Su Jianing left without saying much. Spring was coming, and her yard was big, so she wanted to tidy it up and plant some vegetables and flowers.
After she stopped taking Lu Xiangqian seriously, she held his compensation in her hand and her two children is being raise in the countryside. Her sisters-in-law were very happy to receive two yuan a month. She even cooked all kinds of delicious food for them when she went back. She had money, free time, and no worries, and lived a happy life.
Jiang Youtao made a pan-fried hairtail and steamed a lobster. Just as she took out the lobster meat, Xu Manqiu and Gu Nianwei came back.
Xu Manqiu was no longer surprised by the occasional appearance of seafood at home, and Gu Nianwei would often mix in seafood from her space.
Under the guidance of Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, Xu Manqiu also fell in love with eating seafood.
Especially the taste of lobster meat dipped in ginger, scallion and soy sauce was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue.
Although they consumed so much, there is still a lot in the system backpack. This is an inland city, and they can't eat this all the time.
Jiang Youtao is really worried.
[ Host, melon-eating system now provides consignment service. Whether it is meat or seafood, it will be delivered to the host without any loopholes. ]
This business was added after the latest integration of Small World No. 7.
This didn't happen before, but now you can even choose the method of material distribution.
Jiang Youtao was immediately happy: "Then please help me send all these oysters, crabs and shrimps to me."
The melon-eating system automatically deducted the melon coins, and the seafood in the backpack disappeared and became "in transportation". Jiang Youtao looked at the line of words for a long time.
Then she didn't look into it further. She always felt that it was not good for her to know some things so early.
In the afternoon, the three of them locked the door and went out together. They met Zhong Qianxi at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative. It was spring, and their Agricultural Science Station was busy.
Their agricultural science station also has experimental fields, and she has been busy working in the fields during this period.
Zhong Qianxi likes doing farm work very much. She never slacks off and wishes she could stay in the fields all day long.
She brought Jiang Youtao and the others some wild vegetables she had dug herself: "I heard from the old ladies that these wild vegetables are delicious for making dumplings and dipping sauce."
Zhong Qianxi was familiar with these wild vegetables, including the herb Amaranthus and the dandelion, both of which were very bitter. But since they had just grown out of the soil, they were very tender and that was the bitter taste that made them so popular.
After eating potatoes, radishes and cabbages for a whole winter, they suddenly saw a hint of green. Not to mention the wild vegetables with a bitter taste, even the leaves on the roadside made their eyes glow green.
Jiang Youtao gave Zhong Qianxi the key. Zhong Qianxi opened the door of Jiang Youtao's yard and put the wild vegetables in. When she came out, she saw Liang Shufen standing on the wall.
Liang Shufen's eyes were always on Zhong Qianxi.
Zhong Qianxi saw her when she came in. At that time, she was repairing tiles on the roof of her house. Although he was always looking at her, she didn't care. After all, everyone is a little curious.
But when she came out, she was still looking at it, which made Zhong Qianxi unhappy. She frowned and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Zhong Qianxi had a very heroic appearance, and her frown made her look even more fierce. Liang Shufen shuddered fiercely, and the idea in her mind disappeared instantly. She now remembered the girl's brave deeds, dragging her own mother to marry a dog in public.
"I didn't look at anything, I didn't look at anything."
This girl is so mean, her own mother now has the nickname "dog wife", her father and her brother are living an even worse life now, some men are so unscrupulous that every time they see them, their eyes are wandering around their buttocks, and some even ask her brother Xiao Zichen how he feels.
Not to mention Xiao Zichen and his two sons, who now spit at everyone they see. Huang Tiehua was also taken back by her parents' family and forced to remarry last month. It can be said that Zhong Qianxi broke up two families by herself.
Zhong Qianxi snorted, gave Liang Shufen a warning look, and left. She was still muttering when she reached the school and she gave the key to Jiang Youtao.
"Is that woman from the Gu family next door in your alley a little bit sick in the head? When I came to your house just now, her eyes were like lights, and she stared at me wherever I walked."
As soon as Jiang Youtao heard this, she knew that Liang Shufen had come back to her old habit: "I guess she wants you to be her daughter-in-law."
