"As long as you are content, the most important thing in life is to be content. You will always be happy when you are content!" Yang Ruoqing said with a smile.
With Duo'er's dowry, it would be easy for the Xiang family to buy a house in Qingshui Town or Wanghai County, let alone build a spacious new yard in the village.
However, these matters must be discussed by the Xiang family themselves. The natal family will only provide suggestions and will not interfere forcefully.
"The two girls here are the daughters of Yang Laosan's family in Changping Village?"
On the roadside, a person who looked like an aunt suddenly greeted the two sisters.
Yang Ruoqing smiled at the woman, "Yes."
The woman said, "Are you coming to the cattle dealer's house?"
Yang Ruoqing nodded again, glanced at Xiaoduo beside her, and said to the woman: "I heard that my father-in-law is sick. I will accompany my sister to visit him."
When she said this, the woman immediately guessed the identities of the two sisters.
The one who is older and has a good temperament must be the general's wife.
The younger one, around sixteen or seventeen years old, must be Xiaoduo, the youngest daughter-in-law of the Xiang family.
"I live next door to the cattle dealer's house. Everyone calls me Fat Aunt. The cattle dealer and the others are all at home. I saw them before, so I'll call them for you!"
The fat aunt twisted her bucket and bumped it towards the Xiang family's courtyard wall. She shouted through the courtyard wall: "Ms. Sheng, please come out quickly. Your daughter-in-law and sister-in-law are here." La!"
Yang Ruoqing was originally staring at the fat aunt's waist and wondering.
It stands to reason that the living conditions of many villagers are poor and they cannot eat anything good all year round, but there is a certain type of women who can grow into a broad-shouldered woman with a round waist and a big butt in such a barren environment.
What has happened here?
Is it possible that wild vegetables, multi-grain rice, and overnight steamed cornstarch can nourish people just by soaking them in water?
Before he could figure this out, he was jolted back to his senses by the fat aunt's loud shout.
"Fat Aunt, no need to shout, we can just go in by ourselves." Yang Ruoqing said to Fat Aunt.
The disadvantage of this small village is that it is deserted.
The advantage is that because there are few people, every household is relatively close to each other. Everyone has a clear and thorough understanding of the members and relatives of each household, and then they are warm and hospitable.
When a relative came to one family, other families helped to say hello, which fully demonstrated the simplicity and hospitality of the villagers.
"It's okay. As neighbors, we should give a shout for help." The fat aunt smiled at the two sisters.
Yang Ruoqing smiled faintly, while Xiaoduo blushed with embarrassment and smiled friendly at the fat aunt, showing her white and neat teeth.
Since she is the aunt who lives next door, and distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, then we will not see each other until now, but now we will leave a good impression.
Just as Xiaoduo was thinking about this, a tall woman with an apron on her waist and a handkerchief on her head poked her head out of the kitchen next to the Xiang family's main house.
The door of the main room also opened, and the cattle dealer came to the yard first, followed by a unfamiliar young man.
"Qing'er, Xiaoduo, why are you here?"
The cattle dealer saw the person coming and was overjoyed. , hurriedly greeted him.
"Uncle Xiang, my parents sent us to give Uncle Xiang something to replenish his health." Yang Ruoqing said gracefully with a polite smile on her face.
Following these words, the cattle dealer's eyes naturally fell on the hands of Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo.
"Oh, what are you parents doing? Sending so many things here is such a fuss..." the cattle dealer frowned and said loudly.
Yang Ruoqing curled her lips: "There's nothing good, just eggs from the chickens at home. I also brought two kilograms of meat to replenish Uncle Xiang's health."
The cattle dealer smiled: "You parents, you are so polite. Come on, Jin Nan, stop being so stubborn and come over here to help carry things!"
Standing behind the cattle dealer, a young man of medium height, with facial features somewhat similar to Xiang Shengnan, stepped forward, smiled cautiously at Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo, lowered his head and took the things in their hands, then turned around and strode Go to the main room.
Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo quietly exchanged glances.
This man should be Xiang Shengnan's eldest brother, Xiang Jinnan, right?
The last time Xiaoduo came over, Xiang Jinnan was not at home. He said there was something going on at his future mother-in-law's family over the mountain, so he called her over at the last minute.
This is the first time I've seen him.
Although Xiang Jinnan's facial features and eyebrows are somewhat similar to Xiang Shengnan's, Xiang Jinnan has a round face and greasy hair.
As for Xiang Jinnan, he has a sharp face, fresh hair, and is tall and thin, a full head taller than his brother.
"You kid, why did you turn around and run away after picking up something? You didn't even say hello to anyone? That's outrageous!"
The cattle dealer roared at Xiang Jinnan's back.
Xiang Jinnan was frozen in place as if a immobilizing spell had been cast on him, then turned around stiffly and showed an awkward smile to Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo.
"I, I, I don't know what to call him, I'm afraid it would be disrespectful to call him by the wrong name..." Xiang Jinnan stammered.
This voice is also somewhat feminine, and just like him, it is not masculine at all.
She was coy and coy, although she didn't have her orchid fingers raised, but there was a bit of girliness in her femininity.
When the cattle dealer saw this, he became even more angry.
"You don't know how to address someone, so you don't know how to ask with your mouth? What do you do with that mouth?" he asked again.
Xiang Jinnan's face turned redder from suppressing it. He stood there with his feet crossed repeatedly. The expression on his face made people suspect that he had held in a lot of urine, and his bladder was about to explode.
The woman on the side saw this and hurriedly came to the rescue.
"Brother, please stop scolding Jin Nan. He is timid to begin with and has never seen much of the world. He is shy when meeting the sisters-in-law and girls in our village, let alone spoiled guests like Qing'er and Duo'er?"
The woman's words seemed to have some effect on the cattle dealer. The cattle dealer frowned and stopped scolding Xiang Jinnan.
Xiang Jinnan felt like he was being pardoned and quickly ran into the main room carrying his things.
At the entrance of the yard, the woman warmly welcomed Yang Ruoqing and Xiaoduo. She looked at Yang Ruoqing with a look of welcome, and looked at Xiaoduo with a look of joy.
"Qing'er, Duo'er, why are you two here? Why don't your parents come over to play together?" the woman asked again.
Yang Ruoqing glanced at Xiaoduo and gave her the right to speak, the future daughter-in-law of the Xiang family.
Xiaoduo blushed and said to Sheng Nan's mother: "In reply to my aunt, there are some things in the village that have to be busy. My father can't leave for a while, and my mother has to take care of Feng'er and can't come, so I sent our sisters to represent me. Visit your uncle."
Having said this, Xiaoduo looked up at the main room in front and asked with concern: "Auntie, how is my uncle doing now? Has the fever gone away?"
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