Not long after Meng Yao and the others returned, someone knocked on the courtyard door again.
Just after sending off the damselflies, Zhou Hongyan, and Qiao Xiyan's mother came to the door. The moment Qi Wenye opened the door, he saw Shen Xiuying poking her head around the corner, and his little brows suddenly wrinkled.
"Wen Ye, is your second sister-in-law at home?"
Zhou Hongyan also frowned, looking uncomfortable.
Qi Wenye already understood in his heart why Zhou Hongyan came, his eyes were rolling, and his appearance was very clever.
"My sister-in-law is cooking at home, Aunt Hongyan. Didn't I hear that Sister Xiyan was ill and went to the hospital? Why didn't you accompany her?"
"Well, I'm at home, your uncle is gone, your second sister-in-law..."
Qi Wenye blocked the door and prevented Zhou Hongyan from entering, "My second sister-in-law is busy cooking. My mother will be back soon. If she sees that she can't cook well, she will be scolded."
"oh."
Zhou Hongyan responded perfunctorily, but still squeezed into the yard, "I just want to ask something."
Qi Wenye tried hard to stop him, but unfortunately he was a child who couldn't stop an adult, so she squeezed him into the yard.
He was afraid that Meng Yao wouldn't know who was coming, so he shouted loudly to remind him: "Second sister-in-law, Aunt Hongyan, sister Xiyan and her mother are here to find you."
Meng Yao put the dough down, clapped his dough hands, and walked out.
Seeing that Meng Yao was ignoring him again, Qi Boyan shook his head slightly and stepped to follow.
Zhou Hongyan saw Meng Yao coming out and was about to call her when Qi Boyan came towards her.
The couple walked in tandem, and Zhou Hongyan was startled when they saw it.
"Aunt Hongyan, why are you here? Do you also think that I am the reason for Xiyan's stomachache?"
Unlike Qi Wenye who pretended to be dumbfounded, Meng Yao asked straightforwardly. Zhou Hongyan just recovered from the question and was stunned again.
She used to think that the Boyan family's daughter-in-law was dull and silent, but in recent days she heard that the Boyan family's daughter-in-law had become more powerful. She thought it was a rumor, but she didn't expect that things had really changed.
"It's not your fault. It's because my family, Xiyan, has a bad belly."
Zhou Hongyan did not directly blame Meng Yao like Shen Xiuying and Doudou Niang did, but the underlying meaning in her words also had something to do with Meng Yao.
Meng Yao couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, "Since Hongyan is here, I think this matter must be made clear, otherwise everyone in the village will think that Xiyan drank something unclean from me and got a stomachache."
"The sour plum soup I cooked was originally given to Uncle Qiao to quench his thirst. Xiyan happened to come, so he poured some for her. This is the first point. Xiyan wanted to taste it himself. I didn't think about giving it to her in advance.
She drinks."
"As for the second point, the sour plum soup I cooked was clean. The ingredients I used were all bought from the town today. Xiyan also drank it from his own cup. There was nothing messy."
"Last point, the reason why Xi Yan has a stomachache is either because he ate something unclean or because he was greedy for cold drinks. Oh, I forgot to mention that my sour plum soup is chilled. People with weak stomachs will get sick after drinking it.
Maybe you have a stomachache!"
As for whether the heroine has a bad gastrointestinal condition, Meng Yao really doesn't know.
"Iced?"
When Zhou Hongyan heard this, her expression finally changed.
Meng Yao was keenly aware that something was wrong, and quickly asked: "It was frozen in the well water, what's wrong? In this hot day, drinking something cold should be fine, right?"
Qi Wenye also immediately asked: "Aunt Hongyan, can't Sister Xiyan drink something cold?"
Zhou Hongyan's expression instantly became soothed, "Of course I can drink it."
"But it's really easy to have diarrhea when it's cold."
There was a smile on Zhou Hongyan's face, not at all the sharp and mean one from Doudou Niang before, "It seems that it is indeed our Xiyan's problem. She is so greedy even though she is so old. She deserves to suffer."
If Zhou Hongyan is polite, Qi Wenye and the others will naturally follow suit.
Qi Wenye said sweetly, "Don't say that, Aunt Hongyan. It's normal to be greedy on such a hot day. It's just diarrhea. It will definitely not be a serious problem. When Sister Xiyan comes back, Er and I will
Sister-in-law, let’s watch her together.”
Zhou Hongyan smiled at Qi Wenye and quickly said goodbye.
The moment Qi Wenye closed the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I sent her away."
This "sending" is really useful.
Meng Yao couldn't help but give Qi Wenye a thumbs up.
"It's amazing how you can send people away so easily."
"You're welcome, but I think it's still your fault. If you hadn't said that one, two, three, I don't think Aunt Hongyan would have given up so easily."
"But having said that, sister Xiyan, can't you drink something cold?"
Meng Yao couldn't help but frown and think.
The book didn't say that the heroine couldn't drink cold drinks, but there was something clearly wrong with the look on the heroine's face just now.
"She can't drink cold drinks?"
Meng Yao couldn't help but ask again.
But after the question came out, she and Qi Wenye stared at each other, but nothing came of it.
Finally, both of them turned their eyes to Qi Boyan and asked: "Sister Xiyan, can't you drink something cold?"
A look of confusion appeared on Qi Boyan's face. He didn't know why the two people asked him in unison.
He thought for a moment and shook his head, "I don't know."
Although he and Qiao Xiyan grew up together, they didn't know much about this.
After hearing this, Qi Wenye sighed softly, "Second sister-in-law, you might as well ask me if you ask second brother. I remembered that I have seen sister Xiyan drink soda, iced, she can drink cold!"
Meng Yao tilted his head and made a sound of self-doubt, "Did we make a mistake?"
But Meng Yao's intuition tells her that her suspicion should be right, especially when she remembers that at that time, she also saw steaming hot water in the heroine's cup.
Zhou Hongyan walked out of Qi's house with a sullen face. As soon as she walked not far away, Shen Xiuying ran over and asked Zhou Hongyan slyly, "Aunt Hongyan, am I right? Is it because the things they made were unclean that caused Xi's death?"
If you have a stomachache, you must not let this family go, otherwise Xiyan's sin will be in vain."
Zhou Hongyan pulled out the hand held by Shen Xiuying and forced out a smile, "Xiuying, don't say this again. Our Xiyan's stomach upset is her own fault and has nothing to do with others. You talk nonsense like this everywhere.
Doesn’t this make our two families at odds?”
"Oh, Sister Hongyan, how come it has nothing to do with their family? The soup that Boyan's family made didn't know what kind of mess they put in it. They just cooked it and then took it out for others to drink.
It's entirely her responsibility to drink so much that she makes her stomach upset."
Zhou Hongyan looked steadily at Shen Xiuying and asked, "Do you know what kind of soup Boyan's family cooks?"
"How do I know this?"
Shen Xiuying patted her thigh, "If I knew, I would definitely stop Xiyan from drinking it. When I heard what Xiyan said, I felt that something was wrong with the soup, and I wanted Xiyan to spit it out. If I had known that,