CHAPTER 102: 100 SQUATS

Zhao Chun felt upset, lowering her eyes and pouting. You didn’t know yet continued to sing so happily.

"I do know, Mom." Meng Shuyan raised her hand weakly, her eyes sparkling as she said, "It seems to be something about apples..."

"That’s right, apples, apple."

Meng Shuyan pronounced clearly, "a-p-p-l-e, apple, meaning apple."

"See, even my son knows." Tian Sangsang looked at Zhao Chun.

Zhao Chun’s eyes were like mosquito coils: Didn’t you say you didn’t know what it meant?

"Hey, wait a minute, I’ll go heat up the chicken soup I made earlier for you to drink. Nourish what’s lacking to get better quickly. Try to stay in bed as much as possible from now on, or else your foot will hurt again like today." Tian Sangsang advised before heading outside.

Really no appetite in such hot summer, don’t even want to eat meals, let alone greasy chicken soup. Zhao Chun only wanted to drink soda, eat ice cream, and go home to enjoy the electric fan. But Tian Sangsang always made him eat something with bones, and he had eaten so much he felt like throwing up. But he couldn’t care about the chicken soup now, he waved sneakily, "Xiaoyan, come here."

Meng Shuyan obediently walked over to him.

"Tell Uncle, how do you know the English for apple?"

"My mom taught me!" Meng Shuyan blinked mischievously, with a hint of deep meaning: "Chun Zisu, actually, my mom is really amazing~~~"

"What else can your mom say?" Zhao Chun felt that Tian Sangsang, this woman, was broad-minded and different from ordinary people.

Meng Shuyan rubbed her chin: "Ya Mie Die."

"Ya Mie Die?" Zhao Chun asked curiously, "What does this mean then?"

"I don’t know." Meng Shuyan shook her head honestly.

Zhao Chun thought to himself, so it means I don’t know. Listening to this phrase, it didn’t sound like Russian, which he had studied, nor was it English, which he had learned a little bit of. It seemed more like Japanese or Korean. This small mountain village really hid talents, for a small village woman to know so much.

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The scorching sun roasted the earth, the leaves on the trees curled up from the heat, rolling up in cool mats for a lazy nap.

"Tian Sangsang, why did you call me out on such a hot day?" Chen Ying glared at her unhappily: "Hey, aren’t you going to the town to set up a stall today?" At this time, there weren’t many people setting up stalls, it was a normal behavior for the town, but nobody in the village wanted to lose face doing it. Only Tian Sangsang was unique in this regard.

"Called you out to ask something." Tian Sangsang smiled slightly: "I heard your little uncle is the deputy secretary in the city and he’s coming to inspect our place?"

"How, how did you know?!" Chen Ying’s face changed.

"Last night, right here, I saw Zhou Zheng and Tian Tian being affectionate, and I heard them talking."

"Are you crazy!" Chen Ying shouted with all her strength. But only a few people in the village knew that a leader was coming down for inspection. Even if they knew, they didn’t know that person was her little uncle. How did Tian Sangsang know? She had only told Zhou Zheng.

"And everyone needs to sing, hey, what song should we sing?" Tian Sangsang sighed sadly.

Chen Ying was shocked, and the big stone in her heart sank continuously, her eyes turning red as she looked at Tian Sangsang, "Why should I believe what you said?!"

"This afternoon, the two of them arranged to meet in the deserted house. Believe it or not, it’s up to you." Tian Sangsang didn’t want to meddle too much, because other people’s affairs really aren’t for you to meddle in as you wish, in case others don’t appreciate it and even resent you. But she had to speak about this, or else she’d feel uncomfortable keeping it in, her conscience would hurt. As for whether Chen Ying listened or not, it all depended on her.

Chen Ying felt very uncomfortable, actually through this period of observation, she couldn’t ignore that Tian Sangsang had changed. As for Zhou Zheng and Tian Tian, it wasn’t that she didn’t suspect, but she didn’t dare to suspect.

"Yingzi, what’s wrong?" In the courtyard, Chen Ming saw Chen Ying crying with a red nose and immediately put down the basin, "Yingzi, who bullied you? Why are you crying?"

"It’s you who bullied me!" Chen Ying was overwhelmed with emotions, tears streaming down, "Why are you so stupid, you are the dumbest in our family!!"

"Hey, I didn’t..." Chen Ming scratched his head innocently, at a loss, if you want to cry, just cry, why start scolding. He turned to call their parents out to mediate, Chen Ying saw his intention and immediately covered his mouth: "Brother, don’t shout. Let me quietly take you somewhere."

Chen Ming, a grown man, was dragged to take a few steps. After a few steps, Chen Ying suddenly let go of Chen Ming’s hand, muttering as she ran back to the main room: "Better grab a few buns to fill the stomach, else if we get hungry later, the stomach growls and we’ll be found out."

"Should we bring some water too? Just eating buns won’t go down easily, it’s terribly hot today." Chen Ming followed up to remind. Although he didn’t know where they were going, he instinctively said.

Chen Ying nodded and then shook her head: "No way. Drinking water makes it easy to squat in the latrine, we are going to stake out."

Chen Ming was dragged away by Chen Ying, not forgetting to yell back: "Mom and Dad, Yingzi and I are going out, skipping lunch, save some for us."

"Mingzi, Yingzi..." Chen Mother shook her head helplessly in the back: "Going out at midday, what are they doing, really."

Hiding under a table in the deserted house, Chen Ming was sweating like rain, but thinking about the two words Chen Ying mentioned earlier "Tian Tian," he restrained his urge to go out. What exactly did she ask him here for? And what does it have to do with Tian Tian?

On the other side of another table, Chen Ying was not much better, periodically raising her hand to wipe sweat.

The door of the deserted house creaked open long and slow, someone came in. It seemed only one person came in, then there was a rustling sound, and then a man shouted excitedly: "Tian Tian, you’re here." Unexpectedly, it was Zhou Zheng.

"Azhen." Tian Tian’s voice was gentle and sweet. "Have you decided which song to sing?"

"I thought about it all night, still think ’Zhonghua’ is appropriate, this song expresses the profound love of Chinese descendants for the motherland. If the secretary hears me sing this song, he will surely think I’m a young person with the motherland in heart. By then if I flatter him more, maybe he can promote me and let me work back in the city."

"I chose ’Hometown’." Tian Tian quickly switched gears: "Recently, go probe Chen Ying’s tone more, it’s always good to prepare more."

Zhou Zheng nodded, his face could hardly contain the joy: "Tiantian, this time it’s sure. I have a hunch, this is my chance to turn things around. Once I succeed, I’ll ditch that old wife Chen Ying and take you back to the city. I’ve had enough acting in front of her for so long. You also won’t have to be bothered by that country bumpkin Chen Ming anymore."

"Azhen, do you really think it can happen?"