The green grape leaves are dense like a canopy, and the big yellow cat walks back and forth on the grape trellis, like a soldier patrolling on the city wall. If a fly or insect flies up, it will immediately stretch out its furry claws to grab it, and the center of its claws will be as pink as a fleshy plum.

There was an old rattan chair under the grape trellis, and an old man with white hair and beard was lying on it, rocking slowly.

Ruan Xi was sitting in front of the main house and painting two pictures. They were of a grape trellis with Da Mi on it, and an old tailor sitting in a rocking chair below. After finishing the painting, she stood up and took it to the old tailor to show him what he thought of it.

The old tailor took the painting and the moment he glanced at it he chuckled, "You have some talent."

Without anyone teaching me, I just figured out how to draw on my own and I can actually draw pretty well.

Ruan Xi smiled, looked at him and said, "You are really smart, it's not an exaggeration."

The old tailor rolled his eyes at her and returned the painting to her, "Don't brag. You need more practice to get to this level."

Of course, it takes time to practice, and Ruan Xi is not in a hurry. There is really nothing to worry about when living in the mountains. The most important thing is time. No one is urging you or rushing you, so just take your time.

Oh, that’s not the case. Isn’t Ruan Yuejin urging her and driving her from behind?

Ruan Xi took the painting back to the door of the main house, glanced into the room, and saw Ruan Yuejin lying under the sewing machine, taking out the bottom thread. You don't need to look to know that he must have been sweating again.

The old tailor recently asked him to practice sewing seriously, using old thread and some scraps of fabric that were basically useless. Ruan Yuejin can operate the machine in the air, but he can't sew the fabric properly.

The thread would break after he stepped on the machine a few times. When it didn't break, it was messy and the bottom thread would get tangled and stuck from time to time.

The bottom line was stuck and he didn't dare let the old tailor know, so he took it out and sorted it out secretly himself.

Ruan Xi pretended not to see it and sat down to continue painting.

At noon, Ruan Yuejin went home to eat, but Ruan Xi stayed at the old tailor's house to cook and eat. Ruan Yuejin came again in the afternoon. There was nothing else to do, so the three of them were still busy with their own things. The old tailor felt tired of staying at home, so he went out for a walk.

After the old tailor left, Ruan Yuejin didn't have the patience to sit and operate the machine anymore. He stood up from the sewing machine, walked out and stood next to Ruan Xi, talking to her and asking her, "Hey, is Third Aunt really planning to get a divorce?"

Ruan Xi didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued to paint, "What does it have to do with you?"

Ruan Yuejin was choked by the retort and said, "She is my third aunt, can't I care about her?"

Ruan Xi sneered, "You should just take care of yourself."

Ruan Yuejin was speechless, "Can't you just speak properly?"

Ruan Xi stopped writing and turned to look at him. "What can I say to you? Have you forgotten that your mother reported me? You came here to learn the craft in order to squeeze me out of the old tailor's house, right?"

Ruan Yuejin was choked again, and it took him a long time to speak, "My mother misunderstood you. She didn't really want to harm you. She just has a righteous heart and can't stand this kind of behavior. I came here to learn the craft for myself."

Ruan Xi laughed, "Honest?"

Is Sun Xiaohui a righteous person?

This was the funniest joke she had heard in all the time she had been here.

Seeing Ruan Xi's sarcastic remarks, Ruan Yuejin felt very frustrated.

But he didn't turn around and go back into the house. He continued, "I still suggest that you persuade Third Aunt and stop her from making a scene like this and making people laugh at our family. Apart from living a good life, everything else is secondary. Why do you have to make such a fuss if it's not a big deal? Family matters can be solved at home. As for making such a fuss? Which couple doesn't fight? One of them always has to be patient. Living a good life and making people envy you is the most important thing."

Ruan Xi looked at him with eyes that grew colder by the second. She even wanted the pen in her hand to turn into a hammer and hammer this inhuman being to death. So in their family's eyes, Ruan Cuizhi was just asking for trouble?

Ruan Cuizhi had committed a great sin and suffered great misfortune by having brothers and sisters-in-law like Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui, and a nephew like Ruan Yuejin. It would be fine if they didn't help, no one relies on them, but they end up causing trouble everywhere.

When Ruan Yuejin saw Ruan Xi's look, he felt a little frightened for a moment.

He cleared his throat and said confidently, "What's wrong? Am I wrong?"

That's what his parents say at home, and there's nothing wrong with it.

Ruan Xi stared at him and said, "Get away from me! If your family continues to interfere in Third Aunt's affairs, I'll ask Grandpa and Fifth Uncle to beat you to death! Stay out of things that shouldn't be your business! Stay out of farting that shouldn't be your business!"

Ruan Yuejin's eyebrows were raised when he was scolded, "Ruan Xi, how can you say that? After all, I am a few months older than you and I am your cousin! We are also doing this for the good of our family and for the good of Third Aunt. Are you taking my kindness for granted?"

Oh my god!

Ruan Xi really wanted to take out a gun and shoot this stupid thing!

She stood up from the bench and stood face to face with Ruan Yuejin, looking at him and saying, "For whose good is this? Are you worried that Third Aunt will drag down your family? Tell Ruan Changgui and Sun Xiaohui to rest assured. No one will count on you!"

Ruan Yuejin was so angry that he turned around and walked into the house, saying, "Women are really unreasonable!"

When Ruan Xi heard this, he couldn't help but turned around and kicked Ruan Yuejin on the butt.

Ruan Yuejin was caught off guard, staggered forward, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Ruan Xi was afraid that Ruan Yuejin would get up and hit her. After all, who would care about so many things when they are angry? Boys are stronger after all. So she grabbed her schoolbag and ran away before Ruan Yuejin got up, and disappeared outside the courtyard gate in a blink of an eye.

