Chapter 34

Song Shishi turned around to put the broom back, but she saw Xu Li staring at her blankly, her eyes full of shock.

“Sister, I didn’t expect you to have this side to you.”

“Even a rabbit will bite when it’s cornered, let alone someone who’s so arrogant. You can’t just keep letting them get away with it.”

In her previous life, Zhou Xingxue had also come to her like this, but it wasn’t because An Jinsheng was taken away by the police, it was because she and An Jinsheng were together.

She was always proud and wouldn’t have cared about Zhou Xingxue.

But because An Jinsheng had advised her not to have a conflict with Zhou Xingxue, so that their lives in the village would be easier.

Song Shishi didn’t understand this kind of social interaction very well, and she trusted An Jinsheng, so she did whatever he said.

Because of this, when Zhou Xingxue hit her, she only hid in the house and cried, not daring to resist or argue.

Thinking about it now, it seemed that the two of them had already gotten together at that time.

Now, she didn’t need to rely on work points to live, with the translation work at the library and the vegetable patch, she was already busy enough.

This was enough to support her and Xu Li.

Naturally, she didn’t have to live under Zhou Xingxue’s thumb anymore.

“I made a cup of malt milk, it’s on the stove, remember to drink it after you go to work.”

Song Shishi pointed to the kitchen, then waved to Xu Li and went out.

The matter of An Jinsheng and Zhou Yuan soon came to a conclusion.

Because she was involved, Zhou Jianguo informed her as soon as he got the news.

An Jinsheng, because he was trying to save Song Shishi, injured Zhou Yuan while fighting with him, and was finally convicted of excessive self-defense, detained for three months, and had to pay for Zhou Yuan’s medical expenses.

Zhou Yuan was much worse off, after being discharged from the hospital, he went straight to jail and was sentenced to one year in prison.

When Song Shishi heard this news, she felt relieved.

An Jinsheng was detained for three months, which meant that she would have a lot less trouble for the next three months.

She was really annoyed by An Jinsheng, he always liked to hang around her, whether it was necessary or not.

As for Zhou Yuan, he deserved it, she thought one year was too light a sentence.

After Zhou Jianguo left, Zhou Xingxue popped out from somewhere, saying viciously, “Song Shishi, you’re happy now? You’ve ruined Jinsheng’s life, and you won’t have a good time in the village either!”

Looking at Zhou Xingxue’s angry back, Song Shishi couldn’t help but roll her eyes.

It seemed that Zhou Xingxue and An Jinsheng were a perfect match, both of them were crazy!

It had been over a month since she came to Huaqing Brigade, and time always flew by when she was busy.

Today was Mid-Autumn Festival, also National Day, Xu Li got up early and started to busy herself.

Song Shishi sat on a stool in the courtyard, eating sweet potatoes and watching her.

“It’s just the two of us today, right? You’re preparing so much food, can we two finish it?”

Looking at the apples, vegetables, and meat in front of Xu Li, she thought this was the most extravagant meal Xu Li had ever prepared.

Usually, if she made a little extra meat, Xu Li would drool while muttering that it was too extravagant.

She had forgotten that it was Mid-Autumn Festival when she went to Qinghe Town the other day, so she hadn’t prepared anything.

The apples and meat in front of Xu Li were bought from the villagers.

“It’s not necessarily, it’s Mid-Autumn Festival today, my brother and Brother Meng might come over.”

“They’re in the army, they have their own rules in the army, how can they always run over to us?”

“I don’t care, even if it’s just the two of us celebrating, we have to have a good time.”

Xu Li was very insistent about Mid-Autumn Festival, so she didn’t persuade her anymore.

The threshing ground was very lively, they heard that the educated youths were putting on a cultural performance today, but it wouldn’t be until evening.

There was a labor competition during the day, basically just comparing who could harvest more corn and beans and who was faster.

She didn’t bother to go, Xu Li liked to join the fun and went to participate.

Song Shishi didn’t go anywhere today, she just stayed at home reading and cleaning.

At noon, she wanted to cook some food and send it to Xu Li in the field.

But before she got to the kitchen, she heard a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

“Who is it?”

Everyone was working at this time, she didn’t know who was outside.

Not hearing a response, Song Shishi walked over and looked out through the crack in the door. She saw Su Yaqin’s family standing at her doorstep.

She quickly opened the courtyard door and said excitedly, “Sister, brother-in-law, Xiaobao, how did you come here?”

“It’s Mid-Autumn Festival today, you didn’t even think to go find me, we could only come to see you.”

Su Yaqin lightly patted her shoulder, a little annoyed.

Li Chengde held Li Haoyang, standing beside Su Yaqin with a smile. “Your sister told me about this last night, Xiaobao misses you too, we came by car, it’s convenient, so we came directly, we didn’t tell you in advance.”

“Pretty Auntie, hug…” Li Haoyang leaned forward and opened his arms to Song Shishi.

Song Shishi took Li Haoyang from Li Chengde’s arms and said with a smile, “I’m so happy you came.”

After welcoming Su Yaqin and the others into the house, she went to wash apples.

“I brought some fruit, wash some, Xu Li can eat them when she comes back.”

Su Yaqin took the fruit from the rich uncle’s hands and brought it to Song Shishi.

She took out grapes, pears, red dates, and so on.

“I tell you, I even bought mooncakes, try them, they’re so sweet.” As she spoke, Su Yaqin tore open the mooncake wrapper and fed a piece to Song Shishi.

Li Haoyang squatted beside Song Shishi, watching her draw water and wash fruit, “Xiaobao wants to help too.”

“Okay, Xiaobao can help Auntie wash fruit too.”

Originally, Song Shishi was going to just cook a couple of dishes, but because of Su Yaqin and the others, she had to cook a proper meal.

Now, she was a little glad that Xu Li had been so diligent in the morning.

If Xu Li hadn’t prepared the vegetables in the morning, she would have been very busy now.

Su Yaqin said she would help Song Shishi, but she was chased out of the kitchen.

“Sister, I’ll do it myself, you’re guests here, how can I let guests cook?”

She said, pushing Su Yaqin out of the kitchen, then beckoned to Li Haoyang, who was playing with mud in the courtyard.

“Xiaobao, take your mom to play, Auntie is going to cook for you.”

“Okay!” Li Haoyang, as if he had been given a glorious task, got up and responded loudly, dropping the Shi Tous in his hands and running towards Su Yaqin.

“Mom, be good, let’s go play over there, don’t bother Auntie.”

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After the meal was ready, Song Shishi took Li Haoyang and went to the threshing ground.

After all, she had guests at home, it was better to call Xu Li back for dinner.

It would be more lively with more people.

This girl had been preparing all morning, she definitely wanted to have a good time celebrating the festival.

Now, her wish had come true.

“Huh, whose kid is this? They’re so good-looking.”

“They look like a little master from a rich family, but why is Song Zhiqing holding a child?”

There were many people on the threshing ground, because it was almost dinner time, people were gathered in groups of three or five, and when they saw Song Shishi holding a well-dressed child, they naturally had something to talk about after dinner.

Song Shishi didn’t bother to pay attention, after all, they only dared to talk about her behind her back, no one came forward to ask her.

Xu Li saw Song Shishi from afar and was a little puzzled.

But when she saw Li Haoyang, she jumped up in surprise.