The whole village is bustling with the autumn harvest.
Along the way here, both sides were lined with fallen corn stalks, a golden expanse everywhere. Lin Dongfang was no exception, working alongside them.
Mingzhu was tidying up the yard while the child was sleeping. When she saw her, she smiled.
"I knew you'd be back soon. It's been a month, you should be back by now."
Let me see, where are our children?
"Hurry up and go inside. That kid is sleeping. He's sleeping, so what can I do? Otherwise, I can't leave him alone."
"Tsk tsk!" Despite the complaints, the pride of motherhood was palpable, making even a simple person envious.
"She's really a mother now, listen to her, listen to her, she even speaks differently now."
Feeling a little embarrassed, he pushed Mingzhu towards the edge of the kang (heated brick bed).
"Alright, sit down and rest for a bit. Aren't you tired? How many days have you been driving?"
Looking at the little one sleeping soundly, blowing bubbles from their mouth, I unconsciously lowered my voice.
"Seven days, seven days. This time it's a sleeper berth, not as tiring as the previous trip."
Wow, this child is really different from when he was first born! Back then, his little face was all wrinkled.
Mingzhu turned around and poured a glass of water. Jian Dan was reaching out to squeeze her little hand.
"Right, she'll definitely look better now that she's grown up."
"These little hands are so smooth, much softer than an adult's skin,"
Perhaps it was because of a big movement or a loud noise, but the child didn't want to be swayed anymore. He twisted his body, shuffled his little feet, and kicked off the thin blanket covering his belly. He rubbed his eyes roughly with his little hands, and soon his eyes and face were all red.
Then it opened its sleepy eyes, and I don't know if it could see anything, but soon its little arms and legs started moving. It grabbed a handful here and a handful there, kicked and thumped, and started playing by itself.
Simple and adorable!
"That's so much fun!"
He could play with just one of her fingers for half a day, only pulling it out when it was almost pulled into her mouth.
"ah!"
"Hey kid, that won't do, I haven't washed my hands yet."
"ah!"
Mingzhu came over, touched him, and changed his diaper.
She got up to wash her hands, and when she came back, she rummaged through her bag. After a while, she finally pulled out a child's hollowed-out hand-held ball toy.
There's practically no stock of kids' stuff in the base; anything you find is a surprise. This one, for example, I have no idea when it snuck in.
He then pulled out a piece of sky-blue cotton cloth and handed it to Mingzhu along with the other items.
“Here, this is a gift from your aunt to the child. You can’t refuse it.”
"you!"
"We won't hold a full moon celebration, it's just a formality, but the sentiment can't be lacking. Why are you being so polite with me?"
It's nothing particularly valuable. You can use this piece of cotton fabric to make him a couple of small outfits or something. You know me, I'm not going to send you a finished one, so I'll just give it to you and let you decide how you want to make it.
"This, I saw it by chance. Look, this little hole, isn't it fun? Can we play with it now?"
Hearing this, Mingzhu readily accepted it.
"Alright, I won't stand on ceremony with you then,"
I washed it in the basin of water and then handed it to the child.
"Xiao Zhou, look, Auntie brought you some toys. Do you like them?"
"Xiao Zhou? Is that a nickname? What's your formal name?"
Lin Huizhou,
He paused briefly before nodding and saying okay.
"Don't worry, we will go back. We will all go back openly and honestly."
Little Lin Huizhou held onto the autumn leaves with his little hands and played happily by himself.
"Are you here to pick up the keys? He also said you'd be back soon. He even heated the kang (a traditional heated brick bed) yesterday, so the house shouldn't be too damp. He also took the dog out for a run before the autumn harvest, but now that the harvest is here, he's penned it up again."
"They're probably really bored. I'll take them up the mountain to play after the autumn harvest is over in a few days."
"Yes, you've raised the right dogs. Now you're more attentive to the house."
"Oh, right, you didn't seem to come back those few days. Your brother harvested everything in the garden for you, it was all empty. Then, seeing that you weren't coming back, Lin Dongfang planted cabbages all over it."
A simple clap of hands,
"Oh my, I'm speechless. Girl, you're really something."
That day I was telling my brother, "We left in such a hurry, we didn't even have time to plant the cabbages. After we harvest them in a few days, I'll give you half of the land."
Mingzhu couldn't stop laughing.
"What would I do with your half? Do you really want me to eat cabbage all winter?"
Without asking directly, Mingzhu brought up Lin Zhaodi's matter herself.
"It's not her fault. It's that Chen Hongli who can't stand Su Xiuling's smugness. She accidentally discovered Wei Shujuan's feelings for Ling Weidong, and I don't know what she was thinking, but she just couldn't stand it and wanted to use Su Xiuling to frame them. Even if it's found out, not to mention whether Wei Shujuan and Ling Weidong's reputations will be ruined, the main point is that Ling Weidong is a vengeful person. If Ling Weidong finds out, Su Xiuling will not get away with it."
Simple was dumbfounded. What was going on here? After all this time, there wasn't a single person involved.
Mingzhu shrugged.
"Look, you're confused too, aren't you? That's exactly what Chen Hongli was planning."
Lin Dongfang went up the mountain, and Ling Weidong and the others went too, so they ended up together. They ran into Chen Hongli on the mountain, but they didn't notice her.
It was only later that they learned that Ling Weidong and the others had planned it the day before, saying that he was going down the mountain to retrieve something from a cave, but that day they had too much stuff on them, so they changed their minds and didn't go.
That cave wasn't a secret; almost everyone in the educated youth compound knew about it, including Chen Hongli and the others.
She deliberately went up the mountain during the day. Several people from the courtyard went that day. She circled the mountain several times, doing nothing but staring at people. She even deliberately let Ling Weidong and the others see her. She originally planned to trick Wei Shujuan into going there again under the name of Du Xiuling when Ling Weidong was about to come down the mountain.
However, she didn't know that Zhao Di twisted her ankle halfway there. Since it wasn't far from the cave, she said she was going to rest for a while, and the others didn't think much of it.
As it turned out, Du Xiuling and Liu Guoqiang were meeting there at the same time, and Zhao Di, unaware of this, went in without thinking.
At this point, Mingzhu gritted her teeth.
"That Du Xiuling is no good either. She was afraid that Zhao Di would tell everyone about their affair, so she knocked Zhao Di unconscious. Liu Guoqiang thought it was too harsh, so he said a few words to her, and she got angry and ran away."
Ling Weidong and his group had a lot of stuff, so they left first. But Chen Hongli didn't know that. She couldn't find Wei Shujuan, and just then she saw Du Xiuling come out. She then threw a stone at the back of Du Xiuling's head and pulled her back.
What a coincidence! Just then, Liu Guoqiang came out from inside and saw her pulling Du Xiuling along.
Face to face, Liu Guoqiang was, after all, a big, strong man, and Du Xiuling's boyfriend, so she didn't dare to confront him directly.
But knowing there were people nearby, she simply ignored them, threw Du Xiuling in front of Liu Guoqiang, and started shouting that someone was committing indecent acts.
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