◎Third update◎
As soon as the words fell, the courtyard fell silent for a moment. After all, there were also the widow Chen Yulian and the divorced Liu Nianhua here.
Liu Nianhua's face froze, Chen Yulian sneered, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.
"Your words are too harsh. What's wrong with widows and divorced women?" Liang Baozhen felt the heat and heard Luo Hongmei's sarcastic remarks. Seeing Liu Nianhua's bad face, she was so angry that she scolded Luo Hongmei back, "Auntie Luo, don't say such nonsense."
"Baozhen, you are young and ignorant. You will suffer in the future. I tell you, you have to keep a close eye on your man. Be careful not to let him be seduced by wild flowers outside. The flowers outside are very wild."
This is almost a blatant curse, implying that Liang Baozhen will suffer because of this matter, and Xu Shengjie will be in trouble?
Zhou Yun got angry, stood up, scooped up a ladle of water with the gourd ladle and splashed it directly at Luo Hongmei. He didn't splash it on her, but when he splashed it on the ground, some water droplets inevitably splashed onto his body.
"Auntie Zhou, what are you doing?"
"It's hot, I'll sprinkle some water on the ground to cool it down. Why, Luo Hongmei, you're just talking and don't know how to use your eyes!"
Zhou Yun has always had a good temper and rarely gets angry, so how could she curse her grandson and granddaughter-in-law? She was so angry that her liver ached. "Luo Hongmei, you should be more careful next time and don't say everything."
"That's right! Aunt Luo, you have to open your eyes!"
"You have to watch your mouth too!"
Other people in the yard also started to insult her. Luo Hongmei was rarely at a disadvantage, so she turned around and ran back to the house.
Luo Hongmei was upset because of this incident. She spent the next few days in the yard slandering Li Dazhui and his wife. However, within two days, people from the Revolutionary Committee showed up.
"Is Yao Haoyu here?"
The two Revolutionary Committee officials in gray uniforms started looking for someone right away, but Luo Hongmei was still a little confused.
"Comrade, why are you looking for my son?" She always felt that it was not a good thing when the Revolutionary Committee came to look for someone. When she woke up this morning, her right eye was still twitching, and she always felt uneasy.
"Your son? Call him out. The widow Wang that Li Dazhu hooked up with said the child was Yao Haoyu's."
"What!?" Luo Hongmei's eyes went dark and she almost fell down. Fortunately, several people nearby helped her and pulled her back.
Yao Haoyu was taken away by the Revolutionary Committee, and Luo Hongmei followed him out crying. The people in the big yard were eating melons, but they didn't expect that the melon would be eaten back into their own yard!
Everyone looked at each other, and only started to discuss in low voices after Luo Hongmei and her son left the yard.
Cheng Caili's mouth opened wide. She really didn't expect that such a thing could happen. "So the widow that Li Dazhu's mother found had already hooked up with Yao Haoyu?"
"Oh my god." Sun Zhiqiang came out of the house, not expecting it to be so chaotic. "Then Li Dazhu is being cuckolded, isn't he?"
"Bah, he deserves it! He can find a mistress outside, but the mistress can't cheat on him. What kind of thing is this? You can't put the pot in the same pot as the lid!"
People in several nearby streets knew about this. They went to the next street to see the lively crowd that day and went to No. 59 Yueya Hutong to inquire about the situation. There were quite a few people gathered at the gate of the large courtyard. The uncles and aunts all came over, waving their palm-leaf fans, to talk and listen to what was going on.
In the courtyard, Master Wei, as the steward, went along to find out what was going on. He was too embarrassed to face such a scandal that had happened in the courtyard he was in charge of.
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When Liang Baozhen came home from get off work, she noticed something was wrong in her family's compound. Something was very wrong!
Why are there so many people around? Two old ladies are leaning against the wall, cracking melon seeds and talking to Sun Zhiqiang's wife; three old men and Wu Changlong are asking something; and a few younger wives are surrounding Cheng Caili and Liu Nianhua, with excited looks on their faces.
Liang Baozhen walked over and asked them, "What's going on today? It's so lively."
"Baozhen, you're finally back!" Cheng Caili was extremely excited. She quickly pulled Liang Baozhen into the small circle and shared today's big news with her!
Liang Baozhen listened to Cheng Caili's main speech and Liu Nianhua's supplementary details of the big news. Her eyes widened and her mouth opened wider. "You are saying that Li Dazhu is absolutely infertile and the two daughters he and his wife Xiufen had are Xiufen's cousin's, and the daughter born to the widow Wang he hooked up with later is Yao Haoyu's?"
Oh my goodness! Liang Baozhen covered her mouth with her hands in astonishment. She couldn't believe what she said!
"Yes!" Liu Nianhua had never heard of such an outrageous thing. "Li Dazhu himself didn't know that he couldn't have children. It was Xiufen who didn't get pregnant after being married for several years. Because of this, Xiufen was complained by her mother-in-law, Sister Liu, so much that when she went back to her parents' home to complain, she and her cousin somehow ended up together. Guess what happened?"
Liang Baozhen felt like she had guessed the outcome, "Pregnant?"
"That's right!" Cheng Caili was beaming with joy as she talked about the gossip she had heard, and it seemed more exciting than the stories in the storytelling club. "She got it right the first time! Tell me, this is a slap in the face. Before, Liu Dajiao had always called Xiufen a hen that doesn't lay eggs. Anyway, she also understood that it was probably because Li Dazhu had a problem and couldn't have children, so she just went out with her cousin. Unfortunately, she was lucky enough to give birth to two daughters."
