The landlord was a connoisseur of goods. When he saw the potato yarn material, he couldn't suppress his jealousy.
In the heat of the moment, the words were spoken.
Jiang couldn't help but open her mouth, wanting to explain, but Xia Youtian pulled her back and winked at her. Although Jiang was a bit soft-hearted and very concerned about her reputation, she would never disobey Xia Youtian. Seeing Xia Youtian holding her back, she took a step back.
Xia Youtian turned around and said to the landlord with a smile:
"Didn't our relatives send a message saying they were coming over? We have to clear out a few rooms for them in advance, otherwise where will we have room for them?"
The landlord regretted his words as soon as they came out of his mouth.
Seeing that Xia Youtian was so polite and handed him a ladder, he felt it was not appropriate to continue to find fault. He just gave up reluctantly, picked up the toilet, and walked away staggeringly.
Xia Youtian pulled Jiang, and Jiang held Huaihua in her arms. The three sisters Lihua, Xia Daohua and Linghua followed the couple and quickly left the yard.
After brushing past the landlord, Xia Daohua took only two steps before deliberately raising her voice and asking, "Dad, does the landlord have pink eye?"
Her clear, cheerful voice rang out, yet her tone was so natural that the landlord stumbled and nearly dropped the toilet.
Xia Youtian suppressed his laughter, bent a finger, and gently tapped Xia Daohua's head: "Why are you so naughty, kid? Even if you see it, you can't say it!"
The landlord was even more furious after hearing what Xia Youtian said. But just as he was about to say something, he saw that Xia Daohua and the others had already walked away.
He had no choice but to empty the toilet in a huff, rinse it in the river, and then went home with a gloomy face.
Jiang asked with a hint of worry:
"The landlord's eyes just now were clearly looking at our clothes. Aren't we a little too conspicuous wearing this material?"
Xia Daohua smiled and said, "The biggest advantage of this material is that it keeps you cool. If you don't wear it in this unbearable summer heat, do you have to wait until the cold winter months to wear it?"
Xia Youtian also smiled and comforted Jiang:
"You, just think too much.
We paid money for renting the house, so we don't owe him anything.
Why are you so nervous?
We are being polite to him just to maintain good relations with our neighbors and to make things look good. It's not to put ourselves in a difficult position!
How can we leave our nice clothes unworn just because he said a few mean things?"
Xia Daohua smiled and nodded:
"Actually, this material isn't that hard to come by, and the price isn't expensive. Even if we give him one or two pieces, it wouldn't be a big deal. But we can't indulge his bad habit!"
Jiang thought about it for a moment and realized that what Xia Daohua said was true.
When Xia Daohua took out the material, she said that this material was called potato gauze, also known as Xiangyun gauze. It was light and thin, cool and pleasant, and most suitable for wearing in the hot summer weather.
This child has always been generous.
When she took out the material, not only did everyone in the four families have a share, but she also gave two pieces to the old couple, two pieces to each family, and an extra piece to Cheng, Erlang, Taohua, and Zhou Yunniang.
Grandma Qu, Qianniang, and Xia Dalang also gave one each.
I think it is because this material is not rare or expensive.
Thinking of this, Jiang felt much more at ease.
She didn't know that the material wasn't expensive, but it was compared to finer items like Shu brocade and kesi. In fact, this yam yarn was much more expensive than the ramie and cotton silk they usually wore.
The family chatted and laughed, and soon they arrived at "Rice Flower Fragrance".
The summer rice flowers entered the "Rice Fragrance" and the others returned to the backyard.
Xia Dalang had no female relatives around him, and A Liu was still too young, so Xia Daohua asked Jiang to make some clothes for him and had Lihua deliver them personally. This was a way of putting aside past grudges.
However, Xia Daohua would not take back the document of severing the engagement.
Originally, the breaking off of the engagement was not aimed at Xia Dalang.
However, the way Liu and Xia Youcai acted at the time showed that they didn't treat their own family members as relatives at all. Even if their family members didn't retaliate, they could at least no longer be relatives of them.
But now, Xia Youcai and Liu are both dead.
Both of them died tragically.
The culprit, Jinhua, also disappeared.
Although Lihua couldn't help feeling awkward when she thought of the eldest couple and Jinhua, she didn't think it was a big deal to take proper care of her cousin Xia Dalang and spend more time with him.
The couple from the fourth house also watched Xia Dalang grow up, and they have some friendship with him. Naturally, they would be happy to see the relationship between the two houses repaired.
Xia Dalang accepted all the goodwill shown by the fourth room.
As children, we should not speak of our parents' faults.
But he knew clearly in his heart that the quarrel between the two families was mainly the fault of his own family.
In fact, he himself is not that innocent.
At the very least, there is no escape from these two sins: neglecting to care for family members and indulging them in doing evil.
However, an accident and a war turned everything in the family upside down overnight, forcing Xia Dalang to believe that his family was suffering retribution.
Now that the fourth room is willing to continue interacting with him, how could he not accept it?
Since both sides were willing to reconcile, the relationship between the Fourth House and Xia Dalang, though only superficial, became increasingly harmonious. On his days off, Xia Dalang would occasionally wander around the Fourth House's courtyard, carrying his books, holding Ah Liu, a live fish weighing over two pounds, a glutinous rice belly, or half a braised pork elbow.
Say hello to Jiang, chat about family matters, and then sit down with Xia Youtian and have a couple of drinks.
As the first and only great-grandchild of the Xia family, A Liu is fair and tender, and is deeply loved by everyone in the Xia family.
Even Sun from the second house would smile sincerely when she saw A Liu.
Whenever Lihua and other young ladies saw A Liu, their eyes would be glued to him and they couldn't take their eyes off him.
Xia Daohua also liked A Liu very much. Not only did she give her a cloth tiger and a rattle, she also carefully selected a starlight music box that could sing lullabies for her.
When Xia Dalang saw the music box, his eyes lit up surprisingly.
The look he gave Xia Daohua also exuded an inexplicable emotion and a family affection that was so strong that it was almost unbreakable.
Xia Daohua didn't react at first, but later she realized that to her, the music box was just an ordinary little gadget; in this time and space, it was a treasure much more valuable than the exquisite glassware she placed in "Daohuaxiang".
Xia Dalang must have been shocked that he had given such a "precious" thing to A Liu without realizing it.
Judging from the look in his eyes, he obviously misunderstood me.
However, this beautiful misunderstanding seems to be harmless.
Xia Dalang's expression changed several times, and then he said as if he had made up his mind:
"Sister Daohua, I heard something..."
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Good night, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow.
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