After the three of them came out of the house, Xingxing and Ruru were in high spirits, while Chun Chun had mixed feelings, her face flushed, and she was somewhat at a loss.
"You three little girls, hurry up and come eat! What are you dawdling for?" Everyone had been sitting at the table waiting for a while, and Zhao Guihua was almost about to get up and call them over.
"Mom, we're here now," Xingxing said with a smile as she sat down next to her, whispering, "Let's eat first, I have something important to tell you later."
Being mysterious, Zhao Guihua raised an eyebrow but didn't press for details.
"I want to hear too," Yu Ting said in a childish voice.
"Oh dear, this isn't something a little baby like you should be listening to. You need to shut up a bit." Ruru sat down next to Yuting and reached out to rub his little face.
"Ugh, I told you not to keep pinching my cheeks! I'm not a child anymore!" Yu Ting protested angrily.
"Six years old." Ruru pursed her lips, unconcerned, and laughed even louder.
Zhao Guizhi glanced at her helplessly, "Ruru, be more reserved. A young lady should not show her teeth when she smiles, and stop bullying your younger brother all the time."
"Godmother, I didn't bully my brother. I was just playing with him." Ruru said this, but she restrained herself a bit. She secretly glanced at Sanfu and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the latter didn't react.
He muttered to himself, "There are no outsiders here, only family."
"You have to be careful even in front of your own family, otherwise you'll easily give yourself away if you develop this habit outside." Zhao Guizhi was really worried about this.
Zhao Guihua said with a smile, "It's alright, there's nothing wrong with Ru Ru doing this. We're not one of those big families with strict rules, we don't have so many formalities."
“Yes, people should live freely, otherwise life is too hard.” Old Zhou echoed, saying it was fine.
"You should just spoil her. It's a good thing she was smart enough to choose Sanfu, and Sanfu is willing to have her..."
Seeing that Zhao Guizhi was getting more and more outrageous, Ruru couldn't stand it anymore and quickly interrupted, "Godmother, I am your daughter. How can you dislike your own daughter like this? What mother doesn't praise her daughter to the skies, even if she has bad things, she will say they are good?"
"You just said it yourself, there are no outsiders here. Everyone has watched you grow up, how could they not know what you're like?" Zhao Guizhi found it amusing; the brat was getting nervous now.
“We can’t just bring that up directly. I have my pride too. Don’t embarrass me. Sanfu is here too.” Chen Yueru’s doe eyes glanced at Sanfu every now and then.
Sanfu felt a strong, almost tangible gaze upon him and had to say something, so he said, "When you're out and about, just remember to keep a respectable appearance and don't embarrass yourself in front of strangers."
"Brother Sanfu, you're so kind. My judgment was indeed excellent. Brother Sanfu is a perfect gentleman." Chen Yueru's eyes were overflowing with sweetness as she looked at Sanfu.
"Take it easy, you're drooling!" Xingxing said, looking exasperated.
The two girls bickered while eating, and it took them a while to calm down. After finishing their meal, Zhao Guihua pulled Xingxing back to her room. "Didn't you have something to say to your mother? Come on, your mother has something to say to you too."
Xingxing already knew what her mother was going to say. She was simply teaching her that a young lady should be more reserved. She was a princess, not an ordinary person, and should pay more attention to the rules. If the officials and noble ladies in the capital found out that she was too unrestrained, she would inevitably be ridiculed behind her back, and might even be impeached by the censor.
However, she patiently listened to Zhao Guihua's reprimand and repeatedly promised that she would be careful in the future and would never let anyone find any fault with her before she was considered to have passed the test.
"Mom, I know, let's put this issue aside for now and talk about something else." Xingxing leaned against her with a grin, acting cute and charming. Every time Xingxing used this tactic, Zhao Guihua had no way to resist and would give in to her every whim.
"Alright, tell me, what's the matter that's so important to you?"
"Mom, what do you think of Chun Chun?" Xingxing asked.
Zhao Guihua glanced at Xingxing, somewhat puzzled, then thought about it seriously and said reasonably, "Qiuqiu and Chunchun look more like the village chief. They have thick eyebrows and big eyes, oval faces, and are tall. Although their skin isn't very fair, they are still pretty. They also have good personalities. Qiuqiu is steady, and Chunchun is efficient..."
Listening to Zhao Guihua's high praise, Xingxing nodded in agreement, "Mom, I know that Sister Qiuqiu is also very good, but isn't she already married? I'm asking about Chun Chun now. What's your impression of Chun Chun?"
“Chun Chun is great. Although she’s a bit simple-minded, she’s not stupid. She has a kind of unassuming wisdom. She’s a wonderful girl,” Zhao Guihua said without hesitation.
"Would you like it if Chun Chun became my sister-in-law?" Xingxing asked directly.
Zhao Guihua paused for a moment, then thought seriously for a while before saying with a serious expression, "Chun Chun is a good child. We've watched her grow up. How could she be bad? It's just that no one has thought about it this way. The village chief and his wife didn't mean it that way either. Your father and I haven't thought about it either. We all have the surname Zhou, so would it be inappropriate?"
"Didn't our ancestors cross the fifth degree of kinship a few generations ago? Although we're still considered family, the relationship is distant. Even if we became in-laws, outsiders wouldn't say anything," Xingxing said nonchalantly.
“But what will Dafu and Chunchun think? We have to ask the two children’s opinions first.” Zhao Guihua is not old-fashioned. She only hopes that her children can be happy and will not force her sons to get married according to their wishes.
Previously, we would help with the initial screening but didn't make a final decision until the children themselves had their eyes on the product. Otherwise, it wouldn't have dragged on until now.
"Ruru said that Big Brother and Chun Chun have hit it off, but they are both introverted and may not even realize they like each other. We have to help them out." Xingxing directly shifted the blame to Ruru, since it was Ruru who brought it up in the first place.
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