Chapter 92 The Worries of the Second and Fourth Brothers
"Actually, it doesn't need to be that complicated. The 10th National Youth Games will be held in Beijing next Saturday."
"In addition to students from various universities, some workers from state-owned factories will also participate in the competition."
"Our sports bureau is also sending two teams over. Third sister-in-law, why don't you come with me?"
"Let me tell you, there are about 1,500 participants this time, plus the spectators, so there should be around 5,000 people. That should be enough for you to draw."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Si's eyes immediately lit up.
That's true. Although the college entrance examination has been abolished, there are still quite a few college students from the class of 1965 who are still in school.
That is, you won't learn much in university.
Otherwise, such a large-scale sports meet wouldn't be held.
"Ah, it's so good to be young."
When the topic of the sports meet came up, Yang Meina, one of the table tennis referees, could be seen with excitement.
But her excited and thrilled expression didn't seem to others at all.
The fourth brother and his wife exchanged a glance, feeling that something was off, but they couldn't quite put their finger on it.
Finally, the fourth brother turned his gaze to his second brother.
Huo Erge glanced at his bewildered fourth brother, then at his wife who was getting more and more excited as she talked, and felt utterly helpless.
If he remembered correctly, the third brother called last time and said he would be back before the end of the month.
He wasn't sure which day it would be.
However, it doesn't matter when the third brother comes back; what matters is that you invite your third brother's wife to watch the game.
The participants were a group of vibrant college students and promising young people from various factories.
This...this might not be a good idea?
At that moment, he suddenly remembered that his wife had mentioned some time ago that a winter swimming event had been added to this year's sports meet.
With that thought in mind, Brother Huo's vigilant radar instantly activated.
But he couldn't say it outright at this point.
After trying to signal to his wife for a while, he could only cough several times when she didn't react at all.
Yang Meina reacted immediately, "What's wrong? Did you choke?"
No, it's not—
"No, why are you coughing! You're spitting all over my face. You'd better sit down a little further away."
After saying that, Yang Meina gave him a reproachful look.
The meaning was clear: we sisters-in-law were having a great chat, could you please not interrupt?
Just as Huo Erge was worrying about what excuse to use to interrupt her, Jiang Si's voice suddenly rang out.
"Second sister-in-law, will it affect your work if I go with you?"
Without a second thought, Brother Huo replied, "Yes!"
"What do you mean by 'knowing'?"
Yang Meina was really angry this time, and she glared at Huo Erge.
I'll tell you later.
Then he smiled and replied to Jiang Si, "Don't listen to your second brother, he's just joking with you."
Brother Huo wanted to say another word of advice, but when he looked up, he met the old man's wide-open eyes.
Grandma Huo didn't glare at him, but her eyebrows were already twisted so tightly they looked like a pretzel.
Second Brother Huo: "..."
Well, he shouldn't have said that.
He stopped talking, but Yang Meina wasn't going to let him off the hook. She waited until the chat between the sisters-in-law ended.
After returning to her room, she complained, "What was wrong with you just now? Why were you blinking at me like that?"
"So you saw it!"
"I'm not blind, how could I not see it?"
She just couldn't understand it. "How did you become like this?"
"I...I've changed?"
"Yes, you've changed!"
Yang Meina said with a pained expression, "My third sister-in-law was so good to us. She didn't take a single penny of the 30,000 yuan she received and left it all to the Huo family's descendants."
"We took such a big advantage of her, what's wrong with helping her out?"
"Didn't your grandparents say that we should fully support her work? Even your two sons know to side with their aunt."
"And you, you're always dragging us three down..."
As Yang Meina was speaking, she looked up and realized that the man who had just been sitting opposite her was gone.
"No, I'm talking to you, why are you opening the window?"
"Let me see if it's snowing outside."
Yang Meina was stunned for a moment. What did this mean?
She said angrily, "I'm talking to you, why are you tearing off the snow like that?"
"What else could it be? He was wronged."
Brother Huo sighed heavily, and then explained why he had interrupted her.
Upon realizing that she had made a mistake, Yang Meina immediately deflated.
"It shouldn't be... right?"
"My third brother is not a stingy person."
Seeing his wife's timid and cowardly appearance, what could Huo Erge say?
Alright, even if my third brother is angry, he wouldn't go so far as to hit his own sister-in-law.
However, whether he will be polite to his older brother is another matter.
