Huo De said without hesitation: "Being proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, being able to go out to the hall and into the kitchen, and knowing astronomy and geography are not the reasons.
I just like her, there is no reason, it's just a feeling. When she called me for the first time and I heard her voice, I felt that this girl was mine."
Mr. Huo snorted: "She really is that good."
"Except for not having a good background, you can't find any faults with her. Of course, she doesn't need a good background, she can create one herself.
Grandpa, believe it or not, if you give her ten years, she can surpass our Huo family." Huo De said.
"No matter how good she is, you didn't see her attitude just now. If you have money, you can make her divorce you. It's not like she is completely devoted to you."
"She won't. That's just a lie. If I don't betray her, she won't betray me. That's her bottom line."
"Why, she agreed to a divorce but she still lied to me?"
"Divorce is just a signature on a piece of paper. We will still be together. She doesn't care about the paper, and neither do I. Grandpa, just give up. You can't break us up."
Mr. Huo calmed down and said, "So you guys have already discussed how to deal with me?"
"There's no negotiation, this is a tacit understanding, Grandpa. Besides, Xiangnan has challenged you and she's even dared to take the gamble. What else are you dissatisfied with?
It's useless to try to scare her with your power. The daughter of the provincial party secretary is still being educated in my home."
"What do you mean, educated in your home."
"Didn't Third Uncle and Third Aunt tell you when they got home?"
"I did say that, but I didn't say that the daughter of that family was brought back by you."
Then during dinner, Mr. Huo saw Ji Nini, who looked like she was having fun, and Zhang Ying, who was covered in a mess of mud and grass.
Ji Nini came up happily and greeted him: "Grandpa Huo, why are you here too? I haven't seen you for a long time. You look very healthy."
"Nini, why are you here too?" Mr. Huo asked his secretary to bring out a can of snacks for her: "Take this and eat it."
Zhang Ying also came over to say hello: "Grandpa Huo..."
Old Master Huo snorted: "I heard you called my grandson a cattle herder. The little girl is quite sharp-tongued. How did you get yourself into this state?"
Zhang Ying burst into tears, "Grandpa Huo, please save me! Your granddaughter-in-law is so cruel! She had someone watch me while I was herding cattle, and wouldn't let me run away. If I tried to run, she would throw me into the fields.
I'm covered in mud because of them, and she doesn't let me eat. I haven't eaten for two days, I'm starving!
Grandpa Huo, please save me quickly. Please send someone to tell my grandfather that they are going to kill me.
The three brothers of the Huo family stood outside and didn't dare to go in. That was the old man of the Huo family, the very powerful old man of the Huo family in Jinghai.
Last time they sent someone to warn their family, they almost scared them to death.
They really didn't dare to offend the Huo family, not to mention that it was indeed their parents who did something wrong back then.
"Why are you crying? You're making so much noise. Get out." Huo De shouted coldly, "Huo Yun, take him away. If you work today, you'll have food. If you don't work, you'll continue to starve."
Huo Yun hurried in and said hello: "Hello, Mr. Huo, I've taken the person out."
He quickly dragged Zhang Ying out. Zhang Ying burst into tears and screamed, "Grandpa Huo, please save me! They're going to kill me!"
Mr. Huo frowned and said, "What does this look like?"
Ji Nini explained: "Zhang Ying's grandfather sent her here to experience country life. Xiangnan said that she called Brother Huo De a country bumpkin and a stinky cattle herder who smelled of cow dung.
So we let her experience herding cattle every day. We didn't torture her. We just let her herd the cattle. I followed her and drove the cattle.
She didn't want to and just lay there trying to be lazy, so Brother Huo punished her. She refused to work in the fields, so they didn't give her any food.
If you don’t work here, you won’t have anything to eat, so I have to work too.”
Mr. Huo snorted, "Then I have to go to the fields and plant some crops to have food to eat."
Xiangnan came in carrying a basin of watermelon and said, "How can I ask you to work? Brother Huo and I can do your work. Come and eat the watermelon. Since you are here, just stay here and don't be angry.
I can guarantee that my granddaughter-in-law is no worse than others. Just tell me what you like to eat. What I cook is delicious."
Mr. Huo looked at her smiling face and felt unwilling, but he really couldn't get angry, so he deliberately said a few dishes to make things difficult: "Roast duck, braised lion's head, Dongpo pork."
Xiangnan and Huo De laughed when they heard the news. Even the three Huo brothers and Ji Nini who were standing outside laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Mr. Huo looked puzzled.
"Grandpa Huo, you ordered these dishes knowing Xiangnan could make them, right? She can cook all of them. She just made them yesterday and they were delicious to me!"
Ji Nini thought that Mr. Huo said this after asking what dishes Xiangnan could cook.
Mr. Huo's heart choked. He said that just to make things difficult for himself!
Even if Xiangnan, a country girl, could cook, she would never be able to make these things that she had never seen or even heard of.
Xiangnan smiled and said, "Grandpa, just wait. I'm going to cook. Brother Huo, please accompany Grandpa to look around."
Mr. Huo asked Ji Nini: "Can she really do it?"
"That's right! The food I ate at the restaurant wasn't as good as Sister Xiangnan's. I heard that Sister Xiangnan has a restaurant in the county town that also serves these foods. The business has been booming since it opened."
Huo De helped Mr. Huo to stand up: "Grandpa, I will take you to visit our workshop."
"What's so good about visiting a small workshop?" Mr. Huo didn't really want to go.
But it was rare for Hood to accompany him, so although he said he didn't want to go, he stood up honestly.
You won’t know until you see it. It’s really a bit novel. Such a backward rural area has running water pipes installed. Each home has its own separate water pipe, so there is no need to worry about water outages.
The tap water is directly led to the workshop, which makes production very convenient. The workshop is also very clean, with floor tiles and the interior painted white. The workers in the workshop are not lazy at all, chatting and laughing without stopping their work.
I was even more surprised when I arrived at the residential area. The toilets were built inside the rooms. Even the bedrooms had toilets and bathrooms.
"Xiangnan really knows how to enjoy himself. Doesn't this toilet stink in the room?"
"It doesn't stink. There's running water for flushing the toilet, and they've added spices to remove odors. Grandpa, you'll know when you go in and take a look."
Mr. Huo did not feel any bad smell in the room, but rather a faint fragrance.
"Grandpa, you'll stay here tonight. Looking out from here, you can see vast rice fields. The view is quite nice." Huo De said, "You can't sleep on a soft bed. This room has a hard mattress."
“Who designed these?”
"Xiangnan, she designed the blueprints herself and even installed the water supply. I told you, she knows everything, from astronomy to geography."
Mr. Huo asked curiously, "How could a country girl like her know so much?"
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