Gu Huaijin looked at her back as she went to wash up, and an inexplicable emotion flashed through his heart. He felt that he was despicable and selfish and did not dare to face the problem.
Song Zhi drank the sobering soup first as Gu Huaijin instructed, and then drank a small bowl of porridge. His whole body warmed up a lot, and he felt as if his soul had returned to its place and he was no longer so dizzy.
Gu Huaijin painted the shoe rack and put it under the eaves to dry. He said to Song Zhi, "The weather is nice today. I'm going to the mountain to see if I can pick up some firewood to use for the kang."
Song Zhi nodded. She had originally thought of using coal to barbecue because they didn't have much firewood, but then she thought about it and realized that the price of coal was quite expensive now. They were not yet at the stage where they could use coal to heat their kang every day, so she could only ask Gu Huaijin to collect more firewood.
"The road on the mountain is difficult to walk on, so go slowly." Song Zhi warned him when he saw him leaving.
Gu Huaijin didn't turn his head, but just responded with "OK".
Coincidentally, Qin Xue came after a while.
"Sister-in-law, I'm Qin Xue." Song Zhi hurried over to open the door.
Seeing Qin Xue smiling and saying, "Didn't you go to class today?"
"No, it's been too cold these two days, so the school is on holiday. The scarf has been knitted, I'll give it to you." Qin Xue smiled gently and handed the scarf in her hand to Song Zhi.
Then he showed an expression that was difficult to speak, and said embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, can I stay at your house for a while?"
Song Zhi was stunned, then nodded quickly and said, "Even if you didn't say it, I would have let you in to sit down. It just so happens that I made a lot of pastries in the past two days. Come in and try them and give me some advice." Then he let Qin Xue in, closed the door, and the two of them went into the house.
When they sat down inside, Song Zhi didn't ask Qin Xue why. He just put the food in front of her and told her to relax. Then he picked up the scarf Qin Xue had knitted and praised her, "You have such a skillful hand. It's so beautiful."
Qin Xue was absent-minded when she heard Song Zhi's praise, but she still forced a smile and said, "If you need to knit something in the future, just tell me."
"With such good skills, if I need to weave something in the future, I will definitely trouble you first. Don't think I'm troublesome then." Song Zhi was not polite and joked with a smile.
Then he heard cursing coming from next door, "How dare you come to my house? I said it's inappropriate, and if you continue to be like this, don't blame me for getting someone to kick you out." Zhao Yun's voice was very loud, at least Song Zhi could hear it clearly in the yard next door, and there was obvious anger in her voice.
Then came the man's pleading voice, "Aunt Zhao, I can explain what happened that day. I want to see Qin Xue first."
"What are you meeting? With your Chen Shimei style, do you really want to be with my Xiaoxue? It's a pipe dream." Zhao Yun looked him up and down and said with a sneer.
"Aunt Zhao, please let me meet Qin Xue first. I can explain everything to her in person."
Seeing the two of them arguing endlessly and their voices getting louder and louder, Qin Xue frowned and felt it was not appropriate to stay at Song Zhi's house any longer. Seeing that she was about to go back, Song Zhi followed her out of fear that something might happen.
"I'm here, go ahead and tell me! I'd like to hear how you want to explain it?" Qin Xue pushed open the door of her house and stood outside without coming in. Song Zhi followed two people behind her and their eyes met the two people in the yard.
"Qin Xue, it was that woman who wanted to harm me. She seduced me when I went to the countryside and forced the villagers to let me marry her. I was forced to do so, but I didn't get a marriage certificate with her. Besides...besides, I'm back in the city now. She and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. Let's still be together, okay?" Chen Zhiwei's expression was extremely humble, like a prodigal son who has returned, and also like a victim.
When Song Zhi saw Qin Xue running out of the house, she hurriedly chased after her. But when she saw this scene, to be honest, she might as well not have come. Now she was standing here in a dilemma. She wanted to go back but it felt too conspicuous, so she could only stand aside and pretend to be invisible.
Zhao Yun was anxious watching the two people meet. The reason she asked Qin Xue to go to Song Zhi's house was to avoid him and not to meet Chen Zhiwei face to face. Chen Shimei, who was a habitual liar and could abandon his wife and children, had an honest and gentle face, which made people feel sympathetic.
"It doesn't matter whether you have a wife or children in the countryside, or whether she set you up, it doesn't matter if you like her. You can say all these things, but what I see in front of me now is that you are a family man. Although I, Qin Xue, am not a very ambitious or stubborn person, I can't do anything to interfere in other people's families. Even if your marriage no longer exists, it is an established fact that you concealed your past affairs during the blind date. I cannot accept this alone, so I hope we can part ways amicably and save some face for both parties."
She paused and then continued with a strong prescription, "If you continue to pester me like this, I'm not afraid. The worst that can happen is that we'll fall out. I don't have any secrets for you to uncover, but you have quite a bit. If I investigate further, I can't guarantee that you can continue to work as a temporary employee."
Chen Zhiwei's face was filled with disbelief. Although he hadn't spent much time with Qin Xue, he had always believed that she was a very respectable person and would definitely not let this matter escalate. Besides, didn't women in this era attach great importance to maintaining their reputation? Why didn't Qin Xue play by the rules and confront him head-on?
He thought he could force the other party to submit by just forcing them, but he didn't expect to anger Qin Xue. Seeing her talking about her work, Zhao Zhiwei felt a little flustered for a moment, but he still bites the bullet. Chen Zhiwei had learned to bully the weak and fear the strong in the countryside, and he seemed a little panicked under Qin Xue's dominance.
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