"Yes...this is it." Xu Maofang responded.
After the shock in his heart subsided, Xu Maofang began to feel disgusted.
Why did Xie Tingyu... marry such a woman?
Xu Maofang is inferior to Xie Jun's ex-wife in every aspect, because she is a second marriage, and is always compared with Wen Zhihua. For example, she only gave birth to a daughter in her life, while Wen Zhihua gave birth to twin sons at once. She is not as knowledgeable and eloquent as Wen Zhihua, not as good-looking as Wen Zhihua, and even not as good at raising children...
She had been suppressed by Wen Zhihua for most of her life, but now, her daughter is a prospective college student, and her son has gone to the countryside to become a farmer and married a rural wife.
Xu Maofang's face froze for a moment, then he regained his enthusiastic smile, but the enthusiasm did not reach his eyes.
"Shui Ya, come in quickly."
…
The other side.
Xie Tingyu led his wife into the military compound. As they walked, he said, "I grew up here. Did you see that tree? It's as old as I am..."
He introduced himself to Ye Qingshui with great enthusiasm, talking as they walked. The cold and reserved man who usually spoke little now acted like a young man who had just fallen in love.
Ye Qingshui understood that Xie Tingyu said so much to reduce her nervousness.
But in fact, Ye Qingshui was not nervous at all. This nagging consideration only made her head hurt a little.
Ye Qingshui had been sitting in the car for a whole day and suffered from motion sickness. The snow on the ground was thick, and he fell heavily in front of Xie Tingyu.
Xie Tingyu looked in astonishment at the little girl wrapped like a ball falling to the ground with a grimace in her eyes, and quickly went over to pull her up.
He had never seen Ye Qingshui fall so miserably, and the changes on his face were so adorable that he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.
Xie Tingyu didn't take it to heart even though she glared at him fiercely.
He put down his bag, bent down, stretched out his hands to pull her, but was caught off guard and slipped because of her.
He squatted on the ground and patted the snowflakes off her head.
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but exhale a breath of hot air. His eyebrows and eyes looked even more handsome in the snow, and his gentle smile was as warm and moving as ice melting into spring water.
"Shui'er is so petty."
"Hurry up and get up. If there are too many people, it will make a fool of itself."
Acquaintances passing by in the military compound in groups of three or four greeted Xie Tingyu warmly when they saw him.
"Hey, isn't this Tingyu?"
"You brought your wife back this year?"
A middle-aged woman passing by couldn't help but look at the new daughter-in-law of the Xie family. She fell down when they first met, which was really not a good look.
The snow and water had stained her body, making her already plain cotton-padded jacket look even more shabby. Aunt Ming couldn't help but frown at her miserable appearance.
The first impression was not very good.
However, Aunt Ming's curiosity about Xie's new daughter-in-law was so strong that she wanted to see what she looked like and how she could charm Xie's son to the point of being at a loss.
You know, Xie Tingyu is a popular candidate for son-in-law in the compound. After searching the entire compound, no young man of this generation is more promising than him. It is said that he has high standards, so his marriage has not been decided yet.
After much selection, they finally picked a...country girl? Everyone was speechless.
Aunt Ming walked around silently and was about to look down when she saw Xie Tingyu suddenly reach out and pick up his embarrassed daughter-in-law and carry her on his back.
This action surprised Aunt Ming secretly.
Didn’t my wife just fall down? Wouldn’t it be fine if she was helped up? Why does she have to ask someone to carry her on his back?
Which daughter-in-law is so precious that she cannot be touched at all? Aunt Ming was speechless. She felt that the son of the Xie family had changed after going to the countryside.
"Aunt Ming, if there's nothing else, I'll take Shui Ya home first." Xie Tingyu said.
Ye Qingshui's face instantly turned red, and she struggled a few times, "Don't do this."
How could he do such a thing in public? Ye Qingshui could feel the burning gazes from the acquaintances on the street. This made Ye Qingshui uncomfortable, so he lowered his head and buried it in his shoulder, thus isolating himself from the gazes coming and going.
Carrying someone on their back...even if they are husband and wife, it can be considered too intimate in an era when relationships between men and women were strictly guarded.
Xie Tingyu weighed her after she slipped down a few inches, and then put her back on his back. He grasped her hips and warned her in a low voice:
"Just be quiet."
