Chapter 30: Live a good life with the little ruffian
The farce ended with Cheng Qiao's counterattack. No one dared to speak harshly to Li's mother anymore, especially Auntie Da Ya, who was really worried that Cheng Qiao would not marry a second-rate man.
Although this damn girl was hugged by a second-rate man, if she insists on not marrying, no one can do anything to her, but the second-rate man will not kill himself.
You must know that Cheng Qiao is not only good-looking, but also has a huge sum of three hundred yuan that Chen Weimin compensated her. With these three hundred yuan, a second-rate family might even be able to build a house.
The village women all looked at Cheng Qiao secretly. They saw her stuffing the yellow sorghum buns into the hands of Li Le and Li's mother. She also took one and ate it with cabbage and fried lard residue.
When Mother Li saw that it was sorghum steamed buns, her heart dropped nervously. There was already fried lard residue from cabbage. If they got another big meat bun or a big white steamed bun, they would not be able to live in peace.
But when the sorghum steamed buns came into her mouth, Li's mother was stunned for a moment, and even Li Le covered her mouth. The steamed buns looked like coarse grains, but they definitely tasted like fine grains.
"Cheng Qiao, you...don't be too wasteful."
Mother Li wanted to say something, but she thought that this child was also filial to her, so she couldn't say a word of blame. She just kept stuffing sorghum buns to Cheng Qiao.
In the eyes of others, Mother Li was really bad. Her daughter Li Le kept eating cabbage fried with lard residue, but Li Le could only eat sorghum buns.
Cheng Qiaocai ignored the village women who were flattering others and just smiled and told Mother Li that she would bring mung bean soup in the afternoon, so don't be stupid and let others get it.
Li Le patted her small chest and promised that she would like the mung bean soup. Cheng Qiao took a look at the bamboo tubes they filled with water and felt that she should buy some military kettles, but such good things were generally not available.
"Cheng Qiao, go back quickly. Look at the weather today. Although the temperature is not high, the heat is poisonous and your head is still hurt. Go back early and get some sleep."
A quarter of an hour later, Mother Li put away the finished lunch box and prepared to go home to wash it, but Cheng Qiao put it into her own cloth bag earlier. She had to take this back, otherwise there would be nothing to eat tomorrow.
Yes.
Watching Cheng Qiao leave, Mother Li felt extremely at ease. People say that educated youths are children from the city who are spoiled and cannot bear hardships. But Cheng Qiao was different. She was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
Cheng Qiao returned to the educated youth center, locked the door of the dormitory, and entered the space. He washed his lunch box and chopsticks with hot water, then entered the bathroom, wrapped his head in a plastic bag, and turned on the faucet to rinse.
After staying in the hospital for two days and not finding a chance to take a shower yesterday, Cheng Qiao felt itchy all over. After taking a shower, her whole body felt comfortable and she fell asleep directly on the big bed in the space.
After waking up, Cheng Qiao took the dirty clothes out of the room, went to the windlass well in the yard, soaked the clothes in a wooden basin, and went to the kitchen to make mung bean soup.
Previously, Cheng Qiao always felt that she had forgotten something, but now she finally remembered that she was going to Uncle Niu to order some boxes, wooden basins, etc., so that when she married into the Li family, she would have a place to put her clothes.
First, I washed my clothes and hung them on the rope. Then I put some white sugar in the cooked mung bean soup, put it in a teapot, took a bamboo basket and ran to the field ridge.
When Mother Li saw Cheng Qiao's shadow, she quickly asked Li Le to pick it up. There were corn leaves here and it would be bad if the skin was scratched.
Cheng Qiao gave the basket to Li Le, said a few words and ran to Uncle Niu's house. He happened to see Li Huan squatting in the yard, talking to Uncle Niu.
"Cheng Qiao, why are you here? Does the wound still hurt?"
"It's okay. I'm here to order some boxes and cabinets from Uncle Niu. I can put clothes and other things there then."
"I've already decided, but..."
Cheng Qiao couldn't help but laugh when he saw Li Huan secretly making a money gesture. This smile exposed the two dimples at the corners of his mouth, causing Li Huan to immediately become distracted.
"Cough...cough..."
Uncle Niu coughed a few times and called Li Huan's soul back. Li Huan gave Uncle Niu a dissatisfied look. The old man just didn't understand the young man's thoughts.
"A large wardrobe, a chest of drawers, two large wooden boxes, a large bathtub, two small wooden barrels, and a small and large wooden basin. Let me give you thirty yuan."
Cheng Qiao quickly took out three ten-dollar bills from the bag and handed them to Uncle Niu. Uncle Niu took the money, looked at Cheng Qiao and said meaningfully: "Don't take everything at face value, live a good life with this little ruffian."
Li Huan: "...￥%..."
Thank you, little ruffian.
Cheng Qiao smiled, nodded seriously, and was about to leave. Li Huan quickly followed. He first sent Cheng Qiao back to the educated youth point, and then had to integrate the house, otherwise Cheng Qiao would be disappointed when she married him.
"Cheng Qiao, I'll take you back. You should have a good rest during this period and don't come out again."
He also got news about what happened at noon. Although his mother is a little weaker, Li Le is a little cannonball and will protect her.
Despite Li Le's young age, people in the village only dared to argue with each other, and not many of them really dared to bully her, otherwise his fists would make them regret it.
"Brother Li, I want to congratulate you on the news of your new wife."
Li Huan and Cheng Qiao stopped when they heard the sound. They looked up and saw that it was Chen Dazhu. Chen Dazhu glanced at Chen Qiao with his narrow eyes and quickly lowered his eyes.
Cheng Qiao's eyes shone with hatred, which was fleeting.
"Dazhu, where are you going?"
"The village chief asked me to help a few educated youths, saying they were moving too slowly."
"The slowest one must be Xu Laidi."
Cheng Qiao suddenly said, Li Huan's heart moved, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly. Chen Dazhu looked like he was honest and easy to bully, but in fact he grew up under the abuse of his stepmother and his mentality was extremely twisted.
"Brother Dazhu, Brother Xu Laidi used to be good friends with my wife, but we just broke up because of a trivial matter. It will get better after a while. How about you go and help her."
Chen Dazhu nodded. To be honest, he was not willing to partner with the educated youths. They were all like weak chickens, unable to work well and only the first to cheat and cheat.
But now that Li Huan had spoken, he still wanted to take a look. Just after taking two steps, Cheng Qiao's clear and sweet voice came from behind:
"Li Huan, I promise to come to my sister-in-law. When she gets married, I will give her a share of 100 yuan."
"There are so many. Don't be afraid that you won't be able to show them out and others will laugh at you."
"Didn't I just get 300 yuan? I only spent 50 yuan on some dowry. I can still afford 100 yuan."
"Sure, you have the final say on your money."
Chen Dazhu's pace slowed down. When he came to where the educated youths were working, he couldn't help but sigh. This Xu Laidi was not here to work, but to cause trouble.
