The aunts kept waiting for Uncle Li to drive the ox cart away, but Uncle Li showed no intention of leaving, so Aunt Zhang and the others became anxious.

"Old Li, why aren't you leaving yet? I have to go back and cook for my son."

"Yeah, everyone at home who works is about to get off work, so there's no time to cook."

Uncle Li said helplessly, "Isn't everyone here yet? If everyone were here, I would have left immediately. It's so hot, and I don't want to waste time here."

The aunts glanced at the people on the oxcart, counting in their minds who was missing. In fact, they didn't need to look closely to figure out that it was Ruan Pingcheng, the gigolo, and Zhou Lianhua, the brainless one.

Several aunts were muttering and cursing Zhou Lianhua and Ruan Pingcheng on the ox cart when the two came over from the direction of the state-owned restaurant. Zhou Lianhua was holding the egg cake and White Rabbit milk candy that she had just bought for Ruan Pingcheng at the supply and marketing cooperative, as well as the meat buns and braised pork that she had packed at the state-owned restaurant.

As soon as the two of them got on the ox cart, the things in Zhou Lianhua's hand attracted the attention of these aunts, especially the aunts who had just wanted to take advantage of Jiang Qingwu.

They couldn't handle Jiang Qingwu's cunning ways, but wouldn't it be easy for them to deal with a half-witted fool like Zhou Lianhua? Zhou Lianhua had to share some of the egg cakes and toffee.

One of the aunts was the mother of Li Daniu in the village. She gave birth to five daughters and only one son, Li Daniu. Usually, this old woman liked to exploit her five daughters to raise her son. She also liked to take advantage of people in the village, either asking for two vegetables or a head of garlic.

As soon as Zhou Lianhua came up, she started to pick out nice things to say, "Lianhua, from a distance, I see that you and Ruan Zhiqing are a perfect match. There's no one in our village as well-matched as you two."

The other aunt is called Sun Danniu, and everyone in the village calls her Big Horse Face. If Li Danniu's mother likes to take advantage of others, then Sun Danniu is the kind of person who likes to curse your mother with a bowl in her hand. She will talk bad about you behind your back while eating you. No matter what she heard or saw with her own eyes, she will make up a story and tell it.

Sun Danniu also followed Li Daniu's mother in flattering Zhou Lianhua, "That's right, Lianhua has looked like a city person since she was a child. Look, she really found an educated youth from the city. Don't forget your aunt when you move to the city."

The other aunts curled their lips when they heard what the two of them said. Zhou Yunzhou and Jiang Qingwu just chatted about their own things and didn't care about the ridiculous things happening behind them.

Zhou Lianhua did not disappoint them. As expected, she gave each of them a piece of candy with a happy face. "Auntie, eat candy, eat candy. You two are so nice to talk to. You are much more talkative than some people. Every word you say touches my heart."

The two aunts continued to coax Zhou Lianhua with candies, "Miss Lianhua is really generous. Aunties like you who are open-minded."

After saying that, she glanced at Jiang Qingwu, but Jiang Qingwu had nothing to do with them, so she didn't care what they said.

The two of them said all the sweet words in their minds in the car, and walked from the ox cart to the village entrance. They each coaxed two pieces of milk candy and a piece of egg cake from Zhou Lianhua.

They got off the ox cart at the village entrance and went their separate ways. Ruan Pingcheng was angry that Zhou Lianhua, the brainless one, gave away his milk candy and egg cake as a favor. He got off the ox cart and walked back to the educated youth point empty-handed. As for why he didn't take the egg cake and milk candy with him?

That was of course because Ruan Pingcheng had Zhou Lianhua completely under his control. He knew that Zhou Lianhua would chase him like a dog, then apologize to him in a humble manner, and then promise to buy him more delicious food next time.

As expected, as soon as Zhou Lianhua saw Ruan Pingcheng leaving, she hurried after him. In her left hand, she was holding Ruan Pingcheng's egg cake, milk candy and canned fruit, and in her right hand, she was holding the buns and braised pork packed from the state-owned restaurant.

When several aunts saw Zhou Lianhua's self-degrading look, they all spat in her eyes behind her. Even Li Daniu's mother and Sun Danniu, who had been flattering her on the ox cart just now, joined in the scolding.

Sun Danniu completely changed her attitude from the time she was on the oxcart. She gritted her teeth and said, "If I had a daughter like this at home, if she dared to be so shameless, I would strangle her to death. She's so shameless that she can't even find her way home."

But this had nothing to do with Zhou Yunzhou and Jiang Qingwu. They got off the ox cart when they arrived at the village entrance. Jiang Qingwu held the little sun in her arms, and Zhou Yunzhou carried the package. The two of them walked back home talking and laughing together.

It happened that the villagers were returning home from work, and everyone saw Zhou Yunzhou carrying a large package back home from afar. The men in the village all envied Zhou Yunzhou for finding a rich wife. His wife's family gave him a lot of subsidies every month, so how could he not live a good life?

It's nothing like my own daughter-in-law's family. Not to mention helping my daughter's family, I almost want to squeeze my daughter dry and let her move out of her husband's house to support her parents' family. But these are all people in the countryside who work hard to earn work points. Who has so much extra food and money? Isn't this embarrassing?

After returning home, Jiang Qingwu put the sleeping little sun into the bed in the space to sleep. Anyway, she and Zhou Yunzhou would have to go into the space to eat after checking the package.

Jiang Qingwu opened the package sent by her parents. Inside were her favorite specialties from Beijing, as well as new clothes and shoes bought by her mother.

"Wife, the clothes your mother bought for you are so beautiful," Zhou Yunzhou admired Tang Wanqing's vision from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Qingwu had a childish smile on her face, gesturing with the clothes in her hands. "It looks good, doesn't it? My mom has very high standards. By the way, after dinner, let's write a letter back to Mom and Dad and send them the photos we took before. We can also send them some supplies."

Zhou Yunzhou nodded sincerely, wondering whether his father-in-law and mother-in-law would look down on him. After all, his wife was so good and beautiful, but he had nothing.

Jiang Qingwu also praised him, "Send a photo so my dad can see how handsome his son-in-law is, and also let him see his adorable grandson. Give him a surprise."

Zhou Yunzhou stopped daydreaming. If his parents-in-law looked down on him, he would work hard to gain their approval. If all else failed, he still had an older son. His parents-in-law wouldn't bear to see their grandson without a father, right?

After packing up everything in the package, the two entered the space to prepare for lunch. As for what to eat, Zhou Yunzhou said that there were too many choices and he didn't know what to eat.

Villager: People have no food to eat, and you don't know what to eat? Do you have any shame? Are you a human being? Are you a human being?

In the end, Jiang Qingwu made the decision and gave Zhou Yunzhou a hot and sour noodle dish and two roujiamo (Chinese roujiamo) filled with a mix of fat and lean meat. Zhou Yunzhou found the food incredibly delicious. Jiang Qingwu opted for a Korean beef and egg rice dish, and they each had a glass of lemonade, which was refreshing and helped them take the edge off.