Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Jiang Ling actually put her hand into his...
Jiang Ling was sure that Song Guanshu would not agree, so she made this joke to him. His reaction did surprise her, but she still did not lose the battle.
Jiang Ling took a step forward and helped him take off his clothes. Just as her hands touched his buttons, Song Guanshu quickly took two steps back.
Jiang Ling pretended not to know his defense, blinked and asked innocently, "Aren't we going to sleep together? We have to take off our clothes to sleep."
His fair neck was stained red, and it was unclear whether he was angry or anxious.
"Don't be shy." Jiang Ling interpreted his reaction as shyness, "We are a legal couple with a marriage certificate, so it's only natural for us to sleep in the same bed."
Song Guanshu packed up his bedding without saying a word and made room for her.
Are you giving up already?
Jiang Ling pushed further and said, "I want to sleep at the head of the kang."
Song Guanshu silently gave her the warmest spot on the kang.
Coming to a strange environment, even though Song Guanshu, who was full of evil thoughts, was lying next to him.
The bed was warm and Jiang Ling slept well the whole night.
Jiang Ling slept till dawn, but Song Guanshu was different. He heard the sound of shallow breathing beside him and knew it was Jiang Ling. However, since it was the first time for him to sleep on the same kang so close to someone, he was not used to it and did not fall asleep until dawn.
Maybe staying up late has become a habit for Song Guanshu, there is no sign of fatigue from not sleeping all night, and his face is no different from usual.
When Jiang Ling woke up, Song Guanshu had already prepared breakfast, but only one portion, and he didn't prepare any for her.
Jiang Ling pretended not to know that he had not prepared her own breakfast. She rushed over like a hungry tiger and gulped down the breakfast. She was also kind enough to leave him an egg.
"Prepare more breakfast next time. Even if life at home is not easy, you have to have enough to eat. I know you care about me and give me all the good food at home. Don't do this again next time. I won't allow you to abuse your body."
She looked at Song Guanshu with serious eyes.
Song Guanshu didn't believe that Jiang Ling didn't know that she didn't have a share of breakfast. She was really good at pretending to be stupid.
He didn't expose her and ate the remaining boiled egg. Jiang Ling poured him a cup of hot water and said, "Drink some hot water and don't choke. Eat slowly first. I'll go wash up and we'll go to work together later."
Jiang Ling was afraid that this man would ride his bike to work after dinner, so she could only walk to the daily chemical factory on foot.
Not to mention that she was not familiar with the road, it took Song Guanshu half an hour to ride her bike yesterday, and it would take her at least an hour to walk there.
The steel plant and the daily chemical factory are not close, so Song Guanshu still drives Jiang Ling to work.
Jiang Ling was indeed worrying too much. Why would Song Guanshu ride his bike to work on the second day of their marriage and let his newlywed wife walk to work?
There were many workers walking or riding bicycles to work along the way. Everyone was working with great enthusiasm. Only Jiang Ling was looking listless because she didn't get enough sleep.
According to Song Guanshu's work schedule, Jiang Ling arrived at the office more than ten minutes earlier than before.
This time, she was the second worker to enter the Finance Department.
Yu Jiafeng has been opening the door of the Finance Department for ten years. When Jiang Ling entered the door, she had already gone to the water room to get hot water, and wisps of hot steam were rising from the enamel pot.
Seeing the newlywed Jiang Ling, she couldn't help but joked, "Hey, Xiao Jiang, why are you going to work so early today? It seems you still have to get married. You used to live in the factory dormitory, which is only 500 meters away, so you have to work on time. Now you live farther away, so you have to go to work earlier than usual."
Jiang Ling smiled bitterly. She certainly didn't want to come to the factory like Song Guanshu, arriving early but not getting any bonus.
But if Jiang Ling didn't come according to Song Guanshu's schedule, she would miss the "bus" and would have to walk to work by herself.
Sleep five minutes earlier and walk for an hour.
Jiang Ling is not stupid, she certainly knows what to choose.
However, she didn't need to tell her colleagues about this little thought. She only said, "I was moved by Director Ding's wedding speech yesterday. Song Guanshu and I are where we are today because of the factory. We must work hard to serve the daily chemical factory and live up to the factory's cultivation of us."
These words were so exciting that Yu Jiafeng felt that the temperature in the Finance Department was hotter than usual this morning.
Li Chunjiao was in the corridor and heard the heated discussion in the Finance Department. She opened the door curtain and came in, smiling and asked, "What are you talking about? The discussion is heated."
She strode in and threw the cloth bag of wool and knitting needles she was carrying on the desk.
Yu Jiafeng replied, "Xiao Jiang said she would work hard in the future to repay the factory."
Li Chunjiao: "That's great. Next time I see Sister Ding, I'll have to tell her about it. I'm sure she'll be happy to hear it."
One after another, other staff members of the Finance Department arrived at their posts before the work bell rang.
When seeing the bride Jiang Ling, everyone would make a joke.
Even though she had already obtained the marriage certificate, in the eyes of everyone, a wedding is considered a marriage, no matter how big or small it is.
