Seeing her sighing, Yun Qiao stopped eating melon seeds, took a sip of her tea, and said, "Aunt, you're being overly suspicious. Aunt Lan Zhen and I have been together for quite some time. His family will definitely not be provoked by a few words."
"Yes, I know. I heard that when Dong Hu was little, Lan Zhen helped him a lot. It's no wonder that An Jin was raised by such parents." Zhu Cuilan pointed towards the house: "Although Lan Zhen didn't complain, after all, An Jin is a boy. He will marry into our family in due time. This matter should be discussed openly. I have prepared a lot of things. When Fang Yu comes back, I will ask him to deliver them to show that we value An Jin."
Yun Qiao smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean. It's a good idea not to hit someone who smiles at you. So why are you so worried? If you're worried about Fang Chu in the future, I can't say anything else, but if I meet a suitable young man in the future, I will definitely keep Fang Chu first."
The two were talking in the heat of the moment, but after being interrupted, the sadness on Zhu Cuilan's face faded a lot, and she was in the mood to make a few jokes with Yun Qiao.
"Mom, Yunqiao is here too." Zhao Fangchu came out of the house with a handful of chicken feathers in his hand, and greeted the guests in the yard with a smile.
Yun Qiao smiled and replied, "I was bored at home, so I came to talk to your mother. Are you going out?"
There are chickens and ducks at home, and the yard is covered with loose feathers. Villagers don’t have many things to do to pass the time, and brain-intensive activities like chess are not popular among rough people.
Quieter girls and boys, like Yang Anjin, could sit down and embroider for a whole day, but for someone like Zhao Fangchu who couldn't sit still for a quarter of an hour, forcing him to embroider was simply torture. Zhu Cuilan was too lazy to care about him and just let him do it.
Poultry feathers are easy to obtain and inexpensive. Young girls and boys can pick up a handful, add a few pieces of iron, and make shuttlecocks to exercise their muscles and bones, which is also good for relieving fatigue from sitting for a long time.
Zhao Fangchu was depressed for two days. Yang Donghu and several familiar guys from the same village took turns talking to him, and his mood became much better. He really couldn't stay in the house anymore, so he thought of ways to find something to play with.
"Well, it's so boring to be stuck in the house all day. I discussed with Brother Dong about making a shuttlecock to kill time."
Zhu Cuilan instructed, "It's almost noon now. I asked your brother to get up early and go to the mountains to dig spring bamboo shoots. We still have a lot of bacon left at home that your uncle gave us. Call your brothers Chuan and Dong over at noon so we can eat together."
"I understand." Zhao Fangchu nodded: "Brother Yunqiao, please sit down. I'll go over first."
"Hey, go ahead." Yun Qiao watched Zhao Fangchu leave the door, then turned to Zhu Cuilan and said, "What a good brother! Why is Auntie still worried about this?"
Zhu Cuilan shook her head: "There's never a single day of peace. What will happen when I go out in the future?"
"I'm not a man. If I were a man, I would go back and ask my parents to mediate and bring Fang Chu home with me."
"Why do you say anything in front of the child?" Zhu Cuilan laughed.
"What's the big deal? I'm not shy about it." Yun Qiao waved her hand nonchalantly. "Oh, I was just about to tell you, Li Guihua's having a rough time these past few days. Chen Lin's daughter has a bad temper and didn't get along with Li Guihua, her stepmother. After this incident, she feels embarrassed because of Li Guihua and is threatening to divorce her at home."
"I've watched Chen Yu grow up. She has a bit of a temper, but she's not a bad person. She's also pitiful. She lost her mother at a young age, and now she has a stepmother who doesn't consider her in anything."
Yun Qiao nodded. "Chen Lin is also indecisive. His own daughter isn't living as well as the one he brought in. I don't know if he really doesn't see or if he's just being oblivious. Li Guihua's daughter is two years younger than Chen Yu, and they've already started looking for someone else. Li Guihua said they'll treat both girls the same, and now she won't even mention Chen Yu's marriage. Could it be that she wants to delay her until she's an old maid?"
Yun Qiao looked down on Li Guihua's double-dealing behavior, and her tone was full of disgust.
Chen Lin is a brainless person. All the money in the family is in Li Guihua's hands. But Li Guihua is too ruthless. She controls the family's financial power but treats her own daughter harshly.
At the age of blooming flowers, girls now love beauty. Every girl has one or two beautiful hairpins on her head, but Chen Yu doesn't have any hairpins, let alone brightly colored clothes. The clothes she wears at the age of seventeen or eighteen are darker than those of older women, without any youthful vigor.
But look at Miss Li Guihua. Not only does she buy new clothes every quarter, but Miss Li Guihua and Yang Chunxue are close friends. Whenever there is a fashionable hairpin in town, they are always the ones who get it the fastest.
Although the villagers didn't say anything to their faces, everyone talked about it behind their backs. Chen Lin acted as if he couldn't hear anything and focused all his attention on Li Guihua and her mother.
"Didn't Chen Lin say anything to speak for his daughter?" Zhu Cuilan was puzzled. She really couldn't understand how someone could favor other people's children over their own.
"He's still speaking for his daughter. Chen Yu has been on a hunger strike because her father refused to divorce Li Guihua. She hasn't eaten for several days. Not only does Chen Lin not feel sorry for his daughter, he also calls her a debt collector. Chen Yu couldn't stand it and couldn't help but retort a few words. As a result, Chen Lin slapped her in the face, and his daughter's face was swollen." Yun Qiao was indignant and her voice was much louder.
"Chen Lin looks honest on weekdays, but I never thought that one day he would hit my daughter." Zhu Cuilan was afraid that he would get too excited and disturb the baby in her belly, so she quickly comforted him: "Be careful, you are not alone now, talk slowly." Then she handed him a cup of hot tea.
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