Li Mingqing finished speaking after half an hour.
The village chief came back on a donkey, pulling seven educated youths, four men and three women.
Fortunately, the days are long in summer, otherwise we would have to come back in the dark.
The villagers immediately gathered around to watch the fun.
Especially the young men and girls in the village who are not married are very curious.
Li Mingqing had no intention of watching the fun. "Wife, do you want to go to the Youth Institution?"
She shook her head. She was not the type to like joining in the fun. Anyway, the educated youth had already arrived and she would see them sooner or later.
"Brother Mingqing, let's go home. It's getting dark soon and there are mosquitoes everywhere."
When Yang Daya saw the young couple walking home, she immediately ran over and put the little girl in her arms into Sun Jiaxue's arms.
"Sister-in-law, please take care of her. I'll be back soon."
Sun Jiaxue looked at the fourth girl in her arms with a confused look on her face.
This mother is really carefree. She lets go just like that when her child tells her to.
On the way back, I met Liu Zhenzhu and Wang Dahahua who were also holding their children.
Although the child in Liu Zhenzhu's arms was born a few months later than Wang Dahua's child, the two children looked very different.
Old Lady Xu scolded Wang Dahua: "Look at how well other people raise their children, and look at what you have done with your child."
She shrank back and said, "Mom, you have to take care of the child all the time. I go to the fields every day."
"What? Are you saying that I'm mistreating my child?!"
"That's not what I meant."
"He's really a money-loser and a jinx. Life at home is getting worse and worse."
She looked at Sun Jiaxue and Liu Zhenzhu beside her and cursed in her heart, saying that Old Lady Li and Old Lady Zheng were fools and why were they so nice to their daughter-in-law.
Especially Mrs. Zheng, her son is dead, and her daughter-in-law might be having an affair with another man.
Old Mrs. Zheng ignored her and took Liu Zhenzhu home.
Li Mingqing and Sun Jiaxue carried Si Niu home.
"Li family boy, come here for a moment, I want to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"During the days you were away, your wife went to town quite often. I heard that she manages the money at home. I'm afraid she has someone else outside. You better be careful."
Li Mingqing was amused by this. It seems that he can't stand seeing other people living well.
"You're nothing but gossip every day. Aren't you afraid of shortening your life at such an old age?"
"Your kindness is taken for granted. Your wife dresses up all day long, and you'll have something to cry about later."
He looked at Sun Jiaxue who was standing in front of him.
How could she be so flashy? She didn't even wear the new clothes I bought for her.
Old Lady Xu thought Li Mingqing was persuaded, but the next second she was poured a bucket of cold water.
"Your heart is as black as a charcoal ball, yet you still have a good heart. I think I know what kind of person my wife is. Or maybe you got used to cheating when you were young? Are you doing this to the deceased Mr. Xu?"
“Nonsense!”
"You're so angry out of shame! It's really pitiful that Xu Dagou was kept in the dark by you."
After Li Mingqing finished arguing with her, he walked to Sun Jiaxue and went home together. Old Mrs. Xu was very angry.
As soon as she got home, Si Niu, who had been quiet, started crying.
"Are you hungry? I don't know when Third Sister-in-law will be back."
"I won't be back for a while, so make me some milk powder."
Sure enough, after drinking the milk powder, Si Niu became very well-behaved and fell asleep in Sun Jiaxue's arms.
"Brother Mingqing, what did Aunt Xu say just now?"
"I didn't say anything. I just saw how well our family was doing and wanted to cause trouble for them."
"Just now I saw the baby in Wang Dahua's arms. It looked like a kitten. It was older than Siniu but not as energetic as her."
Wang Dahua works like a slave in Old Xu's house. She is as thin as a ghost and you can tell at a glance that she doesn't have enough milk to feed the child.
Yang Daya came over to hold the child and started talking nonstop.
"Let me tell you, these educated youth who came here are really pretentious. They find everything they don't like and they even want to take over your family."
"Our family?"
"Yeah, one of the girls wants to move right in."
Li Mingli said, "It turns out that city people can be so shameless. I thought I had misheard."
"But there are only one or two people. The others seem to be easy to get along with."
"The newly built Youth Hostel isn't particularly good, but it's new housing after all. They even complained that they didn't build a few more rooms."
Li Mingqing said: "Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us, so we can just get along normally."
The next morning.
When Li Mingqing pushed his bicycle out, he saw a girl with two pigtails. She should be the educated youth who came yesterday.
"Hello, comrade. My name is Liu Jiajia. I didn't expect there are bicycles in the village. Are you going to town? I have something to do there, so could you give me a ride?"
As she spoke, she stretched her neck to look into the room.
"You educated youth have just arrived, so there should be more than just you going to town. You should all go together."
Li Mingqing closed the door and rode away on his bicycle.
Liu Jiajia thought that this was the most impressive house in the village and wanted to stay there for the night.
Last night, three of us were nearly bitten to death by mosquitoes while sleeping on the earthen kang at the Youth League Institute.
Old Lady Li came out and saw Liu Jiajia hanging around the door.
"Auntie, how is this family? Are there many people? I'd like to stay here, and I'll definitely pay for the accommodation. I'm new here, so I wanted to ask you about it first."
Mrs. Li refused without thinking.
"Girl, this won't work. It's so inconvenient to live in someone else's house. Go ask someone else."
Liu Jiajia's face immediately fell, "This is not your home, how do you know it's inconvenient?"
"Why are you talking so harshly, girl?"
When Sun Jiaxue heard the sound in the yard and came out, she saw Old Lady Li standing there with an unhappy look on her face.
"Mom, what happened?"
"It's okay, go back to the house."
Liu Jiajia never thought that it was actually her home, and she regretted her impulsive words.
No matter how shameless he was, he couldn't talk to Sun Jiaxue in front of Old Lady Li.
So she ran away.
Sun Jiaxue looked at Liu Jiajia running away in a daze.
Old Lady Li then said, "This girl wants to stay here for the night. If she comes to you because you are soft-hearted, don't agree to her request."
"Okay, Brother Mingqing also said that the educated youth can't be allowed in."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li finally felt relieved. If you can't afford to provoke someone, you can at least avoid them.
When Li Mingqing saw Zhou Yingzi at the supply and marketing cooperative, he thought he had walked into the wrong door.
How come he has become a different person after not seeing him for a few days, as if a monster had drained all his energy?
With two big dark circles under his eyes and a dull look, people who didn't know him would think he had a terminal illness.
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