Chapter 122 Two Bowls of Longevity Noodles (1)
The naked little boy came crying and led the two women to find him.
One of them was a little older, about thirty-three or thirty-four, with her hair pulled back in a bun; the other one was the woman with her hair braided and tied with a red silk bow, she looked younger, about twenty-five or twenty-six.
Of course, the two of them have already put on small clothes and pants.
"Let me ask you, were you the one who hit my son just now?" The woman with a bun stared at Taotao and asked aggressively.
Tao Tao flatly denied: "No! There is absolutely no such thing!"
Everyone present was silent.
——The noise made by the little boy just now was so loud that it almost attracted the attention of everyone in the audience. Of course, everyone saw clearly how the little boy broke into Taotao's small room and how he was slapped by Taotao.
Tao Tao said: "This kid didn't do anything bad. How could I hit him in public?"
——She didn't say anything final. The implication is: if he did something bad, that's not necessarily the case.
Tao Tao glanced at the mother of the naughty child and continued, "Besides, you look like a very civilized, cultured, and polite lady. The child you raised would definitely not do anything immoral. How could he be beaten?"
The woman with the red silk bow is named Zhou Shuixiang, and the woman with a bun is named Zhou Shuiyan, the mother of the naughty kid Fan Dingding. They are cousins.
After hearing Taotao's words, Zhou Shuiyan choked.
There is a perfect closed loop in Bai Taotao's words: since Zhou Shuiyan is good at doing things, beautiful at being beautiful, and hot at being nice, Fan Dingding is a well-educated child who is unlikely to cause trouble, and Bai Taotao will not beat Fan Dingding for no reason.
On the contrary: If Zhou Shuiyan did not discipline Fan Dingding well, Fan Dingding would become a crooked person. Since it was Fan Dingding who caused the trouble, Bai Taotao would beat Fan Dingding.
Just when Zhou Shuiyan couldn't react for a moment and didn't know what to do...
Zhou Shuixiang said softly to Zhou Shuiyan: "Sister, this may be a misunderstanding... Don't wrongly accuse a good person. Ding Ding is too naughty, maybe Ding Ding bullied others."
Zhou Shuiyan was furious. "No matter what, Ding Ding is still a child! She is an adult, how can she lay hands on Ding Ding?"
Tao Tao asked curiously, "Why did I do that to him?"
The little boy, Fan Dingding, covered the half of his face that was hit and shouted, "You hit me!"
Tao Tao asked again, "Then why should I hit you?"
Fan Dingding said without hesitation: "Because my aunt wants me to..."
Zhou Shuixiang was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and immediately interrupted Fan Dingding, "Dingding, how did she beat you?"
Fan Dingding said aggrievedly: "She slapped...slapped me on the face! It hurt so much! Then, then there was a very big bird...it was so ugly, and so fierce...it wanted to eat me! I, I ran away..."
Everyone looked at each other.
——This kid's words are incoherent. Can we really trust his words?
Zhou Shuiyan frowned and said, "You can just say the front one. Which hand did she use to hit you?"
Fan Dingding pointed at Taotao's right hand and said, "This one——"
Zhou Shuiyan stared at Taotao, "What else do you have to say?"
Seeing Zhou Shuiyan being so unreasonable, Taotao was so angry that she laughed.
However, Taotao thought about it and asked, "What do you want?"
——We must first figure out what these two women and a kid are trying to do!
result--
Zhou Shuiyan, "You scared my child so much, pay us 200 yuan!"
Zhou Shuixiang, "Let Minister Huo apologize to us personally!"
Fan Dingding, "Kneel down on the ground and let me ride you! You must crawl around this bathhouse three times! Not a single step can be missed!"
The three of them spoke one after another.
Taotao smiled.
"Then I also have compensation conditions," Tao Tao said, "Zhou Shuiyan, you are Fan Dingding's mother, right? You gave birth to a son but did not teach him, and indulged your son in doing evil. I want you to write a 3,000-word apology letter in person, write until I am satisfied, and then recite it three times in person using the loudspeaker at lunch time..."