Cheng Caili was talking dry, so Liu Nianhua continued, "Liu Dajiao disliked the fact that both of them were granddaughters, so she went after her cousin's niece, the widow Wang. But it turned out that she had already had affairs with Yao Haoyu several times. A widow was worried about getting pregnant, especially since Yao Haoyu was irresponsible and ran away a long time ago. Widow Wang originally wanted to go to the Yao family, but she didn't expect Liu Dajiao to come first. After thinking about it, she felt that it would be a waste to refuse this ready-made one, and it would not be bad to fool her into marrying Li Dazhu in the future."
"How did you find out?"
"How could these people stand being frightened? They went to the Revolutionary Committee and the Public Security Bureau, but their statements didn't match up and they confessed everything. The key point is that the three people knew different things in the end. When the Revolutionary Committee sorted out the situation, it was clear that they were not easy to deal with."
"Li Dazhu and Liu Dajiao fainted when they found out that the three daughters were not their biological children. Luo Hongmei also fainted when she saw that her son Yao Haoyu had suddenly given birth to a granddaughter."
“They are all in the hospital now.”
Liang Baozhen blinked her eyes, trying to digest this information. It was too scary! These people must have eight hundred tricks on their side!
Zhou Yun looked at his granddaughter-in-law who came back absent-mindedly and asked her concernedly, "Baozhen, what's wrong?"
Liang Baozhen, who was full of melons, said: "...I was a little shocked."
After eating a lot of different kinds of melons, Liang Baozhen finally got to eat the real melon in this hot summer - a big watermelon!
The weather was hot, so the National Cotton Mill provided benefits to the factory workers, distributing large watermelons in each workshop in turn.
In the afternoon, Xu Shengjie got a big watermelon and walked out holding it. He rode his bike while Liang Baozhen sat on the back seat holding the watermelon.
On the way home, many passers-by looked at her. How comfortable it was to eat a piece of watermelon in such a hot day! The round watermelon in Liang Baozhen's arms, estimated to be three or four pounds, seemed to be eaten as soon as it was seen.
Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya saw that there was watermelon to eat, and immediately prepared a bucket of cool water to cool the watermelon down first.
Liang Baozhen felt a little sorry that there was no well in the city. The only good thing about her home was that she could hang a watermelon in the well occasionally to cool down. The watermelon chilled in the well tasted more refreshing and had a subtle coolness that could relieve summer heat and reduce internal heat.
The emerald green watermelon was put into a wooden barrel half filled with water. The family had dinner first. Today's dinner was simple, with cold kelp shreds, a bowl of porridge, and a pot of steamed buns made of two-grain flour.
The weather is too hot and everyone's appetite is not very good.
"I'm done."
"I'm done eating too."
The two little ones finished their meal quickly, and from time to time they glanced at the wooden barrel under the stove, wanting to eat watermelon!
"Eat a little more." Xu Shengjie knew their little thoughts. They didn't even eat their meals properly and just wanted to eat watermelon.
"Brother, I'm really full." Xu Shengwei picked up the bowl of corn porridge and showed it to him. It was completely clean, with nothing left.
It was like this in every household. Everyone cherished food, and every grain of rice was extremely precious. If there was nothing left, there would be leftovers. Even the crumbs on the edge of the bowl had to be licked clean.
"I've only eaten half of the steamed bun. I'll eat the remaining half." Xu Shengjie looked at Xu Shengya again and gave her a look with the same meaning.
He knew these two people well. Although they said they were full, they actually didn't eat much. They would rather eat watermelon on an empty stomach. However, watermelon was not filling, so their stomachs would growl in the evening.
Zhou Yun also opposed the grandchildren's behavior, "Eat your meal quickly and eat watermelon later."
"All right."
Xu Shengwei and Xu Shengya had no choice but to continue eating. They had originally wanted to save half of their stomachs for the watermelon, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes.
After dinner, Liang Baozhen put the sleeping girl on the bed and let her sleep slowly. The little girl had grown a little taller now, her hair seemed to have grown out a little and was softer, and her body had also grown taller.
She gestured with her hands and confirmed that it was correct.
"What are you gesturing?"
"I think Shanshan has grown a little bit taller. Come and take a look. Was it this long before? Now it's this long."
She measured the length twice with her hands, as if she had recorded all the changes in the young lady in such a short distance.
"Yes, she has grown." Xu Shengjie felt that his daughter was growing up every day. She worked hard to breastfeed and sleep well every day. She was gritting her teeth and growing up!
"Look at her face. She has more flesh and is plump." Liang Baozhen gently touched the girl's cheeks with her fingertips. It was tender, smooth and elastic.
Xu Shengjie couldn't help it and started to touch her. Shanshan's face was indeed chubby. It would indent a little when touched lightly, but would bounce back when he let go, like a softer sponge.
"Shanshan's hands are so cute. Look, she holds my hand when she sleeps." Liang Baozhen put her index finger into the hand of the sleeping girl. The child was asleep, but she seemed to subconsciously hold her mother's fingers tightly. Her little hand was tightly clenched and she was still sleeping soundly.
"Her hands are not even half the size of mine." Xu Shengjie's heart melted when he saw such a small lady. Not only her hands, but also her feet were small. He stretched out his hand to the lady's feet and compared them. They were even smaller!
Shanshan's little feet have five curled fingers, which are pink and her nails are also pink and white, very small.
At this moment, he is being played around by his childish parents.
Shanshan didn’t know what she was dreaming about. She smacked her lips and continued to sleep soundly with her head tilted back, completely unaware that she had become her parents’ “toy”.
The author has something to say:
Liang Baozhen: My girlfriend is so fun.
Xu Shengjie: I agree.
Shanshan: “…” I am young, but I have endured too much.
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