Chapter 91 Chapter 91 Update 1
"Hurry up and wash the diaper. You said you eat and live in my house, so you are here to serve me. You are dawdling and trying to be lazy."
Shen Moer and the others just walked to the door when they heard Tian Fang's voice.
Tian Fang used to attach great importance to her reputation. She spoke softly to others. People in the village thought she had a gentle temper and was a rare sensible, gentle and considerate person among the old women.
But when Shen Moer almost fainted from hunger, everyone realized that Tian Fang and Cao Mei had robbed Shen Moer's family of food. Then a series of things happened. The old Shen family stole Shen Shaoyuan's bricks, Tian Fang introduced her unruly nephew to Shen Moer who wanted to eat the whole family, and she got into a fight with her sisters and was taken to the police station... until Shen Laoer's family went to the commune to catch the adulterer. Maybe because there were too many things, Tian Fang's reputation had long been leaking like a sieve, and then Tian Fang let go.
She didn't want to act anymore. She was done with
it.
In fact, Shen Moer hadn't seen Tian Fang for a while. She used to be neat and tidy every day, but now her hair was messy, her face had deeper wrinkles, her clothes were wrinkled, and her eyes showed a trace of fatigue and sadness. She had completely lost her original spirit.
Seeing Shen Moer, Tian Fang's expression froze for a moment, but she quickly forced a smile: "Moer is here, come in quickly."
"Tingting, you are here too, and Teacher Wang, come in quickly."
Shen Moer glanced at the woman squatting on the ground picking up the dirty clothes. She had short hair and was pretty. It was indeed the person she saw on the road that morning.
Tian Fang curled her lips and said, "This is Junliang's cousin Fang Yuhua. His mother was not available, so his family asked his cousin to come and help take care of her during the confinement period. Taking care of her during the confinement period is originally the responsibility of the husband's family. We don't care who comes from their family. The bottom line is that we have to take care of Lingling comfortably. Our Lingling gave birth to a grandson for the Zhang family."
Fang Yuhua picked up the enamel basin filled with dirty clothes, smiled at Shen Moer and the others, and said, "Auntie is right. Junliang's brother's previous children were all concubines, and this is their family's first precious grandson. It's not too much for us to take care of Lingling."
She said this sincerely, and it was obvious that she really thought so from the bottom of her heart.
Shen Moer and the other two looked at each other in surprise. Not only were they shocked, Zhao Tingting's eyes almost popped out. It was true. They had never seen such a thing. She was having an affair with Zhang Junliang, but she could still be so calm and say that no matter how she served Lingling, it would not be too much. This, this really makes people speechless!
Fang Yuhua walked away briskly with the enamel basin in her arms, leaving a few people with dazed faces.
After all, Shen Moer came from a feudal society, so she was more accepting of such things. After all, if she thought of it as a maid serving the mistress, it would be much easier to accept. She reacted quickly and said, "Let's go see Shen Lingling."
The doors and windows of Shen Lingling's room were closed. This was because the local custom was that women could not be exposed to the wind during confinement. Therefore, the room was a little stuffy and there was a foul smell mixed with many strange smells.
Seeing Shen Moer, Shen Lingling's face was indeed not very happy. Shen Moer also said directly: "I came to see you as a former colleague of the brigade primary school."
Shen Lingling's face looked a little better, but she still muttered: "I don't believe you are not here to watch the fun."
Shen Moer nodded honestly: "Well, I mainly came to watch the fun, and see you by the way."
She and Shen Lingling did not have a very good relationship, so it didn't matter if she didn't come. If her family's affairs were not too weird, Shen Moer might have just chipped in a dollar or two from Wang Qiutong and Cheng Tao.
Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but perhaps because she had experienced a lot recently, her vision and patience had been trained. She was not as angry as before, but took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, you gave me something, I won't argue with you."
Shen Moer naturally did not come empty-handed, she brought some cakes and canned food, which was not a small gift.
Their family's debts have been paid off, and the three of them earn wages, even if looking at the conditions on the surface, it is not bad, so Shen Moer did not mind carrying some things for Shen Lingling. After all
, this was a case of catching an adulterer and giving birth prematurely. Shen Lingling was really unlucky, so just take it as sympathy for her experience.