Wei Ming went to work on time today. Last night he was scolded by Ding Yan for his bad performance in bed.
He was already unhappy because his male virility was damaged. When he entered the Finance Department, he saw everyone surrounding Jiang Ling, who looked very happy, and asking her all kinds of questions. His mood instantly plummeted.
If he is unhappy, he will show it. If he is unhappy, others will not have an easy time either.
Wei Ming snorted twice, "The bell has rung for work, can't you hear it? You're still chatting at work, don't you have work to do?"
When Ding Yan is not around, he is very good at showing off his authority and acting like a leader.
In the past, everyone thought he was Director Ding’s favorite brother-in-law. But after Ding Yan came twice, everyone in the Finance Department understood his position in the Ding family’s hearts.
Section Chief Tang said with a smile, "They all know their priorities. In two days, the salary will be paid and they will be busy all the time. Let's chat for now. It's rare for a happy event to happen in the section."
Wei Ming suddenly felt that the Corey people's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.
But it’s hard to say exactly what has changed. It’s a feeling that can only be understood but not expressed in words.
After Section Chief Tang finished speaking, everyone continued to chat.
"Jiang Ling, come out. I have something to talk to you about." The people who came were Jiang Ling's eldest sister Jiang Lian and second sister Jiang He.
Jiang He is not a worker in the daily chemical factory, but her father-in-law works in the factory.
On Sunday, her parents-in-law came to the factory cafeteria with the idea of having a free wedding banquet, and the more they saw the man on the stage, the more familiar he looked.
The two old people were still discussing in a low voice, "That girl really looks like our Xiao He's sister."
The more they looked at it, the more they thought about it, but they didn't think about it that way. After all, their family and the Jiang family were relatives, and the relatives would not marry off their daughter without telling their family, so the old couple just thought that they were similar people.
It was not until they heard Director Ding read out the name during his testimony that they realized they had not mistakenly seen her and that she was their daughter-in-law's younger sister.
Actually, I am a little angry. My in-laws didn’t tell me about their happy event. Does this mean they want to break off the relationship? Do they not want to get along with their family anymore?
But when I think about it, it seems that my own daughter-in-law doesn't know about this either. My son and daughter-in-law have a rare weekend off and are catching up on sleep and resting at home.
My younger sister got married and I, as the older sister, didn’t even know about it.
The old couple wanted to question their relative Sun Yilan who lived not far away, but after thinking about it, they felt that it was inappropriate. After returning home, they told their daughter-in-law Jiang He about the matter and let her handle it herself.
Jiang He looked incredulous, "You mean my little sister is married?"
The old couple nodded.
Jiang He was in a hurry, and rolled up her sleeves to go out. "I want to ask Jiang Ling what she meant, and whether she didn't think of me as her second sister. I knew this damn girl was holding a grudge. I stole a flowery skirt from her when she was a child, and she still holds a grudge against me."
The old couple stopped their angry daughter-in-law and asked her to calm down first. "The wedding is over. Do you know where Xiao Song lives? Where are you going to find her?"
Jiang He calmed down and asked her parents-in-law, "Mom and Dad, can you tell me what this Jiang Ling's boyfriend is like?"
After all, she is the elder sister, and she is not indifferent to her younger sister's life-long affairs.
Jiang Ling's parents-in-law recalled, "He was really good-looking, very kind, and easy to get along with. But Director Ding said that he was an orphan, without a father or a mother, and would have no parents-in-law to take care of him in the future."
As elderly people, they care a lot about the family situation.
After listening to the description given by her parents-in-law, Jiang He felt as if her heart was being scratched by a cat's claws, and she couldn't wait to interrogate Jiang Ling.
The next day finally came. She went to work on the street, rode her bicycle to the street office, asked for leave, and went straight to the daily chemical factory.
Jiang He was a worker's family member, so the security guard didn't stop her. He just told her to find someone and not stay too long.
Jiang He naturally agreed. Halfway through her walk, she thought for a moment and decided not to go straight to the Finance Department. Instead, she went upstairs to find her elder sister Jiang Lian.
When he saw the eldest sister, he asked straight to the point, "Did you know that my younger sister got married yesterday?"
Jiang Lian heard about this from a colleague today. Her little daughter was sick yesterday, so she took her daughter to the hospital for an IV. Early in the morning at work, her colleague asked her, "your sister got married yesterday, why didn't you go as her elder sister?"
Jiang Lian was confused and only understood what had happened after listening to someone's explanation.
She must have covered up for Jiang Ling first, "My little girl had a fever yesterday, and I took her to the hospital."
People quickly asked how the child was, and the topic was changed.
Jiang Lian really wanted to know what happened, but she could only suppress her curiosity and wait until she got off work at noon to go find Jiang Ling.
Unexpectedly, her second sister Jiang He was impatient and came to find her first.
Jiang He got a negative answer from her elder sister, and she was satisfied. It seemed that she was not holding a grudge because of the floral dress incident.
