Yao Xiujuan was stunned when she heard this and wanted to say something, but before she could finish her words, she saw Liu Jiali coming out of the kitchen with a plate and greeting them with a smile.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you are back?"

"Just in time, the meal is ready. Why don't you wash your hands and eat quickly?"

Yao Xiujuan exclaimed, "Ah!" and turned to look at Chu Tiandao, "Brother Tian, ​​let's eat first."

Chu Tian nodded, looked at Yao Youjun and said, "Stop chopping wood and eat first."

"Why···"

After dinner, Yao Xiujuan went to clean up the dishes, while Liu Jiali coaxed her son and Lele to go to bed. Old Mrs. Chu took Xinxin and Pingping to the backyard to feed the rabbits, leaving Chu Tian and Yao Youjun alone.

Yao Youjun looked at Chu Tian in disbelief, "Brother-in-law, you said Xiuli and brother-in-law took Huaiyu back to the capital?"

Chu Tian took a sip of the red date and wolfberry water Yao Xiujuan had brewed, glanced at Yao Youjun, and asked calmly, "What? Don't you believe it? Do you think it's fun for me to lie to you?"

Yao Youjun quickly shook his head, "No, it's not that I don't believe it, I just find it hard to believe..."

Chu Tian put down the teacup and said, "There's nothing unbelievable about this. They've been gone for almost twenty days now. I think they'll be back around mid-November!"

"Oh, okay..."

After a pause, Yao Youjun looked at Chu Tian with worry in his eyes, "Brother-in-law, I can feel that my brother-in-law's family must be well off."

"You said Xiu Li wouldn't be bullied, right? She's not like Jia Li, the type who doesn't take being bullied and dares to confront others when she's angry. If she's been wronged, she definitely won't tell us..."

Chu Tian looked at Yao Youjun in surprise and didn't say anything for a long time. Just when Yao Youjun was wondering what was wrong, he heard Chu Tian say slowly.

"Youjun, it seems you've become smarter after marrying your brother-in-law. You can even see that Jianmin's family is well off!"

Chu Tian looked at Yao Youjun curiously and said, "Come on, tell me, how do you feel?"

Yao Youjun thought Chu Tian's words were strange, but he still answered honestly, "Brother-in-law, before they got married, my parents said that living in a cave was definitely not an option and that they had to build two adobe houses. Who knew that he would directly pay you 600 yuan to help build three cement brick houses..."

"Not only did he buy a bicycle later, he also bought two watches. I also heard from Xiuli that her brother-in-law knew she liked making clothes, so he spent more than 200 yuan to buy her a sewing machine..."

"Calculate how much all this is worth? Twelve or thirteen thousand, and that's not all. He also gave my parents two hundred yuan as a betrothal gift. No, I heard from my parents that they wanted to give five hundred yuan at first, but they didn't want that much, and Xiu Li took the other two hundred yuan back to their little home..."

"But, anyway, brother-in-law, look, what ordinary family can afford one or two thousand yuan at once when their youngest son gets married?"

"That doesn't even include his house, everything is new, and he invited several tables of guests to his wedding..."

"Brother-in-law, do you think I'm right?"

The more Yao Youjun spoke, the more he felt that his guess was accurate, so after he finished speaking, he looked at Chu Tian with anticipation.

Chu Tian saw Yao Xiujuan wiping her hands and walking out of the kitchen from the corner of his eye. He stood up, swung his hand and slapped him on the back of the head. "What are you worrying about? Even if his family is well-off, as long as he has his brother-in-law to protect him, Xiuli will be fine."

To be honest, Chu Tian only heard Li Jianmin mention that his parents worked in the Beijing government, his two brothers were serving in the army, and his older sister and younger sister also worked. As for what their situation was like, although he did not say it in great detail, he thought it must be good.

Just looking at Li Jianmin's usual behavior, you can tell that his family members must be reasonable people and would not do anything to bully Yao Xiuli.

"Your elder sister and I need to rest for a while, please do as you please!"

Yao Youjun rubbed the back of his head which was hurt by Chu Tian's slap, and said "Oh" stupidly.

"Have you finished talking to your brother-in-law?"

Liu Jiali was lying on the kang to coax her son to sleep. When she heard the door open, she asked without even turning her head.

Yao Youjun sat on the kang, took off his shoes and lay down beside her, "Well, we're done talking."

Seeing her son fall asleep, Liu Jiali turned around and looked at Yao Youjun, her eyes filled with envy. "I'm so envious of my brother-in-law for being able to go to the south. I've never even left Xinjiang. No, I've only been to the city a few times."

Yao Youjun was stunned for a moment, then he sat up and raised his voice a little, "What did you say? My brother-in-law is going to the south?"

Liu Jiali was about to say something when she felt her son lying on her side and Lele inside twisting their bodies in dissatisfaction. She hurriedly patted them both, and after they both fell asleep soundly, she glared at Yao Youjun in dissatisfaction and scolded him in a low voice.

"What are you doing? Lele and my son just fell asleep!"

Yao Youjun didn't care if he would wake up his son and niece, but quickly grabbed Liu Jiali's hand and asked again, "What did you mean when you said your brother-in-law was going south?"

Liu Jiali glanced back at the two children, then whispered, "That's what my eldest sister said."

After a pause, he continued, "You went to wash your hands with your brother-in-law at the time, so you probably didn't hear it."

"Actually, my eldest sister just casually said that my eldest brother-in-law is going to the south with Second Brother Chu tomorrow. As for where they are going and why, I didn't ask any further because I had to eat. If you want to know, just wait until my eldest brother-in-law wakes up and goes to help with the work in the fields this afternoon. Then you can ask him yourself."

In the afternoon, when Yao Youjun was working next to Chu Tian, ​​he couldn't wait to ask, "Brother-in-law, I heard Jiali say at noon..."

Chu Tian asked without looking up while working, "Did you hear from your sister-in-law that I'm going to the south?"

Yao Youjun hummed, then asked, "But why? Aren't you part of the Corps? Aren't the transport teams that usually go to Kouli from the city or other places?"

Chu Tian explained calmly, "That's it. Our driver doesn't know the specific reason. We'll only know what's going on when we go to the division tomorrow morning."

Yao Youjun frowned, "Where are we going?"

“We don’t know at this time.”

After a pause, Chu Tian stopped what he was doing, turned his head to look at him and smiled, "What? Is there anything you and your sister-in-law want? I'm not sure which city I'll go to, but if you want anything, you can tell me. If I come across it, I'll bring it back to you."

Yao Youjun was stunned for a moment, then quickly waved his hands, "No, no, we don't need anything."

Chu Tian stretched his neck and said thoughtfully, "Okay, then I'll watch and carry it!"

“····”