no longer ordinary friends

The Meimei shop was opened by Zhou Zhicheng’s grandma, Cai Mei, for more than 30 years. It is old but clean. The place is not big. The shelves are overstocked and the light is dim. There are a few low benches at the door all the year round. The grandpa and grandma would bring their children here to enjoy the cool and chat, buy some food and drink gadgets, and gossip a lot, and this place has become the information center of the town.

There was a dim yellow light in the canteen, and Grandpa Zhou Guohua was sitting at the counter, as if he could not hear the noise of the quarrels around him at all, and only concentrated on watching his 98 edition of Journey to the West.

Outside the counter, Zhou Zhicheng's grandma Cai Mei and aunt Cai Lan were cursing, her cousin Lin Tao was pale and helplessly slumped on the ground, her husband Chen Fei and father-in-law Chen Zhi stood silently aside, He Kailun Ye Bai and Zhou Zhicheng's apprentice were also in the shop.

Seeing Zhou Zhicheng, Cai Mei couldn't help but frowned: "Chengcheng, why are you back? It's none of your business."

She and Cai Lan have been fighting since they were young, and neither of them obeyed the other, and they had to fight for the outcome of everything. She knew that Cai Lan was ungrateful, so she didn't want Chengcheng to share this muddy water.

"Cai Mei, what do you mean? Chengcheng's cousin is in trouble, and you still say it's none of her business?" Cai Lan became furious when she heard it.

Cai Mei was upset: "Because Chengcheng's birthday is today, what does the birthday star care about you?"

"So it's Chengcheng's birthday." Cai Lan looked at Cai Mei's new dress in a strange way, "No wonder you are dressed up today."

Cai Mei flicked the non-existent dust on the skirt: "The new skirt we bought in Chengcheng, a big foreign brand, costs more than 1000 yuan, and grandma said that she looks young in it."

"Young? That's pretty young. It's about the same as a 'trailer'. Cai Mei, I'm doing it for your own good. I don't dare to wear it. The fabric is too expensive. Only 'trailer' wears it like this."

"Trailer" is a dialect of Nanri County, referring to street girls.

The smile on Cai Mei's face froze, and she scolded, "Cai Lanzhu!"

Cai Lan had the upper hand, and proudly said to Zhou Zhicheng: "Chengcheng, my aunt wishes you a happy birthday, but you are 28 or 29? Your grandma is really, no matter how filial you are, I can't let you Stay as an old girl no one wants."

Zhou Zhicheng was silent, not knowing what to reply.

Cai Mei held back her anger, and stabbed Cai Lan's sore spot fiercely: "Yes, yes, she is not as good as your family Lin Tao. She didn't study at the age of 20 and married, and her husband at the age of 29 went out to find a new wife. She is a bull for nothing. Ma, was also abandoned by others. We Chengcheng are different, we went to Beicheng to study at a prestigious university, came back to become a barrister, went on TV, and the matchmakers we watched broke the threshold of our small shop department."

"I tore your mouth!" Cai Lan rolled up her sleeves.

"I'll tear yours first." Cai Mei was not to be outdone.

Zhou Zhicheng was very helpless, ignored the decades of constant quarrels between her grandma and aunt, helped Lin Tao who was sitting on the floor crying, and said in a low voice: "It's cold on the ground, get up first."

He Kailun wore a rare suit today for the recording of the program. It was bought by his wife for his birthday last year. He glanced at the three people behind Zhou Zhicheng and asked with a smile, "Is that Mingdi's lawyer?" Hello, hello, I am the director of Kailun Law Firm, He Kailun."

Jiang Xianghuai: "Director He, hello, my name is Jiang Xianghuai, and they are Mingdi's trainee lawyers, Zhao Yanjia and Lu He."

Ye Bai also came over: "Lawyer Jiang, hello, my name is Ye Bai, and I'm Lawyer Zhou's apprentice."

Jiang Xianghuai looked at Ye Bai and smiled gently. He always felt that Zhou Zhicheng was still a half-grown child, but now he was already an excellent female lawyer in her own right.

