That night, Shi Meiyun stayed at Qiao Qingqing’s place.
With three children, the couple simply couldn’t handle everything on their own, so Shi Meiyun had to stay. However, the people living in the cattle shed still had to report for work every day. Even though everyone knew about the connection between Shi Meiyun and Qiao Qingqing, they couldn’t openly have her stay to care for Qiao Qingqing during her postpartum confinement. This meant that Shi Meiyun would have to work day and night, which would be incredibly exhausting. Yet, she didn’t show the slightest bit of reluctance; instead, she seemed to accept it gladly.
Even Elder Lu and Lu Zhenfeng forgot their fatigue from the day's labor, grabbing their tools late at night to try and catch fish in the river. Alas, without fish traps or nets, they came up empty-handed. As for Lu Heng, he set off for the city on his bicycle before dawn to buy pig trotters from Sun Zhong. We won’t even mention how startled Sun Zhong was to see the hulking Lu Heng at his doorstep at the crack of dawn.
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