Wang Qiutong actually had some old grudges with Shen Lingling before, but she was a bit careless and didn't take these things to heart.
Shen Lingling used to be jealous of Wang Qiutong because she was from the city, good-looking and had a good family background. But since she married Zhang Junliang, she felt differently about herself. She saw Wang Qiutong as a female educated youth with slightly better conditions and didn't want to compete with her.
So the two of them actually got along well in school.
Therefore, Wang Qiutong was not polite at all and asked whatever she wanted: "Shen Lingling, what's going on with you? Why did you let Fang Yuhua take care of you during the confinement period? I heard that the police station was alarmed that night. She was caught having an affair, but she didn't get arrested?"
Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and said, "You have heard the rumors outside. They are all rumors and cannot be believed. We had a misunderstanding that day. She was giving Junliang a massage. She learned it from an old Chinese doctor. Junliang had a backache, and she was giving him a massage. They explained it clearly at the police station, and they let her go. She was not having an affair. That was not the case."
Zhao Tingting was still too young. After hearing what Shen Lingling said, , blurted out: "Didn't they say they were naked when they were caught?"
Shen Lingling's expression twisted for a moment, but she still controlled herself very firmly and said: "It's not like that, it's all rumors, they were dressed, they wore vests and shorts, the weather was quite hot, and they had to have a massage, so they wore less and were misunderstood, it's not like that in fact."
Zhao Tingting was surprised: "So that's the case! The rumor is a bit outrageous!"
Shen Moer and Wang Qiutong couldn't help twitching their lips. Zhao Tingting is really too young to believe this. Didn't you see that Shen Lingling's back teeth were almost broken? If it was really like what she said, would her expression be so ferocious?
However, this does explain why Fang Yuhua was not arrested for labor reform.
Most likely, they changed their statements when they went to the police station. Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua were cousins. If they said they were going to treat their back problems, even if they wore less clothes, they would have said so. In fact, the police would not necessarily put a accusation on them.
The police station is different from the Revolutionary Committee. If this matter was committed by the Revolutionary Committee, even if there was an excuse of massage, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua would have to suffer a lot.
The police don't care about these things. If you say it's robbery, theft, fighting, they will definitely not let it go easily, but if it's an adultery, especially if both parties change their statements when catching the adultery, and the pregnant woman has a premature birth, the police may just turn a blind eye.
However, there were so many people watching the excitement that the news got out.
If this matter continues to spread and attracts the attention of the Revolutionary Committee, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua may still be in trouble. However, the Commune Revolutionary Committee has been overwhelmed recently because of Sun Yaozu's matter. It is fully committed to investigating enemy spies and bad elements, and it is estimated that it has no energy to deal with such affairs.
Therefore, Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua are still lucky.
I don't know what conditions they have reached with Shen Lingling's family.
Not to mention Shen Lingling, Tian Fang and Shen Yongjun are both troublesome people.
When Shen Moer and the others came out of the house, they met Fang Yuhua who had just come back from washing clothes. Fang Yuhua was hanging the clothes neatly, smiled at Shen Moer and the others, and said, "Come and play when you have time later." She was very generous.
After walking for a while, Wang Qiutong couldn't help but say, "I felt quite embarrassed, but she didn't feel embarrassed at all." Zhao
Tingting was surprised, "Didn't they say it was all rumors? If it was just a rumor, she definitely wouldn't feel embarrassed."
As soon as she finished speaking, she found that Shen Moer and Wang Qiutong were looking at her with eyes that were hard to explain. Zhao Tingting thought about it and understood, "So Sister Lingling just lied to us?"
"Ah!"
She covered her mouth with her hand.
This, this, this, so what's spread outside is actually true?
No, it can't be? !
Shen Moer rarely had a moment of leisure in her busy schedule. After leaving Shen Lingling's house, she carried a basket and a hoe and went up the back mountain with Wang Qiutong and Zhao Tingting.
I didn't go inside, I just dug some bamboo shoots near the foot of the mountain, picked some mushrooms, and went home to cook.
