Zhou Xiaoye was shocked that Li Weidong dared to make a move in front of Zhao Xiulian and the others, and her face turned so red that it almost bled.
Li Weidong, however, had no other thoughts. He simply held her hand and said, "Your hands are calloused. I'll buy you a box of face cream later."
"When you wipe your face, wipe your hands too."
A sixteen-year-old girl is at the age when she loves beauty the most.
Other families' daughters, even if they have calluses on their hands, won't have them too noticeable. After all, there are men in the family, and the chores assigned to the daughters are all easy ones.
But Zhou Xiaoye's hands were so badly damaged that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were riddled with holes!
Her delicate hands were covered in calluses and scars, a testament to the immense suffering she had endured!
Li Weidong was heartbroken.
Zhou Xiaoye was a little embarrassed and pulled her hand back, hiding it behind her back: "I...I'm fine. Snow cream is such a precious thing, Brother Weidong, please don't buy it!"
She heard from the richest classmate that a box of face cream costs about ten yuan!
Too expensive!
but……
Zhou Xiaoye felt somewhat embarrassed when he thought of his hands, which were covered in calluses and scars.
I hope Brother Weidong won't mind how ugly my hands are...
Li Weidong sighed: "Xiao Ye, now that I'm engaged to you, I'm your fiancé. You don't need to be so polite with me."
"Besides, Grandpa has been hospitalized these past few days and I haven't been home. Thanks to you for keeping the house so clean and tidy, and even helping to feed the chickens and pigs, consider this a reward from Brother Weidong."
Zhou Xiaoye shook his head vigorously: "No need, I live here, and Lili goes to the village entrance to buy meat every day to come back and see me. I've even gained some weight, so why would I need any other compensation?"
You can't enjoy the good life of squatting down and eating meat at home!
Knowing he couldn't persuade her, Li Weidong simply stopped trying.
Anyway, once I buy it back myself, she can't exactly return it, can she?
Seeing that he didn't mention it, Zhou Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and then asked with concern, "By the way, how is Grandpa? Has he been discharged from the hospital?"
During this time, Li Weidong did not go home. She initially went to the city to deliver food once, but later she had to go to school and the city was too far away, so she stopped going.
They knew absolutely nothing about the old man's condition.
Li Weidong smiled and said, "The surgery was a success. Grandpa has already gone home with Third Uncle. He will be fully recovered after a period of rest."
"That's good, that's good!"
Zhou Xiaoye breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed from the bottom of her heart, "Grandpa is so old, it's so wonderful that he can recover from a fall!"
He then stood up and said, "Now that you've all gone home, I should go back too. I've been away for so many days, and if I don't go back soon, my parents will start to complain."
Since the engagement, although Zhou's parents dared not mistreat her anymore, she was still expected to do all the housework.
During her stay at the Li family's house, her parents had asked someone to pass on a message urging her to come home as soon as possible.
"Are we going back already?"
Li Weidong was somewhat reluctant to part with it.
Zhao Xiulian was disciplining Li Xiaoli when she heard that Li Xiaoli wanted to go home. She immediately rushed over and said, "Going home for what? I'm not going home!"
"From now on, you'll be living here!"
She already liked Zhou Xiaoye, and when the old man was hospitalized, she thought the house would be a mess, but when she came back, it was not only not messy, but even tidier than before.
This made her even more satisfied with Zhou Xiaoye as her daughter-in-law.
Who wouldn't love such a well-behaved, sensible, filial, and obedient daughter-in-law!
Zhao Xiulian held Zhou Xiaoye's hand: "I'll talk to your parents. We can have Weidong drive the motorcycle over there, and you can pack some clothes and move in!"
She hadn't had enough of such a good daughter. Anyway, the Zhou family had always favored sons over daughters, so Zhou Xiaoye wouldn't have a good life back home.
Why not stay here?
If no one cares for you, then she will!
Li Xiaoli also chimed in: "Xiaoye, why don't you stay at my place? I'm used to sleeping with you. If you go back, I won't be able to sleep."
Li Weidong nodded in agreement with the suggestion without hesitation.
Looking at the expectant eyes of the three people, Zhou Xiaoye couldn't help but feel a little tempted.
To be honest, she really didn't want to go back to the Zhou family.
In the Li family, there was Li Xiaoli, who was as close as a sister, Zhao Xiulian, who loved her even more than her own mother, and she could see Li Weidong every day.
Most importantly, she liked the atmosphere at the Li family home and wanted to stay.
But……
Zhou Xiaoye pulled his hand away from Zhao Xiulian's and shook his head, saying, "Auntie, I still have to go back..."
"Why would I go back?"
Zhao Xiulian interrupted her directly: "You and Weidong are already engaged, which is why the country stipulates that you can't get a marriage certificate if you're not old enough."
"If we go back a few decades, once you were engaged, you would be a member of our Li family, and it would be only natural for you to live here!"
"Yes, yes!"
Li Xiaoli nodded vigorously.
Li Weidong also chimed in, "Xiao Ye, my mom is right, you should stay!"
Regardless of whether Zhou Xiaoye marries him in the future, she is at least his little wife now.
He just wanted to see it every day!
Zhou Xiaoye was increasingly tempted, but still hesitated.
Zhao Xiulian simply made the final decision: "Alright, no need to think about it anymore, it's settled! Anyway, you've been living here for so long, what's the big deal?"
He then urged Li Weidong, "What are you still standing there for?"
"Go, bring out your motorcycle and take me and Xiaoye to the Zhou family. I'll talk to them and ask Xiaoye to move in with us. We'll pack some clothes, and then it'll be settled."
Li Weidong, however, looked at Zhou Xiaoye.
Regardless, we still need to get her opinion on this matter.
Zhou Xiaoye blushed, but finally nodded.
"Yay, that's great!"
Li Xiaoli cheered, "Xiao Ye will be living at our house from now on! We can sleep together and go to and from school together!"
Li Weidong gave her a sharp rap on the head: "You're the one who has to do the housework, don't even think about ordering your sister-in-law around!"
"Brother, you're being unfair!"
Li Xiaoli covered her head and screamed.
Li Weidong said matter-of-factly, "Mom said that guests are guests and we can't order them around."
As she spoke, she pushed the motorcycle and then looked at Zhao Xiulian: "Mom, you don't need to go either. I'll go with Xiaoye. I'll just tell Xiaoye's parents."
Zhao Xiulian thought for a moment and then agreed: "Okay, then you take Xiaoye with you and come back early. I'll kill a chicken tonight to celebrate."
Li Weidong nodded in agreement and gestured for Zhou Xiaoye to get into the car.
Zhou Xiaoye had never ridden a motorcycle before, and he was incredibly fascinated by this brand-new and cool vehicle.
Once seated, he became reserved, keeping a great distance from Li Weidong, gripping the back of the car tightly with both hands, and not daring to get close to Li Weidong at all.
Li Weidong glanced at it, said nothing, twisted the accelerator and sped off.
This sudden acceleration caused Zhou Xiaoye to exclaim in surprise.
Immediately afterwards, he threw himself onto Li Weidong's back!
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