Chapter 157, shall I introduce you to someone?

Unable to speak, Qin Xiaoxiao could only keep quiet and let Old Madam Qin misunderstand.

Everyone ate until their mouths were greasy, and Su Yu, with her pregnant belly, leaned back on the kang (a heated brick bed) and said, "Xiao Xiao, the food you made is so delicious, I'm so full."

Su Yu touched her stomach, worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep that night.

Qin Xiaoxiao twitched her lips and glanced at the empty plates on the table.

Eight dishes, each with generous portions, were all eaten up. Even the cold dishes were completely devoured, leaving not a drop of broth. How could we not be stuffed?

After finishing their meal, the four of them went back to the educated youth compound together. Ma Jiahua stood at the door and watched Qin Xiaoxiao enter the backyard from afar, without giving her a single glance.

Ma Jiahua sighed softly and turned to go back into the house.

Huang Yuan, who lived next to him, glanced at Ma Jiahua, narrowed his eyes, sneered, and went back into his house.

Back inside, I first lit the kang (heated brick bed), put on the water, took out flour from my storage space, and scooped out two sauerkraut from the sauerkraut jar. I planned to make dumplings later, then freeze them outside so I could cook a few whenever I wanted.

Qin Xiaoxiao plans to make some every day from now on, alternating between steamed buns, dumplings, and pies, keeping herself busy every day, making enough for a month to eat throughout the winter.

After wrapping the dumplings, Qin Xiaoxiao took them outside to freeze them before returning inside to prepare for a shower.

Qin Xiaoxiao took off her cotton-padded coat, which was a little dirty, and put it aside. She planned to take it to the Qin family tomorrow and have Grandma Qin help her take it apart and wash it, and then change it back for the New Year.

After showering, I threw my clothes in the washing machine in the space and hung them on a rope inside to dry.

After washing up, Qin Xiaoxiao lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed), thought for a moment, and then took out her textbook to read.

The plan was well-thought-out, but unfortunately, I fell asleep within five minutes of watching it. The candles weren't even extinguished, and when I woke up the next morning, they were all burned out, leaving only a pile of wax.

Qin Xiaoxiao got up from the kang with a dark face, folded the quilt, and got off the kang to wash up.

As usual, I made bread and dumplings, and was busy all morning. At noon, I went to the Qin family's house for lunch.

"Grandma, Auntie, don't cook dinner tonight. I've prepared the dough and chopped the filling. We'll make steamed buns for dinner."

Grandma Qin glared at Qin Xiaoxiao helplessly, "You're just wasting money. I was just talking about you yesterday, and you've already forgotten?"

Qin Xiaoxiao smiled and waved her hand, "It's okay, I have money."

She certainly has plenty of money. Besides the more than 24,000 yuan she brought from home, she also has 500 yuan from Miao Feifei that she hasn't spent yet. Add to that the subsidies she's saved up over the past six months, and she has a total of 24,600 yuan. With New Year's Day just around the corner, she'll be receiving subsidies again, and she has more money than she can spend.

Grandma Qin knew that Qin Xiaoxiao had a lot of money and wasn't one to spend it recklessly, so she didn't say anything more.

Ma Dahua said, "Bring the dough and filling over tonight, and we'll wrap them together. We also have some meat at home, so let's chop it up and wrap it together."

Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hand, "There's no need for the family. I'm making meat filling. New Year's Day is coming soon, so let's save the meat at home. By the way, shouldn't my second brother be coming back soon? He hasn't been home this month."

Ma Dahua frowned. "I had almost forgotten about him if you hadn't mentioned him. Yes, he hasn't come back this month yet."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Feng and asked, "Dad, is the child coming back this month?"

Qin looked at his wife with amusement, "I've been staying at home all day and haven't gone anywhere. How would I know things you don't know?"

Ma Dahua suddenly realized, "Oh, that makes sense."

And that was the end of the matter regarding whether Qin Wei would come back or not. No one cared anymore, leaving Qin Xiaoxiao speechless.

