Chapter 143: Apology
Mrs. Fu turned to the crowd. "Come on, everyone, you be the judge. My son-in-law is away on a mission, so he had Xiao Yang get us some things in advance. What’s so wrong with that?"
"She’s got some nerve, demanding Mr. Yang give her all that food for free. Tell me, can you just give things like that away for free?"
The onlookers now understood what was happening.
They all turned to look at Mrs. Hao with contempt.
Good heavens, could you really give that away for free?
But Mrs. Fu wasn’t done. She declared loudly, "To put it seriously, her behavior is tantamount to undermining the socialist cause."
When Mrs. Hao heard this, she panicked. "Y-You’re talking nonsense! I did not! How was I supposed to know you paid for it—"
Fu Mingxue stared at her. "Didn’t Mr. Yang make it clear to you earlier? Do I need to get him over here to confront you?"
Now Mrs. Hao was completely flustered.
"Confront me about what? You’re the ones who weren’t clear from the start! Fine, since it’s a misunderstanding, I won’t hold it against you."
With that, she quickly ran back home.
Her flight only confirmed that she had, in fact, been lying just now.
The crowd: ...?
Fu Mingxue went back inside, but Mrs. Fu stayed behind and told the crowd about what happened on the train.
They were going to be living here for a long time, after all. She couldn’t let people misunderstand her daughter.
Fu Mingxue paid no mind to these matters. She took inventory of all the delivered goods and recorded them.
She would tell Qin Wenhao about it when he returned.
A few minutes later, Mrs. Fu came back.
The angry expression was gone from her face.
But she was still indignant. "What kind of people are they!"
"Mom, don’t be angry. Look at all this meat. We can make a nice stew tonight. Tomorrow, we can ask Sister Wang next door where the supply and marketing co-op is, and then go buy some more things."
"Alright." Mrs. Fu agreed that a good meal was in order.
There were still some spices and things left in the kitchen, so making a meat dish was certainly possible.
The commotion from earlier quickly spread throughout the entire family compound.
Everyone came to the conclusion that neither family was to be trifled with—neither were pushovers.
Furthermore, the news that Qin Wenhao’s wife was very beautiful also spread throughout the compound.
After Fu Mingxue finished organizing their things, her mother happened to have finished heating water, so she bathed the two kids first.
They hadn’t bathed in a few days and were starting to smell a little.
Then, she washed herself from head to toe as well.
When she was done, she had her mother go wash up too.
She watched the fire in the meantime—
That evening, just as the family was about to eat dinner, there was a knock at the door.
"I’ll go see who it is."
Fu Mingxue was the first to get up and go.
When she opened the door and saw the man standing outside, she had a pretty good idea of who he was.
"Hello, ma’am. I’m Hao Rong from next door. I just found out about the trouble my mom caused this afternoon. I’m very sorry."
Fu Mingxue saw that his attitude was sincere. "Vice Team Leader Hao, my mother and I really don’t get along with your mother. So, it would be best if you could keep her in check! Don’t let her come looking for trouble with us."
Hao Rong’s expression stiffened, but he quickly nodded. "I’ll talk to her. I’m sorry."
"If there’s nothing else, I’m going back to my dinner." Fu Mingxue closed the door.
She returned to the dinner table, and Mrs. Fu asked, "Was that the neighbor?"
Fu Mingxue nodded. "Yes. He came to apologize on his mother’s behalf."
Mrs. Fu sighed. "It seems our neighbor raised a good son, at least."
Fu Mingxue was noncommittal.
’He might be a good son, but he just lets his own mother bully his wife—is he really completely unaware?’