The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 127 The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarreled across the street
"Take the things in for me, and come and wait by the car tomorrow morning. Don't go to the yard, just come here around seven o'clock." Jiang Cheng parked the car and asked Feng Hua to hold three washbasins and two enamel cups.

"I understand, Master." Feng Hua replied.

It is good to have an apprentice, you can do anything for him, but he must listen to you and be nice to you.

Jiang Cheng and Feng Hua returned to the yard and Zhou Lingying was collecting clothes.

"Feng Hua, why are you here? Come in and sit down. My master's wife will bring you some watermelon. We have some cut watermelon at home." Zhou Lingying greeted Jiang Cheng warmly when she saw him coming back with his apprentice following him.

"Thank you, Master's wife. Where are these things? They were given to you by the enamel factory." Feng Hua asked Zhou Lingying politely.

Jiang Cheng wanted to laugh but held it back.

Jiang Cheng was only six years older than Feng Hua, and actually felt that he was too young. He could accept Feng Hua's call of "Master". But he did not call himself "Master" in front of Feng Hua.

Zhou Lingying is only two years older than Feng Hua. She plays the role of master's wife very naturally. Zhou Lingying doesn't just say "I'll get you a watermelon", but says "Master's wife will get you a watermelon".

However, Zhou Lingying was genuinely enthusiastic about Feng Hua. The fact that Feng Hua had helped her throw feces a few days ago had left her with a very good impression of Feng Hua. She also wanted to ask about the details of how he had thrown feces that day.

Zhou Lingying took the washbasin and enamel cup directly from Feng Hua's hands. She didn't expect that her man went out at noon and came back a few hours later with such good things.

In the educated youth team, many of them only had one basin. They used the same basin to wash their face, buttocks, and feet, and they also used the same basin to wash vegetables and clothes.

In the city, some families have more basins and can use them separately, but it is also possible that parents wash their children first before using them, and it is rare for one person to use several basins alone.

Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying now have washbasins that are not bad. When Zhou Lingying went to the countryside, her family prepared one, and when she arrived at the resettlement office for educated youth, she bought another one. Jiang Cheng also has two washbasins, making four washbasins in total.

After Zhou Lingying put away the enamel basin and water cup, she went to cut the watermelon and made two big slices of watermelon, one for Jiang Cheng and one for Feng Hua.

"Feng Hua, let's go to your master's house for dinner today. The master's wife will prepare braised wild duck for you later." Zhou Lingying still called herself the master's wife.

Jiang Cheng sat aside eating watermelon without saying a word, just wanting to wait until dark to experience how powerful his master's wife was.

But the wild duck must be eaten today. Simply applying some salt and placing it in a basin of cold water does have a certain effect in slowing down its deterioration, but in this weather, it will still go bad if it is not eaten. Unless it is smoked or roasted, it will not deteriorate so quickly.

Feng Hua was sixteen years old after all, and his father used to be a driver, so his family was well-off. He was indeed a little ignorant of the ways of the world, and when his master's wife invited him to dinner, he didn't know whether to agree or not.

"When your master's wife calls you to eat, just eat. Remember, next time she calls you to throw feces at someone's house, just do it." Jiang Cheng said jokingly.

Jiang Cheng's joke made Zhou Lingying embarrassed. She had accepted the criticism from the people in the street office and realized her mistake.

When Feng Hua heard Jiang Cheng speak like this, he hurriedly thanked his master and his wife.

The chat was almost over, so Zhou Lingying had to get busy. The fat that Jiang Cheng brought had to be boiled into lard residue. If it wasn't boiled out, it would go bad.

Zhou Lingying first went to the side room to tell Jiang Cheng's parents that Jiang Cheng's apprentice would come here for dinner this afternoon. Then she went to the cupboard to get some fat to make oil.

Zhao Yuxia is here now and has nothing to do. They cook together. Since Zhou Lingying started cutting meat, she went to light a fire first. Even if she couldn't cook right away, she could boil a pot of hot water and put it in the thermos.

Not long after, when everyone was coming back from get off work, Zhou Lingying also began to "poison" the people in the yard.

The lard boiled with fat is so fragrant that you can smell the strong smell all the way to the backyard, which is enough to make some children cry with greed.

Some very young children smelled the fragrance and came over. Zhou Lingying was really a child who gave a piece of lard.

When you put one in your mouth, it is fragrant and crispy, and the whole mouth is filled with the taste of lard residue.

What Zhou Lingying didn't expect was that the four-year-old daughter of Chen Li, the neighbor across the street, also came over. Zhou Lingying hesitated for a moment and also gave a piece of lard residue.

Now the Jiang family is just dissatisfied with Li Meihong. Zhou Lingying thinks that Li Meihong's daughter-in-law Chen Li is still good. Yesterday, she didn't give her family pig blood, nor did she sell lotus root powder to them. It can be said that it was because of Li Meihong that they targeted her family.

But a child might smell the fragrance and see others eating, so he would come over too. Zhou Lingying didn't need to argue with a child.

Zhou Lingying had just given a piece of lard to Chen Li's daughter. Chen Li opposite her probably noticed that her daughter was not playing at the door, so she came out to look for her.

She also saw Zhou Lingying giving her daughter lard residue. She thanked her politely and then took her daughter back.

But not long after, I heard the loud voice of Li Meihong scolding her granddaughter from Chen Li's house across the street.

Then the war between Li Meihong's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law broke out, and Chen Li had enough. Because her husband was a driver, Zhou Lingying was wrong to throw feces, but people in the yard were not talking about her behind her back. Today, many people talked about her mother-in-law Li Meihong in front of Chen Li, which meant that Chen Li was popular in the yard. If someone said bad things about her mother-in-law in front of her, she would be isolated by people in the yard if she was not popular.

