“We have a lot going on at home, so why don’t you see if anyone else can help look after your yard?” Song Yinhua said, and then offered her suggestions. “Old Man Song happens to be free, so he can help look after your yard. He lives right next door, so it’s convenient for him to help out.”
"Old Man Song is over eighty years old and can't work anymore," Liu San Nai accidentally let slip.
She started playing the victim to Qiao Guilan: "Guilan, please help my family this time. My son and daughter-in-law are not home, my grandson has a stomachache, and my husband and I have to take him to the clinic."
“Your son and daughter-in-law aren’t home; they’ve gone out to earn money. My dad isn’t home either, and my mom is exhausted from working in the fields all by herself; she can’t help you…”
"Yinhua, how can you talk like that!" Qiao Guilan interrupted Song Yinhua. "Liu Sannai's grandson is sick. This is a big deal. They've all come to ask me for help. How can I not care? I've noticed you're becoming more and more cold-blooded. We're all neighbors. It's only right that we help each other out."
Seeing that things were looking promising, Aunt Liu immediately praised Qiao Guilan, "Guilan, you are so kind-hearted and helpful. I am so lucky to have such a good neighbor like you. I must have accumulated a lot of good karma in my past life."
"Of all the people in our village, I have the most faith in you. Your third daughter is going to university in the provincial capital. After she graduates, she'll marry a rich man from the city, and he'll definitely take her there to enjoy a life of luxury. You'll be so lucky in the future!"
After receiving a lot of praise from Aunt Liu, Qiao Guilan was very pleased and dropped her own work to go help her neighbor.
"Yinhua, there aren't many corn cobs left in the field. Take a basket and go to the field to pick the remaining corn cobs. It won't take long."
"I'm not going," Song Yinhua refused bluntly.
"How can you be so inconsiderate? You don't know how to care for others at all!" Qiao Guilan turned and called out to Song Caixing, "Xiao Si'er! Caixing!!"
Song Caixing ran out; she had just been crying, and her eyes were still a little red.
"Caixing, what are you doing in the house? I've been calling you for ages." Qiao Guilan was in a hurry to help her neighbor with the work and didn't pay attention to the fact that something was wrong with her fourth daughter. "Grandma Liu's grandson has a stomachache. Please ask me to go and help take care of him. Take a basket and go to the cornfield to break off the remaining corn cobs. Also, take the sickle and cut down the corn stalks while you're at it."
“Cai Xing can’t do such heavy work,” Song Yinhua said.
Qiao Guilan spoke softly to Song Caixing, "Caixing, Mom has worked so hard all day, can you help Mom for a while? Mom knows you are the most filial."
"I... I can do it." Song Caixing didn't want to do it, but she didn't dare to refuse and didn't want to disappoint her mother, so she agreed, but she felt very wronged.
"Caixing, you're the most sensible one!"
For the sake of saying "You are the most sensible", Song Caixing had no choice but to carry a large basket to the field to pick corn.
She wanted Song Yinhua to come with her, and called out in a wronged tone, "Big Sister!"
"You promised to do it yourself." Song Yinhua was angered by her mother and sister, so she went back to her room.
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In a cornfield taller than a person, Song Caixing was miserably breaking off corn cobs, muttering complaints under her breath.
She complained that her older sister didn't care about her.
He complained that his mother favored his second brother and third sister.
She complained that even her own father didn't care about her.
She complained that she was pitiful, that no one cared for her or loved her.
She complained that Xie Daguang had lied to her.
Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed her from behind and dragged her into the middle of the cornfield.
"Ah, big sister, help..."
“Cai Xing, this is Brother Da Guang.”
When Song Caixing saw Xie Daguang, she angrily pushed him away, saying, "Why did you come looking for me again?"
"Cai Xing, I'm sincere with you. I didn't tell my mom because I wanted to surprise her. If she finds out and you still don't stay with me, then all her joy will be for nothing!"
Xie Daguang knew that Song Caixing was easy to fool.
He pulled a tube of lipstick from his pocket. "Look what this is!"
Song Caixing had never seen this before. "What is this?"
Xie Daguang opened the cap and twisted the lipstick up. "This is called lipstick. When you put it on your lips, you'll look better. Let me put it on for you."
In the cornfield, Song Caixing's lips looked like a dog's butt.
Xie Daguang didn't know how to do makeup, and when he saw Song Caixing's lips, he couldn't help but laugh.
"You lied to me again?" Song Caixing threw a tantrum, pushed Xie Daguang away, and went to do her work.
Xie Daguang hugged her back and said, "I'm not lying to you. You're just too beautiful. I'm so happy to be able to marry a wife as beautiful and capable as you."
Xie Daguang then showered Song Caixing with sweet words, completely bewitching her.
"What are you doing? My older sister doesn't approve of me dating you."
Song Caixing was pinned to the ground by Xie Daguang, who then crushed a small section of the corn stalks in the middle.
“My older sister said that I can only date you after your mother agrees.”
Song Caixing wanted to put pressure on Xie Daguang, forcing him to go home and tell his mother about her.
"I'll go back and tell my mom that I'll have her come to your house to propose marriage tomorrow." Xie Daguang's words made Song Caixing very happy. "If I tell my mom, will you definitely marry me?"
Song Caixing nodded shyly.
How can you prove it?
"I won't go back on my promise," Song Caixing said earnestly.
"Who knows if you'll go back on your word? What if you try to lie to me?"
I'd be a dog if I lied!
"What you're saying is useless. You have to give me a guarantee, a guarantee that you can't go back on your word about."
How can you guarantee that?
"You'll have to come with me first, then you'll have no choice but to marry me. Tomorrow I'll have my mother come to your house to propose, and we'll get married." Xie Daguang's meaning was very clear, but Song Caixing, who had never been in a relationship, didn't understand what he meant.
“My older sister said that I can only date you after your mother agrees.”
"Your eldest sister, your eldest sister, all you do is talk about her all day long. Is it you who will marry me, or your eldest sister? Your eldest sister is twenty-five and still can't get married. I think she's deliberately trying to keep you from getting married and making you an old maid too."
“You’re not allowed to talk about my older sister like that. It’s my uncle and aunt who are smearing my older sister in the village, saying that she’s a jinx who will kill people, which is why she hasn’t gotten married.”
"Caixing, I'll only ask you one question. Tell me the truth: do you still want to be with me?" Xie Daguang asked.
"If I didn't want to be in a relationship with you, would I still be talking to you now?"
"You've agreed to be with me?"
Song Caixing nodded shyly.
Xie Daguang laughed happily, "I'll have my mother come over to propose marriage tomorrow."
He started getting restless as soon as he put his hands on it.
"Brother Da Guang, what are you doing?"
"Cai Xing, close your eyes," Xie Daguang coaxed. "Be good. After you marry me, my mom and I will spoil you, and you'll never have to suffer at your parents' hands again."
When told that she could stay away from her parents, Song Caixing obediently closed her eyes.
Xie Daguang couldn't wait to kiss her.
"Ah, what are you doing? No..."
"You agreed to be with me, and now you want to back out?" Xie Daguang angrily stood up. "Since you're not willing to give me any guarantees, then let's break up. I won't come looking for you again."
"Brother Da Guang!" Song Caixing hurriedly grabbed Xie Da Guang, her timid tone full of flattery, "I didn't go back on my word, don't be angry."
Xie Daguang pinned Song Caixing down again.
At the last moment, Song Caixing became afraid, but it was too late for her.
Xie Daguang used a combination of coercion and deception to break down the last shred of defense in Song Caixing's heart.
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