Chapter 12 Undercurrent surging 【Part 2】(1/2)
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Although there is still some time before evening, after Deng Haoshi leaves, the handymen in the boiler room can actually disband where they are.
After all, construction has not officially started yet.
But except for Laishun, none of the dozen or so handymen wanted to leave early, because they were all thinking about the evening meal of steamed buns with mixed noodles and cabbage buns and tofu soup.
This is considered the lowest-quality food in Rongguo Mansion, but if it is placed outside, it is not something that ordinary people can eat every meal.
But for Laishun, it is completely unattractive - the food cooked by Grandma Hu, how can the meal be less meaty?
It was not usually easy for him to do special things, so since he had the chance to leave early, he naturally didn't want to wait like everyone else, so he complained to Zhang Bing and Zhao Yi and went out alone in the private alley.
As soon as he arrived on the street, Shuan Zhu, wrapped in an old cotton-padded jacket, came up to him and asked curiously: "Brother Laishun, why are you so early today?"
"Isn't it early?"
Laishun glanced at him and said, "Let's go, let's go home and have a warm meal today!"
"Why!"
Shuan Zhu responded with a crisp voice, running and jumping to catch up with Lai Shun, and handed over a small porcelain bottle like a treasure: "Brother Lai Shun, I brought you the rice wine this morning, please take a few sips to warm yourself up."
"Stop being so courteous to me!"
Laishun said, but he grabbed it in his hand without any politeness, twisted the cap of the bottle to make sure it was full, and then raised his head and took a sip.
Although this stuff looks sweet, it has a lot of stamina, so naturally you have to be careful about drinking it randomly.
While chewing the sweet and glutinous glutinous rice, he casually ordered: "You are so playful and smiling, first recite what I asked you to remember."
Shuan Zhu's little face suddenly stiffened, and he said sarcastically: "Brother Laishun, do you really want to carry it?"
"What do you mean you want to shout out?"
"I'll carry it, I'll carry it!"
Just listen to this boy mutter with frowning eyes: "Hua Liu disease, sores, white pus, sewage..."
Lai Shun was trying his best to keep a straight face, but he couldn't suppress his smile.
Yesterday, I shared some health knowledge with him, but the boy looked disapproving. So Laishun had no choice but to use his trump card, lying to him that if he continued like this, he would definitely get Hualiu disease.
Then he made up a jingle and forced him to recite it.
After this scare, I guess this kid will have a psychological shadow when he reads Chong Er's essay again.
Just as he was suppressing his laughter, the reciting voice next to him suddenly stopped. Laishun turned around and saw Shuan Zhu's face flushed and looking ahead timidly. Only then did he realize that there was a strange woman on the other side of the street.
To say she is weird does not mean that there is anything strange about her clothes and appearance.
On the contrary, this woman was quite clean and quite pretty.
But she didn't move forward, instead she lowered her head desperately and pressed her thin body against the wall - if this had been done in the middle of the night, Laishun would have suspected that she was a female ghost trying to pass through the wall.
Having said that...
This woman looks familiar. Could it be that she is also someone the 'original owner' knows?
After passing the woman, Laishun was walking and reminiscing, when his sleeve was pulled hard by Shuan Zhu.
He turned around to look, only to see that the kid's facial features were all tangled, and he asked in a trembling voice: "Brother Laishun, did she, did she hear just now?"
should……
Isn't that the case?
It was quite far away just now.
"No! I have to talk to her!"
Lai Shun only hesitated for a moment, and Shuan Zhu stamped his feet anxiously. He turned back to look for the woman to explain, but found that the woman had fled into the private alley as if she had fled early.
"She, she ran away!"
Shuan Zhu was dumbfounded, as if he had seen his "social death" future.
Laishun really wanted to say "condolences" to him, but considering the child's fragile heart, he might not be able to withstand the blow.
So she slapped him on the back of the head and said with a laugh: "Don't be stupid, even if she is a good listener, she couldn't have heard anything just now - go home quickly, I will ask my mother-in-law to add a chicken drumstick to you today."
