Back To The 80s-Chapter 474 - 485: Neighbor_1

Zhao Hongmei immediately retorted, "Do you think I want to socialize with them? They’re all stingy and petty. If it weren’t for you, I would have fallen out with them a long time ago. Just look at our child’s face, all bruised and battered. Have you ever cared?"

Zeng Changzhi looked at his son standing aside, shivering with fear, tried to calm down, shook his head and said, "Hopeless." Then he went into his bedroom.

A furious Zhao Hongmei roared at Erhu, "Look at your cowardly appearance, all you know is eating. What good are you? You deserve it if your head is cracked open."

Struck by the sudden scolding, Erhu stepped back and started sobbing aloud.

Zhao Hongmei, still not venting enough, jabbed at Erhu’s forehead with her index finger, "Cry, cry! All you know is crying and eating. What else can you do? How could I have given birth to such a wretched creature? Stop crying and hold back your tears."

Zhao Hongmei’s shrill voice frightened Erhu instantly into silence. He didn’t dare to move and just looked at Zhao Hongmei.

Unable to bear what he heard, Zeng Changzhi came out of his room and sternly said to Zhao Hongmei, "Don’t spoil the child when it’s time to discipline him, and don’t vent your anger on him for no reason."

"Don’t you play the good guy here. Have you ever cared for him since he was born? You’re busy with work all day. If you hadn’t been so busy, would we have lost Dah

u? Dah

u was such a sensible child..." Zhao Hongmei began her plead, sobbing like Sister Xianglin.

Not long after Lu Zhanguo came back home, he heard a quarrel from next door as well as a child’s crying. He shook his head disapprovingly.

Gu Xiaobei was having dinner with the two children when she saw Lu Zhanguo coming back. Surprised, she asked, "Why did you finish your meal so soon? What delicious dishes did Zhao Hongmei cook?"

Lu Zhanguo glanced at the changed soup noodles in their bowls and asked, "Is there any more food left at home?"

"There are some noodles left in the colander. You can boil it in the soup, and there are some vegetables left in the small pot." Gu Xiaobei quickly inferred that Lu Zhanguo didn’t eat enough his meal outside, so she hurriedly replied.

Lu Zhanguo boiled the noodles in the kitchen, dumped them directly into the small pot, mixed it up, and sat down in front of the coffee table after bringing it out.

Being curious, Gu Xiaobei asked, "How come you didn’t get enough to eat at the dinner outside?"

"Hmm, there was no staple food, only four dishes," Lu Zhanguo said and started to eat the noodles.

Gu Xiaobei thought to herself, it seemed she was right. Zhao Hongmei probably thought that the ingredients they brought were too humble, so she didn’t put in much effort into the meal.

...

The news that Ou Ruoshui was staying at the Jin Family spread to Yang Tianhua. Yang Tianhua rushed to report this to his third brother, "Third brother, how does she still have connections with provincial committee leaders?"

The third brother clenched his fists and slammed the table, saying unwillingly, "How can she be so lucky!"

Yang Tianhua was startled by the third brother’s action, watching the blood seeping out from the back of his hand, he hurriedly handed a piece of cloth to him and asked bewilderingly, "Third brother, what animosity do you have with Ou Ruoshui? Why do you hate her so much?"

The third brother sneered, "The enmity between me and her is profound. I’m going to settle this account sooner or later."

After speaking, he went into his bedroom and laid down on the bed, trying to calm his mind and think about how to deal with Ou Ruoshui and Gu Xiaobei.

Zhao Honghe also immediately called Ou Tiannan, "Brother Nan, Ou has decided to sell the factory and is even getting close to our competitors. Recently, she moved into the provincial committee family compound. Does she have relatives in the provincial committee?"

Ou Tiannan grasped the phone in shock. The provincial committee? Could it be that Jin Xueping got a promotion and moved to the provincial committee? If that’s the case, then doesn’t Ou Ruoshui, no, Ma Xuerong know about the truth of that year? Has she recovered her memory? The more he thought about it, the more alarmed he became. If that was the case, wouldn’t his eleven years of hard work be in vain?

At this thought, Ou Tiannan hung up the phone in silence, slumped down in his chair. No, he couldn’t reconcile. How could he let go of Ma Xuerong just like that? He had to rush to the provincial capital as soon as possible and do everything he could to win her back!

Ou Ruoshui is unaware that a conspiracy against her is underway. She has been living a relaxed life these days, picking up and dropping off Jiujiu at school every day, doing homework with Jiujiu, chatting with Zhuang Shuxian. Jin Xueping was taken aback when he saw Ou Ruoshui for the first time, but after understanding the situation, he couldn’t help but shed tears of joy and kept saying good. Everyone avoided talking about her amnesia and Jin Jiadong. Instead, they chatted every day about Jiujiu’s school life and some trivial matters in life.

Zhuang Shuxian hopes that in a relaxed environment, Ou Ruoshui could remember her past. If she forgot, it wouldn’t be a bad thing. Sometimes, recalling it can cause even more agony.

Only after Xiaopang and Mo Wang completely recovered from their colds did Gu Xiaobei send them back to the small courtyard and go back to work at the shop.

During her absence, Qin Li meticulously managed every account and strictly supervised every purchase and sale.

Gu Xiaobei felt that if one day Lu Zhanguo was transferred to another city, she could entrust the entire business to Qin Li without hesitation.

At lunch, Gu Xiaobei noticed that Qin Li was not very interested and felt puzzled. After lunch, she took Qin Li out for a walk.

The two of them were wearing cotton-padded clothes and wrapped in large scarves, leaving the market and strolling on the narrow streets.

"What’s wrong with you?" Gu Xiaobei couldn’t help asking.

Qin Li stopped and looked at Gu Xiaobei, saying seriously, "Sister Xiaobei, do you think Jin Cheng might still be alive since Sister Xuerong survived after jumping off the cliff?"

Gu Xiaobei was stunned. How could that be possible? Jin Cheng drove a car loaded with explosives into the river, and the raging river was underneath.

Seeing that Gu Xiaobei wasn’t responding, the brightness in Qin Li’s eyes slowly dimmed, and she sighed, "I must have been daydreaming. How could it be possible? With so much explosives and the turbulent river, who could possibly survive unless they were a god?"

Gu Xiaobei put her arm around Qin Li’s arm and said softly, "Stop worrying about it. As long as you live well, Jin Cheng will rest in peace wherever he is in the world."

In the south, a small town with a spring-like climate all year round, the temperature is pleasant, and various flowers blossom passionately, filling every corner of the streets.

In one corner of the town, a group of villagers surrounded a household.

The man in the lead, wearing a headscarf and full of resentment, looked at the thin old man in front of him and said, "Uncle Axing, it’s not that we want to make things hard for you. Our town has recently been hit by an epidemic, and everyone’s chickens have caught the disease. If this continues, what if the disease spreads to humans? How many people will die then?"

Uncle Axing, the elderly man whose name was called, frowned as he looked at these villagers. Usually, they didn’t hesitate to come to him for medical consultation and medicines. Now, they were turning against him. Feeling cold inside, he said displeasingly, "You all came here to make complaints against me. What do you want to do?"

"Uncle Axing, the witch said that we need to sacrifice the man you rescued to the heavens to end this epidemic."