Chapter 96: Guaguaguaguaguagua She hated Zhang Juhua's head...
When Xiang Yao arrived at Yang Xiaohong's house, she happened to see her peeling dried beans in the yard. She called out, "Aunt Xiaohong!"
The first ones to see Xiang Yao were Yang Xiaohong's little kids. They still remembered that Xiang Yao had stuffed a handful of peanuts into their mouths last time, so they started calling for help, and the place became very lively for a while.
"Hey! Xiang Yao, why are you here?" Yang Xiaohong stopped peeling beans, stood up, wiped her hands on herself, and quickly called out, "Come in, come in!"
She kept looking at Nie Baichuan, who was standing upright beside Xiang Yao. Nie Baichuan smiled generously, "Aunt Xiaohong."
"Hey! Hey! Baichuan! Come in and sit down too!" Yang Xiaohong was still a little uncomfortable. She had never spoken much to the kid from the Nie family.
Xiang Yao shared candy with the children, earning a lot of excited laughter. Seeing this, Yang Xiaohong quickly scolded them, "How could you want so much candy? You really don't know how ugly it is!"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "Aiya, please don't blame them. I brought this specially for them. It's my and Baichuan's wedding candy!"
Yang Xiaohong shouted at the children, "Why don't you say thank you now? Are you polite at all?"
Several children smiled and shouted "Thank you Sister Yaoyao", and were driven aside to play by Yang Xiaohong like chickens.
They didn't walk far, but gathered around Nie Baichuan's bicycle to look at it. The bolder ones even secretly touched the shiny handlebars of the bicycle.
After the children dispersed, Yang Xiaohong raised an eyebrow and glanced back and forth between the two of them. "Are you two really married?"
The news that the Xiang family's daughter and the Nie family's son had gotten their marriage certificate early in the morning had already spread throughout the brigade. Yang Xiaohong was just confirming it, as she had already known it in her heart.
Xiang Yao nodded: "Yes, they really got the certificate."
Yang Xiaohong smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits, and she kept saying, "Great news, great news! Congratulations!"
Xiang Yao responded generously: "Thank you, Auntie. I'll invite your whole family to our house for dinner someday!"
Yang Xiaohong agreed readily and had already started planning what gift to give to the newlyweds.
Nowadays, most families are not well-off, so it is generally not customary to give money as a gift when attending a banquet. Each family will suggest some dishes or something as a gift.
Xiang Yao talked about business, pointing to the cloth that Nie Baichuan had been holding since they got off the car and said, "Auntie, I came to see you today because I need your help with something."
Yang Xiaohong waved her hand: "If you have any problem, just tell me. I will definitely help you if I can."
She remembered Xiang Yao's kindness. Although this girl looked young, she was really good at what she did.
During the previous double harvest, she just helped a little. Others might have given her some fruits and vegetables from their own homes, but Xiang Yao gave her a bunch of peanuts. In terms of politeness and generosity, there was nothing to say.
Xiang Yao: "I'm not very good at sewing. I need to sew a quilt cover. Can you help me sew it?"
Yang Xiaohong snorted, "That's no big deal. I'll just sew it up for you!"
She washed her hands before accepting the cloth from Nie Baichuan. She couldn't help but praise him, her tone tinged with envy: "This cloth is great! Look at it, how fine it is! It's a great thing!"
Xiang Yao said, "There should be some cloth left. After you finish sewing, you can take a piece and make a dress for your daughter, Si Ya."
Si Ya is Yang Xiaohong's youngest daughter. She wears her older brothers and sisters' clothes all year round. Most of the clothes are patched up and the original colors are almost invisible.
Yang Xiaohong was embarrassed: "That's impossible! It's just a small favor, please don't bother."
She thought for a moment and then said, "I'll sew you two more pillowcases."
Xiang Yao nodded and decided not to argue with her now. He would talk about it after it was sewn.
Yang Xiaohong asked, "What size do you want? I'm free now, so I'll sew it for you. You can wash it and use it right away."
Size? Xiang Yao widened his eyes slightly and looked at Nie Baichuan.
She actually forgot to measure the size of the new mattress she bought.
Nie Baichuan was also unusually stunned for a moment, and said, "Let's go back and measure it now?"
Xiang Yao nodded and was about to speak when Yang Xiaohong said, "It would be better if Baichuan went. You sit here and we can chat."
Nie Baichuan pushed his bicycle out from the group of children and left like the wind, drawing envious glances from the other little kids.
Seeing Xiang Yao staring at Nie Baichuan's back, Yang Xiaohong moved closer to her and joked, "Hey, it's just a short walk, and you have to stare at me!"
Xiang Yao smiled and looked away, saying without any hesitation, "Of course, she's so pretty, I have to keep a close eye on her."
Yang Xiaohong laughed heartily: "Little girl, you're the most outgoing person in this town, hahahaha!"
She asked curiously, "How did you two get together? Why didn't I hear any rumors before?"
Xiang Yao thought for a moment and said, "We've known each other privately for quite a while. I was able to get some peanuts and tomatoes from my relatives, and it just so happened that Nie Baichuan had a friend who wanted some. So, we've become more acquainted with each other."
"So that's how it is! No wonder no one else knew about it." Yang Xiaohong nodded, suddenly realizing. She sighed, "It's pretty good, better than what your family arranged. This kid from the Nie family has impeccable character and will definitely treat you well."