"Let's go find her and ask her why she didn't tell us about her marriage."
Jiang Lian felt that it was too conspicuous to go looking for someone during work hours, "It's not a good idea."
Jiang He urged her, "I've asked for half a day off. Time is urgent. Please finish asking questions quickly. I have to go back to work."
Jiang Ling was called out of the office and saw her two sisters with gloomy faces. She suddenly felt like she had done something bad and was being called by her parents.
Jiang He's eyes were spitting fire. She asked, "Why didn't you inform us of your marriage?"
Jiang Ling bowed her head and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, I forgot."
Jiang He was very angry, "How could I forget such a thing?"
Jiang He was a little sad. She felt that the relationship between the three sisters was better than that with their parents. It was normal for Jiang Ling not to tell her parents, but it was strange that she didn't tell her and her eldest sister.
Jiang Ling did not take the wedding seriously. The clothes she wore at the wedding were no different from the day before.
She said, "I will definitely inform my two sisters next time I get married."
Jiang Lian couldn't help but patted her, "Don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, what about next time."
Jiang He said in a bad tone, "Since we're already married, I won't say anything else. You just live a good life in the future, and come to me if you need anything." She lived a good life, and she was always confident when taking on big responsibilities.
After saying that, he threw a piece of floral fabric into her arms and said, "Use it to make new clothes."
Jiang Lian hadn't prepared anything, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Little sister, what else do you need? Big sister will give it to you."
Her life was not as good as Jiang He's. Jiang He's husband was an only child, and her parents-in-law were very considerate. After she got married, she took charge of the household and was in charge of her husband and parents-in-law, and she was put first in everything at home.
Jiang He and her husband's food and accommodation are provided by her parents-in-law. Jiang He's husband's salary is saved for emergencies, and Jiang He uses her salary as pocket money.
Jiang Ling knew that Jiang Lian's life was not easy after marriage and it was impossible for her to ask for her things. Jiang Lian's pocket money was all earned by doing odd jobs for her colleagues.
"I don't lack anything. I have a salary. Song Guanshu's salary is quite high."
Jiang He also said, "This is not a wedding gift for her. I stole her flowery dress when we were little, and I was afraid she would bear a grudge and stop associating with me after we got married, so I gave this to her as compensation."
Jiang He spoke crisply, "Okay, if you really want to help her, you can use this piece of cloth to make her a skirt and have it finished before summer."
Jiang Lian smiled and said yes. She was never stingy with her donations, but she really didn't have enough money, so she couldn't pay. But it was no problem for her to work more.
Jiang He was most concerned about her brother-in-law's situation, so she asked about it in detail.
Jiang Lian knew that her second sister was very proud and was afraid that she would look down on Song Guanshu, so she helped to speak up, "Little Song is pretty good, but he doesn't have parents, which is not good."
Jiang He glanced at her and said, "How can this be a shortcoming? This is obviously a great advantage. If she met vicious parents-in-law like you, who always instigated their son and daughter-in-law to fight, the third child, who is so weak, would be bullied to death."
Jiang Lian: "Actually, my parents-in-law are very nice. They help me take care of the children. If it weren't for them..."
Jiang He interrupted her, "If it weren't for them, you would definitely be living a better life than you are now."
She particularly looked down on the people in Jiang Lian's husband's family. They were leaders in the daily chemical factory, but they bullied their daughter-in-law. It was also because her eldest sister was weak and could be bullied, and she could not stand up. If she were to be with a family like that, she would never let them have an easy life, even if she couldn't live well herself.
The two sisters came and left in a hurry. Jiang Lian had not yet asked for leave, so she had to hurry back to work.
Although Jiang He took a leave of absence, it was not for long, and her salary would be deducted if she returned too late.
The floral cloth that Jiang He brought was taken away by Jiang Lian, who wanted to take it home to make a floral skirt for Jiang Ling.
Before leaving, Jiang He said to her elder sister, "Tell Xiaoya that your aunt should get her a better-looking piece of fabric to make a skirt next time."
At work, Jiang Ling was afraid that Song Guanshu would not wait for her to get off work together at night, so she specifically asked him to take her home together, otherwise she would say bad things about him to all the workers in the factory.
Song Guanshu looks gentle, but he is actually stubborn and rebellious at heart, and he hates being threatened the most.
Just hearing Jiang Ling's elementary school-like threats, he found it hard to muster the desire to resist.
Finally, I went to the Finance Department to pick her up after get off work. Jiang Ling was very happy that she was not abandoned.
The other people in the Finance Department seemed to have a good relationship with him. I am very happy at heart.
Du Weiming shook his head and pointed at the two people's backs as they walked away. "Look at her worthless appearance. She pounced on her man as soon as she saw him."
Li Chunjiao: "Oh, young people have a good relationship after getting married. You have also been through that time, how can you not understand?"
Speaking of this, Wei Ming felt particularly sad. He had indeed experienced a wedding banquet, but his situation was different from others when he first got married. He was a young man in his twenties, marrying a forty-year-old woman. Only he knew all the pain.
