Zhou Jiuzhen hurriedly carried Ling Huanwu to close the window, their hearts pounding in their throats.
"Why don't you put me down right now and go outside to see who it is?"
Ling Huanwu wanted to curse the man behind her, but when she did, she found that his voice was soft as a hook, so sweet and gentle, that it sounded like he was flirting.
Zhou Jiuzhen touched the clothes he was still wearing and breathed a sigh of relief. If a man had seen this, then his male virtues would still be intact.
You can't see any part of his body from the window.
Looking down, one could see that Ling Huanwu's clothes were disheveled, and the spring scenery there was so beautiful that it was hard to look away.
Zhou Jiuzhen couldn't imagine what it would have been like if the person outside had been a man; he would have been ready to kill him.
He covered her with the blanket, quickly tidied himself up, and went out to see which bastard dared to look at his woman.
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Li, the platoon leader's wife, standing there blankly, staring at the window of his house next to the stone house, as if she had seen a ghost.
Zhou Jiuzhen peeked out hesitantly, and seeing no one under his window, he blushed and went up to ask, "Auntie, what happened?"
Startled by the shout, Li's wife immediately snapped back to reality, then rubbed her eyes in annoyance. "Sigh, these young people these days are really going to the dogs. Two of them... in broad daylight, actually..."
Platoon Leader Li's wife looked at him with a disdainful and accusatory expression, which made Zhou Jiuzhen blush with embarrassment, thinking that she was talking about him and his wife.
But then Li's wife abruptly changed the subject, whispering in Zhou Jiuzhen's ear, "Tiedan and Gangpao are actually..."
As Zhou Jiuzhen listened, his eyes widened in horror. "What?"
That afternoon, a piece of news spread throughout the entire Stone Village.
That is, "Tiedan and Gangpao were arguing under the window of Battalion Commander Zhou and Commune Chief Ling's house in the family compound in broad daylight!"
Bad news: Zhou Jiuzhen and Ling Huanwu are on the gossip list among the aunties of Stone Village.
Good news, the male and female leads are not them!
Ling Huanwu originally wore a headscarf similar to those worn by the island aunties when she returned to the cooperative, fearing that people would tease her and Zhou Jiuzhen for grinding tofu in broad daylight.
As soon as they entered the cooperative, they heard everyone laughing and pointing at Tie Dan and Gang Pao.
Ling Huanwu leaned over to eavesdrop and was utterly stunned when she heard it.
Tie Dan pressed the steel cannon, which was a head shorter than him, onto the seashore, onto the pile of sacks behind the house, and onto the cloth-cutting table when no one was at the cooperative.
The aunties spoke with such conviction and excitement, as if they had witnessed it firsthand.
The scene was too beautiful for Ling Huanwu to even imagine.
"Aunties, let's not talk about that, getting the goods done is the priority."
Ling Huanwu sounded somewhat guilty.
Since it was time to rush the delivery, she and Zhou Jiuzhen actually ran home to play secretly.
To everyone's surprise, the women's hands moved even more nimbly and quickly as they talked. "President Ling, don't worry, we'll get the clothes done faster by chatting!"
Sure enough, Ling Huanwu looked down and saw that the aunties not only didn't slow down their work because of chatting, but the loose threads on the clothes seemed to take root and sprout, giving the clothes a fresh and joyful color.
"Yes, President Ling, we were just feeling sorry for Xiaoqin. She usually gets along quite well with Tiedan and Gangpao. I thought she would definitely choose one of them to be with in the future, but I didn't expect that the two of them would get together first."
"Exactly, I wonder if Tie Dan and Gang Pao's families will agree, hahaha..."
The group of aunties burst into laughter again, bending over backwards.
Lin Xiaoqin was caught up in the gossip, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she glared at the aunties, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever get close to them?"
Qiao Hui chimed in righteous indignation, "That's right! When did Xiaoqin become close to those two? She's clearly close to me!"
As soon as he said that, the aunties who had been laughing heartily just moments before stopped laughing abruptly. Their inquisitive eyes darted back and forth between Qiao Hui and Lin Xiaoqin, and they were all full of gossip. "Oh right, when did you two get so close? Tell us the truth!"
"I thought it was exciting enough that Tie Dan and Gang Pao were childhood sweethearts, but I didn't expect you two to be secretly having an affair too!"
Lin Xiaoqin's face turned bright red, but she couldn't put down her work and get up. She could only shout, "Who's cheating? Brother Qiao and I just went for a walk on the beach. We're completely innocent!"
"That's right, we're both single, how could it be considered a secret affair? Aunties, don't talk nonsense."
Qiao Hui, who was still cutting the fabric, quickly and ruthlessly cut the fabric in half with a pair of scissors, and hurriedly explained to the aunties.
The aunties laughed even harder, "Look at those two, they've confessed without even being asked, haha..."
Qiao Hui and Lin Xiaoqin then realized that the group of aunties had exposed their true feelings, revealing that they had gone on a date. After the meeting, the two of them lowered their heads like quails, not daring to say another word.
Ling Huanwu felt her ears ringing, having eaten her fill of melon seeds.
She glanced at Tie Dan, who was carrying goods with great speed, and then at Gang Pao, whose face was almost buried in his crotch. She looked him up and down suspiciously.
It's much warmer outside today. Usually, Gangpao likes to go shirtless, but today he's all dressed up like a woman. It's like the sun has risen in the west.
"Gangpao, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to go home and rest?"
She went over to check on him, but when Gangpao looked up and saw her, he looked like he'd seen a ghost, covered his face, and ran away without saying a word.
Ling Huanwu was baffled, and Tie Dan was even more baffled. When she saw Gangpao run away, she acted as if she had run away with her sweetheart. She threw down the cloth on her shoulder and chased after him as if her pants were on fire.
The wind stirred up by the chaser almost knocked her to the ground.
Ling Huanwu barely managed to stand by holding onto the table, her legs still throbbing slightly.
She cursed Zhou Jiuzhen under her breath, thinking he was a dog.
The corners of his lips never turned down.
The nonsense Zhou Jiuzhen had just uttered still echoed in my ears.
Just half an hour ago, he grabbed her ankle and whispered in her ear, "Our little dumpling has grown legs, I can't let her run away."
Ling Huanwu's face flushed again. Seeing that there were no men in the cooperative, she unbuttoned two buttons on her shirt.
She turned around and saw Chu Mei appear silently behind her, which startled her.
"Aunt Chu... what's wrong with you...?"
Seeing that she seemed unaware of what she had done wrong, Chu Mei immediately became angry.
"Didn't you see what time it is? Why aren't you home cooking yet? Didn't you see the note I left on your door?"
"besides……"
Chu Mei pointed at the group of women in the cooperative who were still working on their sewing machines and blurted out, "Why are they still able to work? Shouldn't you be stopping work because you don't have any parts?"
She realized she had said the wrong thing as soon as she finished speaking.
Ling Huanwu frowned, immediately sensing that something was wrong.
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