Chapter 54 Chapter 54 We agreed to pull hair together!
When Wu Shizhong got home from get off work, there was no food at home.
He controlled his temper and walked to the corridor to call Wu Yongchu who was playing.
"Why isn't your mother here?"
"She's not my mother." Wu Yongchu, receiving his grandmother's instructions, said with disdain, "The barracks are full of officers. Who knows who she's dating?"
Wu Shizhong lowered his voice and said, "Don't say that. What did you see?"
Wu Yongchu had naturally never seen Xiaojuan with any other man. His eyes rolled, and he clutched his stomach and said, "I'm starving, and no one's cooking for me. It's not just me being hungry, but my grandma's been lying in bed all day without a sip of water."
Wu Shizhong hid the annoyance in his eyes, pushed open the door and saw his old mother lying on the floor beside the bed: "Mom, how do you feel?"
After Wang Cuijiang came over, Wu Shizhong asked her to sleep on the bed, but Wang Cuijiang refused and insisted on sleeping on the floor with her grandson, looking pitiful.
Wang Cuijiang seemed to have just woken up after a few seconds. She propped herself up and said, "You're not going to die. Mommy's going to cook for you now. I have to put more rice in. Your wife will need some food when she comes back."
Wu Shizhong ignored her difficulty in getting up and sat alone at the dining table, looking at the dim room with a faint smell of plaster.
His mother always said that she injured her back while working when she was young. Now she walks with a slight hunchback, complains of back pain all the time, cannot stand up straight, and then lies in bed all day.
At the end of last year, she broke her leg while going to the market. Xiaojuan and he went back to visit her, and Xiaojuan took care of her at home for half a year.
When I saw Xiaojuan again, she was a completely different person. At the age of twenty, her eyes were like a pool of stagnant water.
Wu Shixin felt sorry for his mother, his father who worked hard at home, and his son whose mother had died young.
On one side were his family, and on the other was his later wife. He was caught in the middle.
"Forget it, you take a break and I'll do it." Wu Shizhong stood up, unbuttoned his military uniform and hung it behind the door.
Hearing her son was going to cook for Xiaojuan, Wang Cuijiang seemed to switch on a switch, and she kept on cursing, "She's a homeless little whore, and she dared not cook in the army. She's going to starve me and your son to death. She was nearly beaten to death when she was lying in front of the stinking ditch. If you hadn't saved her, she wouldn't have the good life she has today. You keep saying that we can't fight her, but I think you want to beat her into submission before she's willing to live with you."
At this point, Wang Cuijiang said indignantly, "She still wants to learn from the city people to take the college entrance examination? Who will pay for her education? It will still be you! It would be great if she finishes her studies and comes back. I think she is a restless woman. She will definitely run away after she finishes her studies!"
Wu Shizhong, hampered by the bustling corridor filled with people leaving work, tried to hold back his words and console Wang Cuijiang, saying, "Mom, this isn't the old society anymore. Even though we're in a military marriage and are protected, if I hit her, she can still run away if she wants."
Wang Cuijiang would never let her son cook for Xiaojuan. She stood in front of Wu Shizhong and said, "There's no rice or vegetables at home. Don't you still have a meal ticket? Hurry up and go to the canteen to get food. If you're late, it will be gone."
Wu Shizhong said: "I just have a meal ticket."
Wang Cuijiang said, "It's just right for you to eat alone."
Wu Shizhong had no choice but to go out with his lunch box when he saw Xiaojuan coming towards him.
When he saw Qingmei and Gu Qingzhou behind Xiaojuan, his eyelids twitched.
He immediately relaxed his demeanor, walked over to Xiaojuan and asked gently, "Did you not eat? Yes, let's go to the cafeteria."
Xiaojuan saw that he only had a lunch box in his hand, pursed her lips and said, "I have something to do, so I won't eat anymore."
Wu Shizhong looked up at Gu Qingzhou standing behind him and was about to salute when he heard Gu Qingzhou whisper, "She agreed to have dinner with my wife and she'll be there after she gets her food."
Knowing that Xiaojuan was close to Qingmei and that she was coming with Captain Gu, Wu Shizhong was delighted. He asked Xiaojuan softly, "What are you taking? A lunch box? You don't need one?"
