Chapter 8: Yu Jiajia separates from the other children...

After separating from her friends, Yu Jiajia went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a cream popsicle. She was sweating a lot and needed to eat an ice cream to cool down.

She strolled along the road, enjoying her popsicle, feeling quite content. She didn't encounter anyone who needed help, but then she ran into her fifth brother, Yu Songchuan! He was carrying a schoolbag and ran towards her from the opposite direction, calling out affectionately, "Fourth Sister! Fourth Sister!"

Yu Jiajia's first thought was to finish the popsicle quickly so that Lao Wu wouldn't see it! And that's exactly what she did.

Yu Songchuan pleaded, "Please, Fourth Sister, leave me a couple of bites." When he reached her, he stared longingly at the cream popsicle in Yu Jiajia's hand, "Dear Sister, give me a couple of bites, and I'll take all the dishes today!"

Thirteen-year-old Yu Songchuan is very handsome. He has short, choppy hair, big eyes with dark pupils, and he looks at people with such longing eyes. He is both cute and handsome, and most importantly, he has a very sweet mouth.

Yu Jiajia sighed inwardly, "The Yu family has really good genes! Not a single ugly child! They all inherited Yu Hongding's good looks!"

Under Lao Wu's watchful gaze, Yu Jiajia took another slurp of her creamy popsicle.

Yu Songchuan quickly said, "I'll take care of all the bowls this week." He had just finished PE class at school and was sweating profusely. He was really craving the popsicles.

Yu Jiajia reached into her pocket, pulled out five cents, and said, "Go buy it."

Yu Songchuan happily accepted the money. "Fourth Sister, you're my dearest sister." He then ran off to buy a popsicle. Five cents certainly wouldn't buy a cream popsicle, but it could buy a whole red bean popsicle!

The siblings each had a popsicle and walked home along the curb.

Yu Songchuan asked curiously, "Sis, where did you get the money?"

Fourth Sister actually has money to buy popsicles!

Red bean popsicles cost 5 cents, and cream popsicles cost 8 cents, totaling 13 cents, which was a huge sum for Yu Songchuan!

After Yu Jiajia finished her popsicle, she threw the stick away. Just then, a middle-aged man was pulling a tricycle full of honeycomb briquettes up a steep slope on the nearby arched bridge. He was having a hard time pedaling. Yu Jiajia quickly took a few steps and reached out to help push the vehicle.

She was not very strong, and it was still difficult for her to push the tricycle up the hill. Yu Songchuan went to help, and the tricycle was easily pushed onto the arched bridge.

The middle-aged man parked his car and looked back: "Thank you."

Yu Jiajia waved goodbye and left. She glanced at the system screen; there was no reward. She had used up her three good deeds check-ins for the day, and there were no more to be given.

The two walked along the riverbank. The scenery of this era was truly beautiful. There were no towering buildings, only shady trees nearby and rolling mountains in the distance. The setting sun dyed half the sky red and reflected in the water, making it as beautiful as a painting.

As they approached the courtyard house, an unfamiliar middle-aged woman stopped Yu Jiajia: "You're Yu Jiajia?" She looked down at Yu Jiajia, scrutinizing her face critically. She thought Yu Jiajia looked too unconventional and that Duobao might not be able to handle her. She wasn't very satisfied.

Yu Jiajia got goosebumps from the way she was being stared at. She was wary of this mean-looking woman and quickly distanced herself. Could this person be a human trafficker?

The woman said, "Although you seem frivolous, you have good grades. I'll reluctantly agree to let you marry Duobao. After the marriage, I can find you a job so you can learn accounting from me." After she finished speaking, she waited for Yu Jiajia to fawn over her, "What kind of in-laws would find a job for their daughter-in-law, let alone have the mother-in-law teach her to be an accountant? With the conditions of our Liu family, I don't know how many people would be eager to marry Duobao."

Does she want to use her brilliant mind to change Liu Duobao's stupid genes?

Yu Jiajia: "Pah! What are you daydreaming about? I don't care."

The woman's expression changed instantly, looking fierce and even more ruthless.

Yu Jiajia was afraid that she would hit someone, and she couldn't beat her, so she quickly grabbed Yu Songchuan and prepared to run away.

Unable to be pulled, Yu Songchuan didn't run after her. He stepped forward and blocked Yu Jiajia's path. "What do you want to do? You want to hit me?"

The woman frowned: "If it weren't for your older brother who's in college, I wouldn't even consider you. Don't be ungrateful. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Her nasolabial folds became increasingly deep.

Yu Songchuan: "At your age, you still have the nerve to threaten my sister? Our family doesn't care. Your family can marry whomever they want. Don't even think about our family."

Yu Jiajia muttered under her breath, "You talk like I'd be interested in your family."

The Liu family is too terrible. With such an evil mother-in-law and a foolish son, she wants to stay as far away as possible and doesn't want to get involved with them at all.

Liu Duobao's mother was humiliated by her two children, so she snorted coldly and walked away.

Yu Songchuan: "Fourth sister, don't be so short-sighted as to fall for this job. With your soft nature, you'll definitely have no good life if you get married."

Yu Jiajia blinked, showing Yu Songchuan her large, expressive eyes: "I have deep-set eyelids, I have big double eyelids!"

Yu Songchuan:......

Yu Jiajia now thinks Lao Wu is even more handsome, especially when he blocked her way just now. She'll give Lao Wu candy next time.

