Chapter 61 Guaguaguaguagua Is it true? I don’t believe it.
Xiang Yao had never expected that after hearing gossip about the Shanbei Liu family from Wu Laizi the day before, he would meet the gossiper himself on his way home today.
From a distance, I saw a young man of medium build walking towards this side. Just by looking at the empty left sleeve of his shirt, I knew that it was Liu Xiaofei, the youngest son of the Liu family.
"Brother Xiaofei."
When the person approached, Xiang Yao greeted him politely without deliberately looking at the other person's arm.
Liu Xiaofei looked carefully at the young girl in front of him, and it took him a long time to finally recognize her.
His eyes widened slightly: "Are you Xiang Ming's sister, Xiang Yao?"
Xiang Yao nodded and quickly searched through her original body's memory. Only then did she realize that this Brother Xiao Fei and her third cousin Xiang Ming were childhood friends. They were of the same age and had played together since they were young.
Liu Xiaofei stopped and smiled: "You've changed so much, I almost didn't recognize you."
Xiang Yao also laughed: "Of course not!"
Liu Xiaofei joined the army when she was eighteen or nineteen. At that time, she was still a little kid. Girls change a lot when they grow up.
Liu Xiaofei asked: "Where is your brother Ming? Is he at home? Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
In fact, he had been back for quite a while. Because of the troubles at home and the condition of his arm, he didn't really want to see his childhood friends.
If he hadn't met Xiang Yao on the road today, he wouldn't have asked about Xiang Ming at all.
Xiang Yao had no idea what he was thinking, so she enthusiastically explained, "My third cousin hasn't been home for a long time. He's working as a carpenter's apprentice far away, and he won't be back until the Chinese New Year."
Xiang Ming or Xiang Yao came back once when her father passed away. After the burial, he left in a hurry again, saying that his master didn't allow him to stay for too long.
Xiang Yao traveled through time on the seventh day after Xiang Liangsheng's death. In fact, he had never formally met his third cousin.
However, in the original body's memory, this third cousin was one of the few brothers in the family who treated him very well.
When she was a child, she was Xiang Ming's follower. Xiang Ming and Liu Xiaofei got along well and always acted together.
When they were young, they would happily share bird eggs or other food they found with their original selves.
Xiang Ming is extremely kind to his cousin and is a very good brother.
After hearing what Xiang Yao said, Liu Xiaofei felt complicated emotions, and he didn't know whether he was a little disappointed or relieved.
"Is that so?" He nodded. "That's good. It's good to learn carpentry."
Although people relied on collective labor to earn work points and food these days, people with a skill could always earn some extra money.
Carpenters are considered to be the most busy type of workers. Who wants to marry a daughter off without making boxes and cabinets? Who wants to build a new house without making chairs and stools?
There are no carpenters in Xiangjiawan, so if you want to make furniture, you have to go to other communes to hire one.
Liu Xiaofei fumbled in his pocket with his right hand, took out a piece of hard candy, and stuffed it into Xiang Yao's hand: "Here, your brother Xiaofei doesn't have anything else right now, take this candy!"
Xiang Yao took the candy and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Xiaofei. I'll take it."
She thought that he might have secretly kept all these candies for himself.
The Liu family really disliked this disabled son who had lost half of his ability to work. Not to mention candy, they probably wouldn't even give him enough food.
That attitude of disdain is already very blatant.
After thinking about it, Xiang Yao reached into his pocket and took out a tomato and a handful of peanuts.
"Come, Brother Xiaofei, these are for you." She smiled and handed them to Liu Xiaofei.
Liu Xiaofei didn't take it: "Just keep it for yourself, I don't want it."
Liu Xiaofei knew the situation of the Xiang family, and even imagined that Xiang Yao must have a hard time in the Xiang family.
He really treated Xiang Yao as his sister, so of course he refused to accept her things.
