Ruan Changsheng didn't mention the two kids holding hands, he just asked: "How is the old man?"

For an elderly person, falling down is no small matter, and breaking bones is no small matter, so Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "There's nothing we can do. Just lie down."

Ruan Changsheng was not familiar with the old tailor and did not particularly care about him, so he just asked a question.

He walked back with Ruan Xi and Ling Yao with a flashlight, first sending Ling Yao to the stilt house, and then going home with Ruan Xi.

As the uncle and nephew were walking on the road, Ruan Changsheng asked Ruan Xi, "Do you like that little fool very much?"

Ruan Xi answered very straightforwardly, "I like her. She's pretty and has a good personality."

Where can you find such a cute and adorable little brother? There are many naughty guys like Gao Haiyang in the village.

Gao Haiyang is the kind of person who was a naughty kid when he was young and is now a naughty teenager.

She wished she could beat this teenage boy ten times a day.

Ruan Changsheng suddenly replied, "I don't think he's stupid at all."

Ruan Xi glanced at him and said, "I'm not stupid in the first place. Didn't I tell you that a long time ago?"

Ruan Changsheng couldn't help laughing. He thought Ruan Xi was still naive and didn't have that kind of thoughts at all. So she didn't understand the meaning of his words, so he didn't say anything else.

He said Ling Yao was not stupid, because that boy knew that Ruan Xi was the most beautiful girl on Fengming Mountain.

The two of them walked home while talking, and everyone in the family had washed up and prepared to go to bed. Ruan Zhigao and Liu Xinghua both expressed their concern for the old tailor's health. After listening to Ruan Xi's description of the general situation, they went to bed.

Ruan Xi washed up and went to bed, but Ruan Jie and Ruan Cuizhi were still asleep.

The aunt and niece were originally talking about other things. When Ruan Xi lay down on the bed, Ruan Cuizhi changed the topic to the old tailor and said to Ruan Xi: "In this case, the old tailor can't do without someone around him."

Ruan Xi hummed, "I have to go there early tomorrow morning."

I was afraid that he would need to go to the toilet, and it would be difficult for him to stand up, which would definitely hurt his ribs.

After saying this, she thought of something and said to Ruan Cuizhi, "Third Aunt, come with me."

After all, she is just a teenage girl, and she is not very good in terms of strength or other aspects. It is not an easy task to take care of such a heavy person as the old tailor, especially to help him get up from the bed.

It would be easier if she had someone to help her.

If Ruan Cuizhi went there, she could teach her how to use the sewing machine and make clothes.

Ruan Cuizhi thought for a moment and said, "Will the old tailor have any objections? He has a rather strange personality."

Ruan Xi said, "He has a weird personality, not a mental problem. You will help me take care of him when you go over there. Why would he have any objections? He should be very grateful to you. I won't let him teach you the craft. I can teach you myself."

Ruan Cuizhi thought about it again, smiled and said, "Then I'll go with you."

Ever since the old tailor brought Ruan Xi to the village to make clothes a few years ago, when she saw Ruan Xi making clothes and later Ruan Xi taught her how to sew buttonholes, she had actually been itching to learn it and really wanted to learn.

Since Ruan Xi was taking her there now, she would naturally be happy.

She fell asleep happily and woke up early the next day with Ruan Xi.

After washing up, the two did not eat at home. When the sky in the east was just beginning to turn pale, they went to the old tailor's house.

When they arrived at the old tailor's house, he just woke up, so Ruan Xi and Ruan Cuizhi carefully helped him out of bed. While helping him up, they reminded him: "Don't use force on your upper body, don't move too much, go slowly and gently..."

After he finished using the toilet, she helped him wash up briefly, and helped him back to lie down again. Then Ruan Xi said to him, "I'll bring my third aunt to serve you together. Do you mind?"

The old tailor closed his eyes and didn't look at her. Suddenly he took out a key from under his pillow, pushed it to her and said, "This is the key to the cabinet at home. You can eat and take whatever you want."

Ruan Xi reached out and took it without hesitation, "Tell me what you want to eat."

She knew that the old tailor was thanking her and Ruan Cuizhi, but he couldn't say it out loud.

He lived alone all his life and probably never thought that there would be someone to take care of him when he was lying in bed in his old age. If it weren't for Ruan Xi, he might have ended his life lying beside the water tank in the kitchen this New Year.

