After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 85, Episode 0087: Welcoming the Kitchen God

"After the argument, Yu Mengmeng found out what rumors were circulating outside. Fortunately, she wasn't too stupid and didn't fight with the villagers directly. She knew to go back to the educated youth settlement to confront Wang Qin."

“But Wang Qin, she cries as soon as Yu Mengmeng mentions it. Many of the older educated youth in the settlement are on Wang Qin’s side, and some of them also think that Li Bin has a problem.”

Li Bin was truly wronged; he had no one to confide in.

Because even if you say it, people won't believe you.

He's usually honest, but you can't bully an honest person like that, can you?
Li Bin was probably really driven to desperation, so he ran to the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and decided to take Wang Qin down with him.

And so, they summoned the brigade leader, that even bigger sucker, to the educated youth settlement.

“This time Li Bin is really ruthless. He pointed a knife at Wang Qin and demanded that she tell the truth, or no one would live. He might be able to stop her today, but he might not be able to stop her tomorrow.”

Lin Yuexi peeled a whole chestnut and stuffed it into Xiao Zhaohua's mouth. "If they had explained things clearly when they got back that day, none of this would have happened. Even if they did explain things clearly this time, the young couple's reputation won't be good in the future."

The saying "a broken mirror is hard to mend" is pretty much true. Once your reputation is ruined, even if you are innocent and clear your name, it's not easy to regain it.

It is said that one mouthful of spreading rumors is one mouthful, and it is impossible to refute them.

Ren Yan almost raised her hands and feet to agree with her, tossed her sweater aside, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and said while eating:
“We also advised them when we were eating at the educated youth settlement that day. Xingran said that after Wang Qin woke up, we had to talk things out in person and make sure Wang Qin admitted that the child had nothing to do with Li Bin and that Li Bin had helped Wang Qin that day, not bullied her.”

They ate dinner before six o'clock that day, wanting to help bear witness, so they waited until almost eight o'clock, but Li Bin and Yu Mengmeng didn't make them wait any longer.

After a few quiet days, with no sound coming from the village, they all thought the matter was resolved.

This matter had little to do with them, and the two chatted idly without taking it to heart, passing the buck from one protagonist to the next.

Chen Erniu's eggs were stolen by Chen Sanniu's wife next door. Chen Erniu's wife didn't know and suspected that it was Chen Daniu's wife next door who stole them. So she stole eggs from Chen Daniu's house for several days. Chen Daniu's wife didn't suspect her younger brother's wife but suspected that it was her younger brother's wife who did it. She went to Chen Erniu's house and stole eggs from his chicken coop for several days.

A perfect closed loop is formed.

Grandma Wu, who almost wiped out Grandma Wu's entire family a while ago, nearly added to the King of Hell's achievements.

Grandma Wu's family is from Shangyang Brigade. Unlike Hero Village, the people from Shangyang Brigade are not locals with a unified surname and their ancestral roots are located there. Instead, they migrated there during the 1940s.

Therefore, there aren't many people with the same surname, and it's natural that people with the same surname tend to have good relationships.

Grandma Wu married into Hero Village and lived a good life. So she introduced Li Sanmao, whom she liked, to Aunt Wu, who shared the same surname in the same village.

As a result, Aunt Wu's whole family almost perished, and the direct cause was related to Grandma Wu. After Grandma Wu's family learned about this, they felt very sorry for Aunt Wu, so the whole family brought a lot of gifts to apologize.

"So far, it can still be considered a good thing, or at least not a bad thing." Ren Yan laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up.

"Grandma Wu felt very guilty. After her family came, they not only brought gifts to apologize, but also invited Grandma Wu and her family to their home for a meal."

"Grandma Wu even brought out her treasured dried fruit that she had kept for many years."

Lin Yuexi's eyebrows twitched a few times.

Why did she have a bad feeling?

Sure enough, Ren Yan slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "Grandma Wu's sister-in-law lives with the military on an island. Every year she sends them some island fruits and dried fruits. Grandma Wu is a thrifty person, and with so many people in her family, she really can't eat to her heart's content." "But what a coincidence! Just like with the rat poison, she hid a bag of dried mangoes that was sent three years ago and forgot about it. But by chance, it was found again when we had dinner that day."

"So Grandma Wu took the bag of dried mangoes to entertain Aunt Wu's family as well. Anyway, it looked fine, but it felt a bit slippery to the touch."

Grandma Wu and her family had never seen a mango before, let alone eaten dried mango. They couldn't tell if it tasted right or not, and since they thought it was a rare fruit, they all ate a few extra pieces.

Then, good heavens, when they got home, the whole family had stomach problems, and they even had to borrow a toilet from the neighbor next door.

Ultimately, it all comes down to saving money.

That's right, that's the only one who's unlucky!
Lin Yuexi couldn't help but twitch her lips; she guessed that Wu Da Niang's whole family must be traumatized by Wu Da Nai's house.

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December 23rd is the Little New Year, also known as welcoming the Kitchen God.

Superstition is forbidden during this special period. People dare not openly welcome the Kitchen God, and it's impossible to buy anything to do so. As for a statue of the Kitchen God, forget about it.

There's a saying: "Food is the first necessity of the people!"
For ordinary people, food and drink are the most important things. Whether the god who controls their food and drink actually exists is not important. What matters is the expectation in their hearts, which cannot be stopped by a ban.

If it's not feasible to do it openly, then how about 'sneaking into the village without firing a shot'?

In the morning, I washed the stove, cleaning it thoroughly from top to bottom and front to back until it was spotless and shiny.

We ate a casual lunch together, and then started dividing up the tasks to prepare.

Some were killing chickens, some were killing ducks, some were washing vegetables, and even the three-headed Xiao Zhaoyang was busy arranging fruit plates one by one on the kang table in Lin Yuexi's room.

On the 24th, sweep away the dust.

In plain terms, it means a big clean-up, where everyone works together to clean.

These kinds of activities were held at the educated youth settlement in previous years, but this year Li Bin had suffered too much and was too lazy to care. Now everyone is minding their own business. Xu Zhichuan and Zhang Ze couldn't stay there any longer, so they came over to help.

As Zhang Ze took off his shoes and stepped onto the kang (a heated brick bed) to wipe the glass, he exuded a resentment that could have been used to cultivate two evil sword immortals. "I really couldn't stand staying there any longer. Luckily, we left all our things with you, Brother Ran."

Leng Xingran was tidying up the clothes in the wardrobe when she heard this and looked at Xu Zhichuan, whom she thought was more reliable.

All that could be seen was Xu Zhichuan, who was wiping the wardrobe, and his face was also dark.

"What's wrong? Is someone asking you for grain again?"

The word "again" is quite puzzling.

Xu Zhichuan shoved Leng Xingran in an annoyed tone, "You're still gloating? Aze and I haven't dared to sleep soundly these past two nights."

That's terrifying. How can some people be so frightening when they go crazy?
Ever since Xingran and Xibao agreed to partner with them, they have been eating here, and after the grain is distributed, they naturally bring their share here.

They were eating separately from the other educated youth at the settlement, so there was no need for them to tell the others when they came together. If anyone asked, they didn't deny it; it wasn't anything shameful.

After that, everyone got along fine, and Liu Bingyan didn't even ask him for money or anything again.

However, just in case, Xu Zhichuan still wrote to his father, telling him the whole truth and hoping that his father could help keep his mother in check and not make his rural assignment even more difficult.