"No, no, it will hurt the child." At the critical moment, Jiang Qingqing's rationality returned, and she quickly pushed her man away.
Hearing this, Zhang Liunian's excited brain also cleared up. He lay on the side and held her in his arms, suppressing his voice, "Sleep, we still have to go to the county town tomorrow."
Jiang Qingqing dared not move, fearing it would reignite the fire. She lightly hummed and closed her eyes.
Early the next morning, Zhang Liunian made breakfast and went to deliver shrimp to Mu Mingliang and others. There were a total of 1350 jin, one hundred jin more than yesterday.
"Comrade Mu Mingliang, this is your commission for today, one yuan and five, please keep it." Zhang Liunian delivered the shrimp and received 405 yuan. After seeing everyone off, he took out one yuan and five and handed it over.
Mu Mingliang saw his seriousness and took it with a smile. "I heard you are going to your master's house today to recognize the door and have a meal?"
"Yes, today is the day we agreed to recognize the door. Are you coming?" Zhang Liunian was not surprised that he knew, after all, he was Zhao Zhijie's disciple, so it was not strange to know.
Mu Mingliang shook his head, "Master did not ask us to come. He said there are too many of us disciples, and it would be difficult for everyone to come. It would be better to wait until the New Year to make everyone acquainted."
Zhang Liunian nodded, and then they chatted for a while longer.
On the other side, Zhang Wenxue and his wife, who had planned to borrow money from their daughter-in-law last night, went to their youngest son's house together after getting up.
As soon as they left, Zhang Liushui slipped into their room and found the household registration book in the cabinet.
Just as Zhang Liushui was about to hand the item to his third brother, he bumped into Wu Gudi.
"What are you doing?" Wu Gudi was just passing by and didn't expect to see Zhang Liushui rummaging through things here. This piqued her curiosity.
Zhang Liushui's heart skipped a beat, and he pressed his hand on his pocket, pretending that nothing had happened, "Nothing, I'm going to see the lake."
After saying that, he took off and ran. Seeing him like this, Wu Gudi became even more curious about what he was doing. She rolled her eyes and followed him.
"Has Liunian arrived?" Zhang Liushui hurried to Daming Lake and asked Zhang Li and others who were scooping shrimp in the lake.
Zhang Li looked up and replied, "Just left."
"..."
Since his third brother had left, the household registration book could only be given to his younger sister. Thinking this, Zhang Liushui turned and went to the female educated youth dormitory, where he found Zhang Xiaomei. "Xiaomei, this is your household registration."
Zhang Xiaomei was a little touched. She took the household registration and thanked him, "Thank you, Big Brother."
"If you want to thank someone, thank your third brother. He wants you to be happy."
"Big Brother also helped me."
"Big Brother is ashamed that he can't compare to how good Third Brother is to you. However, have you really thought it through, that you want to marry the mute and be with him?"
Zhang Xiaomei turned to look at the mute who was working, her small face blushing slightly. "Yes, I've thought it through."
Wu Gudi, who was hiding outside the female educated youth dormitory, heard these words and was shocked. Her sister-in-law was actually going to remarry, and to a mute who had no parents and was penniless.
Wait, that's not right. The mute was one of the earliest people to work with her younger brother-in-law. After so long, he must have money.
If he could come up with one or two hundred yuan for her in-laws, it wouldn't be impossible.
Thinking of this, Wu Gudi rolled her eyes, then secretly slipped back home.
However, halfway, she met her third aunt, Wu Shuicao.
"Gu Di! How has your youngest brother been recently?" Wu Shuicao deliberately came to chat with her today. They were from the Wu family village, but they were not united.
Wu Gudi's eyelids twitched when she heard this. "My youngest brother is doing well in Wu family village. You don't need to worry about it, Third Aunt."
"Is that so? The day before yesterday, I don't know if my eyes were playing tricks on me, but I saw your younger brother holding onto Liunian's wife and refusing to let go.
