After a while, Wang Guihua knocked on the door holding a tray.
Cheng Mingyue opened the door, took the tray, and smiled brightly at Wang Guihua. Wang Guihua nodded her nose, turned around and went back to eat.
Cheng Mingyue placed the tray on the table and called out, "Lu Chen..."
"Call me Shen! I don't like you calling me by my first name."
"...Oh, okay,...Chen." Cheng Mingyue felt inexplicably ashamed.
Calling his name with just one word like this feels like something from a romance novel.
But when she met Lu Chen's expectant eyes, she had to suppress the shame in her heart and cried out in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.
"Since you have already called me Chen, what should I call you?!" Lu Chen looked at Cheng Mingyue with burning eyes.
"Mingyue is fine. I'm not picky."
Cheng Mingyue thought she was being very magnanimous, but Lu Chen didn't think so.
It was as if Cheng Mingyue didn't care what he called her at all.
How can this be!
Lu Chen tentatively called out "Baby!", and after seeing the violent trembling of Cheng Mingyue's pupils, he chuckled.
"Yes, I will call you baby from now on." Lu Chen made the decision.
Cheng Mingyue was about to dig her way out of the underground castle with her toes.
This is too greasy!
Cheng Mingyue wanted to refuse without thinking, but was interrupted by Lu Chen:
"Baby, come and eat, the food will get cold soon."
Cheng Mingyue curled her lips.
It's summer now, so why worry about it getting cold?
But his feet did not obey him and he walked to the table and sat down.
What a love foot!
Cheng Mingyue stamped her feet and complained in her heart.
Lu Chen stuffed the chopsticks into Cheng Mingyue's hand and said:
"Baby, eat quickly."
Well, let him be a baby, everyone is a baby.
Cheng Mingyue accepted the nickname with ease.
But during a certain sport later, Cheng Mingyue would tremble all over when she heard the word "baby", even more violently than the guy next door who had a cerebral thrombosis.
The two of them slipped back home after dinner and didn't even go to get the pig-slaughtering dinner in the evening.
Wild boar meat is actually not as delicious as the pork raised today.
It tasted rather tough, so Cheng Mingyue didn't like it and didn't even take the piece of meat home.
But for the villagers, wild boar meat is simply a delicacy, not to mention that Liu Dabo's cooking skills are really superb.
The threshing ground is still bustling at night.
Some were chatting and enjoying the cool air in the threshing ground, some were watching the fun, and some were holding basins waiting to get the pig-slaughtering dishes. Among them were the sounds of children playing.
What a warm and peaceful rural picture.
But it was broken by a sharp shout.
"Bullshit your mother!
My husband grew up in the Baihe Brigade. Now that he married me, I belong to the Baihe Brigade."
Wang Shengli's wife's hoarse voice started to rise again.
An old woman who usually had an affair with Wang Shengli's stepmother curled her lips and said directly:
"Bah, everyone knows that your Shengli came to your house before, that's called marrying!
If you are so capable, go back to your Zaohua Village!"
Wang Shengli's wife was named Liu Jinhua. The old woman's words completely upset her. She stopped talking and stretched out her bear claws to hit the other person.
The old woman covered her face and stared at Liu Jinhua in disbelief:
"You dare to hit me?"
Liu Jinhua put her hands on her hips and smiled proudly:
"I'll hit you if you want, why wouldn't you dare?
The village chief didn't even say he wanted to kick us out, but you're so capable, telling me to go back to Zaohua Village all the time. This Baihe Brigade isn't yours!"
The old woman was anxious and angry, and she pulled the other old woman next to her.
This old woman is Wang Shengli’s stepmother—Jin Qiuju.
Jin Qiuju is thin and weak, and very short. She is a whole head shorter than Liu Jinhua when standing next to her.
But she was full of energy and spirit. After being pulled up, she pointed her finger at Liu Jinhua and started to curse:
"Liu Jinhua, you are rebelling!
Do you think you still look like a wife?
She was yelling like a shrew. She was kicked out during the day, so why is she showing off here now?
"And what did your Aunt Wang say wrong? How could someone drive you out of Zaohua Village when you're so capable?!"
When Liu Jinhua saw that it was her stepmother-in-law who spoke, her momentum instantly weakened.
Their family has just returned to Baihe Brigade and is living in the storage room of their mother-in-law's house.
If she offends her stepmother-in-law now and is kicked out later, her family will have to live on the main street.
Seeing that she had the upper hand, Jin Qiuju curled her lips and stopped paying attention to Liu Jinhua, and turned to comfort her old sisters.
This was a farce that couldn't be any smaller, and everyone just watched for fun.
But Jin Qiuju's son Wang Shengbao didn't think so.
He was so angry that his cheap sister-in-law dared to challenge his mother that he went back and threw away Wang Shengli's family's things.
Not only that, he also threatened: "If I, Wang Shengbao, am in this family, Wang Shengli, don't even think about coming back."
Wang Shengli had no other choice but to run to the threshing ground and ask the village chief for help.
The village chief has been busy all day and now he has to deal with these trivial family matters. He can't suppress his anger.
The village chief shouted angrily to the crowd: "Wang Ergou, can you take care of your own little family business?
You've been complaining all day long. Even if eight judges came, they wouldn't be able to figure out your family's affairs.
Can you stand up as the head of the family? !
If not, all of you will be kicked out of Baihe Brigade!"
Wang Shengli's father, Wang Ergou, was good-looking when he was young and his family had some money, so when one wife died, another one immediately replaced her.
Although he had two sons, the eldest son passed away a few years ago, leaving only Wang Shengbao as the only son left at home. He was also raised like a treasure, and the family was very happy.
But today, after the eldest son's family came back, they broke the previous peace, and his wife and son have been angry with him.
Now even the village chief has to lose face in front of so many people.
Wang Ergou roared with a dark face, "Get home now, you shameful bastards!"
After saying that, he walked home with his hands behind his back.
The threshing ground, which was originally bustling with activity, became so bustling because of this farce that everyone dispersed with their basins after receiving the pig-killing dishes.
Cheng Mingyue and Lu Chen, who were staying at home, naturally didn't know about these things.
After taking a shower and cleaning up, they put their heads together to read again.
Lu Chen looked at Cheng Mingyue who was reading seriously and said softly, "Baby, I have to go out tonight."
After saying that, he added: "You should go to sleep first. Don't wait for me like last time."
Cheng Mingyue raised her head in confusion and asked, "Are you going to town again?"
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