Chapter 34
If there is anyone in the Zhen family who truly loves the original owner, it must be the original owner’s second brother.
The second elder brother is named Zhen Yongjun. He used to be a teacher in the county town with a good income. He was also considered a cultured person by the villagers and was respected by everyone.
For some reason, Second Brother Zhen didn't have a deep relationship with the Zhen family, but he loved his younger sister Zhen Zhen very much. He protected her since she was a child, and bought snacks and clothes for her every month after receiving his salary.
After Daguo's father died for his country, Zhen's second brother saw that his younger sister was not doing well, so he often sent some food over. Every time he came to Batou Village, he would just pass by the door of Zhen's house without going in to take a look, and he didn't know why such a commotion had occurred.
Logically speaking, the original owner should have gotten along well with Second Brother Zhen's family, but the original owner was also a troublemaker, often joining Old Lady Zhen in criticizing Second Brother Zhen's wife.
They said that Zhen Ersao was hypocritical and looked down on them because they were from the countryside; they said that Zhen Ersao had no grandchildren and if she died, there would not even be anyone to shatter the pot; they also said that Zhen Ersao had a face that would bring bad luck to her husband and that she would sooner or later take over Zhen Erge.
Zhen's second wife was so angry that she had a big quarrel with the original owner, and declared that she would never let this sister-in-law enter her home again, and would not allow Zhen's second brother to support her.
The original owner was not a good-tempered person, and she did a lot to sow discord between Old Lady Zhen and Second Sister-in-law Zhen because of this matter.
Later, the situation became bad and Brother Zhen had a hard time. The original owner said:
"She was asked to give it to him!"
As luck would have it, these words were heard by Zhen Ersao, and the two families never had any contact again after that.
Zhen Zhen asked: "Why was the child hospitalized?"
"I don't know the details. I heard that he has contracted a difficult disease that can kill him if he's not careful. Your second brother was criticized again recently, and his family must be having a hard time!" Zhang Cuihua sighed.
Zhen Zhen threw away the sleeve in his hand and said, "I'll go take a look."
Zhang Cuihua's eyes widened, obviously not expecting that her stubborn man would lower himself to ask for peace.
"You want to go? You and your second sister-in-law had such a quarrel, and you still want to go and get scolded? You can do it, Zhen Guizhi! I underestimated you before!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? My second brother's granddaughter is in the hospital. As her aunt, shouldn't I go and see her?"
Zhen Zhen rode Meng Hua's bicycle to the county town. She first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to find Zhao Meilan and bought some things to take with her.
The hospital was the one where Jiao Huilan had given birth. It was the only public hospital in the county, and Zhen Zhen was familiar with the place. After some inquiries, she finally determined the ward where Zhen's second brother's granddaughter was located.
At the door of the ward on the second floor stood a man wearing glasses and with a gentle face.
"Second brother." Zhen Zhen called out.
Brother Zhen didn't expect her to come over. A hint of surprise appeared on his anxious face. "Guizhi?"
Zhen Ersao and her daughter-in-law Wang Ling sat in the ward wiping their tears. Zhen Xiangyang stood behind them and saw Zhen Zhen. He walked over and called out:
"Aunt."
Zhen Zhen nodded, "Xiangyang, what happened to Lulu?"
Although Zhen Ersao felt a little uncomfortable, she felt it was inappropriate to chase the other person away since his child was in the hospital and they had come to visit him on their own initiative.
Wang Ling called her aunt and said, "The child has a fever and encephalitis. He has been in a coma. We don't know what to do."
In later generations, very few children suffer from this disease, but it is still quite serious at present. A few years ago, when encephalitis broke out, the village even distributed cotton-padded masks to remind everyone to take more precautions.
With the current level of medical care, once you get the disease, you can only leave it to fate.
Lulu is just over five years old, at the age of being lively and lovely, but now she is lying on the hospital bed, her face is pale and her lips are bloodless.
The doctor came in and communicated with the family:
"Teacher Zhen, we plan to give the child streptomycin, but this medicine may have certain side effects."
"Side effects?" Zhen Xiangyang was the first to get anxious. "Doctor, what side effects will there be?"
"We can't guarantee the specifics, but your child's condition is quite urgent. Right now our hospital only has this one medicine to treat encephalitis. If you don't use it actively, the consequences may be more serious."
Zhen Zhen suddenly remembered a plot in the original novel.
