Ye Beiping smiled and nodded to the passing villagers before patiently answering the question: "The weather has been cold these past few days, so you need to warm up the car before starting it, otherwise it's easy to have problems."
"The water pipes and everything were blocked. Starting the car will clear all of that."
"oh."
Although Ye Beiping's explanation was fairly clear, the three women had never been in contact with a car before, so they could only nod slightly in response.
After warming up for more than ten minutes, Ye Beiping finally called the group to get in the car.
Let's go.
The car slowly disappeared from sight amidst the envious gazes of the others.
Some people were discussing it at the village entrance.
"People in Beiping are really making money; they're all driving cars now."
"Yes, it looks expensive. If we could drive to my father-in-law's house, he would probably give up the seat of honor."
"Haha, you're dreaming. Driving a car? You should buy a bicycle first."
“It’s prestigious to ride a bicycle to my father-in-law’s house. Look around, how many people can afford a bicycle?”
"Yes, then you should work hard and try to buy a bicycle next year to ride to your father-in-law's house."
...
Several villagers joked around with him.
Although they don't know what the future holds, the villagers are still very simple and honest, with only that one wish.
It's just a bicycle.
If Ye Beiping were here, he would probably say, "You'll definitely be able to ride it in ten years."
Ye Beiping went to his maternal grandfather's house and stayed there for the whole day.
When some of his childhood playmates heard that Ye Beiping had come, they all said they wanted to invite him to play cards or something.
Playing cards and drinking became the only source of entertainment for the villagers during the Spring Festival.
In particular, Taoping Village is much wealthier than Pingba Village, so there are many card games during the Spring Festival, unlike in Pingba Village where many people dare not play cards, mainly because they are poor.
If we lose, we'll be starving for the next year.
Seeing the greedy and envious looks in his eyes, Ye Beiping refused all his childhood playmates, using the excuse that his wife was pregnant and he needed to take care of her, and sent them all away.
Uncle Tao Shengli was a kind-hearted man. He saw that Ye Beiping refused every group of people who came to visit, and he thought it was not a good thing.
In previous years, Ye Beiping would take the initiative to go out and visit them. Now that they came to visit Ye Beiping, they were rejected instead, which was a bit unreasonable.
He said, "Beiping, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to reject them like this?"
Grandpa Tao Jianqiang chimed in, "Go have fun in Beiping if you want. We'll take care of Xinyi here."
"No, Grandpa." Ye Beiping shook his head and gave a long explanation: "They just saw me driving back in a car and think I've made money, so they want to know how I did it. They won't be angry with me until they find out. Besides, I came to pay my respects today, not to have fun. It's fine."
This made Tao Shengli and Tao Jianqiang shake their heads slightly. Since Ye Beiping didn't want to go, they wouldn't say anything more.
Ye Xiaoxin interjected at this moment, "Grandpa, Uncle, please don't try to persuade him anymore. Many people in our village come looking for Beiping, but we can't get them to leave no matter what. Some people even say he's a henpecked husband."
Su Xinyi blushed slightly after hearing these words, and glanced at Ye Beiping with some dissatisfaction, as if to say: Look, look, I didn't tell you not to go, so why is it all my fault?
Ye Beiping naturally noticed Su Xinyi's displeased look and chuckled, "Sister, you don't understand. Behind every successful man, there is a remarkable woman."
hiss!
The family felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this.
But damn, that makes some sense.
In particular, Grandpa Tao Jianqiang secretly glanced at Grandma, only to be glared at by her: "Why are you looking at me? Are you implying that I'm a simple woman? Isn't being simple good? You should be grateful to marry me. If I don't marry you, you'll probably be a bachelor for life."
The barrage of words left Tao Jianqiang completely bewildered.
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.
Seeing Tao Jianqiang, who is in his seventies or eighties, still suffering at the hands of his grandmother, looking like a wronged child, is very amusing.
Tao Qiuyan then looked at Tao Shengli and said, "Shengli, Beiping is right. You should find a wife, otherwise you'll never amount to anything."
When the gossip suddenly turned into his own, Tao Shengli's face instantly turned red to the roots of his ears. How could he not be embarrassed to bring up getting married in front of his nephew and niece?
Especially since his nephew is already married, while he's still a single dog.
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