Zhou Guohua, who was addicted to watching TV, heard the voice of his precious granddaughter, and then quickly put down the remote control: "Chengcheng, you are back, do you want to drink winter melon tea? Or eat some bananas? Or drink milk tea? Grandpa boiled milk tea in the pot , let's have something to eat first, ignore your grandma and aunt, they will kill you from the noise."

"Zhou Guohua, what are you talking about? Our Lin Tao has been bullied, and you are talking sarcasticly here." Cai Lan's voice was sharp, and she rolled up her sleeves again, almost scratching him.

Zhou Zhicheng has long been used to it. She asked her aunt and grandma to sit down first, and then let the other onlookers disperse first.

A few grandpas and grandma who were watching the excitement refused to leave, Zhou Zhicheng pointed to the cameras and staff not far away, and coaxed: "Grandma and grandpa, the TV station is shooting programs now, and you will also be on TV , people all over the country can see it, and it will represent our Nanri image at that time, let's cooperate and go home first, okay?"

Grandpa and grandma were stunned for a moment, the sense of honor of being the people of Nanri County instantly surpassed the desire to gossip: "Yes, yes, yes, we are very reasonable, let's go home first, go home first."

Zhou Zhicheng couldn't help laughing.

Cai Mei recognized Jiang Xianghuai, a good friend of her good grandson Zhou Bingcheng, who visited Nanri County ten years ago. In recent years, others have not come, but every New Year's and holiday gifts are delivered, and the old man had the surgery before. help.

Cai Mei said enthusiastically: "Xiang Huai, when did you come to Nanri County? Grandma didn't recognize you just now, oh, you are the barrister Chengcheng mentioned, right?"

Jiang Xianghuai looked up at Zhou Zhicheng with a smile, and said modestly, "It's not a barrister, but it should be the lawyer she said."

"Grandma." He called, not standard, with an obvious provincial accent, but fortunately, the tone was nice, "I have been working here for a while, and I just arrived in the morning, and I haven't had time to visit you and Grandpa."

"Cai Mei, you know this provincial guy, he also calls you grandma?" A grandma who was about to leave heard it, and her expression became gossip again, "Is it Chengcheng's new boyfriend?"

"Chengcheng broke up with Dr. He, it's okay to try with this young boy, he looks pretty upright." Another grandma also agreed.

Zhou Zhicheng was helping his cousin Lin Tao to get up, when he heard this sentence, he almost choked on his own saliva.

When Jiang Xianghuai heard the words of Dr. He, his expression paused slightly, and the light in his pupils dimmed a bit.

Cai Lan's mean eyes swept over Jiang Xianghuai, and she said sourly, "What's so good about being a boy from another province?"

Then he cried again: "My poor Lin Tao was bullied to death by Fade Chen. After taking care of his old Chen family for so many years, Fade Chen messed around outside!"

Lin Tao remained silent, but her face became paler and paler.

Zhou Zhicheng led everyone into the living room of the back room, leaving Grandpa to look at the small shop.

Zhou Guohua grabbed a dozen Wahahas from the counter, stuffed them into her hand, and told her, "Chengcheng, take it and drink with everyone."

Zhou Zhicheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Grandpa still regarded her as a child.

in the living room.

Lin Tao still didn't speak, only shed tears quietly, sporadic sobbing sounds occasionally, her eyes were red and swollen, and her mental state was very bad. When she was at the shop, she was still cooking in the kitchen for the Chen family, including the wife Chen Fei was looking for outside.

The story is very simple. Lin Tao stopped studying after graduating from high school. At the age of 20, she was introduced by her family to a blind date with Chen Fei, who was the same age. Since Chen Fei was not yet of the legal age of marriage, she could not get a certificate. The two held a wedding banquet according to local customs. And the banquet, even if you are married.

Later, Fade Chen went out to work, and Liu Lintao helped Fade Chen take care of his elders in Nanri County. Although the two got together less often, their relationship seemed to be very good, but after Fade Chen reached the legal age of marriage, the two families either did not remember to go Obtaining the certificate, or the Chen family has a reason to shirk, so even if the two have been married for eight years, they have not obtained a marriage certificate, and they are still not a legal couple.

Lin Tao's family didn't think there was any problem. There are many young couples in the county who get married like this.