The original owner was old and sick. When Brother Zhen took Lulu to see her, he mentioned that Lulu took the wrong medicine when she was sick in her childhood, and after she recovered, she became completely deaf.
Now that I think about it, Lulu’s deafness is most likely due to this disease.
Zhen Xiangyang was anxious: "Doctor, is there no other medicine that can cure my daughter?"
The doctor hesitated: "Penicillin is also possible, but it is very difficult to obtain. Even if it can be obtained, considering Lulu's current condition, I'm afraid she won't be able to wait."
Wang Ling and Zhen Ersao nearly fainted after hearing this. Zhen Xiangyang and Zhen Erge also looked as pale as death.
Wang Ling and Zhen Xiangyang only had one daughter, Lulu. She was the only granddaughter of Zhen's second brother. Everyone in the family spoiled her and it was difficult for them to accept it at first.
Penicillin is penicillin, a drug that is very common in clinics in later generations.
Zhen Zhen ran to the empty bathroom and entered the space to look for her father's boxes of medicine. Although Zhen Taiping's medical skills were not very good, his clinic was crowded every day, not only because he could pay with medical insurance cards, but also because he had a more complete range of medicines.
Zhen Zhen rummaged through the boxes and finally found a box of penicillin in the third large cardboard box.
Although several decades had passed, fortunately the medicine bottle had not changed much. She tore off the outer packaging and ran to the ward breathlessly.
The doctor had already left, and Zhen Xiangyang made a painful decision:
"We don't have the connections to get penicillin. You've heard what the doctor said. If we delay any longer, Lulu's life might be in danger. It's better to treat her first. Maybe Lulu will be lucky and there won't be any side effects."
Wang Ling started to cry, "What if something happens? My Lulu is only five years old. If she develops a disease, her life will be over!"
She cried, and Zhen Ersao also cried.
Brother Zhen said, "Just do as Xiangyang said. Saving your life is the most important thing. If there are any side effects, I can just support Lulu for the rest of her life."
The family was settled, Zhen Xiangyang stood up to find a doctor, but was stopped by Zhen Zhen.
She said to Brother Zhen: "Brother, I have penicillin."
Zhen Erge was stunned, and Zhen Xiangyang's eyes widened: "Aunt, what did you say? You have it?"
Zhen Zhen made up an excuse, "You also know that my father Daguo is popular in the army. Many of his comrades have been assigned to key departments in the county. I just happened to run into him in the hospital, so I ran out to ask him if he had any penicillin. What a coincidence, he actually had some! Seeing that I really needed it urgently, he gave me some first."
Zhen Xiangyang was ecstatic, Zhen Erge was relieved, and Zhen Ersao and Wang Ling also smiled.
Zhen Zhen gave penicillin to the doctor, and the doctor was also stunned. This is a life-saving medicine, and it is so hard to find. Many people have racked their brains to find it but couldn't. How could Teacher Zhen find the medicine?
This family has a special relationship.
After all, this medicine did not come from the hospital, and the doctor did not dare to use it casually. However, he was a student of Brother Zhen, and saving lives was the most important thing, so he could not care less.
"Doctor, remember to do a skin test first." Zhen Zhen reminded.
The doctor nodded: "Don't worry! I have learned all this, but this medicine is hard to find, so I rarely use it."
The doctor did a skin test on Lulu and found that Lulu was not allergic to penicillin. The doctor breathed a sigh of relief and used some routine medicines. Lulu's fever finally subsided.
Wang Ling almost knelt down to Zhen Zhen, "Aunt, I really don't know how to thank you. I also have to thank Daguo's comrades. When Lulu gets better, we will definitely pay her a visit."
Zhen Zhen thought to himself, you want to visit me, but where can I find a door for you?
"Forget about the visit. Lulu is the most important thing right now. We can talk about other things later."
Zhen Zhen handed them a net bag nearby. Wang Ling took a quick look and saw a bag of milk powder, five bags of noodles, a bag of eggs, and a bag of sugar in it, all of which were urgently needed for hospitalization.
These things are made with great care.
If Lulu doesn’t eat, you can make her milk powder, or make some egg noodles, and mix sugar in the water, as children all like sweet things.
Wang Ling had seen this net bag a long time ago. She thought it was bought by other patients in the ward, but who knew it was brought by her aunt?
After Daguo's father passed away, the Meng family was not in a good situation. This is all predictable.
Ever since my father-in-law was beaten, their family hasn't had enough to eat for a long time, and they can't afford the hospital bill this time. Unexpectedly, my aunt came to their rescue and brought them so many things, and got penicillin for Lulu. This is a huge favor!
