After my stepmother was shot, I took my brothers to the countryside

"Sister Nian, what are you thinking about?"

Ye Jiaojiao came back from taking a shower and saw Shen Nian sitting in the yard in deep thought, so she asked curiously.

"Jiaojiao, what kind of person do you think Shi Zhiqing is?" Shen Nian suddenly asked Ye Jiaojiao.

Ye Jiaojiao thought for a moment and said, "She looks quiet and gentle, and doesn't like to talk, but she's quite arrogant."

"arrogant?"

"Yeah, it just feels like I'm looking down on people. It always gives me the impression that I'm looking down on us."

Ye Jiaojiao didn't know how to describe it, but she felt that Shi Zhiqing didn't even look at her.

Shen Nian nodded: "Have you seen how she usually gets along with the villagers?"

"She doesn't like to talk to people, not even the people in the team. Sometimes when I talk to her she ignores me." Ye Jiaojiao curled her lips.

"Since she doesn't want to bother with you, you can ignore her."

Shen Nian said to Ye Jiaojiao, she was not sure whether the plot that had been distorted by her could be straightened out again.

"Don't worry, Sister Nian."

In the evening, Shen Nian went to the cowshed with a bag of bones and a bottle of medicine.

Su Dingyi took the bones to the kitchen to make soup. Gu Jianhua accompanied her beside her: "Dingyi, what do you think of this girl Shen Zhiqing?"

"Very good, optimistic and intelligent."

Su Dingyi was very satisfied with Shen Nian, but she didn't know what the future would be like in this countryside.

In the next few days, Shen Nian went to the mountains to collect firewood in the morning and started knitting sweaters at home at noon. Ye Jiaojiao also often came to her.

"Shen Zhiqing! Is he home?"

"Hey, I'm here!" Hearing Aunt Zhang's voice, Shen Nian hurried out.

"Aunt San, Aunt Wang, why are you two here? Come in and sit down!"

Aunt Zhang San and Aunt Wang entered the house and saw Ye Jiaojiao sitting on the kang: "Ye Zhiqing is here too."

"Yes, Aunt San and Aunt Wang, please sit down." Ye Jiaojiao crawled onto the kang to make room for the two of them.

Aunt Zhang looked at the wool and knitted yarn in the basket on the kang.

He picked it up and took a look: "Shen Zhiqing, your knitting skills are really good!"

Shen Nian smiled and waved her hands: "I haven't knitted for many years. My mother taught me this, and I almost forgot it. But then they said it's cold here in the winter, so I picked it up again."

Aunt Wang nodded and said, "It's cold here in the winter. You really have to wear sweaters and trousers, otherwise you won't be able to withstand the cold."

"Shen Zhiqing, you knitted this sweater so finely. The stitches look warm." Aunt Wang also reached out to touch the sweater thread and praised sincerely.

"Yes, it looks warm. We have never seen this little flower before." Aunt Zhang also nodded in praise.

Ye Jiaojiao also interjected, "I really admire Sister Nian. She knits this sweater better than my mom. I can't even knit."

"Shen Zhiqing, please teach me this pattern tomorrow so I can knit one for my Chuntao."

Aunt Zhang looked at the pattern on the sweater and liked it very much. She wanted to knit the same one for her granddaughter.

"Okay, Third Aunt, I'll teach you when you bring it to me." Shen Nian nodded with a smile.

"By the way, is your back feeling better now? I've been busy collecting firewood lately and haven't come to see you."

Aunt Zhang took out a few eggs from her pocket, and Aunt Wang also took out a few, and both handed the eggs to Shen Nian.

Shen Nian looked at the eggs handed over by the two people and was stunned: "Auntie, what are you doing? Take them back to feed the children at home!"

"There's nothing valuable in our countryside, just a few eggs laid by our own chickens. They're not worth much. Take them and use them to replenish your body." Aunt Zhang stuffed them into Shen Nian's hands.

