"What's there to be angry about when family members quarrel? I, your sister-in-law, am not such a petty person."
With a swollen face, Ye Wei's eyes were gentle: "I know you are joking with me, sister-in-law. You are just a child. How could I, as your sister-in-law, be so petty as to make things difficult for you?"
Hearing this, Che Qing'er laughed meaningfully.
She nervously repeated Ye Wei's polite words: "Family members quarreling and fighting won't make you angry. Yes, quarreling and fighting won't make you angry."
"Second sister-in-law isn't petty. She knows we're just joking and won't take it to heart..." She smiled so hard that her eyes were squeezed by the flesh on her cheeks and squinted. "Second sister-in-law, you must remember what I said today. Please... don't be angry..."
From then on, Che Qing'er could be said to be inseparable from Ye Wei.
Wherever Ye Wei went, Che Qing'er followed her. Ye Wei was so scared that she didn't even dare to leave the house, let alone leave the slum.
Some people looked at her curiously and asked Zhang Guifang, "Aunt Zhang, what's going on with your two daughters-in-law?"
Zhang Guifang replied perfunctorily: "What's going on? They are close and like to hang out together. What's there to ask?"
Whenever she heard such a conversation, Che Qing'er, who was guarding outside Ye Wei's door, would smile and agree: "Yes, I have a good relationship with my second sister-in-law."
"Mom always says it's better for family members to be close, and I love being close to my second sister-in-law."
Listening to the neighbors' polite words and praising their good relationship as sisters-in-law, Che Qing'er would also say some nice words to join in the fun.
What's the matter? Her second sister-in-law is pregnant now, and she is afraid that her second sister-in-law may need help but is afraid to ask, so she will wait for her and lend a hand when the time comes.
Her second sister-in-law is very tired from this pregnancy, so if she stays with her and takes good care of her, nothing serious will happen.
The words were so clear that no one could say behind Che Qing'er's back that she was not smart.
If someone who is so sensible and kind-hearted is considered to be stupid, then who has a stupid mind?
Che Qing'er is at best simple-minded and looks a little dull.
For a time, this argument was imprinted in the minds of most people in the compound due to the deliberate expression of Che Qing'er and Zhang Guifang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Su Lixuan also regarded what happened to Ye Wei as a curiosity, but she didn't expect that tragedy would come so soon. Just when Su Lixuan was smiling and listening to Sun Miao talking about how "close" the two sisters-in-law of the Lu family across the street were.
The news that Ye Wei's child was gone suddenly blew back to the slum like a gust of wind.
When Zhang Guifang heard the news, she rushed to the hospital without even having time to close the door.
The people who had heard the news in the slum looked at each other in confusion, not understanding how it could have happened so suddenly.
Someone came to their senses and couldn't believe it: "Isn't Ye Wei taking good care of this baby? I see she never leaves the house all day, like a young lady in the old society."
"She ordered Zhang Guifang to cook this and that for her all day long. Even after raising her so diligently, she still couldn't keep the child?"
Someone nearby said something fair: "You can't say that. You have to see how the child died."
"If something happens, like a bump on the stomach or a fall, it won't matter how well you raise the child."
"And didn't you hear what Aunt Zhang's daughter-in-law said a few days ago? She said that Ye Wei's pregnancy wasn't that good, otherwise she wouldn't have been following Ye Wei around all the time and taking care of her."
"I saw how attentive she was. When Ye Wei wanted to drink some water, she would rush over to pour it for her. It was as if she was afraid that Ye Wei would stretch her arms if she went to pour the water herself."
The person who spoke shook his head and said with some emotion: "I have taken such good care of her, but I didn't expect that I couldn't protect the baby in Ye Wei's belly. Sigh."
Maybe this is fate.
People who don’t know the inside story would attribute the tragedy to an irreversible fate and sigh that Ye Wei had a miserable life.
But those who knew the inside story couldn't hold it in and quickly ran back to share it with others...
A group of people were talking here when a man came in from the front yard like a flash.
Before he could even catch his breath, Su Lixuan heard him shouting from inside the house: "It's so scary, God, you guys weren't watching, it's so scary!"
Su Lixuan was intrigued by the voice. She exchanged a glance with Sun Miao, and the two sisters-in-law stood up and walked outside in unison.
As soon as I went out, I caught up with the man who had just come back to take a break and the big show started!
Surrounded by the crowd, the man gasped and said, "You all heard that the second daughter-in-law of the Lu family lost her child, right?"
"Yeah, we're talking about this right now. If you know anything, stop wasting time and tell us now!"
"I'm not saying anything, I'm just worried that someone might not know the situation!"
"Just tell me now. None of us here know the situation. If we knew, who would be waiting here to listen to you?"
"Don't we have mouths ourselves?"
After just two words of retort, if the matter had not involved human life and was really serious, everyone would have burst into laughter.
The visitor said awkwardly: "Okay, now that you put it that way I understand. As long as you all know what I'm going to say, that's all."
"I won't mention anything else, to save you from accusing me of wasting time. I'll just tell you what I was looking at."
"I went out to play chess with someone today, and I kept losing. I thought maybe my ideas weren't good today, so I decided to give up and go home early."
Idea: Dialect, meaning luck.
"I won't mention the vegetable market I stopped by to buy groceries. There's nothing much to say, but do you know who I looked at when I walked to the entrance of our alley carrying the vegetables?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of boos.
Someone said irritably, "How would we know who you're looking at? There are hundreds of people here. Just calling out their names would take until tomorrow."
It's a bit exaggerated, but that's the point.
If a person meets someone on the road and turns around to ask another person to guess who it is, that person will not be able to guess it even if he racks his brains.
Not even a hint.
Being criticized again, the visitor was furious and simply revealed the answer directly: "I'm looking at the two treasures of the Lu family!"
The two treasures of the Lu family?
Everyone looked at each other. They all knew how big a fight the second daughter-in-law of the Lu family had with Lu Yang's first wife, the brother-in-law of the Chen family, had been when her family came to visit.
The rumors went viral privately, and everyone said that Lu Yang had forgotten the old one and had a new one.
Not only did he forget about the old person, he even didn't plan to keep the child born to him. Otherwise, how could he allow Ye Wei and the Ye family to bully the two children and fight with the Chen family?
Many people privately lamented that the two "eyeballs" that the Lu family once treasured so much would probably have to grow up in the Chen family in the future.
Since there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather. The Lu family is really cruel.
Originally, they thought that these neighbors would not be able to see the two treasures of the Lu family in the short term, but they did not expect to meet them in this area.
(End of this chapter)
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