Xiang Yao stuffed it into his pocket and said, "Hey, Brother Xiaofei, just take it. I have a lot of this stuff, so I'm not short of it!"
Seeing that she spoke with such confidence, Liu Xiaofei couldn't help but believe her, and let her put the thing into his pocket.
However, in Liu Xiaofei's eyes, Xiang Yao is still the same child who used to cling to his brother.
In Xiang Yao's eyes, this Brother Xiao Fei was just a person who existed in the original body's memory and was not familiar to him.
So the two of them exchanged a few more pleasantries, said goodbye to each other, and went back home.
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"Yaoyao, where have you been this afternoon? We were just looking for you!"
As soon as she entered the yard, Xiang Yao saw her aunt-in-law smiling at her.
Well, unlike the fake and polite smiles in the past, this time she smiled with the temperament of an old fox, which was quite similar to what my second cousin-in-law did not long ago.
She raised the end of her eyebrows and thought, this person is coming with bad intentions again.
She also put on a smile similar to Zhou Aihua's: "Aunt, what do you want to see me for? It's only been a few hours since we last met, and you miss me already?"
Zhou Aihua was twisting straw ropes. When she heard this, her smile froze. She thought to herself, who cares about you, a little girl? You are so shameless.
Although she thought so, she immediately controlled her expression, and even raised the corners of her mouth a little more:
"Look at you, girl, how can you talk like that? Your aunt is looking for you, and there's something really going on. Well, it's actually a good thing!"
"Oh?" Xiang Yao tilted his head. "What good news?"
Seeing that she was really attracted by this "good news", Zhou Aihua was not in a hurry to tell her. Instead, he said mysteriously: "Hey, it's a great thing anyway. Wait until your grandma comes back and let her tell you!"
Zhang Juhua?
Xiang Yao nudged his cheek, feeling rather surprised.
These three generations of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are really not from the same family and don’t even live in the same house.
"Okay. What did my grandma do?" she asked.
Zhou Aihua smoothed the piece of straw rope in his hand and said, "Who knows her? Anyway, she will be back soon, so just wait."
Xiang Yao nodded: "Okay."
She walked past Zhou Aihua and went straight back to her room.
Zhou Aihua turned his head to look at Xiang Yao and snorted silently.
This girl really thinks she is a daughter of a landlord. She either runs outside or stays in her room all day long.
Humph, even she, the elder, works non-stop every day, so why does she act like this? She is really going against the will of Heaven!
But when Zhou Aihua thought that Xiang Yao was about to become someone else's wife and be subject to the rules of that family, she felt a little happy again.
She couldn't bear to see this girl being so energetic. It would be so refreshing if she could see Xiang Yao in a miserable state one day.
Thinking of this, Zhou Aihua twisted the rope a little faster.
In the past, I hated seeing my mother-in-law Zhang Juhua the most, but today I couldn't help but look towards the gate frequently, hoping that she would come back soon.
I don’t know if it was because of Zhou Aihua’s nagging or what, but not long after, Zhang Juhua really came back.
But his expression wasn't very good, and it was obvious that he had just lost his temper.
Zhou Aihua originally wanted to tell Xiang Yao that he was back, but after thinking about it, he decided not to offend Zhang Juhua, so he called out and continued to twist the rope.
Ye Fang happened to come back holding Xiang Xiaoyi's hand and asked, "Mom, is Yaoyao back?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Juhua also looked at Zhou Aihua.
Zhou Aihua smiled and said, "Look at me, I forgot to mention this. Yaoyao is in the room right now."
Zhang Juhua said, "Xiaojun's wife, go call her out."
Ye Fang nodded: "Okay."
Before she even knocked, Xiang Yao opened the door, looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and asked, "What's the matter, grandma? My aunt said you have something to tell me."
As she spoke, she moved a stool to the yard and sat down.
Zhang Juhua coughed and accused, "You little girl, can't you see I'm still standing? Why are you only thinking about yourself while moving the stool?"
