Liu Sujuan's family home is Liujiazhuang, which is about 20 miles away from here. She has two siblings: an older sister named Liu Su'e and a younger brother named Liu Cheng.

The Liu family was poor back then, and Liu Su'e and her husband were honest, hardworking farmers. As the eldest sister, Liu Su'e waited until her younger siblings were all married before thinking about her own marriage. But finding a partner isn't like buying cabbage; you can't just find a suitable one whenever you want. Later, her parents passed away one after another, so she wasted several more years until she met her current uncle, Zhou Qiang, and finally got married. So, although she is the eldest of the three siblings, she has the youngest child.

Now, her eldest daughter, Zhou Yulan, has just turned eighteen and took the college entrance examination this year, while her youngest son, Zhou Yukui, is sixteen and will be starting his second year of high school.

My cousin Zhou Yulan has a very bad temper. Although she always bullies Han Binglan and looks down on her older cousin, she's the first to rush up and fight if anyone bullies her. She's a typical example of someone with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Her motto is: Only I can bully my people, and no one else can.

In Le Yao's opinion, she has the air of a female CEO.

As for Liu Cheng, he's not really bad. He's timid, cowardly, and indecisive. He listens to his wife in everything, and his wife is the type who'll only be a relative if she gets a good deal, otherwise she'll turn on him immediately.

Whenever anyone in the family needs help, that aunt will be the first to complain about being poor, making her story sound more pitiful than anyone else's. In short, she'll say, "You're on your own; I don't care."

Therefore, the two sisters have tacitly avoided contact with their younger brother all these years.

The straight-line distance between Lishuzhuang and Hetao Village is not far, but it requires crossing mountains and rivers, so it is not short in reality.

Driving was inconvenient, so Han Xiangdong borrowed a donkey cart from a villager and then hurried over with the gifts.

The little donkey trotted along the mountain road quite fast, but it still took it two hours to reach Shangmatun.

"It's convenient to ride in this car, but it's hard on my butt." Le Yao twisted her waist after jumping off.

"Can't a girl speak less aggressively?" Han Xiangdong couldn't help but shake his head.

"Then how should I put it? Should I say it's ruined buttocks? Or ruined ass?" Le Yao blinked her innocent big eyes at Han Xiangdong.

Han Xiangdong: ...

Forget it, I'm not going to argue with her anymore. If I keep arguing, who knows what this girl will say?

Tao Qing couldn't help but burst into laughter. She had heard that the young mistress was not popular, but after getting to know her, she found that the young mistress was actually quite interesting. Rumors are harmful.

Hetao Village is a large village with more than 200 households. Liu Su'e's house is at the entrance of the village, the second house in the second alley after you go in.

Liu Su'e looks very similar to Liu Sujuan, except that her skin is darker. When she saw Han Xiangdong and Le Yao coming over, she was very happy and quickly pulled them into the house, pouring water and giving them melon seeds.

“You didn’t even call ahead, we didn’t know you were coming today. Your uncle went to work in town, and Yulan and Yukui went to their classmate’s house to play…” Liu Su’e invited everyone to sit down, and grabbed a handful of melon seeds for Tao Qing and Yuan Bin, stuffing them into their hands. “These are homemade, they smell delicious.”

The two of them, following local custom, grabbed a small stool and sat at the doorway, drinking tea and eating melon seeds.