The Lucky Farmgirl

Zhou Ligu interjected, "Actually, Second Brother wanted to clarify things, but since Lady Jing didn’t take the initiative to speak, it wasn’t appropriate for Second Brother to say more. What if he was being presumptuous? It would be awkward if Lady Jing got upset, so he just avoided her, hoping that after one or two times, Lady Jing would understand."

Manbao pondered, "Strange, why doesn’t Mr. Jing stop Lady Jing?"

Zhou Lixue and the others shrugged together, who knows?

That’s exactly what puzzled them the most. Before Zhou Liwei was engaged, Mr. Jing wasn’t interested in him, and now that Zhou Liwei is engaged, Mr. Jing should be even less interested in him.

Zhou Liwei escorted Lan Xin back to the Lan family’s door, then handed her the basket, "Go in quickly, the food will get cold."

Lan Xin nodded with a blush, took a few steps with the basket, then couldn’t help but look back. Seeing Zhou Liwei still standing there watching her, she smiled and pushed the door open to go in.

Only when she closed the door did Zhou Liwei turn and leave.

Lan Xin peeked from behind the door, watched him leave, and peeked out once more to see him off before closing the door halfway.

She turned around with the basket, only to see a dark figure standing behind her, which startled her so much that the basket almost flew out of her hand.

The shadow said in an eerie tone, "Careful not to drop it. That’s my snack for drinking. Hmm, was your excuse this time that I wanted to drink, or your brother wanted to drink? Or that we had guests over who wanted to drink? Certainly, you didn’t say your uncle wanted to drink, did you?"

Lan Xin couldn’t help but stomp her foot, "Dad!"

The shadow snorted, turned around, and muttered, "Running for food every three days, someone might think our family is poor."

After a few steps, the light from the main hall shone out, and several children ran out, circling around Lan Xin, "Auntie, it smells so good, it smells so good."

Aunt Lan smiled and came forward to take the basket, surprised when she opened it to see the dishes inside, "Why did you get so many dishes?"

Lan Xin embarrassed, "I couldn’t refuse."

At that time, she was preoccupied with her thoughts, and by the time she came to, Sixth Brother was already frying, so she couldn’t change her mind and say no. Otherwise, it would look bad in the Zhou family’s eyes.

Mother Lan glanced at it and said, "Put it away, we’ve already eaten dinner. Why bring it out now? Reheat it for lunch tomorrow."

But the two children clung to the table and wouldn’t leave, so Lan Xin said, "The steamed meat is still hot; let them eat some, and keep the rest."

Mother Lan looked at the eager children and finally nodded.

Aunt Lan took out a bowl for the two kids and took the rest to the kitchen, pulling Lan Xin along with her. She asked in a low voice, "Did you go to the Jing family?"

Lan Xin nodded.

Aunt Lan snorted, "Not to sound harsh, but that Lady Jing isn’t doing the right thing. Before Zhou Liwei’s engagement, it was fine, but now he’s our family’s son-in-law, so why is she still looking at him like that?"

Lan Xin frowned and whispered, "Big Sister-in-law, don’t say that. It’s enough that we know about it, but don’t tell Mom and Big Brother."

"Don’t worry, I won’t tell. But," Aunt Lan lowered her voice, "do you think Zhou Liwei still has any intentions?"

Lan Xin thought for a moment, then shook her head, "When I went there, he was upstairs, and Lady Jing had just come out. It didn’t seem like they would meet."

"Still, be cautious." Zhou Liwei used to give Lady Jing an extra piece of meat, which she knew about.

Manbao couldn’t figure out at home why Mr. Jing didn’t stop Lady Jing, "Could it really be that our steamed meat is just that delicious?"

It really was because their steamed meat was just that delicious.

Lady Jing took the steamed meat home, and Mr. Jing, along with his friends, drank and discussed poetry while eating the meat.

Lady Jing quietly returned to her room.

Mother Jing glanced at her closed door, and after the guests left, she said to Mr. Jing, "In the future, if you want steamed meat, just let Dalang buy it. Don’t trouble Lady Jing."

Mr. Jing soaked his feet after taking off his shoes and nodded after thinking about it, "That’s fine, it’s getting cold now, and it’s not safe for a young lady to go out."

Mother Jing folded his socks and remained silent.

Mr. Jing felt something was off as he soaked his feet, then asked her, "What, does Lady Jing find it tiring to walk back and forth?"

"Not really, I’m just thinking about the restaurant there with people coming and going. Lady Jing is at a marriageable age, and you know, before even Zhou’s Restaurant’s waiter was interested in her."

"But isn’t he engaged now?" Mr. Jing said indifferently, "And Lady Jing didn’t like him anyway. Before, it was because he always gave us extra meat that I stopped Lady Jing from going. Now that he’s engaged, the past is past. Naturally, things go as they should."

But your daughter doesn’t think so.

Mother Jing was worried sick. She was only in her thirties and spent most of her time at home, so she was the first to notice her daughter’s change.

This child is great in every way, except that she likes competing with Lady Lan from across the street. Originally, she didn’t think much of Zhou Liwei, but after his engagement with Lady Lan, she became closer with Zhou’s Restaurant.

Zhou Liwei was also in distress, feeling a bit slow-witted, unable to understand many problems.

He felt that he hadn’t changed much from two years ago, apart from growing older.

But two years ago, Lady Jing wasn’t interested in him, so why now? Hmm, he felt she seemed interested in him; or was he misunderstanding? He couldn’t be that self-absorbed, right?

Zhou Liwei was caught in self-doubt.

While lying in bed, Manbao suddenly sat up and patted Bai Shan, "I figured it out!"

Bai Shan, on the verge of sleep, was startled awake and looked at her with wide eyes, "Figured what out?"

Manbao’s eyes sparkled, "Could it be because I came back and was granted a title, so my nephews’ prospects have improved too?"

Bai Shan groggily replied, "Possibly?"

Manbao then said, "So, do you think we can find some scholarly family ladies for Lixue (Third One) and Ligu (Fourth One)?"

She added, "Like Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, Third Brother, and Third Sister-in-law, squatting at the restaurant to find in-laws. How long will it take them to find someone like that?"

Bai Shan pulled her back onto the bed, wrapped an arm around her, and murmured, "You’re right about everything, so let’s consider it tomorrow. Let’s sleep first."

Manbao, feeling wide awake, watched as he closed his eyes and didn’t disturb him, lying quietly while thinking, making a mental list of daughters from scholarly families she knew who were in modest situations.

Mainly because Zhou Lixue and the others didn’t seem eager to get engaged. With Sixth Brother as a precedent, they likely won’t surrender to Big Brother, Big Sister-in-law, Third Brother, and Third Sister-in-law’s pressure.

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