Han Gui thought for a moment and said, "After I learned about this, I asked the village chief and Han Yong about it. Tao Xudong is indeed a good man. Since Binzi also said that she can marry him, let's see what Tao Xudong does."
Tian Dahua: "This...his family is so complicated, can our Da Ni handle it?"
Han Gui didn't want to either. But... "Your daughter said she's going on a hunger strike."
Tian Dahua: "How about we call Da Ni in and talk to her? Maybe...maybe she won't get married."
Han Gui: "Yangyang just told me that Tao Xudong went to the school to see Da Ni again this morning. If we tell Da Ni, it's the same as telling Tao Xudong. Let's wait two more days, and if Tao Xudong doesn't come, then we'll tell Da Ni."
The Four Beauties: "This... alright then."
Han Dashan: "Let's see what that kid does first. Alright, everyone go back to your rooms and rest for a while. We still have to work this afternoon."
After everyone came out of the main room, Xiaoman asked Naonao and Tengteng if they wanted to go back to their rooms to rest for a while.
Nao Nao and Tengteng said no.
The older sister quickly raised her little hand: "I want it! I want it! Sister Erniu, let's go back inside and rest for a while."
"Okay." Erniu picked up the pebbles on the table. "Then are you going back to your room or coming with me to Great-Grandma's room?" Although Li Qiaoqiao no longer favors boys over girls, Erniu still prefers to live with Grandma Han.
"I want to go to Grandma's room." The older sister jumped off the stone bench and ran to Tang Huihui's side: "Grandma, Grandma, I want to go to your room."
"Okay. Come on, Grandma will hold your hand."
"good."
Seeing that his older sister was about to go back to the house with Tang Huihui, the younger brother immediately ran over and said, "I'm going too."
Nao Nao and Tengteng exchanged a glance.
Nao Nao: "Let's go take a break too."
Tengteng: "Okay."
Zuo Zuo: "Yangyang brother, Jinbao brother, let's go to Grandma's room to rest for a while."
Yangyang and Jinbao: "Okay."
Grandma Han saw that all the children wanted to go to Tang Huihui's room, so she let Erniu go too.
Originally, only the older sister wanted to rest for a while. Now… Han Dashan looked at Tang Huihui’s grandchildren and said, “Mom, I’d better go to your room to rest. There’s no room left for me in my room.”
Grandma Han laughed and said, "Look how close the children are to your daughter-in-law. And look at you, how can you be such a grandfather?"
Han Dashan chuckled twice and followed Grandma Han back into the house.
As soon as Xiaoman and the others came out, Dani sidled up to Tian Dahua: "Mom, about me and Tao Xudong..."
Tian Dahua wanted to persuade Dani again: "Dani, let me tell you, it's not good for a girl to marry far away..." Tian Dahua said a lot. "Dani, I'll ask your second aunt to find you a good one."
Da Ni: "Mom, please stop trying to persuade me. I... I just love Xu Dong. I want to marry Xu Dong."
"Would you still marry him even if his family was a den of dragons and tigers?"
Without a second thought, Da Ni said, "I'll marry you."
Tian Dahua slapped Da Ni on the back and left.
Da Ni quickly followed, "Mother, what do you mean by this? Mother, Mother..."
Tian Dahua turned around and glared at Da Ni: "Don't follow me, I get annoyed just looking at you."
On the other side, Luo Wenlan turned a corner and stopped. After a while, she slowly walked towards the educated youth settlement. Luo Wenlan wanted to rub her buttocks, but it hurt when she did.
Luo Mulan felt uneasy, so after eating, she went to wait outside the educated youth settlement.
As soon as Luo Wenlan arrived, Luo Mulan went to greet her: "Wenlan, you didn't say anything out of the ordinary, did you?"
"Han Dabao and I broke up, and Han Dabao agreed."
"What?!"
"We broke up, and he agreed."
“You…” Luo Mulan was both angry and helpless: “Why are you so disobedient? Didn’t I tell you to wait a while before we part ways?”
“You don’t know, after lunch today…” Luo Wenlan recounted what had just happened: “Those three stones must have been placed there by those boys from his second uncle’s family. I asked him to call them out and ask them, but he refused.”
Luo Mulan glanced at Luo Wenlan and then turned back.
Luo Wenlan was stunned for a moment: "Sister, sister, why are you leaving? Sister, help me up. Sister."
Romulan ignored her.
Luo Wenlan had no choice but to go back by herself. After entering the room, Luo Wenlan saw Luo Mulan sitting on the bed with a dark face, so she carefully climbed onto her own bed.
