Xu Zhaodi thought that after returning to Dong, she would pick the wild vegetables clean, blanch those that needed to be blanched, and dry those that needed to be dried, and the rest would be just enough for a good meal at noon.
Just as I was thinking about it, a woman in her twenties came towards me. She was slightly plump, with a rosy face, and was holding a little boy of three or four years old in her arms.
She was wearing a gray-blue cotton shirt on the upper body, black Xueliang trousers on the lower body, a pair of cloth shoes on her feet, and an apron tied around her waist with flour on it. This outfit was considered clean, but in Xu Zhaodi's eyes, she looked a little sloppy.
Xu Zhaodi was still wondering who this was when the woman looked at the wild vegetables in Xu Zhaodi's basket with disdain.
"Hey, sister, you can still pick wild vegetables? I never thought you could be so frugal and manage the household. After such a big incident, I thought you must be too embarrassed to go out for several days."
The sarcastic words made Xu Zhaodi a little unhappy. She suddenly remembered that this woman was in the car when she was brought back by Captain Zhang yesterday.
At that time, Yuan Yu was throwing a tantrum and saying that she wanted to go home to find the educated youth in the village. When she came back at noon, within two hours, the entire family compound knew that she was going to find a strange man.
Captain Zhang is a man of principle. He certainly didn't say this on his own initiative.
Looking at the person who was mocking her, Xu Zhaodi finally understood that she was the one who spread the matter.
The woman's surname is Feng, and her name is Feng Xiujuan. Her husband is at the same level as Chen Jianguo, and he often gossips about her.
Among the women in the compound, she was well-known for her efficiency and diligence. All the women in the compound liked to gossip with her all the time. She was like an intelligence station of aunties in a certain residential area.
Chen Jianguo's words yesterday were still ringing in her ears. Xu Zhaodi originally wanted to ignore them because this was a matter concerning her reputation.
Xu Zhaodi frowned, staring at Feng Xiujuan with cold eyes: "Sister Feng, I don't think I offended you, right?
I just went to the train station yesterday. Did you see me eloping with a strange man?
What does the other person look like? How old is he?
Feng Xiujuan paused. The man who had fought with her just now suddenly became cold-tempered. He didn't fight with her and started to argue with her instead.
Was this dealt with by Captain Chen?
She deserves it. This fickle woman deserves a beating.
Only Captain Chen could endure this. If it happened to another man, he would have been beaten half to death.
Feng Xiujuan had imagined the scene of the couple quarreling and having a cold war, and she felt happy just thinking about it.
Why would a lazy woman from the countryside find a man as good as Chen Jianguo?
"Why do you care whether I saw it or not? You said it yourself that you would look for the educated youth in your village when you returned to Tang.
It wasn’t just me who heard this, Captain Zhang heard it too.”
"I said I was looking for an educated youth. Did I say he was my sweetheart? Did I say I wanted to elope with him? How can you be sure that he was my sweetheart?
Sister Feng, we are all residents of the residential compound, and I hope you will use your brain before you speak in the future.
I am married, my man is Chen Jianguo.
No matter how shameless I am, I won't joke about my reputation.
If you continue to talk nonsense and ruin my reputation, I will go to the leaders here to reason with them."
Xu Zhaodi did throw a tantrum yesterday, but she never said who that person was. Now she was very serious and refused to admit it.
Rumors stop with the wise, and sometimes they also stop with complaints.
The person in front of him was certain that no matter how much nonsense she talked, she would just throw a tantrum and curse like a shrew. The more she wanted to prove something, the more she would make things worse because she was uneducated and didn't use her brain.
Feng Xiujuan was also impatient, and she shouted, "You mean I wronged you?"
Seeing that she was getting anxious, Xu Zhaodi sneered and said, "I just want to ask you, was it you who spread this news?"
Feng Xiujuan saw that her words did not anger Xu Zhaodi, but instead she yelled angrily: "I said it, so what?"
The child in her arms burst into tears out of fear after she yelled. Feng Xiujuan was furious and said, "Xu Zhaodi, you are so shameless that you don't even let a three or four-year-old boy go.
Bah, it’s true that a dog can’t change its bad habits.
Just wait, as soon as Captain Chen comes back, I will complain to him.
It's really shameless."
Feng Xiujuan was shaking the baby in her arms, with a sullen face, as if Xu Zhaodi was the one looking for trouble.
Feng Xiujuan's voice was so loud that it disturbed the people upstairs. Some came out to watch the fun, while others stood on the balcony to watch the fun.
These two people quarreled in the courtyard from time to time. It was commonplace. Now someone laughed and said, "Hey, Mrs. Feng, why are you quarreling with her again? There is no point in quarreling with such an unreasonable person."
Feng Xiujuan said, "That's right. Don't bother with this kind of person." Feng Xiujuan continued to coax the child in her arms and said, "Son, stop crying. If you keep crying, the fat pig in front of you will open his mouth and eat us both."
When Feng Xiujuan said this, everyone around her laughed, and the child in her arms cried even harder.
Xu Zhaodi was filled with rage. In front of so many people, everyone thought that whatever Feng Xiujuan said was right. It was because she had always bullied others when she was young.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhaodi said, "Sister Feng, I used to be unreasonable, but it's wrong for you to say that I ran away with a wild man without any evidence.
I didn't provoke you, it was you who spoke rudely and raised your voice so loudly that your child scared and cried.
Those who came out early saw it.”
Everyone was very surprised when Xu Zhaodi said this. She didn't throw a tantrum or roll around on the ground that day, nor did she curse the other person's ancestors for generations.
When Feng Xiujuan saw Xu Zhaodi's quiet face and her determined and unyielding eyes, she instantly felt guilty.
She was afraid that what happened the other day would get to her man's ears, and he would definitely punish her when he got home. Feng Xiujuan said, "I don't want to bother with you. It's such a waste of time to quarrel with someone like you."
The crying of the child in her arms had quieted down now. Feng Xiuqin carried the child into the building first. Then the sound of a door slamming loudly was heard from the inside of the building.
Others pointed fingers at Xu Zhaodi blatantly, but Xu Zhaodi gritted her teeth and endured it.
It’s not the right time to explode now. The more you look down on me, the more I want to live a good life.
Just wait and see, sooner or later you will regret it.
Xu Zhaodi didn't bother to pay attention to them and went home with her wild vegetables.
As soon as I entered the door, all the unhappiness was swept away by the nest of pheasant eggs.
Xu Zhaodi washed her face, put the layer of wild vegetables on the top of the basket into the basin, carefully took out the pheasant eggs and placed them in the basin. After that, she took a flashlight to shine it. Fortunately, the chicks had not hatched yet.
She poured all the wild vegetables on the table, picked them clean and sorted them on the chopping board in the kitchen, then poured herself a glass of water to quench her thirst.
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