Chapter 18 I Didn't Notice
Liu Yiyue led the child into the kitchen and let him sit on a bench for the little brothers and sisters to play with. She rolled up her sleeves and peeled garlic skillfully as if nothing had happened, but whispered: "Did you offend Chen Zhiqing? I just heard her complaining loudly to Nie Zhiqing."
An Zhixia and Fei Zheng looked at each other without answering, but they didn't chase her away either.
"But Nie Zhiqing ignored her, and she ran away in anger. The three men came from the same place, but I heard that Chen Zhiqing's family background was not as good as those two, but she was shameless enough to get close to the male educated youth.
The male educated youth couldn't chase her away, so they just accepted that she was their new lover. Look, she got herself an easy job as a warehouse manager, and she still gets paid work points. She's very good at scheming."
Two-year-old Zheng Jiaming must have received numerous instructions from his mother before going out this time, but he didn't ask for food. Instead, his eyes were wide open, and he stared at the bowl of oil residue and refused to move away.
The little girl tightly guarded the bowl, glared back, and said fiercely in a low voice: "If you keep looking at me, I won't let you eat. This is the reward we got for helping our sister with work."
Zheng Jiaming pouted and was about to cry, but Liu Yiyue, who was keeping an eye on everything, covered his mouth and said, "Go play with your Aunt Lan. We'll have dinner later."
The little kid immediately stopped crying, stood up and ran away.
"Auntie Lan, I want to drink brown sugar water..." That powerful voice made An Zhixia feel comfortable all over.
There were about ten people eating, most of them were able-bodied men, and An Zhixia prepared a large table of food without hesitation. There were pork with preserved vegetables, clay pot chicken, bacon fried with dried beans, fried eggs with dried shepherd's purse, preserved egg and tofu, hot and sour potato shreds, and fish ball soup. When the dishes were stewed, a circle of pancakes was placed on the edge of the pot. The soft surface and the crispy bottom were wrapped with the aroma of meat. After soaking in the thick clay pot chicken soup, it tasted better than eating the meat directly.
Nie Yichang directly brought a bottle of Erguotou, and said with a sly smile: "It was sponsored by Lei Zi. This good stuff is not available on the market. It is specially provided to cadres in the factory. We are in for a treat today."
The men ate with great pleasure, eating delicious food and wine. They even cleaned up the bottom of the bowl, then sat there holding their stomachs and chatting for a long time about the meal.
After the village chief's daughter brought the pot, she left immediately without staying for long.
An Zhixia didn't even see anyone.
In the novel, this person is the victim of the brother An Zhiqiu who abandoned his wife and children.
An Zhixia took out some of each dish and evenly divided it into six coarse porcelain bowls, and then put two pot stickers in each bowl. Fei Zheng declined embarrassedly, then held the bowl and said, "I'll help you clean up later."
The three children also smiled and said they would help, holding their bowls and eating with relish, thinking that this was the most delicious meal they had ever eaten. While eating, Fang Lixi somehow dropped two tears into the bowl, secretly wiped them with her sleeve, and continued to stuff big mouthfuls of food into her mouth.
Only Liu Yiyue pouted, muttered something petty and dismissive, and left with the bowl and her noisy son.
Fei Zheng explained dryly: "Sister Yiyue wasn't like this before."
An Zhixia smiled and didn't respond, but she was determined not to give Liu Yiyue any chance to take advantage of her in the future. After finishing the meal and cleaning up, she packed some antifreeze cream for the children and sent the helpers away with her brother.
An Zhiqiu sent his sister back to rest, and he himself prepared to stay in the small kitchen until midnight, watching the fire to remove the moisture.
An Zhixia sat next to him, holding her chin, looking at her brother with a troubled look.
The two were twins, a boy and a girl. Although they were fraternal twins, they had the same father and mother after all, and looked about 60% similar. An Zhiqiu was tall, and he had not been hungry since he left home. His thin appearance improved, and he was no longer as thin as a stick. With her insisting on hot compresses and ointments every day, his frostbite was mostly healed, and his handsome appearance with thick eyebrows and big eyes was revealed.
When he smiled, his row of neat white teeth was very eye-catching. With more than ten years of cultural influence, he had a scholarly air that made the villagers in awe.
"Brother, I heard the village chief's daughter coming into the house just now. Didn't you invite her to come in and sit down?" she asked tentatively.
An Zhiqiu looked confused, "Ah? Are you here? I didn't notice. I was so busy this afternoon that I fainted."
Well, his brother only showed attentiveness when it came to her affairs, and he was just a straight man at other times.
"I'm going back to the house first. You should go to bed early too, brother." An Zhixia patted her butt and left. Just as she was about to enter the house, she saw a figure flash by the side.
Her heart shrank in fear, and as she stepped back, she immediately grabbed a bottle of pepper spray and sprayed it over without hesitation.
The man subconsciously grasped her wrist and was about to lower his voice and say, "It's me..."
However, he didn't expect that what she had in her hand was not a knife or a stick, but pepper spray, which splashed on his head and face. The burning pain in his skin, eyes, and throat made him hunch over like a shrimp in discomfort, and he kept coughing and sneezing.
An Zhixia seemed to have just reacted and shouted "brother".
An Zhiqiu rushed out and saw the person curled up in a ball. He pulled the girl to check and asked, "What's wrong?"
"That one, it seemed to be Hang Zhiqing, he suddenly stood in front of me, I got scared and sprayed him with pepper spray. As a result, this happened."
Nie Yichang also came out upon hearing the noise, quickly fetched a basin of water, and helped his friend wash up.
"Xiao An, there are so many people living in our yard. Who would be so blind as to come in and do something bad? Besides, why did you use pepper spray when you could just call people?" He scolded her harshly for the first time, "Spraying in people's eyes, is that a joke?"
An Zhixia was protected by her brother. She said angrily, "He came out to greet me seriously. Do I need to do this? Oh, he hid in the dark and suddenly flashed in front of me, trying to hold my wrist with one hand and cover my mouth with the other.
If he succeeds in getting me, will I still have a good reputation?"
Hang Xianglei washed his eyes several times and drank a lot of water, but he still couldn't get rid of the discomfort of concentration. He gritted his teeth and growled in a hoarse voice: "I, I am sick in the head and want to take advantage of you! I'm just afraid that you will scream and be misunderstood."
His snot and tears flowed uncontrollably. He had never felt so miserable before.
"Hang Zhiqing," An Zhiqiu's face was also livid, "Are you afraid of being misunderstood so you can just cover someone's mouth and restrain their arm?"
"So what?" Hang Xianglei washed himself again, his symptoms much better, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his lips: "She yelled excitedly, and then blamed me for her ruined reputation?"
"Why should I rely on you? Your good family background and good looks are given by your parents. What does it have to do with you? You work as a tractor driver in the village. It looks glamorous and not tiring, but you only earn seven or eight work points, which is not as much as a wife earns."
Haha, happy Children's Day!
PS: Dear friends, the ingredients of pepper spray are pure pepper extract, mustard extract and other natural strong irritants. They have no substantial toxicity or side effects on the human body, but will make people unable to resist for a short period of time. Rinse repeatedly with clean water, and then do not touch the eyes. It will be relieved in about ten minutes.
Another thing: In this era, a woman’s reputation is very important…
(End of this chapter)
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