Chapter 183 What Happened at Home
Shen Ruoqing went to take a shower first.
After sitting on the train for two days and two nights, I could feel the smell on my clothes.
The newly built bathroom is great. Old Mrs. Ji even asked Ji Hongxun to make a wooden barrel for it.
The wooden barrel is very large and has a soft stopper at the bottom for drainage.
Shen Ruoqing liked this big wooden barrel very much. The hot water had been boiled long ago. She took a hot bath directly and felt that all the fatigue in her body was dissipated a lot.
After taking a shower, Shen Ruoqing changed into comfortable pajamas and walked out in slippers.
"My dear, are you hungry? Your sister-in-law has already prepared dinner, come and eat." said Old Mrs. Ji.
"Is eldest sister-in-law taking a day off today? Fourth brother and his wife are here too? Wow, there is my favorite braised pork, it smells so good!" Shen Ruoqing wiped her hair, and her stomach couldn't help but growl.
It was nearly two o'clock and she was starving.
Han Guizhi was a little embarrassed when she mentioned rest. But she still smiled and said, "You haven't eaten at home for a month, you must have missed it a lot. I specially made a few more dishes today, you should eat more."
Shen Ruoqing sensed Han Guizhi's discomfort and asked, "Sister-in-law, what happened?"
Han Guizhi said: "No matter what happens, just eat your meal in peace. Everything is fine at home."
"You suffered in the car. Come, I'll give you a bowl of bone soup."
Shen Ruoqing took the bone soup without thinking much about it.
After lunch, Shen Ruoqing slept in her bed for another hour. Although most of the furniture in the house was old, her bed was new. But there was no mattress. Shen Ruoqing thought that she would find a reason to get herself a mattress when the time comes, which would be softer and more comfortable.
After a good sleep, Shen Ruo woke up and found that Su Jieru was the only one at home.
"Fourth sister-in-law, where are my mother and the others?"
"They went to work. It's the time for the double harvest. They only asked the team leader for half a day off in the morning."
"Fourth brother is there too?"
"right."
"Then I'll make some mung bean soup."
After being away for so long, the spiritual spring water at home had long been used up. First, she changed into a sky blue dress, then Shen Ruoqing replenished the spiritual spring water at home, and then boiled a large pot of mung bean soup, adding a lot of yellow rock sugar.
Su Jieru had to take the two young children with her, so Shen Ruoqing took Mung Bean Soup to the fields to find Old Lady Ji and the others.
"Mom, come over and have a rest. I brought you some mung bean soup!" Shen Ruoqing shouted loudly on the ridge of the field.
The Shen family members, their faces red from the sun, looked up at Shen Ruoqing and walked towards her one by one.
"Little sister, why don't you stay at home and sleep a little longer?" Shen Xiangdong took a sip of mung bean soup, which really helped to relieve the summer heat.
"I can't sleep that long. I only slept for an hour. Fourth brother, are you coming home to help with the housework today since you have a day off?"
Shen Xiangbei hadn't done this kind of farm work for a long time. Maybe it was because he was tired, but he was limping a little when he walked. He drank mung bean soup in big gulps and laughed awkwardly when he heard this.
"Hey, Ruoqing girl, you didn't know that Shen Xiangbei, the most promising one in your family, lost his job? Shen Xiangbei, didn't you tell your little sister?" Aunt Qi covered her mouth and laughed, "Not only did your fourth brother lose his job, your fourth sister-in-law and your eldest sister-in-law also stopped working! Your family is no longer a working-class family!"
Fourth brother lost his job?
"Aunt Qi, what do you mean by this?"
"You really don't know? Just last month, Shen Xiangbei was arrested, and then the factory said he had bad conduct and fired him! And your fourth sister-in-law, her factory said it wanted to reduce the staff, so they asked your fourth sister-in-law to stop working! As for your eldest sister-in-law - there was a lawsuit involving a murder because of the food she cooked. If your family hadn't paid a large sum of money as compensation, she would probably have gone to jail!" Aunt Qi's face clearly showed gloating.
"You are such a foul-mouthed person, is it your turn to interfere in my family's affairs? Your family has a lot of troubles. I heard that the girl your son likes wants a formal job. Did your family get it? And you still have time to gossip about my family!" Old Mrs. Ji was furious.
"It's true, why don't you let people say it? My son's matter is my family's matter, what does it have to do with you? You stupid girl, you actually dared to work like a regular employee? Anyway, I won't let a girl like you enter my house!"
"Mom, is what Aunt Qi said true? Why didn't you tell me on the phone?"
Shen Ruoqing looked at Han Guizhi who pursed her lips and the silent Shen family members, knowing that this matter was probably true. She didn't expect that so many things happened at home during his absence.
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"My dear, they are just small matters, they have been settled. It's just that you lost your job, you can still look for another one in the future. Why should I tell you about this? You are busy seeing a doctor in Beijing, and telling you will only make you worry more. And even if your fourth brother and his wife lost their jobs, the worst that can happen is that they can earn work points in the village. The harvest of our team is pretty good, and we won't starve to death..." said Old Lady Ji.
"Yes, little sister, in fact, if I lose my job, the worst that can happen is that I will go home and farm. You see, they have built two houses for me at home, and I can support your sister-in-law and your niece just by farming." Shen Xiangbei said.
Shen Ruoqing didn't say anything.
She knew that all of this must have been done by Li Zeqian. In the final analysis, it was all because of her that she had dragged down her family.
Shen Ruoqing carried the jar back in a depressed mood. On the way, he couldn't help but run to the village party secretary's house to call Mu Bai.
"Mu Bai, you know what happened in my family, right? Why didn't you tell me? It was the Li family who did it, right? Since you knew it a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"
Mu Bai was originally happy to receive the call, but he didn't expect to be called in a blaming tone.
"Ruoqing, listen to me first."
"Well, you go." Shen Ruoqing also realized that his tone at the beginning was a little wrong, and he reorganized his emotions.
"These things were indeed done by the Li family. In fact, the day after we got on the train, Li Zeqian took action against your family. First, they dealt with your fourth brother, and got him involved in a vicious fight. He was detained for a period of time, and then it was found that there were some enemy agents involved in the fight. I used several connections to clear Shen Xiangbei of suspicion. But the Li family happened to have a leader working in An County, and he put pressure on the chemical plant to expel Shen Xiangbei. I thought that if Shen Xiangbei stayed in the county, they might use some extraordinary means, so I did not intervene. I thought it would be good to let your fourth brother rest for a while."
"Then there was your fourth sister-in-law. She had encountered several attacks on her way to and from get off work. Finally, there was your eldest sister-in-law. Someone died from the meal she prepared. I didn't expect the Li family to use a murder to frame your eldest sister-in-law. I didn't take precautions. By the time I found out, there was no evidence. I could only choose to control the situation by appeasing that family and giving them a sum of compensation to resolve the matter."
(End of this chapter)