books44 Chapter 13 A Midnight Rendezvous Falls into a Cigarette Pit
Chapter 13 A Midnight Rendezvous Falls into a Cigarette Pit
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Meng Ali rubbed her sleepy eyes, puffed out her cheeks, and counted on her fingers everyone she had met along the way.
Finally, he tapped his head in frustration and said, "I didn't finish looking at the people in the field. When I went over, there was an uncle talking to my mother."
Meng Ranran listened from the side, wanting him to speak faster several times, but seeing that her sister was listening attentively, she had to suppress her impatience.
The more Meng Fuqing listened, the more peculiar his gaze became towards Meng Ali.
If Meng Ali remembers it so clearly, could it be that she really has the ability to remember everything she sees, just as Meng Shaoyuan wished?
How come the original owner didn't know this before?
If Meng Shaoyuan knew, he would have told the whole village by now.
She put that aside for the moment and pressed on, "Which uncle?"
"The uncle who always plays with Dad, Sun Dacheng!"
Meng Fuqing nodded and patted Meng Ali on the head, "Well done!"
Meng Ali tilted her little head back, smiling proudly.
Meng Fuqing continued to praise him, "Ali can remember so many people at once? That's amazing!"
Meng Ali became even more proud. If she had a tail, it would probably leave a trail of afterimages. "My father used to make me remember so many things, and I still remember them all!"
Did he test you?
Meng Ali nodded, then, as if remembering something, her face suddenly darkened, her little face falling as she picked at her fingers, "Father is so fierce. He asks me questions and I forget so much, then he scolds me..."
It turned out to be the case.
This has left a psychological scar.
Meng Fuqing pinched Meng Ali's little face, "If anyone insults you in the future, tell your elder sister, and your elder sister will teach you how to insult them back."
Meng Ranran was somewhat confused, not understanding why her sister was asking these questions.
But that didn't stop her from pinching her brother's other cheek and saying seriously, "If anyone hits you in the future, tell your second sister, and your second sister will hit them back for you!"
The second sister pinched him a little hard, but Meng Ali felt he could bear it. He looked at his two older sisters with admiration and nodded emphatically.
There was meat to eat, no one to beat or scold them.
These days are so wonderful!
Next door, Shan Qiyu was speaking quietly to Yao Shanyun.
After briefly explaining the situation, Shan Qiyu hesitated before revealing her purpose: "Sister-in-law, you know our current situation as a widow and her child. Some people suspected that I was the one who laid a hand on Meng Shaoyuan. If I get involved with Sun Dacheng again, I'm afraid I won't be able to clear my name."
Sister-in-law, could you come to my house tonight? We can talk, and you can be my witness...
Yao Shanyun immediately understood the intricacies of the matter, and her expression instantly turned sour.
Sun Dacheng used to frequent the Meng family. After Meng Shaoyuan died, he became involved with Meng Shaoyuan's wife. What would others think?
It's a mild case that the two had been having an affair for a long time; in a more serious case, Meng Shaoyuan's death could be said to have been a conspiracy between the two, at which point Shan Qiyu's statement would be disregarded.
"That grandson of a Sun has probably had his eye on you for a long time. Now he's so obsessed with that kind of thing that he's practically burying his head in his pants! Doesn't he care about getting his comeuppance?"
She was always quick to speak, and only after she finished speaking did she realize that her words might embarrass Shan Qiyu.
Seeing the look of disgust on Shan Qiyu's face, she felt relieved and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I'll stay with you tonight. If that beast dares to come, I'll shove him into the latrine!"
After the two reached an agreement, Shan Qiyu's expression finally improved.
After exchanging some casual words, Yao Shanyun remembered something and asked, "When did your Qing girl learn to hunt? She even caught two rabbits!"
“This child…” Shan Qiyu thought of his eldest daughter and finally smiled. “Ever since her father died, she has become much bolder.”
"This is a good thing!" Yao Shanyun exclaimed. "Your three children are so timid around everyone because of their father who died young. I'm worried they won't be able to change their personalities, especially the two girls. If they get married and have a formidable mother-in-law, they'll really have to suffer for half their lives!"
Shan Qiyu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is right. I also think it's a good thing."
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That night, the moon was bright and the stars were few.
Sun Dacheng finally escaped from his tigress at home and felt refreshed.
Under the moonlight, he picked a foxtail grass from the roadside, put it in his mouth, and hummed a little tune as he slowly walked towards Shan Qiyu's house.
The village is always very quiet at night; apart from the howling mountain wind, there is no other sound.
Therefore, he did not notice the dark figure sneaking behind him.
When they were not far from Shan Qiyu's house, Sun Dacheng finally remembered that he was on his way to have an affair. He looked around but couldn't find a soul in sight.
He felt relieved.
He skillfully hid in the shadows for the rest of the way, and soon arrived at the gate of Shan Qiyu's courtyard.
I gently pushed the door, but it wouldn't open.
They didn't leave the door open for him?
Sun Dacheng was somewhat annoyed. Sure enough, he still needed to be disciplined. He was not as obedient as before after Brother Meng died.
He stepped back a few paces and looked around. The courtyard wall wasn't very high, but it would still take some effort to climb it. The best place to climb was near the outhouse, where there was a tung tree that he could use for leverage.
After circling around for a short while, Sun Dacheng arrived at the paulownia tree and skillfully climbed the wall.
Qi Meixiang, who had been following Sun Dacheng in the darkness, looked at the man and the courtyard, clutching her clothes tightly to her chest with one hand.
She said that Sun Dacheng had been acting very strangely these past few days, and today he even rummaged through his closets and found out a set of cotton clothes that he rarely wore and put them on.
Luckily, she had been keeping a close eye on things and pretended to be asleep until Sun Dacheng came out and followed her. Otherwise, she might have been kept in the dark for a long time!
That shameless slut Shan Qiyu, she seduces Qi Meixiang's man as soon as her man dies?
Do you think she's dead?!
She raised the object in her hand, tore off the cloth covering it, and a machete gleamed coldly in the moonlight. Qi Meixiang's eyes also flashed with a sharp light, shooting straight into the moonlit courtyard.
In the corner of the courtyard, the vines that had been waiting for a long time quietly approached the target after sensing the presence of the outsider.
When the target sits astride the wall, it climbs up the wall and then quietly forms a small loop around the person's ankle.
"Who? Who's there?"
"Who goes there?!"
The loud shouts of Shan Qiyu and Yao Shanyun broke the silence of the night and startled Sun Dacheng, who instinctively tried to pull his feet back and tumble out.
Inside the room, Meng Fuqing opened his sleepless eyes, his clenched hand suddenly clenched, the vines retracted, and a strong force pulled Sun Dacheng down from the wall.
Beneath him was a simple outhouse covered with wooden planks.
"what!"
Sun Dacheng screamed and slammed his head against the wooden board. As his body fell, the board slid off, revealing a foul-smelling latrine.
Unfortunately, Sun Dacheng fell right in sideways.
If he hadn't stretched out his hand to support himself at the crucial moment, he would be covered in excrement and his pet right now. But he's not much better off now; half of his body is buried in the filth, and he can't exert any strength in this position.