After all, no one except Ruan Xi would come to wish him a happy new year.

After putting away the key, Ruan Xi asked him again: "Master, I want to teach my third aunt how to sew using a sewing machine, is that okay?"

The old tailor said simply, "You can use everything in the house. Don't ask me anymore."

Ruan Xi's voice deliberately brightened, "Is it all up to me?"

The old tailor waved his hand at him and said, "It's all yours."

Ruan Xi smiled and said, "You take a rest. I'll go to the kitchen to cook."

But Ruan Cuizhi had actually already started a fire in the kitchen and cooked rice porridge according to the diet suitable for the patient.

Ruan Xi and Ruan Cuizhi served the old tailor breakfast, and the two of them ate at the table outside.

While eating porridge, Ruan Cuizhi said to Ruan Xi: "If we eat here every day, we still have to bring some food here. If we continue to eat like this, his family won't have enough food for us."

In the past, Ruan Xi would eat lunch here alone, and he didn’t eat much rice, so it didn’t have much of an impact. But if she brought Ruan Cuizhi here to eat, the old tailor's food would indeed not be enough.

She nodded to Ruan Cuizhi: "Okay."

After they finished their meal, Ruan Xi taught Ruan Cuizhi how to use the sewing machine.

Unlike the old tailor who directly asked people to get on the machine, she explained to Ruan Cuizhi in detail the various parts of the sewing machine, what each part was called, what it was used for, and how to use it.

Ruan Cuizhi also learned patiently and did not even blink when listening attentively.

Ruan Xi taught her until noon, and after she served the old tailor his meal, they went home together.

After all, it is the new year, and today is the second day of the new year. Ruan Cuilan is going to bring her family back to her parents' home.

Walking slowly on the mountain road back, Ruan Xi asked Ruan Cuizhi: "How is it? Is the sewing machine fun?"

Speaking of sewing machines, Ruan Cuizhi smiled and said, "It's quite fun."

In fact, she has always liked these things. When she got married, she mentioned that she wanted a sewing machine as a dowry. But Liu Xiong knew that she didn't know how to do it and thought it was useless to buy it. In the end, the two families discussed it and bought a bicycle.

After marriage, Liu Xiong rode the bicycle to work, and Ruan Cuizhi basically never touched it.

She really didn't expect that she would be able to touch a sewing machine in her lifetime.

She and Ruan Xi talked about this topic that both of them were interested in, and went home with smiles on their faces.

With the presence of the energetic Ruan Cuilan at home, the New Year atmosphere reached a new level of liveliness.

However, Ruan Xi and Ruan Cuizhi did not stay at home for long. After dinner, they went to the old tailor's house again.

Seeing the two of them leaving together, Ruan Cuilan said with a smile: "Look at how well the aunt and niece get along. If you don't know them, you would think they are sisters."

Ruan Cuizhi reached out and slapped her: "You've been talking nonsense all day long."

She is in her thirties and Ruan Xi is only in her teens. Can a blind man mistake them for sisters?

After Ruan Xi and Ruan Cuizhi finished lunch and left, Ruan Cuilan and her family stayed until the sun set in the west and then returned home.

Then, just as Ruan Cuilan and her family left, the matchmaker came to the door.

Liu Xinghua had already asked a matchmaker to find a partner for Ruan Changsheng, so when she saw the matchmaker coming, she naturally treated her well.

Matchmaker Fang ate some snacks and drank a cup of tea and said to Liu Xinghua, "I've got a good match for you. There's a girl in Chiyu Village who's a good match for your little boy. She's pretty, has a good family background, and has been to school for a few years."

Liu Xinghua thought it was a good idea and asked hurriedly, "When can we let the two children meet each other?"

Matchmaker Fang said, "I would say the day after tomorrow. Let them meet and see for themselves first. We can talk about it later if it's a good idea."

There was nothing to do in the past few days, so it would be best to take advantage of this free time to arrange Ruan Changsheng's marriage on July 8th, which would be a relief. So Liu Xinghua naturally responded, "Okay, then it will be the day after tomorrow."

On the fourth day of the New Year, she asked Ruan Changsheng to dress up neatly and cleanly and go to the agreed place to have a brief meeting with the girl. This rough view is just looking at each other, without even saying much.

Liu Xinghua waited at home. When Ruan Changsheng came back after the meeting, she hurriedly asked, "How do you feel?"