Zhou Lingying doesn't know how to live, so what? She uses tap water for washing clothes and treats people to a penny popsicle. This is called not knowing how to live. Her husband is even worse at living, and he directly sends pig blood to every household.

The man is capable and can live the way he wants. It's not your turn to instigate him.

Moreover, before the feces-throwing incident happened, Chen Li said in front of her family that Zhou Lingying was living a good life and her man was good to her.

Just because she was envious and expressed her feelings at home, Li Meihong talked about it to Chen Li once.

Maybe the initial trigger was actually from Chen Li. If she hadn't said that Zhou Lingying was living a good life, her mother-in-law wouldn't have instigated Zhao Yuxia behind her back, and Zhao Yuxia wouldn't have targeted her daughter-in-law and suddenly repented.

However, Zhou Lingying was not the person who was easy to bully as she seemed. She did not do anything herself but asked others to throw feces on Li Meihong at night.

If Zhou Lingying hadn't thrown feces, Chen Li would have immediately started a quarrel if she knew her mother-in-law was talking about others behind their backs. But after the feces throwing incident, she had already become a marginal figure in the incident.

But today Chen Li didn't want to endure it anymore. When she was chatting with Zhou Lingying before, her daughter was also very close to her.

Just now, my daughter smelled the fragrance and went to a house. The people didn't say anything and gave her a piece of pig fat. When she came back, just because my daughter said that the pig fat at my aunt's house was delicious, Li Meihong actually blamed her granddaughter for being greedy and eating the food of Zhou Lingying, the immoral man who threw feces.

Li Meihong became more and more excited as she spoke, and Chen Li also exploded.

Then many neighbors came to watch the fun, but Zhou Lingying didn't dare to go forward to watch, for fear that she would be hurt innocently.

But when eating, he moved a stool and sat at the door to eat.

Feng Hua left after the meal because he thought the food at his master's house was delicious. As for how rich it was, when his father was a driver, he would often bring back chickens and ducks to improve the food.

Li Meihong's family across the street was arguing fiercely, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't fight. They couldn't fight either, as they were held back by their husband. Neighbors came to watch the fun, and in order to feel involved, they would also step forward to persuade them.

Anyway, Jiang Cheng's family had finished their meal and things were quiet over there.

After dinner, when everything was packed up, Zhou Lingying prepared things for tomorrow in her room. She sorted out Jiang Cheng's washed clothes first, and Jiang Cheng decided how many clothes to bring last time.

Then, tomorrow Zhou Lingying will go back to Jinhe Commune to ask for food from the person who lent her food coupons last time. She also wants to bring some things for her friends to taste. For example, she can bring a bag of lotus root powder. The lotus root powder in Sanjia Village is packed in bags.

I didn't bring malted milk with me, it's hard to make, and Zhou Lingying wouldn't waste money. Canned food is not an option either, milk candy is also a good thing, but I can bring some over for everyone to try.

As for drinks, she only brought a few bottles for her sister-in-law, nephews and nieces, and Jiang Cheng's sister might also need to take two bottles. Zhou Lingying wanted to bring a bottle for her good friend Zhang Yan, but it would be bad not to give it to others, so she had to not bring any.

In the end, they only picked out a bag of lotus root powder and some milk candy, but Zhou Lingying thought that was enough, they were all good things, and they were worth more than one yuan. Only her husband had the ability to get them, if there were a few people who were willing to treat others with gifts.

In addition to bringing things to the educated youth team to share with others, Zhou Lingying also took out her Liberation shoes to wear tomorrow.

Jiang Cheng was reading comic books under the light. There was no desk lamp on the desk, and you needed a ticket to buy one. Jiang Cheng did not plan to buy a desk lamp. He planned to go to a state-owned store to buy some electric light cords and install an incandescent lamp on the desk.

You need a receipt for a desk lamp, but you don’t need one if you buy the parts separately. Some people can even find parts and assemble their own bicycles. As long as they provide the receipts for the purchased parts, they can also get a stamp at the police station.

"Jiang Cheng, the weather is too hot. You should prepare a basin of cold water to wipe your body tonight." Zhou Lingying had almost finished cleaning up and it was getting dark, so she said to Jiang Cheng.

"It's very hot, don't stay up too late today. You still have to drive to deliver goods tomorrow morning." Jiang Cheng understood what Zhou Lingying meant and prepared a basin of cold water to wipe his body. There was no need to explain the reason.

"Well, do other people turn off the lights at night just like us?" Zhou Lingying asked curiously.

"Don't think about other people's affairs. No matter whether you have shame or not, what they do has nothing to do with us." Jiang Cheng said in a bad tone.

Jiang Cheng's mentality was conflicted. He felt that Zhou Lingying was quite strong in that aspect. On the one hand, he hoped that she would be like that, because Zhou Lingying would take the initiative at night. On the other hand, he didn't want to do that. It was supposed to be over after just one time. How could someone enter a state of excitement even when they were tired?

Now Zhou Lingying is a lustful and pure person. Jiang Cheng hopes that she will remain pure in this respect and not think about what others think.

Zhou Lingying heard that Jiang Cheng's tone was a little off, and felt that it was indeed a bit shameless to think about other people's affairs. She immediately promised Jiang Cheng that she would not think about it anymore.

After taking a shower at night, when the two went to bed, Zhou Lingying was punished by Jiang Cheng, which made her "deeply" realize her mistakes.

(End of this chapter)