Chapter 88 088 Another Storm
After finishing her meal, Qin Yue still left. There was no way around it; whenever Qin Yue and Old Mrs. Qin got together, they would start arguing, which made Qin Aiguo glare at Qin Hai.
Qin Hai was so intimidated by Qin Aiguo's gaze that he couldn't lift his head. Terrified, he picked up his eldest daughter and ran.
After Qin Xiaoxiao finished her meal and returned to the educated youth compound, the gathering had just ended. Qin Xiaoxiao didn't go back to her room but went straight to Su Yu's place.
Su Yun happened to be there too, and the three of them got together to gossip.
"How was the food? What did you all cook?"
Su Yu pouted, "Don't even mention it. I'd rather have eaten it myself. It only made me angry. This holiday was such a disaster."
Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she quickly moved closer to Su Yu, "Tell me more."
Now Su Yun and Su Yu have gotten used to Qin Xiaoxiao occasionally saying things they don't understand. After Qin Xiaoxiao explains some of her words, the two of them even think that what she says makes a lot of sense.
Su Yu rolled her eyes. "What could it be? Just that guy, I guess."
Su Yu gestured with her chin toward the house to her right.
Qin Xiaoxiao immediately understood who she was referring to.
"Hey there, what's wrong now? What kind of trouble are you causing this time?"
Su Yu rolled her eyes and said softly, "We agreed yesterday that we'd have dinner together tonight. Everyone should bring a dish, just make sure it's not the same thing twice."
If someone has a meat ration coupon, everyone will chip in to buy it together. The meat ration coupon will be considered a dish, so that person won't need to prepare anything.
I figured I had meat ration coupons anyway, and I'm not very good at cooking, and I didn't want my sister to be their maid. Who knows if they'll ask my sister to help them cook!
Therefore, my sister and I went to town to buy meat before dawn so that we could have a good meal today and also to save trouble.
We bought two pounds of pork, all belly, with a good mix of fat and lean meat, it was delicious…
Su Yu and Su Yun each bought a pound of meat, treating it as their own cooking. They figured that once the meat was bought, how it was cooked and who cooked it was none of their business. So, after putting the meat in the kitchen, they went back to their room.
But something bad happened that night.
All the other dishes were ready, but the meat the two sisters had bought was missing.
Su Yun and Su Yu panicked, saying that they had each bought a pound or two of meat and put it in the kitchen, so how could it have disappeared?
The meat going missing is a big deal. It's so hard to get meat these days. And the fact that it was lost right there at the educated youth settlement means there are thieves there!
This is outrageous!
Jiang Xiaotian immediately said he would investigate.
When they asked each of them, none of them admitted it.
The educated youth all said they didn't see anyone in the kitchen while they were cooking, and that they weren't the first people to enter the kitchen.
Finally, Jiang Xiaotian asked everyone one by one and found out that Miao Feifei was the first person to enter the kitchen.
Given Miao Feifei's history of theft, everyone suspected that she had taken the meat.
Miao Feifei was furious and immediately pointed out that she didn't see any meat when she went into the kitchen, and who could prove that the two sisters had bought meat?
Upon hearing this, the Su sisters suspected that the women hadn't bought any meat, so they refused to continue and started arguing with Miao Feifei.
One person said they bought it and suggested sending someone to the grocery store to ask, while the other said they didn't see it at all. The argument grew louder and louder, and Miao Feifei, seeing this, added, "Did someone go into the kitchen before I went in? Did they see the meat and take it away?"
Once the doubts arose, everyone began to look at the educated youth around them with suspicion, which angered Jiang Xiaotian so much that he almost pointed at Miao Feifei's nose and scolded her for causing trouble.
Then came the self-inspection, searching each room one by one. When they found Miao Feifei's room, Lü Zhaodi was the first to rush in, followed by Su Yu, Su Yun, Liu Meijuan, Tao Jingjing, and Ding Zhiqing.
The others didn't rummage through Miao Feifei's things much. After she opened the cabinet and looked inside, they didn't find any meat and gave up looking for it.
Because the room was so small, and Miao Feifei only had one kang cabinet, there wasn't much room to hide anything, so it was all visible at a glance.
As everyone else was about to turn back, Lü Zhaodi suddenly called out, "Here she is!"
Everyone was startled and turned around to look. They saw Lü Zhaodi standing by the stove pit connected to the kang (a heated brick bed), with the stove ring hooked down, and she was holding an oil paper package in her hand.
The oil paper package was open, and on it was a large piece of meat.
What's there to misunderstand? Someone put the meat in the stove.
It's summer now, and the stove is only lit at night to heat the kang (heated brick bed). It's usually empty, so there's no problem storing meat here. Who would have thought someone would put meat in the stove? It's so dirty.
Su Yu quickly went over to take a look, and sure enough, it was the very one she and Su Yun had bought.
Su Yu immediately exploded and slapped Miao Feifei across the face, saying, "You still say it wasn't you? What is it then?"
Miao Feifei opened her eyes wide and said she was innocent. She said she didn't take the meat and that someone must have framed her. She cried as she spoke.
The male educated youths outside the door knew that the meat had been found, and they also heard a fight breaking out inside. Jiang Xiaotian didn't care about anything else and quickly called two male educated youths to pull the two men out.
A group of people stood in the courtyard again. Miao Feifei kept crying and shouting that she didn't take it and that someone must be trying to harm her. She even tugged at Huang Yuan's sleeve, trying to make him believe her.
Huang Yuan, however, had a cold expression and looked at her with icy eyes, not saying a single word in her defense.
At this point, Su Yu asked Qin Xiaoxiao, puzzled, "Xiaoxiao, aren't they engaged? Why did Huang Zhiqing act that way? Aren't they very much in love?"
Su Yu thought for a moment and then said, "If it were me, and my fiancé didn't believe me and wouldn't say a word in my defense, I would break up with him no matter what."
Although she disliked Miao Feifei, as a woman herself, Su Yu still sided with Miao Feifei at this moment.
Qin Xiaoxiao cracked open the melon seeds Su Yun had given her, spat out the shells, and sneered, "They broke up, huh?"
Huang Yuan wasn't Miao Feifei's official partner. At this point, Huang Yuan didn't speak up for Miao Feifei, so something must have happened between them, and Huang Yuan broke up with her.
Could it be that the male lead has appeared?
Qin Xiaoxiao immediately became alert.
The book describes the male protagonist as a soldier who has always treated Miao Feifei well. The two are quite affectionate, and by the end of the book, the male protagonist has been promoted to regimental commander and is about to be promoted further.
The male lead treats Miao Feifei so well and spoils her so much, but she has a grudge against Miao Feifei. Who knows, one day the male lead might be instigated by Miao Feifei and turn against her again.
She has no power or influence now, and if she goes against the promising male lead, she won't gain any advantage whatsoever.
No, the male lead was still serving in the military in Haishi at that time. The two met in the city where the original owner lived. Logically speaking, Miao Feifei could not have met him.
Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoxiao felt relieved.
As long as the male lead doesn't appear, she won't be in danger for the time being.
But what caused Miao Feifei and Huang Yuan to break up?
Miao Feifei isn't like the female protagonists in other novels who are sea women. She doesn't raise fish, so it couldn't be because of feelings. Could it be because of economic reasons?
The original owner's money was all with her; Huang Yuan and Miao Feifei didn't get any advantage at all.
The two were short of money, which led to an argument?
(End of this chapter)
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