Chapter 207: Time To Add A New Member
Li Xiuying smiled: “Qin Hengzhi doesn’t know Qiaozhi, he only knew that Liu Dahui had a fiancée back in his hometown, and after retiring from service, he canceled the engagement and got engaged to the current Zhou Shanshan, so Hengzhi only knows Zhou Shanshan.”
Qin Hengzhi indeed didn’t tell Lu Qiaoge about such things, because he felt it wasn’t necessary.
When he and Liu Dahui were in the same camp, he rarely mentioned his fiancée.
Seeing Dong Xiangqin call Lu Qiaoge to dig for wild vegetables, he also went to get the slingshot, but of course not to the birch forest where the calico cat and pigeon swallow were now playing.
Instead, with Wang Zhiguo, they crossed the river and went to the woods on the opposite side.
Chen Feng stayed at the camp handling logistics and safety.
At this time, Dong Xiangqin took Lu Qiaoge to a hillside not far from the riverside.
This hillside had rich vegetation, but many wild vegetables suitable for eating in spring were already old.
For example, dandelions, shepherd’s purse, including little bitter greens had already flowered.
But on the other side, there was a large patch of amaranth that had just sprouted a few leaves.
Dong Xiangqin said: “Qiao Ge, you don’t need to take off your gloves, it’s fine to pull them up by the roots, just wash them at the riverside and they’ll be clean.”
The two were carrying baskets for vegetables.
Dong Xiangqin also had a palm-leaf fan in her hand, she looked around left and right, and surprisingly found no mosquitoes or small flying insects, though surprised, she didn’t think much of it.
She put the fan in the basket and said to Lu Qiaoge: “I didn’t ask you to pick wild vegetables, I wanted to talk to you about something.”
Lu Qiaoge quickly put on a well-behaved look: “Sister Dong, you say.”
She keenly sensed it must be gossip.
“I’ll just tell you directly. Liu Dahui had a fiancée named Zhang Qiaozhi before, now working at the textile factory. She and Liu Dahui had been engaged for three years, originally waiting for Liu Dahui to retire from service and marry him, many things for the marriage were already prepared.
Then Liu Dahui retired, he was a camp-level cadre when he retired, and was assigned to the district government as office director, at that time Zhou Shanshan was a clerk in the office…”
At this point Dong Xiangqin sighed.
“You’re a neighborhood committee mediator, you must have seen a lot of such things. Liu Dahui insisted on canceling the engagement with Zhang Qiaozhi, Zhang Qiaozhi disagreed and even attempted suicide twice, but in the end the engagement was still canceled.
The Zhang family and Liu family also became enemies, actually before the two families had a good relationship, both living in the same family courtyard, Liu Dahui and Qiaozhi also knew each other well from the roots, Zhang Qiaozhi’s second brother works as an administrator in the municipal committee logistics, a very capable person.”
“The final result was that the two had to cancel the engagement, Liu Dahui openly dated Zhou Shanshan as partners, got engaged in March, expected to marry on National Day.”
“We two are familiar with Qiaozhi, we’ve eaten together a few times before, actually I and Dong Xiangqin definitely won’t get involved in Liu Dahui’s family matters, not to mention he and Qiaozhi were just engaged, even if the two got married and then divorced, it’s something even parents can’t manage, why should we interfere?”
Lu Qiaoge nodded: “Exactly, I’ve handled many such disputes at the neighborhood committee, in the end, it still has to be based mainly on the opinions of the parties involved.”
Dong Xiangqin glanced at Zhou Shanshan in the distance posing by the wildflowers, a touch of mockery at the corner of her mouth, and said in a low voice: “One of our gatherings was at Big Brother Wang’s home, Sister-in-law Xiuying was busy stir-frying vegetables, I definitely had to go help.
Not familiar with Zhou Shanshan, how could I have the nerve to call her to the kitchen to help, right?