When she got home, she first went to see if Yu Songqing had gotten off work.

Great, Yu Songqing got off work early today and was reading the newspaper in the main room. Yu Jiajia ran over and glared at him fiercely: "Did you send Liu Duobao's mother to block my way at the door? How does she know me? Did you show her my picture?"

Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to recognize her so quickly.

Yu Songqing looked bewildered: "I didn't know? Xiaoqing didn't tell me."

Yu Jiajia went to the inner room and saw that a section of the photo frame was empty. It was a group photo of the Yu family taken at the beginning of the year: "You took the group photo? You really are our good older brother."

Yu Songqing frowned. "Xiaoqing said that my aunt should get to know the person first, and if she doesn't like her, she won't introduce them."

Yu Songchuan: "So, Big Brother was worried that that limping idiot wouldn't be interested in Fourth Sister."

Yu Jiajia got even angrier. She stared at Yu Songqing's face, pounced on him and started scratching him, "How much do you look down on your sister?"

Yu Songqing hissed and grabbed Yu Jiajia's hand, "Have you made enough of a scene? I just came to see you, not to ask you two to get married."

With her hands bound, Yu Jiajia raised her foot to kick Yu Songqing, "You dare? If you dare to engage in feudal arranged marriage, I'll immediately go to the neighborhood committee and the Women's Federation to report you. You're a college student, have some shame! Let go of me!"

Yu Songqing looks refined, but he's incredibly strong.

Yu Songchuan could see that his elder brother was only able to defend passively and was in a very sorry state, so he did not go forward to help. He even thoughtfully closed the door to prevent the passing neighbors from seeing him.

He clapped enthusiastically, acting as the best audience member.

I never expected that my fourth sister would have such audacity to dare to lay a hand on my eldest brother.

Yu Songqing was furious: "If you hadn't kicked me, would I have grabbed you? What kind of girl would fight with her older brother? She doesn't have a bit of gentleness or virtue."

Not satisfied with kicking, Yu Jiajia was grabbed by the hands by Yu Songqing, so she jumped up and kicked Yu Songqing again and again.

Yu Songqing couldn't really fight back against his sister, and having no other choice after being kicked, he could only throw Yu Jiajia onto Yu Songchuan.

Yu Songchuan quickly caught it; if it had fallen to the ground, it would have really hurt.

Yu Jiajia wasn't hurt from the fall, just a little embarrassed. She put her hands on her hips and said, "Now they want to marry me off to a crippled idiot, and then are they planning to find my third sister a divorced old man, and my second brother a rich and powerful woman..."

Yu Songqing was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about?" His clothes and pants were covered in shoe prints, and he was at his wit's end. "I really didn't know Liu Duobao's mother was coming to see you. This is so rude. I'll ask Lu Xiaoqing tomorrow."

Yu Jiajia shouted, "Yu Songqing, let me tell you, I'm not someone to be bullied now. You don't need to worry about my marriage! You don't need to ask Lu Xiaoqing either. Just tell her that since she thinks the Liu family is so good and is working so hard to matchmake, she should just marry Liu Duobao. Anyway, they're not related by blood."

Yu Songqing stormed out, slamming the door behind him.

Yu Jiajia snorted and went back to her room to tidy up. When she got back, she noticed something was wrong. There was a tear in her shirt. It had been ripped during the fight, and when she tried to tear it, it became even more tattered.

This is the only decent outfit she has!

She rushed out of the main room and ran to the east room, wailing, "You tore my clothes! This is my only nice outfit! You tore it! How am I supposed to wear it now?! You have to give me new clothes! You have to give me new clothes! Ahhh!"

Yu Songqing was completely exasperated. "It has nothing to do with me."

Yu Jiajia wailed from the side, "I only have two sets of clothes, and you've ruined one of them! How am I supposed to go out and face people now?"

Yu Songqing: "I'll have my third sister give you a set."

Yu Jiajia didn't want the old clothes at all; she was determined to get new ones and continued to make a scene: "What kind of older brother would tear up his own sister's clothes? You're a college student, are you some kind of college student?"

Yu Jiamin also came home from get off work. Hearing the commotion, she came over and asked what was going on.

Yu Songchuan briefly explained the matter of Liu Jiabao's mother coming to the door, and then said, "Big brother, didn't you save up a lot of cloth coupons before? Give them to Fourth Sister. Look what you've done to her clothes."

Yu Jiamin: "Big brother, if you don't have enough cloth coupons, I have some here. I'll lend them to you first. If you're still short by too much, you can borrow some more from second brother. You can pay it back slowly."

Yu Songqing: ...

He looked at Yu Jiajia's clothes, sighed, and pulled out an iron box containing his banknotes. He counted out five feet of banknotes and two yuan and fifty cents, and reluctantly handed them to Yu Jiajia, saying, "You're looking for a job, so this new outfit will make your job search easier."

The cloth ration coupons are gone, and so are the new clothes prepared for Lu Xiaoqing. But Lu Xiaoqing is so gentle and generous, she definitely won't mind.

I'll save up for later.

Yu Jiamin: "I'll add another foot of cloth coupons, brother, you can pay me back next month."

Yu Songqing thought that Yu Jiajia was short, and even a five-foot-long ticket could be used as a summer dress.

But Yu Jiajia had already run away with the money and tickets.

Yu Jiajia is so happy, she has new clothes to wear!

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