Ruan Changsheng was quite straightforward, "She looks good, and is pleasing to the eye."

Liu Xinghua was satisfied with Ruan Changsheng's attitude, so she asked Matchmaker Fang about the girl's attitude. Matchmaker Fang also said that the girl thought Ruan Changsheng was good. The young man was handsome, tall and strong, and he looked like a hardworking and hardworking person.

After hearing this, Liu Xinghua felt hopeful and was extremely happy.

The next step is to wait for the two young people to get to know each other again. If they feel there is no problem, then it can be decided.

Once Ruan Changsheng gets married, the pressure on her and Ruan Zhigao will be much less.

Ruan Zhigao said: "When Xiao Wuzi gets married, we will take care of him for a few years. When he can make a living on his own, we will save some money and find a way to buy a house. We can also separate the family and live there, and we will live with the three girls."

Liu Xinghua thought it was feasible and waited for Ruan Changsheng to finalize the marriage.

However, after waiting for more than a month, Ruan Changsheng suddenly came back and said, "It's definitely not going to work. This thing is over."

Liu Xinghua had long thought that this matter was set in stone. When she heard Ruan Changsheng say this, her face suddenly turned ugly. She pulled him aside and asked, "Why is this? Aren't you two satisfied and have already discussed the engagement?"

Ruan Changsheng said: "It's nothing, it's just that our personalities are not suitable."

Is there such a thing? Liu Xinghua felt that there must be something wrong, so she pulled Ruan Changsheng into the house and questioned him in a low voice: "What's going on? You must tell me clearly."

It would be fine if I didn't like him at the beginning, but we have been in contact for more than a month, and both parties are satisfied. They are already discussing engagement, gifts and other matters. How could they say no at this time?

Ruan Changsheng didn't want to say it at first, but he couldn't stand Liu Xinghua's questioning, so he finally told her the truth.

He said: "Matchmaker Fang hid our family's situation and only told her family that I have an older brother who is an officer in the army and that my second brother's family has split up. But she didn't tell them that my third sister is living in her parents' home after getting a divorce. Her aunt came to inquire about it a few days ago and when she found out about this, her family was a little unhappy."

Hearing this, Liu Xinghua took a deep breath and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Ruan Changsheng added: "She came to me and asked our family to send the third sister back to her husband's family, and she would do the marriage. If the third sister continued to stay in her parents' home, she would not agree to the marriage. I told her directly that I didn't want to do it anymore."

Liu Xinghua looked at Ruan Changsheng and said simply after a moment: "If that's the case, then it's better not to do it."

She has never been someone who can be threatened, and she supported her daughter's divorce. If the person Ruan Changsheng finds cannot accept this, she will not force it. There is no way she will ignore her own daughter in order to marry a daughter-in-law.

It is a matter for a son to get married, and it is also a matter for a daughter to get divorced.

This is not an either/or situation, and she won't choose.

In Akabane Village, Ruan Changsheng's blind date Xie Tao returned home and told her mother and aunt about the incident.

Xie Tao's mother's eyes widened after hearing this. "What? He simply doesn't want to get married?"

Because of this, Xie Tao's eyes were still red. She nodded and said, "After I told him about his third sister, he got angry with me. He said he would not discuss this matter, and then he turned his head and left."

Xie Tao's mother was furious when she heard this. "A married girl shouldn't live in her parents' home. Why are they still angry when they send her back to her husband's home? Since he insists on keeping his third sister at home, forget it. We won't marry into such a family. They don't feel ashamed, but we do."

Xie Tao lowered his brows and said nothing, with his fingers of both hands crisscrossed.

Seeing Xie Tao's expression, her aunt said again: "Taozi, since he doesn't want to send his third sister away and insists on staying at home, then we definitely can't do this marriage, we absolutely can't give in. It's not all shameful. Look at Ruan Changsheng's attitude towards his third sister. He will have to support his third sister for the rest of her life. If you marry him, you will not only have to support his parents with him, but also his third sister. We can't suffer this loss. If he sends his third sister back to her husband's family, then we can consider this marriage. If he doesn't send her back, we can't consider it."

Xie Tao sniffed and raised her head, "I know, so I won't give in. Let him go back and calm down and think about it carefully. He may have said those words in anger. If he has thought it over and is willing to send his third sister back, I will settle the marriage with him. If he still doesn't want to, then forget it. If he doesn't send his third sister away, I don't believe he can find a partner."