Xiaojuan said in a cold voice, "Get the household registration book."
Wu Shizhong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became angry. He suppressed his temper and said, "Why are you taking the household registration book now? It's already time to get off work."
Qingmei said, "Just take it and feel at ease. If it's convenient for you, can you bring it to her?"
Wu Shizhong never dared to show his displeasure to Qingmei. He was usually a kind and well-liked person. He immediately realized that Xiaojuan wanted the household registration booklet for the college entrance examination. He hesitated and said, "I can't find it right now. My mother didn't remember it after she packed it."
Xiaojuan was suddenly at a loss.
However, Gu Qingzhou was a serious man who "loved to help his friends". Upon hearing this, he said sternly: "If you can't find it, go and reissue it. I will approve the expedited personnel procedures, and the one you have can be invalidated at any time."
Wang Cuijiang, who went out to investigate, was startled. Seeing Qingmei close to the tall, handsome officer, he immediately knew that this was the husband of the regimental commander he had heard about before.
She stood aside in panic, thinking that a high-ranking official had appeared.
Wu Shizhong swallowed, and Gu Qingzhou saw every subtle expression on his face.
Almost as soon as Gu Qingzhou finished speaking, Wu Shizhong said, "I, I'll go find it now." Turning around and seeing Wang Cuijiang right behind him, Wu Shizhong winked at her and said, "Mom, think carefully about where you put the household registration book."
Wang Cuijiang shuddered, as if coming back to his senses, and tentatively said, "Mom... let me go into the house and find it for you?"
Wu Shizhong said, "Hurry up, everyone is waiting outside."
Wang Cuijiang walked into the house first, and Wu Shizhong followed.
Xiaojuan stood there, feeling someone pinch her hand. She turned back to meet Qingmei's smile and said in a hoarse voice, "I think we can find it, right?"
Gu Qingzhou rarely interrupted and said, "It's impossible to fly with wings."
Qingmei said to Xiaojuan, "I'm going to register tomorrow too. Why don't you leave your household registration with me later? If you're comfortable with it, I'll give it to you when we meet tomorrow."
Xiaojuan said, "That's exactly what I was thinking. I wouldn't feel safe keeping it in my hands."
As they were talking, Wang Cuijiang's hypocritical voice came from the room inside: "Oh, it was placed on top of the wardrobe. Look at my memory. Juan'er, come and get it."
Qingmei grabbed Xiaojuan's hand and shouted, "Give it to me."
Wang Cuijiang's face darkened inside the room. She took the household registration booklet in her hands and said to her son, "Did I send it out?"
Wu Shizhong said helplessly: "Okay."
Xiaojuan took the household registration booklet and saw that her information was intact. She said in front of Wang Cuijiang and Wu Shizhong, "Xiaomei, since we are going to register together tomorrow, please hold it for me first."
Qingmei took the household registration book and handed it directly to Gu Qingzhou without waiting for Wang Cuijiang to speak.
Gu Qingzhou took it and put it in his pocket. Then he looked up at Wu Shizhong and said, "You should talk to your mother. Even if it is a soldier's family member who hinders others' education, it is illegal."
Wu Shizhong said hurriedly: "Okay, I will definitely talk to my mother. She is old and doesn't understand anything. Please don't -"
Gu Qingzhou waved his hand impatiently, holding Qingmei's arm and turning around, saying as he left: "You take care of yourself."
Wu Shizhong trembled all over and swallowed for a long time.
Xiaojuan watched Qingmei and Gu Qingzhou leave. She turned around and saw Wang Cuijiang's eyes that looked like he wanted to eat her.
Wang Cuijiang was about to start scolding her, but Wu Shizhong couldn't help but say, "Shut up!"
Xiaojuan stared into his eyes and questioned him, "Do you really not know where the household registration book is? Tell me the truth today, and I won't make trouble with you."
Wu Shizhong spread his hands and said innocently, "We are a couple, and you still don't trust me? You would rather give the household registration book to someone else for safekeeping than keep it at home. You really break my heart."
Xiaojuan stared at him intently. Wu Shizhong reached out to pull Xiaojuan, but she dodged him.
"I went to look for them."