Xiang Yao smiled and said, "I see that grandma is in very good health, so I just want to stand for a while."
She said so, but her butt didn't move, obviously not intending to give up her seat or get another stool.
Zhou Aihua tried to smooth things over: "Xiaojun's wife, go get a stool for your grandma."
Ye Fang agreed and asked Xiang Xiaoyi to go play in the house while she brought out a stool: "Grandma, sit down."
Zhang Juhua snorted and then sat down.
"Grandma, what great news do you want to tell me?" Xiang Yao glanced at Ye Fang next to her and asked Zhang Juhua.
Zhang Juhua thought about this, and her sullen face finally softened a bit: "This is a very good thing!"
"Your second sister-in-law's great-aunt's eldest son is very handsome and his family is very well-off. He said he would come to our house in a few days to meet you!"
Xiang Yao blinked, and it was indeed the same thing.
Her second cousin's wife is determined to marry her.
"Grandma, have you seen that man?" Xiang Yao asked in a calm tone, without any dissatisfaction.
Zhang Juhua forced a smile and said, "I haven't seen it, but your second sister-in-law has."
She turned her head to look at Ye Fang: "Xiaojun's wife, don't you think he is a good-looking man, and a perfect match for Yao girl?"
Ye Fang glanced at Xiang Yao imperceptibly and nodded: "My cousin is quite good-looking."
Xiang Yao's expression remained unchanged as he asked doubtfully, "My sister-in-law and I are from the same generation. If you call him cousin, shouldn't I call him cousin too? This is a generation difference. Isn't he a middle-aged man with a child?"
Ye Fang quickly said, "No, no, although I call him uncle, he is only a little older than me."
I was indeed discussing marriage with someone before, but now it’s all over.
Of course, she would never say this to her husband's family.
Zhou Aihua quickly said, "Hey, she's only in her twenties, she's still young and strong!"
Xiang Yao widened his eyes slightly: "Second sister-in-law is 24 years old this year, right? Your cousin is older than you, so he must be at least 26 or 27 years old, right?"
The smile in her eyes faded a little: "I'm only eighteen this year, are you going to let me meet an old man?"
Zhang Juhua spat on the ground. "How can I be old? I only know how to care for others when I'm older. What do you know?"
Zhou Aihua also said: "Being seven or eight years older is nothing."
Xiang Yao raised her lips slightly: "Yeah, it's nothing, it's just that I will still be young in the future, and she will have to use a cane."
Zhou Aihua frowned: "You girl, how can you talk nonsense." Zhang Juhua suppressed her anger, thinking of Xiang Yao's sharp tongue, and endured it, and continued: "You are young and don't understand the matter of getting married. Being older is not a problem. The key is that their family is well-off and they eat meat more often throughout the year than our family. If you marry into his family, you will have a new set of clothes every year and eat good meals every day. How great!"
Seeing Xiang Yao's indifferent look, Zhou Aihua immediately said, "Hey, this is also because we, as elders, feel sorry for you because you have no parents. We only prioritize you when we see a good family. If we don't let such a good family go, it doesn't matter who we introduce Xiaojun to as his wife. We can also earn more money as a matchmaker!"
Xiang Yao: "I'm not interested in such a nice old man. Why don't you ask Xiang Xiuxiu to go and meet him? Xiang Xiuxiu is more educated than me, so she's definitely a good match for him."
Zhou Aihua: "...What old man? He's not old at all!"
Xiang Yao: "Oh, old cucumber."
Zhou Aihua: "Girl, that's how you talk. It's not pleasant to listen to."
Xiang Yao raised an eyebrow. "It's not nice, but you still drag me here to talk about it. I told my second sister-in-law earlier that I have no plans to get married for the time being. She insisted on instigating you to talk about it together. How can I say it nicely?"
Ye Fang said awkwardly: "Isn't this also for your own good..."
Xiang Yao snorted and laughed: "Really? I don't believe it."
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