In the reborn era, the lucky bag is enjoying the show in the factory area.

The two women, who were praising each other, left Xi Beizhan aside. Xi Beizhan smiled but didn't say anything, and obediently helped with the work.

When dinner was in the evening, Aunt Xi leaned close to Luo Yu and whispered, "I heard that Mingzhu's mother was beaten up? Or was it two women who did it together?"

Luo Yu was taken aback, then remembered that many people knew about Mingzhu's mother being beaten, so she nodded, "That's right, it happened last night. It was too late, so they didn't report it to our Women's Federation, and we didn't do anything about it."

Aunt Xi whispered again, "I heard they beat him really badly, and he's even disfigured."

Luo Yu whispered, "That's right. Aunt Zhao said the beating was quite severe. I don't know if she went to the hospital or not."

Aunt Xi pursed her lips, "I didn't go. If I went, would I let a man sneak into the yard at night?"

Luo Yu was startled.

Only a few people from the Women's Federation knew about the incident of someone breaking into Mingzhu's house at night. How did Aunt Xi know?

Qiu Ling, who was standing to one side, leaned over to Aunt Xi's other side, her eyes wide open, "Mom, really? Someone went into Mingzhu's house last night? How did you know?"

Aunt Xi raised her chin smugly, "Don't you know who your mother is? What don't I know about the things that happen in our mine?"

If you don't want people to know, then don't do it in the first place. Who doesn't know about Mingzhu's family's messy affairs?

She thought that no one would see it in the middle of the night and therefore no one would know? Ha, how naive!

Who can we possibly hide this little thing from at our mine? Whether we can keep it a secret or not depends entirely on whether anyone wants to know.

To be honest, it was Old Mrs. Xu who discovered this.

Luo Yu and Qiu Ling exchanged a bewildered glance. "Who is Old Xu's wife?"

Aunt Xi raised her eyebrows and smiled mysteriously: "Old Xu ran to the Northeast to escape disaster before the liberation. At that time, she was all alone and had no one to rely on. Later, she got married here, but her husband died a few years later. She then married another family with her eldest daughter."

She later married a man surnamed Xu, and people got used to calling her Old Mrs. Xu.

Her second husband didn't live more than a few years either. He had a son, but she passed away when the son was five or six years old.

Her husband was one of the first employees of our Wulong Mine, but he died underground.

The mine compensated her and promised to let her son take over the business. They also provided her with living expenses until her son grew up, which stopped her from causing trouble.

The mine only provided the minimum living allowance, which was far from enough for the three of them, so she started acting as a matchmaker to earn some extra money.

Old Mrs. Xu lives right next door to Mingzhu's mother; the two houses are separated by only one wall. She can hear a fart from over there. What can't be hidden from her?

Qiu Ling shoveled two mouthfuls of rice into her mouth, chewed quickly, and swallowed. She looked at Aunt Xi with excitement and asked, "Mom, what did she hear last night? Tell me."

Guan Jingtian, standing to the side, blushed inexplicably and kicked Qiu Ling hard.

Qiu Ling turned around and glared at him. "Why did you kick me? Don't think I wouldn't know just because you were under the table."

Guan Jingtian was so angry he almost fell backward, turning his face away from her, but his ears were red, making him look somewhat like Xi Beizhan at this moment.

Luo Yu glanced at Guan Jingtian, then smiled and looked at Qiu Ling.

This couple is quite well-matched.

Seeing that Luo Yu's gaze was drawn to Guan Jingtian and his wife, Xi Beizhan, who was sitting next to Luo Yu, angrily put several pieces of cabbage into Luo Yu's bowl.

"Eat quickly and talk less."

Luo Yu turned her head slowly to look at him, "What did you say?"

Xi Beizhan paused, then immediately changed his expression, smiling ingratiatingly at Luo Yu, "The food will get cold and cause stomach aches if you eat it. The soup is still warm, would you like to have some soup with it?"

Xi Beizhan was about to pour the food into Luo Yu's bowl when Luo Yu raised her hand to stop him.

"The sorghum rice and vegetable soup doesn't taste good. I'll make the soup after I cook rice."

Xi Beizhan immediately withdrew his hand, put the bowl of food on the table, and put two more pieces of food on Luo Yu's plate. "My wife is right. Sorghum rice is not as good as regular rice. Second Aunt, let's make rice tomorrow."

Aunt Xi glared at the unprincipled Xi Beizhan, "Coward! Come here, I haven't finished yet."

Luo Yu and Qiu Ling's attention was once again drawn to Aunt Xi.

"Old Mrs. Xu was widowed when she was young, and she was widowed twice more. She was afraid that people would see her as a widow and that someone would sneak into her house in the middle of the night to bully her, so she developed the habit of sleeping very lightly. Most of the time she was half asleep and half awake, so that she could know and react immediately if there was any noise outside."

But many people don't know this.

Although she was a widow, she was a respectable person, and that's why I had a good relationship with her in private.

She usually looked down on Mingzhu's mother the most, but since they were neighbors, she couldn't just not talk to her when they met. So the relationship between the two families was just so-so. But because of this, she paid special attention to Mingzhu's family, afraid that something might happen to them and affect her.

Old Mrs. Xu told me that she was asleep last night when she suddenly heard something fall to the ground in the yard. She said the sound was very faint, and if it weren't for her good hearing and long-standing habit, she would have thought she was just half asleep and misheard.

Luo Yu and Qiu Ling didn't react much when they heard this, but Xi Beizhan's eyes sharpened, his brows furrowed slightly, and his ears perked up.

"and then?"

Aunt Xi looked at Luo Yu and her daughter-in-law's eager eyes with satisfaction and said with a smile, "After that person entered the courtyard, he knocked on the door directly, and the door was opened for him after only a few knocks."

Mingzhu's mother lived in a room that was separated from hers by only one wall. It was said that after that person entered the room, the two whispered to each other for a long time, and Mingzhu's mother even cried.

Oh dear, that person was so heartbroken, they spent ages comforting them. And then... well, let's eat, it'll get cold soon."

Aunt Xi glanced at Luo Yu and Guan Jingyi, who was busy shoveling rice into her mouth, then stopped talking and lowered her head to eat.

Although Aunt Xi didn't say it, those who understood understood. Did she need to explain what happened in the house later?

Luo Yu understood, but she pretended not to.

Her current persona is that of an innocent and naive girl.

Luo Yu stared at her innocently and asked, "What's wrong, Second Aunt? Why did you stop talking?"

Seeing Luo Yu's dazed and silly expression, Aunt Xi and Qiu Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath and dared not say anything more.

Aunt Xi quickly waved her hand, "It's nothing, just comforting people, what else could it be?"

After saying that, Aunt Xi quickly looked at Xi Beizhan and said, "Second son, I'm afraid no one can sleep in your room tonight. Why don't you stay here with me tonight? Let Jingyi stay with Xiao Luo?"

After speaking, Aunt Xi looked at Luo Yu again, silently asking for Luo Yu's opinion.

Knowing that Aunt Xi was trying to change the subject, Luo Yu cooperated and quickly said with a smile, "Okay, Jingyi, you can stay with me tonight."

Upon hearing this, Guan Jingyi's eyes lit up, and she cheered as she pulled Luo Yu to go back inside.

Xi Beizhan quickly grabbed the man and said, "No need, I'm on duty tonight, covering for Captain Zhao. He has something to do tonight."

Aunt Xi looked at Xi Beizhan suspiciously, "Really?"

Xi Beizhan met Xi Ergu's gaze firmly, "It's true, you can ask Captain Zhao if you don't believe me."