"Zhou Shuixiang, you instigated Fan Dingding to hurt me intentionally. I'll give you three options. The best option is to go to the countryside to work as a production team member and reform yourself. At least your reputation will remain and your class status will not change. The average option is to turn yourself in to the police station and seek leniency. Of course, you can also be stubborn, but if I reveal what you did... you're done, and your family is done too!"
Zhou Shuixiang’s face turned pale instantly.
She had wanted to interrupt Taotao countless times when she started talking.
But it didn't work.
What Taotao said made Zhou Shuixiang feel outrageous at first, then she was extremely angry, and in the end... she was actually a little scared? !
Zhou Shuixiang bit her lip and glared at Taotao hatefully. For a moment she couldn't figure out whether Taotao had such ability.
Tao Tao stared at Fan Dingding and said, "Little boy, you were instigated by the bad guys to harm me. I demand that you tell me exactly how the bad guys instigated you! I also want you to apologize to all the victims for all the bad things you have done! If you can't do it, go to the juvenile detention center!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Taotao threw a dream weaving spell over, but reduced the spiritual power attack by half.
Fan Dingding stared at Taotao blankly, and suddenly he saw a huge tiger roaring majestically and showing its bloody mouth towards him! He could hear the ferocious tiger roar that made his heart tremble, and see the sharp and huge fangs in the tiger's mouth. The tiger's roar was faintly mixed with the rumbling of thunder.
Fan Dingding was so frightened that his eyes widened and he shouted in horror, "Mom! Oh my god, there's a big tiger, I'm scared!"
Everyone saw that Taotao had only said a few words in a soft voice, but Fan Dingding was so scared... and he even talked nonsense about a big tiger, and he was even more skeptical about what Fan Dingding had said before.
Zhou Shuiyan was the first to react. She laughed in anger, "Hey, you bullied my son, and you want me to write a 3,000-word self-criticism for you? Who are you?"
Tao Tao, "I am a glorious proletarian peasant!"
Zhou Shuiyan: …
Well, although slogans need to be shouted in this era, there are also differences between urban and rural areas. Are there really people who are proud of their identity as farmers?
Zhou Shuiyan looked at Taotao with more and more contempt.
Zhou Shuixiang sneered in her heart, but she pulled her sister Zhou Shuiyan's clothes and whispered: "Sister, forget it... Let's go! She is Bai Lili's sister, we can't afford to offend her."
Zhou Shuiyan got so excited that she shouted, "Bah! Bai Lili is nothing! She is just a peasant from the countryside, and she thinks that she is married to Minister Huo, so she is an official wife and can do whatever she wants? Can the whole family be blessed with wealth? Humph, then our Zhou Lu is still Huo Huaen's original wife!"
"Today I want to see, a step-wife suppresses the relatives of the original wife in broad daylight, who will Huo Huaen protect? Humph, is Bai Lili's pregnancy a big deal? Our Zhou Lu also gave birth to a son for him, Huo Huaen! This is a typical case of having a step-mother and a step-father!"
Bai Lili's face was pale.
Taotao noticed her sister's mood change and felt angry, but she also understood from the Zhou sisters' words -
It turns out that they are relatives of Howard’s ex-wife Zhou Lu... cousins?
Taotao understood.
These two came for Sister Li Zi, but they were probably afraid that Sister Li Zi was pregnant, so they didn't dare to confront her head-on, so they took it out on Bai Tao Tao.
Think of the effect of hitting the bull from behind the mountain.
Tao Tao said to Aunt Zhou, the nanny, "Please take my sister to Chief Huo."
Old Mrs. Huo was old and couldn't soak in hot water for too long, so she went to sit in the lounge outside.
Lili disagreed, "Taotao, let's go together."
——Taotao was also pregnant, but it was not noticeable because of her slim figure. Besides, today is Taotao's birthday, and she was the one who brought Taotao here. Now that something has happened, let her leave alone? That is absolutely not possible!
Zhou Shuiyan, "Want to run? No way!"
