Bought it?
Qin Zheng snorted coldly, "He can't even support himself outside, how could he possibly have the money to buy a delicate young woman?"
"What's going on?" Erdanzi asked, puzzled. "Could it be that he picked her up? I'm so indignant! I haven't even had the luck to pick up a wife, so why should he?"
He's several years older than Guo Laosan.
In terms of character, Zhang Wenshun was far superior to Guo Laosan in his cunning and sly nature.
How could someone as lucky as Guo Laosan find a wife?
"You're even comparing this?" Ye Yun heard the resentment in Erdanzi's tone and couldn't help but laugh.
Erdanzi clicked his tongue, shook his head, and said, "Heaven is blind. If someone like him has a wife, I should have a house full of children and grandchildren!"
This remark made everyone burst into laughter.
Qin Xiang'e teased him: "You shameless boy, you haven't even seen a glimpse of your wife yet, and you're already thinking about having a house full of children and grandchildren."
Mu Jingsheng and Ye Xia shook their heads and chuckled.
Erdanzi was unconvinced and snorted, "Don't look down on me. I'm doing pretty well with Brother Zhengzi now. If I hadn't followed Brother Zhengzi out late, I would have made a lot of money long ago, married a wife, and had a warm bed with my wife and kids!"
"Good, good, good! You'll have a wife, kids, and a warm bed!"
Ye Yun knew he was in a hurry to get married, so she patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, when your sister-in-law finds someone suitable, she'll talk to you about it."
Erdanzi's eyes widened. "Really?"
"Did your sister-in-law lie to you?"
"Sister-in-law, you are my own sister-in-law!" Erdanzi immediately stood up and was about to kneel down to kowtow to Ye Yun.
Ye Yun's eyes widened in fright.
"What are you doing?" She was both amused and exasperated, and pushed Erdanzi aside with a laugh and a scolding.
Erdanzi, who was pushed away, wasn't angry. He staggered a couple of times before regaining his footing, and chuckled, pointing to the back of his head, "Sister-in-law, I was just kidding."
"You drove very well, don't drive like that next time."
"Alright." Qin Zheng spoke up, his eyes fixed steadily on Erdanzi. "Keep an eye on the Guo family these next few days, and try your best to get the girl's background out of Guo Laosan."
"Yes, if she's really from an innocent family, we can't just watch Guo Laosan ruin her."
Ye Yun added.
From the moment she heard Qin Xiang'e say that the girl was beautiful, she and Qin Zheng began to suspect something was amiss, and it was because of this incident that they decided to return to Huaicheng.
Who is Guo Laosan?
He's a cunning and deceitful scoundrel.
Ye Yun hadn't forgotten how the Guo family had knocked her unconscious, tied her up, and nearly killed her when they tried to get her a job from Qin Zheng!
Does someone like that even deserve her and Qin Zheng to come all the way back from Lin'an?
Dream on!
Erdanzi understood their meaning and quickly said, "Don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on Guo Laosan and that girl for two days. I knew from the start that the kid couldn't possibly be up to anything. Tomorrow I'll go out and find out where Guo Laosan got that girl from!"
"Okay, I'm counting on you here."
As night fell, Erdanzi left the Qin family with large and small bags on his back.
His bags were full of gifts from Qin Zheng and Ye Yun. He was humming a little tune as he left, overjoyed.
Hanging out with Brother Zheng is a blast.
As the middle of the month approached, a bright moon hung high in the night sky, its light illuminating the mountain roads and villages with exceptional brightness.
Soon Erdanzi arrived at his front door.
Through the low wall, one could see that the courtyard was pitch black; his father and mother had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep with the little girl.
He put down the package on his back, took out his keys, and prepared to open the door and go inside.
When the lock was inserted, the chain rattled. Just as Erdanzi was about to enter the house, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure not far away.
"who?!"
Erdanzi threw down the iron chain, turned his head to look into the distance, and shouted in a low voice.
That corner was a bit dark; it was easy for someone hiding there to go unnoticed.
But Erdanzi had good eyesight and had walked the night many times since he was a child. He was also very familiar with the terrain around his home. He took a step and walked towards the corner where the Tibetans were hiding.
The person in the corner, seemingly surprised to be discovered, quickly scurried away.
The dark figure sprinted in the opposite direction from Erdanzi. When it reached the alley entrance, it grabbed the old bicycle that had been parked there, pedaled hard, and threw Erdanzi far behind.
Erdanzi stood frozen at the entrance of the alley.
Gazing at the figure riding away on a bicycle, he stared in disbelief, as if he had lost all expression, unable to recover for a long time.
Moonlight streamed down the mountain path, and a tall, slender figure rode a bicycle frantically away...
"Has Erzi returned?"
His mother's indistinct voice came from behind him.
It turned out that the old woman had heard Erdanzi unlocking the door, but seeing that he hadn't come back inside, she came out with a lantern to look for him.
Erdanzi snapped out of his daze and quickly asked, "Mom, it's cold outside. Why did you come out?"
After saying that, he took the old lady's arm and led her towards home, being careful of the ice and snow underfoot so that she wouldn't fall.
For elderly people, a fall could be fatal.
The old woman didn't say anything more, just waved her hand to indicate that she was fine, and silently carried the lantern and walked home with Erdanzi.
Once he got home, Erdanzi turned around and locked the door.
The old woman, holding a lantern, stood behind him and suddenly spoke up in a muffled voice: "By the way, Erzi, have you heard about that little girl from Maolou?"
Erdanzi paused in locking the door.
“It’s that little girl you had your eye on back then, the one with two big braids, the one who was quite pretty,” his mother reminded him when she saw he wasn’t speaking. “When I went to the temple fair in Maolou, she even brought me a bowl of water.”
How could Erdanzi not know who his mother was talking about?
He lowered his eyes, forced a bitter smile, and tried to keep his voice calm as he spoke: "Mother, don't worry so much. I don't even remember any girls from Maolou."
When he was pursuing Qianqian, his mother worried a lot about it.
The old man was too old to help, and when he found out that Qianqian had gone with someone else, he was heartbroken along with her.
Now that the matter was finally over, he didn't want the old lady to bring it up again.
Bringing it up will only cause unnecessary heartache.
People in the mountains often get married during the Lunar New Year. Some people may have already gotten married and are staying at home waiting to have children and become mothers.
Click! Erdanzi slammed the lock shut.
He felt a tightness in his chest, but he didn't know where to vent it. He turned around and walked silently into his room.
Unexpectedly, the old woman sighed behind him.
With a hoarse voice, he said with pity, "Alas, that young girl is also a pitiful person. She was about to get married, but her husband ran away. Her in-laws think she is incompetent and can't keep her husband. Now she can't get married, and she can't break off the engagement. They're saying all sorts of nasty things, and it's just going to be delayed like this!"
What?!
Erdanzi turned his head sharply and looked at his mother in shock.
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