It is not so easy to eat gigolo. In short, Wei Ming's life was so dark when he just got married. He just couldn't understand why newly married young people like to stick together.
Jiang Ling put her arms around Song Guanshu's waist. He was like a cat with its fur standing on end. "What are you doing?"
The devilish voice entered his ears, and the hand around his waist tightened: "Buy meat, eat meat."
She put her arms around his waist and touched his abdomen twice, "Don't mention it, your waist is quite thin."
This is definitely hooliganism.
However, they have a marriage certificate, so even if they go to the police station, the police will just think it is a couple's affair and kick him out.
For the first time, Song Guanshu felt the pain of having no way to express his suffering.
He squeezed out a word from between his teeth: "Go."
"release."
Jiang Ling was very obedient. She followed whatever he said. "Okay, I'll do whatever you say!"
The bicycle turned around and headed for the nearest supply and marketing cooperative.
There was a long line in front of the meat stall of the supply and marketing cooperative. When two people got to the line, only the offal was left. Jiang Ling pointed at the liver and said, "Cut half of the liver, please."
The salesperson quickly cut the liver into the bag.
When it was almost time to pay, Jiang Ling looked at Song Guanshu and called him affectionately, "Honey, pay quickly."
Perhaps he had expected it, Song Guanshu was not even very surprised. There were customers queuing up behind him to buy meat. He had no intention of arguing with Jiang Ling here, so he took out the money and tickets he had with him.
Jiang Ling took the bag from the salesperson and praised with a smile, "Comrade Song Guanshu, you are really the best husband in the world. You are handsome, rich, handsome, generous and kind..."
She showered Song Guanshu with countless compliments as if they were free of charge.
People were being reserved at the time, and other customers passing by felt their ears burning when they heard it.
Song Guanshu just said "oh" coldly.
He thought, Jiang Ling is such a hypocritical person. She is obviously afraid of him and on guard against him, but she does not hesitate when praising him.
Of course, he would only think about this in his heart and would never say it out loud.
Jiang Ling didn't expect to get any positive feedback from him, but she was happy that she could eat meat today, even though it was only pork liver.
We walked all the way back to the steel plant’s family quarters, and after many turns we were almost home.
Song Guanshu passed the couple holding hands in front of him on his bicycle, but was stopped by someone, "Xiao Song?"
Song Guanshu stopped his bicycle and said, "Brother Liu."
"From the back I look like you, but there's a lesbian sitting behind you. I'm a little hesitant to recognize her."
"Who is this lesbian?"
Song Guanshu introduced, "This is my wife."
There are two possibilities for calling someone wife and girlfriend, but if you call her daughter-in-law, then you must be married.
He introduced Jiang Ling, "Brother Liu is the head of the security department of the steel plant, and this is his wife. Brother Liu lives in the yard in front of our house."
The slender woman standing next to Section Chief Liu, who was also Liu's wife, asked, "Oh, Xiao Song got married. When did it happen?"
"It happened yesterday at our factory."
Han Ruixue nodded, "What a talented and beautiful couple."
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "Brother Liu and sister-in-law are also a good match." They don't look like a couple at all.
Section Chief Liu is of handsome appearance, tall and strong, but he looks very old, and judging from his appearance, he seems to be in his thirties.
His lover is beautiful and about the same age as Jiang Ling.
There may be some mature people in this world. Judging from the fact that he can become the head of the security department, he must not be a young man in his twenties.
Han Ruixue smiled and pointed to her home, "Come to my house when you have time."
After saying goodbye, Song Guanshu rode his bicycle all the way back to the courtyard.
When the two of them returned, the resident of the east wing was hanging clothes in the yard. She was in her thirties, with short hair, a short stature, a round figure, and a miserable face.
Song Guanshu greeted her politely, "Hanging the clothes, Sister Li."
The woman who was called Sister Li by Song Guanshu shook the water off her clothes and said with some meaning, "Girls should love themselves and consider their family's feelings before doing anything. I am a mother with a daughter. If my daughter does something unfaithful when she grows up, I, as a mother, will be ashamed to death."
The east and west wing rooms are opposite to each other. When Li Jun was cooking in the kitchen the day before, she saw what seemed to be a woman's shadow passing by the opposite door. She lay in front of her window and watched for a long time, and asked her youngest son to go outside to listen.
It was finally confirmed that Song Guanshu brought the woman back in the middle of the night.
She originally had a good impression of Song Guanshu, who was an honest and decent boy, and she even wanted to marry her sister to Song Guanshu.
Although her sister has a rural household registration, she is very pretty and is the prettiest girl in the surrounding villages. Moreover, their parents are still alive, which is much better than Xiao Song who lost both his parents.
So when she saw Song Guanshu bringing a woman home, she couldn't accept it deep down in her heart, and she was struggling with whether or not to marry her sister to him again.
After all, what attracted me to him was that he was a city worker and a college student, and also that he was kind and honest, not the kind of man who promiscuously dated.
