Chapter 163: Lucky Husband

Naye Village.

After breakfast, Zhang Xiuping had nothing to do, so she brought two large bunches of lychees that her father-in-law had picked yesterday, and went to visit her younger sister Ou Guohua's house with a bulging belly.

It is now June in the lunar calendar, and the lychees in Bobai County have entered their maturity period. Although there were not many lychee trees in Naye Village at that time, there were still some, but the number could not be compared with that in later generations.

In addition to the one thousand Guiwei lychee trees on Litchi Hill, Deng Shirong's family also has a lychee tree planted by his grandfather when he was young.

After nearly a hundred years of growth, this litchi tree planted from a litchi seed has grown into a towering tree. Every year, as long as the tree bears fruit, their family will never lack litchis to eat during the entire litchi season. After all, such a large litchi tree can produce thousands of kilograms of litchi when the yield is high, and hundreds of kilograms when the yield is low. The family certainly cannot eat all of them, and they used to give them away to relatives.

Unfortunately, this old lychee tree has long passed its peak and no longer bears fruit every year as it used to.

The two families were not far from each other, and Zhang Xiuping quickly arrived at the younger sisters' home.

At this time, Ou Guohua was sweeping the floor. Seeing Zhang Xiuping coming over with lychees, she immediately put down the broom, smiled and took the lychees, quickly peeled one and put it in her mouth, saying while eating, "Sister Ping, you still have a comfortable life!"

She has been married for half a month and is currently in the adjustment period with her parents-in-law and her elder brother and his wife. As a new daughter-in-law, she naturally has to behave well, so she has been working very hard during this period and has not even had much time to chat with her younger sisters.

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "You don't have to envy me. I heard from Brother Tai that your A Yuan has successfully made a standard large vat two days ago. He just needs to hone his skills for a while. When he can make standard large vats stably, he can become a large vat master. Then your life won't be much worse."

Ou Guohua couldn't help laughing when she heard this. She was quite satisfied with this matter. After she got married, her husband Yuan seemed to have become smart. It didn't take long for him to master the key technical points of making a large vat and successfully made a standard large vat.

This proves that Ou Guohua is destined to be a lucky wife.

The two chatted for a few words when Deng Changyuan's sister-in-law came out with a bucket of clothes. Seeing Zhang Xiuping, she smiled and greeted her, "Aunt A-Tai!"

Zhang Xiuping also greeted with a smile: "Sister-in-law, have some lychees."

Ou Guohua also handed over one of the bunches of lychees.

The eldest sister-in-law reached out and picked a few, and said with a smile: "Aunt A-Tai, A-Hua, you guys chat, I'll go wash clothes first."

After that, the two sides exchanged a few polite words, and the sister-in-law carried a bucket of clothes and walked towards the river.

There was no running water in the countryside at that time, and it was impossible to fetch water from the well to wash clothes, so the young girls and wives in the village took their clothes to the river to wash.

Seeing the sister-in-law walking away, Zhang Xiuping asked, "Ahua, how are you getting along with the sister-in-law?"

When it comes to this, Ou Guohua pondered for a moment and said, "For now, it's OK. We can all get along well. We'll have to spend more time together to know the details."

Zhang Xiuping reminded him, "You live in the same house, and you see each other every day. Even if your personalities don't match, you have to keep your face."

"I know. I now feel that the most annoying thing about being married is dealing with these relationships."

Ou Guohua peeled another lychee and put it in her mouth. While eating, she said, "Sister Ping, speaking of this, I envy you again!"

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "What's there to envy? You just got married and you're not used to it. It will be fine after a while until everyone gets familiar with each other!"

"I hope so!"

At this point, Ou Guohua changed the subject and said, "Sister Ping, the college entrance examination is over, isn't Uncle Yunheng back yet?"

Zhang Xiuping said: "He should be back soon!"

Ou Guohua said: "Uncle Yunheng has such good grades, it should be no problem for him to get into university. It seems that your family will have the first college student in the village!"

In front of the little sisters who grew up together, Zhang Xiuping was not modest. She nodded and smiled and said, "You are right. If nothing unexpected happens, my brother-in-law should be the first college student in the village. I just don't know if he would be interested in ordinary universities."

Ou Guohua glared and said, "Sister Ping, you are not kidding, are you? Being able to go to university is already a matter of honor for the family, how can you look down on it? Besides, what is an ordinary university? Aren't all universities the same?"

It’s no wonder that she is short-sighted. Let alone in this era, even in the future, those uneducated rural people don’t know which university is good and which is not.

The most famous example is that in a certain village in later generations, there was a nouveau riche who had only received a few years of education. His son was admitted to an inferior college in BJ. When he saw the word BJ on the admission letter, he thought it was a very prestigious university. Since several generations of his ancestors were illiterate, he thought his son had a bright future, so he excitedly held a college banquet with dozens of tables, which was more grand than those who were admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.

As a result, he naturally became the laughing stock of the village.

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Others may not say anything to your face, but you can easily imagine what they say behind your back.

Zhang Xiuping smiled and said, "There are so many universities in the country, there are good universities and there are bad universities, but these bad universities are not really bad, they are just a little bit behind the best universities. My brother-in-law is very ambitious, and he may not be interested in universities that are not among the best in the country."

Ou Guohua said with a look of shock on her face: "Oh my god, people who are good at studying are really amazing. If it were someone else, they would be so happy to be admitted to a university and they wouldn't be so picky!"

Zhang Xiuping said, "Yes, people who are good at studying have different goals. Most people wouldn't know how happy they would be if they could get into a technical secondary school, let alone a university."

Ou Guohua nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

The two chatted about this issue for a while. Ou Guohua looked at the sky and said, "Sister Ping, I don't want to chat with you for now. I have to go wash clothes quickly. I still have things to do after I come back from washing clothes. I'll come to play with you later when I'm done!"

Zhang Xiuping nodded and said, "Well, go ahead and do your work. I'll walk around the village."

After saying that, she strolled around the village with her bulging belly.

After the sisters left, Ou Guohua peeled a few more lychees and ate them before putting the rest back into the house. Then she quickly cleaned the floor and walked towards the river with a bucket of clothes. As the family had not yet been divided, she, as a new daughter-in-law, naturally could not be lazy. She still had to do what she had to do, so as to avoid gossip from her parents-in-law or her elder brother and sister-in-law.

(End of this chapter)