Xing Guangyu thought so too, but he was quite interested in the people Qiao Qiqi brought back from the capital.
"I heard that the woman Qiao Qiqi brought back from Beijing looks a lot like her. Qiao Qiqi calls her aunt, but the villagers all say that Lu Xiufen only gave birth to three sons and never had a daughter. Maybe that woman is Qin Huai's family member who came back in his place to get a divorce from Qiao Qiqi."
As soon as Xing Guangyu finished speaking, he suddenly noticed Hou Yan staring ahead, and frowned, "Isn't that Qiao Qiqi?"
Xing Guangyu followed his gaze, but because of the distance, he couldn't see clearly. However, the slender figure and fair skin looked very similar.
It has to be said that Qiao Qiqi's appearance is truly stunning.
Her figure and face would be one in a million even in the city. In fact, when Xing Guangyu was in the city, he had never met anyone who was prettier than Qiao Qiqi.
So when Qiao Qiqi was pursuing Hou Yan, he even tried to persuade Hou Yan to agree, but Hou Yan disliked that Qiao Qiqi was from the countryside and was determined to find a girl from the city who could help him.
To put it bluntly, this was almost a shared wish among all of them, the educated youth; everyone dreamed of leaving this poor mountain village.
That's why Xing Guangyu had his eye on Zhang Jingya.
Unfortunately, Hou Yan also took a liking to her, and Hou Yan was better than her in both appearance and family background, so Zhang Jingya naturally got together with Hou Yan.
Xing Guangyu knew that he was not good enough, so he was not jealous.
“It is indeed Qiao Qiqi. What is she doing here?” Xing Guangyu raised an eyebrow in confusion.
The next second, a figure hurriedly stood up from the corn pile and walked quickly toward Qiao Qiqi.
“That person looks like Hou Yan’s adoptive mother.” Even though Xing Guangyu didn’t interact with the villagers, he knew some of them from listening to their conversations, so he immediately recognized Wang Guihua.
Wang Guihua had already walked up to Qiao Qiqi's side, and her loud voice suddenly rang out, "What are you doing here on such a hot day, child?"
Qiao Qiqi smiled as she unscrewed the water bottle and handed it to Wang Guihua, saying, "I knew you probably didn't bring any water, but since the sun is a bit strong today, I specially brought you a water bottle."
The villagers who were working overheard their conversation and were a little confused to see that Qiao Qiqi was still treating Wang Guihua as well as before.
Judging from this situation, it doesn't seem like they're getting a divorce. Could it be that they guessed wrong?
Wu Nana, who was in the distance, also saw this scene and immediately gritted her teeth and said, "Qiao Qiqi must know that she is going to be abandoned, so she came to please Qin Huai's adoptive mother and wanted her to speak well of her in front of Qin Huai."
When these words were overheard by several people around, half of them immediately agreed with Wu Nana's statement.
Qin Huai is filial, everyone in the village knows that. Captain Su also confirmed that Qin Huai did indeed go to join the army, which is why he couldn't come back. But he certainly wouldn't disown Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun.
Therefore, it's quite normal for Qiao Qiqi to curry favor with Wang Guihua.
However, some people say that Qin Huai left and never came back. Whether he acknowledged Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun is just speculation. If he really did acknowledge them, given that his own family is so well-off and he knows that Wang Guihua and Qin Baojun are not well-off, why didn't he send some money back?
They definitely won't admit it!
Qiao Qiqi saw those people whispering among themselves. Although she couldn't hear what they were saying, she knew they weren't saying anything nice.
Wang Guihua took a couple of sips of water and instantly felt refreshed and energized.
Of course, she didn't think there was anything wrong with the water; she just felt thirsty. Plus, the water was brought to her by her daughter-in-law, and it tasted even sweeter than usual because of her thoughtfulness.
Wang Guihua screwed on the bottle cap, and when she saw Qiao Qiqi staring behind her, she immediately realized something and said, "Don't pay attention to them. They just like to gossip. Whether you're living a good life or not, you know it yourself. Don't waste your breath on them."
Wang Guihua lived in the village her whole life.
Over the years, because of Cui Fengzhen's repeated disturbances, their family has become a laughing stock in the eyes of outsiders.
At first she would care, but after it happened so many times, she just ignored them.
Anyway, these people's words won't affect her in the slightest. She'll still live her life as usual. Since that's the case, why should she care whether these people are talking nonsense or not?
Qiao Qiqi looked away, met Wang Guihua's carefree face, and nodded with a smile, "Mother is right, I will listen to you."
Seeing that she understood, Wang Guihua immediately laughed, "Alright, the sun is too strong, your delicate skin is all red from the sun, hurry back."
Qiao Qiqi wasn't actually hot; she just had a bit of delicate skin.
Although what Wang Guihua said was what she really thought, seeing these people chattering on and on, and having to work with them all day long, even if she didn't care, she was still unhappy to hear these flies buzzing in her ear every day.
Thinking of this, Qiao Qiqi suddenly grabbed Wang Guihua's hand and said, "Mother, there's something I forgot to tell you. The old lady said she wants me to take you and Father to visit relatives in Beijing at the end of the year. Originally, when I came back this time, the old lady really wanted to come back with me, but because she is over eighty years old and her health is not good, she couldn't stand the long journey, so she didn't come. But she told me that I must take you to Beijing during the New Year, saying that I want to thank you and Father for your contributions to Qinhuai over the years."
Everyone's attention was drawn to it.
Wang Guihua was slightly taken aback.
She was wondering why Qiao Qiqi suddenly repeated what she had said before when she suddenly felt Qiao Qiqi squeeze her hand.
Realizing that Qiao Qiqi's words were meant for the people behind her, Wang Guihua immediately understood. Although she was too lazy to argue with these people, since Qiao Qiqi had spoken, Wang Guihua went along with it and said, "That's great! I'd like to meet them too. I'll definitely go with you during the New Year."
"Okay, Mom, you can keep this kettle and use it to fill your water bottles. I'll head back now."
Qiao Qiqi turned and left, but the murmurs of the crowd did not stop.
Wu Nana's voice was the loudest: "What's so great about going to Beijing? Anyone can go if they want to, but how would we know what they actually did if we didn't see it with our own eyes?"
As she spoke, Wu Nana suddenly remembered something and whispered to Zhang Jingya, "Jingya, didn't you say you had a way to go back to the city for the Spring Festival this year? Your family happens to be from Beijing, so you can go and see if Qiao Qiqi is lying or not."
Zhang Jingya squinted.
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