He took the road less traveled and soon returned to the Xie family.
He put the man down, took out the key, and was stunned.
Ye Qingshui walked to the door and found it was not closed. She heard the "concerned" voice of Xie Tingyu's stepmother:
"Shuiya... why are you wearing so little? Aren't you cold in such a cold weather?"
"I asked Dongmei to get you some clothes. Even though they're not new, you can wear them as is. Don't be disgusted."
She turned her head and saw Xie Tingyu, who also looked surprised.
Is there another "Shui Ya" inside?
Ye Qingshui pushed the door open silently.
The door was pushed open silently, and Ye Qingshui looked at everyone in the room. A pretty girl was sitting on the sofa, trimming her nails with an impatient look on her face.
Xie Tingyu's stepmother enthusiastically held a woman's hand and asked about her well-being.
Mr. Xie put down the newspaper expressionlessly, his face unpredictable.
Xie Tingyu was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly, raised his voice and asked doubtfully: "Shui Ya? Shui Ya and I just arrived."
The woman who was mistaken for "Shui Ya" blushed and explained haltingly: "My name is not Shui Ya."
"My aunt said that the leader's family was in need of a nanny during the New Year, so she asked me to take over."
Xu Maofang, who had preconceived ideas, faced her stepson's half-smile and looked at the young girl standing next to Xie Tingyu, then looked at the woman she was holding hands with. The moment she understood, her face turned red.
She, she recognized the wrong person!
This girl is not Ye Qingshui.
Xu Maofang quickly put down Shuiya's hand and said awkwardly, "Oh, we don't need a nanny. Sorry."
Although she is not Ye Qingshui, she looks so much like the rural girl described in Sun Lingyu's letter!
It's not her fault.
The woman standing in front of Xu Maofang had a sallow face, as if she was malnourished. She looked a few years older than her peers, and her face was full of traces of frost. At the same time, she was simple and honest, and you could tell at a glance that she was honest and dull.
The woman who was mistaken for "Shui Ya" blushed and insisted, "I came here because my aunt called me. I'm not a random person who comes here to ask for work."
The Xie family's nanny is going back to the countryside to celebrate the New Year this year. The nanny thinks that she cannot come to the leader's house to work during the New Year period, so she wants to ask a relative to come and do some part-time work.
Who would have thought that Xu Maofang had never thought about finding a new nanny.
The new nanny was troublesome to order around and hard to get used to. Xie Tingyu brought his wife home for the New Year. Sun Lingyu wrote in her letter that Ye Qingshui was hardworking and down-to-earth, and she would definitely rush to do the work and show her performance. These tasks were left to her, and she could also train the new wife well.
Xu Maofang sent the man away, turned around and greeted his stepson with a smile:
"Tingyu, you're back."
"Brother——" Xie Dongmei turned her head happily and looked at Xie Tingyu.
Xie Tingyu then put his arm around Ye Qingshui's shoulders and gently pushed her in front of him so that everyone could see his wife clearly.
He corrected her seriously: "Aunt Fang, this is Shui Ya, don't make a mistake."
The four people in the room all looked at Ye Qingshui.
Xu Maofang had just made a joke and didn't look at Ye Qingshui for long, just glanced at him quickly.
The girl standing next to her stepson is Ye Qingshui.
On a snowy day, she was wearing a gray-blue cotton coat with a tear in the cotton wool. Although she had cleaned it up, it still looked shabby. Snowflakes fell on her shoes, and when she entered the heated room, the snow began to melt, soaking the clean floor.
Her shabby appearance was out of place in this elegantly and cleanly decorated house.
However, this country girl was not as crude and ordinary as Xu Maofang had imagined. She was quite pretty.
The new bride had fair skin and a pretty face. The dull and simple blue-gray cotton coat could not hide her pure and clear temperament. She had two rustic braids popular in the countryside. Although they were rustic, she looked like a girl who was truly raised in the beautiful mountains and rivers.
The girl narrowed her eyes slightly, looking ignorant and innocent. Xu Maofang subconsciously glanced at his daughter.
The daughter was wearing new clothes for winter. The new clothes were brightly colored, making the little girl look pretty and bright, and lively. She looked much more likable than the new daughter-in-law.
In his heart, Xu Maofang still showed a trace of disdain for this new daughter-in-law.