Wang Ling's eyes were moist, and Zhen Ersao also felt that true friendship is revealed in times of adversity, and all the previous grudges were over.
She held Zhen's hand and said, "Little sister, thank you so much. When Lulu gets better, we will take her to your house to play with Daya."
No matter how old his younger sister is, Second Brother Zhen still feels uneasy about her.
"How do we get back? It's dark now. It's not safe to walk at night."
"It's okay, second brother. Meng Hua is in the county town today for something. Wait for him to take me back. There are too many people in the ward and there are too many bacteria. It's not good for Lulu's recovery. I won't let him come up. When Lulu gets better, I'll let Daguo and the others come to see Lulu."
Brother Zhen sent her out. When he heard the nurse say that the hospital fees were paid by his sister, he felt mixed emotions, but at the same time he felt a little happy in his heart, as he felt that his love for his sister was not in vain.
Meng Hua secretly went to the cinema entrance with melon seeds in his hand and started selling them.
He discovered a pattern: it doesn’t matter how much the melon seeds are worth. What matters is that the product is scarce, and when it is scarce, people will pay a high price for it.
He sets the price.
If there are several people selling melon seeds together, they can no longer set the price at will. Therefore, if people want to get rich, the important thing is to monopolize the market.
"Brother, how much are the melon seeds today?"
Meng Hua smiled and said, "Brother, the price has gone up today. It's 20 cents a pack."
This guy is the one who dated his girlfriend last time. His girlfriend couldn’t forget about the melon seeds she bought last time and talked about them to him several times. So he came over specially to see if the guy was setting up the stall.
"So expensive?" The eldest brother's eyes widened. It was sold for three cents last time, but only twenty cents this time?
"Brother, melon seeds are in short supply now and I can't get them. I made some money from selling them to you for three cents last time, but now I haven't made any money even if I sell them to you for two cents." Meng Hua sighed, looking embarrassed.
There are few businessmen these days, let alone unscrupulous businessmen. How would you know whether Meng Hua's words are true or false?
He immediately sympathized and said, "Supplies are scarce these days, and selling melon seeds is risky."
"Isn't it? I didn't make any money, and I might even be arrested and sent to jail. Brother, do you think my 20 cents is too expensive? If you don't buy it now, it will be even more expensive in a few days."
When the elder brother heard this, he immediately felt that the two cents was nothing, after all, the risk was very high. Moreover, the melon seeds from the younger brother were really delicious, with full kernels, and he couldn't stop eating them once he started.
Although my eldest brother thought it was ridiculously expensive, he bought two bags out of fear that the price would increase in a few days.
Others had similar thoughts. The melon seeds that Meng Hua brought today were sold out in just a few hours. He earned over a hundred yuan and was very happy.
"Mom, isn't it strange? The more expensive it is, the more people want to buy it, and the cheaper it is, the less people want it."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "When the price is low, people don't feel a sense of crisis. When the price is high, people think your product is good. If they don't buy it now, it will be gone. If they don't buy it now, the price will go up."
Meng Hua nodded. He had made many misunderstandings just from the small matter of selling melon seeds.
People should dare to think and act. If you do something when others dare not do it, you will be able to make a fortune. When everyone rushes to do something, it proves that this thing has become difficult to do.
Zhen Zhen sat in the back seat of his car. Meng Hua whistled as he drove along. He always liked to take off his bike, and Zhen Zhen held on to his clothes.
"You little brat, take it easy. I'm old and it's going to be very hard if I fall!"
Meng Hua smiled secretly and rode faster, scaring Zhen Zhen so much that she screamed.
After returning, Zhen Zhen beat him up with a fire poker. Meng Hua covered his head and ran out laughing.
"Grandma, how did your uncle offend you?" Daya asked.
Zhen Zhen would never tell Daya such an embarrassing thing. He just peeled a piece of candy and stuffed it into her mouth, then sent her away.
After returning home, Zhen Zhen took out the money and counted it. After adding the hundred yuan from Meng Hua, she had enough money to buy a bicycle.
When Daguo's father was alive, he often sent back industrial coupons. The original owner didn't spend them and put them in the drawer of the cabinet. Zhen Zhen took them out and counted them. It was not enough to buy a bicycle. He would talk to Zhao Meilan about a solution. It should be fine.
