Small courtyard.
When Zhou Yubai came back, the workers had not arrived yet.
"Yu Bai." Shen Qingli called.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yubai strode up to Shen Qingli.
Gou Wa and Niuniu have already gone out with Xiao Hei, carrying a basket on their backs.
Shen Qingli stepped forward and took Zhou Yubai's hand, "Are you done?"
"Yeah." Zhou Yubai's eyes were full of smiles. He looked at Shen Qingli, and the little girl tiptoed and gave him a kiss on the face.
"When you're done, go get me some bamboo. I want to make a row of clothes drying racks for dyeing the cloth later."
"Okay. I'll go right away." Zhou Yubai responded with a smile.
Shen Qingli dragged the bamboo from the dismantled bamboo shed in the front yard to the backyard.
The bamboos had already dried, and Zhou Yubai was waiting to bring back new bamboos to make supports and the dried bamboos to make crossbars.
Shen Qingli was humming a song while boiling water.
A man was busy in the backyard.
Zhou Yubai quickly dragged the bamboo back and started to set up the racks in groups of two. They put the dry bamboo poles prepared by Shen Qingli on top and soon made a lot of clothes drying racks.
The work was almost done and all the people who were going to work had arrived. Zhou Yubai went over to work with everyone.
Shen Qingli was busy in the backyard.
Sun Xiuli and Zhuzi's mother arrived soon after.
They have been helping Shen Qingli these days.
"Qingli, what happened to that educated youth last night?" Sun Xiuli asked in a low voice as soon as she arrived.
Gossip, this is a huge gossip, her old man said it when he came back! I won’t say it anymore!
She has been holding it in until now.
Shen Qingli simply recounted the story of Ai Xiaoguo stealing things and trying to frame Zhou Yubai. After all, there were many people present at the time, so this matter certainly could not be kept secret.
There was no need for her to save face for Ai Xiaoguo.
"Are today's female educated youth so shameless?" Sun Xiuli couldn't help but sigh.
Zhuzi's mother also said "Puh!" "Don't you know what you are like before you argue with Doctor Shen? How shameless!"
"That's right. As long as Yu Bai is not blind, he won't fall in love with her."
"I don't think Ai Zhiqing is short of money, so how could he do such a thing?"
"Who knows, maybe he's a born fox."
"That's right!"
Sun Xiuli and Zhuzi's mother reached a consensus, and their friendship was further sublimated.
Shen Qingli smiled and said nothing more.
"Qingli, why are the colors so beautiful?" Sun Xiuli noticed the cloths drying in the yard after she finished eating the melon. The colors were pink, green, bamboo, blue, sky blue, red, and green, all very beautiful.
It’s much better looking than the cloth sold by the supply and marketing cooperative!
"Auntie, whatever color you like, you can buy some white cloth and I will dye it for you." Shen Qingli said with a smile.
She took a shortcut when dyeing this batch of cloth, not only using dyeing plants but also dyes from her space.
"That's great. White cloth is much cheaper than colored cloth. I want red cloth. My niece from my mother's side is getting married in half a month. It will be so face-saving if I give her a piece of red cloth." Sun Xiuli's eyes were sparkling and she was very happy. She didn't bother to be polite to Shen Qingli.
"I can do it this afternoon, you can use it first." Shen Qingli said generously.
"Okay, I'll take it first and send it to you tomorrow when I have time. I'll buy you some white cloth and return it to you later. Auntie will give you more..."
"Auntie, given our relationship, it's a piece of cake. It's just some weeds, and it's free. Don't be polite to me." Shen Qingli interrupted Sun Xiuli.
Sun Xiuli was not a shy person, and when she heard Shen Qingli say this, she immediately responded with a smile.
"Our Qingli is so generous, no wonder her uncle regretted it." Sun Xiuli mentioned Li Qiushu again.
Shen Qingli thought of the gossip she hadn't finished eating before, "We were talking halfway that day, what happened to Li Qiushou's family later?"
"The eldest son of Li Qiushu's family has fallen in love with Xu Lai Di from the next village. She wants a five-yuan dowry. His family doesn't want to give it, so they persuade Li Yong to get married to Xu Lai Di first."
Shen Qingli frowned in disgust.
It's the same way again. In the eyes of Li Qiushu and others, as long as a woman sleeps in a man's bed, she becomes the man's property!
It is so despicable and shameless that it makes people do evil, but this is the current situation.
"What a pity, the devil is always one step taller than the good." Sun Xiuli's voice rang out.
When Shen Qingli saw Sun Xiuli smiling so brightly, she knew that it was definitely not a good thing.
"Xu Lai Di's family was not easy to deal with. They took advantage of the situation and let Li Yong into the house and got on Xu Lai Di's bed. The next day, the Xu family caught them in bed. Xu Lai Di's mother insisted that Li Yong raped her! If he didn't give her 10 yuan as a betrothal gift, they would report him to the police."
Sun Xiuli laughed so hard that she fell backwards.
"You said, you thought you could get something for free, but in the end, you spent twice as much on the betrothal gift."
"You brought this upon yourself, you deserve it." Zhuzi's mother cursed.
"Who said it wasn't?" Shen Qingli echoed.
"But Qingli, you have to be careful. Li Qiushu only wrote you an IOU and hasn't paid you yet. I'm worried that he will find a way to ask you for the money," Sun Xiuli reminded.
"It's okay, auntie. He can't take advantage of us. My house is surrounded by walls and we have two big dogs." Shen Qingli said she was safe.
While the three of them were talking, Shen Qingli continued to dye the cloth, while Sun Xiuli and Zhuzi's mother prepared lunch.
Shen Qingli thought Gu Qichuan would come back for lunch, but he didn't come back until all the workers had left.
"Brother Qi Chuan has been gone for too long." Shen Qingli said with some concern.
"Let's go take a look on our bikes," Zhou Yubai said.
"Okay." Shen Qingli nodded, settled Gou Wa and Niu Niu, and let Da Huang and Xiao Hei take care of them.
They rode their bicycles straight towards the town.
As soon as I left the village, I saw Gu Qichuan coming back with a gloomy face...
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