"Mom, how did you teach me to knock before entering a room? Who are you taking your anger out on?" Lu Wanqing greeted her, speaking indifferently.
Zhang Guixiang laughed sarcastically, "Qingqing, you still know I'm your mother? I heard that your sister-in-law will be living in your house from now on. You're so nice to an outsider, but you kicked me and your sister out. What are you up to?"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, her chest heaving violently as if she were experiencing some kind of human tragedy.
Upon hearing this, Lu Wanqing's face immediately darkened. She said, "Mom, who are you calling an outsider? Chunhua is Lin Ye's sister, which means she's my sister. She's having marital problems now, shouldn't she go back to her parents' home?"
According to you, even though Lu Jiajia is having marital problems, she shouldn't come back to you! If we're talking about outsiders, isn't she the one who adopted her the real outsider?
"You..." Zhang Guixiang hadn't expected Lu Wanqing to turn her anger towards Lu Jiajia. She hadn't gained anything, and it wasn't the time to reveal her past. She couldn't tell the truth, so all she could do was glare and curse her.
"You ungrateful wretch! I've raised you for eighteen years, poured so much effort into you, and you not only don't appreciate it, but you also insult me like this. Fine, I specially came to the countryside to see you this time, and I spent all my money. Give me two hundred yuan, and I won't bother you anymore!"
Lu Wanqing chuckled inwardly; money—that was probably her real purpose.
“I’ve spent all my money on fabric, I’m broke. You and Lu Jiajia know perfectly well what you’re doing here. If you need money, go ask Qi Wei!” Lu Wanqing said bluntly.
After saying that, she sat down next to Lin Chunhua and continued the conversation.
Zhang Guixiang was furious. The frustration of being right about what was said and being powerless to refute it made her dizzy and almost fall over.
Lu Jiajia quickly helped her up and said sarcastically, "Mom, let's go. Let's not get entangled with such an unfilial daughter. I'll stay by your side and take care of you in your old age!"
Lu Wanqing watched their departing figures with a sense of relief. She thought to herself that no matter how much Zhang Guixiang caused trouble, when she was old and in her seventies or eighties and really needed support, she would pay for it and repay the kindness of raising her. But it was absolutely impossible for her to be by her side again.
Soon, Lin Ye bought a sewing machine through Tiger, and Lin Chunhua started learning to make clothes from Lu Wanqing and Zhao Xiaolan.
She was quite talented; she got used to the sewing machine after just a few days and practiced making baby clothes, quickly producing clothes that looked quite decent.
"When the three babies come out, I'll tell them that their clothes were all made by their aunt," Lu Wanqing joked.
"The thought of them wearing the clothes I made and running around me is really exciting," Lin Chunhua said with a smile.
After living here for a few days and experiencing the harmonious relationship between Lu Wanqing and Lin Ye's family, she realized that life could be so easy and carefree.
During her years in the Wang family, she felt like an outsider, living cautiously and unhappily every day.
She had worried that Lu Wanqing might start to dislike her after a while, but after spending a few days together, the two got along better and better.
There's also Wang Guangming's wife, who occasionally comes over with her newborn baby. The group has different dreams for the future, but they are all passionate about life and always have so much to talk about.
However, those two lively girls, Zhang Guixiang and Lu Jiajia, would occasionally come over and ask Lu Wanqing for some meat or vegetables. There were plenty of vegetables in the garden, but since they had grown up drinking spiritual spring water, Lu Wanqing preferred to give them some pork.
The two took the meat back to the educated youth settlement and had Li Yulan cook it, cleverly getting something for nothing.
Recently, an uninvited guest arrived at the educated youth settlement and became very close to the two of them.
When Wang Xiuqin heard that Lin Chunhua was getting a divorce and moving into Lin Ye's house, and that Lu Wanqing had sent her own mother to live at the educated youth settlement, she eagerly came over for a visit.
Wang Xiuqin quickly discerned from Zhang Guixiang's tone that she had a lot of opinions about her daughter, Lu Wanqing.
“My dear in-laws, I’m not just gossiping behind their backs, but those two, Lin Ye and his wife, are truly outrageous. I’m their aunt, and they’ve never given me a kind look. They even caused my second son to be hit by a wall, and now he can’t walk properly. I’ve never seen such unfilial people in my life!” Wang Xiuqin said with great distress, her face contorted in pain, a typical example of someone who talks badly about others behind their backs in the village.
When Zhang Guixiang first met Wang Xiuqin, she looked down on her because of her poor appearance. But after Wang Xiuqin finished complaining about Lin Ye, Zhang Guixiang felt like she had found a kindred spirit, and the two of them put their heads together.
"The man Lin Chunhua married is like water spilled from a cup; he's an outsider. What she did is utterly heartless!"
"Don't worry, if you need any help in this village, just let me know."
Wang Xiuqin patted her chest and said.
Since breaking up with her old best friend He Shujuan, she hasn't been able to chat and joke with people so freely in a long time.
Lu Jiajia, who was standing aside listening to their nonsense, rolled her foxy eyes and had some ideas in mind. She whispered a few words in Zhang Guixiang's ear.
“Jiajia, Aunt Wang isn’t an outsider, so feel free to speak your mind.” Zhang Guixiang smiled slyly.
The group huddled together, plotting for a while, then exchanged glances and grinned sinisterly.
The next day, as usual, Wang Guangming assigned tasks to everyone and then went to work in the fields himself.
Not long after they finished working, Luo Hao came running over, panting, "Brother Guangming, something bad has happened! A lot of crabs in the fields by the river have turned white for some reason."
Turning white means death, which is a big deal!
Wang Guangming's face darkened. He told Luo Hao to call Lin Ye over, and then went to the riverbank to check the situation.
Upon inspection, he was nearly given a heart attack; the field was filled with crabs with white bellies, at least several hundred of them were dead.
This is still just a field; I wonder what it's like elsewhere?
He suppressed his heartache, picked up a crab to examine it, and found that although the crab was dead, it was still relatively fresh, probably having died only recently, at most a few hours ago.
He then held the crab under his nose and smelled it; it had a faint smell of pesticide.
In those days, pesticides were rarely used in farming. Even if rice plants were infested with insects, people would be sent to catch them. Pesticides were only used when the infestation was too severe.
Because these fields along the river are used to raise crabs, he explicitly forbade the spraying of pesticides into the fields.
Whether it was unintentional or deliberate, he had no idea.
However, several team members quickly told him that there were dead crabs in several nearby fields.
This wasn't an accident; it was deliberate poisoning.
After a while, Lin Ye and Lu Wanqing received a notification from Luo Hao and rushed over.
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