Zhao Sufang asked her eldest son, "The ones Xiangdong bought were for his master's roof-raising ceremony. What about the ones I gave you money to buy?"

Li Weijun stammered, "I saw he bought so much, I thought he brought his share from home too!"

Zhao Sufang could figure it out even with her toes; her eldest son had acted pettily, but now was not the time to discipline him.

She quickly went back to the east room, opened the wardrobe, and checked if there was any milk candy left inside.

fortunately.

There was also half a pack of White Rabbit milk candy and a few pieces of liqueur-filled chocolates inside.

Zhao Sufang took out the White Rabbit milk candy, thought for a moment, and decided not to take the liqueur-filled chocolate.

"Master, please throw in more steamed buns, we only have these milk candies."

Zhao Sufang handed the milk candy to the carpenter. As for the coins, she didn't have that many to exchange for at the moment, so she simply didn't throw them away.

The spectacle of throwing steamed buns from the roof beams at Lijiapo Village was no less grand than that at Quanshui Village, with hundreds of children, elderly people, and women scrambling for small steamed buns and White Rabbit milk candies on the ground.

When the carpenter went east, the crowd surged to the east; when the carpenter went west, the crowd surged to the west.

Several large men each held up a corner of a large sheet, shouting to the carpenter to throw the sheet inside!

Everyone was having a great time, but Li Jin was unaware of what had happened. Only Li Jiabao and Li Ping were pouting and looking unhappy!

They had joined the crowd scrambling for the small steamed buns, but they froze when they saw the White Rabbit milk candy. They counted the half-pack of White Rabbit candy every now and then, knowing exactly what the packaging looked like!

Li Jiabao pouted, about to cry, "Fifth Sister, both of our White Rabbit candies are gone..."

Li Ping covered his third brother's mouth, "Don't cry, it's such a joyous day, it wouldn't be good if others saw us! Come on, let's go find Mother and ask her what happened!"

Zhao Sufang felt a little stifled, but her face was still beaming with joy as she prepared lunch.

Looking at her two young children, who were standing hand in hand in front of her, accusing her of something, Zhao Sufang asked, "Why don't you go out and snatch some steamed buns?"

Li Ping, with a serious expression, asked, "Mom, the candy that Pao Liang threw away is our milk candy?"

Li Jiabao asked angrily, "Why did you throw our milk candies?"

Zhao Sufang patted their heads. "Your older brother forgot to buy fruit candy, so I'll use your milk candy for now. I'll buy you a pack tomorrow and give it back to you."

Now that she earns a salary, she can spend money with a lot more confidence.

"Sister-in-law~ Sister-in-law~"

Chunhua called out to her loudly through the window.

After calming her two children down, Zhao Sufang quickly went outside. "What's wrong, Chunhua?"

Chunhua pointed towards the gate and said, "The guard has brought a girl over!"

Outside the gate, Li Weijun was followed closely by a petite girl with two long, dark braids. Her face was flushed, and she had her head lowered, looking very shy.

Zhao Sufang let out a barely perceptible sigh.

Chunhua asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, is this Liu Yuxiu?"

Li Weijun lived in Li Chunshan's room, and both he and Li Song knew about his affair with Liu Yuxiu.

Zhao Sufang hadn't seen it either. She shook her head, "I don't know, I've never seen it. Third sister-in-law, let's go see how Second sister-in-law's noodles are coming along!"

Li Weijun had already seen his mother. Seeing that she was about to run away, he quickly shouted, "Mother, I've brought your fiancée to see you!"

This is to force her to admit it!

Zhao Sufang was extremely agitated. Although she and Li Jin had a tacit understanding that they did not want to continue to obstruct their eldest son's marriage, she was still very upset.

But the eldest son, acting so ambiguously, took advantage of the presence of many outsiders, anticipating that she wouldn't directly confront him, and forced her to admit it.

Zhao Sufang ignored him, pretending not to hear, and turned to leave with Chunhua in tow.

Li Weijun shouted a few more times, but Zhao Sufang did not turn around.

Liu Yuxiu's face turned deathly pale, tears welling in her eyes, threatening to spill over. She looked at Li Weijun with a pitiful expression, "Brother Jun, what does your mother mean by this?"

Li Weijun was heartbroken and quickly comforted Liu Yuxiu, "My mother probably didn't hear it because of the commotion just now."

The courtyard was full of people, and people had been pointing and whispering since they came in. Now, seeing Zhao Sufang's reaction, the whispers behind her grew even louder.

"Isn't this Liu Dagai's daughter from Guanyutai? Is she hooking up with Li Weijun?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, the two of them were pulling and tugging at each other in broad daylight! Tsk tsk tsk!"

"Why did Sister Sufang pretend not to hear? Wei Jun has such a loud voice."

"Isn't it obvious? Sister Sufang doesn't agree!"

"Let alone the brigade leader's family, would your family be willing to become in-laws with Liu Dagai?"

"Of course I'm not happy about it!"

The aunties and grandmas had eyes like scanners, scrutinizing Liu Yuxiu from head to toe, muttering to themselves and covering their mouths to chuckle.

Li Weijun was really annoyed by these gossipy old women!

"Yuxiu, let me take you to meet my grandparents first!"

Liu Yuxiu was already resentful; her future mother-in-law was showing her no respect at all!

"Brother Jun, your grandparents don't dislike me like your mother, do they?"

"No, my grandma is very understanding and loves me very much!"

Li Qingshan's home.

Li Wanshi was sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed) cracking melon seeds, while Li Qingshan was cooking lunch in the outer room.

"Dad, today is the house-raising ceremony for Weijun's new house. Your eldest son will be calling you to the feast soon, so please go!"

Li Qingshan, tending the fire, grunted, "You really aren't going?"

Since their son's family has such a joyous occasion, they, as his biological parents, should be busy helping out.

However, Li Wanshi is currently not on good terms with her eldest son's family. Originally, she didn't want Chunhua to go and help, but the little brat wouldn't listen and insisted.

Li Wanshi pouted, "No way! They're all scoundrels! Now they think they're all grown up and dare to challenge us!"

"grandfather!"

Li Weijun stepped into the main room and greeted Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan turned around and saw the pretty young girl. He quickly stood up and asked, "This, who is this?"

Li Weijun said with a smile, "This is Yuxiu. She knew we were raising the roof beam today, so she came to see us."

As he spoke, he led Liu Yuxiu into the house and introduced her to Li Wanshi.

Liu Yuxiu shyly called out "Grandma" and then sat down properly on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

Li Wanshi held Liu Yuxiu's hand and looked her up and down carefully. She was good-looking and had a decent figure. The main thing was that her buttocks looked quite big. She was sure she could give birth to a son!

Li Wanshi became more and more satisfied with what she saw. "Why are you two here? Did you go to see your parents?"

Li Weijun stretched out his long legs and sat on a stool under the kang (a heated brick bed), saying dejectedly, "I didn't see them! My parents are too busy!"

Liu Yuxiu recounted what had just happened in a soft voice, "Auntie was probably too busy to hear Wei Jun's loud voice."

Then they started applying eye drops.

Li Wanshi patted Liu Yuxiu's hand. "They haven't even married into the family yet, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have already started a feud!"

Okay, okay!

Li Wanshi was even more satisfied with Liu Yuxiu.