Qingmei and Gu Qingzhou were still waiting for Xiaojuan downstairs. They had just said they wanted to have dinner together.
Xiaojuan walked with them toward the red brick house. Halfway there, she said to Qingmei, "I want to find a place to stay by myself for a while. You guys go back and leave me alone. The food in my lunch box is getting cold."
Qingmei said, "Where do you want to go? I won't go with you. Just tell me a place and I'll feel at ease."
Xiaojuan thought for a moment, smiled wryly and said, "Where else can I go? I'll just sit on the playground for a while."
Qingmei said, "Okay, if you need anything, come to me anytime." Seeing her take two steps, Qingmei quickly added, "Twenty-four hours is fine."
A warm feeling welled up in Xiaojuan's heart. She nodded and said, "Thank you, Xiaomei. Thank you, Captain Gu."
Seeing her leave, Qingmei sighed softly.
Gu Qingzhou asked his pregnant wife to hold his arm. Normally, if they held hands outside, people would talk about them. But now that Qingmei was pregnant, out of humanitarian spirit, no one said anything when they walked together arm in arm.
As Gu Qingzhou was walking, he felt his biceps being pinched by his wife. He didn't pay attention. As he was walking, he was pinched twice by his wife again. He laughed and said, "Don't pinch me through my clothes. I'll take them off when I get home and let you pinch them."
"Wave." Qingmei wanted to take back her hand, but Gu Qingzhou grabbed it and continued to put it on her arm muscles.
Qingmei stepped on the stone path, patted Gu Qingzhou's arm and sighed, "You are quite reliable. If I replaced you with Wu Shizhong, I don't know how I would live."
When Gu Qingzhou heard his wife compare him to Wu Shizhong, the corners of his lips twitched and he said unhappily, "How can ordinary people compare to me? I'm the leading actor, and the others are just passing by to set off my presence."
Qingmei smiled, and she and Gu Qingzhou both looked up at the sky. The red glow was tinged with gold, and the setting sun hung in the sky, a beautiful scene like a painting.
If only it could always be like this.
"Is Chen Qiaoxiang's baby coming soon?" Qingmei said, "I'll ask how things are going with Mom later."
Gu Qingzhou had told Zhao Wuhe to keep an eye on Chen Qiaoxiang's movements. Although Zhao Wuhe didn't understand, she followed his instructions. Needless to say, he'd throw some cheap nutritional supplements over when no one was paying attention, and watch Chen Qiaoxiang's belly grow.
"Okay. I'm here for you, don't worry about it." Gu Qingzhou felt sorry for his wife who had to prepare for the college entrance examination while pregnant, so he tried his best in everything and didn't want her to waste any more effort.
Qingmei and Xiaojuan made an appointment to register for the college entrance examination the next day. The registration place was diagonally opposite the 014 compound, about two stops away.
It used to be an art school, and now it has become the temporary Education Commission Office of Xinghai City.
All primary, secondary and high schools across the city have resumed classes, and the people in the Education Commission are extremely busy.
There is a severe shortage of teachers and few students. It's considered a good thing if two or three out of ten schools can resume operations. The teaching aids and desks and chairs in the schools are cobbled together.
Even so, the people at the Education Commission were ecstatic. As long as the country restored education, even if things were tough now, things would get better in the future.
Qingmei and Xiaojuan filled out the application form and submitted it, which was then stamped by the education committee teacher. In July, the college entrance examination would be held, and they would take the exam at their assigned school with their paper application form.
On the way back, Qingmei took the initiative to ask Xiaojuan: "Do you want me to keep the registration form for you? Put it together with mine and lock it in a drawer?"
Xiaojuan grabbed the cloth bag and whispered, "Okay."
Qingmei added, "It's boring for me to study at home every day. If you have time, come and study with me."
Xiaojuan was actually also considering where to prepare for the sprint stage of study. She felt embarrassed to disturb her pregnant Qingmei, but she really had nowhere to go.
The last time she hid in the library, Wang Cuijiang and Wu Yongchu found her and dragged her back to wash the quilt. They wouldn't give her any time to study.
Yesterday she saw that Wang Cuijiang was afraid of Qingmei's identity, and she also knew that Qingmei's life was a good place to learn.
