Chuxia pressed down on Xiao Chaxiang, who was about to get off the kang: "Fat Auntie, no matter how things are settled over there, we’re definitely eating at your place tonight. Don’t go over there anymore. Xiaoqiong, stay at ho and help Fat Auntie make us sothing tasty."
Thinking that she couldn’t help much by going over, Fat Auntie nodded: "Okay, I’ll make noodles for you all, they’ll still be warm when you eat."
Once Chuxia left, Fat Auntie quickly pushed Luo Xiaoqiong out: "Go find your dad and have him hurry over to help."
Luo Xiaoqiong realized: "Mom, no wonder you agreed so readily not to go."
"Hurry up, stop dawdling." Fat Auntie glared at her daughter, "You owe what you have today to Chuxia. Rember to repay her kindness, got it?"
Luo Xiaoqiong wore a speechless expression, "When have I ever forgotten to repay kindness? Where are you even going with this? Forget it, I won’t talk about it now, I’m going to find dad." She took a few steps, then turned back to remind, "Mom, hurry and make dinner, just stay out of the hustle and bustle."
"I know, do I need you to tell ?" Fat Auntie picked up the broom beside her and threw it at her daughter, "Just go!"
"Mom, you should really learn from Auntie Yulan, she never hits Chuxia..." Luo Xiaoqiong said as she ran out, yet a happy smile hung on her face, not having been hit by mom’s broom for a long ti, she actually missed this familiar feeling! —Isn’t that masochistic?
It was dinner ti when the car stopped in front of the new tile-roofed house, only a few children ca bounding up to make a fuss, seeing Chuxia and her family of three get out of the car, so kids ca over to greet.
Having been away from ho for so long, seeing the familiar children, Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe felt especially affectionate and handed out candies to them, the children who received candies dispersed like a swarm, and a few others who had been watching from a distance also ca over, shyly greeting...
After the kids had left, Chuxia watched the couple with a bit of schadenfreude: "Better fill your pockets with candies quickly, soon all the village kids will co over to greet you."
The couple exchanged glances, both beaming, "Then let’s give it all to them, it’s customary to give out wedding candies anyway, and the more you give, the better the on."
Jing Zhe, who was knocking at the door, heard the couple say this and his somber expression relaxed a bit. He was annoyed at himself for not having managed the situation well, thankfully he had co back with them, if the couple had co back alone and were blocked outside, how distressing would that have been?
"Who is it? We’re going to sleep."
After a while, an elderly voice finally responded from inside.
Jing Zhe quickly said, "I am a friend of Deputy County Chief Zhang, please, Grandpa Zhang and Grandma Zhang, open the door."
After a long while, the door creaked open, an aged face peered out, sizing up Jing Zhe, then looked over Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan, his gaze finally resting on Chuxia’s face, and he roughly understood, "Are you the original hoowners?"
"Yes." Lin Baohe quickly stepped forward, "My son-in-law bought the house back a while ago, Deputy County Chief Zhang must have told you we were moving in, right?"
"Hmm." Old Man Zhang grunted in response, turned around, and went back inside on his own.
"Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin, let’s go inside." Jing Zhe gestured for Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan to walk ahead, knowing he was doing it to let the old couple inside know who really owned the house, Lin Baohe and Zhao Yulan thanked him with a smile.
...
Lin Baohai’s ho.
Lin Chuqiu had already reported Zhao Yulan and Lin Baohe’s arrival in the village to Old Master Lin and Old Lady Lin, and the old couple imdiately beca as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Having planned for so long, they were finally about to reap the benefits, they felt as if a bright path was extending right before them, they pulled out so old clothes prepared earlier and laid them on the kang, Old Master Lin took up his large pipe, squinting his eyes, and began to puff away.
"Dad, Mom..." Slightly hesitating, Yang Aihua cautiously asked, "The old couple from the Zhang family, they’ll side with us, right?" What she really ant was, could those two old folks keep a hold on Lin Baohai and his wife? However, she dared not ask so directly and instead, took a roundabout way.
Neither Old Master Lin nor Old Lady Lin were fools, hearing her say this, they understood her concerns. Old Master Lin puffed on his pipe without a word, while Old Lady Lin reassured her: "Don’t worry, we know what we’re doing."
"Dad, Mom..." Clenching her teeth, Yang Aihua then aired her concerns, "If this doesn’t work out, and Brother and Sister-in-law end up hating us, Chuchun and Chuqiu will lose out in the end."
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