"Comrade Li, do you know Manager Qian?"
"know."
"Really? Did you know that Manager Qian is the county magistrate's brother?"
Li Mingqing never expected that Qian Kai was actually the county magistrate's younger brother.
"Sister Zhao, is this true?"
"Of course it's true. My brother and I met Qian Kai when we went to the county magistrate's house. The two brothers look 50% similar."
Li Mingqing knew that Zhao Xiaoling was the mayor's sister, and what she said was highly credible.
Zhao Xiaoling looked at him differently.
I used to think that Li Mingqing might have some connection, but I didn’t expect the connection to be so strong.
What a perfect misunderstanding.
When Zhou Yingzi came in, Zhao Xiaoling stopped talking immediately. After all, she knew Zhou Yingzi's temper.
If she knew about Li Mingqing's relationship, she would definitely come after him.
Zhou Yingzi said sarcastically, "Why, did you two say anything bad about me?"
"You really know how to flatter yourself." Li Mingqing said mercilessly.
"You must have done something wrong, and you're angry out of shame."
Li Mingqing ignored her and started to count the number of items.
"Hey, isn't this the kid from the Li family? He's still working at the supply and marketing cooperative."
The voice had already reached the house before the person came in. It was Dazhu Niang who was speaking.
Li Mingqing politely replied, "Auntie is here."
"I came here for you. We are from the same village, so you have to give me a discount."
"Haha, you're joking, Auntie. I don't have the final say. Everything is already decided."
Da Zhu Niang said unhappily, "Don't you work here? Why doesn't it count? Are you deliberately trying to trick me?"
"If you want to buy, bring money and tickets. I'm not a salesperson."
"How stingy! He won't even help with a small favor."
"Auntie, I'm not saying that you have serious ideological problems. You're really bringing shame to our village."
Li Mingqing was speechless. They had only met twice and he came over to talk about some trivial things. He really thought he was a big shot.
"Look what you said, I was just joking with you."
After saying this, Dazhu's mother went to the counter, took two matches, asked Zhao Xiaoling to pay, and then ran away.
"Comrade Li, how can you be so aggressive when you speak to me at such an old age?"
Zhou Yingzi appeared again, talking without any pain in her waist.
"Comrade Zhou, I want to buy a foot of cloth. How much cheaper can you give me?"
"Why should I give you a discount?"
"We are colleagues, can't you give me a discount?"
"Of course not."
"You know you can't? I thought anyone you know would get a discount if they came to buy things. No wonder our supply and marketing cooperative has such a low daily turnover. I can't help but suspect you're abusing your position to..."
"Comrade Li, I didn't do that. Please stop slandering me."
"My suspicion is reasonable. After all, you just said I was inhumane. If you are so humane, wouldn't you do something like this?"
Zhou Yingzi said embarrassedly, "I'm really scared of you."
Then Li Mingqing sat on a bench, crossed his legs, and drank tea from a ceramic cup.
From then on, Zhou Yingzi never found fault again.
Li Mingqing's working life is finally quiet.
It happened to be a day off, so Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue each carried a small basket and went out for a walk.
The villagers were going to the fields under the urging of loudspeakers to start work.
"Hey, the Li family kid is willing to let his wife go out to work."
"Looking at the new bride's fair complexion, I know she's not cut out for work. The Li family is really at a disadvantage, marrying a ancestor."
"That's because he has the ability to charm the Li family kid so much."
"Of course I am. If my son married such a lazy wife, I would definitely give her a good beating."
There are all kinds of opinions, one after another.
Li Mingqing said loudly: "Your wife should be taken care of by yourself. If you hear anyone say bad things about my wife, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Li Goudan bared his yellow teeth and said obscenely: "Women are like clothes, brothers are the most important."
"If you keep looking around, I'll knock your teeth out."
Seeing that Li Mingqing was really angry, he had no choice but to curse and leave as he looked at Chutou.
Seeing that there was nothing interesting, the other villagers hurried off to work.
Old Lady Li ignored what others said. She just wanted her to teach her a lesson by giving birth to a child. She was intentionally or unintentionally guiding her to criticize her daughter-in-law.
"Are you going to pick wild vegetables?"
"Mom, I'm taking a day off today. I have nothing to do at home, so I decided to take Jiaxue out for a walk."
"There are a lot of wild vegetables on the land where I work. You can go there."
"That's great! Jiaxue and I just don't know where to find wild vegetables. Mom, you and Dad can come to our house for lunch."
"I still have a lot of cornmeal left from the ones I made this morning. Lunch is ready."
"It's not okay to be so tired all day and just drink porridge. It's settled."
The two of them followed Mrs. Li in unusual harmony.
Wang Cuihua, the chatterbox, popped up again and said, "Finally, they're willing to let the newlyweds out. This will help you earn some more work points."
"Look at how capable your daughter Daya is, but I haven't seen Daguo."
"My Daguo is busy with work and has no time to come."
She said calmly that she was used to favoring boys over girls, and Wang Daguo was still sleeping soundly at home.
Li Mingqing pulled Sun Jiaxue toward the ridge of the field.
Suddenly I heard a scream, "Ah..."
When they went over, they saw a pregnant woman with a big belly lying on the ground. It seemed that she had accidentally fallen and had a premature birth.
The pregnant woman is Wang Dahua, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Xu.
His limbs were thin, his face was sallow, and only his belly was big. It was obvious that he was suffering from long-term malnutrition.
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