When she was telling the first half of the story, Jiang Ling thought she was talking about how Jiang Ling and Song Guanshu secretly got their marriage certificate. But after hearing the second half, she felt something was wrong. She was talking about them having an affair.
Jiang Ling couldn't stand this grievance, she asked back, "You mean we're having an affair, right?"
Li Jun didn't say anything, but his meaning was very clear.
Jiang Ling asked Song Guanshu to open the lock with a gloomy face, and then stepped into the house.
It was the first time Li Jun met her and he had no idea what she was trying to do.
Song Guanshu knew that Jiang Ling had a bad temper and suspected that she went back to the house to find a handy tool to beat someone.
He wondered secretly, when Jiang Ling beat Li Jun, should he stop her or not?
Finally, Jiang Ling came out with the red book in her hand.
She thrust the marriage certificate in front of Li Jun and said, "Do you know how to read? Do you want me to read it to you?"
The man and woman in the photo are a perfect match, and they are the two people in front of me.
Li Jun was slapped in the face and quickly admitted his mistake, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, but I have no ill intentions. I am a mother and I look at you like my own children. Mothers are most afraid of their children going astray. Now that you find it's just a misunderstanding, that's great. I wish you a happy wedding. In the future, we will be neighbors and we must take care of each other. Don't let this incident affect our relationship."
Jiang Ling smiled and said, "Yes, as long as you don't misunderstand the relationship between me and Song Guanshu."
This elder sister is really interesting. When I met her for the first time, I suspected that she was having promiscuous relationships. Now it's even more interesting. She even wants to be her elder. What a joke.
Li Jun sighed, "You have an easy life, Xiao Song has a high salary. I am a woman raising two children, life is not easy, thanks to Xiao Song's help. Xiao Song is a good person, you are lucky to marry him."
Jiang Ling thought to herself, what is she kidding, Song Guanshu is helpful? He is not that kind of person. He would not interfere even if you died in front of him.
But she said, "Yes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We neighbors should help each other."
I don't know what this guy's intention is. A single man is eager to help a single woman with children. It would be a bad thing if this got out.
If they didn't know what kind of person Song Guanshu was, as a newly married couple, there would definitely be a quarrel once the door was closed.
Jiang Ling clapped her hands and said, "I think you are very kind, but you should be younger than my mother, so I will call you Aunt Li from now on."
The smile on Li Jun's face almost collapsed. The word "Auntie Li" made her look ten years older.
She is a woman, so she naturally loves beauty. She doesn't want to be called "aunt" and look many years older for no reason.
She forced a smile and said, "Wife Xiao Song, follow Xiao Song and call me Sister Li."
Jiang Ling pretended not to understand what she meant and said very tactlessly, "Aunt Li and I hit it off right away. Calling her aunt makes us feel closer. Just let him call me."
Li Jun was so angry that she thought, is she stupid? How could she not understand good or bad words?
Jiang Ling urged Song Guanshu, "Quick, call Aunt Li."
Song Guanshu's smile was a bit helpless, "Aunt Li is busy now, we still have to cook, so we'll go back first."
As expected, Song Guanshu obediently called her "Auntie", and Li Jun almost fell backwards.
There were only two pieces of clothing in total, which Li Jun had hung on the clothes rack a long time ago. Logically, the temperature outside was not warm, so she should go back. However, for some reason, she did not go home. Instead, she stood in the yard, listening to the conversation in the west wing.
Jiang Ling took a small stool and sat in front of the stove, "Song Guanshu, I want to eat braised liver tips."
She held her face in her hands and looked at the person busy at the stove.
Song Guanshu wore an apron tied around his waist, outlining his lean waist. "I can't do it."
That's easy, "You cut the liver into slices, and then..."
Without even looking up, he said, "No green peppers or carrots."
“It’s okay if there’s no side dishes.”
Song Guanshu washed the pig liver twice with clean water, "If you keep nagging me, do it yourself."
Jiang Ling: "Actually, you are a good person. If your temper could be a little better..."
Li Jun was standing in the yard and only heard these words. She thought to herself that Xiao Song's wife was really a person who didn't know how to appreciate what she had. Xiao Song was the man with the best temper she had ever met, but she said that Xiao Song had a bad temper.
She returned home and secretly complained to herself that the young people really did not know how to live, spending money lavishly and eating meat at home during festivals. Through their conversation, she guessed that what was hung in front of the handlebars of their bicycles were pig livers.
Jiang Ling smelled the fragrance gradually rising in the room and praised sincerely, "It smells so good."
In the winter in the north, the only vegetables available in every household are cabbage, radish and potatoes. Slightly wealthier families would occasionally go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a piece of tofu to improve their lives.
Song Guanshu couldn’t just eat pork liver for dinner, so he also cut a plate of shredded cabbage.
He was very good at knife skills, and his cutting was rhythmic and rhythmic. Jiang Ling asked him, "Have you ever learned how to cook? You are so good at knife skills."
Song Guanshu: "Practice makes perfect."
Jiang Ling was curious. Wasn't he a young master in the past? How come he cooked so often?