Are these really my parents? They seem even nicer to me than they are to me.

Qin Ye had gotten used to it, or rather, the men of the Qin family were used to being left to their own devices at home, growing wild on their own, and as long as they didn't do anything illegal or disorderly, they could do whatever they wanted.

Qin Ye ate without even looking up, while Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at him curiously.

She dropped her water too, does that mean his female lead is about to arrive?

She just didn't know when the new educated youth would come to the village; she remembered the book said it would be in the spring.

But she's still alive, and she's a time traveler, so maybe this little butterfly of hers will influence the content of the book.

Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoxiao quickly asked Qin Feng, "Grandpa, are there still educated youth coming to the village?"

Qin Feng's face visibly darkened at the mention of educated youth.

"Who knows? I think they'll definitely come back, but it's winter now, so even if they're assigning educated youth, they won't come here. They'll probably be assigned to the south. I estimate that new educated youth will arrive around next spring."

Qin Feng disliked the educated youth, and not only him, but most people in the village disliked them too. They were too pretentious, couldn't do much work, yet still had to share their grain, and caused a lot of trouble, making the young men and women in the village not work properly.

Yesterday, Qin Feng would never have let the Su sisters and Liu Meijuan into the Qin family home, because Qin Xiaoxiao brought them with her.

Qin Xiaoxiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief that there were no new educated youths at the moment.

Her life is temporarily saved; the new female lead won't arrive until next year, so she has a few more months of carefree life ahead of her.

She's not afraid of the new female lead; she'll just stay away from her. As long as you don't provoke her, she'll do whatever she wants.

However, it's practically impossible not to provoke her. The fact that she's trying to stop Qin Ye from getting away from the new female lead is like going against the female lead. It's just a matter of how fate will deal with her.

Why don't we take advantage of this time to find her brother a girlfriend?

Qin Xiaoxiao was distracted and ate less. Grandma Qin sighed when she saw her eldest granddaughter looking so absent-minded.

After dinner, Qin Xiaoxiao returned to the educated youth compound, and Qin Ye went to see her off.

"Brother, what kind of partner are you looking for in the future? Tell me, and I'll see if I know anyone suitable to play matchmaker for you."

Qin Ye flicked Qin Xiaoxiao's forehead with his finger, "What nonsense are you talking about? Do I need you to introduce me to someone? Mind your own business. Looking at your skinny frame, I don't even know if you'll ever get married."

Qin Xiaoxiao glared at Qin Ye with her hands on her hips, huffing and puffing, "Brother, don't go too far. I'm just joking, not making personal attacks."

Qin Ye rolled his eyes at Qin Xiaoxiao, "Who made a personal attack? I'm just stating the facts."

Qin Xiaoxiao angrily chased after Qin Ye and started hitting him.

Qin Ye wasn't about to let her hit him, so he dodged by tilting his body to the side.

"You're so stingy, you can't even say a few words."

"No, no, that's no way. Stop right there and let me hit you a couple of times."

"Am I stupid enough to stand there and not move? I already told you to look for me, why wouldn't I run away?"

After saying that, Qin Ye ran even faster, but he didn't get too far away from Qin Xiaoxiao, teasing her to chase him, but just not letting her hit him.

As Qin Ye ran, he kept looking back at Qin Xiaoxiao, reminding her, "Watch your step, there's ice on the ground. Come over here, don't bump into the wall."

Qin Xiaoxiao laughed angrily, "You still have the mood to care about me? Mind your own business, or you'll get a beating."

Qin Xiaoxiao isn't truly unable to catch up with Qin Ye. Even though her health isn't great, she hasn't forgotten her zombie-fighting skills. In the past six months, her health has almost fully recovered. If they were to really fight, it's hard to say who would win between the siblings.

She knew Qin Ye was just teasing her and trying to make her happy. He meant well, so as his younger sister, she naturally had to play along.

(End of this chapter)