After learning of Shen Mu Ning's location, Cao Jin naturally went there in a high-profile manner.

Although the older and more insightful people in the brigade didn't like Cao Jin's family.

However, some young, playful boys in the brigade did not reject contact with Cao Jin.

Some even wanted to ask Cao Jin how he managed to make his way in the world.

This meant that wherever Cao Jin went, everyone knew he was going to apologize to Shen Mu Ning.

However, many shrewd people know what Cao Jinan's intentions are.

Everyone thought Cao Jin was a toad trying to eat swan meat and wouldn't succeed.

There are also some narrow-minded people, including many girls in the brigade, who are jealous of Shen Mu Ning.

After all, in the past, most parents would not have agreed to male comrades in the brigade showing affection to educated youth, but Shen Mu Ning broke this situation.

Not only do their families often compare them to Shen Mu Ning, but the boys in the brigade do the same.

Although they hadn't read as many books as the educated youth, they were better at housework and managing a household than the educated youth.

Now that Shen Mu Ning has arrived, the girls in the group are completely overshadowed by her brilliance.

People with narrow minds will naturally be resentful.

"Brother Cao is so polite. How could he be so easily frightened that he had to apologize to him?"

Wei Xiaohua was filled with jealousy upon hearing what Cao Jin said.

She was the daughter of Cao Guofu's aunt. She knew from a young age that her family was not as well off as other families.

She knew that her mother came from the Cao family and that her mother was very spoiled at home when she was a child.

But since marrying her father, the daily grind of cooking and cleaning has worn down her mother Cao Jia's sharp edges.

This made Cao Jia become petty and calculating, and she constantly instilled in Wei Xiaohua the idea that she must marry into a well-off family in the future.

This made Wei Xiaohua, who had watched her parents argue over money since she was a child and had gone back to her parents' home with Cao Jia to beg for money, determined to carry out her mother Cao Jia's idea.

She knew her family was poor and that no matter how hard she tried, she wouldn't have a good life, so she always wanted her mother to find her a good husband.

Her mother had previously told her that she would arrange a marriage between her cousin and Shen Mu Ning.

Wei Xiaohua also overheard that her mother was thinking of taking Shen Mu Ning's furniture.

Wei Xiaohua originally thought that with her mother's help, she would definitely be able to win over Shen Mu Ning, and then the family could get new furniture.

She was also thinking that if Shen Mu Ning became her cousin-in-law, she could get the face cream and other similar products that city girls use from her.

Unexpectedly, Shen Mu Ning refused, citing her young age and reluctance to get married.

You see, her uncle's family had many able-bodied men, and every year when the grain was distributed, they could exchange it for a lot of fine grains and also get money.

If it weren't for the fact that she and Cao Guofu were cousins, she would have wanted to marry into her uncle's family and enjoy a life of luxury.

But Shen Mu Ning refused, which embarrassed her mother for a long time.

Cao Zhiyi, who was picking corn in the field with Wei Xiaohua, glared at her without any attempt to hide her reaction when she heard this.

Cao Zhiyi's round face and her almond-shaped eyes widened in anger made her look like a well-behaved kitten.

But the kitten is currently in a state of being provoked and its fur stands on end. "What are you calling Brother Cao? He has nothing to do with you. Besides, you should take care of your own business first."

Wei Xiaohua looked at Cao Zhiyi with disdain, a hint of barely perceptible jealousy hidden deep in her eyes.

"Zhiyi, Brother Cao is a member of the Cao clan. What's wrong with calling him Brother Cao? You can't be so rude."

Cao Zhiyi was furious at Wei Xiaohua's affected manner.

She and Wei Xiaohua are the same age, but she is a few months younger.

She disliked Wei Xiaohua since she was a child. Ever since she could remember, whenever she was with Wei Xiaohua, she would often be scolded by her family.

Wei Xiaohua is always good at pretending and framing herself.

From the very beginning, whenever the two of them played together, Wei Xiaohua would deliberately misinterpret her meaning and smear her.

At that time, the adults and elders in the family all felt that she might have been too spoiled at home, which was why she had a domineering personality.

So whenever something like this happens, whether it's grandparents or parents, they all scold themselves.

Wei Xiaohua is the epitome of being sensible, and her elders in the family all encourage her and others to learn from her.

Fortunately, her mother saw through Wei Xiaohua's little trick after a few times and then reminded her father and brothers.

Since then, it hasn't been a situation where adults are easily swayed by one-sided opinions every time.

Grandparents usually side with Wei Xiaohua, because Wei Xiaohua is the daughter of their aunt who didn't marry well.

The grandparents at home naturally viewed Wei Xiaohua through a lens of romantic affection, always believing that Wei Xiaohua had already suffered enough in the Wei family.

So when I visit my maternal grandparents, they always treat me with more affection.

But as time went on, and with Wei Xiaohua often staying at the Cao family's house, and her aunt becoming resentful and complaining, her grandparents no longer showed them much affection.

Cao Jia and Wei Xiaohua are the ones who caused this situation, but she is still stubbornly convinced that Cao Zhiyi stole her grandparents' affection.

As a result, Wei Xiaohua went even further, always finding a way to make sarcastic remarks about herself, no matter the occasion.

"Alright, Wei Xiaohua, your grandparents aren't here. You don't have to try to portray yourself as a well-mannered and knowledgeable person."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xiaohua felt a surge of hatred that made her teeth itch.

She discovered that since she grew up, not only her maternal grandparents, but also her childhood friends in the brigade, all favored Cao Zhiyi.

I was clearly the good child that my elders praised, so how did everything change?

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