No matter how anxious Shuan Zhu was along the way.
But after returning home and having dinner, Laishun told Mrs. Xu about working tomorrow night, and specifically mentioned the weird woman.
Mrs. Xu then asked, "What was that woman like in life?"
"Slim, tall, and neatly groomed..."
"Do you have big eyes and high cheekbones?!"
"Yes, yes."
Laishun nodded and said: "I can't see clearly, but my cheekbones are indeed quite high - Mom, do you know her?"
"You know her too!"
Mrs. Xu angrily scolded: "If it wasn't for that bastard's hoof, how could you have been beaten to the point of losing your soul?!"
It turned out that the woman was Qin Xian's wife, Mrs. Yang.
"It turns out it's her."
Laishun suddenly realized, but why did Yang look so panicked when he bumped into him?
Could it be that she was really deliberately trying to frame 'herself'?
At this time, Mrs. Xu complained again: "It is said that 'women with high cheekbones can kill people without a knife', but this is about Kefu. It's a good thing she stabbed us with the knife!"
"But she doesn't want to have an easy time. Mom is not idle these days. She lectures her several times, telling her to take a detour if she bumps into you in the future!"
Uh~
That's what happened.
…………
On the second day, Laishunzi rested at home to recuperate his energy, and there was no need to mention it much.
But Qin Xian's wife, Mrs. Yang, left her night patrol duties early in the morning and returned home exhausted both physically and mentally.
Her family lived in Ningrong Qian Lane. Like her previous family, it had three main rooms, but instead of having a side room, the two brothers lived together.
The eldest brother Qin Yi and his wife occupied the east room and the living room, while Qin Xian and Yang only had room in the west room.
Just as Yang expected, the house was empty at this time, with no trace of her husband Qin Xian at all.
Ever since she was transferred to night patrol three years ago, the couple had spent less time together and more time away from each other. But at that time, their daughter was still at home, and they barely had someone to comfort them.
But since the spring of this year, when the ten-year-old daughter went to work as a maid in Mr. Cong's house, and lived and fed in the house, the family has lost any popularity.
Alas~
Yang sighed quietly and threw her body on the kang.
Things have been really going wrong recently. In order to change her job to a better job and stop being a night-timer, she made great efforts to curry favor with Lin Zhixiao's family.
But who would have thought that just when Lin Zhixiao's family was a little loose, she would offend Lai's family inexplicably.
Now, not only are they being targeted at every turn by Lai Wang and his wife, but the plan to change jobs has also come to an end.
Could it be...
Is it my destiny to live this kind of life as a widow?!
Yang silently clenched her fists, her eyes filled with unwillingness and resentment.
Bang bang bang~
At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door hard outside, and then a woman shouted in a loud voice: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! Siqi has brought back some good snacks, get up and try them!"
Hearing the voice of her sister-in-law Wang, Yang's eyes suddenly flashed with disgust.
The Wang family has always been domineering, and their sisters-in-law have often had conflicts in the past ten years.
However, since Yang caught Lai Shun during night patrol and almost beat Lai Shun to death, Wang suddenly became close to her.
This is because Mrs. Wang felt that Mrs. Yang's move had brought bad breath to her natal family.
But in Yang's view, if it weren't for her sister-in-law Wang, how could Laijia insist that she deliberately wanted to harm Laishun?
She was already full of resentment, and now she was exhausted both physically and mentally. She was too lazy to play the role of "general and prime minister peace" with Wang, so she declined: "Sister-in-law, I just had dinner at the mansion, you can keep the snacks for yourself.
"
"Aunt."
But I heard a clear voice from outside: "You'd better get up and use some, my cousin will be coming over soon, and he finally has a clue about his errand!"
But Siqi also came over.
Since he had to entrust her to take care of his daughter, Mr. Yang couldn't help but refute her niece's honor. She stood up and was about to open the door to go out, when she remembered that her nephew Pan You'an was coming, and subconsciously stopped.
"Then I'll pack up and go over."
To be continued...