Chapter 119 Someone Has Taken a Fancy to the Third Brother
Aunt Zhou laughed and said, "These grew on that tree. I noticed they looked different from the previous fruits, so I tried them, and I didn't expect them to taste so good."
Du Wanchun looked down at it. The fruit looked somewhat like a crabapple, but it was larger. She smelled it and it had a sweet fragrance like a peach.
She took a bite; the fruit was crisp and tasted somewhat similar to a crabapple, but it was sweeter and juicier.
She couldn't resist taking a few more bites.
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "How is it? This fruit tastes good, doesn't it?"
Du Wanchun nodded. "It's delicious. I've never had it before."
Aunt Zhou then gave her a few more, saying, "There aren't many of these red berries, so I don't need to use them to make incense. You can keep them all."
Du Wanchun looked down and saw that her bowl was full of red berries. She asked, "Mother, I can't finish all of these."
Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "I just learned a new skill from your Aunt Wang. After washing these fruits, I slice them and then boil them in broth. When they're almost done, I put them in the yard to dry. That's what we usually call candied fruit."
Upon hearing this, Du Wanchun was overjoyed, "So that's how candied fruit is made!"
Aunt Zhou nodded. "Your Aunt Wang is really amazing. She can make all kinds of snacks."
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "In the future, we'll have Aunt Wang open a shop too, a candied fruit shop."
Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up when she heard this. "That's a good idea. I'll talk to her about it next time."
At this moment, Aunt Wang was busy farming at home with her son Wang Qiu. Usually, she would run between her own land and the Zhou family's incense shop.
After noon, the first batch of incense balls was ready. Du Wanchun helped roll them into balls in the courtyard and laid them out on a gauze cloth to dry.
Just as I was rolling the last one, I heard people talking outside the courtyard.
"This must be the Zhou family!"
"That's right, this is the Zhou family!"
"Come on, let's go in quickly!"
Du Wanchun followed the sound to the door and saw the Zhao family from the next village.
The Zhao family was a notoriously fierce family in the neighboring village. With their domineering temper, they had often bullied and oppressed people in the village.
They have an eldest daughter who is about eighteen or nineteen years old. In the nearby villages, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old who is not married is considered an old maid.
This old maid is not bad-looking, but she is too arrogant and looks down on ordinary farm men. Moreover, she is very domineering like her parents and is often unforgiving when she is right. So she has not found a suitable match yet.
A while ago, Zhao's eldest daughter accidentally saw Zhou Zhao when she passed through Changliu Village.
Although Zhou Zhao was a bit tanned, his appearance was still considered top-notch in the surrounding area. In addition, he was tall, and ordinary people who didn't know him would think he was seventeen or eighteen years old.
When the eldest daughter of the Zhao family saw it, she was so captivated that she couldn't leave. She went back and told her parents about it.
When the Zhao couple heard that it was Zhou's son, they immediately objected, saying that Zhou Zhao's mother was a widow and they looked down on him.
The eldest daughter of the Zhao family disagreed and insisted on the marriage no matter what.
The Zhao couple had no choice but to listen to their daughter and find a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Zhou family.
Upon hearing that it was a woman from the Zhao family, Aunt Zhou refused without even thinking.
A man should marry a virtuous woman, and Zhou Zhao is still young, has no idea about marriage, and doesn't like the Zhao family woman.
She didn't want to harm her son.
The Zhao family was furious when they heard that the Zhou family had refused, so they came directly to their door today.
Father Zhao strode in and shouted at Du Wanchun, "Where's your mother?!"
Du Wanchun's face darkened. "My mother is inside. I don't know what brings you to the Zhou family."
"Your Zhou family has been bullying our Cui'er like this! We've come here today to demand justice!" Zhao's mother rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward to push Du Wanchun.
Du Wanchun quickly took a few steps back and said coldly to them, "Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, do you see clearly? I see she's pregnant. If you dare to lay a hand on her again, don't blame the Zhou family for being impolite."
Aunt Zhao refused to believe it. "Oh! Aren't you the young lady from the Du family? How come you're so proud of yourself now that you've married into the Zhou family? Having a child is nothing special! What woman hasn't been pregnant before!"
As she spoke, she raised her eyebrows and said in a louder voice, "That's right, your aunt has never been pregnant!"
Aunt Zhou, who had just come out of the house, happened to hear these words and strode over, saying, "Old Zhao, don't be so rude with your mouth!"
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