Tao Tao looked at Zhou Shuiyan and chuckled, "Don't worry, I definitely won't run away... It's hard to say whether you will run away later."
Then she said to Lili, "Sister, you go. Sister Yang will stay with me."
Secretary Yang nodded.
Lili was not stupid. She thought it would be better to get help as soon as possible, so she left with Aunt Zhou.
Zhou Shuiyan became anxious when she saw Lili running away!
What she hopes most now is that Bai Lili will be so angry about her sister's affairs that she will have a miscarriage... and finally divorce Howard because of their emotional discord.
So Zhou Shuiyan yelled at Taotao, intending for Bai Lili to hear and get irritated, "You hit my child, and you still have the nerve to ask me to write a self-criticism? Let me tell you, your whole family is a bunch of scumbags! You are all shameless scumbags..."
Taotao's eyes darkened slightly.
She used the Dreamweaving Technique to hit him -
Zhou Shuiyan felt dizzy instantly.
[Zhou Shuiyan saw Taotao looking at her coldly, and raised her hand high... and then slapped her hard?
I don’t know what’s going on, but she can’t avoid it at all? ! The slap landed heavily on her face, causing half of her face to feel burning pain at first, and then slowly become numb...
The onlookers began to ridicule her.
"Retribution! Finally someone can control her!"
"That's right. She's the only one who is so hated by gods and ghosts that she usually does evil things!"
"In my opinion, the blow was too gentle. She should be beaten to death so that she will learn her lesson!"
"Zhou Shuiyan has finally come to this day!"
Zhou Shuiyan has always had smooth sailing, how could she have ever suffered such humiliation? 】
Zhou Shuiyan was so angry that she gasped and looked at "Bai Taotao" with hatred, screaming, "You $%# shameless @#%... I will fight you!"
As soon as she finished cursing, Zhou Shuiyan raised her hand, rushed towards "Bai Taotao", and slapped "Bai Taotao" hard!
The whole place was silent for a moment.
Tao Tao was already protected by Secretary Yang, and everyone else present watched helplessly:
——After Zhou Shuiyan cursed Bai Taotao with all kinds of dirty words, she rushed to Zhou Shuixiang, raised her hand and slapped Zhou Shuixiang hard, saying that she wanted to fight with Zhou Shuixiang?
Combined with Fan Dingding's neurotic speech just now...
Everyone thought: Are this mother and son sick? !
In this dead silence, Zhou Shuixiang suddenly burst into tears, "Sister! Sister...why did you hit me?"
Zhou Shuiyan felt dizzy again...
She shook her head, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw Zhou Shuixiang covering her face and crying.
Zhou Shuiyan was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Shuixiang, why are you crying?"
Zhou Shuixiang: ...
Onlookers: ...
Zhou Shuiyan turned her head and glared at Bai Taotao, and asked Zhou Shuixiang, "Did Bai Taotao hit you too?"
Everyone was stunned.
——This Zhou Shuiyan is too much. It was clearly her who beat Zhou Shuixiang and everyone saw it happen. Yet, she still dared to frame Bai Taotao?
Zhou Shuixiang was also stunned for a moment, "It was obviously you who hit me!"
Zhou Shuiyan was also stunned. "I hit you? When did I hit you? Don't talk nonsense!"
Zhou Shuixiang's tears flowed down, "It was you who hit me, you just hit me! So many people saw it..."
Zhou Shuiyan was completely confused. "Why would I hit you for no reason? I, I wanted to hit Bai Taotao!"
Secretary Yang immediately protected Taotao and took two steps back, asking, "You want to hit Bai Taotao? Why did you hit her?"
Zhou Shuiyan turned her head to look at Bai Taotao and said loudly: "Because she hit me! She hit me, and I can't go back?"
Secretary Yang frowned, "How could Taotao hit you? There is no way she could hit you!"
"She hit me!" Zhou Shuiyan's eyes widened with anger, "...Do I need to tell you this? Didn't you all see it with your own eyes?"
Tao Tao said loudly: "Then I would like to ask everyone, have I ever hit her?"
All the women in the room shook their heads.