But a bicycle is a large item, even more expensive than buying a car in later generations, so you should at least discuss it with your family.
For dinner, Zhen Zhen made sweet and sour spare ribs and steamed egg with minced pork. Fearing that there wouldn't be enough for too many people, she made two large pots.
She was craving for oden, so she cooked a pot of delicious radish and mushroom soup and kept it warm on the coal stove.
Soak the kelp in advance, and use bamboo sticks to skewer meatballs, kelp, dried tofu, radish, carrots, corn, mushrooms, tofu, and diced chicken and put them in to cook.
After boiling, take out the food and put some new food in. This way you can eat and take out the food at the same time.
It was the first time for the Meng family to eat this kind of food, and they all thought it was very strange, so everyone ate a lot.
However, they prefer sweet and sour spare ribs and steamed egg with minced meat, and they feel more comfortable eating meat in big mouthfuls.
After the meal, Zhen Zhen talked about buying a bicycle. Tao Aihong was happy when she heard about the bicycle.
None of her sisters owns a bicycle. If the Meng family had a car, she could ride it out to show off.
She can hold her head high wherever she goes. When people see that she has a car, they know that she lives a good life and has money.
Others had no objection either. If they wanted to do business in the future, they would indeed need a car. Otherwise, how would they get to the county town so late at night?
Recently, Meng Daguo worked in the fields during the day and fed pigs at night. Zhen Zhen felt that he was too tired, so she asked him to call Dachuan to come along.
"Although we earn less, if two people take turns feeding the pigs, it won't arouse suspicion." Zhen Zhen said.
Meng Daguo was delighted to see his mother felt sorry for him, and he kept grinning:
"Mom, your son can endure hardships."
"It would be a loss if you ruin your health at such a young age. Besides, you have two children to take care of. You can't just push them all onto Huilan, right? You can ask Dachuan to help you feed them and give him a cut in the end. It's up to you to decide."
Meng Daguo has been going out early and coming back late recently. It’s not that he’s tired, but he has less time to take care of the children.
He has been taking care of Arya since she was little, and he is the one who changes her diapers at night. He has spent less time playing with Arya recently, and he thinks it's no wonder that she is so busy.
"Okay, Mom, I'll listen to you."
Meng Daguo went out to find Dachuan, and no one knew what the two of them talked about. He did not go out that night.
Zhen Zhen put down the mosquito net, caught a few mosquitoes, and then lay down with a palm-leaf fan in hand. Although the newly built house was spacious, its door faced west, and the summer sun was still very unbearable.
It was several degrees hotter than the kitchen at night, and it took her a while to fall asleep every night.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, the door was suddenly pushed open.
The public security is good these days, and the front doors are locked anyway, so people don’t often lock their doors at night.
Zhen Zhen locked the door several times at first, but later Jiao Huilan often came to her room to get tools, and it was not convenient to lock the door, so she simply left it unlocked.
She sat up and asked cautiously, "Who is it?"
"Grandma, this is your eldest granddaughter!" Daya said in a baby voice.
Zhen Zhen was amused. Seeing the short legs crawling onto the bed, she asked, "Why is my eldest granddaughter up? Does she need to pee?"
"No, grandma," Daya snuggled into her arms, and Daya fanned her with a fan, "My bed was shaking too much, and Dad and Mom were swinging on the swing, so Daya was woken up."
Zhen Zhen quickly understood and was speechless.
It is said that Meng Daguo is too physically fit. He works on the farm for ten hours during the day and has to take care of the children and feed the pigs at night, yet he still does not forget to do things!
"Your parents are such a fool. Why are they swinging on the swing so late at night? They woke up our daughter. I will scold them tomorrow. You can sleep with me tonight!"
Daya nodded and said, "Mom, you can scold Dad but don't scold Mom."
"Why?"
"It was Dad who insisted on pulling Mom on the swing. Mom was so scared that she screamed, but Dad didn't let her go! Do you think Dad is a bad guy? Can you beat Dad for Daya?"
Zhen Zhen burst into tears, thinking how could a young widow like her have the right to listen to all this in the middle of the night? But if you think about it carefully, the character setting of a rough man and a hardworking young wife in this era is also quite good.
She fanned Daya and fell asleep in a daze.
However, Jiao Huilan and Meng Daguo were unreliable and did not realize that the child was missing until dawn.
Jiao Huilan became anxious, thinking that Daya had gone to the toilet by herself and fell into the toilet, so she almost turned the toilet upside down.
