Following the location in her memory, Yuan Mengge walked around the village for a while, but she really couldn't remember which house belonged to her fifth uncle.
So they had no choice but to ask a local family.
"Hello, could you tell me which house the family named Yuan Xiangbiao lives in in your village?"
When the people inside heard someone asking, they came out and pointed in the direction of the village, saying, "Go a few hundred meters over there, and the house with a coconut tree in front of the door is theirs."
"Thank you," Yuan Mengge said, and then walked over there.
After walking several hundred meters and passing several houses, I finally saw a house with a coconut tree in front of its courtyard.
Seeing this scene, it overlapped with the images in Yuan Mengge's memory.
Yes, this is the place.
Yuan Mengge walked in, and Tie Baojin in the courtyard immediately barked.
"Woof! Woof woof woof! Woof woof woof woof woof woof—"
"Is anyone home?" Yuan Mengge asked loudly from the gate of the courtyard.
Someone immediately came out of the house and glanced at them: "You're here? So fast?"
The boy who came out was a little younger than Yuan Pingping, and looked to be twelve or thirteen years old.
Yuan Mengge knew who he was as soon as she saw him.
It was the father of the brat who smashed her computer, Yuan Pingping's cousin, whom she called Uncle Yuan Mengge.
"Huh? You are... Sister Ping?" The boy came out of the house and was stunned when he saw Yuan Mengge. He asked with some surprise.
A girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old came out of the house and asked loudly before even seeing who it was, "Is it Brother Dasheng and the others?"
The boy looked at Yuan Mengge with a puzzled expression and replied, "It's not him, it's Sister Aping."
He then came out, walked towards the gate of the courtyard, and looked around Yuan Mengge from the left and right.
"Are you alone? Where are Brother Dasheng and Sister-in-law?" The boy walked over and asked Yuan Mengge with a puzzled look.
Yuan Mengge looked at the young man in front of her and said, "They haven't arrived yet, I came first."
This boy is named Yuan Shuyu, and he is the second child in his fifth uncle's family.
The eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl was Yuan Shuyu's older sister, named Yuan Shuyun.
They had a younger brother named Yuan Shudi.
Yuan Shuyun and another middle-aged man came out of the house. Seeing that Yuan Mengge was the only one at the door, they asked curiously, "Why are you alone? Where are Brother Dasheng and Sister-in-law?"
The man said, "Come in, come in, come in first."
Yuan Mengge said, "I arrived first. My brother and the others missed the first bus and are probably still waiting for it."
It takes an hour to drive from the town to the county seat, so we'll probably have to wait another hour or so.
"Come in first. Why didn't you come with your brother? Why did you two separate?" Yuan Xiangbiao waved to her, gesturing for her to come in first.
A middle-aged woman emerged from the kitchen, wearing an apron around her waist. Seeing that Yuan Mengge was alone, she asked in surprise.
"Yeah, why are you alone? Didn't you say your brother and sister-in-law were coming too?"
This is Yuan Mengge's fifth great-aunt, but she now calls her Fifth Aunt.
Hello, Fifth Aunt.
She only called this Fifth Aunt; she just didn't want to call Yuan Xiangbiao earlier.
This fifth aunt, named Lin Zimei, was not a good person either, so she didn't teach her three children how to be good people.
"Hey, Ping, why do you only call your Fifth Aunt and not me?" Yuan Xiangbiao hadn't noticed before, but he suddenly realized it when he heard her call her Fifth Aunt.
"Oh, I forgot, hello Fifth Uncle." Yuan Mengge pretended to just realize it and belatedly greeted him.
Yuan Shuyun waved to Yuan Mengge: "Come, come, have a seat. But why didn't you come by car together? Why did you arrive first?"
As he spoke, he took out a paper bottle of coconut juice and gave it to her.
At that moment, a boy of about seven or eight years old ran over from the kitchen and stood at the door looking at Yuan Mengge.
Yuan Mengge knew that he was Yuan Shudi.
Yuan Mengge replied, "Oh, we had a fight this morning. They didn't want to bring me, so I came by myself first."
"Then how come you arrived before them? Shouldn't you have taken the shuttle bus with them?" Yuan Shuyun asked her, looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"I took a shortcut to the main road, then flagged down a car on the main road and hitched a ride into the city." Yuan Mengge sat down in a chair, opened a juice bottle, and started drinking.
Yuan Shuyun looked at her with surprise: "How dare you stop a stranger's car? Aren't you afraid?"
Yuan Mengge remained calm: "I'm not afraid."
Just then, Lin Zimei called out from the kitchen, "Ayun, come down and help."
"Oh," Yuan Shuyun replied and went to the kitchen.
Yuan Xiangbiao sat down in the chair next to Yuan Mengge and started chatting with her.
"How's your new sister-in-law? I wasn't back for a few days. She must look beautiful, right?"
Yuan Mengge nodded: "Yes, she's beautiful, and she's a very nice person."
Yuan Xiangbiao said with a smile, "I met her once before, and I remember she was indeed good-looking. After all, she was married with a dowry of two thousand yuan. If she were ugly, your brother wouldn't have wanted her."
His tone implied that the money was well spent, treating Li Xue'e as a commodity.
After all, he had contributed part of the two thousand yuan dowry.
Yuan Mengge did not show any dissatisfaction when she heard his words.
"Make her have a few more kids for your brother as soon as possible. She's so pretty, she's the easiest to run off with. Go back and quietly tell your brother to be careful around men," Yuan Xiangbiao added.
At this point, Yuan Mengge finally replied in a sarcastic tone: "Sister Xue'e is not that kind of person. She is a dutiful person. Only Yuan Dasheng likes to play around with women outside. He is like a stallion who wants to sleep with any woman he sees, even after marriage."
Yuan Xiangbiao frowned upon hearing her words.
Because her words were clearly siding with outsiders, while belittling her own brother.
He looked at Yuan Mengge and said in a lecturing tone, "Have you been bewitched by your new sister-in-law? She's only been married into your family for a few days, and you're already speaking up for her? You need to know that she's an outsider, while your brother is your blood relative. How could you say such a thing?"
Yuan Lingge replied, "Am I wrong? Everyone knows Yuan Dasheng's character."
“He’s your brother. No matter what, you can’t help an outsider, you understand? You’re siblings who are connected even if your bones are broken. Why would you help an outsider if you can’t help your own people?” Yuan Xiangbiao’s expression became serious.
At this moment, his son Yuan Shuyu also said, "That's right, Sister Ping, you said bad things about Brother Dasheng. Tell him later."
Yuan Mengge smiled at him and said, "Go ahead and say it. I'm not afraid."
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