"If they come a few more times and my grandfather rejects them each time, they probably won't come again. After all, they should know that my family won't help them."
"I just don't know what they'll say behind our backs if we do this. But it doesn't matter, we can't hear them anyway, so they can curse us as much as they want."
Xia Jin thought that according to the personalities of people like them, he should ask them to come and beg a few more times. The people they looked down upon before would be considered as punishment for them.
After walking for a while, they arrived at the threshing ground. Most of the people were already sitting at the tables in the threshing ground, drinking tea and chatting at the tables.
Including the villagers and relatives, they arranged a total of 12 tables. After all, at this time of year, people don't like to take advantage of the host, so they usually come alone.
If the children are young, they may bring a few children with them, so 12 tables can accommodate them all.
Every household in the village came, but there were only about 80 people, and they only sat at seven tables. The rest were for Xia Jin and his relatives.
When Xia Jin saw them sitting there one by one, he thought of the situation when he attended his cousin's wedding. He wondered if people in their village ate like this.
But it should be better. After all, the people who come here from their village are usually the men who are the heads of the family, and there are very few women who come here with their children to eat.
Men generally don't do this when eating. They must drink first, so after the dishes are served on the table, it won't be so intense.
They usually still have some dignity to guard so many people, and would rather not pack up directly because of embarrassment, so scenes like that day should rarely occur today.
Those people were chatting and eating melon seeds. Some of them saw Grandpa Xia and his friends coming in out of the corner of their eyes and quickly stood up to greet them.
After all, the host had come, so they had to say hello. After saying hello, they continued to sit down and drink tea and chat.
As soon as Xia Jin came in, she pulled Gu Jingmo aside, first went to take a look at the cooking area, and then found an empty table at the edge and sat down.
After sitting down, they realized that the seat they chose was quite good. There was no one there, and no one would look at them at the back, so they felt quite invisible.
There were also melon seeds and tea on the table. Xia Jin poured a bowl for himself and a bowl for Gu Jingmo, then pulled the plate of melon seeds to his side and started eating them.
While eating melon seeds, she looked at the people on the field. Some men spoke loudly and she could hear them, so she inadvertently learned a lot about other people's affairs.
Although she had not been back many times, her father had brought her to meet many people in the village, so she knew most of the people there.
So she introduced people to Gu Jingmo while eating melon seeds, pointing at someone and introducing him as so-and-so, but she could only introduce their names and titles, and she couldn't remember where their home was.
Gu Jingmo listened to his introduction attentively while peeling melon seeds for him. Although the two of them were looking at the people on the field, they did not stop their actions at all.
Every time he peeled a melon seed, he would put it into Xia Jin's mouth very naturally. The two of them cooperated seamlessly and had a tacit understanding.
Xia Jin only dared to be so arrogant when no one was paying attention. If she was in a crowd, she would never do that to him.
In the county town, she didn't care, but in the village, such behavior was absolutely unacceptable. Although reform and opening up had been implemented, the people here still had old ideas.
She was also afraid of the gossips of the grandmothers at the village entrance, who could say harsh things. She didn't want to get into any trouble for no reason.
"After all, among us, Xia Lao Er is the most capable. At that time, many educated youth in the city tried to stop him from marrying, but he insisted on marrying her."
"At that time, we all knew that although Qing was beautiful, he had too many things going on with him. He was entangled with many people. Everyone liked him, but when the word 'marry' was mentioned, they all backed away."
"Second Xia accidentally saved her once, and they took advantage of him. We laughed at him at the time. After all, marrying a woman like that would be a misfortune for our family."
"Who said it wasn't? My mom and the others said at the time, 'Just wait and see, there's bound to be some trouble.' And sure enough, she was right. Within a few years, they were asking for a divorce."
"That's the first woman in our village who dared to divorce. Who would be so bold as to marry a woman? If she dared to divorce, I'd be lucky if I didn't beat her to death."
"Yeah, it's just that those three families are soft-hearted. In fact, there is no other way but to divorce. His family in the city can use their connections to transfer him back. Even if they don't divorce, his heart has already left him a long time ago."
"Even if we don't divorce, what else can we do? Xia Lao Er followed them to the city. He has no ability or skills. What is there for him to do in the city? He can't let a woman support him."
"They got married and divorced, and it caused such a big uproar that the elders in the village all said, 'As expected, you can't marry a woman like that. What's the point of being pretty?'"
"But this is fine. The two of them weren't together because they loved each other. But what surprised me the most was Xia Lao Er. He let her take the girl away."
"Who says it's not true? When my father heard the news, he was still at home, thinking that his mother was a loser and had no future. How could he let a woman take his own child away?"
"We've seen so many jokes about their family over the years. Everyone says that Xia Lao Er paid someone else to raise a child, and he hasn't seen the child since he took the child away."
"He even sent so much money every year, and he himself was reluctant to eat or wear anything, and gave it to that child to join the group. At that time, we said he must have raised an ungrateful person."
"Now it seems that we were all wrong. People didn't trust him, but he was still so promising. Look at what kind of life Xia Lao Er is leading now."
"People's children are like that. The Xia family's children are all good-looking. There are no bad boys or anything like that."
"I think so. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been led astray by her mother. She still thinks about Xia Lao Er. He's a very loyal and righteous child."
"I think it's finally over. After so many years of hard work, he can finally enjoy a peaceful life. Who in our village doesn't envy him now? Even the village chief's family is envious of him."
"Who wouldn't be envious of such a promising daughter, the first one from our village to be admitted to university?"
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