Zhen Zhen heard the noise outside and opened the door in a daze.
"What are you arguing about? What happened?"
Jiao Huilan felt as if the sky was falling. "Mom, Daya is missing! She might have fallen into the toilet. Daguo is already looking for her."
Zhen Zhen was really impressed by them, "Daya is sleeping in my room."
Jiao Huilan was stunned for a moment, then ran into the room and saw her daughter lying on the bed, soundly sleeping.
Meng Daguo also ran back.
Zhen Zhen glanced at them and said, "You two have a good relationship, and Mom is happy for you, but you must be careful about the impact. Da Ya is four years old and has begun to understand things. Some things are really not suitable for her to watch."
Jiao Huilan and Meng Daguo blushed immediately. Jiao Huilan almost buried her head in her chest, and Meng Daguo also looked embarrassed. They were both very embarrassed.
Zhen Zhen didn't know where the bad taste came from, but seeing that the two of them were so uncomfortable, she wanted to tease them.
"Okay, I'm not criticizing you. It's a good thing for young people to be healthy, but I have to remind you."
Meng Daguo: "Mom, you tell me."
"Erya is still young, you two should be careful and don't have another baby. Huilan should be more careful, a woman needs to take good care of herself after giving birth to a child before she can give birth to the next one, you have to be aware of this. In short: you can have sex as you like, but be careful about having a baby."
Jiao Huilan lowered her head and said nothing.
She thought her mother-in-law would be hoping that they would have a third child. After all, the first two were daughters. Other mothers-in-law in the village would have urged their daughters-in-law to have another child before they had finished their confinement. But her mother-in-law did not follow the usual path and actually asked them not to have a baby so quickly.
However, Jiao Huilan was very happy that her mother-in-law was worried about her health.
"I know, Mom, we will be careful, but we won't have another baby."
After saying this, he felt something was wrong and both he and Meng Daguo blushed again.
The two of them had made a lot of noise with the maid in the morning, and now they were standing in the house as if they were being punished, causing Tao Aihong to look into the house frequently.
When the two of them went out, their faces were as red as monkeys' butts, which surprised Tao Aihong, who was just watching the show. She walked in while eating melon seeds.
"Mom, what happened to my elder brother and his wife? And why is Daya sleeping here with you?"
She is really everywhere.
Zhen Zhen wanted to give her a warning, "Why else? You two made too much noise at night and woke up Daya. You and Eryong should also be more careful at night. I don't want to sleep with Sanwa anymore."
Tao Aihong understood immediately. Even though she was thick-skinned, she felt uncomfortable. She pouted:
"Eryong and I will definitely not affect the child. After all, it happens very quickly."
Zhen Zhen was silent. There is really no harm without comparison. The naive little Aihong made her feel distressed.
But Daya woke up at some point and shook her head and said:
"Aunt, you are wrong. My mom and dad always swing on the swing for a long time!"
Tao Aihong was petrified on the spot, really confused, how long is a long time? Can that thing last a long time?
Daya usually sleeps with Jiao Huilan and wakes up before six in the morning.
Now with Zhen Zhen, I can sleep until noon.
The little flowery skirt that Zhen Zhen asked tailor Feng to make has been brought over. She has already made several skirts for Daya this summer, but girls love dressing up and never have too many skirts.
She took it out from the cupboard and put it on Daya. This style was drawn by Zhen Zhen based on the clothes of later generations. It had wavy edges and the hem was a bit fluffy, making her look like a little princess when she wore it.
After being raised by her for a few months, Daya's temperament has changed completely. She wears a hair flower and a pretty little skirt every day. Where is the shadow of her former self?
Every time she goes out, there are a bunch of little boys surrounding her.
Zhen Zhen cooked two eggs, one for Daya and one for Erya, and made a cup of milk powder for Sanwa.
Before Jiao Huilan's pot was cooked, Zhen Zhen used a fire tongs to skewer two corns and put them in the bottom of the pot to roast.
The roasted corn was eaten together with the two of them.
A few days later, Zhen's second brother and his family came to visit with Lulu. Perhaps because they knew that Zhen Zhen had paid the hospital bills, they became more sincere in their enthusiasm towards Zhen Zhen.
When Zhen Ersao came in, Jiao Huilan was steaming steamed buns. She rolled up her sleeves and helped Jiao Huilan.
Wang Ling also picked up the broom to help Zhen Zhen clean. She didn't look like a guest but rather someone who came to do the housework.
