The three of them arrived home happily, only to be surprised to see the two gold bricks as soon as they entered the door.
Xu Xinning was also surprised that her aunt's younger sister had come to their house.
My aunt's husband's surname is Wang, and her sister-in-law's name is Wang Juan.
After her sister-in-law got married, the two families didn't really keep in touch, so this was Wang Juan's first time visiting the Xu family.
To show off her urban status (just like the fake foreign devil, she liked to show off and seek attention), Wang Juan said a lot of inexplicable things as soon as she arrived at the Xu family's house.
Grandma Xu ignored her, and her sister-in-law was also neglected.
The aunt is clueless and even criticized Old Mrs. Xu for not being hospitable enough to the guests.
Grandma Xu gritted her teeth in anger, she had no idea how she had raised such a heartless child.
It's fortunate that we got her a job, otherwise how could someone so brainless survive in her husband's family?
Grandma Xu was really upset. Of her six children, the second and the fifth were the most troublesome. The second son was blind and married an unworthy wife, while the fifth son was completely out of his mind, unable to distinguish right from wrong, and heartless.
Upon seeing Mu Jingheng enter, Wang Juan acted as if she were a new bride seeing her husband, shyly and timidly going to greet him.
Grandma Xu's pupils were practically bleeding from looking at this. How could someone be so clueless? Hadn't she made herself clear that day? Grandma Xu felt she shouldn't have done that!
Xu Xinning teased Mu Jingheng softly, "Your two gold bricks have arrived."
Mu Jingheng glared at Xu Xinning and said irritably, "What do you mean, two gold bricks?"
In fact, Mu Jingheng had no idea what the two gold bricks meant.
Hsu Hsin-ning: "She's six years older than you, isn't that exactly two gold bricks?"
Mu Jingheng was annoyed: "What do bricks have to do with me?"
After Mu Jingheng finished speaking, she angrily walked past Wang Juan and headed towards her room.
Xu Xinning laughed. She found Mu Jingheng quite amusing when he was angry. His steps were much heavier than usual, his cheeks were puffed up, and he would purse and bite his lips.
Wang Juan couldn't stand Xu Xinning's smiling face and said irritably, "Why are you like this? You made me angry and you're still smiling so happily."
Xu Xinning looked at Wang Juan with a half-smile and asked, "Are you sure I made him angry?"
Wang Juan: "It's just the three of us here, it's either me or you."
Xu Xinning said meaningfully, "You're right, it's either me or you."
After Xu Xinning finished speaking, she walked past Wang Juan and went inside.
Xu Xinning: "Grandma, we went to the county town and bought some things. I carried them all to the main room."
Grandma Xu: "Okay! Take it in. Do you have any money or coupons left? Grandma will reimburse you later."
Xu Xinning: "Grandma, some of them were bought by Mu Jingheng, so we can just pay him for them later."
Upon hearing this, Mu Jingheng came out of the room, glared at Xu Xinning with annoyance, and then said to Grandma Xu, "Grandma, I am also a member of this family. Isn't it only right that I buy things occasionally? If you even calculate this with me, then you are being too distant, and I will be sad."
Grandma Xu was amused by Mu Jingheng and said, "Don't be sad, don't be sad, Grandma won't stand on ceremony with you, okay?"
Mu Jingheng was overjoyed: "Great, that's perfect!"
Xu Xinning felt that Mu Jingheng's personality was like a summer thunderstorm, coming and going quickly; to put it bluntly, he had the mentality of a child.
The aunt smiled and leaned closer, saying to Mu Jingheng, "So you're Xiaoheng! You're really handsome. No wonder my Wang Juan couldn't forget you after meeting you. Xiaoheng! You're a sent-down youth, and my sister-in-law is practically a city person, you two..."
Before the aunt could finish speaking, Old Mrs. Xu interrupted her: "Can't you speak properly? If you can't speak properly, then shut up. Xiao Heng isn't someone that just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can covet. Although I'm not Xiao Heng's biological grandmother, he's living in our house now, so I have to take responsibility for him."
Mu Jingheng was amused by this. Could this be interpreted as his grandmother having already considered him one of her own?
He smiled and leaned closer to Grandma Xu, saying loudly, "Grandma, you're my real grandma, you have to take responsibility for me to the end!"
Xu Xinning was drinking water when she heard Mu Jingheng's words and couldn't help but spit it out, followed by a persistent cough.
Grandma Xu patted Xu Xinning's back with concern and scolded, "Just drink water, why are you so distracted? Choking on water is the worst thing, you can't do that next time."
Mu Jingheng poured Xu Xinning another glass of water and handed it to her, saying, "Want to drink some more water to calm down?"
Xu Xinning waved her hand, then pressed on the acupoints a few times, and finally felt better.
The aunt complained, "Ningning, really, you're such a grown-up, you can't even drink water properly, making everyone fawn over you."
Wang Juan said irritably, "It's just choking on water, what's the big deal? My daughter (my aunt's youngest daughter) choked on water and she didn't react like this."
Xu Xinning: "That's because my grandma and the others were nervous about me. Do you know what nervousness means? It's because you're excited about something that you're nervous, you know?"
Wang Juan muttered, "What's so special about a little girl? She can't carry on the family line."
Xu Xinning: "Did you spring out of a crack in a rock?"
Mu Jingheng smiled. This girl was becoming more and more to his liking; even her cursing was adorable.
The younger sister-in-law was displeased and scolded, "How can you talk like that? Juanzi is a guest in our home."
Grandma Xu was displeased. She wouldn't even say a harsh word to her own granddaughter, so how could her married aunt dare to yell and shout?
Grandma Xu: "What did you come home for this time? And you brought someone insignificant with you. What are you planning to do?"
Aunt: "Mom, how can you talk like that! Am I not allowed to miss home?"
Seeing that Mu Jingheng didn't even give her a second glance, Wang Juan said anxiously, "Auntie, my mother made it very clear to you last time. She came here this time to confirm things, preferably to set a date, so that she can come to my house to propose marriage then."
Grandma Xu ignored Wang Juan and looked directly at her aunt, saying sternly, "Is that what you think too?"
The aunt was frightened by the old lady Xu's gaze. Before Xu Mingyang was recognized by the family, she was the youngest child, so the family doted on her. Before she went to work at the cannery, she had basically never done farm work and rarely did any housework. The old lady Xu never called her by her name, always calling her "Anan" or "Xiaonan". This sudden cold attitude made the aunt start to reflect.
Was she really wrong?
But as the saying goes, "Don't let the good stuff go to outsiders."
Mu Jingheng is good-looking and comes from a good family. What's wrong with marrying your sister-in-law to him?
Besides, educated youth have to do farm work when they go to the countryside. If the two of them get together, wouldn't it be better to get him a temporary job at the cannery than to do farm work?
But seeing Old Mrs. Xu's attitude, Xu Qiuju (the younger sister-in-law) couldn't bring herself to speak. It seemed as if if she opened her mouth, she would never be able to return home.
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