"You've been so busy these days, you must be overwhelmed with your two children's weddings," Bai Zhaodi said, trying to please Tian Guihua. But now, her information network was even better than Tian Guihua's, which was enough to amuse her. "Xiaolan is coming back this week. If she doesn't want to go to the countryside, which path do you think she'll take?"
...
Looking at the two families still arguing in front of him, Jiang Yi understood somewhat.
But He Ping'an doesn't seem like a stupid person, so why would he go to Zhou Xiaolan's place on his own initiative?
“The two of them hadn’t been in contact at all, but I don’t know what happened these past few days, they’ve gotten mixed up again,” Bai Zhaodi said, looking down on Zhou Xiaolan. They lived in the same courtyard, so what was the situation with the He family? Didn’t she have any idea?
The two brothers were not yet married, so they squeezed into two rooms. The two brothers slept in bunk beds, and no matter how much they separated the rooms, they could not make it into a single room.
Old He is already so old and still hasn't found a partner. Now he's involved in this mess with Ping An, and the other party is from the Zhou family. This is going to be quite a show.
Neither side is easy to deal with, so even as relatives, no one dared to step forward for fear of getting dragged into the mess.
So, being an old and shrewd woman, she simply hid behind the crowd and watched the excitement. As for the others, they were just distant relatives, and she couldn't interfere.
Xie Shengnan was furious. What was the situation in her family? Didn't this brat know?
To prevent him from going to the countryside, his family used all their hard-earned savings and borrowed some more to help him find a temporary job.
Instead of the family uniting and saving up some money for his brother's marriage, he's already found a partner.
Look at the kind of people he's found. They've already fallen out with the Zhou family. Besides, she really wouldn't want someone like Zhou Xiaolan as her daughter-in-law.
Not only would marrying into the family be a burden, but the Zhou family members themselves are not easy to deal with.
"What's wrong with you? Haven't seen a woman in ages, and she just hooked up with you and left?" Xie Shengnan glanced at Zhou Xiaolan and then grabbed He Ping'an by the ear and dragged him to the side.
I wanted to ask what was going on privately, but the area was surrounded by people, so it was really difficult to handle.
He Ping'an's mind was completely blank. He remembered that he went to the Zhou family yesterday to take some local specialties that Zhou Xiaolan brought back to resell. How did he end up staying there for one night?
I woke up in the morning with my head still fogged up, when I was startled by a scream. Then I was dragged into this courtyard. Before I could figure out what was going on, I was met with a barrage of accusations.
"Tell me what exactly happened? Our two families have no contact anymore, how did you end up at his house?" Xie Shengnan asked through gritted teeth. "Were you tricked by her?"
Xie Shengnan had been laughing at Zhou Xiaolan for a while, thinking that with her slinking back from the countryside and her broken body, she definitely wouldn't have a bright future.
In addition, she has been on numerous blind dates these days, but none of them have led to anything.
I remember yesterday she was joking with her neighbor, saying, "Zhou Xiaolan is so weak now. Whoever marries her will undoubtedly have another medicine pot in the house. I wonder which family will be stuck with such a losing deal."
Unexpectedly, he was slapped in the face by his son early in the morning.
She could laugh at Zhou Xiaolan, but she was not willing to become family with such a person.
He Pingan rubbed his head. "I don't know either. I just went to ask about something yesterday, and then I lost consciousness. I still don't understand it."
He secretly smuggled some things with Xiaolan on the black market, but he couldn't say that out loud, or he'd be finished.
Zhou Xiaolan contacted suppliers and secretly hid the goods at home. He would then take the goods to trade every day, and in just two days he earned several yuan, which gave him a taste of success.
"It's not a matter of whether we understand what's going on or not; our family is in deep trouble this time." He Pinghe's tone became somewhat irritable as he saw that Ping An still hadn't grasped the main point.
He understood that if he didn't handle things properly today, he would have to marry Zhou Xiaolan, which would mean another person in the family, and he might not even have a place to stay.
Besides, we agreed that we would help him get married once the family had saved up some more money. What does Ping An mean by this? Does he expect us to find him a wife first after we've found him a job? What's the point of him handing over his salary all these years?
“I really don’t know,” He Ping’an said impatiently. “I just went there to get something last night. I was probably too tired from work and accidentally fell asleep there. But I didn’t do anything.”
He Laicai, "...really didn't do anything?"
He Ping'an: "...There shouldn't be any."
"Who would believe you now?" Xie Shengnan hadn't come up with a solution yet, but the Zhou family was already urging her.
Bai Ailian, hands on her hips, pointed at them and asked, "Have you two reached an agreement? How should this matter be resolved?"
"How else can this be settled? Your daughter can't get married, so you want to blame it on our son? It's not that simple!" Xie Shengnan had already guessed that this was the reason, and now that she was forced to this point, she blurted it out.
"You're talking nonsense! It's clearly your son who got carried away with lust and sneaked into our house in the middle of the night. Let me tell you, if you don't give us an explanation today, I'll have to go to the music committee."
"They even managed to sneak into your house. With your dilapidated appearance and your doors always tightly shut, my son couldn't possibly have broken in, could he?" Xie Shengnan asked, pointing at Zhou Xiaolan. "Everyone knows she can't get married now. This is a trap to lure us in safely."
"Look at her, with that face and that frail body, who would want her? We're Ping An, we're not blind."
The neighbors all looked at Zhou Xiaolan. She was skin and bones, and her face was sallow. They would have thought she had some serious illness. In this state, who would dare to take her in?
Bai Ailian had been trying to persuade them to introduce Zhou Xiaolan to a potential partner, but they refused. They appreciated the matchmaker's gift, but didn't want to offend anyone.
Zhou Xiaolan felt a little embarrassed and annoyed by the stares of so many people, but she didn't forget her main purpose for today. Without answering, she covered her face and started crying.
The He family felt a chill run down their spines. Could they have really done something?
"You're a man, don't you have any idea whether you did anything wrong?" Seeing that the He family father and son didn't ask, Xie Shengnan could only bite the bullet and secretly remind them.
"I don't know if I touched her or not. We stayed in the room all night, I..." It's impossible to explain. If he says he didn't touch her, everyone would have to believe him.
They could have discussed this privately, but they had to make such a big fuss, and now both families have gotten into the limelight again.
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