sister-in-law, and he didn't even spare his sister."
"They've already called the police?"
"That's right, it was Mr. Jiang who personally called the police."
After saying that, Aunt Tian took a sip of water: "Don't interrupt me!"
"Alright, alright, please go ahead!"
“When the police came, they wanted to arrest Granny Shen and the other two, but they couldn’t stand for that. They exposed everything that Widow Liu had done. Then the third son of the Qian family came with the Revolutionary Committee and took away Widow Liu and everyone connected to her.”
"They took them all?" Bling asked curiously.
In that era, the Revolutionary Committee was a force to be reckoned with, capable of stopping even a child's nighttime crying. The common people loathed it but dared not offend it; being taken away once, regardless of whether one ever got out, would ruin one's reputation.
Aunt Tian slapped her thigh: "That's right, there are quite a few people here."
She counted them off on her fingers for Bling.
“There are nine people in total: Old Wang next door, the eldest son of the Qian family, Li Feng from the backyard, and people from the next yard.”
"So many people?" Bling was incredibly impressed.
How exactly does Sister Liu manage to juggle nine relationships without getting into trouble? If I ever get the chance, I'll definitely learn her secrets.
*cough* No offense, just wondering what might come in handy later; it's a skill, after all.
"This is just what Granny Shen knows; there might be more she doesn't know," Aunt Tian said, pursing her lips.
As a fellow widow, she had the utmost contempt for women like that. Women had hands and feet too, why should they rely on men for a living?
"So how did Aunt Shen know all this so clearly?" Bu Ling asked curiously.
"Little Bu, you're still too young. Someone our age can spot any shady dealings at a glance, especially since our families live next door." The main issue is that Granny Shen isn't someone to be trifled with.
Bling nodded in understanding; this was truly an eye-opener.
During the apocalypse, she had heard that other bases allowed polygamy, but since she was in an official base, she had never actually witnessed it.
Widow Liu is quite a capable woman.
He's always gentle and kind to everyone, always smiling before he even speaks; he has an incredibly good temper.
I heard she even declared that she would stay by her deceased husband's side for the rest of her life; she's truly a model woman.
I never imagined that the reason she wasn't getting married was simply because she didn't find anyone suitable; she was planning to raise fish instead.
That's true. After getting married, you still have to take care of the whole family. It's so much better now. You can be happy, get benefits, and don't have to serve anyone. The three of them are living a very comfortable life thanks to this.
"No wonder Widow Liu's two children are so robust," Brenlin exclaimed.
Both were widows, but Aunt Tian's family only had one child, Chen Cong, who was raised to be thin and weak, while Widow Liu's two sons were as strong as calves.
"Now that you mention it, I remember! Widow Liu only earns a first-class worker's wage at the factory, yet she's raised two sons to be so strong and healthy, and she herself has such fair and delicate skin. I hadn't noticed before, but what you've said is truly enlightening!" Aunt Tian said with a sudden realization.
She thought there was something wrong with her parenting style, constantly feeding Congcong the best food, but he still couldn't compete with Widow Liu's youngest son. So that's why!
That way, she stopped envious. With a mother like Widow Liu, her son would be a disgrace when he grew up.
The two then discussed the three fish in the courtyard.
The main discussion focuses on the family of the three fish.
Aunt Tian said, "Grandma Lan insists that it was Widow Liu who seduced Old Man Wang."
"That's the kind of thing Aunt Lan would do." She might even think that because she's a man, she won't be taken advantage of.
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