"Don't feel any pressure. My family is worried that no one will supervise me. I'm so busy studying that I don't even know how to take a break."
Qingmei held her hand and walked slowly across the street toward the compound. "Let's have lunch together. Don't worry about what others say. When you actually pass the exam, let them envy you."
Qingmei didn't hear Xiaojuan speak for a long time. She turned her head and found that she was crying silently.
Qingmei took out a freshly washed, fragrant handkerchief, wiped her tears, and said, "The dawn is just ahead. Don't let your chaotic thoughts hinder your progress. When you look back at the present, you will find that many things are not worth mentioning."
Xiaojuan suddenly held Qingmei's hand, her eyes full of expectation falling on Qingmei's face: "I am on the right path."
Qingmei said: "You are on the right path."
Xiaojuan seemed to have suddenly grown a bone in her body. She straightened her chest, wiped her face and said, "The dawn is just ahead, and I will use my best self to greet it."
She wants to live a bright future, not be stuck in the quagmire as soon as she opens her eyes.
If she can stand up from the stinking ditch once, she can stand up from the stinking ditch a second time.
When they came out to register, Chairman Qin from the family quarters criticized Wang Cuijiang severely.
Wang Jiayuan saw it clearly in the corridor yesterday and reported to President Qin that Wang Cuijiang was obstructing Xiaojuan from taking the college entrance examination.
Although Qingmei and Gu Qingzhou offered help, she was afraid that Wang Cuijiang would go back and embarrass Xiaojuan, so Wang Jiayuan reported it to President Qin, hoping to intimidate Wang Cuijiang.
Wang Cuijiang trembled in front of President Qin and agreed very well, saying that she would never bully her daughter-in-law again and would support her daughter-in-law's progress.
Turning around and going out, she walked towards the red brick house at the back in a rage, determined to spit in Qingmei's face!
She didn't know exactly where Qingmei lived, so she asked along the way, "Where is Captain Gu's house?"
The red brick house is housing for cadres and is also where long-term military personnel live. It basically has no intersection with the collective dormitory mentioned above.
A young man on the street saw her and asked about her. He kindly pointed to the red brick building behind her and said, "See that big camphor tree? That's the house on the second floor."
This young comrade was also new and thought that Wang Cuijiang was talking about the new Captain Gu.
"Comrade, let me ask you, how is the relationship between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?"
The other party thought about it and remembered seeing Ruan Siqiao being scolded by her mother-in-law. She seemed very afraid of her mother-in-law, so she whispered: "The mother-in-law is in charge, and the daughter-in-law listens to her."
Wang Cuijiang was puzzled. She had thought Qingmei had a good handle on her mother-in-law, but it turned out she was afraid of her. That would be even easier to deal with. She could just go to her mother-in-law and complain. Mothers-in-law always try to find a way to deal with their daughters-in-law.
Wang Cuijiang was actually a little scared. She turned her attention to what would happen if Xiaojuan kept using Qingmei to manipulate her and Wu Shizhong. Wouldn't that mean they would never be able to turn things around in their lives? How could a woman turn things around on a man?
Her son was a good-natured man who didn't mind other people's business. She couldn't tolerate any sand in her eyes and was determined to resolve the matter before returning home.
She strolled back and forth outside the camphor tree courtyard with gritted teeth, occasionally glancing upstairs, hoping to see Qingmei's mother-in-law.
Wu Shizhong said that although Qingmei was Captain Gu's wife and was good friends with Xiaojuan, she did not provide him with much help in his promotion.
At the end of last year, Wu Shizhong was going to be promoted to deputy company commander, but the opportunity was snatched away by another comrade because of his outstanding performance.
Wang Cuijiang wondered, if Qingmei had really been able to influence Captain Gu, how could the spot have been snatched away? It was clear she didn't take her son seriously. Friends should support each other, so why would they add fuel to the fire and interfere with other people's families?
Zhao Wuhe came to see Qingmei carrying a lot of bags. Qingmei was pregnant and couldn't go home, so she came from Donghe Village every week to stay for two days to take care of her.
Knowing that Qingmei was going to take the college entrance examination, I specially got some pecans for my precious daughter to supplement her brain. When I walked to the door of my house, I saw someone standing outside the yard walking back and forth. He didn't look like a good person.