Zhou Shuiyan: …
Zhou Shuiyan was breathing heavily.
——Today is such a hell!
but……
Wait, wait!
She must not let Bai Taotao lead her by the nose! Only by defeating Bai Taotao can Bai Lili be made uncomfortable!
Zhou Shuiyan glared at Zhou Shuixiang, meaning: The important thing now is to work together to resist foreign enemies, and other things can be discussed later.
Zhou Shuixiang covered her face, which had begun to become numb and swollen, with her hands, bit her lips, lowered her head, and felt resentful. She knew very well that her cousin had a strong personality, and even if she beat her in public for no reason...it would just be left unresolved in the end.
Zhou Shuiyan took a deep breath, turned around and questioned Taotao, "Don't get off topic! I just want to ask you... You beat my son, how do you settle this account?"
Taotao had already seen Old Mrs. Huo rushing towards them, and she felt relieved.
She smiled and asked, "I still say the same thing... Who saw me hitting your son? Why did I hit your son?"
Zhou Shuiyan asked Fan Dingding, "How did she beat you?"
Fan Dingding, "She uses her right hand..."
"I know!" Zhou Shuiyan was a little impatient and interrupted her son, "I'm asking you, why did she hit you?"
Fan Dingding was still young after all, and didn't understand the tricks involved. She also wanted to shirk her responsibility, so she answered truthfully: "It was my aunt who asked me to go find Bai Taotao! My aunt said that only Bai Lili and Bai Taotao were wrapped in towels, and everyone else was naked. She asked me to tear off Bai Taotao's towel and grab her breasts to leave marks and make Bai Taotao cry... If I did it, my aunt would give me three dollars!"
Zhou Shuiyan was stunned.
Zhou Shuixiang also opened her mouth stupidly.
Just now, her mind was completely immersed in the resentment of being beaten by her cousin for nothing and never being able to get justice, so she didn't pay attention that Fan Dingding directly exposed her.
By the time she reacted, Fan Dingding had already said everything in one go!
At this time, the crowd of onlookers started to discuss angrily:
"Are you kidding me? You're teaching a kid like this!"
"What hatred or grudge does Bai Taotao have with Zhou Shuixiang? Why do you treat her like this?"
"I've been wanting to say this for a long time. This is a women's bathhouse. Why bring a boy that big here? Is his father dead?"
"It's so vicious! It's so vicious!"
"Zhou Shuiyan still has the nerve to turn the tables!"
"This family is a nest of snakes and rats!"
Zhou Shuixiang screamed, "I didn't! I didn't! You're talking nonsense!"
Fan Dingding also screamed, "I'm not talking nonsense! You pointed at this aunt and asked me to recognize her face... Otherwise, why would I, a child, be so irritated with her? I don't even know her!"
At this time, Mrs. Huo had already approached.
When Zhou Shuiyan heard the confrontation between her son and Zhou Shuixiang, she immediately understood...it was actually Zhou Shuixiang who instigated this matter!
It’s okay, don’t be afraid.
Zhou Shuiyan has seen big scenes before and definitely has the ability to turn the tide!
So Zhou Shuiyan pretended not to hear the quarrel between her son and Zhou Shuixiang, and turned to question Taotao, "Then... no matter what happened, Ding Ding is a child, so you can beat him?"
Taotao smiled slightly, "Which eye of yours saw me hit him?"
Zhou Shuiyan said proudly: "My son said it himself! My son is the most honest, he never lies!"
Tao Tao casually threw a dream weaving spell at Fan Dingding, and then said to Zhou Shuiyan, "Your son just said that a big tiger wanted to eat him!"
Someone in the crowd whispered, "Fan Dingding mentioned earlier that there was a huge bird..."
Another person interjected, "Is he talking about his own bird..."
Everyone burst into laughter.
[Fan Dingding was hit by a dream-weaving spell again. In a trance, he heard his parents and aunt discussing something intensely, and no one paid any attention to him? He was a little unconvinced and shouted, "Stop making noise! Stop making noise!"
But my parents and my aunt have already started pushing and fighting?
