After leaving the restaurant, the two siblings rushed to the supply and marketing cooperative, where they met Sun Zhirou in the back warehouse.

Upon seeing the two, Sun Zhirou was extremely surprised. "Why did you come here? It's snowing heavily, you must be afraid of falling. Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Sun Zhirou invited the brother and sister into the house, then turned on the iron stove. The water that had been sitting on it boiled in no time, and she quickly poured hot water for them to warm their hands.

"Is everything alright at home? Did you go to the restaurant to visit your second uncle?"

Qin Ye nodded, "I've been there. I had dinner at my second uncle's place before coming here."

Sun Zhirou smiled and said, "That's right. How can you come to the city and not have a good meal? Did you eat meat? Your second uncle didn't skimp on the tickets, did he? If you didn't, I'll give him a piece of my mind when we get home."

Qin Ye nodded with a smile, "I've already eaten. My second uncle made sweet and sour pork for us, and he even told us to bring some home."

Sun Zhi was satisfied. "That's more like it. I was worried he wouldn't be able to bear it. You don't know, Qin Yue has been making a fuss about going home these past two days. Your second uncle and I didn't have time to take her, and we were also worried that she wouldn't be able to endure the hardships in the countryside and would bother your grandma every day, making her sick. That would be a terrible thing for us."

Qin Ye smiled and exchanged a glance with Qin Xiaoxiao. "It's alright. It's the off-season for farming now. I'm at home every day and I'll keep an eye on her. So, we'll go to her house in a little while and bring her and Qin Ming along, so you and your second uncle can have a couple of days off too."

"Isn't Qin Ming supposed to join the army next year? I can use this time to train him."

Sun Zhirou's eyes lit up, and she slapped her thigh, "Great! How come I didn't think of that? Here's what we'll do: I'll ask for a break later, and I'll go back with you to pack our things. You can take them all with you."

Finally, I've sent the kids away, especially that little rascal Qin Yue. She had a headache for the entire few days of vacation. She's so naughty. I'd better send her back to her grandparents' hometown to give them a headache, and I can have a few days of peace.

Qin Xiaoxiao twitched her lips and glanced at Qin Ye speechlessly.

Do you think you can control Qin Yue? In the end, I'm the one who has to do it.

That girl is always hanging around her; she nearly drove her crazy the last time she went home.

"It's almost Chinese New Year, so I'll bring them back after the New Year."

Now it wasn't just Qin Xiaoxiao whose lips twitched; Qin Ye's lips also twitched speechlessly, his eyes full of helplessness.

He shouldn't have taken on this job; he's just creating trouble for himself.

Having agreed to take the two children home with her later, Qin Xiaoxiao quickly brought up the matter of buying yarn.

Sun Zhirou frowned in distress. "We do have some defective yarn in the warehouse, it's because the dyeing is uneven and it can't be sold. But, as you know, yarn is hard to buy. Every time a batch of defective yarn comes in, we snatch it all up. We do have two jin in the warehouse right now, which our team leader wanted. It was supposed to be taken away today."

Qin Xiaoxiao frowned slightly. "Second Aunt, could you talk to your group leader? I can trade something else with her, as long as she gives it to me. Whatever she wants, as long as I can get it, I will definitely give it to her."

Sun Zhirou thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, I'll go talk to them and give it a try. You wait here, I'll be back in a bit."

Sun Zhirou got up and left, but returned shortly after, followed by a middle-aged woman in her forties. Judging from her clothes and appearance, she was clearly well-off.

Qin Xiaoxiao frowned again, feeling that today's matter might fall through.

Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Ye stood up, smiled, and nodded to the middle-aged woman. Sun Zhirou introduced, "This is the group leader who sells daily necessities in front of us. You can just call her Aunt Rong."

Qin Ye and Qin Xiaoxiao immediately realized that Sun Zhirou wanted them to get closer to this Aunt Rong; otherwise, she would have put the surname first and the title last when introducing them.

Qin Ye and Qin Xiaoxiao quickly greeted her, "Hello, Aunt Rong."

When Aunt Rong saw Qin Ye and Qin Xiaoxiao, her eyes lit up. She especially looked at Qin Ye, her eyes glued to him, unwilling to look away for even a moment.

Qin Xiaoxiao and Sun Zhirou exchanged a glance.

Qin Xiaoxiao: What's going on?

Sun Zhirou: She must have taken a liking to your brother.

Qin Xiaoxiao exclaimed in horror: "No way!"

This is a thriller.

Sun Zhirou rolled her eyes: She has a daughter.

Qin Xiaoxiao suddenly understood and nodded knowingly.

It turns out it was for a matchmaking session for her daughter; she thought... haha...

Aunt Rong, as expected of a group leader, was knowledgeable and experienced. She was only momentarily stunned when she saw Qin Ye's face before quickly regaining her senses, but her eyes never left him.

"Hello, is there something you need from me?"

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly stepped forward, "Aunt Rong, I heard from my second aunt that you have some yarn that I need urgently. So, if you're not in a hurry, could you lend it to me?"

After hearing Qin Xiaoxiao's words, Aunt Rong finally turned her gaze to Qin Xiaoxiao, but only for a moment before turning her attention back to Qin Ye.

"No, it's useful too."

Qin Ye frowned slightly upon seeing this, and was about to speak when he heard Aunt Rong ask, "Young man, what's troubling you? Tell me, and I'll see if I can help."

Qin Ye glanced at Aunt Rong, and although he disliked her gaze, he had no choice but to patiently say, "My sister..." because he knew his sister needed to buy yarn from this person.

Qin Ye had just opened his mouth when Qin Xiaoxiao nudged him with her elbow.

Are you kidding me? You can tell from this Aunt Rong that she's up to no good. If her brother were to ask for it, Aunt Rong would definitely come up with some unacceptable conditions, like asking her to be his daughter's girlfriend or something. Would she really sell her brother for two pounds of yarn? Is she the kind of person who would sell her brother for nothing?

Although she's not very reliable usually and often makes her brother do chores for her to avoid being lazy, those are minor matters. When it comes to matters of principle and her brother's lifelong happiness, she would never agree to it.

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "It's nothing. Since Aunt Rong is willing to use it, then forget it. I'm not in a hurry to wear it. Second Aunt, I have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Qin Xiaoxiao pulled Qin Ye up to leave, but before she knew it, Aunt Rong quickly grabbed Qin Ye's arm.

"Hey young man, wait a minute, your auntie wants to ask you, do you have a girlfriend?"

Qin Xiaoxiao never expected that this person would be so shameless as to actually ask Qin Ye if he had a girlfriend. She thought that if she didn't bring up anything, he wouldn't make any unreasonable demands.

She pulled Qin Ye behind her and said with a smile, "Aunt Rong is trying to introduce a girl to my brother. What a coincidence, my brother already has a girlfriend. She's a high school graduate, tall, and beautiful. My whole family likes this future sister-in-law very much."

Qin Ye and Sun Zhirou were both stunned.

Where did he get a girlfriend? How come they don't know?

However, neither of them said a word, confidently handing over the responsibility to Qin Xiaoxiao.

When Aunt Rong saw that Qin Xiaoxiao had spoken up before Qin Ye could even speak, her face immediately darkened. She said sternly, "I'm asking your brother, what are you doing, a little girl like you, interrupting?"

Qin Ye was immediately displeased. "What's wrong with my sister saying what she wants? In my house, my sister is in charge, and whatever she says goes."