As the saying goes, people from the same family tend to live in the same house.
A few days ago, Qingmei met Wang Cuijiang for the first time and also found her unlikable.
Today, when Zhao Wuhe saw Wang Cuijiang, she frowned and gnashed her teeth. She disliked Wang Cuijiang just like Qingmei, and even showed an expression of disgust.
Wang Cuijiang was startled when she saw someone approaching. She tried to hide behind a large camphor tree, but Zhao Wuhe stopped her and said, "Who are you? What are you doing sneaking around like that?"
Wang Cuijiang watched Zhao Wuhe getting dressed and walking towards them, and speculated, "Could you be Comrade Qingmei's mother-in-law?"
When Zhao Wuhe heard this, she wondered if the old lady was looking for her beloved? Was she in trouble?
She slowed her voice and said, "I am."
Wang Cuijiang immediately let out a loud howl and burst into tears miserably and sadly.
Zhao Wuhe now thought she was looking for help and threw aside the bags she was carrying.
Wang Cuijiang, pretending to cry, looked over and found cakes, chicken, fruits and many pecans inside.
Listening to Zhao Wuhe's gentle voice, she thought to herself that Qingmei was indeed enjoying a good life. She had never tasted so many delicious foods in her life. It must be because of her contribution to the pregnancy that her mother-in-law was willing to give it to her.
I have to advise her. How can a mother-in-law serve her daughter-in-law? She even brought all this old food from far away. It would be better to leave it for her son.
Zhao Wuhe helped her sit down, but didn't let her into the yard. Instead, he walked to a grape vine not far away that was covered with green grapes. There were a few wooden chairs there for enjoying the cool breeze.
"Sister-in-law, if you have any difficulties, just tell me, don't hold it in." Zhao Wuhe believed that she shouldn't treat others with preconceived notions, so she tried to be patient and said, "Look at your age, why are you still crying like this?"
"It's all because of the bullying by my daughter-in-law." This almost opened up Wang Cuijiang's mouth, and she scolded Xiaojuan with tears and snot.
Zhao Wuhe was not familiar with Xiaojuan, but as she listened, she felt that something was not right.
Is there a young leader's wife backing them up? Is she trying to sow discord between them? Is she even meddling in their family affairs?
Zhao Wuhe became alert. At this time, two young military wives came over and prepared to water the grapevines. Seeing this situation, they tried to comfort her at first, but then they looked at each other, thinking that the old woman had something to say.
014 Of the three wives of the group leaders, two are over 40. The only one who fits the description is Comrade Qingmei.
Zhao Wuhe frowned and said sullenly, "If you have something to say, just say it straight away without beating around the bush."
Wang Cuijiang thought she was her childhood sweetheart and reported it to President Qin, embarrassing her at her age.
She thought about telling Qingmei about it, too. They say there are many rules in the red-walled courtyard, and she might even remember what she said and shut the door behind her to punish Qingmei.
"Your daughter-in-law is a powerful woman. Relying on your son's support, she filed a complaint with President Qin. What kind of person is she? My legs trembled when I saw her. Fortunately, she took pity on an old man like me and just gave me a few words of advice. You know how difficult it is to educate young daughters-in-law nowadays. We are all mothers-in-law, so we should put ourselves in their shoes and join hands to deal with them."
Those who heard this made others gasp.
Not long after Qingmei moved in, everyone in the family compound saw how her in-laws treated her. Even if there were some rumors about her past, President Qin had severely rebuked them.
She is living a happy and comfortable life in her husband's family. Captain Gu holds her in the palm of his hand and protects her, and her mother-in-law also loves her in the palm of her hand. How come some guy who can't stand her having such a good life suddenly comes out to stir up trouble!
Zhao Wuhe had an expression that said, "As expected." No wonder she disliked Wang Cuijiang. It turned out he was a troublemaker.
She sneered at Wang Cuijiang and said, "You want me to join forces with you to deal with my daughter-in-law? Is it you or am I that's not smart enough? You leave your precious daughter at home and don't care for her, but go after an outsider to deal with her?"