Fan Dingding was so anxious that she shouted, "Mom! Mom - why don't you listen to Dad? How could Howard not even like Aunt Zhou Lu, so how could he remarry Aunt Shuixiang? It's not like he doesn't know Aunt Shuixiang... If he liked Aunt Shuixiang, he would have married her a long time ago, why wait until now?"
Then, Fan Dingding yelled again, "Aunt Shuixiang! Listen to my dad's advice and stop thinking about Howard. He has no interest in you at all..."]
Taotao did not intend to spend a lot of spiritual power on Fan Dingding to create an illusion in his dream, so what he saw and heard in his dream at this moment were all scenes he had seen before, and what he said were all true.
Everyone at the scene heard it clearly!
Zhou Shuiyan and Zhou Shuixiang were so scared that they opened their mouths wide.
Tao Tao quickly added, "Comrade Zhou Shuiyan, your son is the most honest person, he never lies!"
Zhou Shuiyan: …
Zhou Shuixiang couldn't bear it at first, and burst into tears, covered her face with her hands, turned around and tried to run away.
Mrs. Huo said in a deep voice: "Stop!"
Many people in the crowd knew Old Mrs. Huo. Seeing this, they quickly gathered around and blocked Zhou Shuixiang's way.
Zhou Shuixiang cried softly, "I, I don't know anything... What do you want to do?"
Zhou Shuiyan quickly ran over, "Hello, mother-in-law! My son Ding Ding said that he wanted to play with Mingyong! How is Mingyong doing recently…"
She was trying to get close to him.
But when she saw Mrs. Huo's sharp and insightful eyes——
Zhou Shuiyan became depressed again.
Mrs. Huo said, "I came late and missed the fun... Tell me something, don't let me miss out on the fun."
There were several older women in the crowd, who were Mrs. Huo’s subordinates before she retired. They witnessed the whole scene and immediately described it vividly one after another.
Zhou Shuiyan and Zhou Shuixiang lowered their heads deeply, and Fan Dingding also huddled aside, not daring to breathe.
Old Mrs. Huo leaned on her crutches and looked coldly at the two adults and one child.
After a long while, she asked Zhou Shuixiang, "Do you want to marry my son?"
Zhou Shuixiang was extremely embarrassed. She pointed at Zhou Shuiyan and said awkwardly, "I, I don't dare... I, I don't want to... Yes, it's my cousin..."
Zhou Shuiyan's eyes widened, and she turned to look at Zhou Shuixiang in disbelief. "Hey Zhou Shuixiang! You can eat whatever you want, but don't say anything nonsense! It was you who wanted to marry Howard, so you instigated us and asked us to help you find a solution! Now you..."
Everyone's eyes were like arrows, shooting straight at Zhou Shuixiang.
Zhou Shuixiang was almost dying, "No way! I, I... I'm a country girl, how can I be qualified to marry Minister Huo?"
After a pause, Zhou Shuixiang suddenly remembered something and pointed at Zhou Shuiyan and said, "You said that Bai Lili is also from the countryside, and so am I... Why did Minister Huo marry Bai Lili and not me? Zhou Lu and I are obviously cousins. If I marry Minister Huo, Xiao Mingyong will not be bullied by his stepmother... If you hadn't said that, how could I..."
The onlookers all looked at Zhou Shuiyan again.
This time it was Zhou Shuiyan's turn to not know how it ended...
She racked her brains but didn't know what to say - what Zhou Shuixiang said just now was all true, but she couldn't refute it anymore. Otherwise, at this rate, Zhou Shuixiang might really reveal all the other unspeakable things in order to distance herself from the matter!
Mrs. Huo said coldly, "Thank you for always thinking about my son... But please listen carefully. In Zhou Lu and Howard's marriage, Howard was never willing to marry Zhou Lu. It was because of Zhou Lu's father that Howard had to marry her... And Howard and Zhou Lu divorced because Zhou Lu did something to let Howard down!"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar!
Zhou Shuiyan and Zhou Shuixiang were also stunned.