Ruan Yuejin got up from the ground and shouted outside: "You damn girl! Just wait for me!"

Ruan Xi walked out of the yard, picked up his schoolbag, and went straight to find Ling Yao.

Finding Ling Yao on the hillside, she greeted him from afar, calling him, "Baby."

Ling Yao raised his head when he heard her voice, then stood up and closed the book in his hand.

When Ruan Xi walked up to him, he looked at her and asked, "Why are you here so early today?" And she was alone.

Ruan Xi sat down on a rock, panting slightly, and said, "I had a quarrel with my cousin who has a big hole in his brain."

Ling Yao sat down next to her, "What's wrong?"

Ruan Xi said: "Because of my third aunt's matter."

Then she looked at Ling Yao, "You know about my third aunt, right?"

Ling Yao nodded, "I know a little."

His mother Zhou Xueyun mentioned it a few times when she got home, but didn't say much because she didn't like to gossip about the villagers.

Ruan Xi didn't want to tell him those unhappy things, so she didn't say anything more.

Ling Yao took out a pig from his schoolbag, brought it to Ruan Xi and said to her, "Be happy."

Seeing the pink pig in front of him, Ruan Xi's eyes lit up, "Pink pig?"

As she said this, she reached out to take the pink pig, and smiled as she looked at it.

When Ruan Jie came over on time, the three of them still squatted down to study.

In the evening, they drove the pigs home and parted ways at a fork in the road. Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie walked home hand in hand.

Then, just when I was about to get home, I suddenly heard a voice saying, "You little bitch! Stop right there!"

Ruan Xi turned around and saw that it was Ruan Yuejin calling her, so she ran home.

He ran to the door of his house and hid behind Liu Xinghua, saying to her, "Grandma, Ruan Yuejin wants to beat me!"

Seeing Ruan Yuejin approaching, Liu Xinghua chopped the kitchen knife directly on the chopping board, looked at Ruan Yuejin and asked: "Who are you going to hit? As a brother, you don't know how to love and protect your sister, but you still want to hit her?"

Ruan Yuejin panted and said, "I hit her? She was the one who hit me!"

Liu Xinghua: "How much strength can a girl have? What's wrong with her hitting you? Did she beat you to death? As a brother, don't you know you should give in to your sister?"

At this time, Sun Xiaohui stuck her head out from the small kitchen.

Seeing Liu Xinghua scolding Ruan Yuejin, she did not dare to speak, and only told Ruan Yuejin, "Come back."

Ruan Yuejin said nothing and went back to his own room.

After Ruan Yuejin entered the house, Sun Xiaohui retreated back into the kitchen. Liu Xinghua turned to look at Ruan Xi behind her and asked, "Did you hit him?"

Ruan Xi whispered, "I kicked him."

Liu Xinghua raised her hand and patted her, then turned around and continued chopping pig food.

Ruan Cuizhi came back from outside carrying a backpack. When she got home, she put the basket down and wanted to help with the work.

Liu Xinghua didn't let her do it, but asked her to pour a bowl of water and sit down to rest.

During the days she stayed at her mother's house, she seemed to particularly like chatting with Ruan Xi. After sitting down to drink some water and rest, she called Ruan Xi over to sit with her, and then asked Ruan Xi: "You go to learn the craft from the old tailor every day. How is your learning going?"

Ruan Xi smiled and said, "It's OK."

He lowered his voice and said, "Anyway, he learned better than Ruan Yuejin. He is just a fool!"

Ruan Cuizhi couldn't help but laugh, "Then learn it well. It's good to have a skill."

Ruan Xi looked at Ruan Cuizhi's face, and suddenly remembered something, so he continued: "By the way, Third Aunt, you seem to be very good at sewing, right? When I learn it, I will teach you the craft. In the future, my master... um... after I leave, you will be the only tailor in the mountain, then you will definitely be well-fed and well-dressed. You don't know how well my master lives."

Ruan Cuizhi smiled, "Can I do it? I'm already this old."

Ruan Xi asked, "How old are you? You're only in your early thirties, pretty young, right?"

In her time, people of this age were still unmarried.

Ruan Cuizhi laughed at what she said, "I'm afraid I'm too stupid."

Ruan Xi patted her hands and said, "If you want to learn, I'll take care of it. When you become a tailor, no one in this mountain will dare to look down on you. Look, this old tailor has never married in his life. He is still a bachelor, but he is still very powerful. Look, who in this mountain doesn't respect him and call him uncle politely when they meet him?"

Ruan Cuizhi thought about it and said, "It seems so."

Ruan Xi smiled and said, "So as long as a person has the ability, no matter how he lives his life and doesn't conform to the secular standards, he can still be respected by others. The old tailor is a living example! What's wrong with not getting married, not having children and no family, being a bachelor, you still have to be polite and call me uncle!"

Ruan Cuizhi nodded as she listened: "You are right."

Ruan Jie was outside helping Liu Xinghua with some work. She smiled and whispered, "Sister is brainwashing Third Aunt again."

Liu Xinghua didn't understand, "Wash what?"

Ruan Jie was about to explain the meaning of this sentence when she heard a throat clearing sound, followed by a voice: "Mom."

Liu Xinghua and Ruan Jie looked up together and saw that it was Liu Xiong who came.

Not only did he come by himself, he also brought his little son.

He put his little son on the ground and told him, "Call grandma quickly."

Little Tiger's grandmother called out, "Hello, Grandma."

Then he added: "Dad and I are here to look for Mom."