Too poor, dressed shabbily, and didn't even wear nice clothes when she went to a man's house for the first time. It was really embarrassing for Xie Tingyu. Xie Tingyu had a lot of savings. He could see Ye Qingshui living frugally, so he probably didn't like this new daughter-in-law very much.
I have to admit that this country girl is quite good-looking, Xu Maofang thought.
Xie Dongmei glanced at Ye Qingshui and quickly looked away. There was a hint of rejection and contempt in her eyes, but also a sensitive comparison between beautiful girls.
Although Xie Dongmei was quite repulsive to this country sister-in-law, she had to admit that she felt a little jealous at this moment.
A young couple stood together, the man was tall and handsome, the woman was slender and soft. Even though their conditions did not match in any way, they looked very pleasing to the eye just standing together.
Ye Qingshui stood there quietly without saying anything. She finally figured out what was going on.
The family mistook the young nanny for her.
The babysitter looked about 25 years old, and Ye Qingshui was only 18 after the Chinese New Year. There was a certain age gap between the two. But the Xie family still mistook the babysitter for her. This made Ye Qingshui feel a little amused.
If it was in her previous life, she would definitely mind it, but at this moment Ye Qingshui just found it a little funny.
Xie Jun finally stopped his tense expression. His serious face rarely showed any expression. He said to his son:
“I’m back.”
Xie Tingyu nodded.
"Shui Ya just fell down. Let's go back and change clothes."
Xie Tingyu patted the dirty marks on his wife's body and said to Xie Jun.
Ye Qingshui also hesitantly called out to his father-in-law: "Hello, Dad."
"Hello, Aunt Fang, Dongmei."
Xie Jun nodded imperceptibly.
Xie Jun was satisfied when he saw his daughter-in-law. He picked up his coat and buttoned it up. "I'm going back to the army. You two must be tired. Have a good rest. I'll be back in the evening."
Xu Maofang saw her husband off and closed the door.
After the couple went upstairs and closed the door, Xie Dongmei came to her senses. She cut her nails indifferently and said gloomily:
"The new sister-in-law seems a little different."
The new sister-in-law was not as timid and cowardly as she had imagined. Although she was dressed a little rustically, her eyes were clear and bright. Even when standing next to her brother, she was not outshined by him.
Xu Maofang said: "What's the difference?"
Although he entered the Xie family, that could not hide the fact that he came from a small place. He graduated from elementary school and had little education. When he met people, he was as stunned as a quail and could not even speak.
Xie Tingyu's marriage was so muddled that it was as if she was blinded by lard. How could such a big thing as marriage be decided so hastily? Her mother-in-law, who doted on her grandson like her lifeblood, would be so angry if she saw this.
Which girl in their compound is not better than this country girl?
…
Ye Qingshui didn't know whether the girls in the compound were better than Ye Qingshui. After meeting the Xie family, Ye Qingshui subtly sensed their rejection and dislike.
But Ye Qingshui didn't care at all. If possible, she didn't want to come to the capital at all.
Xie Tingyu took Ye Qingshui to his room.
Ye Qingshui tied her hair up again, washed her face, and glanced at Xie Tingyu's room.
His room was large and spacious, with a simple and neat style and was kept spotless.
There is not a single superfluous thing in his possession, except for books and his musical instruments. The shoes on the shoe rack are neatly arranged, and the shirts in the closet are also neatly arranged. Everything is aligned in the right direction, and the colors are arranged according to light and dark, as if he has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Xie Tingyu's room has a strong personal style.
There was a radiator at home, and Xie Tingyu took off his heavy cotton coat, revealing a pair of long and straight legs. The body revealed after taking off his clothes exuded a strong masculine scent, strong and upright. The heating mixed with this hot and ambiguous feeling made people feel suffocated.
Ye Qingshui was feeling so hot that she looked away and silently took off her coat, revealing a sweetheart-neck sweater and a snow-white shirt underneath.
It wrapped around the girl's slender body, youthful and full. And at this moment...she was sitting on the bed where he had slept for more than ten years.
Xie Tingyu couldn't help but blush a little, turned his head away consciously, and coughed lightly: "How is your foot?"
Ye Qingshui shook his head. "It hurts a little, but it's okay."
Xie Tingyu then lowered his head to look at her feet. He pushed her onto the bed and stripped off her shoes and socks.