Alas, maybe I saw wrong. I'll go talk to Big Sister!" Pretending to be innocent? Don't think no one saw what Wu Xiaoxiang did. Living in her eldest son's house, she saw it very clearly.
After saying this, Wu Shuicao pretended to walk away, but before she could take two steps, Wu Gudi stopped her. "Third Aunt, let's talk properly!"
The matter of her younger brother trying to tease his third sister-in-law and being caught by her in-laws could not be exposed. If it was exposed, she might really have to go back to her maiden home.
So she had to keep this matter firmly under wraps.
Wu Shuicao was smug. She turned around and stated her purpose. "I won't make things difficult for you. As long as you help me with one thing, I can keep it a secret."
"Tell me, tell me."
"The house Liunian is building at Daming Lake will be completed tomorrow. When the time comes, pour this medicine into Daming Lake..."
Zhang Liunian was unaware of what was happening here. At this moment, he had just returned home and was surprised to find his parents chatting and laughing with his wife in an uncharacteristic manner, without the confrontation from the previous day.
"Third son is back, so we won't disturb you." Zhang Wenxue saw his youngest son return and stood up to say goodbye to Jiang Qingqing.
After they left, Zhang Liunian looked at his wife and asked, "What did they say to you?"
Jiang Qingqing sighed, held Zhang Liunian's hand, and said, "Liunian, Dad and Mom just asked me to borrow five hundred yuan to shut Tie Mu up. I didn't refuse, and I said I'd tell you when you got back."
"..."
"Liunian, you won't be angry, will you!" Jiang Qingqing saw her husband stunned and grabbed Zhang Liunian's sleeve, looking flustered.
Zhang Liunian sighed helplessly, half encircling her in his arms, "No, you meant well. It's just that parents doing this is not prudent."
"Not prudent?" Jiang Qingqing hadn't thought that far. She had only heard her in-laws say they wanted to borrow money, so she said she would tell Liunian when he returned.
"Tie Mu is blackmailing Mom and Dad with a lion's mouth. If she gets a taste of sweetness, she will have a second, third time, and eventually it will become a bottomless pit. Then will you have to borrow money for Mom and Dad every day?"
Zhang Liunian had seen many such people. So when he heard that his parents were borrowing money to shut Tie Mu up, he knew that this matter was not over, but just beginning.
Jiang Qingqing panicked upon hearing this, half-hugging Zhang Liunian's arm, worriedly saying, "What should we do? Even though we have small savings now, we can't possibly help Mom and Dad shut people up every time!"
Seeing his wife's worry, Zhang Liunian stroked her hair and gently said, "It's very simple to solve this matter. When the incident happened, only a few of us were there, and the villagers didn't see it.
As long as everyone agrees, no one will admit that they almost forced little sister to death.
And little sister can also use this to reach an agreement with Mom and Dad to not interfere with her.
At that time, who would believe Tie Mu alone?"
What Zhang Liunian said made Jiang Qingqing's eyes shine, as if stars were twinkling. "Liunian, you're so smart. How could I not have thought of this? So we don't need to borrow the money?"
"Yes, we don't need to borrow. We just need to reach a consistent confession.
It's just that little sister will be wronged. She suffered so much yesterday. If she has to change her words, she will definitely feel bad."
As soon as Zhang Liunian finished speaking, Zhang Xiaomei's voice suddenly sounded at the door. "I'm not wronged. As long as Mom and Dad stop interfering with me, I'm too happy to contain myself."
Zhang Xiaomei had come home to tell her third brother that she had gotten her household registration. She hadn't expected to hear these words and became excited.
"Xiaomei, are you sure?" Zhang Liunian looked at his younger sister who came over, full of concern.
Zhang Xiaomei nodded seriously, "I'm sure. Mom and Dad are my parents, after all." She couldn't hate them forever. Instead of this, it would be better to use this matter to exchange for her being with the mute.
"Alas, alright. We'll have a good talk as a family tonight." Zhang Liunian saw that his younger sister's attitude was serious and said that when his parents came again, he would handle the matter.