Chapter 283 I'm not familiar with her.

Liu Mingyu and Qin Feng walked ahead, unaware of Qin Xiaoxiao's gaze. Looking at the gentle and refined Liu Mingyu ahead, Qin Xiaoxiao's expression was complicated.

Is she saying she won't tell?

Aunt Liu is her "dining buddy". The two have been eating melons together for a year and have developed a deep friendship. If she doesn't tell her, she can't get over this hurdle in her heart and feels sorry for her. If she does tell her, Aunt Liu's family may fall apart!

Well, it's all just her suspicion. She has no evidence. Let's wait and see. At worst, she'll go through the trouble of following Liu Mingyu's wife around. If she... does something, she'll find a way to lure Aunt Liu to the scene herself, and then she'll help her keep watch and try not to make a fool of herself.

After Qin Feng and Liu Mingyu finished discussing official business, Qin Feng pulled Qin Xiaoxiao aside and gave her a lecture. He repeated the same old story, saying that she was lazy and didn't work, which made it difficult for him and the villagers to explain. He told her to work more so that he would pay less money at the end of the year.

Qin Xiaoxiao's lips twitched.

Does her uncle really disapprove of her? Is he so convinced that she has to pay money to get her share of grain?

Qin Feng looked at Qin Xiaoxiao's unconvinced face and sighed helplessly.

“Normally, to get the grain distribution at the end of the year, you and Su Lu would each need to earn six work points a day. Right now, you two only have five or six work points. No, it’s an average of two work points per person per day. This is only because Liu Mingyu gave it to you out of consideration for me. Otherwise, you wouldn’t even earn two work points.”

It's giving me a headache just thinking about it. How did he manage to convince his niece to marry him off to Su Lu? He should have held out a little longer.

Now look what's happened! A delicate and frail woman has married a lazy man, and even eating is becoming a problem. How is she going to live like this?

Qin Feng rubbed his temples. "Xiao Xiao, that..."

He had originally wanted to say a few words of advice, but when he thought of his niece's ruined health, Qin Feng didn't want to say anything anymore.

"Never mind, you should go back and rest."

Qin Xiaoxiao received the pardon and turned to run away.

No more listening to the old man's nagging! It's such a pleasant surprise! Why wait any longer?

Qin Xiaoxiao originally wanted to go up the mountain to see if she could dig up some wild vegetables, but now she couldn't care less. She just wanted to hurry back to the educated youth compound and lie down.

When Qin Xiaoxiao passed by Liu's house, she stopped for a while, but it was quiet inside and there was no sound at all. Qin Xiaoxiao sighed and slowly walked home.

At noon, Su Lu returned home from work and handed the pheasant he was holding to Qin Xiaoxiao. Then he fetched water to wash his face and hands. Qin Xiaoxiao, who had been holding back all day, couldn't hold it in any longer. She ran to Su Lu's side and eagerly handed him a towel, then stood obediently to the side and waited.

Su Lu looked at Qin Xiaoxiao in surprise, "Wife, what's wrong?"

Do you have a fever?

The wet back of his hand was pressed against Qin Xiaoxiao's forehead.

No?

Su Lu looked at Qin Xiaoxiao with a puzzled expression.

They've been married for two months, and he's always the one taking care of Qin Xiaoxiao; she's never taken care of him.

Su Lu shivered.

What did he do wrong?

From the moment he opened his eyes this morning until now, he has gone through every minute he spent with Qin Xiaoxiao, and he couldn't find anything he had done to betray his wife, except for last night...

Su Lu was about to apologize, but Qin Xiaoxiao frowned impatiently. "Are you done yet? Hurry up, I have something to tell you."

Su Lu swallowed his apology and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't make a mistake; it has nothing to do with him.

Su Lu quickly poured the dirty water from the basin into the private plot by the door, and then followed Qin Xiaoxiao back into the house.

Back in the house, Qin Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to tell Su Lu what had happened that day.

After listening, Su Lu frowned deeply. "You...you heard Liu Mingyu's wife...making that sound?"

Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Su Lu, "I'm not even familiar with her, how would I know?"

They hadn't exchanged more than a few words, so how would she know if the person inside was Liu Mingyu's wife?

"I don't think it could be her. Wasn't she determined to marry Liu Mingyu? She even had a falling out with her family because of him. How could she... Su Lu, am I overthinking this? Or did I mishear?"

Su Lu shook his head. "Aunt Liu's family is small; besides her, there's probably no one else."

After hearing this, Qin Xiaoxiao sighed, lay on the kang (a heated brick bed), and stared blankly at the ceiling. "Tell me, if it really is her, what will Aunt Liu do?"

Su Lu lay down next to Qin Xiaoxiao and pulled her into his arms. "We can't just stay silent, can we? Let's do as you say. Follow her secretly first, and then we'll talk."

Qin Xiaoxiao sighed and buried her face in Su Lu's arms. "Honey, why do these things keep happening in the village?"

Su Lu sighed as well, "Who knows!"

Qin Xiaoxiao wasn't in the mood to cook, so she just took out a few steamed buns from her spatial storage and made do.

Su Lu didn't mind. He ate three buns and then stopped eating. He took a nap with Qin Xiaoxiao in his arms. When the bell rang in the afternoon, he quickly got up and went to work.

In the afternoon, Qin Xiaoxiao was bored at home and worried that she would overthink things if she was alone, so she went to work with Su Lu.

In the afternoon, Qin Xiaoxiao and Su Lu were both in a bad mood, so they vented their frustrations on their work. Surprisingly, they earned four work points in one afternoon. Then, they used ten candies to exchange for two work points worth of pig feed. In total, Su Lu and Qin Xiaoxiao earned eight work points that day, which amazed everyone in Qinjiagou.

The two of them went to the Qin family's house for dinner again. They also brought the pheasant that Su Lu had hunted in the morning. After dinner, Qin Feng told Qin Ye about his marriage registration with Su Yun.

"Let's go tomorrow. What if something unexpected happens if we don't go soon?"

Qin Feng was worried that Xiao Zhenzhen might cause trouble, so he quickly made the order to put everyone's mind at ease.

Qin Ye nodded and stood up. "I'll go tell Su Yun. Dad, please prepare the letter of introduction for me."

After Qin Ye finished speaking, he left without looking back. Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief and got up to go to the village committee to write a letter of introduction.

Qin Aiguo frowned slightly as he looked at Qin Xiaoxiao. "Do you know what happened?"

Mentioning this, Qin Xiaoxiao perked up and moved closer to Qin Aiguo, gesturing animatedly, which attracted the attention of the old lady Qin.

When Feng Dahua returned after cleaning up the kitchen, she saw her eldest niece talking to her parents-in-law. Her little face was beaming with joy, and her eyes were almost invisible.

Looking at my in-laws again, wait a minute, their expressions are off!

Ma Dahua blinked. "What are you going to tell me, little one?"

After asking the question, he glanced at Qin Aiguo and Old Mrs. Qin.

Grandma Qin sighed with a stern face, "It's nothing serious, just that Qin Ye ran into some trouble. That kid, how come we've never heard him mention it before? If Xiao Xiao hadn't told us today, we wouldn't have known either."

Qin Aiguo took a puff of his cigarette. "Don't you know what kind of person your eldest grandson is? He's got his own ideas."

I suspect this is nothing to him at all; he hasn't taken it to heart at all, which is why he hasn't said anything.

Ma Dahua listened to the conversation with a blank expression, then looked at Qin Xiaoxiao.

Helpless, Qin Xiaoxiao told Ma Dahua about how Xiao Zhenzhen had been pestering Qin Ye lately.

(End of this chapter)