When the two returned home, they saw Cao Maizi scolding Wei Mingyue, "Don't you even look in the mirror? Don't you know what you look like? We're lucky that that kid even likes you, and you still look down on him. You're just so arrogant..."
Wei Mingyue retorted fiercely: "You gave me what I look like. How did you give birth to me? How dare you say I'm ugly? Saying I'm ugly is the same as saying you're ugly... I don't care. I'm not going to marry a farmer. If I can't find one, I'll just end up like my second aunt. Who's afraid of who!"
"Oh, you little rascal, you're driving me crazy! If I had known you'd make me this angry when I gave birth to you, I wouldn't have had you at all. You even compare yourself to your second aunt? Do you even know who she is? Your second aunt is a high school graduate who has been a teacher for over ten years. She has a salary and a pension in the future. You think you can compare to her..."
"Mom, stop arguing. It's just a blind date. Even if she agrees, the other person might not." Wei Mingshen came over to persuade Cao Maizi.
Cao Maizi agreed and stormed out of her daughter's room.
Wei Mingshen was about to leave when Wei Mingyue stopped him and asked, "I haven't had a chance to ask you yet, how did you apologize to Sister Meizhi yesterday? Did she accept it?"
Wei Mingshen said coldly, "This has nothing to do with you."
Wei Mingyue exclaimed, "How can it not concern me? Sister Meizhi was beaten, and the person who beat her is my current sister-in-law. It's all related to me."
Wei Mingshen retorted, "Then why did you tell me to go to her to resolve the matter? Why didn't you go?"
Wei Mingyue was speechless.
After Wei Mingshen left, she spat at his retreating figure.
Wei Mingshen came out and gave his mother a few bath tickets, saying, "You, Dad, and my sister go to the bathhouse. These tickets were given by Shao Jiang; they're free."
Upon hearing that it was free, Cao Maizi happily said, "Okay, okay, we've been through a whole year, it's time to take a bath and have a clean New Year."
Wei Mingshen said, "You should hurry up and go before it gets dark."
Wei Tiezhu hitched up the mule cart and took his wife and daughter to the bathhouse in Shaojiang, the town.
Wei Mingshen drank a few sips of wine, feeling lazy. He went inside and asked Su Xueli for leave, "I'm not going to work anymore, can I take a nap?"
Su Xueli said, "You go to sleep. It's the New Year, and I'm not going to do any work. I'm going to go talk to my second aunt."
Speaking of his second aunt, Wei Mingshen asked, "What do you think of your second aunt's relationship with Manager Gao?"
Su Xueli said with a smile, "I think it's good. Didn't you notice? Manager Gao's eyes are shining when he looks at Second Aunt. I dare say, Manager Gao must have had a crush on Second Aunt when he was in school."
Wei Mingshen nodded, "I believe you. My second aunt was the village beauty when she was young, and she must have been the school beauty in school too. She must have had quite a few secret admirers."
Su Xueli blinked and said, "You go to sleep, I'll go find out what's going on from my second aunt."
Wei Ming smiled and said, "Go and find out the details."
Su Xueli smiled and went out of the house.
My second aunt was sitting by the stove in the house reading a book, the very book that Su Xueli had given her.
The sounds of firecrackers and noise outside were kept at bay in her small house.
"Second Aunt!" Su Xueli called softly.
"Oh, Shirley's here, come sit down." Second Aunt quickly closed her book and looked at her with a smile.
She put on her ordinary cotton-padded clothes again, but her trendy perm still added a touch of sophistication to her overall look.
"Here, your second aunt will give you some fruit. This was brought over this morning by a student's parents. I've been tutoring him and feeding him during the New Year holiday, so his parents felt bad and brought over a bunch of fruit and pastries."
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