——They don’t even know this happened!
Mrs. Huo continued, "Originally, we said that we would give the Zhou family some face because Mr. Zhou is an old comrade. But you actually slandered my recognized daughter-in-law and Hua En's beloved wife... Then I will not forgive you!"
Zhou Shuiyan and Zhou Shuixiang looked pale and were shaking together.
Little did they know that Mrs. Huo thought for a long time and then said, "Let's go!"
Then he turned around and called Taotao, "Taotao, you've been wronged...poor thing, today is your birthday! Come on, let's go home. When we get home, I'll personally cook you a bowl of birthday noodles to calm you down..."
Tao Tao smiled and went forward to support Mrs. Huo, "Okay! But... our Song Zhi is a first-class noodle cooker! How about letting him cook the noodles? You can eat with me? But we have to make it clear in advance, you can't snatch it from me..."
Mrs. Huo felt guilty towards Taotao, so she offered to cook noodles for Taotao herself. However, Taotao mischievously declined and handed over the ladder.
Old Mrs. Huo liked the Bai family even more. She took advantage of the situation and walked down the hill, smiling and saying, "Really? Then I'd like to see it for myself! There aren't many boys who can cook nowadays!"
As they were talking, Mrs. Huo took Taotao away.
Secretary Yang and Mrs. Huo's assistant followed behind, and suddenly turned around and glanced at Zhou Shuiyan and Zhou Shuixiang...
They smiled and turned away.
Zhou Shuixiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter was finally over.
Zhou Shuiyan's face changed drastically, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
With a "dong" sound——
Zhou Shuiyan fell heavily to the ground.
Zhou Shuixiang was stunned.
She looked at her cousin who had fainted on the ground and was a little confused. She reached out and grabbed Zhou Shuiyan, shaking her back and forth, "Cousin! Cousin! What's wrong with you?"
Zhou Shuiyan was shaken awake.
Her eyes were dull and she murmured, "It's over, it's over..."
Zhou Shuixiang was confused. "What do you mean it's over? Didn't Chief Huo say 'forget it'?"
Zhou Shuiyan jumped up and yelled, "You idiot! She said 'let's go away'..."
Zhou Shuixiang was puzzled. "What's the difference?"
Zhou Shuiyan was furious. "The less you talk, the bigger the trouble will be, don't you understand? What's more, she dug up our Zhou family's past in front of so many people... It's over, it's over! It turns out Zhou Lu cheated on her! Oh my God, we didn't even know about it! If we had known this earlier, who would have the nerve to get close to Howard..."
Seeing Zhou Shuixiang's ignorant and stupid appearance, Zhou Shuiyan was furious, "Waste! If it weren't for you instigating Ding Ding to cause trouble today, how could we have come to this point? Get out of here! Go back to your rural hometown!"
Zhou Shuixiang was full of grievances, "I didn't want to come in the first place, but you forced me to come... Now you... Okay, I'll leave, just buy me a train ticket!"
Zhou Shuiyan was very annoyed now, and she cursed Zhou Shuixiang, "You are incapable of doing anything, but always capable of causing trouble! You still have the nerve to ask me to pay for your train ticket? Aren't you well connected? As soon as you came here... you didn't even have a job, but you had money to buy a tweed skirt, perm your hair, etc. Now you don't have money to buy a train ticket? Buy it yourself!"
"You're the one who asked me to come here. If you want me to leave, then sell me a train ticket!"
"Why didn't you tell us that our family was killed by you?"
…
Taotao followed Mrs. Huo out of the bathhouse.
Song Zhi was standing at the door with a nervous look on his face.
Seeing Taotao coming out, he hurried forward, held her hand tightly, and asked anxiously: "Taotao, what happened? Are you okay?"
Taotao was of course fine, but she had performed several dream-weaving spells in a row and her spiritual power was insufficient, so the fingertips that were held in Song Zhi's hands seemed particularly cold.
"I'm fine!" Taotao said with a smile.
Song Zhi looked unconvinced, "Your hands are cold!"