As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I ran into Fu Mingze and Zheng Jiamin. Zheng Jiamin was holding a piece of salted meat in his hand, and he laughed and said, "Director Shen, I'm here to eat with you!"
Shen Moer: "Don't shout, Deputy Director."
Zheng Jiamin smiled and said, "That's what we can see."
There wasn't much salted meat, only about half a pound, but these days no family can eat meat to their heart's content, so having such a piece of meat was good.
The bamboo shoots were peeled and cut into strips, and the mushrooms were washed and cut into small pieces. It happened that some potatoes were dug from the private plot a while ago, and the potatoes were cut into pieces. They were fried with salted meat and seasonings, and then rice and water were added, and the pot was covered and simmered. Soon, the tempting salty aroma mixed with the aroma of salted meat and rice spread in the yard.
Zhao Tingting swallowed her saliva: "It smells so good!"
The others felt the same.
"Did you go to see Shen Lingling and see Fang Yuhua?" Zheng Jiamin asked curiously when he had nothing to do.
Wang Qiutong knew him very well and asked immediately: "Did you hear anything?"
Zheng Jiamin was a gossiper. Although he was an educated youth, he was more informed about the news in this village than the average member.
Zheng Jiamin smiled mysteriously, "Hasn't their family been saying that Zhang Junliang and Fang Yuhua were doing some kind of massage and were misunderstood? Actually, that's not the case. Isn't Peijun's brother-in-law from the police station? His brother-in-law was at the scene at the time. It is said that it was just as the rumors said, but Shen Yongjun and his wife negotiated with Zhang Junliang on the way, so they changed their story when they arrived at the police station. The police have been working overtime every day because of the enemy's affairs recently, so they don't have the energy to take care of their trivial matters, so they just turned a blind eye and released him without much discussion."
"Also, it is said that Fang Yuhua gave birth to a daughter after she got married, but she never got pregnant with a second child. Her original in-laws couldn't tolerate her, so they kicked her out. She left the house with nothing, and her in-laws didn't want the daughter either, so they let her bring her back. But she is quite a strange person. She actually thinks that her in-laws are right to do so. She tells everyone that it is her fault for not giving them a son."
Zheng Jiamin: "I feel like she doesn't have a very good brain."
After hesitating, he continued: "Fang Yuhua has actually been very close to Zhou Gencai recently. Fang Yuhua even praised Zhou Gencai's family for being able to give birth to a son."
Zhou Gencai is about the same age as Shen Shaoyuan, and is also a widower. His wife died quite early, leaving him with two sons. Their family has four generations living together, and there are a lot of people in the family. The brothers all gave birth to several boys, so there are always a lot of boys in the family.
Because his family has a lot of strong laborers and earns a lot of work points, their conditions are not bad. At least compared with the original Shen Laoqi who is also a widower, they can be called the "control group" of widowers.
The one who can earn work points and has a son has a united family and speaks toughly, while the one who works so-so and has no son is bullied by his brothers and dares not even speak loudly.
The villagers used to compare the two behind their backs.
Wang Qiutong waved her hands: "Why does all this hustle and bustle in their family sound quite disgusting? What kind of people are these? Forget it, just ignore them because they have confused brains."
Zheng Jiamin also had a face full of confusion: "Indeed, it sounds quite disgusting. The team leader is very worried. He is afraid that they will fight or Fang Yuhua will do something again. He also wants to strive for a place in the excellent team this year."
The Yangliu team is now thriving. Zhou Mancang is eager to strive for excellence, but there is always someone holding him back.
Wang Qiutong sniffed: "Is the rice ready? It smells so good, it must be ready, let me go and have a look."
Zheng Jiamin stood up immediately: "I'll go, I'll go and have a look."
The rice was indeed ready. With the addition of salted meat, this pot of braised rice was so delicious!
In the end, everyone ate at least two big bowls, and everyone had a full belly.
Zhao Tingting patted her belly: "When can I eat braised rice with salted meat every day!"
Yes, if only I could eat braised rice with salted meat every day -
Shen Moer, who used to be tired of eating delicacies from land and sea every day, couldn't help but sigh.