When his two sons stood in front of him, he gritted his teeth, and a fierce glint slowly rose in the eyes of this honest man who had lived an honest life: "You two, don't you look like you're up to something big?"

Guo the eldest's face paled: "Dad, what did you say?"

A similar sinister glint flashed across Guo Lao Er's face as he gritted his teeth and asked, "Father, what's the big one?"

Old Guo waved to them.

The father and his two sons huddled together, whispering to each other. The eldest son's wife and the second son's wife couldn't hear what they were saying and looked puzzled.

One was in the kitchen shed, and the other was in the house. They looked at each other across most of the yard.

They quickly snorted and moved away.

The eldest son's wife remembered the second son's wife's laziness, and the second son's wife remembered the eldest son's wife's tricks; this two words were thus sealed.

...

The Qin family.

When Li Xiuying appeared at Lao Qin's house, there were still quite a few people standing at the gate of Lao Qin's courtyard, mostly just there to join in the fun.

Upon seeing Li Xiuying appear, everyone in the group wore expressions of anticipation, as if they were watching a good show.

"Hey, Guo's family, what are you doing here?"

"Oh my, let me whisper this, what's in that basket of yours? It's not something you gave to the Qin family's daughter-in-law, is it?"

"Unbelievable! The Guo family is actually sending gifts to the Qin family's daughter-in-law!"

Every word, every sentence, was filled with undisguised sarcasm, all aimed at Li Xiuying, who was carrying a basket and preparing to go uphill.

The villagers have loud voices.

The mountains were vast and empty, and the words carried through the air into the house.

Hearing the commotion, Ye Yun couldn't help but peek out the window.

From her vantage point, she could only see the main gate and not what was happening down the slope, but the words "Old Guo's family" were clearly audible to her.

Li Xiuying is here?

Good heavens, the sun has risen in the west! Li Xiuying actually came to deliver something to her?

Oh right, Li Xiuying was still hoping that Qin Zheng would take her to the city to enjoy a better life. Now that Qin Zheng has a daughter, shouldn't she come over and try to please him?

Speaking of Li Xiuying, Ye Yun wasn't annoyed, but she couldn't be happy either, and was even a little down. She opened her mouth and called out to Qin Zheng, who was talking to someone in the main room.

"Qin Zheng?"

"well!"

Hearing her voice from the outer room, Qin Zheng quickly lifted the curtain and peeked halfway in.

"Wife? What's wrong?"

"It seems like the Guo family has come. You stay here, I want to sleep with the child for a while," Ye Yun said calmly.

Qin Zheng agreed without hesitation: "Okay, don't worry, I won't let her bother you."

As he spoke, he came in, considerately tucked the blanket around Ye Yun, leaned down and kissed her forehead, then gently stroked his daughter's face before leaving with a satisfied expression.

Through the window, I saw him stride towards the front door.

Ye Yun said she was going to sleep, but she just wanted to find an excuse to get Qin Zheng to deal with Li Xiuying.

She had already slept quite a bit on the way back, feeling dizzy, but couldn't fall asleep at all. Besides, the noise outside made it impossible for her to fall asleep.

The outside quickly quieted down.

Presumably, once Qin Zheng appears, those onlookers will stop shouting.

Ye Yun couldn't see what was happening down the slope, nor did she seem concerned about how Qin Zheng was dealing with Li Xiuying. She simply lay down and closed her eyes to rest.

The main gate.

Li Xiuying has always been thick-skinned. She completely ignored the sarcasm and ridicule from outsiders and said confidently, "Who says a mother and son don't bicker? Don't you bicker with your son? I only had a few words with my son. My daughter-in-law gave birth, so as her mother-in-law, I naturally have to send her something to express my feelings!"

Oh dear! They've started bickering!

Someone immediately mocked, "You've really gone too far with your mouth; you've even managed to sever ties with your family!"

Li Xiuying snorted coldly, too lazy to pay any attention.

When she looked up, she saw the tall Qin Zheng on the slope and was taken aback.

The people around Qin Zheng fell silent upon his appearance.

The big guy stood at the door, tall and imposing, looking down at them. No matter who came, they just wanted to shrink their necks and act like quails.

Everyone was afraid of Qin Zheng.

Not to mention that Qin Zheng was expressionless and had a deep look in his eyes at this moment, which made people's scalps tingle.

Li Xiuying also looked flustered.

But she quickly put on a thick skin, waving the basket slung over her arm and smiling ingratiatingly, "Zhengzi, you're out! Look, I've come to bring your wife something!"

Qin Zheng remained silent.

He stared down at her, his eyes radiating a sense of oppression and a "keep away" attitude.

This made Li Xiuying lose face.

She was already embarrassed by being mocked in front of so many people, and now Qin Zheng was giving her a hard time, making her want to crawl into a hole and disappear.

The joy I felt from growing up at Lao Guo's house vanished in an instant.

But she has one advantage.

—Thick-skinned.

She was only embarrassed for a second by Qin Zheng's indifference, and didn't even realize that Qin Zheng didn't like her. She took two steps forward with the basket and said in a tone like coaxing a child, "Zhengzi, look, you're still angry with your mother?"

"Don't be angry. What mother and son don't argue? Mothers and sons bicker all the time. It would be a lie if they didn't!"

"Look, these are all wild eggs I traded with someone. They said that wild eggs... are more nutritious!"

She seemed to have thought for a long time before coming up with the word, and her tone was cheerful.

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