"A mother-in-law must be ruthless. If she doesn't keep her daughter-in-law in check, she will be the one to take over the family business."
Wang Cuijiang said, "Your daughter-in-law wasn't born from your womb. If you treat her like your own daughter, she might just take you for a fool. Your daughter-in-law is more resourceful than mine. She even knew to report it to Chairman Qin. If you ever have a conflict, she'll definitely use Chairman Qin to pressure you."
Zhao Wuhe said with a dark face: "Then how do you say we deal with her?"
Wang Cuijiang thought Zhao Wuhe's mind was softening, so she lowered her voice and said tentatively, "I see you're younger and stronger than me, and she'll be weak after giving birth. Give her a good lesson during the confinement period, so she knows who she eats and drinks from. After all, she's been tied down by the birth of the child, so she won't be afraid of you running away."
Zhao Wuhe's hands were shaking with anger. She asked Wang Cuijiang, "So you plan to treat your daughter-in-law the same way?"
Wang Cuijiang said, "Forget it. My son won't let her get pregnant. If she gives birth to a son, what will happen to my eldest grandson? He will have to inherit our Wang family's fortune in the future. Who is she? Just a little whore."
"Auntie, how can you scold your daughter-in-law like this?"
The two people listening on the side were both other people's daughters-in-law. They couldn't help but say to Wang Cuijiang, one on each side, "Married people are a couple. Why do you have to discipline them like this? You were also daughters-in-law before, so why don't you feel sorry for your daughter-in-law?"
"Pssst, you know nothing!" Wang Cuijiang waved her hand and chased them away: "Get out of here quickly, no one is talking to you."
Wang Cuijiang gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Look, your daughter-in-law is just like them, meddling in other people's affairs and walking around with a big belly. People who know she's pregnant think she's up to no good, but those who don't think she's up to no good."
Bang!
She was about to finish her words when a slap landed unexpectedly on her cheek. For someone almost sixty, the stinging slap left her completely humiliated.
Seeing that she was about to open her mouth, Zhao Wuhe slapped her again, "You're the one with all the bad intentions! You're bringing bad luck to me on such a good day! Just wait and see how I teach you a lesson!"
"Help! Someone is being beaten! Please help me stop her!" Wang Cuijiang stood up and ran around the grape trellis. The two female comrades who had just been chased away by her came over and stood a few steps away.
One of them said, "We dare not meddle in other people's business."
Zhao Wuhe was agile and threw a chair at Wang Cuijiang.
Wang Cuijiang tripped and was caught up by Zhao Wuhe. He slapped her again, making her see stars. She leaned against a pillar for more than ten seconds, covering her face and stammering, "Your son is a leader, so great! How dare you hit him!"
Zhao Wuhe's eyebrows rose, and he turned to ask the two family members beside him: "Did you see me hit anyone?"
The two had long been fed up with Wang Cuijiang's attitude towards their daughter-in-law, and seeing her being beaten by Zhao Wuhe was a great relief. They shook their heads and said, "No, who hit anyone?"
Wang Cuijiang nearly vomited blood. She was narrow-minded and couldn't stand being wronged. She lowered her hands, revealing five finger marks on each side of her face. Her eyes darted around, and she wondered what evil idea she was thinking up.
Zhao Wuhe's palms felt numb at this moment, and he roared, "Say something bad about my daughter again, you old bastard! Why doesn't God kill you, such a troublemaker!"
Wang Cuijiang howled loudly, ran outside the grapevines, stood in the middle of the cement road, and shouted: "Someone's being beaten! The chief's own mother is beating people! There's no law, no justice!"
Zhao Wuhe rolled up her sleeves and chased after her. Seeing that there was no one on the road, she grabbed her and pulled the grape vines behind her.
Wang Cuijiang rolled on the ground and refused to move. Zhao Wuhe used brute force to pull her over, then sat on her and slapped her face left and right!
Wang Cuijiang didn't dare to fight Zhao Wuhe, and only tried to gain the upper hand verbally. At this moment, he was also beaten so hard that his eyes turned red. He struggled and grabbed the dirt on the ground and threw it on Zhao Wuhe's face.
Zhao Wuhe spat a few times, feeling that she had had enough. Seeing Wang Cuijiang's arms lying limply on the ground, his eyes rolled back and he was about to faint, she stood up and shook his arms.