After Liang Shufen hit a wall with Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei, she became furious. Whenever she saw a pretty girl, she wanted to pull her home to be her daughter-in-law.
Zhong Qianxi had never thought of this. She smacked her lips and said, "How brave."
It was impossible for her to get married. Zhong Qianxi had finally figured it out. Marrying in this era was like marrying into the wife's family in Feng Zhao's case. Women had no status at all. The husband's family could do whatever they wanted to her. It was so boring.
Zhong Qianxi felt that she had some reputation in Zaoxiang Commune, so how could Liang Shufen dare to have any intentions towards her? Could it be that she also wanted to marry a dog?
"She asked Weiwei to be her daughter-in-law before, but Weiwei refused. Maybe she wants to find a better daughter-in-law than Weiwei." Zhong Qianxi is at the right age and has a formal job. Isn't this better than Gu Nianwei who is a substitute teacher in a middle school?
"I think she won't dare to think about me anymore." Zhong Qianxi glanced at the watch on Jiang Youtao's hand: "Oh, it's already this late, I won't talk to you anymore, I have to go. Our Agricultural Science Station said that a technician will come today, and he's a top student. I have to go back quickly, otherwise our station chief will skin me alive."
Zhong Qianxi is down-to-earth and hardworking, not afraid of hardship or fatigue. She is highly appreciated by Director Zhao of the Agricultural Science Station. Now she is the most proud person under the director.
Zhong Qianxi is a very ambitious woman. She could have become a general in her previous life. She does not plan to join the army in this life. She will work hard in agriculture and become a general in this industry.
This time, receiving the technicians was the first task assigned to her by Director Zhao of the Agricultural Science Station, so Zhong Qianxi had to do it well.
When she arrived at the Agricultural Science Station, Director Zhao had already arrived. Seeing her, he waved at her and said, "Stand behind me for a while. If the technicians ask about the data at our Agricultural Science Station, just speak up."
No one in the entire Agricultural Science Station dared to raise any objections to Director Zhao's arrangement. After all, Director Zhao had mentioned this matter a week ago and asked them to look at the data from previous years. However, they were just cramming at the last minute, and Zhong Qianxi had a solid foundation in data research from the beginning.
They conducted surprise attacks for a week, and when Stationmaster Zhao conducted random checks, there were still many questions they could not answer. But Zhong Qianxi was different, she knew the answers to every question.
For some people, you just can't refuse to obey. Now Zhong Qianxi is the walking encyclopedia of their agricultural science station. If anyone has any questions, just ask her. She will answer them clearly and even find specific information for you.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the leaders of the county agricultural science station arrived in a jeep. At the end, a young man about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and wearing glasses and carrying a suitcase got off. He had a scholarly and elegant air. He stood next to the leaders of the county agricultural science station and didn't say much, just pushing his glasses from time to time.
Stationmaster Zhao greeted him with a smile on his face.
After some greetings, it was finally time for Zhong Qianxi to perform. In response to the questions from the leaders of the county agricultural science station, Zhong Qianxi answered fluently. The twenty-four or twenty-five year old young technician pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and looked at Zhong Qianxi with admiration.
Zhong Qianxi noticed that he was looking at her, but she kept smiling: "What's wrong? Technician Meng."
Meng Pucun shook his head: "It's okay, I just think what Director Zhong said is very right. We will work together from now on, and I hope we will have a pleasant cooperation."
"Please give me more advice, Technician Meng."
With the arrival of Technician Meng, Zhong Qianxi became even busier, and it was half a month later that Jiang Youtao saw her again.
The weather in early spring is still cold. It was so hot that I had to wear short sleeves yesterday at noon. Today, the north wind blew and it started snowing. The snow could not stay and melted as soon as it fell to the ground. It was very cold.
Jiang Youtao and her friends sat around the pond, eating roasted sweet potatoes and potatoes.
After dinner in the evening, Zhong Qianxi left first, and it was Jiang Youtao who still saw Fu Shaohua out.
After taking off the thick winter clothes and putting on lighter clothes, Fu Shaohua's tall and thin figure was clearly revealed, especially her pair of long legs, which were so long and straight that even Jiang Youtao envied them.