Then he thought that all those things about the eldest master happened when he was very young. It must be because something unexpected happened in his family, his relatives passed away, and he was in danger of losing his life at any time, so he learned to take care of himself at a very young age.
Let’s talk about Li Jun again. When her mother-in-law came back from visiting relatives, she saw her standing in the kitchen and hadn’t cooked yet. She was very unhappy.
"Tongtong and Xiaolei are about to finish school."
Li Jun quickly pulled her mother-in-law and said, "Do you know that Xiao Song next door is married?"
Li Jun's grandmother, Old Lady Liu, opened her eyes wide and said, "Didn't you want to introduce your little sister to him before..."
She covered her mother-in-law's mouth and said, "Please be careful with what you say. Don't let anyone hear it."
"How is Xiao Song's new wife?"
Li Jun shook his head. "She only has a pretty face, but the rest is useless."
Old Lady Liu suspected that her daughter-in-law failed to marry her sister to Song Guanshu and deliberately discredited the new daughter-in-law next door, but she asked, "What do you mean?"
"You don't know, that woman is very rude and doesn't know how to live. She just got married and she started to eat lavishly." She pursed her lips, "She's cooking pig liver at home."
Although pork liver is not as expensive as real meat, it is also a real meat dish.
Old Lady Liu's eyes flickered. "That person really doesn't know how to live. He's not as good as you."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting when they heard children's voices in the yard. It was their two children who had returned.
Li Jun has two children. The elder one is Liu Tong, who is twelve years old and in the fourth grade. My younger brother is Liu Lei, he is eight years old and in the first grade.
When the two children returned to the yard, they smelled the meat. "Sister, it must be our family stewing meat. It smells so good."
When I pushed open the door of the east wing, there was not even a flame in the pot pit, and there was no smell of meat in the house.
"It smells so good, grandma, why isn't it our stewed meat?" Liu Lei climbed onto Grandma Liu and sat on her body. "Grandma, let's eat meat tomorrow."
Grandma Liu wiped the snot off her grandson's face and said, "Okay, grandma will try her best to let our big treasure eat meat."
Liu Lei was sitting on Old Lady Liu's lap. When he heard Li Jun say that Song Guanshu's family was cooking pig liver, his saliva started to flow. "Grandma, can I go to the house opposite for dinner tonight?"
Old Lady Liu wiped the corners of his mouth for him and said, "Go if you want to. Remember to be polite."
Liu Tong wanted to follow her brother, but was stopped by Old Lady Liu, "Tongtong, help grandma light the fire."
A chubby little boy with a patch of "highland red" on his face squeezed in through the door, "Uncle and aunt, what are you eating? It smells so good!"
Jiang Ling smiled and asked, "Whose child are you?"
There was no point in asking this question. She had already seen through the glass door that the child entered the house opposite and then came to their house from the opposite house.
Liu Lei smacked his lips twice, drooling, "It smells so good."
Song Guanshu and Jiang Ling knew what he meant.
It was nothing more than letting the two of them know what was going on and take the initiative to cut him a piece of pork liver to eat.
Song Guanshu just smiled and said nothing, and Jiang Ling didn't say anything either.
Although Liu Lei is young, he is very smart.
He thought, although this auntie looks pretty, she is not kind at all.
Uncle Song was kind-hearted and always responded to requests. So he took the initiative to ask Song Guanshu, "Uncle Song, can you let me have a couple of bites? I don't eat much."
Song Guanshu smiled and said, "You need Aunt Jiang's permission for this. She is the one who makes the decisions in our family."
Liu Lei looked at her eagerly.
Jiang Ling smiled and asked, "Do you want to eat?"
Liu Lei thought that this woman had a conscience and nodded desperately, "I want to eat."
She smiled and said, "If you want to eat, ask your mother to make it for you."
Meat is scarce these days and no one has extra meat, so Jiang Ling doesn't have the kindness to do good deeds.
The next second, Liu Lei let out a deafening cry.
Jiang Ling shook her head helplessly. She hadn't said anything excessive yet, and the child started crying. It was so boring.
Liu Lei cried so loudly that his grandmother and mother heard him and ran over quickly, "Dabao, my Dabao."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law ran in and hugged Liu Lei first, then turned to blame Jiang Ling, "How can you, a grown-up like you, bully a child?"
In fact, they could guess what had happened. Song Guanshu's new wife was stingy and was reluctant to give meat to their eldest grandson from the Liu family.
"Xiao Song, you are a grown man, you have to control your wife and not let her bully you."
"You are grown up, but how come you can't even take care of your own children?" Jiang Ling shook her head in disdain. "You ask your neighbors for food and drink. If I didn't know you, I would think you were beggars in the old society."
This really hit the nail on the head for both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, "Who are you calling a beggar?"
Jiang Ling scratched her ears, "Whoever is begging everywhere is the one."
Song Guanshu then played the role of the good guy and said, "Okay, no matter what, don't do it."
As he spoke, he winked at the three generations, asking them to leave quickly. "My wife has a bad temper, please bear with her."
