◎Second update◎
Everyone in the compound gathered around her. After all, it was rare to see Zhang Rong get angry and scold anyone, especially her own son.
In front of the west wing, Aunt Li, as the elder in the courtyard, was the first to go into the house.
When she entered the room, she saw Zhang Rong talking breathlessly with a hint of anger on her face. It was obvious that she was very angry!
"Zhou Qingdang, I'm telling you, I don't agree!"
The son, who was being pulled and dragged by her, remained calm. He neither talked back nor gave in, and just let his mother slap his arm.
"What's going on?" Aunt Li stepped forward to help the person get down, and coaxed Zhang Rong to sit on a stool to rest. "Why are you so angry with the Qing party? Take a break. You can't get angry no matter what."
Zhang Rong saw that there were many people around her house. She pursed her lips and waved her hands. She couldn't say anything. She was also very angry. "You guys should go back. There are some things happening at home. I don't want you to worry about them."
She calmed down a little, but she couldn't bring herself to say this no matter what.
Regardless of whether people are well-intentioned or just want to have fun, there is a lot of gossip, and if you say something now, it will spread throughout the alley in no time.
Zhang Rong has lived here for decades, so she knows it clearly.
"Auntie Zhang, don't be angry. Let the Qing Party admit its mistakes to you."
"Qing Dang has always been sensible and hardworking. Didn't he pass the exam for a third-level worker not long ago? How could he make you so angry?"
Zhang Rong had a hard time speaking out about her pain. She also felt that her son was a well-deserved person. He had worked hard after returning to the city as an educated youth and had even passed the examination to become a third-level worker. His future was bright. But now, he actually said he wanted to marry the divorced Liu Nianhua!
If I hadn't seen the two of them talking today, I would probably still be kept in the dark.
"Nothing much, just a few words. You guys should go back first so as not to waste everyone's time."
Seeing Zhang Rong calm down and explain with a changed expression, Zhou Qingdang's face was gloomy again and he was like a saw-mouthed gourd and didn't say a word. There was no way for everyone to stay any longer and they had to leave together.
When we walked out of the west wing, they were still discussing.
"See, there might really be something wrong with Zhou Qingdang!" Cheng Caili was talking to Liang Baozhen. She had always thought that Zhou Qingdang, who had a promising career and good looks, had always ignored his girlfriend and there was something wrong with him. Now he could even make Aunt Zhang, who usually had a good temper, angry. That meant there was a big problem.
Liang Baozhen had some guesses in her mind, but she couldn't say it out loud.
"Hey, why didn't Nianhua come to see the fun?"
Cheng Caili looked at the crowd around her. There were only two families in the large courtyard who did not come out to watch the excitement. One was the widow Chen who lived in the back house, who had disappeared, and the other was Liu Nianhua.
"My mother is in the room. I just called her, but she said she was not feeling well and couldn't come." The first thing Zhou Hu wanted to do when he heard the quarrel outside was to rush out. Moreover, it was his favorite Uncle Zhou who was scolded by Grandma Zhang. He was in a dilemma because both of them were nice to him.
Originally he wanted to call his mother over to persuade her, but his mother said she was not feeling well and could not come out, so she just lay in the house.
"Xiao Hu, your mother is at home now, right?" Liang Baozhen was about to go over to check. It was not a good idea to just guess randomly.
"yes."
"Okay, I'll go see your mom."
Liang Baozhen pushed open the Liu family's door, which was not locked tightly, and knocked on Liu Nianhua's bedroom door.
After knocking a few times with no response, she lowered her voice and spoke again.
"Sister Hua, it's me, Baozhen."
Hearing this, there was a sudden movement in the house. After a while, there was the sound of shoes rubbing against the ground. A few seconds later, the bedroom door creaked and was opened from the inside.
Liu Nianhua appeared in front of Liang Baozhen with a haggard look.
"Sister Hua, you..." Liang Baozhen felt that seeing her expression, Aunt Zhang probably discovered Zhou Qingdang's feelings for Sister Hua.
"Baozhen." Liu Nianhua pulled her into the bedroom, closed the door, and sat on the bed. "I'm sorry to show you a joke."
"Sister Hua, what are you talking about?"
"Hey, did Aunt Zhang curse... curse someone just now?" She vaguely heard some noise outside, but she didn't dare to make trouble.
"Yes." Liang Baozhen carefully considered before speaking, "Auntie Zhang scolded Zhou Qing's party. She has always loved her son the most, but today she scolded him harshly."
"It's all my fault." A look of fear appeared on Liu Nianhua's face.
"How can I blame you for this?" Liang Baozhen didn't know what was going on. Could it be that Aunt Zhang had discovered that they were secretly dating someone? That's why she got so angry?
Liu Nianhua shook his head, his thoughts flying, and returned to half an hour ago, "Don't be afraid of you laughing at me, but Zhou Qingdang actually said something to me before...something messy, what he meant was..."
Liu Nianhua couldn't say it out loud because he always felt embarrassed.
"He likes you?" Liang Baozhen said for her.
"Not really, just say something to me anyway, and try to get along with me!" When he said the last three words, Liu Nianhua's breath became confused. He felt that these three words were a hot potato and he had to spit them out quickly.
