Chapter 144

School in the village had already started for a few days, and Su Zhuangzhuang came over to see his little brother and sister as soon as school was out.

"Auntie, is the hundred-day tomorrow?"

Su Qingyue coaxed Tuantuan in her arms, "Yes, you don't have school tomorrow, so come over after you wake up."

"Okay."

The Su family's courtyard was full of people. For tomorrow's hundred-day banquet, many women and aunts had come to prepare the feast in advance.

Su Qingyue sat under the flower trellis in the courtyard making little shoes for the nursing babies, chatting with them occasionally.

Widow Liu was picking vegetables, "Tuantuan and Yuanyuan look so good, they're just too lovable."

"Hey, I heard the Pei Fugui couple wants to come to the hundred-day banquet to see the two babies. Is Pei Huaiye letting them come?"

Su Qingyue put down her needlework, "I'm not stopping them anyway. After all, they are the children's grandparents. They can see them, but holding them is out of the question."

Chunxing nodded, "Just let them see them from afar. Although they severed ties, the living expenses haven't stopped, and they've given Gaogao plenty of food and clothes. If they have any conscience at all, they will be grateful."

Su Qingyue lowered her head and smiled. Seeing Yuanyuan wake up and cry, she held the baby to change his diaper.

Early the next morning, Su Qingyue and Pei Huaiye got up and put new clothes on Tuantuan and Yuanyuan—red little outfits and red little hats.

The shoes were made by Su Qingyue herself, with two rabbit ears embroidered on them, as well as a "Fu" (blessing) character.

The two little ones were fair and clean, and wearing the red clothes made them look even more jade-like and cute. Su Qingyue fed them, and after they were all packed up, they held the children and went out.

Many people had come to the courtyard, and both of them held the children and went forward to greet them.

The chubby nursing babies attracted everyone's attention. Su Qingyue got tired after holding them for a while, so Su Mingqiang hurriedly took over and held Tuantuan in his arms.

"Finally my turn to hold them, little ones."

"Old Su, you're so lucky, your grandson and granddaughter look just like New Year painting dolls."

Xiang Jianming watched with a happy face, and Su Mingqiang looked proud, "That's right, our Tuantuan and Yuanyuan are the best-looking."

Jiang Chao also brought his son, "Go quickly and see your brother and sister."

Jiang Rong let out a "wow" sound. After seeing the babies, he pulled Su Qingxi's hand and asked questions, like a sticky little tail.

"Zhuangzhuang, your little aunt has been kidnapped!"

Xiang Xiaole whispered in his ear, "Look, Jiang Rong is holding your little aunt's hand again. Men and women should not touch, this is wrong."

Su Zhuangzhuang ran over angrily and suddenly separated Su Qingxi and Jiang Rong's hands.

"You are not allowed to hold my little aunt's hand! But I can."

Su Zhuangzhuang's tone was too matter-of-fact. Jiang Rong shrank back in fear, but seeing that Su Qingxi's expression wasn't unhappy, he boldly stepped forward and followed her again.

He wasn't going to lower himself to the level of a little brat!

He and his sister were already big kids in the fourth grade.

Jiang Rong didn't use to be good at studying, but hearing that Su Qingxi had skipped grades in the village primary school, he immediately felt a sense of crisis and asked his father to hire a tutor. He also passed the test at the beginning of this semester and skipped directly to the fourth grade.

The Jiang family couldn't be prouder and promised him that they could bring him to see Sister Su Qingxi often.

When the banquet officially started, several little kids sat at one table. The food was fragrant, the feast was sumptuous, and everyone ate until they couldn't lift their heads.

Jiang Rong kept putting food in Su Qingxi's bowl and leaned his little head over to whisper, while everyone else was busy eating and didn't notice.

Almost all the villagers had come, and the front and back of the courtyard were full. The banquet was lively with people toasting each other.

Meanwhile, at the farm, Su Qianqian was starving.

Lunch was coarse grain porridge and a sweet potato.

But as soon as her hand reached out, it was stepped on hard by a foot.

"Want to eat? Beg me, Su Qianqian."

Zhou Wenfang had arrived more than a year earlier than her and was the boss here.

Newcomers were easily bullied, and Su Qianqian was no exception.

It had already been very difficult for her family to pull strings to get her sent to the farm; once at the farm, she could only rely on herself to get through the current situation.

Su Qianqian looked at Zhou Wenfang with resentment and didn't speak until she was slapped twice.

"You hit me?!"

Her voice was hoarse and shrill.

Zhou Wenfang pinched Su Qianqian's chin, "So what if I hit you? This is what you owe me!"

"You had your family to back you up, using me to fight Su Qingyue, and then you pushed me out to be sent here to suffer!"

"In the end, didn't you come here yourself? Hahahaha, how ironic!"

"Su Qianqian, with your stupid brain, what can you do!"

Zhou Wenfang sneered and stepped on Su Qianqian's hand as she walked out of the kitchen.

Returning home at night, Qiao Wang was already asleep holding the child, and the stove was cold with no food.

"Did the child eat?"

The person on the bed didn't move. Su Qianqian pinched the man's waist, her voice very loud, "I asked you if the child ate?!"

Qiao Wang sat up all of a sudden, "What are you going crazy for? The child finally fell asleep!"

"Did you eat? Did you feed him the milk powder?"

"I fed him!"

Qiao Wang had resentment in his heart and didn't want to talk to Su Qianqian, so he held the child and went to sleep.

"Sleep if you want, don't disturb us father and son!"

The Su family had originally let Shen Xunbao come here to take care of Su Qianqian, but although Qiao Wang agreed on the surface, once he actually arrived at the farm, he only cared about himself and the child.

He had originally swapped identities with his brother, never expecting Su Qianqian's situation to happen.

Shen Xunbao couldn't stand living with such a vicious woman, and after Su Qianqian's incident, he swapped identities back with Qiao Wang overnight.

He had deceived Qiao Wang.

By the time Qiao Wang woke up, Su Qianqian was already in prison, and he was being monitored by the police and the Su family, unable to go anywhere.

Finally, he had to follow her to the Northwest to suffer.

He clearly knew Su Qianqian was being bullied by Zhou Wenfang but didn't care, only speaking up in a lukewarm way when he really couldn't watch anymore.

He took all his resentment out on Su Qianqian. Furthermore, he wanted Su Qianqian to be more obedient and wanted to suppress her to prevent her from doing anything else out of line.

If Su Qianqian didn't reform well, and she couldn't return to the city, it would implicate him.

Thinking of these things, Qiao Wang felt incredibly irritable and moved his body away as soon as Su Qianqian got close.

Su Qianqian clenched her palms, not letting herself get angry.

Fortunately, she was still alive; she had to cherish her current life and learn to be patient and humble.

The next day, before dawn, Zhou Wenfang slapped the dilapidated door loudly.

"Time to work, time to work, still not getting up?"

"Su Qianqian, you're punished to carry night soil today!"

Following a burst of laughter, Zhou Wenfang walked away.

Su Qianqian endured her injuries and got up, continuing her path of labor reform.

Meanwhile, on Su Qingyue's side, the two children had finished their hundred-day banquet, the whole village had a lively time, and the Qingyue Processing Factory continued to operate in full swing.

"Qingyue, the president of the Shengli Supply and Marketing Cooperative is here, saying he wants to cooperate with us. You should go see him yourself."

Su Qingyue was stunned, "Okay, President Fang is here? Let's go see him."

Xiang Jianming looked happy; the factory had received another big order.