Liu Dajiang spoke a few more words to Qi Mengmeng, then walked out reluctantly. Before leaving, he reminded Qi Mengmeng to find him at the Public Security Bureau if she had any problems.
Qi Mengmeng thought about Qi Huilan's condition just now, and felt that Liu Dajiang's journey to pursue his wife might still be a long one.
After the Qi family moved here, there were only Qi Huilan and Qi Mengmeng, mother and daughter, at home. Even for the purpose of avoiding suspicion, Liu Dajiang couldn't visit them often. I'm afraid he wouldn't have many opportunities to come in the future.
Unexpectedly, in the evening, Liu Dajiang came following Li Laowu's ox cart.
Qi Mengmeng opened the door and saw the ox cart outside. She blinked and said, "Fifth Uncle, didn't we agree to deliver the furniture tomorrow?"
"The furniture will be delivered tomorrow. How are you going to sleep tonight?" Xiang Hong jumped off the ox cart and helped Qi Mengmeng open the door.
Xiang Hong took a large basket down from the ox cart and asked Qi Mengmeng, "Mengmeng, where is your kitchen? I picked a basket of vegetables for you."
Qi Huilan came out of the house, looked at the basket in Xiang Hong's hand, and greeted her: "Fifth sister-in-law, why did you pick so many vegetables for me? There are only Mengmeng and I at home, and we can't eat so many vegetables."
"If you can't eat it all, just dry it into dried vegetables. Who would complain about having too many vegetables?" Xiang Hong was rarely a sharp-tongued person and had a pretty good relationship with Qi Huilan. She opened the straw cover on the basket and let Qi Huilan see.
"I picked out eggplants and beans for you. If you can't eat them, you can dry them. They will taste better when stewed in winter."
"Thank you, Fifth Sister-in-law." Qi Huilan held Xiang Hong's hand and said words of gratitude several times.
"Okay, we are all family, why are you saying this? In the past, when I asked you to go home to get food, you were always afraid that it would affect us. Now there are only you and Mengmeng at home. As the brother and sister-in-law, it won't affect us if we send some food to our sister."
Xiang Hong spoke in a low voice, urging Qi Huilan to take Li Laowu to set up the bed and furniture.
Qi Mengmeng took Xiang Hong to the kitchen. Xiang Hong held Qi Mengmeng's hand and winked at the door: "Mengmeng, does that person outside the door like your mother?"
This was only the second time Qi Mengmeng met Xiang Hong today, but she didn't dare tell her about her biological mother. If she and Liu Dajiang didn't work out, her reputation would be ruined.
Xiang Hong also noticed Qi Mengmeng's hesitation. She pulled Qi Mengmeng's arm, rolled her eyes, and then said, "I told Huilan before that I would take you home more often, but she was afraid of the impact and refused to go. Now it's better. You're so old now, and this is your first time meeting us."
"Mengmeng, although your fifth uncle and your mother are not related by blood, we really treat your mother as our own sister. Your fifth uncle was worried that you would have no bed to sleep in tonight, so when you left, he packed up the best bed and wardrobe in the house and sent them to you."
"We just saw Liu Dajiang at the entrance of the alley. When he heard that we were here to deliver furniture to you, he enthusiastically brought us here. From the looks of him, he must have fallen in love with your mother."
"I just heard him say that he is a deputy director, which is much better than Ge Tiezhu."
Xiang Hong is really good at talking. While Qi Mengmeng was just hesitating, she had already started talking nonstop.
Finally, he concluded, "Although Huilan has a job and you have this yard, you live alone outside. It's always bad if someone is not careful enough. Besides, if you go to join the army, it's not safe for your mother to live alone in the yard."
What Xiang Hong said were all what Qi Mengmeng was worried about.
"But my mother just got divorced. She can't get married right away. The reputation she has is too bad." Qi Mengmeng had no one to discuss things with during this period. Seeing that Xiang Hong really cared about Qi Huilan, she expressed her concerns.
"Is divorce a good name?" Xiang Hong rolled her eyes and said in her heart.
"Mengmeng, don't think your aunt is meddling. I really feel sorry for your mother. You are her only daughter. She can't live with you in the future. She has to find a companion. Otherwise, if anything happens, no one will take care of her."
"Liu Dajiang is the deputy director, who dares to gossip about him?"
The last sentence is what Xiang Hong wanted to say.
As the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau, such a high-ranking official, it would be no problem for him to marry a virgin girl. Although Qi Huilan is good-looking and has a job, she is still old and has been married twice.
"Do you know the situation in his home?" Xiang Hong took advantage of the fact that several people were installing furniture in the house and pulled Qi Mengmeng to continue asking.
Qi Mengmeng thought about the information she had heard and said, "He used to be a soldier. I heard he was married before, but his wife died of illness and they had no children. He retired and came to our place last year."
Xiang Hong was stunned for a moment: "He and your mother have known each other for a long time?"
Qi Mengmeng nodded: "Uncle Liu, he is a comrade-in-arms with my biological father."
"Hmm..." Xiang Hong nodded: "I'll tell your mother that if you miss this opportunity, you may not meet someone as good as her in the future."
Qi Mengmeng didn't expect Xiang Hong to be so fierce. She got up and went into the house to call Qi Huilan to the kitchen. Qi Mengmeng wanted to stay and listen, but Xiang Hong asked her to go into the house and watch Li Laowu installing the furniture.
Qi Mengmeng walked around the room. Li Laowu had already put the bed in place and was adjusting the position of the wardrobe. Liu Dajiang had just put the wardrobe down and asked Qi Mengmeng to see if it was in the right position.
Qi Mengmeng took a look around and felt that there was no problem. Li Laowu asked Liu Dajiang to go with him to move the boxes from the ox cart. He specially made some clothes for Qi Huilan and Qi Mengmeng.
Liu Dajiang followed Li Laowu out, and Qi Mengmeng went around to the kitchen window to listen to Xiang Hong and Qi Huilan talking.
Xiang Hongzheng advised Qi Huilan: "Huilan, don't think that your sister-in-law is too troublesome. Your sister-in-law really thinks that Director Liu is a good person. He is the director. With him taking care of you, no one will dare to bully you in the future."
Qi Huilan said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, please stop talking. Liu Dajiang and Zhijun are comrades-in-arms. I have been married twice. We are not suitable."
"Pah!" The sound of hands slapping clothes was accompanied by Xiang Hong's dissatisfied voice: "What's inappropriate? You are the daughter of the Qi family. In the past, you could marry anyone."
"Qi Zhijun has remarried now, what's wrong with you getting married again? Mengmeng will go with the army in the future, do you really want to live by yourself? What if that rotten hearted person jumps over the wall, what will you do?"
The room was quiet for a while, and Xiang Hong sighed after a while: "It's not that sister-in-law forces you, but before the old man passed away, he asked us to take good care of you. We can't watch you do something stupid."
Qi Huilan still didn't say anything. She was so angry that she said to Xiang Hong, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Mengmeng. If she has a father who is a director, will her man dare to bully her in the future?"
Qi Mengmeng blinked. She was not afraid of being bullied. The college entrance examination would be resumed soon anyway. At worst she could just get into a university and rely on herself in the future.
Inside the house, Qi Huilan said hesitantly, "Sister-in-law, I've been divorced twice, and I don't want a third time."
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