Jiang Ling rolled her eyes in her heart. This bastard actually threw dirty water on her.
As soon as she turned around, she heard the man say, "We are neighbors, so we can't use a kitchen knife."
The Liu family's grandparents just wanted to eat some meat, but they didn't want to lose their lives here, so when they heard that they were going to use a kitchen knife, they hurried out.
In the past, when Liu Lei failed to "beg for alms", he would cry, make a fuss, and even threaten to hang himself. The Liu family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would rush over. In order to settle the matter peacefully, the people who were cheated would rather lose a few pieces of meat. After all, the child cried in his own home and there was no chance of it being spread out and being scolded for bullying an orphan and a widow.
This was a familiar process for this family of three, and it was the first time they had failed.
After the three generations of the Liu family left, the small kitchen suddenly became spacious.
Jiang Ling said angrily, "You framed me and my reputation has been damaged."
Song Guanshu didn't respond. She just kept talking to herself, "I need to eat two more pieces of pork liver tonight to make up for my broken heart."
Song Guanshu was speechless for a while, it seemed that eating was the only thing on her mind.
He cut the pork liver into slices, and it tasted delicious just by dipping it in soy sauce.
The two were eating when they heard the sound of a child being scolded outside. "You are so short-sighted. Am I letting you eat or drink at your expense? You want to eat meat when other people's families eat meat..."
The older children's voices could be heard through the doors and windows, and it was hard to imagine that this wasn't a deliberate call meant for them.
What surprised Jiang Ling was that despite such fierce beating and scolding, the crying sound that could have just lifted the roof off the house did not sound.
Could it be that this was really a show, and even the beating of the child was fake?
Jiang Ling listened carefully and seemed to hear a kitten-like crying sound underneath the woman's voice.
She asked the people around her, "Did you hear the faint crying sound?"
Song Guanshu said calmly, "Oh, their eldest daughter."
Jiang Ling remembered that when Liu Lei entered the yard just now, he was accompanied by a little girl who was about the same height as her.
Song Guanshu turned to her and asked, carefully observing the expression on her face, "Do you think she is pitiful?"
Jiang Ling smiled, "I am even more pitiful, living next door to their family."
For a young daughter-in-law who has just married and encounters such a thing, whether out of guilt or not wanting to get into a dispute with her neighbors, she will eagerly go over to mediate and bring a bowl of meat.
Song Guanshu asked her, "Aren't you going to stop the fight?"
Jiang Ling raised her eyebrows, "You didn't go either. I'm just a new bride, I don't understand this, you should go."
After saying that, neither of them moved and continued to eat as if nothing had happened.
Song Guanshu commented, "You are so cold."
"Thank you, too."
Li Jun was almost tired of beating the child, and he never waited for the neighbor across the street to come and stop the fight.
She cursed in her heart, what hard-hearted people they were.
It’s all Jiang Ling’s fault. Xiao Song used to be a very good person.
The old saying is really right, marrying an unvirtuous wife will bring disaster to three generations.
What happened in the evening was just a minor episode, and neither Jiang Ling nor Song Guanshu took it seriously.
To wash up before going to bed, Jiang Ling used the enamel basin and pillowcase given by the factory.
Jiang Ling took all the wedding gifts given to them by the factory.
She just happened to be in need of a washbasin and a towel, and a pair of pillowcases. One was used as a pillowcase and the other as a face towel. Jiang Ling's original towel was gloriously relegated to the second line and used as a foot towel.
As soon as I climbed onto the kang, I heard a sound of something heavy falling outside, as if someone was jumping over the wall into the yard.
There are three households living in this yard. The head of the household is Old Sun. His wife died early, so after raising his son, he helped his son get married and had a granddaughter. Originally, the east and west wing rooms were wedding rooms prepared for the young couple.
As a result, Lao Sun's son was unlucky and died of illness. Lao Sun's daughter-in-law left her daughter to her father-in-law and remarried.
In order to supplement his life, Old Sun rented out the things and rooms in his house.
There is only an old man living with his little granddaughter at home. Old man Sun is more concerned about safety, so the wall of their yard is higher than that of other people's houses. Other people's yard gates are made of wood, but theirs is an iron gate with long spikes on it.
Every night, after making sure that the residents of the east and west wing rooms have returned home, Lao Sun will lock the gate to the courtyard to ensure that no thieves or robbers can break in.
When Jiang Ling heard the noise, she wanted to kick Song Guanshu, but she remembered that Song Guanshu had mysophobia, so her kicking foot stopped in mid-air.
Her movements were so big that it was hard for Song Guanshu not to notice. He moved his gaze from the white and delicate instep to her face, with questioning eyes.
Jiang Ling laughed dryly and stuffed her feet back into the quilt. She lowered her voice and asked, "Is there any movement outside?"
Through the gap in the curtains, she noticed a tall man sneaking into the yard.
He didn't go out of the main gate late at night, but chose to climb the wall. He must be a bad guy.
