Another person also came to his senses and responded, "No wonder, I haven't seen her come out to chat in the past two days. I guess she's staying at home. It seems that Big Mouth has a lot of good things in his hands."

Everyone was talking at once and making a lot of random comments, with all kinds of speculations.

Yang Liu originally thought that their house had been robbed, until the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when she went to the village supply and marketing cooperative to buy canned food and flour and ran into Widow Liang who had just come out of her shopping.

I saw that her basket was stuffed full, and she covered it tightly with cloth for fear that others would find out.

Later, she went in and heard the salesperson inside casually say in surprise, "I don't know what good luck Widow Liang has had recently. She came here today to buy brown sugar and cloth, and she bought quite a lot."

Yang Liu thought about it carefully and realized that Li Dazui's family might have been attacked by an internal thief.

Tian San'er is now having a hot affair with Widow Liang. In order to win the beauty's smile, he has no ability to please her, so he has to find another way.

So, he set his sights on the person next to him.

Moreover, she had heard from the villagers before that Li Dazui despised her husband for being incompetent and always belittled him in words and deeds. She didn't expect that the person she looked down upon was now regarded as a treasure by others.

Some men are so unethical. When they feel unappreciated at home, they try their best to make their presence felt outside. Look, this is how they fell in love with each other.

And from her observation, Widow Liang probably didn't have any real sincerity in her words. She was only with those men because she thought they were profitable.

Her third uncle was like that before, and Tian Saner is probably like that now.

But these are other people's affairs, and she has no intention of getting involved.

As soon as she finished shopping, Chu Yue came over.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon and their school is on holiday. We will hold a summary meeting today and give their teachers some living allowance.

"Aren't you in a meeting? Why are you back so early?"

Chu Yue took the things from her and said, "I went there by bike and came back after getting the things."

The main reason is that his wife is pregnant now, and she is a carefree person, so he has to keep a close eye on her.

"What good things did your school give us this time?" Yang Liu said, holding her arm.

"A bag of flour, a bag of rice, and some sugar and oil coupons."

Speaking of this, Chu Yue suddenly remembered that last time he wrote to his uncle's family, his grandparents were extremely happy since they knew that his wife was pregnant. This time, when they replied, they sent a lot of cloth coupons, saying that they would let the child and the child's mother buy cloth to make a set of clothes.

"By the way, Liuliu, my grandpa and his family know you're pregnant, so they sent us a lot of cloth coupons. Anyway, I'm going to take you to the health center for a checkup before the New Year, so why don't we buy some more cloth when you come back and make a new set of clothes for everyone in the family for the New Year."

"Okay, but why don't we go tomorrow? We're almost out of peach cakes and cookies at home, and we need to go restock."

The two of them were talking and laughing as they walked, looking very loving and harmonious.

Tian Xiuzhu had just come back from picking cabbages from the fields and was walking behind them.

She had heard her mother tell her before that Yang Liu was not only pregnant with Chu Yue's child, but also with twins.

He was particularly considerate to Yang Liu. People in the village often saw him taking walks with others, and he always bought eggs and meat for her to nourish her body.

Whenever she thought about this, she felt extremely jealous. Now that she had lost her job at school, she couldn't eat for free at home. She had endless farm work to do every day, and she felt very depressed. But the two of them lived a happy and fulfilling life. Wasn't this a stab in her heart?

Moreover, she was old and always stayed at home. Although her two sisters-in-law did not dare to say anything on the surface, they always reminded her parents secretly that they should find a husband for her. They also said that when a girl got older, the only men left for her to marry were ugly ones, so it was better to get married early.

She used to teach in a school, which was a decent job, so she had room for choice. In addition, she had high standards and looked down on the peasants in the village.

But now she has lost her job, and those who introduce her to potential partners don't even screen them, and introduce anyone to her.

She's not some garbage dump.

The more I think about her, the more uncomfortable I feel.

She would rather stay at home and rot than marry some illiterate old man.

In the evening, when it was time for dinner, Zhang Guilan saw that her daughter did not come out to eat. After everyone else finished eating, she made another bowl of noodles with two poached eggs on top.

"Zhu'er, Mom made some noodles for you. There's an egg on top. It smells delicious. Hurry up and eat."

Tian Xiuzhu reluctantly got up from the bed and said sullenly, "Mom, aren't you afraid that your sister-in-law will see you and report you again?"

"Go ahead and eat them! These are the eggs my chickens lay. I can give them to whoever you want. So what if they don't agree?"

As she said that, she handed the bowl over.

Seeing her lowering her head to eat noodles, Zhang Guilan also said: "Zhu'er, although your two sisters-in-law don't want to see you wasting time at home, they are quite right about what they said. You are indeed old enough to talk about marriage now."

Seeing that her daughter didn't say anything, she continued, "Listen to me, there are not many good men left. You have to hurry up, otherwise they will all be picked up by someone else."

"Then tell me, where are the good men around us?"

Zhang Guilan was so excited when she saw her daughter start talking that she immediately went over and sat down next to her. "Why not? I found one for you."

Tian Xiuzhu was willing to listen.

"Who is it?"

"I think Zhang Hongwei is pretty good. Although he usually teaches at school, he's never shy when we need him to work in the fields. He seems pretty down-to-earth. Besides, you two weren't colleagues before, so you should have dealt with him before. You probably have some understanding of him, right?"

Zhang Guilan knew that her daughter looked down on ordinary men. Recently, she had nothing to do but to look for this young talent in the village. After searching around, she found that only Zhang Hongwei was acceptable to her.

Tian Xiuzhu used to stare at Chu Yue with her eyes, and only had eyes for him, so she never paid attention to other men.

Now when her mother suddenly mentioned it, she forced herself to recall it and felt that he was a pretty good person.

Seeing her lower her head to eat noodles and not saying no, Zhang Guilan knew there was a chance, so she quickly struck while the iron was hot, "Mom, I've asked around before. Although he's three years older than you, it doesn't matter. Men tend to be more caring as they get older. He's also from Shanghai. Most importantly, I think this young man is more capable."

"If you agree, Mom will take some time to talk to that guy."

Tian Xiuzhu smiled shyly and finally nodded.