"You old woman Xu, what are you talking nonsense about in my house? You are disrespectful to the elders and yet you expect the younger generation to respect the elders. I think you are just kidding."
"Bah, old lady Li, you people in the Li family are really looking down on others."
Li Mingqing looked at Xu Dagou who was standing beside him.
He went over and grabbed Xu Dagou's collar and said, "Take your mother away quickly, or I'll take action."
Xu Dagou shuddered with fear.
"I'll go right away."
He went to Old Lady Xu and said, "Mom, let's go back quickly. I think Li Mingqing is really going to take action."
"He dares! Let me try!"
As soon as Li Mingqing took a step forward, he was pulled behind by Old Lady Li.
It is indeed not right for a younger person to hit an elder person, and it is embarrassing to see.
Old Lady Li slapped Old Lady Xu cleanly and decisively.
"I'll tear your mouth apart if you dare to cause trouble at our doorstep."
Seeing Mrs. Li with her hands on her hips in a threatening manner, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but take a step back.
She slapped Xu Dagou next to her and cursed, "What's the point of raising you if you just watch your mother get bullied?"
"Mom, the child needs to wake up. Let's go back quickly."
"What are you talking about going back? If you want to go back, go back on your own. I won't go back unless I get an explanation today. Why don't you lend us food? My precious grandson is starving."
Li Mingqing laughed when he heard this. He had never seen anyone so shameless.
"It's a sin that the child was born into your family. It's your son's fault that he starved like that. A grown man relies on a woman for support, and he still flatters others by begging for food.
Don’t even mention being from Lijia Village when you go out. It would really bring shame to Lijia Village.
Help in emergencies but not in poverty.
If you want to embarrass yourself, just do it here. Oh, it’s not the first time you’ve done this.”
"How can you say that? It's just some food. It's nothing to you."
"You and Big Dog come and deliver two loads of firewood to our house before we talk."
"What! Why should I send firewood to your house?"
Li Mingqing said coldly, "Then stop licking your face and asking for food. If you continue to make trouble like this, I will send you to the police station. The two sisters-in-law of the Wu family have not been released yet."
Old Lady Xu staggered with weak legs. She didn't want to go to the police station.
If you go in there, you will be skinned alive.
"If you don't want to lend it, then don't lend it. Don't look down on the young and poor. My son might become rich someday."
After hearing this, Li Mingqing sneered and said:
"You're almost 30, and you still call yourself a teenager."
Old Mrs. Xu turned around and left angrily, and Xu Dagou immediately followed her.
After they left, Old Lady Li warned, "Next time Old Lady Xu comes looking for trouble, call me. Do you really think the Li family is easy to bully?"
"Okay, I'll definitely call you next time."
Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue then went to Old Zheng's house.
"Wife, you haven't been to Uncle Zheng's house, right?"
"No, I haven't been there. I didn't even recognize Aunt Zheng the last time she came."
"The days are getting longer now. Let's take a stroll in the village after get off work."
Wu Lili greeted Sun Jiaxue when she saw her: "Jiaxue, I didn't expect to see you outside again."
"Lili, go to the vegetable garden."
"The bok choy is tender and perfect to eat right now. Where are you going?"
"Let's go to Old Zheng's house."
"I'll find you another day. I have to go back and cook."
After saying that, she hurried home with the basket on her shoulder.
Seeing her anxious, Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue said in unison, "It's a relative visiting our house."
"Jiaxue, there are many girls of your age in the village. If you are bored at home, you can go visit them."
"Uh-huh."
The young couple chatted with each other and soon arrived at Old Zheng's house.
Old Mrs. Zheng was washing her baby's diapers in the yard, and Old Man Zheng was chopping firewood in the yard.
Although they were poor, their home was kept in good order and very tidy.
"Uncle, Madam, are you busy?"
When Aunt Zheng saw Li Mingqing and the others, she quickly stood up and wiped her wet hands on her clothes.
"Come in and sit down."
"Auntie, you don't have to sit down. Last time I told you not to send me any more firewood, but why did you send me two more loads? We are embarrassed to accept them."
"It's just a little firewood, it's not worth much."
"Yes, there is nothing good at home. We can only use firewood. I hope you don't mind it," agreed Old Lady Zheng.
Li Mingqing said, "That's ridiculous. Firewood is very useful, but we can't deliver it every day."
"I didn't expect the load I sent last time would be used up, and I just happened to have some at home."
"Auntie, please don't send me next time."
Sun Jiaxue said gently, "Pearl, stay in the room. I'll go see the child."
"In the house, the child just woke up."
Li Mingqing did not go in with them. Liu Zhenzhu was still in confinement, and it was not convenient for a grown man to go in.
Old Man Zheng sat on the firewood, holding a pipe and said, "In the blink of an eye, you have already started a family and a career. When you were little, you liked to play with my little Zheng. Now that you have grown up, we rarely play together."
Looking at his head full of white hair, Li Mingqing knew that he was crying in his heart.
Old Man Zheng and Old Man Li are not much different in age, but their hair is all white at this age.
He lost a son in his prime and then lost another son in his old age. He is really miserable.
This was the first time Sun Jiaxue met Liu Zhenzhu, but Liu Zhenzhu had met her several times.
"Jiaxue is here, come and sit down."
She looked at the child in Liu Zhenzhu's arms with her big round eyes, but she looked quite thin.
"Are you almost out of confinement?"
"It's going to be exactly one month in two days. I've already recovered, but my mother told me to take good care of myself after the baby's birth, fearing I'd develop any underlying illness."
"Auntie feels sorry for you. Does your child change every day?"
When Liu Zhenzhu heard this, she couldn't help crying and said:
"I really don't know how to thank you. If it weren't for the rice and milk powder, the child would probably not have survived."
"Sister-in-law, crying during confinement is bad for your eyes. Things will get better and better."
"Yes, it's a good thing that I have this child, otherwise I really can't survive."
Ever since she came into the Zheng family, the old couple treated her like their own daughter. She never suffered any hardship. Even her confinement period was allowed to last for the full 30 days. Other mothers in the village did not receive such treatment.
Liu Zhenzhu is not an ungrateful person.
She knew that the old couple was afraid that she would run away. Last night, Mrs. Zheng told her that she was still young and could remarry after her child was weaned, and she didn't need to stay with Zheng Ming.
She never thought of marrying again.
There are rumors in the village that Zheng's young daughter-in-law will definitely not be able to keep the child, and the child will eventually have to be raised by the old couple.
After hearing it so many times, Mrs. Zheng and Old Man Zheng couldn't help but take it to heart.
Although the old couple knew that Liu Zhenzhu would not do such a thing, they still couldn't help but worry.
When Sun Jiaxue came out, Li Mingqing was chatting animatedly with the two old men.
Li Mingqing felt that the old couple had treated him as their own son, and their eyes were full of love.
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