What Liu Weimin did next is unknown. Anyway, on the third day, when he went to deliver the braised pig's trotters to Lin Huizhou, he heard that Chengjiabaozi sent someone over in a hurry that very evening to deliver the compensation.
I said at the time that I would definitely keep an eye on their family members and would force them to work in the fields in the future. I thought that once they were busy, they wouldn't have time for this or that.
Simple disdain for this attitude.
"Tch, why didn't you do this sooner?"
Do you only buy it when you're actually paying and it hurts?
It was only then that she realized the name Chengjiabaozi sounded familiar. She frowned and thought for a long time before finally pulling this little bundle out from the corner and matching it to the name.
The year I first went to the countryside, Zhu He worked at the county supply and marketing cooperative, selling mountain products, and Old Li...
In a flash, she figured it out.
"Is Chengjiabaozi the village famous for growing wood ear mushrooms?"
Mingzhu already knew quite a bit about the surroundings, and since Tan Yajun was there too, she immediately nodded.
"That's right. This has been Chengjiabaozi's business for many years. The whole village mainly grows mushrooms. In recent years, this has also been officially recognized by the higher-ups."
I heard that a few years ago, many places in the commune also grew black fungus, but gradually, for some reason, none of them were as good as those in Chengjiabaozi. Later, they were the only ones left.
The entire village there is almost like a clan, and the rules are quite strict. There's a reason why they've become rich. Even if it's not murder or arson, the punishment for ordinary crimes is severe according to the clan rules, even if it's not reported to the police.
There aren't many people like this, Cheng Yaozu, who is Tie Zhu's brother-in-law, who are so idle and lazy.
I heard from the villagers that Tiezhu's wife and her brother, Cheng Yaozu, didn't share the same mother. No, to be precise, they weren't even born to the same parents.
Tie Zhu's wife is not their biological daughter; she is someone else's child whom the couple adopted. Apparently, the initial situation was that Cheng Yaozu was in poor health, and they wanted to find him a child bride, so they raised her as a child bride.
As a result, for some reason, she was eventually married off, and to someone so far away.
Mingzhu guessed,
"To allow daughters to bring back things from their husbands' homes to supplement their own families?"
Didn't the village chief say yesterday that Tie Zhu's wife sends any good things she gets back to her parents' home? Is that what her parents' home is after?
"But that Cheng Yaozu, he looks quite old, shouldn't he be of marriageable age?"
Whether parents are anxious or not, shouldn't their priority be finding a wife for their son?
Jian Dan was a little confused. Shouldn't this be the normal mindset of parents?
Leaving aside other people, just in the village, rural children tend to get married early. When a child reaches seventeen or eighteen, the parents start arranging marriages for them early on, fearing that if they wait too long, the good girl will be snatched away by someone else.
The group exchanged glances, their eyes filled with incomprehension.
"Isn't he my biological son?"
Are we just going to stand by and watch our son remain a bachelor?
The truth is, there's no experience to draw upon for these things, and I'm not particularly interested in them; I'm just going along with whatever comes to mind.
"Unless, this isn't his biological son, or no one is willing to marry him?"
Is it possible?
Regardless of the girl's own wishes, most marriages are arranged by parents and matchmakers. As long as you can afford the bride price, how can you not find a wife?
"Who knows? Maybe their parents didn't like this country girl and wanted a city girl instead? Right?"
Mingzhu immediately laughed.
"No, I don't mean to look down on rural people. But given the current situation between cities and rural areas, to be honest, we can't do anything about it. If a girl has a city hukou (household registration), why doesn't she just find a boyfriend in the city instead of running off to the countryside to find someone who's good for nothing and eats nothing at all? What's the point?"
Is he useless at everything, yet he eats everything without leaving a trace?
That description seems quite apt.
Tanya Jun seems to have learned her lesson the hard way, remaining quite cautious.
"Whatever their purpose is, it's fine if it has nothing to do with us, but what if they set their sights on us?"
What kind of daughter-in-law can such a family find? What kind of daughter-in-law do they want?
It all boils down to being capable, wealthy, and having no one to rely on. Think about it, doesn't that make sense?
As she earnestly counted on her fingers, the simple smile on her face gradually cracked.
"No, I asked you to analyze it, but how did it all end up being analyzed about me?"
So your analysis concludes that he was targeting me?
Huh? Not really.
Are they targeting the educated youth sent to the countryside?
Tanya was also unsure, and gently shook her head.
"These are all just our guesses. Maybe we're overthinking it, and they just want to come to my sister's house for a free meal of pork stew?"
Jian Dan and Mingzhu exchanged a glance; after hearing the alarmist talk, they felt it made more sense.
Even Jian Dan couldn't sit still any longer.
"I'll go find someone to ask what exactly happened. Why would someone dump a bowl of food on a child's head? Was it a moment of anger, or was it a premeditated test?"
"It shouldn't be that bad, right? I haven't seen him come to the village before."
Well, Tie Zhu's wife is pretty well-behaved in the village. Aside from the occasional rumor that she's involved in a fight, she seems quite capable. I remember hearing Liu San Nai or someone else praise her.
"Sigh, why can't this day just be peaceful?"
"No, doesn't their village have any educated youth? Why would they come all this way to visit our village?"
Mingzhu was still somewhat puzzled.
This is easier to explain.
"Didn't they say their village has strict rules? Maybe they won't allow it?"
"Ha, even rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows."
Tanya Jun's words were full of sarcasm, probably because she was thinking about her previous experiences, but she quickly recovered.
"These are all just our guesses. In reality, no one knows better than the parties involved what they are really thinking."
Tie Zhu's wife was indeed unaware of the situation, but at this moment, she was being cursed by her family of three at her parents' home in Chengjiabaozi.
Cheng's mother,
"It's all your sister's fault. She didn't find out about this sooner, which led to my son going to the wrong person and getting so badly injured."
Cheng Yaozu lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. Whenever he closed his eyes, the image of Jian Dan kicking him away flashed before his eyes. Now, the pain in his ribs and chest, which ached with every breath, was even more intense.
"No, I have to settle accounts with her. It's unacceptable that she's not her biological son. She only has this one brother. If she doesn't raise him properly, who will stand up for her if her in-laws bully her in the future?"
"What a worthless piece of trash!"
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