jdhmnovel Chapter 308 I swallowed my anger back then because I couldn't catch you, the culprit!
Chapter 308 I swallowed my anger back then because I couldn't catch you, the culprit!
Meng Peiyu was cursing inwardly, but smiled and said, "My sister came in a hurry and didn't know that the family was in such a difficult situation."
But I brought you some sweet dried persimmons, would you like to try a couple?
Liu Kangkang has now changed his surname to Qiao, and is now Qiao Kangkang.
Qiao Kang Kang asked excitedly, "Really? It's a cake made from dried persimmons?"
"Yes!" Meng Peiyu took out two frost-covered fruits from her bundle: "Try them, they're so sweet!"
Qiao Kang Kang looked at the persimmon cake and swallowed hard: "Really, really?"
He snatched the persimmon from her mouth, then looked up to see Meng Peiyu's reaction. Seeing that she wasn't angry, he took a big bite.
"Wow, this is what dried persimmons taste like? So sweet! Sister, you have no idea, last winter they were all at home drying persimmons, but they wouldn't let me go up the mountain to pick them..."
Meng Peiyu wasn't in the mood to listen to his trivial family matters. She stuffed the persimmon cake into his arms and said, "Where's Auntie? I'll go talk to her. By the way, I'm staying here for a couple of days. Where are some rooms?"
Qiao Kang Kang pointed to the corner, to the room where the third family had lived: "Sister, stay there!"
"Okay, go to work, don't worry about me!"
Qiao Kangkang had no doubt about Meng Peiyu's identity. After all, his family was so poor they only had vegetable scraps left. Meng Peiyu was so young; surely she wouldn't be after his bedridden grandmother!
Thinking about this gave Qiao Kangkang a headache. He felt like he had endured all the suffering of his life in the past few months.
Every day, I had to go hungry and pretend to be obedient to wipe the old lady's bottom. The smell was nauseating; just thinking about it makes me want to vomit.
But what could he do? He would only be a nine-year-old boy after the New Year. The city wouldn't accept him, and if he continued to be unfilial, the Qingshan Brigade would drive him away.
As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood.
So even though his uncles had all fled, he still settled down here.
The captain had a kind heart and assigned him relatively easy work, and would occasionally give him some wheat bran to fill his stomach.
Qiao Kangkang ran away. Meng Peiyu suppressed her nausea and pushed open the door to Old Lady Qiao's room.
Before even stepping inside, I smelled a foul odor and covered my nose in disgust.
"My dear girl, you're from my family, whose daughter are you?"
Meng Peiyu didn't reply, but instead asked, "Do you have any relatives who know medicine?"
Ding Cuiying's words caught in her throat, her face shifting from surprise to terror: "No, where did you hear that? My family has been farmers for generations!"
"How come Qiao Manman has a great-uncle with exceptional medical skills?"
Ding Cuiying lost her composure and fell off the kang (a heated brick bed): "Impossible! How could she know about her background? Impossible!"
"Hmm?" Meng Peiyu came in from outside, her eyes fixed on Ding Cuiying: "What do you mean? Qiao Laosan isn't your biological son?"
Ding Cuiying snapped out of her daze and changed her tune: "You misheard! It's just that my old man has a distant cousin who knows a little about medicine. He was quite shocked that an outsider like you found out."
Meng Peiyu didn't believe it and wanted to ask again, but Grandma Qiao said nothing more.
"In that case, you can just lie here!"
Meng Peiyu turned around and left without looking back.
Ding Cuiying stretched out her hand: "Girl, help me up! Girl, girl?"
Ignoring her words, Meng Peiyu went to the shack where Qiao Runming had previously lived.
There was no furniture inside, and a thick layer of dust covered the large kang (heated brick bed).
Meng Peiyu didn't want to tidy up, so she directly asked the system to sign in: "You'd better get me a folding bed."
"Yes, host. Congratulations on receiving a folding bed!"
Meng Peiyu's eyes lit up: "Can I make a wish now?"
"No, but it seems the host has a lot of luck today!"
"Then sign twice more, I want cooked food!"
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained ten catties of cold-dressed houttuynia cordata."
"Congratulations, host, you have obtained ten catties of lemon chicken feet."
"System, are you out of your mind? Is the stuff you're checking out fit for human consumption?"
"Please correct your wording, host. First, the prize is ready-to-eat food, which fully meets the host's requirements."
Secondly, individual tastes differ; what the host finds unpalatable might be delicious to others. The main system randomly drops rewards—perfect!
Meng Peiyu was speechless after being rebuked, so she got up and went out to stroll around Qingshan Brigade.
Before long, he found the place where the commune members were working and struck up a conversation with the lazy aunt.
“Manman, that’s great. She arranged a job for her father before she left, and now the whole family has moved to the city.”
"Drowning? That was a misunderstanding! The Li family girl was jealous of Manman's beauty and mistook Zhao Dahu for a little girl. She refused to help him, causing him to drown, and in the end, she got herself caught. If you ask me, she got what she deserved!"
"But men and women have such different body shapes, they shouldn't be mistaken!"
Zheng Daiyun rolled her eyes at her: "How would I know? Why don't you go ask Li Chuncao?"
Meng Peiyu was just looking for an excuse to strike up a conversation with Li Chuncao when she saw this, so she jogged up to her and said bluntly, "Men and women have such different body shapes, how could you mistake one for the other? Weren't you slandered by Qiao Manman back then?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for those around her to hear clearly.
Li Chuncao looked up, glanced at Meng Peiyu's face, and, confirming she didn't recognize her, bent down to continue working: "Comrade, the matter is over, and I've already paid the price. What more do you want?"
"I didn't mean anything by it, I just felt you were wronged and wanted to stand up for you!"
Li Chuncao scoffed: "Who are you? What makes you think you can stand up for me? Qiao Manman married a military officer. Do you think you can take her down?"
Besides, how do you know I'm innocent?
“Because I am…” Meng Peiyu bent down and whispered in her ear.
It only took Li Chuncao two seconds for her gaze to shift from shock to anger.
Before Meng Peiyu could get up, he grabbed her arm and shoved her to the ground: "You bitch, so it was you who ruined me!"
If you hadn't written that letter instigating me, I would never have smeared Sister Manman. You've ruined my life!
A series of slaps landed on Meng Peiyu's face, leaving her stunned: "Stop! Let go of me!"
Li Chuncao ignored him and beat him until his face was bruised and swollen: "I finally accepted my fate, and now you want to bewitch me and harm Sister Manman. What are you up to!"
"Let go, let go!" Meng Peiyu felt as if a patch of her hair had been pulled out. She raised her hand and grabbed Li Chuncao's wrist, opening her mouth to say, "My man is the regimental commander, how dare you hit me?"
He recalled his experience in Doujia Village and, being a coward, didn't dare to reveal his identity.
"Let's talk this out, let's discuss this. If you hit me again, I'll call the police!"
"Report it! Report it! Anyone who doesn't is a coward!"
I tolerated it back then because I couldn't catch you, the culprit. I never expected you to dare sow discord between us! Do you think our Qingshan Brigade is easy to bully?
Regardless of what Li Chuncao did back then, she was still a member of the Qingshan Brigade, and no one could stand by and watch her be bullied.
Seeing that a fight had broken out, they put down their hoes and rushed over to support her.