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By the time I woke up, my sister-in-law was no longer in bed. Knowing that she was on her way to buy groceries, I got up, closed the door, and hurried to the construction site.1

Just as he was about to leave the courtyard, he saw his sister-in-law carrying some vegetables on one side and some steamed buns and porridge on the other. Despite my panic, I gave a polite nod to the group, turned sideways, and started walking.

"Zhang Yun, you haven't had breakfast yet!" When my sister-in-law saw me walk over, she remembered something. She raised the steamed bun in her left hand and said, "I've bought all of it for you. You haven't eaten yet!"

I was ashamed to turn my head, too, and as I strode on, I shouted to my sister-in-law: I have so many things to do today. I won't have time for breakfast; I may not have time to come back for lunch; you must take care of yourself!

I strode away from them, and from behind floated the mocking words of my sister-in-law:

"Sister Guo Qing, out of all of us, your family's Zhang Yun is the most hardworking and the most polite!" It was the voice of Xie Hui's wife.

"That's right, this is the first time I've seen such a handsome young man. I heard from my family that he's full of energy, so he can do a lot of physical work …" It was the voice of the Tension Lady.

This was the truth. My strength is great. Who told me to be a child from the mountains? Who told me to persevere in training and labor?

"Then our Sister Guo Qing is the most comfortable!" It was still an old woman's voice, but no matter how you looked at it, it had a weird tone to it.

"Sister Li!" "It's up to you!" It was his sister-in-law, Guo Qing's voice. She seemed to have understood something and replied shyly.

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