"This is outrageous! How can I have the nerve to accept your eggs? I'm fine. Look, I'm fine." Shen Nian quickly declined.

"Take it. You have helped us a lot. These eggs are nothing." Aunt Wang also advised.

"That's right, that's right. Take it. Auntie knows you don't need it. This is a little gift from us aunties." Aunt Zhang San chimed in.

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Shen Nian had no choice but to accept it: "Okay, thank you Auntie San and Auntie Wang, I won't be polite."

"What are you thanking me for? We're neighbors." Aunt Zhang waved her hand.

Why is Shen Zhiqing being so polite at this time? Has his waist been sprained and his temper lost?

"Shen Zhiqing, do you know what happened between Shi Zhiqing and Zhang Fengfeng in your front yard?" After finishing the business, Aunt Zhang started to talk about gossip with Shen Nian.

"What's going on between them?"

Shen Nian really didn't know about this. She lived some distance away from the Youth League Home. Unless the noise from the Youth League Home was very loud, she wouldn't be able to hear anything.

Ye Jiaojiao was also confused. She lived next door to the educated youth and never saw her doing anything.

"The day you and Shi Zhiqing were admitted to the hospital, the team leader came back and went straight to Zhang Fengfeng's house to ask her what was going on."

"Zhang Fengfeng kept crying, saying she didn't know how she had knocked Shi Zhiqing down, and she herself was dizzy."

"The captain told her to go to the hospital the next day and explain everything to Shi Zhiqing. Guess what happened?"

Aunt Zhang San seemed to be gloating when she said this. Others might believe that Zhang Fengfeng didn't do it on purpose, but she didn't believe it.

"What's the matter?" Shen Nian asked in cooperation.

"Zhang Fengfeng went back to her grandmother's house the next day and hasn't come back yet."

Aunt Zhang saw that the two girls were staring at her, waiting for her to continue, so she didn't keep them in suspense.

Shen Nian looked at Aunt Zhang's expression. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that Aunt Zhang and Zhang Fengfeng had a grudge against each other.

"Then Aunt San, do you think she did this on purpose?" Shen Nian stared at Aunt San Zhang's expression.

"Hmph, who knows her!" Aunt Zhang said with a frown, looking disdainful.

Shen Nian was certain that there was indeed a feud between Aunt Zhang San and Zhang Fengfeng, and it seemed that the feud was quite serious.

"So how will this matter be handled in the end?" Ye Jiaojiao asked curiously.

"What else can we do? Shi Zhiqing herself said she fell because she lost her balance, and it wasn't Zhang Fengfeng who pushed her on purpose. She's hiding now, so we can only wait for her to come back."

Aunt Wang sighed: "The same thing happened to Zhang Fengfeng. She herself said she didn't mean it, so why is she hiding?"

"What do you know? This is Zhang Fengfeng, who is so vicious." Aunt Zhang's expression became worse and worse.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I think Goudan's mother is in much better spirits recently. Did you see that?"

Aunt Wang quickly tried to interfere. The conflict between Zhang Sanmei and her niece was quite serious. She was afraid that Zhang Sanmei would continue talking and would have to pick up a kitchen knife to look for someone.

Shen Nian also followed Aunt Wang's words and talked about Goudan's mother.

"Oh, yes, I think it's getting better. I even heard Goudan's mother's laughter that day."

Shen Nian nodded, and indeed saw that Goudan's mother looked much better than before.

"Life has to go on. She keeps living in the past, unable to get over it and move on. It's the kid Goudan who suffers."

Aunt Zhang also shook her head. Although she could understand Goudan's mother and even empathize with her, people always need to look forward. If they always live in the past, what will happen to the rest of the people?

She watched Goudan's mother being sometimes silly and sometimes nice, which not only tortured herself, but also Goudan.

"That's right. Live a good life in the future. Life is still long." Aunt Wang also sighed.

Aunt Wang and Aunt Zhang sat for a while and chatted about the Dong family's affairs and the Li family's affairs, then stood up to leave. Shen Nian saw them out.