The two walked out of the alley together. Jiang Youtao had on her neck the peach pendant with flowers that Fu Shaohua had given her during the Chinese New Year. Jiang Youtao also gave Fu Shaohua a pen.
Fu Shaohua often needs to use a pen in his work. He likes the pen Jiang Youtao gave him very much and takes it with him wherever he goes.
"I'm on vacation next week, I'll take you to the mountains for some fun." Zaozhuang is particularly beautiful in the spring. The ice on the river last year has melted in the hot weather, and the river is flowing down with a clear bottom.
The water plants by the river are becoming more lush, dotted with small flowers of different colors, and the willow trees by the river are swaying in the spring breeze.
It is so beautiful that it makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Jiang Youtao really wanted to go, but she had to go to the county town to deliver goods to Zhang Dezhun.
She and Zhang Dezhun have now become stable partners. She has also told Zhang Dezhun her real name. When Zhang Dezhun is almost done selling the melon seeds, she will write to her. She takes the letter, goes to the county town early in the morning, and delivers the melon seeds to Zhang Dezhun's home when there are not many pedestrians in the morning. Zhang Dezhun's mother will then trade with her.
And every time she went to trade, Jiang Youtao would first open the navigation software in the melon-eating system to check if there were any black market eyes around, to ensure that everything was safe. She really didn't want to get involved with those people in the black market. She had heard from Gu Nianwei that the water there was deep.
Jiang Youtao can't swim, so she decided not to wade into the black market.
Jiang Youtao received Zhang Dezhen's letter yesterday. She pondered for a moment, but she didn't want to disappoint Fu Shaohua. "Okay, let's go around nine o'clock. The sun will be out by then, and it won't be so cold."
It is still cool in the early spring mornings and evenings.
"Okay." Fu Shaohua was very excited and wanted to ask Jiang Youtao not to bring along those two light bulbs, Gu Nianwei and Xu Manqiu. However, he was afraid that if he proposed it rashly, Jiang Youtao would be disgusted, so he had no choice but to give up.
"Then I'll pick you up then."
"Good."
Fu Shaohua left and Jiang Youtao turned back. Tang Wan was standing not far from her. Compared to how she looked when Jiang Youtao first saw her, Tang Wan was now terribly thin, with no flesh on her face. Because she was afraid to sleep for fear of having nightmares, she had two big dark circles under her eyes.
If it was someone else, Jiang Youtao might have sympathized with her, but since this person was Tang Wan, she could not sympathize with her.
Aren't those good young men who were harmed by her because of her selfish desires more worthy of sympathy? Zhang Yuanfei from the front street is a good young man. He got married a few days ago and married his destined lover.
Jiang Youtao asked the melon-eating system, and learned that in Tang Wan and Shen Tao's previous life, Zhang Yuanfei and his current wife also had a very good relationship.
The two supported each other and never had any major quarrels in their lives. Every time they were angry with each other, Zhang Yuanfei was the first to lower his head.
From this we can also see that the men Tang Wan married later must have been happy without her interference.
Only by following her did thier life become chaotic. It can be seen from this that her goal has always been clear. The people she looks for are men who are good to his wife.
Jiang Youtao didn't say hello to Tang Wan, as they were not familiar with each other.
Before turning into the alley, the sound of fighting was heard from the other side of the street. Jiang Youtao looked back and left.
Zhang Shuixiu was dragged out in the street and beaten by her husband again. Zhang Shuixiu did not resist at all. She lay on the ground with her head in her hands, and her husband Yu Guozhu kicked her again and again.
Yu Daya's two younger brothers were crying loudly beside them. Yu Daya rushed up to her father and asked him to stop beating her. Then she was kicked by her father and fell to the ground, not getting up for a long time.
Jiang Youtao subconsciously wanted to go forward, but when she thought of the last time when she gave Yu Daya a candy and was blamed by her family, Jiang Youtao stopped.
Some people, no matter how pitiful they are, you cannot get involved with them. She didn't want to be relied on by Yu Daya's family after helping her today.
