"What?" The drowsy Bu Ling opened her eyes: "You knew? Why didn't you tell me when your aunt asked you?"
She quickly realized: "You're in cahoots with the eldest brother?"
Sangshen lay down next to her and sat up, saying, "Don't say such nasty things like we're in cahoots. I was just covering for you."
"Aren't you all in cahoots?" Bu Ling sneered. "What a waste of how good your aunt has been to you."
"I can't let my brother marry a woman he doesn't like, can I? That's not fair to my brother!" Sangshen felt that he wasn't doing it for the pocket money; he was doing it for his brother's happiness.
"You know that Big Brother doesn't like this woman?" Bu Ling asked rhetorically.
Sangzhen was momentarily stumped by the question: "Anyway, all I know is that my older brother doesn't want to go on blind dates!"
Bling was so sleepy that she rolled over and said, "Whatever."
Sangshen, feeling rebuffed, lay down and closed his eyes. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard Buling mutter, "So where did Big Brother go?"
“Nanshan Village,” Sangshen answered softly.
It's unclear whether Bling listened or not; in any case, there was no further response.
Mulberry smiled and closed her eyes again...
The next morning, Buling opened her eyes. After a while, her consciousness returned, and when she thought of the place name that Sangshen had mentioned the night before, she wondered if she had hallucinated.
"Hey, Mulberry, wake up, wake up! Where did you say our older brother went last night?"
Mulberry rolled over and mumbled, "Nanshan Village."
Bu Ling was full of questions: "Why go to Nanshan Village?"
"I'll just hide from my aunt~" Sangshen is very carefree.
"But with so many places, why go to Nanshan Village?" It wasn't that Buling was being argumentative; she was genuinely puzzled.
"I know someone there." After being disturbed by Bu Ling, Sang Shen was fully awake.
However, she was still a little reluctant to get out of bed, hugging Bu Ling's waist and rubbing against her. "Oh, why think so much? My brother has his reasons for doing things."
Bu Ling slapped him away: "Wake up, your eldest daughter pooped, go change her diaper."
Upon hearing about her beloved little darling, Sangshen finally stopped being so rude. She quickly sat up, hurriedly put on her clothes, and washed her daughter's bottom and changed her diaper.
During this time, Buling got dressed and went out of the house, reminding Sangshen, "Don't forget to fold the blankets."
"good."
In the kitchen, Auntie was tending the fire. Seeing Buling, she smiled and said, "Lingling's awake? The hot water's in the pot, make it yourself!"
"Yes, Auntie."
After preparing the hot water, Bu Ling squatted by the kitchen doorway brushing her teeth. When she saw Li Huaxin come out, she greeted her with a smile, "Sister Huaxin, you're awake?"
"Hmm, you're up early!" Li Huaxin hadn't even had time to comb her hair; she had come out to use the restroom.
After relieving herself of her urgent need, she casually gathered her hair and tied it into a bun at the back of her head: "Bling, is there any hot water? I want to wash my face."
Bling pointed to the kitchen: "It's in there, just mix it yourself."
"Thank you." She smiled, her gentle beauty stunning.
Upon seeing this, Bu Ling once again marveled at her aunt's good intentions. In just this short time, she realized that Li Huaxin was truly an outstanding woman, possessing excellent upbringing, knowledge, manners, and a broad perspective. She would be a hot commodity in the matchmaking market, and what was even more remarkable was that she was also devoted to Sang Zi.
A moment later, Li Huaxin came out and squatted down on the other side, standing with Bu Ling like door gods.
Seeing this, Bu Ling admired her even more. This girl was unpretentious, generous, and such a good person.
“Buling, your skin is so beautiful,” Li Huaxin suddenly blurted out.
Bu Ling paused for a moment: "Hua Xin's skin is great too." They politely complimented each other.
Li Huaxin smiled and asked, "Little sister Buling, are you familiar with Brother Sangzi?"
Bu Ling understood immediately. She wondered why he had suddenly complimented her on her skin. "We're fairly familiar with each other. After all, he's my brother-in-law, so we inevitably have to interact with each other." She chose her words carefully.
Li Huaxin nodded, looked at Bu Ling as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, bit her lower lip, and finally made up her mind to ask: "Do you know if he has any female acquaintances?"
After saying that, fearing that Bu Ling might misunderstand, she added, "I asked on behalf of your aunt. I think she's quite worried about Sang Zi Ge."
“Oh.” Bling thought there was no need to embellish it: “I’m not quite sure, my older brother doesn’t usually talk about private matters at home.”
“Okay.” Li Huaxin didn’t say anything more and focused on brushing her teeth.
After brushing her teeth, Bu Ling went back to her room to feed the baby, while Li Huaxin went back to her room to do her skincare routine.
Bu Ling went back into the house, peered through the window and saw Li Huaxin enter before turning away. She picked up her crying, infant daughter and said, "Tell me, tell me, such a good girl, does my brother really not even want to see her?"
“My brother isn’t bad either!” Sangshen retorted, dissatisfied.
"Is that what I meant?" Bling glanced at him sideways. "I meant, why won't you give that girl a chance?"
“My brother only cares about work,” Sangshen explained in the end.
After thinking about Sang Zi's previous behavior, Bu Ling nodded and said, "That's the only explanation."
"When will your brother be back?" she asked again.
“I’ll be back today,” Sangshen replied. “My brother is very busy with work at the end of the year, so it won’t take too long.”
Buling placed her eldest daughter, who had finished eating, into Sangshen's arms: "Give her a pat."
Sangshen took the task and dutifully patted her eldest daughter's back to help her burp.
"But Auntie said Sister Huaxin isn't leaving until the day after tomorrow," Buling said. "Won't my brother get caught when he gets back?"
"Who knows what my brother is thinking?" Sangshen said nonchalantly. "Besides, you and Aunt both said that woman is nice. It wouldn't hurt for my brother to meet her. Maybe he'll hit it off."
“That’s true.” Bu Ling didn’t dwell on it. Anyway, with her brother-in-law’s shrewdness, he must have thought of this long ago.
"Lingling, Xiaoqi, Huaxin, dinner's ready!" Auntie called from the living room.
"Coming!" Mulberry answered loudly.
He put his sleeping eldest daughter on the kang (a heated brick bed) and covered her with a quilt: "Let's go eat."
"good."
During the meal, her aunt kept serving Li Huaxin steamed buns and rice, saying, "Huaxin, eat more and try the steamed buns your aunt made."
Li Huaxin was very obliging. After taking a bite, she immediately praised, "Auntie's cooking is really good. These are the best buns I've ever eaten."
"You silly child, you're just trying to fool your aunt!" Aunt Sang scolded playfully.
"No way, I'm telling the truth!" Li Huaxin was quite adept at entertaining her relatives: "Auntie, don't belittle yourself~ Your skills are amazing!" She gave a thumbs up.
My aunt was so pleased with herself that she couldn't stop smiling.
The meal passed by in laughter and conversation.
After the meal, Buling and Sangshen went to their respective jobs, parting ways at the entrance of the alley.
Buling rode his bicycle to the restaurant against the biting wind, only to be greeted by a tearful colleague.
For a moment, she really wanted to turn around and leave, but she couldn't. She was a working person and had to have the professional ethics of a working person.
With a droopy face, I walked through the restaurant, trying not to look to the side, and parked my bicycle in the backyard.
"Sister Ma, I...I...I'm sorry...but I couldn't control myself~"
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