Until a few days ago, a pregnant woman came to Chen's house, took out her and Fade Chen's marriage certificate, and said that she was Fade Chen's legal wife.

The Chen family was both surprised and happy. The surprised thing was that Fade Chen had a wife, how could he get a marriage certificate with other women. The happy thing was that this woman was pregnant with Fade Chen's child. Lin Tao and Fade Chen had been married for eight years. The Chen family has always been dissatisfied with not being pregnant with a child, and people's hearts are so biased, completely forgetting that Lin Tao has been doing housework for so many years.

Lin Tao is cowardly and introverted, and dare not tell the Lin family, but Nanri County is so big, whose family's affairs will not be spread out?

Cai Lan soon heard about it and asked the Chen family to give an explanation.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and seeing that Lin Tao was still cooking, she became even more angry, so she dragged Lin Tao to Meimei's small shop without hesitation. It was to ask Zhou Zhicheng to help Lin Tao.

Cai Lan crossed her arms across her chest, and looked at Fade Chen: "Fade Chen, Fade Chen, you son of a bitch, how kind Grandma treats you, how kind Lin Tao treats you, is this how you repay us? You secretly followed No wonder you didn't go to get the certificate with A Tao before you died! That woman is pregnant, so I won't bother her, but you are dead!"

She couldn't help but get angry: "Married twice, is it that... that... what is that crime?"

"Bigamy." Zhao Yanjia was sucking hahaha, he sat the armchair upside down, resting his chin on the back of the chair.

"Yes, yes, yes." Cai Lan turned her head and looked at Zhao Yanjia, "That's it. You are a good lawyer. Did he break the law?"

They all contain the word "crime", of course it is against the law, Zhao Yanjia nodded.

Cai Lan was very satisfied, and said viciously to the Chen family father and son: "Who am I, Cai Lan? No one in Nanri County can make me suffer..."

Cai Mei sneered.

Cai Lan didn't have time to choke her, so she just said: "I'll go to the police right away, and let the police arrest Fade Chen, whose conscience was eaten by dogs!"

"Aunt Lan, don't, don't." Chen Zhi was frightened to death when he heard this, Fade Chen was the only son in his family, "Fade Chen in my family was just confused for a while, let's discuss it carefully."

He was anxious to wink at Lin Tao, knowing that she was soft-hearted and easy to speak, and said, "A Tao, please persuade your grandma, there is no need for our family affairs to be so big."

Zhou Zhicheng sighed silently, thinking that he would tell his cousin privately later that Fade Chen's actions would not constitute bigamy.

But it's not suitable to say this in front of Fade Chen.

However, Lu He, a trainee lawyer of Mingdi Law Firm, said directly: "This is not a crime of bigamy. Even if it is a crime of bigamy, it is meaningless to call the police. It is a crime of private prosecution. According to the provisions of the Marriage Law, for bigamy A person can file a private prosecution in a people's court in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law, and the best solution is for the victim to collect relevant evidence and file a lawsuit."

Lu He thought simply, only thinking about legal issues, and even thought it was a waste of time, it was too simple, but anyone who has studied law knows that this does not constitute bigamy at all, but they don't know why they have been arguing for so long?

"What are you talking about, idiot?" Cai Lan stared at Lu He, and slammed the table, "You are young, and you can talk nonsense with your mouth. He has been married twice. What is it if it is not a crime of bigamy? Why did the police Don't care? You provincial boy, what kind of lawyer are you with half a bucket of water, do you understand the law?"

Lu He snorted silently. He graduated from a prestigious school. If he doesn't know the law, then there will be no lawyers in this county who know the law.

Zhao Yanjia was sucking the last sip of Wahaha, he was a little guilty of being a real half bucket of water, he sucked suddenly, the straw made an abrupt sound, and he swallowed.

Chen Zhi and his son were the happiest. Chen Zhi rubbed his hands together: "This lawyer, isn't this really bigamy? Law firms in big cities are different, with strong skills and high education."

"What's the use of academic qualifications? Zhou Zhicheng graduated from a prestigious university, so why not work as a lawyer in our county with He Yanming, a gangster who graduated from a second degree?" Cai Lan was so angry that she couldn't choose what to say.