When Chen Shufen listened, she believed it. However, when she saw her daughter in such a state, she couldn't believe it anymore.
She was her mother. How could she not know her daughter's thoughts and emotions?
Fortunately, she thought her daughter was thinking of that brute, Gu Zhendong. The harm he had caused her daughter was just too great.
Seeing Lin Wanning looking so listless, Chen Shufen felt that she might have been too hasty. She shouldn't have been so eager to marry Lin Wanning off again. The pain deep in Lin Wanning's heart hadn't healed yet.
She definitely couldn't enter into a marriage so hastily.
Fortunately, Zhou Huai'an wasn't around at this time and didn't know what Chen Shufen was thinking. If he did, Zhou Huai'an would probably cry to death.
Lin Wanning worked nimbly, patiently rubbing salt on the cleaned fish bit by bit.
It was already very cold at this time, so pickling fish was very convenient. Lin Wanning worked patiently.
However, everyone noticed that Lin Wanning's method of pickling fish was completely different from theirs. After pickling them, she stacked the fish one by one in the bucket.
One by one, they walked up to Lin Wanning curiously. "Wanning, what are you doing? Aren't these fish supposed to be taken home to be made into dried fish? Why are you putting them in the bucket one by one?"
"Yeah, what's all this about? Also, did you guys not do this kind of farm work before? Don't you know how to do it? If you don't, I'll teach you."
"..."
The villagers liked Lin Wanning very much now. They felt that this child was not only filial but also reliable. The most important thing was that she could tame the Yellow Immortal.
In everyone's eyes, she was a bit of a respected figure.
However, these words touched Lin Wanning deeply. She felt that going to the countryside was the best choice she had ever made.
Not only was there an abundance of material goods here, but she could also live with her parents. The most important thing was that these villagers were easy to get along with. There weren't so many messy things.
Thinking of this, Lin Wanning explained patiently. "I'm pickling stinky mandarin fish. It's a specialty dish from the south. After fermenting for about five days, you can eat it. It tastes especially good."
"I see that you guys have quite a lot of mandarin fish. Do you want me to teach you how to pickle them? Anyway, there are too many dried fish. They don't have that freshness. If you change the taste, you can still eat something fresh."
When the villagers heard this, they felt that it seemed okay. However, their fish weren't as many as Lin Wanning's. They just wanted to pickle one or two to taste something fresh.
When Lin Wanning saw that everyone's fish were too few, she felt that it was better to help them pickle them all.
Just like that, with Lin Wanning's help, everyone quickly pickled the mandarin fish.
This was the northernmost part, and the transportation wasn't very developed in this era. As for the stinky mandarin fish that Lin Wanning had mentioned, not only had they never eaten it, but they had never even heard of it.
So after Lin Wanning helped everyone pickle the fish, they carried the buckets and excitedly returned home to wait for the mandarin fish to ferment.
...
On the other side, because of the arrival of the team leader and the village secretary, Zhou Huai'an had not only cleared his suspicion.
The team leader had also declared that he would give him a pennant, feeling that he was a good cadre and a good soldier.
Standing on the side, Song Xuejun had originally wanted to take this opportunity to stab Zhou Huai'an a few times from behind. He wished he could take this opportunity to kill Zhou Huai'an.
However, he now realized that his daughter and sister were people who didn't know what was good for them. They were simply spouting nonsense.
Now, not only had they not caused any harm to Zhou Huai'an, but they had also caused him to be completely targeted by Zhou Huai'an.
Previously, it was only a secret competition. Now, it was completely an open confrontation.
A higher-ranking official could crush someone to death. From now on, wouldn't he be oppressed by Zhou Huai'an until he couldn't breathe?
The more Song Xuejun thought about it, the more annoyed he became. When he returned home, the first thing he did was to settle the score with Song Chunlan and Song Shuyao.
He returned home with a dark face, as if someone owed him hundreds of dollars. The first thing he did when he returned home was to throw his briefcase on the sofa.
"Come here, you two."
Song Chunlan, who had been sitting at the table eating sunflower seeds, was happily waiting for her brother to return and praise her. Now, not only did her brother not praise her, but he was also glaring at her with a straight face.
She was so scared that the sunflower seeds in her hands immediately fell to the ground.
The Song family had never liked Song Chunlan. In the Song family's eyes, this elder aunt and this younger aunt were the same. They were lazy and liked to eat. They didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
The Song family had two brothers. The wives of the eldest and second sons were both learned. They didn't object to Song Chunlan getting a divorce and living in her natal home with her child.
This was because they understood that Song Shuyao relied on her parents and not them.
So they had always been too lazy to interfere and too lazy to care. However, now, Song Shuyao was still so young, but her personality was just like Song Chunlan's.
Now, everyone knew that their father had made a fool of himself in the army because Song Chunlan and Song Shuyao had reversed the black and white and talked nonsense.
They were a family. Even if their bones were broken, their tendons were still connected. Their father had made a fool of himself. From now on, it would be difficult for them to conduct themselves.
So when they saw Song Chunlan sitting there eating sunflower seeds, they were as disgusted as they could be. As for Song Shuyao, although she was already a mother, she still pampered herself like a princess.
They felt that this elder aunt and this younger aunt were a huge problem. They had to solve them. It was best to send them all to the countryside. It was best if they didn't return for a while. They were so annoying to look at.
Song Xuejun was a brother and a father. However, this incident had not only caused him to lose all his face in the army, but it had also caused him to be targeted by Zhou Huai'an in the future. His future days would definitely not be easy.
This was what was called not catching the fox but getting covered in stink.
"I don't know what your psychological state is or what your purpose is, but you guys have caused me to be in this state. How am I supposed to get by in this army in the future?"
"Brother, I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm really telling the truth. That Zhou Huai'an, no matter what he does, is just trying to curry favor with the Lin family."
"You also know what the Lin family's background is. I really didn't lie."
Song Chunlan still looked aggrieved, spitting out sunflower seed shells from time to time. She still looked very nonchalant.
This made Song Xuejun's head buzz. He knew that his sister was a bit unreliable, but he had never thought that she would be so unreliable.
"Song Chunlan, I don't want to say anything to you now. Pack your things and go back to your own home. Don't let me see you for the next few months."