"How about this," Ji Qin rolled her eyes, "I noticed the foreman and Auntie have a pretty good relationship, how about we ask Auntie for help?"

"Is this appropriate?" Ji Quan asked hesitantly. "We've already caused Auntie a lot of trouble. It's not suitable to bother her again."

“You can’t say that,” Ji Qin said. “We have a bond with Auntie that’s stronger than gold. There’s no need to talk about trouble. Just treat her like your own auntie from now on.”

“Oh,” Ji Quan raised an eyebrow, “I remember you said last time that you treated your aunt like your own mother, how come you changed your mind so quickly?”

Upon hearing this, Ji Qin's expression froze.

After a long pause, he stammered, "I said that at home last time, and my dad beat me up."

"Why?" Ji Quan asked, puzzled. "Why doesn't Uncle agree?"

“Um,” Ji Qin lowered her head, somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, “my father said not to delay him from finding me a stepmother!”

"Your father wants to find you a stepmother?" Ji Quan's eyes widened in surprise, then he asked with a strange look, "Is he blind?!"

My aunt is beautiful, has a great figure, is five or six years younger than my uncle, and is incredibly rich, yet he doesn't even like her.

Why should I?!

Ji Quan was unhappy.

“It’s not that he’s blind,” Ji Qin explained awkwardly, “My father’s taste is different from others; he doesn’t like someone like my aunt.”

"If you don't like her, who does Auntie like?" Ji Quan straightened up. "Have you already found someone? Who is it? Do I know them?"

"I know her," Ji Qin really didn't want to mention it, but since others would find out sooner or later, she simply laid her hands out and confessed, "She's Shi Niu from the next village, the one whose family sells tofu."

Cough cough cough...

Ji Quan was so frightened by these words that his face turned pale, and he asked tremblingly, "You're not joking?"

His uncle's taste is really twisted.

Shi Niu is dark-skinned, extremely dark-skinned, the kind of person you can't find at night.

Moreover, he was very strong, with arms thicker than his thighs, yet his chest was flat, making him look more masculine than a man.

“I wanted to joke too,” Ji Qin said with a wronged look. “They’ve already exchanged betrothal gifts and are just waiting for the wedding in March.”

With such a stepmother, he felt that his life had become bleak.

There were no women in the house to begin with, and now a man has been added to the mix. It's so frustrating!

“No,” Ji Quanzhen said, genuinely puzzled. “What exactly does Uncle see in Shi Niu? Is she more manly than him?”

"What are you saying?" Ji Qin punched Ji Quan. "Shi Niu is just a bit dark-skinned and strong, and doesn't look like a woman, but everything else is great."

Putting everything else aside, he's been quite good to his stepson.

He delivers things in the dark every day, and lately he's been going back every night to cook for himself.

Although the food is visually offensive, it tastes delicious.

After all, she's not his wife, so they don't have to share a bed. If Dad's happy, then he's happy. As long as he has something to eat, that's fine.

"Then tell me what's so good about her," Ji Quan rolled his eyes. "Compared to Shi Niu, Auntie is worlds apart. Even if I were blind, I wouldn't see it, and you wouldn't either?"

“No,” Ji Qin scratched her head, “My father found me a stepmother, how could I object? Besides, my aunt and my father aren’t on the same side.”

It wasn't that he looked down on his own father. He had no money, no looks, and was too old to work properly. Shi Niu was just a bit ugly, but she was young. To be honest, Ji Qin still felt that his father had gotten the better deal.

I don't know what kind of luck Dad had!