Qiu Lanying continued to serve her some meat, her voice gentle and smiling. "Zhenzhen, eat more. Don't worry about Xiaoli. She's been eating too much good food and has gained weight. Right now, the most important thing is that you take good care of her."
“…”Bai Ruozhen.
"Auntie, I'm not getting married right now." Bai Ruozhen took a bite of the delicious meat and said, "I'm only seventeen, and I haven't even had my birthday yet."
Qiu Lanying waved her hand nonchalantly, saying, "It will be soon. By this time next year, I'll be eighteen. Eighteen is perfect for getting married."
Bai Ruozhen felt that he couldn't communicate with Qiu Lanying, so he gave up. He just listened to whatever she said. He didn't really want her to get married, and she still needed her parents' consent. How could she get married just by saying so?
Everyone at the table ate with their own thoughts, and according to Bai Ruozhen's observation, almost all the meat on the table went into her stomach, and even most of the eggs went into her mouth...
Alas, greed is really terrible.
After dinner, Gu Zhiguo went out. Qiu Lanying instructed Gu Xiaoli, "Go to your eldest sister's house and see if there's anything you can do to help."
Gu Xiaoli's eldest sister was found to be pregnant during the Chinese New Year. Her mother-in-law usually takes care of her, and Qiu Lanying would occasionally go to check on her. However, in the countryside, people are not so particular about farming, and even if they are pregnant, they can still work in the fields. It's just that Qiu Lanying wants to send Gu Xiaoli out, so she arranged this job for her.
As for why he sent Gu Xiaoli away, Qiu Lanying felt that her daughter was a trap for her brother. If there was no man more suitable than Lao Wu, she would have actively married Bai Ruozhen off long ago.
No one can ruin the daughter-in-law she has chosen, let alone her own daughter.
Gu Xiaoli was reluctant, "I won't go."
"You're so kind to your elder sister, it's a waste. I even gave you two dollars during the Chinese New Year. Don't think I don't know." Qiu Lanying snorted, "My poor eldest daughter is such an ungrateful person."
Gu Xiaoli's face was very conflicted. She also wanted to go see her elder sister, but she was worried about her master. She always felt that her mother would sell her master out.
Seeing her embarrassed expression, Bai Ruozhen pursed his lips and smiled, "Xiao Li, go quickly. I'll talk to Auntie and wait for you to come back."
Gu Xiaoli nodded, then looked at her mother suspiciously and left reluctantly.
Only Qiu Lanying and Bai Ruozhen were left at home. Qiu Lanying pulled Bai Ruozhen to sit on the kang, smiled and said, "Zhenzhen, what do you think of your brother Changqing?"
In a word, Bai Ruozhen's alarm bells rang. If Gu Xiaoli hadn't said before that her fifth brother liked her, Bai Ruozhen wouldn't have thought too much about it. Now, she felt that everything made sense, but Gu Changqing didn't say anything clearly, so what else could she say?
Also, could it be that Aunt Qiu heard something and planned to treat her to a good meal and then stay away from Gu Changqing in the future?
She didn't think Qiu Lanying would choose her as her daughter-in-law. After all, her reputation as a dumb girl had spread around the village. While others might like her, it was unlikely they would choose her as their daughter-in-law.
Bai Ruozhen sat up straight, looked at Qiu Lanying seriously and said, "Auntie, you don't have to say it, I understand. Brother Gu and I are not suitable. I will stay away from him in the future."
Qiu Lanying's eyes widened. Why did she find this so strange? What did it mean to be inappropriate? What did it mean to stay away from him? Why didn't she understand?
Bai Ruozhen said as he jumped off the kang and put on his shoes, then bowed to Qiu Lanying, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely keep my distance from Brother Gu in the future. I'm leaving now. Goodbye."
After saying that, Bai Ruozhen turned around and ran away.
"Zhenzhen!" Bai Ruozhen ran away before Qiu Lanying could react. Qiu Lanying hurriedly put on her shoes and chased after him, but he was nowhere to be seen when she reached the door.
Qiu Lanying didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "This kid, I didn't say anything, why did you think so much? Now it's good, there's a big misunderstanding."
Bai Ruozhen left Gu's house and ran back to the educated youth point with all the strength he had in his two lifetimes.
"Zhenzhen, what's wrong with you?" Li Aihong, who was in the yard, asked hurriedly when she saw her come in.
Bai Ruozhen forced a smile and said, "It's okay." Then he went into the house.
Zhu Guixia and Feng Qiujuan in the room also noticed that she looked unwell and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? Why do you look so bad? Are you sick?"
As she said this, Feng Qiujuan was about to reach out and touch her forehead.
Bai Ruozhen turned his face away and smiled, "I'm fine, I just ate too much at my aunt's house at noon."
The two men breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her smile. "We have nothing to do in the afternoon, so why don't we go to the county town to take a shower? I heard that Li Ming and the others borrowed a mule cart, so we can go with them." In fact, there is a bus from the town to Yancheng, but it costs 20 cents to take the bus. For educated youth like them who can only earn a few cents a day, taking a bus is too luxurious. It's better to take a mule cart. It's not very far anyway.
Bai Ruozhen was stunned for a moment, then said okay.
The thing Bai Ruozhen disliked most since coming here from Da Zhou was probably taking a bath. When they were at home in the provincial capital, because their home was small and cold, they could only take a bath at home during the Chinese New Year after closing the doors and windows tightly and lighting the stove all night. On other days, they would just take a basin of hot water and wipe themselves casually.
After arriving in the countryside, they all wiped themselves in the house. Bai Ruozhen was not used to it at first, but now she is used to it. She even heard that there is a bathhouse.
Oh, why hadn't she heard of it before?
The three of them packed up their things and went to ask Li Aihong and Wang Jun. When they heard that they wanted to go too, they went out together. Li Ming and Xu Dahe, who was driving a mule cart, came over and saw Bai Ruozhen. Their eyes lit up and they said, "You all go..."
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