Obviously, Mrs. Zhu didn't know the inside story.

Zhu Yaowu said, "Grandma, how can this be a trivial matter? This book was thrown into the trash can on the second floor last night, but it suddenly appeared in the trash can in the living room this morning. Isn't this weird? Who would change the trash can out of the blue? What is the purpose of changing it?"

When Zhu Yaowu spoke, his eyes were fixed on Miao Shaozhen's face which was already showing panic, but he did not give in at all.

Mrs. Zhu realized that she had misunderstood. She looked at the men and asked, "Who took it down? Is this a serious matter?"

"Of course, why would you take this for no reason? It's so dirty." Zhu Weiyue said, "Auntie wasn't here either, so it's impossible that she took it. None of us took it either."

Finally he asked Ji Ling, "Sister-in-law, did you take it?"

Ji Ling shook her head. She originally wanted to remain silent, but seeing that Zhu Yaowu and the others were determined to stand up for her, and her grandfather's face was not good, she took a deep breath and had to stand up to explain.

"It should have been Shaozhen who took it down. I came down in the morning and saw her packing the book. At that time, I told grandfather that I accidentally got it dirty." Ji Ling looked at Miao Shaozhen, and it went without saying that she would naturally give her a way out and let her explain herself.

Miao Shaozhen walked away from Zhu's father and said, "I saw this book in the trash this morning. It happened to be the book that my sister-in-law and I wanted to borrow yesterday, so I took it down and cleaned it up. Later, I saw that the book was indeed no longer usable, so I was asked to throw it away again."

"Oh." Zhu Weiyue let out a long "oh", "So that's how it is. Let me explain it clearly. I accidentally dropped this book into the dirty bucket in my sister-in-law's room yesterday. It wasn't my sister-in-law who made it dirty. I'm just explaining this to you now. Don't think too much about it. It's not that my sister-in-law won't lend you the book. Yesterday, my sister-in-law promised to ask my eldest brother for you today, and she won't do anything else."

Miao Shaozhen said, "I didn't think much about it, I just felt it was a pity to throw the book away."

At the same time, he apologized to Ji Ling, "Sister-in-law, I didn't say you threw the book on purpose, you won't think too much, right?"

Ji Ling smiled and said, "No, I never had that thought, so how could I do that?"

Miao Shaozhen smiled and said, "I'm glad that my sister-in-law didn't misunderstand me."

Ji Ling looked at the book in her hand and said, "Grandpa lent you the book? I'm relieved. It's rare that you like a book."

Miao Shaozhen nodded shyly.

It is said that husband and wife understand each other best. Old Mrs. Zhu has been watching all this silently, and combined with her husband's actions, she also understood.

She didn't say it to their faces, but told her grandchildren to do what they were supposed to do. As a result, several of them were called away by Zhu's father, and Ji Ling went back upstairs to read.

In the living room, Old Lady Zhu asked Miao Shaozhen to stay and talk, "Shaozhen, did you go into Weidong's bedroom again last night?"

Miao Shaozhen nodded hesitantly, "Grandma Zhu, I wanted to borrow a book and leave immediately, but I was so engrossed in reading that I sat for a while longer. I just sat on the chair and didn't touch anything. Then my sister-in-law came in, so I got up and left. I asked if I could borrow the book again, and my sister-in-law said she would ask Brother Weidong tomorrow."

Mrs. Zhu did not let Miao Shaozhen finish her words, and smiled and raised her hand to interrupt her. She said earnestly, "Shaozhen, grandma told you last time that everyone has their own privacy, especially other people's rooms. You can't just go in without the other party's permission. There are not so many rules in the county, but in the city, everyone cares about this. Grandma hopes you remember that next time you want to go in, ask your sister-in-law for her opinion first, okay?"

Old Mrs. Zhu said kindly, "If grandma treated you as an outsider, I wouldn't have said these words to you today. I treat you as my own granddaughter and want you to get better and better, so I'm talking to you about reason. You're a smart child. Grandma knows you can remember these simple things as soon as you hear them."

Miao Shaozhen lowered her head in shame, "Grandma Zhu, I'm sorry, I'm in trouble again."

"It's okay, it's not a big deal. Just be careful not to make the same mistake again in the future."

Old Mrs. Zhu changed direction and finished talking to the person here, while in the study, Father Zhu looked seriously at his four grandsons who were standing side by side.

"Tell me what happened."

The sharp gazes moved away from them, and the four of them breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Yaowu was the oldest among the four, so he told them what happened last night.

The more Zhu's father listened, the tighter his brows frowned. Finally, when Zhu Yaowu finished learning martial arts, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, get out."

No extra words were said.

When Zhu's father and his wife were together, he said, "Let Shao Miao review over there on weekends in the future. She will have an exam before the New Year. Let her focus on studying. It's far from the compound, so she doesn't need to travel back and forth. The weekend is two days, and she came here on Friday. It can be said that she didn't review her lessons for three days, and her time was wasted."

"Okay, I'll tell her when we leave tomorrow." Old Lady Zhu said, "Xiaoling didn't say a word about the injustice she suffered today, but I still feel uncomfortable. She originally married far away, and she was wronged because of an outsider in her husband's family. You should talk to Weidong about this matter when you have time."

"Weidong protects his wife the most. You know about the mattress replacement. If he hears about what happened today, he will simply not let anyone come to the house again. Let's forget about it this time. In the future, when Xiaoling is at home, try not to let Shaozhen come over." Whether it was far or near, Zhu's father still knew which one to choose.

On the weekend, Ji Ling wanted to go back to her own home. Zhu Yaowu and the other three offered to send her home, but Ji Ling disagreed as she didn't want to trouble them in such a cold weather. When she was leaving, she saw her grandmother taking out a padded jacket for her. It was made of sheepskin inside and looked like a jacket outside. It looked very novel and was not as heavy as other people's cotton coats.

"I said Weidong has good taste. You are wearing the perfect clothes." The package had just arrived today. Old Mrs. Zhu opened it in front of the whole family. "Weidong never asked for help from others before. It was rare that he asked his friend to help him bring clothes from Hong Kong City. His friend was thoughtful and bought all the clothes directly when the season changed."

Ji Ling also liked it, but she was the only one who had it, and none of the elders had it, so she felt a little embarrassed, "Grandma, you try it, it's warm, I can just wear a cotton coat."

"I'm old and I don't go out much, so you can wear them." Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Good clothes can only look good on you young people."

Miao Shaozhen also envied, "Sister-in-law, grandma is right, Brother Weidong bought it for you, so just wear it."

Ji Ling smiled and finally left wearing her new coat.

She was also wearing a white scarf, which attracted a lot of attention along the way. Some people were worried that she was wearing too thin and asked her if she was cold.

Ji Ling suddenly had an idea. What if Big Brother opened a down jacket factory? (End of this chapter)