"So what are we going to do now, watch the dragon boat races?"
Brother Zhang looked at the two of them and asked.
"It hasn't started yet. How about we go home now, rest for a bit, and then come to town to watch the dragon boat races together."
Wei Yuyan looked at the sky and realized it wasn't noon yet, so the dragon boat race would definitely have to wait until after lunch.
"Then let's go back. I'll bring you here this afternoon."
Brother Zhang carried the wooden bucket onto the oxcart.
The group went straight to sleep without even eating when they got home.
The village chief's house~
Liu Cuifang was wearing a new summer outfit, which had been made in the last few days. It was light blue and very pretty.
"Father and Mother, I'm full. I'll take my uncle's oxcart to town to watch the dragon boat races later."
In this era, dragon boat racing is a major event, a major event held once a year.
Basically, every household, if they have nothing else to do, will go and watch; every town holds such an event.
"You go ahead, your dad and I won't go, it's too crowded."
The village chief's wife also looked at her daughter's outfit and nodded in satisfaction.
"good".
Liu Cuifang returned to her room, took out her purse, which contained ten coins—a small amount of her savings from when she embroidered the handkerchief.
Liu Cuifang arrived at her uncle's house with an air of importance.
"Uncle, Aunt, are you ready to leave? I want to go with you."
Liu Cuifang's uncle and aunt's children are still young, only thirteen or fourteen years old, and have not yet married. They are at a very mischievous age.
"Wow, Sister Cuifang, you look so beautiful today."
My cousin Liu Jiahui came over to flatter me. She had heard that her cousin might be getting married in town, so she couldn't resist being a little sweet-talking.
"Jiahui, you're still young. When you grow up, you'll be even prettier than me."
Liu Cuifang looked at her cousin, who was only fourteen years old this year, but had a very good foundation. She was afraid that she would be even more beautiful than herself when she grew up.
"Thank you, cousin."
"Oh my, Cuifang is dressed up like a fairy. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were going to see your lover."
As soon as the aunt's sharp voice came out, everyone felt the air suddenly freeze.
"Ahem, Cuifang, your aunt doesn't know how to speak properly, don't take it to heart, come on, get in the car!"
My uncle is a smooth talker.
"What my aunt said is true. So, you're dressed so seductively, are you planning to dump my uncle and find someone else?"
Liu Cuifang had been silent for a moment, actually choosing her words carefully, figuring out the most effective way to retort.
Sure enough, as soon as he said that, the uncle's eyes fell on his wife's clothes.
Good heavens, she was wearing a bright red and purple dress, with a large expanse of white skin showing at the chest. My uncle's face immediately turned black.
"Go back and change your clothes."
The uncle glared at the aunt, and Liu Cuifang got on the oxcart triumphantly.
After waiting for a few minutes, my aunt came out, dressed in a rather conservative ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress).
She sat down next to Liu Cuifang.
"Cuifang, your mother said that your cousin introduced you to a rich man, and you're going to marry him in town?"
My aunt, ever the troublemaker, brought up the very thing I shouldn't have asked.
"Auntie, don't listen to my mother's nonsense, it's all baseless."
Liu Cuifang didn't want to boast about something so uncertain in advance, otherwise she might be embarrassed.
"Stop pretending. You dare say you weren't going on a secret rendezvous today? I don't believe you even if you beat me to death."
My aunt had also been through the phase of teenage infatuation, and she understood these young girls' thoughts perfectly well. But her niece insisted on pretending, so she had to expose her.
"Uncle, stop the car, I want to get out."
Liu Cuifang couldn't stand this attitude. What kind of person was he? She was determined to tell her parents when she got home.
"Huh, stop the car?"
The uncle quickly tightened the belt, and the ox soon stopped. Liu Cuifang was anxious to get off the cart, but unexpectedly the ox suddenly took another step forward.
"oops".
Liu Cuifang fell flat on her face, her face, hair, and clothes were covered in dust and mud.
"Oh no, cousin, what should we do?"
Jia Hui was secretly overjoyed, but she pretended to care about her cousin.
"snort".
Liu Cuifang was both angry and anxious, so she turned around and went home.
Fortunately, Liu Cuifang ran home in one breath before she had gone far from the village entrance.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were going to ride in your uncle's oxcart? Why are you covered in dust?"
The village chief's wife frowned as she looked at her daughter.
"Don't even mention it, Mother. My uncle's family is no good, especially my aunt. She seemed to be deliberately picking on me today, insisting that I was going to meet my lover. I didn't want to argue with her, so I got out of the car and ended up tripping and falling."
As Liu Cuifang spoke, she looked for clothes, preparing to take a bath and change again.
"Are you still going? It might be too late."
The village chief's wife checked the time; it was time for her to bathe and change clothes again.
"I should be able to make it. I've already made an appointment with my cousin, and I can't break my promise."
Liu Cuifang was more anxious than anyone else.
""Oh well".
The village chief's wife quickly went to boil water.
After Wei Yuyan and her group returned home and slept well, Wei Yuyan also washed up and tidied up the children. Before they even left the house, Brother Zhang came to pick them up.
"Have you eaten, Sister-in-law Xiuhua?"
Wei Yuyan had just heated up some zongzi (sticky rice dumplings) to give the children a small snack, and they could have some other snacks when they got to town.
“We’ve also eaten zongzi. You can eat them on the oxcart, or you might not have enough time to get a good spot.”
Otherwise, Brother Zhang wouldn't have come to pick me up so quickly; he was just worried there wouldn't be any good spots left.
"good",
Wei Yuyan gave each of the children a zongzi (sticky rice dumpling) before locking the door and getting into the car.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not full yet."
Qianqian ate one jujube, but that was clearly not enough.
"When we get to town, there will be lots of delicious food. Your sister-in-law will buy it for you. I made sure you save room for it, okay?"
Wei Yuyan brought one hundred coins with her, and she wouldn't mind spending them all today.
Today's income is nearly six hundred coins.
"good".
Xiaoqian squinted her eyes with joy when she heard that there was something delicious to eat in town.
Liu Cuifang hurriedly took a shower, changed her clothes, and combed her hair into a half-updo before it was even dry.
I hurriedly left home, hoping to encounter an oxcart on the way.
"Hey, wait a minute."
As soon as Liu Cuifang reached the village entrance, she saw an oxcart approaching.
"What's wrong?"
Brother Zhang, unaware of the past conflict between Liu Cuifang and Wei Yuyan, stopped the car.
"Brother Zhang, you're going to town, right? Could you please take me there?"
Liu Cuifang saw Wei Yuyan and Wu Lei on the oxcart, but she couldn't care less about that because of the important things that were happening today.
"Uh... sorry, we're not going to town."
After saying that, Brother Zhang raised his whip and drove the oxcart away.
He was actually about to agree, but Xiuhua secretly pinched him, and he knew he couldn't agree.
"Why does the village chief's daughter look so down on her luck? She can't even afford to ride in an oxcart."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law was still kicking someone when they were down on the oxcart.
"Sister-in-law, I know you're doing this to get revenge for me, thank you."
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