Tao Tao felt the spiritual energy leaking out from him and actively drilling into her fingertips. She was very satisfied and said with a smile: "But I won the argument!"
Secretary Yang also said to Song Zhi: "Don't worry, Taotao is very smart and won't suffer any loss with words. Besides, most people in the bathhouse are reasonable and will not let Zhou Shuiyan bully Taotao."
Song Zhi remained silent.
——Zhou Shuiyan, right? Zhou Jingchang’s niece? Humph, I must teach the Zhou family a lesson before I can avenge Taotao!
Taotao looked around and didn't see her sister Lizi, so she asked curiously, "Where's my third sister?"
Song Zhi answered irrelevantly, "Hua En went home and knelt on the washboard."
Taotao: ...
Although Lili and Howard were not there, Xiao Mingyong and Xiao Mingcheng were there.
These two children are precocious and have heard that their mother (aunt) and fourth aunt were bullied in the bathhouse...
So Xiao Mingyong came over quickly, grabbed Taotao's clothes and asked, "Fourth Aunt, is someone bullying you? Tell me, I'll help you vent your anger!"
Xiao Mingcheng, "Fourth Aunt, Mingyong and I will help you get revenge!"
Tao Tao smiled and patted the two children's heads, saying, "Your Fourth Aunt usually doesn't hold grudges, because... she always takes revenge on the spot!"
Just at this time, Zhou Shuiyan came out of the bathhouse with her son Fan Dingding. She saw Xiao Mingyong, Xiao Mingcheng and Taotao talking affectionately. She couldn't help but feel envious and jealous, but she was also very afraid of Mrs. Huo, so she turned around and left in a hurry.
What Zhou Shuiyan didn't know at this time was——
Half a month later, Mr. Zhou Jingchang, who had already retired, was moved to a small county in the southwest for recuperation.
Zhou Shuiyan's husband made a mistake at work, and it was discovered that he had made many mistakes in his previous work. He was demoted three levels and transferred to a small county in the northwest.
Zhou Shuiyan was arrogant and domineering. She was found to have taken advantage of the public, embezzled a small amount but had a significant impact, neglected her duties, and was inactive. She was eventually dismissed from her public office.
The Zhou family did nothing more from then on.
Of course, this is a later story, so let’s not talk about it for now.
However, after Taotao came out of the bathhouse, she and Song Zhi followed Old Lady Huo to the home of Huo Huaen and Lili.
Nanny Zhou's expression was quite interesting. She wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, wanted to speak but didn't dare to. She just told Taotao, "The minister and his wife went upstairs... Taotao, you guys take a rest here, watch TV and eat some fruit? Lunch will be available soon."
Taotao looked and it was exactly twelve o'clock noon?
"Song Zhi! Come on, let's watch TV. There should be news now."
——In this era, television is a luxury, but Howard has a TV at home, so it would be nice to watch it more.
Aunt Zhou immediately went over to turn on the TV and brought some fruit over.
After a while, Lili came down from the stairs, and Howard followed closely behind.
Taotao just took one look at the two of them and was stunned.
——Sister Li’s face was covered with tears, but she was forcing a smile; Howard looked helpless, with a red slap mark on his face? ? ?
Taotao instantly understood why Aunt Zhou's expression was so interesting and speechless just now.
At this time, Lili took a deep breath, tried to adjust her smile, and tried to make her voice as normal as possible, "Taotao, come here, let's go to the kitchen."
Tao Tao said softly to Song Zhi: "Don't come over, I'm going to talk to my sister."
Song Zhi said nervously, "Then you have to be careful, don't touch those kitchen knives..."
"good!"
Taotao followed Lili into the kitchen.
Howard also wanted to go in with him...
Lili slammed the door in front of him and blocked him out.
Howard smiled bitterly.
Only the two sisters, Lili and Taotao, were left in the kitchen. Lili then asked Taotao in a hoarse voice, "Are you okay? Have you been wronged?"
"How is that possible!" Tao Tao said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "When have I ever been wronged?"
Lili thought about it and it seemed to be true.
But she was burning with anger in her heart, "Taotao, I'm sorry..."
