Du Yueming pointed outside and said, "The meat is outside. Let me help you unload it!"
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping followed Du Yueming into the yard and saw Du Yueming pushing a cart covered tightly with straw.
Du Yueming looked around and saw that the lights in the educated youth's camp were almost out. He guessed that the educated youth were all asleep.
He lifted the straw and found several large pieces of unloaded pork and mutton, as well as cleaned pig and mutton offal, packed under several sheets of oil paper.
Du Yueming helped them put oil paper in two large jars, put the pork and mutton in separately, then put oil paper on top and covered them with lids.
Zhang Pingping brought over a large basin and put all the offal in it, intending to soak them and eat them slowly after they were cooked.
After putting all the meat in place, Zhang Pingping poured some hot water for Du Yueming in her room and asked him to wash his hands.
Du Yueming lowered his voice and said, "You'd better put something else on top of the meat tomorrow to cover it. If someone is impatient and opens the lid to take a peek, and sees so much meat, it will be difficult to explain."
The two nodded in agreement, and Chu Jingqiu went back to his room on the pretext of going to sleep, leaving the two of them some space to be alone.
The next morning, Zhang Pingping steamed some sweet potato buns, cooked some corn grits porridge, added some kimchi, and cut some pickled mustard greens.
The three girls sat together to eat breakfast. The sweet potato steamed bread was sweet, the corn grits porridge was filled with the fragrance of corn, and the pickles were crisp and refreshing. Chu Jingqiu felt that only by eating such a simple country breakfast could she truly appreciate the atmosphere of life.
Seeing Shi Aihong eating so happily that she didn't even bother to talk, Chu Jingqiu smiled and teased her, "Aihong, you have to change your greedy ways, or else your Zhou Weidong will laugh at you."
Shi Aihong's mouth was stuffed with something, and she said incoherently, "If he dares, I'll punish him."
Zhang Pingping asked with a smile, "Aihong, how was your conversation with Zhou Weidong last night? Did you tell him about Du Erleng?"
Shi Aihong took a sip of corn porridge, swallowed the steamed bread in her mouth, and said, "When I told him to make our relationship public, he was a little worried at first, fearing that the family situation would affect me.
I told him firmly that no matter what the outcome was for his family, I was willing to share the responsibility with him.
Later, I told him about Du Erleng harassing me, and he no longer hesitated. He said that he would protect me in the future and would never let Du Erleng bully me.
When he saw that I didn't mind his family affairs and was determined to establish a relationship with him, he was very happy and even cried with excitement.
We won’t hide our relationship anymore and will be together openly.
Zhou Weidong also planned for us to write a letter to our respective families to discuss the matter and get engaged as soon as possible."
Zhang Pingping said happily, "Aihong, this is another great event! Jingqiu got engaged a few days ago, and now you're getting engaged too. It's great that all of us sisters have found our other half.
Now Lin Zishan is the only one who is still single. Once she finishes her studies, we should urge her to find a partner as soon as possible."
Chu Jingqiu also said with a smile: "Aihong, hurry up and get engaged! When Lin Zishan finds a partner, we can have a group wedding and have a great time."
Shi Aihong and Zhang Pingping both curled their lips. Shi Aihong jokingly said, "Jingqiu, you're just daydreaming. Your Captain Xiao can't wait any longer. He can't wait to take you back and get married right now."
After the three of them finished their breakfast while chatting and laughing, they cleaned the opening of the fire wall outside the house and started burning the fire wall.
As the fire wall burned, the room suddenly became warm. There was no need to wear a cotton-padded jacket. You could sit in the room in a sweater and still sweat. Several girls started knitting sweaters in the room.
The weekend was almost here in the blink of an eye. On Saturday afternoon, Lin Zishan came back. As soon as she entered the backyard, she ran to Chu Jingqiu's house to take a look.
Seeing Chu Jingqiu coming back, she happily hugged Chu Jingqiu and shouted excitedly: "Jingqiu, you are finally back. I was so worried. Is Grandpa okay?"
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "Grandpa has recovered. Sister Zishan, thank you for sending me the folk remedy. I'm sorry for worrying you."
Lin Zishan waved her hands and said, "I don't know how I can help you. I can only look for some folk remedies and send them to you.
I also asked Qiao Rucheng, and he also provided me with some folk remedies. Although he seems to be not very talkative, he is actually quite enthusiastic.
He also asked me for your mailing address, saying he had a very good teacher who had the medical skills to bring the dead back to life, and that he might be able to help you."
Chu Jingqiu recounted to Lin Zishan what had happened during his time in the capital, and also told her about Qiao Rucheng's letter.
Lin Zishan was very angry after hearing this. She said angrily: "There is no good person in the Qin family. The Qin family deserves this fate. Qin Yilan is not a good person either. She should be arrested as well."
At this moment, Qin Yilan's voice was heard from the yard, "Wu Shuangshuang, why did you throw all my quilts outside? What if they get wet? Why did you do this?"
Chu Jingqiu and the other three hurriedly looked out the window.
Wu Shuangshuang was seen carrying the bag placed in the yard into the house, and said in a somewhat awkward tone: "There is some shit on it, I brushed it off and let it air out.
After saying that, he pointed to the wash basin next to him and said, "Qin Zhiqing, I put the dirty clothes you took off that day in the basin for you. You can wash them yourself later!
"You are... now that the problem has been explained clearly, is the investigation over?"
Qin Yilan looked at Chu Jingqiu's room with an arrogant look and said loudly to Wu Shuangshuang, "The innocent will be cleared. I have no fault to begin with. I was just framed by a villain. The Revolutionary Committee can't find any fault with me, so of course they let me go back!"
Shi Aihong glanced at Chu Jingqiu and said angrily, "Qin Yilan is in such a state, but she can still turn things around. How did the Revolutionary Committee investigate? It's really infuriating."
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "Aihong, don't be angry. It's not worth getting angry with such a person. Let's wait and see! I also want to know how she got away."
Lin Zishan and Zhang Pingping also found it incredible. Lin Zishan said curiously, "Honestly, if I were in her situation, I would definitely not be able to escape. I really admire this woman. She is so thoughtful!"
Chu Jingqiu smiled disdainfully, "Just wait and see, Qin Yilan won't have a good ending. However, we really can't underestimate the enemy in the future. It's better to be careful.
Okay, let’s not talk about her anymore. Everyone is here today, let’s make dumplings tonight!”
Zhang Pingping suggested making dumplings with pork and sauerkraut filling, and the girls started busying themselves with kneading the dough, chopping the filling, and cutting the sauerkraut.
After the dough and filling are prepared, start making dumplings.
When they had wrapped almost half of it, Shi Aihong went to the bathroom and didn't come back for a long time.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
