Despite Song Tantan's persuasion, Zhuyu and Liumei were not driven away. Instead, they were tied up and taken to the village chief, who also summoned Song Zhuiyan and Zhong Qingyi, two influential figures in the village.
After some discussion, everyone warned Zhu Yu and Liu Mei that if they behaved inappropriately again, they would tie them up and throw them into the deep mountains to be eaten by wolves. The women had already had this idea, and if Song Tantan hadn't been there, they probably would have actually done it.
After everyone else had left, Song Zhuiyan spoke to the two of them alone. She said coldly, "If there is a next time, neither Tantan nor I will protect you. This is Songlin Village, not a brothel. If you don't even have this much awareness and still want to go back to your old ways, don't blame us for being ruthless. I hate women who don't work hard but want to get something for nothing by selling their bodies."
After hesitating for a while, Zhu Yu finally spoke up, "How can it be considered unearned gain? We also put in the effort."
"Pah, where's your face? If you don't change your mindset, I'll throw you out to feed the wolves right now. The village is full of honest, upright people. If you dare to corrupt the morals, I'll skin you alive before anyone else does a thing." Song Zhuiyan angrily grabbed Zhu Yu's collar, really wanting to slash her face to stop her from having those thoughts.
"I won't dare, I really won't dare, Miss Song, please don't be angry, Liu Mei and I will definitely change." Zhu Yu was so breathless from being pulled that she quickly begged for mercy.
"Miss Song, we know we were wrong. We will definitely work hard from now on and won't have these inappropriate thoughts anymore. Please forgive us this time." Liu Mei also expressed her understanding.
Seeing that her expression didn't seem fake, Song Zhuiyan let go of her hand. "I'll trust you this once. It's getting late, go back first. Be a good person in the future." After saying that, she turned and left, but after taking a few steps, she turned back. "By the way, come to my house tomorrow morning, and I'll teach you how to do chores."
"Huh?" they both exclaimed in unison.
"What do you mean 'huh'? If I wasn't afraid you guys would never change your ways, I wouldn't bother taking you along. You dare to have a problem with that?" Song Zhuiyan's eyes were icy cold.
"No objection, I understand. We'll come find you after breakfast tomorrow morning." Liu Mei nodded quickly in agreement.
Zhu Yu and Liu Mei's houses were already built, and the Zhang family's house was built a few days earlier, but the Zhang Qingyu sisters hadn't moved out yet. Song Zhuiyan brought it up after returning home.
"Take advantage of the good weather lately, pack up and move to your new home tomorrow. I need this room." Song Zhuiyan said dismissively.
"Okay, my sister and I have almost finished packing. We've really troubled you these past few days, Miss Song," Zhang Qingyu said gently.
"It's not a hassle, you've already paid rent, but Tantan and I aren't used to living with outsiders, so you should move out tomorrow." This was said quite bluntly, sounding like she had a lot of complaints about the Zhang sisters, but that was exactly the effect Song Zhuiyan wanted.
"Don't bring Shen'er over at night anymore. We don't have any extra food for him." The Zhang family lives a bit far from the Song family, so it's not convenient for them to come over at night. During the day, Song Zhuiyan said that she and Tantan are both very busy, so how could they have time to take care of other people's children?
The rejection was so direct that Zhang Qingyu couldn't say anything more. She nodded awkwardly, her face pale.
After Song Zhuiyan left, Zhang Qingling angrily accused, "What kind of attitude is Song Zhuiyan? It's like we owe her thousands of taels of silver. We don't even know what she feeds Shen'er. She never shows us or tells us what it is. Sister said before that she would buy it from her with silver, but she didn't want it. Now she's putting on this face, deliberately humiliating us, isn't she?"
"Alright, stop talking. If someone overhears, we're the ones who owe them. If it weren't for Miss Song and the others saving us, we might be dead already... Forget it, we've troubled them for too long." Zhang Qingyu gave a slight twitch of her lips, unlike her sister who was furious.
"But what about Shen'er? He's only eleven months old and can't even walk yet. He cries every night. How are we going to manage?" Last time, Song Tantan didn't take Shen'er to eat because her face was stung by a wasp. He cried all night, keeping her and her sister awake. Are we going to have to coax our little brother to stay awake every night from now on?
“It takes time to get used to it. Can we expect someone to take care of Shen’er forever?” Zhang Qingyu was also troubled, but she was more rational and understood that Song Zhuiyan’s actions were correct. She really had no obligation to help them forever.
The next day, Zhuyu and Liumei came over after breakfast. They called out a few times outside the fence gate, and only dared to push the door open and enter the house after hearing Song Zhuiyan tell them to come in.
Seeing Song Zhuiyan and Song Tantan sitting in the main room having breakfast, they stood in the courtyard waiting.
A short while later, Zhao Zhongnian arrived. He walked straight in without closing the fence gate, not even glancing at Zhuyu and Liumei. He went directly to the room where the Zhang sisters lived; he had come to move some things.
"Look down on us like that! He's just a guard from a down-on-his-luck family. What gives him the right to look down on us?" Zhu Yu muttered to herself, provoked by Zhao Zhongnian's attitude, and was furious.
"Let's keep it to two people. If someone hears us, they'll cause trouble for us sisters again." They're not well-liked in Songlin Village, so it's better to keep a low profile and be patient, rather than invite trouble upon ourselves.
"Hmph, I'm just so angry." Zhu Yu stomped her foot, her face looking very unpleasant, but she didn't continue muttering.
When Zhang Qingyu came out of the house, she was carrying her babbling younger brother. She went to the main room to say goodbye to Song Zhuiyan, "Miss Song, Tantan, we're leaving now. Come over for dinner tonight."
"Ah, hehehehe." Shen'er smiled happily when she saw Song Tantan, reaching out her hands towards her, wanting a hug.
"Shen'er, have you eaten yet? Come here, let your sister give you a hug." Song Tantan was also very happy to see Shen'er. She ran over and hugged him. This little guy has gained a lot of weight. It's worth it for her to make him milk powder every night.
Song Tantan carried him to the dining table, fed him a few bites of egg custard, and then handed him back to Zhang Qingyu. She also taught her how to cook rice for Shen'er, saying, "In the future, have Uncle Zhao go to the mountains to hunt some game and stew it until it's tender for Shen'er. You can also cook porridge for him with bone broth so that he can grow up quickly."
"Okay, I got it. Thank you, Tantan." Zhang Qingyu always had a gentle smile on her face.
"Wait a minute, I have three catties of rice porridge here. Shen'er used to eat this. Take it back with you," Song Zhuiyan handed her a cloth bag and instructed, "Put water in it and cook it over a low flame. Stir it slowly with a spoon until it's cooked. Be careful not to burn it."
This bag of rice cereal contains milk powder. Although Zhang Qingyu might suspect the origin of the product when she smells it, she would never guess that Tantan has a space supermarket.
After thanking them again, Zhang Qingyu left with Zhao Zhongnian and her companion. They had a lot of things; Zhao Zhongnian carried one load, Zhang Qingyu carried one bundle, and her sister carried two. That was all they had.
They didn't speak to Zhuyu and Liumei at all from beginning to end. Not to mention what happened yesterday, even before they knew their identities, the Zhang family didn't like to talk to them and treated them like they were invisible.
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