Jiang Ling heard Song Guanshu's teasing voice, "Did that person go into the opposite door?"
The next moment, Jiang Ling saw that the man looked around and then knocked on the door of the east wing.
Jiang Ling couldn't help but curse, "That man really went in."
Then Song Guanshu asked again, "Is he tall and strong?"
Jiang Ling was really surprised. "You know this too?"
After the man entered the opposite door, Jiang Ling knew that he was not a thief, so she stopped leaning against the window to watch. She came close to Song Guanshu and said, "You must know who this person is."
He said sparingly, "I know."
Song Guanshu has well-proportioned facial features, a high nose bridge, and narrow, upturned eyes.
Jiang Ling looked at him eagerly, but there was no answer for a long time, which whetted her appetite.
Just when Jiang Ling thought he wouldn't say anything, he finally spoke, "You also know this person."
She knows him too?
Jiang Ling went through all the men she knew in her mind, but she couldn't match this man.
Seeing that she was about to lose her temper, Song Guanshu said, "Section Chief Liu from the Security Department of the Steel Plant."
Jiang Ling thought of the man she had met in the afternoon and asked incredulously, "Are they having an affair? Section Chief Liu's wife is so pretty."
"Want to know why?"
A fair and innocent little face suddenly appeared in front of Song Guanshu. The arrogant little face on weekdays spoke in a very humble tone at this moment. "Please tell me about it." He came here to watch the fun.
Song Guanshu was frightened by the face so close to him and took two steps back, returning to a safe distance.
This subconscious action was very hurtful, but Jiang Ling didn't care much about it. He was more curious about the story of Section Chief Liu and Li Jun.
Song Guanshu was afraid that she would suddenly approach him again, so he didn't keep her in suspense. "Section Chief Liu and Li Jun were once a couple, but later divorced."
Jiang Ling scratched her head. "After divorce, she still lives in the front and back yards and climbs over the wall in the middle of the night. Is this divorce but not leaving home? Is she trying to be like the ancient empresses of the East and West Palaces?"
"I don't know about that."
Jiang Ling leaned over to Song Guanshu and asked him questions, "Is Section Chief Liu's wife willing too?"
Song Guanshu said perfunctorily, "You can find out if you ask."
Jiang Ling said confidently, "Then I will definitely go and ask."
Song Guanshu's impression of Jiang Ling was not only that she was delicious, but also that she was gossipy.
"Aren't you curious? You two are neighbors."
Song Guanshu changed his usual gentleness and said coldly, "We are just neighbors. I don't care about my neighbors as much as you do."
Jiang Ling said modestly, "Caring for neighbors is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation."
She clicked her tongue twice, "Comrade Song Guanshu, you've revealed your true nature."
Song Guanshu pursed his lips. She had already seen through it anyway, so there was no point in pretending.
Jiang Ling asked Song Guanshu to turn off the lights so that she wouldn't be exposed when she was leaning against the window to peek.
Song Guanshu was unusually obedient and turned off the light.
As he was speaking, he heard the sound of a door opening slightly, and a figure rushed into the darkness.
You know what, it turns out that he matches Section Chief Liu who I met in the afternoon.
Jiang Ling couldn't help but sigh, "He's too fast." From the time he went in to the time he came out, it was less than three minutes?
Song Guanshu's face darkened, "Go to sleep!"
Jiang Ling lay in bed, unable to sleep, and asked Song Guanshu, "What are we going to eat tomorrow?"
Without waiting for Song Guanshu to answer, she asked herself and answered, "Let's eat braised pork tomorrow." Just thinking about mixing rice with the broth from the braised pork made her drool.
After turning off the lights, Song Guanshu's eyes were bright, and with the side light he saw the woman lying beside him looking at him expectantly.
The night can take off its disguise. Song Guanshu said, "If you have money, you can also eat braised pork."
Jiang Ling stretched out her arms and legs, trying to crawl into his bed.
"Hey, we are a couple, your money is my money."
Song Guanshu wrapped the quilt tightly around him and said through gritted teeth, "Eat! I'll buy some tomorrow."
He now regretted getting married to Jiang Ling. How could he have brought home such a violent female hooligan?
With anticipation for the braised pork, Jiang Ling finally waited until the end of get off work.
Song Guanshu was trustworthy and drove her straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.
After waiting in line for half an hour in front of the meat stall, I was told that the pork belly was sold out.
There was a pair of pig intestines left on the stall, and the salesperson asked her if she wanted some.
Song Guanshu raised the corners of his lips, and asked her in a fun-loving manner, "Do you want to eat?"
Jiang Ling didn't mind eating large intestines, but she had been thinking about the braised pork all day.
When she walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative, it was her turn to look dejected.
When Song Guanshu got on his bicycle, he said sarcastically, "It's not that I don't want to take you to eat, it's just that you are unlucky, all the pork belly is sold out."
"You must have another way."
Song Guanshu said nothing and just kept pedaling his bicycle.
The next second, something reached out from under his cotton coat and touched his back.
Jiang Ling, she actually put her hand in!
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