Xiang Yao thought about how Nie Baichuan had always been considerate and considerate, and she felt quite satisfied. Her eyebrows twitched as she inquired, "Auntie, didn't the Xiang and Zhou families have a fight this morning? What happened next?"
Yang Xiaohong: "That was quite a scene!"
She cleared her throat, looked around, and said, "Your grandma and the mother of that young man from the Zhou family are fighting!"
Xiang Yao opened his eyes wide: "A fight started?"
Yang Xiaohong thought she was worried and quickly tried to persuade her, "It's nothing serious, don't worry. Your grandma lost a few strands of hair, and her skin isn't hurt at all! But that woman from the Zhou family has several bloody marks on her face, and I don't know if she's disfigured."
Xiang Yao blinked her eyes. She was not in a hurry. She wished that all the hair on Zhang Juhua's head would be pulled out!
Yang Xiaohong naturally didn't know that she still had such a vicious idea in her heart, and continued to share gossip:
"The Zhou family saw that you and the young man from the Nie family had already gotten married, and they knew there was no way to save the relationship. So they pestered your grandmother to return the betrothal gifts and even give her additional compensation."
"Who is your grandma? She's the type that can't get anything out of her pocket! No matter what others say, she won't give up the betrothal gifts, and it's really a mess!"
Xiang Yao's eyes were red. Why didn't she see this wave of excitement? What a pity!
"You are such a kind-hearted girl. I'm not saying anything bad, but your grandma treated you like this. You should be more careful and think more about yourself." Yang Xiaohong saw the regretful look on the little girl's face and said earnestly, "You finally found a partner and got married. Listen to your aunt. Live your life well as a couple from now on and don't think about your family all the time."
Xiang Yao nodded. Of course she wouldn't think about it. To put it bluntly, although Xiang's family were relatives of her original body, they were not hers.
As for those who treat her badly, sorry, they are all strangers.
"What happened next, aunt?" she asked, putting away her thoughts.
"Later, I don't know who called Secretary Huang over," Yang Xiaohong couldn't help laughing again. "The secretary scolded your grandmother and the others and ordered her to return the gifts to the Zhou family."
"Your grandma's expression of being so angry but not being able to say anything was hilarious!"
Xiang Yao thought about it and felt that the anger in his heart had been relieved a little.
After all, she had seen how Secretary Huang cursed people. It was all shit, piss, fart, and manure, and his curses were as ugly as they could be.
Zhang Juhua was scolded like this, hehe, just thinking about it makes me feel good!
As they were talking, Nie Baichuan came back on his bike. After telling her the size, Yang Xiaohong started cutting the fabric and sewing the quilt cover.
Xiang Yao sat beside her, propping up her chin with her hand and watching. Seeing Yang Xiaohong's smooth and efficient sewing movements, she enviously said, "Auntie, you are amazing! Why are my stitches always crooked? Look at yours, they are so straight!"
Without even looking up, Yang Xiaohong stared intently at the quilt as she threaded the needle from the bottom. "This also requires some skill. Look, you have to hold the cloth like me. This way, you can sew all the way through and it won't be crooked."
Xiang Yao watched carefully and still felt that it looked easy but difficult to do. However, in order to avoid appearing to be too clumsy, she nodded seriously and said that she would try it next time.
At this moment, Yang Xiaohong's husband Liu Fengshou came back from the mountains carrying a bamboo. Seeing Xiang Yao and Nie Baichuan in the yard, the short and thin man smiled shyly.
"You're back?" Yang Xiaohong bit off the thread and glanced at him. "Hurry up and cut it for your son. He needs it tomorrow!"
Xiang Yao asked curiously, "Auntie, what are you cutting?"
Yang Xiaohong said, "Well, it was that educated youth comrade who taught at our brigade's primary school. He asked every student to prepare a handful of 100 bamboo sticks for counting and doing arithmetic."
Xiang Yao raised his eyebrows, thinking of the heroine Ji Qinqin in the original book. It seemed that she had entered the brigade primary school as a temporary teacher after the double harvest.
It has been so long since she came here, but she has never had any contact with the heroine. However, her original body was just a small cannon fodder with few roles, and had nothing to do with Ji Qinqin.
So Xiang Yao didn't care about it, just listened and let it go, and just smiled and said, "Studying is still very important, that is to comply with the teacher's requirements."
Yang Xiaohong sighed, glanced at the children playing over there, and said with emotion: "That's right. If they knew more words and learned a little more arithmetic, they wouldn't be illiterate like us."
She lowered her head and continued what she was doing. "But reading too much is useless. Even the children from the city have to come to our countryside to work in the fields. The children from our countryside are destined to be farmers."
Xiang Yao's heart moved, and after a pause, she said, "Aunt, the times are changing, and our country is getting better and better day by day, and richer year by year. Sooner or later, we will need intellectuals. So, if children have this talent for reading, they should read more and learn more. The country will not abandon this generation of reading children."
She said this with such confidence and boldness that not only did Yang Xiaohong stop what she was doing, but even Liu Fengshou, who was silently cutting bamboo with an axe not far away, looked over.
After a moment of silence, Yang Xiaohong spoke up: "You're right. It's always right to read more and learn more!"
The atmosphere suddenly became cheerful and everyone present smiled.
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