Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 432 Is she determined to win?
It's fine if you don't know, but what should you do now that you do know?

We definitely can't let those two's plan succeed.

Once the rice is cooked, it's done; once you eat it, that's it.

If it's undercooked, we can just cook it into porridge or mush; it'll still be edible.

Then learn from the experience and do it better next time.

But this is different.

If they really slept together and got pregnant, and if Qu Caifeng was willing and not coerced by Cheng's mother and Cheng Wen, she would definitely keep the child.

Lu Qiaoge sighed silently.

But this matter is not easy to manage.

Let's go check on the situation first.

So she said to Sister Qiao, "There's nothing much going on at the food factory, I'll go with you."

Of course, Sister Qiao liked it when Lu Qiaoge went with her.

Sister Tong put down her notebook and said, "I happen to have something to do over there, let's go together."

Sister Hua cautioned the three of them, "Those two children are a sore spot for them, so please don't mention them."

He then added, "I feel like you'd be wasting your time going. I heard Cheng Wen's mother has a very good personality, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is quite good, at least on the surface. Just get a little information from her."

Lu Qiaoge agreed with this, because Shu Da told her that Cheng Wen's mother got up early in the morning to make breakfast for her son and daughter-in-law.

It seems like she does all the housework.

In a sense, she is a good mother-in-law.

When we arrived at Building 5 in Zone 1, Sister Tong went to take care of other things.

Then Lu Qiaoge and Sister Qiao took a bus to the Third District and found the Cheng family's house. They knocked on the door without any trouble.

The two women in the room were both stunned for a moment.

As a mediator in the neighborhood office, Sister Qiao has worked for many years and is known to most of the families in the area.

Cheng's mother was taken aback for a moment, then warmly welcomed the person in. She glanced at Lu Qiaoge standing beside her and said with a smile, "This pretty young comrade must be the famous Lu Qiaoge from our Xiangyang Subdistrict Office!"

Upon hearing Lu Qiaoge's name, Qu Caifeng immediately stood up from the sofa.

Cheng Wen is the quality control director of the workshop. His deceased father was once an engineer in the factory, so the family's house is not small, with more than 50 square meters.

The house was tidy and cozy, with a painting hanging on the white wall, clearly painted by Lin Xiaomin, who is skilled in painting.

It is a painting of peonies.

Large peonies bloom on the plain white Xuan paper, their petals layered upon each other, dyed in varying shades of rouge red, with a touch of pale yellow at the center, just like a flower ornament on a beautiful woman's forehead.

The dark branches and leaves set off the blooming flowers, and the brushstrokes are free and unrestrained, yet the veins of each petal are clearly depicted.

The painting lacks any trace of craftsmanship, instead radiating a vibrant and lively energy.

It was even more vivid than the prints on the New Year pictures.

Seeing Lu Qiaoge staring at the painting, Cheng's mother said with a smile, "This was painted by my daughter-in-law. Isn't it beautiful? It's almost like a New Year's painting."

Nowadays, people like to put up New Year pictures on the walls, and some of these pictures are even comic strip stories.

At this time, the supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores had already hung up New Year pictures, because the New Year was just over half a month away.

Cheng's mother proudly added, "Those words were written by my son. My son is very good at calligraphy. My husband taught him by hand since he was a child."

Lu Qiaoge nodded and said, "I'm not very good at appreciating art, but I know the painting is beautiful and the writing is beautiful too." Qu Caifeng, who was sitting on the sofa, also stood up and poured water for the two of them like a hostess, placing it on the coffee table. Then she turned around and glanced at Cheng's mother, whose face was unreadable, and said gently, "Aunt Cheng, I'll be going now."

Cheng's mother nodded.

As Qu Caifeng stood at the entrance of her own building, she turned to look at the door of the Cheng family's house next door.

When she closed the door just now, she felt that the young girl's gaze seemed to carry something.

It's strange, the two of them have never met, and Lin Xiaomin would never go to the neighborhood committee for mediation, she believes that.

Besides, even if she seeks mediation from the neighborhood committee, what kind of mediation would she get? Would she ask the neighborhood committee to help her get a divorce?

That was truly a cause for universal celebration!
After careful consideration, finding nothing detrimental to herself, Qu Caifeng returned home with a smile on her lips.

When Lu Qiaoge and her companion arrived at the Cheng family home, they naturally didn't mention what happened the previous night.

After all, the person involved doesn't need the help of the neighborhood committee, so the neighborhood committee won't be disliked.

Sister Qiao smiled and said to Cheng's mother, "We've come because we need your daughter-in-law's help with something. The New Year is coming soon, right? We need someone who can draw to design the layout of the bulletin board for our street office, and we also need to draw a few pictures to put up in the street meeting room and on the bulletin board outside."

I originally called Xiaomin's workplace, but they said she was out on assignment at the grassroots level. We just happened to be here on business. Sister Liu, when your daughter-in-law gets back, please tell her that if she's not too busy recently, she could help out at the neighborhood office for a few days.

Oh, so that's what it was about. Cheng's mother didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll tell Xiaomin when she gets back."

Sister Hua is right; this family appears to be very harmonious on the surface.

Even though Qu Caifeng was eyeing him covetously, she actually had no interaction with Cheng Wen, and Cheng Wen almost never spoke to her. She was only on good terms with the old lady.

Lu Qiaoge asked, seemingly casually, "Was that your neighbor who just came by?"

Cheng's mother nodded: "Yes, it's right next door."

Lu Qiaoge thought for a moment: "Oh, I remember now, she's Qu Caifeng from the Heating Department. Why didn't she come to work today?"

"They said they took a day off in lieu of their own."

"Oh, so that's it."

Lu Qiaoge then gave Cheng's mother a special reminder: "Please tell Comrade Lin Xiaomin that we need some legal education materials on marriage and family. It would be best if she could find relevant information, but if she can't, our neighborhood office will provide it."

Cheng's mother nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I will definitely pass this message on to her."

Aside from the fact that she had a child, she was really satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

She is gentle, beautiful, and exceptionally talented.

He is also a very good painter.

The couple's first child was a little girl, fair-skinned and with eyes just like her mother's, which she adored.

The second one is a little boy, with long arms and legs, just like her son. He will grow up to be very tall.

But who would have thought?

Such a tragic outcome!
Otherwise, how happy their family would be; she's not that unreasonable mother-in-law.

Lu Qiaoge really wanted to tell Cheng's mother that the illness could actually be cured, but she swallowed the words back.

Even if it can be cured, it will take several years.

The treatment process and its costs cannot be explained in a single sentence.

However, Lu Qiaoge still said, "I've met with foreign guests a few times, and during my conversations with them, I learned that there are solutions abroad for problems like your son and daughter-in-law's, and even in China, treatments are being researched, especially in Haicheng..."

(End of this chapter)