Zhen Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He went to the backyard and picked eight tomatoes and five cucumbers. He then put the only remaining watermelon in the house into the well water to cool it.
After the watermelon was frozen, it was cut. The cool, sweet watermelon was just the right amount to quench thirst, and Zhen Xiangyang and his friends ate it with great satisfaction.
Second Brother Zhen hadn't visited the Meng family for a long time. He looked at the Meng family's tiled house. Not only was the house magnificent, but it was also very tidy. It didn't look like a farmyard at all. He was a little surprised.
"Little sister, I didn't expect your house to be built so well. I should have come to help you."
"More than 20 people from the village have come. You can't help, second brother," Zhen Zhenchun handed him a slice of watermelon. "It was all covered by Daguo Dad's death allowance. Second brother, if I had no choice, I would not want to touch this money. But I have many sons, and as I see my grandchildren increasing in number, my family really has no place to live. I can only apologize to Daguo Dad."
Brother Zhen said:
"Just treat people well when they are alive. It's useless to do these things after they die. You are right to do this. Second brother supports you."
Wang Ling had never thought that her sister-in-law's family lived so well, and she secretly said to Zhen Ersao:
"It's not a festival, but they made so many steamed buns, including quite a few meat buns. I heard from Daya that her family eats meat every day."
Zhen's second wife also found it strange. Her younger sister had changed so much that she could not recognize her.
But now my little sister treats them sincerely, and they will also be sincere in return.
Zhen Xiangyang also asked Lulu to come and thank Zhen Zhen.
"Thank you, auntie."
Zhen Zhen smiled and went into the house to grab a handful of candy for her, "You're welcome, go play with Daya!"
Lulu looked at Wang Ling, waited for Wang Ling to nod, and then happily left with the candy.
Zhen Zhen knew that their family was having a hard time, so he specially invited them to have dinner.
The dishes they made were the highly acclaimed braised pork, pork ribs stewed with radish, mapo tofu, and roasted eggplant. The staple food was steamed buns, and the drink was corn porridge.
This meal made Brother Zhen and his family very satisfied.
The family hasn't had a full meal for a long time.
When Meng Daguo saw them, he thought of his own family last year. If his mother hadn’t known how to manage, how could the family have gotten better and better?
Now I eat meat and white flour steamed buns every day, and when I think back to the past days, it always feels like a dream.
Taking advantage of the good weather, Zhen Zhen took out all the quilts in the house to dry them. After drying, she tied them up and put them in the cupboard, adding some mothballs to fumigate the insects.
I took out the autumn and winter clothes and Daguo's old books and dried them.
While flipping through an old book, a stamp fell out of it. Zhen Zhen picked it up and looked at it. She felt that it looked familiar.
Why does this stamp look so familiar? It looks a bit like a red stamp that was auctioned off for a high price in later generations.
She studied the map on the stamp hard, but because the map was too small, she couldn't make out anything after looking at it for a long time. Stamps these days all have red content and the painting styles are very similar, making them difficult to recognize.
But I still put the stamp in the book and threw it into the empty space, intending to keep it for later.
Even if she was wrong, ordinary stamps of this era could be sold for high prices in the future.
It rained the next day. After the rain, it was a rare cool day with a mountain breeze blowing gently. Zhen Zhen hid under a tree to keep cool. While mending Daya's clothes, he discussed the weaving method of wool with a few old women.
Zhang Cuihua learned a new way of knitting, and within two days she had taught all the women in the village how to do it. Now the only one who hadn't learned it was Zhen Zhen.
Zhang Qiaohong from the Meng family came over and called her, "Auntie, Meng Li is back. My mother asked you to go over and see her."
Everyone in the village had heard about Meng Li's affairs. It wasn't Zhen Zhen who told them. Meng Li often went back to her parents' home, and every time she came back her face looked strange. She couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.
Zhen Zhen put down the sewing basket and before leaving, she told Zhang Cuihua:
"Help me weave two buttons and help me finish this row, but no more."
Zhang Cuihua curled her lips, "Who would be willing to knit a sweater for you? With your knitting skills, tsk tsk! Only Daguo would treasure the sweater you knit."
Everyone laughed.
Zhen Zhen was so angry that he threw a leaf at her.
When she arrived, Meng Li was crying with tears and snot all over her face. Sister Meng was trying to comfort her. When she saw Zhen Zhen coming in, Sister Meng's face was filled with sorrow:
"There's another conflict. What do you think we should do?"
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