The bystanders' family members came over, and two of them pinched Wang Cuijiang's Ren Zhong point so hard that the skin was almost broken. Wang Cuijiang opened her mouth, took a deep breath, and regained consciousness.
Wang Cuijiang knew she couldn't get back at the beating she'd received today, so she scrambled to her feet, her face swollen like a pig's head. Her entire body felt hot, and her bones ached.
Seeing that she was finally subdued by the beating, a family member who was trying to stop the fight mocked her, "No wonder they say that beating up your daughter-in-law is enough. Aren't you the same as them?"
Another family member said, "I didn't see anything. You got bruises on your face, and it's all your own fault. If you insist on suing, I can testify that I saw you fall down the stairs with my own eyes."
They were both other people's daughters-in-law, and they hated such vicious women who gossiped with their mothers-in-law. They had also heard about Comrade Qingmei's deeds, and since this old woman was blind, they were happy to help Comrade Qingmei and do her a favor.
At this time, a melodious horn sound came from afar, and it must be time to get off work at noon.
Perhaps it was because Zhao Wuhe's words were too harsh, and she was Gu Qingzhou's biological mother. For the sake of her son's future, Wang Cuijiang really had to swallow her anger.
She had thought she'd get scolded at most, but she ended up getting beaten. She covered her cheeks and groaned, "You're no worse than a country woman. It hurts like hell. It's going to hurt for three to five days."
Wang Cuijiang, who often got into fights in the countryside, stood up, dusted himself off, and leaned against the grape trellis, glaring at Zhao Wuhe. "Pay me five yuan for my medical expenses, and I'll let you go. Otherwise, I'll sue you!"
"No money!" Zhao Wuhe pointed to the ground floor courtyard and said, "Chairman Qin lives there. Go ahead and sue me. And then you'll see if I kill you!"
If she were to live her life again, she would never let Qingmei suffer even the slightest injustice. She couldn't stand it when someone came to her to stir up trouble.
Especially knowing that Qingmei is pregnant, I can't let my emotions fluctuate too much.
This old bastard has no good intentions and insists on walking into the muzzle of a gun.
Hearing that President Qin lived over there, Wang Cuijiang, who had just been interviewed by President Qin, shrank back. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't dare anymore. I don't dare anymore, you old fool. Oh, today is a disaster."
"Go wherever you feel comfortable." Zhao Wuhe said, "I'm telling you, anyone who treats their daughter-in-law badly is destined to be unlucky. Their fate will definitely not be good!"
I don’t know whether Wang Cuijiang listened to me or not, but she limped back home.
Zhao Wuhe closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and gratefully thanked the two people who had helped her. They smiled at each other, and one of them said, "We've heard that Comrade Qingmei's mother-in-law loves her very much. Now we have learned something new."
Zhao Wuhe hurriedly said, "Don't tell her what happened today."
"Yeah, I know." Thinking that Qingmei was pregnant and couldn't be angry, he naturally wouldn't cause trouble for himself.
Zhao Wuhe shook her wrist and followed them out of the grape vines, preparing to go to the yard.
The things were still on the ground, and she picked them up along the way. Just as she turned the corner, she saw the little daughter-in-law, with her hands on her hips and a bulging belly, blocking her way at the intersection.
"Why are you throwing things all over the floor? What are you doing?"
The two family members screamed in fright when they saw her suddenly appear like a heavenly soldier.
The thing in Zhao Wuhe's hand fell to the ground, and he stuttered instantly: "You you you——"
Qingmei looked at her mother-in-law with disheveled hair and squinted her beautiful almond-shaped eyes and said, "Did you fight behind my back?"
We agreed to pull other people's hair together when something happened, but he actually pulled it alone.
"No, no, no, no." Zhao Wuhe smoothed her hair, picked up her things and said hurriedly, "I, I, I brought you some supplements."
Qingmei curled her lips and sneered: "Oh?"
Why does the mother-in-law stutter when she speaks?
The two family members looked at each other, finally realizing the place Comrade Qingmei held in Zhao Wuhe's heart.
This posture shows that he is undoubtedly the little ancestor.
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