Zhang Dahu and Zhang Xiaohu, whom Gu Xin mentioned, are the two sons of Zhang Shi's maternal elder brother from the eldest branch of the Gu family.
Zhang's maternal family, the Zhang family, is also from Sanchakou Village. These two boys used to bully Gu Xin quite a bit, and Gu Xin had never gone home to complain before.
“Okay, then we won’t tell Auntie, but we’ll tell Grandpa and Grandma! But Xinxin, you shouldn’t tell them either. Let Daddy find a suitable opportunity to tell Grandpa and Grandma, okay?” Gu Shouxin said.
“Hmm. Dad, the Zhou family wants to use the land behind our ditch to grow crops. Why don’t we have them give us the seeds and we can help them plant them? That way, we can see what the crops look like when they grow!” Gu Xin suggested.
“That definitely won’t work. However, we can have them send us some seeds, and we can plant them in our own vegetable garden,” Cai Xiaolian said, directly rejecting Gu Xin’s suggestion.
"Oh." Gu Xin didn't argue and obediently listened to her parents and sister.
“Your mother is right, we can ask them to send us some seeds, and we can try it in our own vegetable garden. However, after the Zhou family arrives tomorrow, we need to get an explanation for what happened in the vegetable garden,” Gu Shouxin said.
"Why don't we just leave it like this in the field? We can just say that Xin Xin and I don't know what we'll have in which season! Besides, apart from cucumbers, pumpkins, and peppers, everything else is pretty normal!" Gu Nian said.
“Yes, yes! Dad, Mom, we didn’t know why either! We just threw the seed down and it grew! We didn’t lie!” Gu Xin chimed in.
“Her father, the children are right. Besides, the Zhou family only rents the land behind our ditch to farm. They don’t come to our house every day. Once the crops are done, they might send someone to check on them from time to time. They won’t come into our yard every time they come,” Cai Xiaolian said after thinking for a moment.
"Alright! We'll see how things go! We're pretty sure we'll just scatter some seeds randomly, and we don't even know if they'll grow." Gu Shouxin thought that was the only option.
“That’s how it was supposed to be!” the mother and her two daughters said in unison.
Gu Shouxin: "..."
The way you're talking and looking at me makes it seem like the vegetable garden is something I have to do with. Don't wrong me!
"Ouch, my stomach hurts a bit. Niannian, come on, let's go to the outhouse!" Cai Xiaolian suddenly needed to use the toilet.
The mother and daughter lit another oil lamp and went to the outhouse together, while Gu Shouxin and Gu Xin sat by the fire chatting.
"It stinks!" Gu Nian, who was holding an oil lamp outside, couldn't help but exclaim upon hearing the commotion inside.
"Hey, you little brat, you talk like your poop smells good!" Cai Xiaolian said irritably.
"Hehe, Mom, come and smell my poop tomorrow morning!" Gu Nian said with a grin.
“Hey, you’re highly educated! Why are you talking like that?” Cai Xiaolian said.
"You're making it sound like highly educated people don't poop. They're not some ethereal fairy who doesn't eat!" Gu Nian said.
"Alright, stop joking! Niannian, I've always been skeptical of you as a doctoral student. Look, why don't you do something to stop me from being skeptical?" Cai Xiaolian said, holding the thing she was wiping in her hand, when a sudden idea struck her.
"Mother, don't provoke me! Just tell me what you want!" Gu Nian felt that after spending these days together, she had come to understand Cai Xiaolian a little better.
"Toilet paper! Make me some soft toilet paper!" Cai Xiaolian said.
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