Yan Dashan took the men in his family to worship their ancestors' graves, while Chunxiao and other female family members each carried a basket on their backs and went up the mountain to pick bamboo shoots.
They were having a great time when Shuwen suddenly ran over and said, "Grandma, our aunt and uncle are here. Dad wants you to go back."
"Have your cousin's wife and the others arrived?" Zhou asked hurriedly.
"He came, and brought a relative with him. The two younger ones didn't come."
Zhou's temples throbbed a few times. "If you're here, then come. Why ask the whole family to wait on you? Your grandfather can't take them alone. Just tell them that we'll be a while longer. Let your grandfather take them to the grave and we'll be back at noon."
Shuwen said "Oh" and left.
"Mom, why are you doing this? Dad will be unhappy." Chun Xiao laughed gloatingly, "It only took one day."
"Little sister, you don't know, this aunt's family is really difficult to deal with. Not to mention mother, if I say something disrespectful, I won't tolerate it. I wouldn't dare say it even if father were here."
"I, I'm the same as my eldest sister-in-law. I, I don't like my cousin's wife either."
"Hurry up, everyone. I said this but I can't really not go back and embarrass your father. Hey, what is going on?" Zhou muttered to herself, and after everyone had filled half of the backpack, she went down the mountain.
Several people each carried a backpack and arrived at Yan Dashan, where Yan Bingfa was greeting her aunt and her family.
Seeing them coming back, Yan Erni got up quickly and said, "Why did you go up the mountain to pick bamboo shoots by yourself? We have servants at home, so we can just let them do it. If we knew you liked eating bamboo shoots, we should have brought some. We have picked a lot these days."
After saying that, he went to pull Shufeng behind him and said, "Feng'er is becoming more and more beautiful now. She doesn't look like the girls in our village at all."
Several people put down their backpacks and called their aunt and uncle.
"I finally got to see my cousin today. My uncle told me you were away on a trip. I wonder where she went. It's more lively outside than at home."
"It's always boring to be alone. I just hang out when I have free time. It's not as hard as my cousin's wife to be the head of the household."
Chunxiao saw that Yan Bingfa's face was not very good, so she quickly gave Zhou a wink, not knowing what the few of them had said before.
Zhou looked around the room and saw a young man sitting nearby. He looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. "Er Ni, is he...?"
"Oh, look at me, I don't even have an introducer. He's Ali's little brother, Sanqiang, he's 17 this year. Sanqiang, come on, call me aunt."
Xu Sanqiang hurried forward and called his aunt, and also his cousin and his wife.
Chunxiao was stunned for a moment. What was going on?
"Everyone's here, please sit down." Yan Erni asked them to sit down. "We were wrong last year and it was not a good scene. Brother, sister-in-law, please don't blame us."
"We are all family. What's gone is gone. What's here is a guest." Yan Bingfa looked at Zhou with an expression that was hard to describe.
"I was just chatting with my eldest brother, and you guys came back. That's perfect, let's talk about it together." Yan Erni poked Zhang Youkuan, "Why don't you just talk about it."
Zhang Youkuan looked at Zhang Mingyuan and Xu, then looked at Zhou, and smiled, "We are here today to strengthen our relationship."
"A closer relationship?"
Zhou looked at Xu Sanqiang across from her and suddenly felt a little restless. "How are you going to strengthen the relationship?"
"Isn't your family's Shufeng old enough to get married? Ali's brother is the same age, so I think it would be perfect for them to be together."
"No!" Before Zhang Youkuan finished speaking, Tian stood up all of a sudden. She looked around and didn't see Yan Dashan. She hurriedly pulled Shufeng behind her. Perhaps she felt that she had been too radical. She smiled awkwardly and said, "Uncle, Shufeng won't do."
Yan Erni looked at Zhou unhappily, "Sister-in-law, this is not right in your family. Your parents-in-law are still here, and her uncle is still talking. How can you not let people finish their words? What's the point of this? Are there any rules?"
Chunxiao pulled Tian and Shufeng to sit down and said, "Sister-in-law, let mother speak."
Tian clenched her fists and looked at Xu Sanqiang angrily. Xu Sanqiang was smiling at Shufeng behind her. She wanted to draw a curtain between the two of them. This was too rude.
"We Tian Fang have no intention of disrespecting you, it's just that you came a little late, and Shufeng has already promised to marry someone else, so this marriage can't be completed."
Mrs. Zhou originally thought that after hearing this, they would definitely give up their thoughts, but Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Aunt, my uncle just told me everything. I'm afraid the door you mentioned won't work. It's uncertain whether the man will come back after going to the war. Aren't you harming Shufeng?"
When Shufeng heard this, she was confused. When did she promise to go to war? She looked at her mother, but knew that this was not the time to ask.
Zhou glanced at Yan Bingfa with dissatisfaction. He really said what he should say and what he shouldn't say. "Don't talk nonsense, nephew and wife. We are all from the same village. If you curse others like this and it gets out, how can we live with others? Since we have already agreed to this matter, we will definitely not go back on our word easily. Please don't mention it."
Xu was unhappy when she heard this and pulled Yan Erni's sleeve. "Mother, my aunt is prejudiced against us. I brought these three strong candidates here, but she rejected them without even asking about their situation. I'm afraid that even if there's no arranged marriage, she still looks down on us."
"Aunt, Sanqiang is a hardworking man. If you give Shufeng to him, he will be treated like a precious child in the future. He will be much better off than an outsider, don't you think?"
Zhou looked at Zhang Mingyuan and snorted, "It's better for me to marry my own granddaughter to someone close to me so that I can take care of her myself. You should just look at other people."
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