Taotao took her sister's hand and carefully passed a little spiritual power to her to help her calm down. "Sister, this has nothing to do with you. It has nothing to do with my brother-in-law either. It's those ugly people who are causing trouble!"
Lili sobbed and said, "This is all Howard's fault... Those people didn't dare to anger me directly because I was pregnant, for fear of making me too angry to explain... That's why they came to trouble you! Because they know that they bullied you but not me, and I deserved to be angry because of this..."
Tao Tao smiled and said, "So you fell into the trap?"
——Since becoming pregnant, Lili has been particularly emotionally sensitive and easily excited. What happened today really made her feel very angry and sad.
But somehow, she slowly calmed down.
"I won't fall into your trap! But you can't speak for him!" As she said that, Lili wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Tao Tao smiled and said, "Okay! I won't speak for him! Sister, I will always stand by your side, no matter if you are being unreasonable or not!"
Lili was stunned, "I'm not being unreasonable!"
"My sister is definitely not being unreasonable!" Taotao echoed.
Lili couldn't help laughing, "You've become smooth-talking since you married Song Zhi!"
"Of course not!" Tao Tao immediately defended Song Zhi, "Song Zhi in our family is the most honest and upright person... He can't even lie!"
Lili immediately heard something and frowned as she asked, "Did he lie to you?"
Taotao subconsciously wanted to tell her sister about Zhou Chunsheng...
On second thought, why bother? My sister is already very suspicious and sensitive right now. If she is told too much negative news, she will easily become unhappy.
So Tao Tao made up a story, "He said he is a first-rate noodle cook, even better than my sister!"
Lili got anxious when she heard this, "How can that be possible!"
"Song Zhi! Come in!" Lili shouted.
Soon, Song Zhi pushed the door open and walked in.
Howard, who had been guarding the kitchen door, took the opportunity to follow Song Zhi, trying to sneak into the kitchen without anyone noticing.
Lili quickly slammed the door shut and snorted coldly.
Howard: ...
He was locked out again!
Taotao couldn't help laughing when she saw the interaction between Sister Li Zi and Howard.
It’s great that my sister is no longer afraid of Howard as before.
Howard had such an obvious slap mark on his face, was there any need to ask? It must have been her sister who beat her! Her sister now dared to show her displeasure to Howard, saying that she would not let him into the kitchen. Howard did not dare to force his way in, and just stood guard outside the door...
It seems that the relationship between my sister and brother-in-law is also improving gradually.
On the other side, Lili asked Song Zhi, "I heard that you are good at cooking noodles."
Song Zhi thought for a moment and answered honestly, "Taotao loves the noodles I cook."
Lili sneered, "My sister likes to eat the noodles I cook!"
Song Zhi looked at Taotao and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Compare one! You two compare one!" Taotao enjoyed watching the fun.
Lili, "Let's compete!"
Song Zhi is a practical man.
He immediately took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and began to prepare.
Lili pulled her sister aside and whispered, "You can only like the noodles I cook later!"
Taotao held back her laughter and nodded seriously.
Song Zhi also heard it.
This is not fair.
So he suggested, "Third sister, why don't we let Taotao go out first, and we can each make a portion of noodles. Taotao won't watch us cooking, and then we can judge whose noodles are the most delicious, okay?"
Lili: “Sure!”
She is a professional chef, how could she lose to a househusband!
So Taotao was also asked to leave the kitchen.
Howard was standing guard at the kitchen door like a dog.
As soon as the door opened, he wanted to take the opportunity to slip in -
However, as soon as Taotao came out, before he could go in, he was locked outside by Lili again.
Howard asked Taotao, "What are they doing in there?"
Taotao, "Let's have a noodles cooking competition to see who cooks the best."
Howard, "Do I need to ask? Of course your sister's cooking is delicious!"
Tao Tao frowned, "Song Zhi's cooking is delicious!"
Howard stared at Taotao, "Your sister!"
Tao Tao refused to be outdone, "Song Zhi!"
After a while, the kitchen door opened.
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