There were many people who had the same idea as Jiang Youtao. No one even looked at their family and went home in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Yubing's wife was standing at the door of her house, looking towards No. 1 Xingfu Lane. She didn't even notice Jiang Youtao walking up to her.
"Auntie, what are you looking at?" Jiang Youtao patted her shoulder.
Zhang Yubing's wife said, "The Shen family's yard has been sold. It is said that it was sold to an electrician from the power supply station. He just moved in today. It is said that he is only twenty-four or twenty-five years old, very young, and was transferred from the county town."
Jiang Youtao nodded: "The old couple from the Shen family are not coming back?"
"No, they are not young anymore. Her son and daughter-in-law are worried about them living here. It's better for them to stay together."
"Very filial."
"That's right. He has been filial since he was young, and his daughter-in-law is kind-hearted. They are lucky." Zhang Yubing's wife sighed, and then said, "Can I go to your yard to pick some Chinese toon buds?"
Spring has arrived, and the Chinese toon tree in Jiang Youtao's yard has sprouted. Now it is only as long as the palm of a four or five-year-old child, and is at its most tender.
In previous years, Zhang Yubing's wife would have definitely moved in and broken the house, but this year the house was rented to Jiang Youtao and her family, so she could only look at the toon tree and sigh.
"You go ahead. Isn't Weiwei still at home?"
Zhang Yubing's wife wiped her hands and went into her house.
In the evening, Jiang Youtao also ate the fried eggs with toon sprouts, fried bacon with toon sprouts, and pickled toon sprouts made by Gu Nianwei, accompanied by wild vegetables dipped in soybean sauce that Xu Manqiu dug on the way home from school. The whole table of dishes was full of the breath of spring.
The next day, before getting up, Jiang Youtao heard the noise outside. She quickly put on her clothes and went out to see. Gu Nianwei and the others were already outside. The people from Xingfu Lane were gathered together talking.
"Yu Guozhu went out drinking last night. He drank too much and fell asleep before he got home. He happened to fall into the gutter at the door. When he woke up in the morning, his body was stiff."
Besides beating his wife and children, Yu Guozhu's favorite thing to do is drink. There were times before when he drank too much and didn't go home, but this time he was unlucky and his head fell directly into the gutter.
It was said to be a drainage ditch, but it was really smelly inside, and it was not clear whether he felt anything was wrong when he leaned in.
"Look, Zhang Shuixiu has fainted from crying several times. While crying, she kept trying to beat Yu Daya, saying that she was not alert and didn't check whether her father came back when she went to bed at night!" Zhang Yubing's wife didn't know what to say when she thought of the scene she saw this morning.
She really don't know what's going on in Zhang Shuixiu's mind. According to her logic, shouldn't she blame herself?
She usually treats Yu Guozhu like the apple of her eye, but she didn't even notice that he didn't come home for one night? How can she be someone's wife?
"Once Yu Guozhu is gone, how will her family live in the future?"
"Zhang Shuixiu will probably remarry soon. Of the three children, she will at most take the youngest one with her. I'm afraid she won't be willing to take care of the other two older ones."
Everyone speculated, but from beginning to end, no one could come to the conclusion that Zhang Shuixiu would stay with Yu Guozhu.
The fact turned out to be just as everyone expected. Just after the seventh day after Yu Guozhu's death, Zhang Shuixiu returned to her parents' home. Not long after she returned, she said that she had married someone there and did not take any of Yu Guozhu's three children with her.
That morning, Jiang Youtao got up and went to work, and happened to meet the electrician who had bought the Shen family's house at No. 1 Xingfu Lane who had just returned from outside.
The two looked at each other, and the reminder of the melon-eating system arrived.
[ Monitoring of the male protagonist Du Yuanzhou of "Adoptive Father's Youth" in Small World No. 8, the plot pack is loading....]
Before Jiang Youtao could react, a woman about the same age as Du Yuanzhou walked out of Courtyard No. 1, and the melon-eating system prompt followed:
[ Monitoring has detected the heroine He Shuli of the No. 8 small world copy "Don't Be a Resentful Foster Mother", and the plot pack is loading... ]
This was a small world that Jiang Youtao had never seen before, and her eyes widened immediately.
Oh wow!!!