Her exposed ankle was slightly swollen like a steamed bun and had a bruise.
He pressed down gently, and the little girl couldn't help but let out a low cry of pain, her brows furrowed tightly.
"pain!"
Xie Tingyu had a faint smile on his face. "You call this not a hindrance? You call this being able to leave? If I hadn't carried you on my back, you would have gone to the hospital to get an IV drip and have your bones fixed tomorrow."
As he spoke, he felt unsatisfied. The soft touch lingered between his thumbs, and he couldn't help but linger a little longer.
He held her feet without any disgust. He knew that the girl was very clean. Unlike stinky men like him, she washed her feet and changed her socks every day on the train. Her feet were washed so white and tender, like young bamboo shoots.
Ye Qingshui's face flushed red, and she just wanted to throw her socks at his face. What a hooligan!
"Pack up quickly, people are waiting."
Xie Tingyu found some bone-setting water and applied it on her.
He touched her feet and said seriously, "No need to go down, Shui'er, have a good sleep, I'll wake you up after dinner."
Ye Qingshui's eyes widened.
Although she did not regard the Xie family as her in-laws' family, she also knew that a new daughter-in-law had to behave properly when she first visited the family and sleep with the door closed. She would probably be sent back to Yejia Village as soon as she woke up.
However, Ye Qingshui looked at Xie Tingyu's expression when he spoke and felt that he didn't mean to be joking.
His dark eyes revealed a cold emotion.
Xie Tingyu said: "It's okay, you can sleep, my dad wants you to have a good rest, he has to go out for business."
He paused for a moment and continued in a cold tone:
"Aunt Fang and Dongmei have no right to control you."
Ye Qingshui breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. She took off a sweater, got into the brand new quilt, and slept happily.
Xie Tingyu's bed was really big and soft, and the quilt was so light that it felt like it weighed nothing when covered on him. His bed was filled with his scent, fresh and clean, like an empty mountain after snow.
…
Xu Maofang and Xie Dongmei waited for a long time, but the new bride didn't come down.
Xu Maofang said: "Young people are different. They can spend a lot of time just going back to their rooms."
Xie Dongmei thought that her new sister-in-law was impolite and was so casual and unruly on her first visit to her husband's house.
Half an hour later, Xie Tingyu came out of the room.
"Tingyu, where is your wife?"
"She fell asleep." Xie Tingyu said lightly.
Xu Maofang and Xie Dongmei were both shocked.
This, this is too outrageous!
They are all still waiting downstairs, where can they find such a new daughter-in-law?
Xie Tingyu took out the New Year's goods that Ye Qingshui brought from the luggage one by one and said, "This is a little gift from Shuiya, a local specialty brought from the countryside."
Xu Maofang had no interest in this local specialty. They received a lot of this kind of thing every year, but they were nothing more than some dried fruits, dried sauerkraut and other things that were not presentable.
Xie Tingyu has been like a man made of gold and jade since he was a child. He is excellent in every aspect. He studies and practices. He reads books of sages and interacts with young talents. When has he ever cared about this local specialty? After returning from a trip to the countryside, the eldest son of the Xie family has become like a countryman.
"There are things like this in the capital, so why bring them all the way here?" Xu Maofang said, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
Xie Tingyu picked out the sausage and bacon separately and said with a raised eyebrow: "There is really no such thing in the capital."
The New Year's goods made by his Shui'er were so delicious that the whole village would be filled with delicious food, which could make children cry. Before the New Year, she specially saved them for his family in the countryside, so Xie Tingyu had no way to have a good meal. She also took most of the remaining local specialties to the capital.
Xie Dongmei saw the seriousness in her brother's eyes and felt the same way. She found that her brother had gone to the countryside and was like a god who had fallen into the mortal world. He no longer had the charming temperament he had before.
She couldn't help but feel anxious.
Xie Dongmei asked: "Why is she asleep now? How can someone be like this when visiting her husband's family for the first time..."
"Brother, why don't you teach her well?"
When Xie Tingyu heard this, the smile on his face deepened, "She was tired after a day, I let her sleep."
The author has something to say:
Shui Ya: I am hardworking and down-to-earth, so I will definitely rush to do the work to earn recognition?
Brother Yu: No, no, no, I've confirmed it through eye contact, that person should be me
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