After a while, Luo Wenlan saw that Luo Mulan was still sitting and whispered, "Sister, don't be angry. I... I really don't like him."
Luo Mulan sighed, "Alright. I've done all I can to help you. From now on... from now on, it's up to your own fate."
"Sister, don't worry. I'll definitely find someone better than Da Bao. His second aunt is neither educated nor as good-looking as me, yet she managed to marry a deputy division commander. I'm not only educated but also good-looking. Sister, I'm sure I can find someone better than Da Bao."
"I hope so."
"Sis, could you help me ask Captain Li for leave this afternoon? My butt hurts."
Luo Mulan hummed in agreement and closed her eyes. "If Da Bao comes to see you, be polite to him."
Luo Wenlan frowned: "Why is he still looking for me after we've all dispersed?"
"He thought you were just saying it out of anger."
"knew."
When other educated youths came to call Luo Mulan and Luo Wenlan to work in the afternoon, they learned that Luo Wenlan had fallen and injured herself. They also said that Tao Xudong's foot was injured and he wouldn't be going to work either.
Luo Wenlan's eyes lit up as soon as she heard that.
After all the other educated youths left, Luo Wenlan got out of bed.
Tao Xudong was pondering what kind of sincerity Xiaoman wanted when there was a knock at the door. "Who is it?"
"Brother Tao, this is Wenlan. I heard you were injured."
"It's a minor injury, nothing serious."
"Brother Tao, I'm injured too."
Luo Wenlan thought Tao Xudong would definitely ask her how she got injured and how serious it was. But Tao Xudong said, "Then you should go back to your room and rest."
Luo Wenlan was too embarrassed to say anything more. "Brother Tao, I'll go back to my room now. Call me if you need anything."
"I'm fine, you should rest."
"Then I'm leaving."
"Um."
After Luo Wenlan left, Tao Xudong continued to think. After much thought, Tao Xudong finally understood what Xiaoman wanted in terms of sincerity. After knowing this, Tao Xudong hesitated for a long time.
Xiaoman was in the yard helping Grandma Han look after the children when Tao Xudong came in, leaning on his cane: "Great-Grandma, Second Aunt."
Grandma Han saw that Tao Xudong was using a cane and invited him to sit down.
Tao Xudong thanked Grandma Han and sat down. After sitting down, Tao Xudong looked at Grandma Han and Xiaoman and said, "Great-Grandma, Second Aunt, my maternal grandmother's..."
He had barely finished speaking when Xiaoman stopped him, saying, "You can talk about it when Da Ni's parents come back."
"good."
Tao Xudong chatted with Grandma Han for a while, and then Han Gui and Tian Dahua returned.
As soon as Han Gui and his entourage entered, Tao Xudong stood up from the stone bench. "Uncle, Aunt."
Han Gui hummed in agreement.
Tian Dahua smiled.
After washing his hands, Han Gui called Xiaoman, Tian Dahua, and Tao Xudong into the house. Seeing that Tao Xudong's foot was injured, Han Gui asked him to sit down.
Tao Xudong didn't sit down: "Uncle, I'd better stand. Uncle, Aunt, Second Aunt, I know you don't want to marry Da Ni off because you're afraid she'll suffer with me. My family... my family is a bit complicated."
Han Gui: "Tell me, what's so complicated about your family?"
“My maternal grandmother’s ancestors were officials. She was an only child, and my mother was her only child. My grandmother had several ancient paintings. After my mother and father got married, my grandmother wanted to pass those paintings on to my mother. But…”
Tao Xudong paused for a moment: "My maternal grandmother accidentally discovered that my father had another family outside. So, my maternal grandmother decided to pass those ancient paintings to my mother's children. Because my mother only had me as her child, my maternal grandmother passed those ancient paintings to me. After my maternal grandmother passed away, my mother kept asking me where those paintings went. In recent years, my father has also started asking. I didn't want to tell them, and I didn't want to have a falling out with them, so... so I went to the countryside to work as an educated youth."
Tao Xudong looked at Han Gui, Tian Dahua, and Xiaoman and said, "I really want to settle down here. I also really like Dani. Uncle, Aunt, Second Aunt, please let Dani marry me."
Han Gui looked at Xiaoman, and Xiaoman smiled: "Since you're so sincere, then..."
Tao Xudong thought Xiaoman would say, "Then we'll marry Dani to you." But Xiaoman said, "Then I'll tell you something else. Your birth was a conspiracy. If you had given those paintings to your father, you and your mother would both have died."
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