Zhang Meiling and Qi Huilan cleaned up all the fish, keeping a few for eating in the next few days, and froze half of the rest and pickled the other half, waiting to be eaten by Qi Mengmeng during her confinement.
Liu Dajiang used some connections to buy half a pork, which surprised Qi Mengmeng so much that her mouth opened wide.
"Uncle Liu, do you have connections here?"
Liu Dajiang had served in the Hebei Provincial Military Region, so of course he had comrades here. If it were her, he might not be willing to ask for help.
But he treats Qi Mengmeng as his own daughter. Now that his daughter is pregnant with twins, of course he has to do his part. Otherwise, he will not be able to let the children call her grandpa in the future.
Qi Huilan looked at the half pork that Liu Dajiang brought back and asked him to put it in the kitchen quickly while she cleaned it up.
"Look, you, just get the meat back and go into the kitchen. Why are you standing in the yard? There's blood on it. What if Meng Meng gets scared?"
Qi Huilan's voice came from the kitchen, accompanied by Liu Dajiang's annoyed voice: "You are right, next time I buy something, I will take it directly to the kitchen."
Qi Mengmeng: ...I'm not that fragile.
Qi Huilan and Zhang Meiling discussed making half a pig's pork into meatballs, using part of the meat as stuffing and freezing it into dumplings, and using the remaining ribs to make braised ribs and stew for Qi Mengmeng.
At this time, someone walked in from the door. Aunt Gao poked her head in and said, "Is Mengmeng home? I came to see you."
Qi Huilan heard the noise and came out of the kitchen. She didn't know Aunt Gao, but since Aunt Gao said she came to see Qi Mengmeng, she must be a neighbor.
When Qi Mengmeng saw Aunt Gao, she remembered what she said about helping her take care of the child, and the expression on her face didn't look good.
"Aunt Gao is here. I haven't seen you for a long time."
As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Huilan immediately realized that the relationship between the visitor and Qi Mengmeng might not be good.
Qi Mengmeng has such a good temper, but she can be rude to Aunt Gao. It must be Aunt Gao's problem.
Qi Huilan's attitude also turned cold: "It's Aunt Gao, I'm Mengmeng's mother."
Aunt Gao didn't expect that Qi Huilan really came. Not only did she come, but there was another woman there too. She didn't know what kind of luck Qi Mengmeng had. Her man had a high official position, and her family valued her so much.
These days, she saw Liu Dajiang and Old Man Jiang always bringing fish home, and she had been greedy for a long time. Today, she saw Liu Dajiang bringing back half a pork, and she really couldn't help it.
They are all neighbors, and if she goes to ask for it, Qi Mengmeng will probably feel embarrassed to refuse.
"I was thinking that if Mengmeng was too busy to take care of the baby, I could come and lend a hand. We are all neighbors, so we should help each other."
Aunt Gao's words sounded nice, and she soon turned to the topic of pork.
"I just saw that your family bought a large piece of pork. That's hard to clean up. I have nothing to do at home, so I came over to help you clean it up."
These words were very straightforward. Zhang Meiling couldn't help but come out from the kitchen after hearing them.
"We have a large family, so we won't trouble Aunt Gao." Qi Huilan refused directly.
"We are all neighbors, there is nothing to bother about. I am the best at cooking pork belly. Otherwise, I will make you some pork belly."
As Aunt Gao said this, she wanted to go to the kitchen. Was she going to sacrifice her dignity just to eat a piece of meat?
Qi Mengmeng took a step forward, Qi Huilan quickly stopped her and looked at Aunt Gao again.
"Aunt Gao, we bought the meat to nourish Meng Meng and also for her confinement. Manman can just pack it up. We won't bother you."
Zhang Meiling also came over and walked out directly holding Aunt Gao's arm. Qi Huilan reacted quickly and also held Aunt Gao's other arm.
The two men "sent" Aunt Gao out and closed the door.
Aunt Gao was so angry that she jumped at the door, but she didn't dare to knock hard.
Just now, Liu Dajiang and Old Man Jiang were both standing in the yard. It was not obvious that Old Man Jiang was a scholar, but Liu Dajiang was born a soldier and now works in public security. The aura he exudes is still very scary once he gets angry.
She stood at the door for a while, but still left unwillingly.
In the yard, Zhang Meiling heard Aunt Gao walking away, frowned and asked Qi Mengmeng: "What's wrong with this person? Is he here to ask for meat?"
Qi Mengmeng did not hide the secret for Aunt Gao and told her that Aunt Gao wanted to take care of her child and almost hurt her.
Qi Huilan's face immediately darkened.
Liu Dajiang asked, "Does Guizhi know about this?"
Qi Mengmeng shook her head: "It's just a matter of a few days."
Qi Huilan sneered: "It seems that someone thinks Meng Meng has no one to support her and wants to bully her."
Qi Mengmeng knew that Aunt Gao was trying to take advantage of her, but one day she almost fell down, so why should she explain for Aunt Gao?
"That's easy. We can go around and get to know the neighbors. Let everyone know that Mengmeng's mother has a lot of family members."
Zhang Meiling suggested.
Qi Mengmeng is pregnant with twins, so there can't be any risks.
Qi Huilan also thought it made sense: "Okay, I brought a lot of candy, it's enough to share some with the neighbors."
She had to let them know that Qi Mengmeng had the support of her mother's family.
Liu Dajiang was thinking about whether he should ask someone to visit Qi Mengmeng from time to time, so that Qi Mengmeng would not be bullied after they left.
Qi Huilan had already gone through their bags and took out all the candies they had brought, and Zhang Meiling also took out some of the cakes she had brought.
"No, your snacks are too expensive. Let's keep them for ourselves." Qi Mengmeng looked at the snacks Zhang Meiling brought and shook her head: "It's cold now, the snacks can be kept."
Zhang Meiling immediately put the snack down and said, "Then save this snack for Mengmeng."
Qi Huilan nodded: "Yes, I'll give you some of this candy. We can just give a few to each family."
The two of them each packed a handful of candy and went to Zhao Xiaocao's house first, saying that they wanted to thank the neighbors for taking care of Qi Mengmeng and wanted Zhao Xiaocao to take them to meet the neighbors.
Zhao Xiaocao was a little confused. Qi Mengmeng didn’t interact much with her neighbors?
Qi Huilan smiled and said, "Just now, a lady named Gao said she wanted to go to our house to help with cooking. We have so many people at home that we don't need her, so we thought we could come and get to know the neighbors."
Zhao Xiaocao guessed that Aunt Gao must have gone to Qi Mengmeng's house and said some unpleasant things, which is why Qi Huilan and Zhang Meiling came to their house.
She was also a little angry. Why did Aunt Gao target Qi Mengmeng?
From the temperaments of Qi Huilan and Zhang Meiling, we can tell that they are definitely not ordinary people.
If Aunt Gao hurts Qi Mengmeng, Qi Mengmeng's family will definitely not forgive her. Why doesn't she understand this?
"I'm fine now, I'll take you there."
Zhao Xiaocao went out and walked in front of the two people. "My family has lived here for many years. I know everything about them."
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