Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Proud
Gu Zhao looked down at the water tank and saw the person reflected in the water with a silly smile on his face. He waved his hand to disperse and turned back to the house.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the Ye couple finished work early and went home to clean up, especially the front door, which they swept clean without a single fallen leaf. The neighbors saw this and asked curiously, only then did they realize that the Ye family's son-in-law was coming to visit them today.
Everyone had seen Ye Tan walking with a man before, and everyone curiously asked if he was Ye Tan’s boyfriend, but at that time Ye Tan was not sure, so he just said he was a friend.
The others thought that the turmoil caused by Ye Tan's recent broken engagement had not yet settled, so how could she find a new partner so quickly? Besides, it was not convenient for them to keep staring at this young girl and asking her questions, so they stopped paying attention to her.
I didn't expect that in just a few days, the girl from the Ye family not only has a boyfriend, but is also coming to visit.
Zuo Cuihua, the daughter-in-law from the west, leaned against the door, chewing on half a green radish. She watched the Ye family clean up the front door while chatting with the people across the street: "I was wondering, didn't your Yingzi say she had a boyfriend some time ago? Why hasn't she come to visit after all this time? Maybe she's been asking for more?"
Across from the Ye family lived a tall, strong, middle-aged woman. She rolled her eyes at Zuo Cuihua and said, "That's because our Yingzi looked down on him. He has no skills and a lot of problems, so our Yingzi dumped him."
Zuo Cuihua counted them: "This is the fourth one, right? I'm saying your Yingzi is a year older than Xiaotan. Xiaotan's boyfriend is coming soon and it looks like they're about to settle down, but your Yingzi still hasn't found a boyfriend yet. Don't expect her to go to the countryside when the time comes. With her weight, she's out of breath after just a few steps. How can she do farm work?"
"If it were me, I would let Yingzi go to the countryside and do some farm work, then maybe she'd lose weight. Now she's going to become a ball if she gets any fatter, and which man would want her?" This was said by Mrs. Luo on the other side.
Mrs. Luo is sixty years old. She usually doesn't get along with Mrs. Zuo Cuihua, who lives on the other side of the Ye family. They often make indirect accusations against each other.
It’s strange to say, although Mrs. Luo and Mother-in-law Zuo Cuihua don’t get along, she gets along well with Zuo Cuihua.
The woman opposite was not happy to hear her daughter said that, but since Mrs. Luo was known for her sharp tongue, she didn't dare to retort. She just said, "Aunt Luo, where's your Hongmei? I heard her crying a few days ago. I heard that your grandson-in-law beat her again. Is she okay?"
Mrs. Luo's face darkened: "My Hongmei is in good health, why should you worry about her?"
Mrs. Luo also felt upset when she mentioned her granddaughter. Her good mood was ruined. She didn't want to pay any attention to her and turned around to go home.
Zuo Cuihua had finished eating the radishes and didn't want to go home to cook, so she listened to the conversation across from her and Xu Huiling who was cleaning up broken bricks at the door.
"Huiling, there's only a wall between your house and theirs. Was it true that Hongmei was sent back to her parents' home because she couldn't have children?"
Xu Huiling usually didn't like to listen to these gossips about the Dong family and the Li family, nor did she like to gossip about others behind their backs. She just smiled and said, "I'm usually not at home during the day because I'm at work, so I haven't heard anything."
The person on the other end said regretfully: "Yeah, you're a very busy man." This wasn't jealous, but it was sour.
Who among the people around here doesn't envy Xu Huiling for being so blessed?
The man she married was handsome and capable, and he treated her well. Their two children were both very good-looking and smart. One of them passed the exam and got a formal job early on, and the other was said to be very good at studying. Although he couldn't take the college entrance exam now, he would have been a college student for sure.
A family of four has three workers, and they don't have parents who need support in old age. So they earn a lot and spend little, and live a relaxed life.
The other families have at most two workers, but they have to support seven or eight people.
Because there was no family planning, everyone had as many children as they wanted. There were basically no families with as few children as the Ye family. Most families had four or five.
Although some of them have moved to the countryside, the money they save is not enough to share with their new grandchildren. In addition, the elderly above them earn less and spend more, so they have to count the days.
Zuo Cuihua was also envious and asked Xu Huiling, "Where is your Xiaotan's partner from? What does he do for a living?"
The one who broke off the engagement before was said to be an accountant in charge of money at a grain station, a very good and lucrative job. This time it can't be worse than the previous one, right?
When it comes to her daughter's partner, Xu Huiling has a lot to say.
Although they kept a low profile when Xiao Tan broke off the engagement, there were a lot of rumors circulating nearby. It was not known whether Li Congjun deliberately did something behind the scenes. Some people said that Xiao Tan from their family was too ambitious and lacked the ability to achieve her goals, and some said that the Ye family was selling their daughter for a high bride price and would break off the engagement if the family refused.
What made Xu Huiling even more angry was that there were actually people who believed the rumors and thought that her family was blinded by money.
There was a remarried man with a child who came to her house with money and a matchmaker to marry her daughter and become her stepmother.
Of course, in the end no one was able to enter their house. They were stopped by Ye Jianguo and Ye Yanlin who heard the news.
But Xu Huiling was still so angry that she lay on the bed and cried.
Of course, all this was kept secret from Ye Tan and she was not informed.
Xu Huiling was secretly angry because of these rumors. Now that she has such a good condition as Gu Zhao, she can hold her head high.
She stopped picking up the bricks now, stood up straightened her back, and said with a smile: "Actually there's nothing much to say, he's just a soldier."
"Soldiers? What kind of soldiers?"
"Navy, it's about being a regimental commander in the army. We ordinary people don't know what a regimental commander is. Of course, that's not what our family values. The main thing is that Xiao Gu is a good person and he cares about us, Xiao Tan."
Xu Huiling said this with a look of relief on her face, and she said earnestly to the other two families, "As parents, isn't our greatest hope that our children live well? As long as he treats our little Tan well, we'll be relieved."
The man on the other side opened his mouth wide when he heard this, slapped his thigh and said, "I know, the regiment commander is a very important cadre. Speaking of which, how old is your son-in-law? He's already the regiment commander."
Don’t be in your thirties or forties.
Xu Huiling raised her eyebrows. "She's older than our Xiao Tan. She's twenty-seven this year, and will be twenty-eight soon."
The woman opposite looked surprised: "So young, not even 30 years old, and already a regiment leader. I have a distant relative, and I heard his leader is almost 40 years old this year, and he's also a regiment leader. Your son-in-law is incredible."
She was even more envious of Xu Huiling: "People's lives are really incomparable. Your family lives a carefree life. Your son got a regular job without you having to worry about him, and your only daughter has found such an excellent partner."
They thought the previous Li Congjun was very outstanding, but they didn’t expect that the current one was even better.
Why doesn't their Yingzi have such good luck? Not only are the ones she finds ugly, but they are all arrogant towards Yingzi. They really think they are good people, with their eyes on the top of their heads.
It’s not that he doesn’t want his daughter to suffer in the countryside, but someone like him can’t even enter their house.
"By the way, what do his parents do?"
Xu Huiling: "Actually, they're from this part of the river. Their family lives on the other side of the river, near the sugar factory. Their mother works there."
"The sugar factory is a great place." Working there means there's always plenty of sugar to eat every day.
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