Who would have thought Zhou Shanshan said to us two with a gloomy face: I know you like Zhang Qiaozhi, but I am now Liu Dahui’s partner and his fiancée, soon to be his wife, you need to get that straight, it won’t be that easy to exclude me.”
At this point Dong Xiangqin still couldn’t believe it: “Qiao Ge, tell me, how can there be such a person in this world? Just saying it out directly like that, your Sister-in-law Xiuying speaks bluntly, but she wouldn’t talk like that.”
Lu Qiaoge wasn’t surprised at all.
It couldn’t be said that Zhou Shanshan wasn’t smart, she had her own wisdom.
Knowing full well that Liu Dahui had a fiancée about to marry at the time, even if Liu Dahui liked the new and disliked the old, was fickle and not a good person, but this also required Zhou Shanshan’s cooperation, right?
Liu Dahui who had just retired from service probably didn’t have the courage to seize by force.
By normal reasoning, shouldn’t one keep a respectful distance?
Just like how she came to flirt with Qin Hengzhi earlier.
It should be that she discovered Lu Qiaoge was nothing special, in her imagination, the one who could become Qin Hengzhi’s partner must be someone unattainable to her.
But she never imagined, not only was she not unattainable, but even inferior to her.
This gave Zhou Shanshan ambitions.
To be honest, though Zhou Shanshan has poor character, it’s women like her who live better than most women.
That Zhang Qiaozhi was still too kind.
If she had Zhou Shanshan’s thick skin and boldness, Liu Dahui wouldn’t have had the courage to cancel the engagement.
Hopefully the next one is really better.
Dong Xiangqin glanced at Lu Qiaoge’s expression and said again: “The reason I’m telling you this isn’t because us three want to form cliques or little groups or anything, sigh… let me put it this way, those four once went to the border to carry out a special and dangerous task, it took half a year to come back, saying they have a friendship closer than life and death isn’t exaggerating at all.
So as long as it’s not a matter of principle, we need to keep in touch with each other, otherwise your Representative Qin wouldn’t have organized this gathering, at first Sister-in-law Xiuying and I thought Hengzhi had told you about Zhou Shanshan, but on the jeep, I realized Hengzhi probably hadn’t told you.
Just now I secretly asked my Chen Feng, he said Hengzhi doesn’t know, just now Sister-in-law Xiuying and I discussed it. This matter definitely needs to be told to you, so you have an idea in your mind.”
Lu Qiaoge smiled and said: “Thank you, Sister Dong.”
Dong Xiangqin quickly waved her hand: “Don’t thank me, I’m also for our group to get along harmoniously.”
At this moment, Lu Qiaoge heard the calico cat’s super loud inner voice coming from afar.
【Little Master, come quickly, Hua Dian Old Squirrel says there’s something humans buried under this big tree, should we dig it up?】
At this time, Xiao Cangcang’s steady voice surprisingly also rang out: 【Little Fairy, five jeeps are driving this way, from the municipal committee reception office. One car has Zhen Xi, Secretary You, and Director Zhou. The others are accompanying personnel. That Fatty and Assistant Gao are whispering guesses, wondering if the treasure guardian is going to secretly meet Zhen Xi…】
Hua Dian Old Squirrel?
Looks like another new member to add.
And soon she’ll definitely be seen.
So, Xiao Ka Fatty and Assistant Gao might think they themselves are the so-called treasure guardian?
Lu Qiaoge indicated she knew, then heard the sound of jeeps approaching from afar.
Dong Xiangqin also stood up in surprise: “Oh my, who would drive here?”
At this time, Qin Hengzhi and Wang Zhiguo were still hunting wild chickens and wild rabbits in the woods.
Chen Feng and Liu Dahui were at the riverside.
Zhou Shanshan was standing beside Li Xiuying, disdainfully looking at the potatoes, and directly said: “I don’t know how to peel potato skins either, Sister-in-law Xiuying, later have Lu Qiaoge peel them, she definitely does it better than me.”
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