After saying this, she quietly raised her eyes to observe Liang Baozhen's expression, and was relieved when she saw that there was no contempt or ridicule on her face.
"Sister Hua, why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm worried that you think I'm talking nonsense. After all, I'm divorced and have two children, but Zhou Qingdang is still a first marriage."
"What does it matter? Whether it's a second marriage or a first marriage is not the key to whether you like it or not." Liang Baozhen knew that she was feeling miserable and was worried about being criticized, so she just comforted her, "Zhou Qing's party members are pretty good, haven't you considered it?"
"How dare I consider it?" Liu Nianhua's voice got louder when he heard this, and he was a little excited. "It is said that widows are prone to gossip. My situation is similar to that of a widow. I dare not pay attention to anyone, lest people say that I am hooking up with men outside. You know, spit can drown people."
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At the same time, Zhang Rong's family dispersed and calmed down again. Zhou Jun had not returned yet, so only the mother and son were at home.
Zhang Rong is now much calmer and will not shout at the top of her lungs to attract the attention of the neighbors. She just looks at the son whom she gave birth to and raised and feels a little strange.
"Are you and Nianhua secretly dating?"
Zhou Qingdang responded to this, "No, we don't have a partner."
Zhang Rong got anxious again when he denied it, and said in a stern voice, "Don't lie to me. How could you talk to her like that if you don't have a partner? Why are you hiding it from me at this point?!"
"Mom, she's really useless. I want to be with her, but she never agrees."
Zhang Rong's eyes went dark when she heard this!
"Listen to what you are saying! Qing Dang, how could you be so confused! Nianhua, Nianhua is a good person, but how could you treat her like that..."
Zhou Qingdang looked at his mother's gray hair and felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He really made his mother sad. "You must know Nianhua better than I do. I really like her and want to be with her, but she doesn't want to."
"You are confused! Really confused!" Zhang Rong had never thought of this. "Nianhua is divorced, and you are a first-time marriage!"
"Divorce is nothing. I don't care."
"How old are you? How can you still say such casual words!" Zhang Rong was furious and slapped her son in the face. "I have no problem with Nianhua, but our child is not bad either. Why would he want to find a second marriage when he can find a first marriage? Look at your sister Qinghua, the man she found is not bad either. Why do you have to find a second marriage? There are many good girls out there, and you have good conditions, so you can find any one!"
"Mom, if I cared about first and second marriages, I would have followed your blind date and got married a long time ago."
Zhang Rong couldn't stand it. Her son was really crazy. How could this be possible? Whether it was her daughter-in-law or her son, she couldn't accept a second marriage. Nowadays, every family would say they couldn't afford to eat before letting their children find a second marriage with good conditions. Isn't this a waste of people?
Zhang Rong and her son did not agree on anything, but Liu Nianhua was very open-hearted to Liang Baozhen.
"You know my situation. I'm divorced and have two children. Which first-time marriage family would be willing to accept me? Most of the people introduced to me by the matchmaker before were widowers whose wives had died and had several children. They wanted to get together and live together." Liu Nianhua was sober-minded and resolutely refused.
"If I agree to this, I won't be able to get past Aunt Zhang and Uncle Zhou. Even if everyone agrees, people will just say that I'm a divorced woman hooking up with an unmarried man. I don't want to be gossiped about, and I don't want to ruin my relationship with Aunt Zhang. In this courtyard, besides you, she's the best to our family, and she's been so attentive in helping me take care of Xiaohu.
I feel ashamed to see her now!"
"Sister Hua..." Liang Baozhen could hear her struggle and embarrassment.
"Baozhen." Liu Nianhua interrupted her and asked anxiously, "Will Aunt Zhang think that I deliberately hooked up with Zhou Qing's party? To be honest, if others misunderstood me, it would be fine, but if Aunt Zhang misunderstood me, I would be miserable."
In the past few years after Liu Nianhua's divorce, Aunt Zhang had helped her the most. It would be really disturbing if their relationship fell out because of this incident.
"Probably not. Aunt Zhang is not a person who can't figure things out. When she caught you two talking today, didn't she call Zhou Qingdang back to the room alone? She didn't say anything unpleasant to you." In Liang Baozhen's impression, Aunt Zhang is not a person who scolds people indiscriminately. "Now your matter is really troublesome. Have you made up your mind? In fact, Zhou Qingdang has good conditions in all aspects. It has been a year or two, and he still cares about you. But Aunt Zhang is really difficult."
"I just want to live a peaceful life and I don't plan to look for another one. As for Zhou Qingdang, I will go to him tomorrow and explain everything to Aunt Zhang in front of him." Liu Nianhua gradually made up his mind, "Don't make a big deal about this. Just let the few of us know about it and solve it. Otherwise, we will all lose face in the courtyard."
"Okay, it's good that you explained it clearly."
Liu Nianhua remembered that Liang Baozhen had accompanied her on the day she caught the adulterer. She felt less confident if she went alone. "Walk with me tomorrow. You don't have to go in. Just wait for me at the door."
"Okay." Liang Baozhen nodded.
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