"Go to sleep, maybe I'm overthinking it."
Upon hearing this, Yang Meina patted her chest, "That's right, I told you you were overthinking it..."
Meanwhile, on the other side...
After washing up, Guan Xue lay back in bed. Seeing her silly son staring blankly at the newspaper without saying a word, she waved her hand in front of him.
"What are you thinking about, so seriously?"
"Honey, I think I know why I felt something was off earlier."
Guan Xue had almost forgotten what had just happened, but both she and her husband were the type of people who didn't talk much and had a particularly long reaction time.
Seeing that her husband looked like he really wanted to talk, Guan Xue asked him a question.
"Tell me what's wrong."
Sure enough, upon hearing this, a faint smile immediately appeared on Huo Tinghan's face.
"Just now, wasn't Second Sister-in-law going to take Third Sister-in-law to the sports meet?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"I mean, hypothetically, if I were transferred to the second research group and worked with several female colleagues every day, how would you feel?"
What was the reaction?
Guan Xue pursed her lips and thought for a long time.
What kind of reaction could she possibly have?
Whether you're in a group or not, it's all about work.
But her intuition told her that saying it this way didn't seem right, so Guan Xue asked with a serious expression.
"Si Dai, how do you think I should react?"
Upon hearing this, Huo Tinghan, who was usually very calm, suddenly felt like he was about to go crazy.
He scratched his head and said, "Don't you ever feel unhappy or a little sad?"
"No," Guan Xue answered decisively.
After saying that, she asked her husband a question in return.
“I’m currently working in Group 5, which is full of men. Do you feel unhappy or resentful?”
Huo Tinghan thought to himself, "How could there not be one!"
But he didn't dare say it.
Guan Xue asked this question when they first started dating.
Huo Tinghan remembers clearly that he said at the time, "There might be a little bit."
After all, it would be uncomfortable for anyone to have four or five men revolving around their future wife every day.
Guan Xue calmly replied, "I can't avoid this. If you can't accept it, then let's go back to being friends."
Huo Tinghan was certain that he would nod in agreement right now.
His wife would immediately retort, "If you can't accept that, then let's not stay together."
Upon thinking about it, Huo Tinghan immediately shook his head honestly.
"Honey, I'm really not unhappy at all."
"Yes, I know, I believe you."
After expressing her stance, Guan Xue didn't forget to steer the conversation back on track.
"By the way, what does what you just said have to do with Third Sister-in-law going to the sports meet?"
"It's nothing. I just thought about it again. Third Sister-in-law is doing this for work, just like you."
"I don't think Third Brother would care about these things!"
"Yes, that's right."
Guan Xue nodded. She and Si Dai thought exactly the same thing. No wonder they became a family!
That night, Yang Meina and Guan Xue slept soundly until they naturally woke up.
On the contrary, Huo Erge and Lao Si tossed and turned all night because of this incident.
When Jiang Si saw the two of them coming downstairs with panda eyes while she was having breakfast, she found it quite strange.
However, she didn't ask any more questions; she was busy right now.
In the following days, Jiang Si first used her excellent chess skills to defeat all the opponents in the compound.
Even so, old men still came to play chess with her every day in an endless stream.
There was no way around it; they simply adored this little girl.
Firstly, the little girl never rushes people when playing chess, showing them great respect.
Secondly, the little girl doesn't mind if they occasionally take back a move.
Where do they find such a good chess partner?
The little girl is too stingy; she only plays one game with each person.
Jiang Si also liked these old men very much, especially since they would think for five to eight minutes before placing each piece.
This was enough time for Jiang Si to extract their facial features.
Jiang Si had arranged her time well; in the morning, she played chess with the old men.
In the afternoon, I would go to nearby primary and junior high schools to give free art classes to the students.
In this way, Jiang Si spent a week extracting all the facial features of the children and the elderly.
The quantity is sufficient, but these are only semi-finished products.
After the remaining two sets of extractions are completed, that's when she'll officially get busy.
Time flies, and before we knew it, it was time for the sports meet.
The materials needed for painting were prepared the night before. After breakfast, Yang Meina and Jiang Si set off.
Before long, the people from the other rooms went to work or school.
Grandpa Huo and Grandma Huo were the only ones left in the huge living room.
The two of them, having nothing better to do, turned on the radio and started listening with great interest.
But then a knocking sound rang out—
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